Experienced businessman and practicing attorney Edward Reicin serves as the current president of manufacturing firm MPC Containment, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Edward Reicin supports many local cultural and arts initiatives and has a deep appreciation for writers and books, especially the writings of Pulitzer Prize winner Saul Bellow.

2.  Experienced businessman and practicing
attorney Edward Reicin serves as the
current president of manufacturing firm
MPC Containment, headquartered in
Chicago, Illinois. Edward Reicin supports
many local cultural and arts initiatives and
has a deep appreciation for writers and
books, especially the writings of Pulitzer Prize
winner Saul Bellow.

3.  A longtime resident of Chicago,
Canadian-born Bellow was a prominent
fixture in the Chicago literary scene. His
characters mostly tended to be earthy
Midwesterners, often based on the
author’s observation of Chicago’s brash
con men, sharp talking salesmen, and
other assorted wheeler-dealers.

4.  Some of Saul Bellow’s most recognized
novels include The Adventures of Augie
March, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Seize the
Day, and Henderson the Rain King.
Bellow received multiple literary awards
during his lifetime, earning his last
accolade, the National Medal of Arts, in
1988. He died April 5, 2005 at the age of
89.