Public Service
Lerner was very active in public service. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library and of Americans for Democratic Action, founder of the Independent Voters of Illinois (IVI), and President of the Citizens Schools Committee. He helped found Roosevelt University, where he taught journalism and eventually became President of its Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Scandinavian Seminar, which funded nine months of study in any Scandinavian country for qualified students. He was a member of the Board of the Chicago Better Business Bureau and was appointed to the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board. In 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson invited him to join the Citizens Advisory Board of the Community Relations Service.
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