Schaumburg native trains in surgery

Dr. Allyson F. Jacobson of Chicago, daughter of Sharon and David Jacobson of Schaumburg, completed a five-year general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Jacobson, a 1992 graduate of Hoffman Estates High School, received a bachelor's degree in biology and psychology from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1996. She got an emergency medical technician license, and completed advanced studies in the field of biology before receiving her medical degree from Rosalind Franklin Medical School, North Chicago, in 2002.

Jacobson is in New York City training in breast surgery and breast cancer reconstruction at Beth Israel and St. Luke's-Roosevelt hospitals in Manhattan.

• Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn presented Home Front Hero Awards to Laurie Mamberg of Des Plaines; Will and MaryBeth Beiersdorf of Salute Inc., Arlington Heights; and The Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps of District 214 for their patriotism and efforts to lift the morale of Illinois service members deployed overseas.

Mamberg, and the Yellow Rose Cafe in Chicago, adopted four soldiers, sending them monthly packages filled with goodies donated by cafe employees and customers. Mamberg, a waitress at the cafe for 13 years, brought the idea to cafe owner Angelo Kalogris, who let her set up the donation boxes.

The Beiersdorfs founded Salute Inc., in 2003, a nonprofit offering financial support for military families. The organization's most recent event, the inaugural Veterans Memorial Tollway 5K Run, Walk and Roll, raised more than $200,000 for service members and their families.

The Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps of (Northwest Suburban High School) District 214 presented more than 200 phone cards, along with decks of playing cards, to a group of Marines, who were soon to be deployed. The Naval Junior Reserve cadets, a group of 122 students from Wheeling, Elk Grove, Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Hersey and Buffalo Grove high schools raised $5,500 to buy the phone cards.

• Retired Harper College art professors Ben Dallas and Michael Brown will exhibit their works together in "Multiple Dimensions" at the Northwest Cultural Council and Kimball Hill galleries, 5999 New Wilke Road, Rolling Meadows.

The sculptures of Brown, who works in Indiana limestone, and the painted constructions of Dallas will be on display through Feb. 26. The galleries are open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment. For more information, call the Northwest Cultural Council at (847) 956-7966.