Greg forbes siegman biography

Northwestern alumnus Greg Forbes Siegman will be honored before the Supreme Court next month &#; all because his friend Omari Mott was shot and killed on his way to the grocery store more than nine years ago.

Siegman met Mott at football camp in June They quickly became friends despite their different backgrounds.

Seven months later, Siegman found out Mott was dead.

“It shook me pretty hard,” Siegman said. “I was in shock.”

But ever since the murder, the year-old has been on a mission.

“My way of dealing with this was to make a positive difference in the minds of young people,” he said.

Siegman’s efforts, which culminated in the creation of the Brunch Bunch, a group which brings together kids and business professionals for brunch, and the Foundation, which oversees the Brunch Bunch, have earned him national attention.

One of seven local recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award, Siegman recently was selected by the American Institute