In 1957, A. James Speyer, the first American graduate student of Mies van der Rohe, came to Greece and started teaching in the N.T.U.A. as a Fulbright visiting professor. The current paper, which is part of greater research, mainly focuses on presenting the historical context in which Speyer taught as well as the educational methods he brought from Chicago to Athens. The speech was delivered at the Chicago Schools Symposium, organized by IIT College of Architecture Ph.D. Program in partnership with the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, in Crown Hall Chicago, Saturday, November 18, 2017.