Carol Moseley Braun earned a J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972. She served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1978 to 1987 and went on to represent Illinois in the Senate from 1993 until the conclusion of her term in 1996. Moseley Braun, who lives in Hyde Park, has had a particular reason to thank the University of late: In April 2007, two U of C students fended off a mugger who attacked her late at night. chicagomaroon