McDonald's Hamburger University - Oak Brook, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 50.301 W 087° 56.822
16T E 421370 N 4632262
Where they all come to learn to flip 'em and blend 'em. No playplaces or drive-thru's though!
Waymark Code: WM3Y1Q
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2008
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"Since its inception, training at Hamburger University has emphasized consistent restaurant operations procedures, service, quality and cleanliness. It has become the company’s global center of excellence for McDonald’s operations training and leadership development.
In 1961, Fred Turner, McDonald’s former senior chairman and Ray Kroc’s first grillman, founded Hamburger University in the basement of a McDonald’s restaurant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
February 24, 1961, Hamburger University's first class of 14 students graduated. Today, more than 5,000 students attend HAMBURGER UNIVERSITY each year. Since 1961, more than 80,000 restaurant managers, mid-managers and owner/operators have graduated from this facility."
From Wikipedia:
"Hamburger University is a 130,000 square foot (12,000 m²) training facility of McDonald's Corporation, located at 2815 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. This corporate university was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of the business. Over 70,000 managers have graduated from the institution and it has 30 resident professors.
Today, Hamburger University is on an 80 acre (320,000 m²) campus with 19 full-time international resident instructors to teach students from more than 119 countries. The state-of-the-art facility includes 13 teaching rooms, a 300 seat auditorium, 12 interactive education team rooms, and 3 kitchen labs. Hamburger University translators can provide simultaneous translation, and the faculty has the ability to teach in 28 different languages. Restaurant employees receive about 32 hours of training in their first month with McDonald's and more than 5,000 students attend Hamburger University each year."
FYI: This facility is available for use by groups for meetings.