Onye ka mahadum a kacha enye onyinye? N'iburu ajụjụ nke mbụ n'uche, dee ihe gbara ya gburugburu bụ́ nke ga-enye azịza ya. Ọ nwere ike ịbụ 1 - 20 ahịrịokwu. Ihe ndị gbara ya gburugburu:
Tọrọ ntọala site na American Baptist Education Society na onyinye sitere na mmanụ magnate na nwoke kasị baa ọgaranya n'akụkọ ihe mere eme John D. Rockefeller, Mahadum nke Chicago e webatara na 1890; William Rainey Harper ghọrọ onye isi oche mbụ nke mahadum na 1891, a na-enwekwa klas mbụ na 1892. Ma Harper ma onye isi ala n'ọdịnihu Robert Maynard Hutchins kwadoro maka usoro ọmụmụ nke Chicago ka ọ dabere na usoro mmụta na nsogbu na-adịgide adịgide kama na sayensị etinyere na uru azụmahịa. N'iburu echiche Harper n'uche, Mahadum Chicago ghọkwara otu n'ime ndị òtù 14 guzobere Association of American Universities, bụ́ òtù mba nile nke mahadum ndị na-eduzi nnyocha, na 1900.