English Speaking club dedicated to the 95-th anniversary of the American economist Paul A. Samuelson (15 May 1915 – 13 December 2009). There was an exhibit with photos, books, booklets.
Svitlana Usenko presented her slide-show Washington and Chicago – how it was devoted to her business-trip to the USA. She told about her taking part in the program The Open World and a lot of interesting facts about these cities and about the USA in general.
Kolesnikova Svitlana:
Every member of English speaking club was impressed with a wonderful story about Chicago. It was interesting to learn about American libraries, their work and organization! Everybody was amused with nice pictures of beautiful buildings in Chicago, its skyscrapers, architecture, etc!
Tofel Vasil:
Previously knew only some particular facts about Chicago. But after the watching the presentation about this city I learnt a lot of new things. And now I know about Chicago much more than average Ukrainian. This city successfully combines modern skyscrapers and green parks. And I remembered few places in Chicago I liked the most - Cloud Gate, 110-storied skyscraper (Willis Tower), Chicago public library. I was very impressed that fact that annual budget of Chicago public library is about $ 30 mln.
We also watched some pictures of Washington. We could easily recognized many famous places in this city.
In addition we mentioned Paul Samuelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics (he was born May 15). And by the way, Samuelson studied at the University of Chicago and received his Bachelor of Arts degree there in 1935.
The meeting was very informative and interesting.
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