Looking for John Belushi-- Part 5: College of DuPage and Wheaton Central High School

Christopher Borrelli drove to John Belushi's hometown of Wheaton to see if they had anything in his honor.  They did.  The McAnich Art center at the College of DuPage (all sorts of problems with its president these days) has recently rededicated  its 800-seat theater as the Belushi Performance Hall, but that is actually for both John and his brother Jim (both are CoD alumni).  Jim has raised $330,000 for the college's John Belushi Scholarship Fund.

From there, Borrelli drove to Wheaton Warrenville South High School.  John Belushi graduated from Wheaton Central, but a Mariano's sits where Central once stood.

Belushi gets a modest tribute in the lobby of Wheaton Warrenville in a glass case which has a "Blues Brothers" CD, a picture of Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and a photo of Belushi as Wheaton Central's homecoming king (Class of 1967).  

In an additional case, there is a similar tribute to Wheaton alum Bob Woodward includes a copy of :"Wired," the man who wrote the often reviled John Belushi biography.  A nearby stairwell has a mural of Belushi, football legend Red Grange and astronomer Edwin Hubble, also alumni.

"Seven Good Years of College Down the Drain.  --Cooter