views enjoyed from inside. The geometry of the façade is unique because the surface is constantly tilting in three dimensions, resulting in individual units of glass that are parallelograms rather than rectangles. At the same time, the average size of each of the façade's individual panes of glass is consistent with the standard size of the windows in the buildings up and down Michigan Avenue. The Spertus building was the first new construction in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District after the area was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2002. The cost of the Spertus project was more than $50 million. In 2011, Meadville Lombard Theological School, a Unitarian Universalist seminary, relocated from its Hyde Park location to the sixth floor of the Spertus building. Academic and administrative tasks of the school now take place in the Spertus building. Senior staff and faculty Dr. Dean P. Bell is the ninth president and chief executive officer of Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. He has a PhD and MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA from the University of Chicago, and is the author of Jews in the Early Modern World. Dr. Hal M. Lewis is chancellor, a position he took in 2018 after serving for a decade as president and chief executive officer. An expert in Jewish leadership, he is the author of From Sanctuary to Boardroom: A Jewish Approach to Leadership and Models and Meanings in the History of Jewish Leadership. Dr. Lewis has a DJS from Spertus. Dr. Keren E. Fraiman is dean and chief academic officer. Ellen Hattenbach is the vice president of external relations. She is the former chair of the Jewish United Fund Division for Trades, Industries & Professions, and a graduate of Spertus Institute's Certificate in Jewish Leadership. Notable former faculty Rabbi Dr. Byron Sherwin (1946–2015) was director of doctoral programs. A native of New York, Dr. Sherwin received his PhD from the University of Chicago’s prestigious Committee on the History of Culture. He received his Rabbinical Ordination from Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA) where he was a protégé of Abraham Joshua Heschel. He authored many books including Golems Among Us: How a Jewish Legend Can Help Us Navigate the Biotech Century, Jewish Ethics for the 21st Century, and Sparks Amidst the Ashes: The Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry. See also List of Jewish universities and colleges in the United