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The Hogan Years 1992 -2004 "Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work. …Think big." – Daniel Burnham When Frank Hogan came to Latin School during the summer of 1992, it was a school of 872 students in grades junior kindergarten through 12. The endowment stood at about $3.2 million. Academic programming, student achievement, parent involvement and faculty initiatives marked Latin as very good school, but a school that was inwardly focused and tied to its identity as a neighborhood institution. Hogan, in partnership with a very ambitious board of trustees led by Marshall Front, would change that. From the start, they envisioned a Latin School that would take its rightful place among the top independent schools in the country. "What I saw when I came was a school that was much better than it thought it was," Hogan said during a recent interview. "I had been quite involved in the national independent school community, and I could see what Latin had to offer, but somehow the school seemed to have lost confidence in itself." In the few years preceding Hogan's arrival, there had been little tenure and traction in the school's leadership and, according to many, faculty, students and parents were feeling the impact of frequent changes. Front, who would go on to serve as chair of the board of trustees for six years, and Hogan, who stayed at the school for 12 years, brought with them much-needed stability. During the 1991-1992 school year, as the board of trustees was embarking on the search for the next head of school, it also was starting a very forward-looking communitywide strategic planning process led by trustee Pat Skarulis. The five-year plan that grew out of this provided a road map for the future of Latin School that was a perfect Background: Hogan cutting the ribbon on the newly finished Loggia. According to Hogan, it is his Chicago mindset that made him believe anything was possible for Latin School. Hogan surrounded by students. LATI N SCHOOL OF CHI CA GO 107