lunteer position functioning as editor-in-chief and supervising the law review's staff of eighty editors.
after graduating with a juris doctor (j.d.) magna cum laude from harvard in 1991, he returned to chicago.
he served from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the woods fund of chicago, and also from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the joyce foundation.
obama was elected to the illinois senate in 1996, in january 2003, obama became chairman of the illinois senate's health and human services committee. he resigned from the illinois senate in november 2004 following his election to the us senate.
巴拉克?侯赛因?奥巴马，出生于1961年8月4日，是代表美国伊利诺州的联邦参议员，2008年美国总统选举民主党候选人。
1983年在哥伦比亚大学取得学士学位后，奥巴马在“国际商务集团”和“纽约公共利益研究所”工作了一年。
1985年，他迁往芝加哥，并在之后的三年主持了一个社区发展计划。