The Marshall Field Family

by Alexis Fasseas | Oct 31, 2010

From Downtown to Dog Town, Transforming Chicago

From education and the environment to the arts and animal welfare, the Marshall Field family has made a tremendous impact on the city of Chicago. The story of the family is truly historic, with the original Marshall Field transforming the shopping experience by introducing the modern department store, launching Marshall Field and Company in 1881. Mr. Field later went on to contribute to the Field Museum of Natural History, bearing the family name, and founded the University of Chicago with John D. Rockefeller. His grandson, Marshall Field III, was the founder of the Chicago Sun, which became the Chicago Sun-Times. Today, Jamee and Marshall Field V and their four children