First Illinois HFMA

Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council

The Economics of Baseball

Got Game?

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Agenda:

5:30pm     Gates Open
6:00pm     Educational Program Begins
7:10pm     Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins

Guest Speaker:
Professor Allen Sanderson - University of Chicago

Allen Sanderson is a senior lecturer in economics.  He came to Chicago from Princeton in 1984; served eight years as associate provost of the University; and has also been a senior research scientist at NORC.  Mr. Sanderson is an oft-cited authority on sports economics issues, a contributor to op-ed pages on sports and non-sports topics in newspapers around the country and a frequent guest on national and Chicago-area television and radio programs.  Recent speaking engagements include lectures in Osaka, Japan; Beijing, China; Paris, France; the Economic Club of Chicago (with baseball commissioner Bud Selig); and at University of Chicago alumni clubs in the U.S., Canada and France. More information is available on his homepage:  http://home.uchicago.edu/~arsx/

Join us for a great networking, socializing, ball-game-watching AND educational program starting at 6 pm at US Cellular Field. With Lillibridge as our primary Sponsor, join your colleagues from ACHE/CHEF, First Illinois HFMA and MCHC as we first learn about the economics of baseball from Professor Allen R. Sanderson, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago.  Then, see theory put into practice as we watch the Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins at 7:10 pm.  

Need more reasons to attend?

• Register for a chance to win free registration of your choice to a future ACHE/CHEF, First Illinois HFMA or MCHC 2010 event
• Win our White Sox memorabilia raffle!

Location:
US Cellular Field
333 W. 35th Street, Chicago 60616

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