Mr. Kenneth C. Chessick

Kenneth C. Chessick, a surgeon and attorney, graduated from the NIU College of Law sixteen years after graduating from the University of Illinois with a medical degree and having practiced medicine. This Chessick Scholarship Program supports the legal education of those who can continue the pursuit of civil justice and honors those clients and their families whose lives were irreparably harmed through negligent medical care. This scholarship symbolizes the civil justice system at work.