About Stewart, Graeme Stewart Elementary School

Stewart, Graeme (1853-1905)  Chicago-native Graeme Stewart attended the Skinner School and the University of Chicago.  Starting his career as a newsboy, Stewart later became a partner in the W.M. Hoyt Company and President of the Chicago Board of Education.  He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896, a member of the Republican National Executive Committee, Vice-President of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Director of the Chicago Art Club.  It was due largely to Stewart that adequate funds could be acquired for the creation of the Illinois Naval Training School at Lake Bluff.

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