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1887 – Abraham Lincoln’s
son, Robert Todd Lincoln, helps Oscar Dudley open the Illinois
Industrial Training School for Boys in Norwood Park after
Dudley, an agent for the Illinois Humane Society, discovered
more neglected and abandoned children on the streets than
stray animals.
1889 – The school relocates to Glenwood thanks to Board
member, Milton George, who donates his South Suburban Chicago
farm, Rural Glen.
1948 – The school’s name is changed to Glenwood
School for Boys.
1988 – Glenwood Board Members Frank Morgan, Frank Rathje,
Stan Enlund and Claire Hansen spearhead the effort to develop
a Glenwood campus in the western suburbs. Subsequently, the
school purchased 420 acres of farmland in northwest St. Charles,
Illinois.
1994 – Glenwood opens its second campus in northwest
St. Charles, Illinois.
1998 – Glenwood Board of Trustees vote to make three
strategic changes: to rename the institution to Glenwood School,
to develop a Day Program on the South Campus, and to begin
enrolling girls in the Day Program.
2000 – Glenwood Board of Trustees vote to dedicate the
West Campus as the Rathje Campus.
2001 – Glenwood South enrolls girls in its Day Program.
2003 – June 10, Glenwood opens its first residential
cottage for girls. The second girls’ residence opens
August 19.
2004 - Rathje Campus enrolls girls in its residential program.
Now both campuses serve the entire family.
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