Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 22, 1999
JOHN RAU is President and CEO of Chicago-based Chicago Title
Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange publicly traded company which
owns Chicago Title and Trust Co., and the California-based subsidiaries,
Ticor Title Insurance Co. and Security Union Title Insurance Co. Mr.
Rau was Dean of the School of Business at Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN from 1993 through January 1997 when he joined Chicago
Title. Previously, he served as President and CEO of LaSalle National
Bank (Chicago) and of its predecessor, the Exchange National Bank of
Chicago, from 1983 until 1991. Prior to joining Exchange National Bank,
he spent eight years with the First National Bank of Chicago. Mr. Rau
served as Economic Development Advisor to the Illinois governor during
1992 and 1993, and during the same period was a Visiting Scholar at
Northwestern University's J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management
(Evanston, IL) and Counsel to the firm of McKinsey and Co. Mr. Rau is
currently a Director of Chicago Title Corporation, LaSalle National
Bank, First Industrial Realty Trust, Nicor, Inc., Borg-Warner
Automotive, Inc., Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, The Economic Club of
Chicago, The Ravinia Festival and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He serves
on the Advisory Boards of the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, the Indiana University School of Business and is a 1999 Co-
Chair of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society fundraising effort. He is an
Overseer and past President of the Harvard Business School of Chicago
and of the YPO Chicago Chapter. He is a member of the Civic Committee of
The Commercial Club of Chicago. Mr. Rau earned his Bachelor's degree at
Boston College in 1970 and his Master's degree in Business
Administration at Harvard University in 1972. Mr. Rau and his family
reside in suburban Chicago. Profile
Mr. Rau: The company is a 150-year-old company. We have about $2 billion
in revenues and offices all across the country. The
