He assumed the presidency of the Commercial Insurance Company , then was named president of the Chicago Board of Underwriters in 1869 . Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , he was named the president of the State Savings Institution , resigning in 1873 . Dore also presided over the Newsboys ' and Bootblacks ' Home and donated a building to them in 1884
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
John Clark Dore