Daniel Wasserman-Soler, PhD, has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Lumen Christi Institute (LCI), an independent Catholic educational institute serving academic communities at the University of Chicago, across the nation, and throughout the world. Dr. Wasserman-Soler will begin his new duties August 15th, 2022, succeeding long-time Executive Director Thomas Levergood who passed away in August of 2021. The selection was made after an extensive national search.
The Hon. Thomas More Donnelly has long been involved in Lumen Christi programming, including presenting for our 2020 Great Texts in Legal History Seminar, and helping found and direct the growing Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network. On December 3rd, 2021, Judge Donnelly was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to full circuit judge of Cook County, and will be sworn in Wednesday, December 8th. Congratulations, Judge Donnelly.