Renowned architect Renzo Piano designed the space to flow into
Chicago's new Millennium Park, which includes the Chase Promenade,
recognizing the company's financial support of the 24. Daley, the
Midwest Chairman of JPMorgan Chase.

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The Art Institute's new $258 million wing is the largest
private -sector cultural project in the history of Chicago.

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Architects, in partnership with the State of California , will continue
to develop and define excellence in public buildings and the built
environment .
"We applaud JPMorgan Chase as the first corporation in Chicago to
make a major investment in this remarkable new museum building," said
James Cuno, President and Eloise W.

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David Thorman, FAIA , as the new
California State Architect. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
JPMorgan Chase .

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Samuel M.
Lyman Gage, who succeeded Nickerson as bank President in 1891, was
a Governing Member of the Art Institute and its Treasurer from 1879 to
1900.

About JPMorgan Chase

With its consumer and commercial banking operations based in
Chicago, JPMorgan Chase + Co. Under the JPMorgan, Chase and Bank
One brands, the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States
and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and
government clients .

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Thorman to
continue improving California's public buildings and public schools,
as well as streamlining the delivery process. Six years later, Gage and
Nickerson arranged a bank loan for the current building at Adams and
Michigan.
The Art Institute's new building will house the museum's
preeminent modern and contemporary art collection, rivaled only by the
Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Georges Pompidou in
Paris. Upon completion in early 2009, the
spectacular new building will complement Millennium Park's
architectural gems: Frank Gehry's dazzling Jay Pritzker Pavilion ,
Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture and Jaume Plensa's interactive
sculptural Crown Fountain .

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American Institute of Architects California Council Congratulates California's New State Architect

Today the AIACC is
the largest component of the national AIA organization.aiacc. will contribute $5
million as the Founding Civic Underwriter of the museum's Building of
the Century, which will expand the Art Institute's gallery space by 30
percent. Martin Director of the Art
Institute.

The First National Bank of Chicago provided financing--six
promissory notes for $10,000 each- -for the "new" Art Institute
building at Michigan and Van Buren in 1887. It opened in December of 1893, two months after the close of
the World Columbian Exposition, which established Chicago as a
world-class city. The transparency of the northern
elevation will integrate the interior of the wing with the dramatic
setting provided by Millennium Park across Monroe Street, and views of
the city skyline and Lake Michigan.

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Philanthropy Writers /Business Editors

CHICAGO----The Art Institute of
Chicago announced today that JPMorgan Chase + Co. Nickerson, who became President of The First National
Bank of Chicago in 1867, was a founding Trustee of the Art Institute
in 1879 and served as a Trustee until his death in 1914.

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5-acre park .

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"The Renzo Piano addition will be one more jewel in the crown of
Chicago, one of the world's great cities," said William M."
The glass, steel, and limestone structure will add a 21st-century
architectural identity to a museum best known for its historic
19th-century building.

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"We are delighted to support the Art Institute as it embarks on
its first major expansion since it was built more than 100 years ago,"
said William B.

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He also was
an early major donor, mainly of jade to the Asian arts department, but
also of paintings.

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"No other city makes its treasures
so accessible --to visitors and residents alike.

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and Caudill, Rowlett Scott, Inc. For more
information, visit www . "Whether known as The First National Bank of Chicago, Bank
One, or JPMorgan Chase, the company has always been there to help us
sustain our standing as one of the leading art museums in the world .2 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries.

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----The American
Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) supports Governor
Schwarzenegger's appointment of Mr.
The AIACC represents the interests of more than 10,000 architects
and allied professionals in California.

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The AIACC
congratulates Mr. "Our predecessors at The First National Bank of
Chicago helped build the Art Institute, and it is only natural that we
step forward once again to support this Chicago treasure.

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Thorman and looks forward to working with him on
many architectural and environmental issues affecting Californians .

JPMorgan Chase Will Be Civic Underwriter of the Art Institute of Chicago's Building of the Century

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News Editors/Architecture Writers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Thorman, named today as the Governor 's
choice to fill this important position, has practiced architecture for
more than 35 years with firms such as CRSS, Inc.
The AIACC is committed to working with the Schwarzenegger
Administration , the Department of General Services, and Mr.

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Founded in 1944, AIACC's
mission supports architects in their endeavor to improve the quality
of life for all Californians by creating more livable communities ,
sustainable designs and quality work environments. Harrison, Jr.
Over the decades, the bank has funded many Art Institute exhibits,
including most recently Manet and the Sea in 2003 and The Medici ,
Michelangelo, and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence in 2002-2003.

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(NYSE:JPM) is the largest bank in
Chicago and a leading global financial services firm, with assets of
$1. Information about the firm is available at
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Together, we will also
seek ways in which to improve energy and environmental performance,
while recognizing the need for improved safety, security and access.

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The Indiana limestone walls of the new wing's
western and eastern elevations will mirror the earlier architecture's
materials, uniting old and new. Later this
year, all of the company's Chicago-based retail branches will move
from Bank One to the Chase brand.