Princeton Club of Chicago honors Marion Sleet

Classmate Sleet received "Distinguished Service to the Community" Award

The Princeton Club of Chicago presented Marion Sleet '69 with its "Distinguished Service to the Community" award at its Annual Dinner on Wednesday, March 19, 2014.  Pictured at right at the event are Marion with '69 Chicago Region VP Bruce Rosenberg, hoding a photo taken at the Martin Luther King rally in Palmer Square shortly after King's death.

Marion has devoted his entire professional career to the development and delivery of community based services to Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens. His primary focus has been programs to prevent, treat and support recovery from mental health and substance abuse problems. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. He has also served in a variety of community volunteer leadership positions, including president of the Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of Illinois and executive committee member of the South Side Branch of the NAACP. Just as he enjoyed his years with the Princeton University Glee Club, he has enjoyed singing with a number of choirs, most notably, the Knights of Music Male Chorus.

Marion lives in the Chatham community and has been married for over 42 years to his wife, Camille. They have two adult sons, Michael, a surgeon who lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter, and Brian, an Illinois attorney who is the Chief of Staff to the Alderman of the Sixth Ward. Marion graduated from Princeton with a degree in Sociology and holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago, also in Sociology.

Marion’s resonant singing voice will also grace the ’69 Memorial Service at our 45th reunion (yet another reason to be there).