Barack Obama Presidential Center

Barack Obama Presidential Center

Logo of the Obama Foundation, the non-profit organization that is overseeing the construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Construction start	TBD
Completion date	Approximately 2020
Named for	Barack Obama
Website	www.barackobamafoundation.org

The Barack Obama Presidential Center^[1] is the planned presidential library in Chicago of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. The center will be located on the South Side of Chicago. Once completed, it will become the 14th site in the National Archives and Records Administration's presidential library system.^[2] The center will be constructed at the behest of nonprofit Barack H. Obama Foundation, which was officially set up for this purpose. The foundation board consists of: Marty Nesbitt, a close friend from Chicago; J. Kevin Poorman, president and CEO of PSP Capital Partners; David Plouffe; Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng; venture capital financier, John Doerr; Studio Museum in Harlem Director and Chief Curator, Thelma Golden; and fundraiser and former White House staffer, Juliana Smoot.^[3][4] Barack Obama has a home in Hyde Park.^{[5][6][lower-alpha 1]}

The foundation was formally incorporated on January 29, 2014,^[7] and several organizations, including the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Hawaii, and Columbia University submitted proposals for the honor of hosting the institution. ^{[8] [9]}

On May 12, 2015, it was announced by the Barack Obama Foundation and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel that the Barack Obama Presidential Center, as well as its foundation, will be located in Chicago and associated with the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago beat out proposals submitted by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia University in New York City, and the University of Hawaii. A site in Chicago for the presidential library has yet to be chosen, but possible locations include Washington Park and Jackson Park, huge parks both on Chicago's South Side. A design committee is assisting in the selection of the architect.^[10]

See also

• Presidential Records Act

Notes

1. “I spent almost 30 years in Chicago. It’s where Michelle, where she grew up, where our daughters were born,” he said. “Hawaii is home to me,” the president said, but Chicago was his real home.^[6]

References

1. "The Obama Presidential Center". barackobamafoundation.org.
2. "Obama Foundation FAQs". barackobamafoundation.org.
3. David Jackson (2014-01-31). "Obama library foundation is formed". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
4. "About the Foundation". barackobamafoundation.org.
5. Gima, Craig (March 3, 2016). "Obama: ‘Hawaii is home,’ but he probably won’t live here". Star Advertiser (Honolulu). Retrieved March 3, 2016.
6. "Obamas likely to stay in DC for a few years". Reuters interview (rough cut with no reporter narration). March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
7. Feb. 1, 2014 7:35am Oliver Darcy (2014-02-01). "It Begins: Search For Obama Presidential Library Site Is Officially Underway". TheBlaze.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
8. "Michelle Obama to pick Obama library location: report=Obama Foundation Issues RFP to Four Potential Hosts of Future Presidential Library". WGN-TV.
9. "Obama Foundation Issues RFP to Four Potential Hosts of Future Presidential Library". barackobamafoundation.org.
10. Blair, Kamin. "Husbands of Streep and Kennedy advising on Obama Center architect". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Kamin, Blair (December 21, 2015). "Obama Foundation names finalists to design presidential library". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 21, 2015.