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| First name |
Last
name |
Category
(primary) |
Category
(secondary) |
Accomplishment |
College |
Year
of graduation |
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| William |
Allaway |
Academia |
|
Director,
Education Abroad Program, University of California. Inaugurated first
education abroad program at the University of California, subsequently
enabling 17,000 U.C. students to study at 88 host institutions in 33
countries. The program negotiated between U.C. and Leningrad State University
was the first direct exchange between a United States university and the
former USSR. He was also instrumental in opening up Third World and Pacific
rim countries to student exchange. |
LAS |
1949,
1951 |
|
| Strickland |
Arvarh |
Academia |
|
Professor
emeritus of history at the University of Missouri, Columbia. One of first two
African Americans to earn a doctorate in history at U. of I.; first black
member of faculty at UM-Columbia; first black president of Phi Alpha Theta,
the professional fraternity for historians. Made monumental contribution to
early formulations of African American studies in Illinois. Established Black
Studies Program at UM-Columbia. |
LAS |
1953,
1962 |
|
| Emmett |
Bashful |
Academia |
|
Chancellor
Emeritus, Southern University at New Orleans. Oversaw the growth of the
university from one partially constructed building, 15 faculty and 158
freshmen to a campus offering 1,000 different courses and/or sections and
servicing some 3,200 students per semester. Active in youth organizations;
received a citation for service to the National Conference of Christians and
Jews, and named one of the Ten Outstanding Citizens of New Orleans by the
Institute for Human Understanding. |
LAS |
1947 |
|
| Walter |
Blount |
Academia |
|
Physician,
surgeon and faculty member at the University of Texas, Nobel Prize recipient. |
MED |
1921,
1923 |
|
| Leon |
Boothe |
Academia |
|
President,
Northern Kentucky University. Earned honors both for scholarship (diplomatic
history) and community service, serving concurrently on the boards of the
Cincinnati Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews,
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce. |
LAS |
1967 |
|
| Ed |
Cupp |
Academia |
Science
and mathematics |
A
professor and head of the Department of Entomology a Auburn University. Developed an environmentally safe model to
control and possibly eradicate river blindness -- a disease transmitted by
the black fly. |
LAS |
1969 |
|
| Constantine |
Curris |
Academia |
|
Served
as past-president of Clemson University, the University of Northern Iowa, and
Murray State University. He serves as president of the American Association
of State Colleges and Universities, where he is advocate for over 15 million
students and three-quarter million staff and faculty. |
LAS |
1965 |
|
| James |
Davis |
Academia |
|
Professor
emeritus of Psychology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Analyzed the process groups go through in reaching consensus and how
different combinations of talents and interests influence their performance.
His research has influenced business practices and Supreme Court decisions. |
LAS |
1954 |
|
| Lois |
DeFleur |
Academia |
|
Lois
B. DeFleur is the current President of Binghamton University. She came to the
university after being provost at University of Missouri-Columbia. She is an
authority on juvenile delinquency in Latin America and has done extensive
work in the fields of deviant behavior and occupational socialization. |
LAS |
1965 |
|
| Stanley |
Drell |
Academia |
|
Physicist,
educator, arms control specialist.
Professor and Deputy Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. |
ENG |
1947,
1949 |
|
| Karl |
Folkers |
Academia |
|
Dr.
Folkers was Director of the Institute of Biomedical Research, University of
Texas at Austin, as well as former President & CEO of the Stanford
Research Institute. Known for his
identification of the chemical structure of vitamins, Dr. Volkers received
the National Medal of Science, the Priestley Medal (nation's highest award
for chemical science) and many other prestigious awards and recognitions. |
LAS |
1928 |
|
| Frank |
Franz |
Academia |
|
Frank
Franz was President of the University of Alabama at Huntsville from 1991 to
2007. |
ENG |
1961,
1964 |
|
| Charles |
Graham |
Academia |
|
President
Emeritus, St. Cloud State University.
Championed value of a liberal arts and sciences education throughout
career as university faculty member, department chair, academic dean,
president and state system official in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Former president of St. Cloud State
University and Hamline University.
Long committed to international education, he established a new campus
in Akita, Japan, for the Minnesota State University System. |
LAS |
1950,
1951, 1955 |
|
| Emiel |
Hamberlin |
Academia |
|
The
first Chicago public schools teacher to be inducted into the National
Teacher's Hall of Fame, Dr. Hamberlin's innovative work as a biology and
horticulture teacher and the Urban Ecology Sanctuary he and his students
established at DuSable High School earned him national press coverage and
numerous awards, including a fellowship from the Golden Apple
Foundation. |
EDU |
1977,
1983 |
|
| Philip |
Handler |
Academia |
|
Philip
Handler was President of the National Academy of Sciences. |
LAS |
1937,
1939 |
|
| Freeman |
Hrabowski |
Academia |
|
Freeman
Hrabowski is President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. |
LAS,
EDU |
1971,
1975 |
|
| Charlotte Herman |
Kerr |
Academia |
|
Dr.
Kerr, a faculty member at Northwestern University, was President of the
American Medical Women's Association. |
ACES,
MED |
1940,
1946, 1948 |
|
| David |
Linowes |
Academia |
|
Educator,
political economist, and consultant to U.S. presidents. Boeschenstein Professor Emeritus,
University of Illinois |
BUS |
1941 |
|
| Sybil |
Mobley |
Academia |
|
Sybil
Mobley PhD was dean of the School of Business at Florida A&M |
BUS |
1964 |
|
| John |
Niland |
Academia |
|
John
Niland was Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of New South
Wales, Australia from 1992 to 2002. |
ILIR |
1970 |
|
| Carl |
Patton |
Academia |
|
President
of Georgia State University in Atlanta |
FAA,
LAS |
1969,
1970 |
|
| Daniel |
Reedy |
Academia |
|
Has
directed more than 40 doctoral dissertations in his specialty field of
Spanish-American literature and Latin American studies. His contributions to
the Library of Congress' Handbook of Latin American Studies have influenced
scholars worldwide. Dr. Reedy's ongoing and pivotal role in the Kentucky
Foreign Language Conference is widely acknowledged as vital and
indispensable. |
LAS |
1959,
1962 |
|
| Steven |
Sample |
Academia |
|
Steven
B. Sample is the 10th and current President of the University of Southern
California. |
ENG |
1962,
1963, 1965 |
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| Ruth |
Schmidt |
Academia |
|
Former
President of Agnes Scott College in Atlanta |
LAS |
1962 |
|
| David |
Shulenburger |
Academia |
|
Former
Provost of Kansas University and current Vice President for Academic Affairs
of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
(NASULGC). |
ILIR |
1974 |
|
| Andrew |
Sorensen |
Academia |
|
Andrew
Sorensen is President of the University of South Carolina and has focused his
career on health policy, esp. AIDS |
LAS |
1959 |
|
| James |
Stukel |
Academia |
|
First
UI alumnus to serve as President of the University of Illinois. Also served as Chancellor of the UIC campus
and for many years as a faculty member. |
ENG |
1963,
1968 |
|
| Arnold |
Weber |
Academia |
|
Arnold
Weber was the fourteenth President of Northwestern University. |
LAS,
ILIR |
1950,
1951 |
|
| Susan |
Welch |
Academia |
|
Dean
of College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science at Penn State
University. Scholar of urban and ethnic politics and women in politics.
Applied quantitative methods to examine the political consequences of
different types of electoral reform. Her book, American Government, has
several times won the award given by the Women's Caucus for Political Science
for the textbook that provides the best coverage of minorities and women in
political life. President of the Midwest Political Science Association. |
LAS |
1965,
1966, 1970 |
|
| Helena |
Znaniecka
Lopata |
Academia |
|
Professor
emerita of sociology at Loyola University and director emerita of the Center
for the Comparative Study of Social Roles. Work on social roles includes
groundbreaking research on housewives, families and widowhood. Longtime
scholar of Poland and Polish Americans, she has been honored by the Polish
Institute of Arts and Sciences in America and the Polish American Historical
Association. |
LAS |
1946,
1947 |
|
| Max |
Abramovitz |
Artists
and Architects |
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Max
Abramovitz was an architect of the New York City firm Harrison, Abramovitz,
& Abbe. His most prominent works include the United Nations Headquarters
building, New York; Avery Fisher Hall (at Lincoln Center, originally the
Philharmonic Hall, opened 1962), New York; the Corning Glass Center, Corning,
New York; the U.S. Steel Tower (aka USX Tower) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the
National City Tower in Louisville, Kentucky; and the Tour GAN, La Defense
(Paris), France. He would go on to design three buildings for the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including the Krannert Center for the
Performing Arts, completed in 1969; the Hillel building; and Assembly Hall
($8.5M), at its time the world's largest edge-supported dome, which is 400
feet in diameter and rises 128 feet above the floor. |
FAA |
1929 |
|
| Henry |
Bacon |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Henry
Bacon is an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe
Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (built 1915–1922), which was
his final project. |
FAA |
1884
(attended) |
|
| Carol Ross |
Barney |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Carol
Ross Barney was the principal of Ross Barney Architects who designed the
Federal Building in Oklahoma City, replacing the Murrah Federal Building that
was bombed in 1995. |
FAA |
1971 |
|
| Mark Staff |
Brandl |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Mark
Staff Brandl is a notable American-born artist now living primarily in
Switzerland. Brandl, is active internationally as an artist since 1980, has
won various awards, had many publications and had numerous exhibitions. His
shows include galleries and museums in the US, Switzerland, Germany, Italy,
Egypt, the Caribbean; specific cities include Paris, Moscow, Chicago, Los
Angeles and New York. As a critic, he is a frequent contributor to London’s
The Art Book and is a Contributing Editor for New York’s Art in America. |
FAA |
1978 |
|
| Temple Hoyne |
Buell |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Temple
Hoyne Buell was an American architect. He established the largest
architectural firm in the Rocky Mountain area. Over 300 buildings in Colorado
were designed by Buell. He designed the first ever shopping mall, Cherry
Creek Shopping Center. |
FAA |
1916 |
|
| Eli |
Cohen |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Principal,
Thorton-Thomasetti CMB.
"Chicago's Superstar Structural Engineer" (to quote the
Chicago Tribune), highly regarded for his innovations in the design and
structure of tall buildings, including the Sears Tower. |
ENG |
1955 |
|
| Michael |
Colgrass,
Jr. |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Michael
Colgrass is an American-born musician, composer, and educator. He won the
1978 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his symphonic piece Déjà vu, which was
commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic. In addition, he
received an Emmy Award in 1982 for a PBS documentary "Soundings: The
Music of Michael Colgrass." |
FAA |
1954 |
|
| W. Gene |
Corley |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Senior
Vice President for Engineering, Construction Technology Laboratories,
Inc. Head of federal investigations
into the 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center and the 1995 collapse of the
Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. |
ENG |
1958,
1960, 1961 |
|
| George |
Crumb |
Artists
and Architects |
|
George
Crumb is an American composer of modern and avant garde music. Crumb has been
the recipient of a number of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Music
in 1968 for his orchestral work Echoes of Time and the River and a Grammy
Award for Best Contemporary Composition in 2001 for his work Star-Child . |
FAA |
1952 |
|
| Neal |
Doughty |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Neal
Doughty started the popular rock group REO Speedwagon (practiced at the Illinois Street Residence Halls). |
ENG |
1966
(attended) |
|
| Leslie |
Erganian |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Leslie
Jeanne Erganian is an American artist. Her multi-disciplinary work is
influenced by the Surrealists and often incorporates found objects and
photographic images into collage and assemblage constructions and
installations. The elements of waking dreams comprise the major themes of her
work which include menace and loss, nature and myth, identity and discovery
revealed in multiple layers. She went on to contribute to the production of
numerous film and television projects for Warner Bros., MGM, DreamWorks, NBC,
MTV and PBS as art director, set decorator, and prop designer. |
FAA |
1982 |
|
| Robert |
Falls |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Artistic
Director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, Bob Falls is regarded as one of the
most influential individuals in contemporary American theater. He has directed multiple Tony Award-winning
and world-class Broadway productions, ranging from "Long Day's Journey
Into Night" to "Walt Disney's Aida." |
FAA |
1976 |
|
| Jeanne |
Gang |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Jeanne
Gang is the founder and principal of the Chicago architecture firm Studio
Gang. As the leader of the design team at Studio Gang, she focuses on
materials, technology and sustainability in the innovative and award-winning
work of the firm. Aqua, a $300 million 82-story residential and hotel
skyscraper designed by Studio Gang, is scheduled for completion in 2009. |
FAA |
1986 |
|
| Nathan |
Gunn |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Rising
star at Chicago's Lyric Opera and New York's Metropolitan Opera and 1995
recipient of the Beverly Sills Award |
FAA |
1994 |
|
| Jerry |
Hadley |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Grammy
Award-winning and internationally renowned opera singer |
FAA |
1977 |
|
| Billy Morrow |
Jackson |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Billy
Morrow Jackson was an American Contemporary Realist Painter with works of art
throughout the United States. |
FAA |
1954 |
|
| Ralph E. |
Johnson |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Ralph
Johnson is a prominent Chicago-based architect and the current principle
architect for Perkins+Will, where he currently serves as its national design
director and a member of its board of directors. Notable Projects include:
Boeing World Headquarters, Chicago, IL, Crate & Barrel Headquarter, Oak
Brook, IL, Los Angeles Federal Courthouse, Los Angeles, CA, O'Hare
International Airport Terminal, Chicago, IL, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum,
Chicago, IL and Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.
|
FAA |
1971 |
|
| Michael |
Masser |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Composer.
Received the Spirit of America Award in 1988 for --The Greatest Love of All,E
the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Founding Patron Award,
three Grammy nominations and an Academy Award for the theme from Mahogany. |
LAS |
1963 |
|
| Jim |
McNeely |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Jim
McNeely is a Grammy-nominated jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. |
FAA |
1975 |
|
| Erie |
Mills |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Erie
Mills has performed to critical and popular acclaim throughout the world,
dazzling audiences with her sparkling coloratura voice, captivating
personality and vivid portrayal of roles. |
FAA |
1977 |
|
| John David |
Mooney |
Artists
and Architects |
|
John
David Mooney is an internationally recognized artist for large scale public
sculptures. |
FAA |
1965 |
|
| Gunn |
Nathan |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Rising
star at Chicago's Lyric Opera and New York's Metropolitan Opera and 1995
recipient of the Beverly Sills Award. |
FAA |
1994 |
|
| César |
Pelli |
Artists
and Architects |
|
César
Pelli is a noted architect known for designing some of the world's tallest
buildings and other major urban landmarks. He has also designed the World
Financial Center complex in downtown Manhattan, best known as the surrounding
buildings around the now fallen World Trade Center. Pelli authored the book
"Observations for Young Architects" as well. In 1991, the AIA
(American Institute of Architects) listed Pelli as one of the ten most
influential living American architects. He has won numerous awards, and is
the recipient of the 1995 AIA Gold Medal which recognizes a significant body
of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.
Perhaps his most famous work are the Petronas Twin Towers, which were for a
time the world's tallest buildings. |
FAA |
1954 |
|
| Gregg |
Philbin |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Gregg
Philbin started the popular rock group REO Speedwagon (practiced at the Illinois Street Residence Halls). |
COM |
1969 |
|
| Nathan Clifford |
Ricker |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Nathan
Ricker was the first architect to receive a degree in Architecture from an
American institution. |
FAA |
1871 |
|
| William L. |
Steele |
Artists
and Architects |
|
William
LaBarthe Steele was an important architect of the Prairie School during the
early twentieth century. The
Courthouse in Woodbury County, Iowa is considered his masterpiece, and is
arguably the premier example of Prairie School aesthetics in the context of a
public space. He collaborated with Minneapolis architects William Gray
Purcell and George Grant Elmslie (also proteges of Louis Sullivan) on the
design of the Courthouse, which is now a National Historic Landmark. Several
of Steele's works are also on The National Register of Historic Places. |
FAA |
1899 |
|
| Lorado |
Taft |
Artists
and Architects |
|
Lorado
Zadoc Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator. history has given
Taft credit for helping advancing the status of women as sculptors. In 1903
Taft published The History of American Sculpture, the first survey of the
subject and a work that Taft is better known for (except perhaps in Chicago)
than his many sculptures. His sculptures can be found in Chicago, IL.; Baton
Rouge, LA; Washington D.C., Denver CO; Jackson MI; and The University of
Illinois. |
FAA |
1879,
1880 |
|
| Scott |
Altman |
Astronauts |
|
Scott
Douglas Altman is a NASA astronaut, United States Navy Captain, and veteran
of three space shuttle missions. |
ENG |
1981 |
|
| Lee |
Archambault |
Astronauts |
|
Lee
Joseph Archambault is a Colonel in the US Air Force and a NASA astronaut,
assigned as the pilot on the crew of STS-117, slated for early 2007. |
ENG |
1982,
1984 |
|
| Dale |
Gardner |
Astronauts |
|
Dale
Allan Gardner is a former NASA astronaut who flew two missions for NASA in
the early 1980s. |
ENG |
1970 |
|
| Cathy |
Koerner |
Astronauts |
|
Cathy
Koerner was a lead NASA space shuttle Mission Control flight director and is
currently space shuttle program manager in the Mission Operations
Directorate. After an internship at the Schaumburg office of Science
Application International Corp., and a job building robots at NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Koerner was hired with NASA in 1991. She's worked on
more than 50 shuttle missions and was recently promoted to shuttle program
manager in the Mission Operations Directorate. |
ENG |
1987,
1989 |
|
| Steven |
Nagel |
Astronauts |
|
Steven
Ray Nagel is a retired Colonel in the USAF and a former NASA astronaut. |
ENG |
1969 |
|
| Joseph |
Tanner |
Astronauts |
|
Joseph
Richard "Joe" Tanner is a NASA astronaut. Tanner flew aboard the
Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-66, November 3-14, 1994, performing the
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) mission.
Tanner performed two space walks as a member of the STS-82 crew to service
the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in February, 1997. Tanner’s third mission
was STS-97 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour (November 30 to December 11, 2000),
the fifth Space Shuttle mission dedicated to the assembly of the
International Space Station. Tanner's fourth mission, STS-115 aboard Space
Shuttle Atlantis launched on September 9, 2006. |
ENG |
1973 |
|
| Harry |
Bercher |
Business |
|
Harry
O. Bercher was President of International Harvester Co. |
BUS |
1928 |
|
| Cheryl |
Berman |
Business |
|
Chairman
of Leo Burnett North America; Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett USA. |
COM |
1974 |
|
| Neil |
Bluhm |
Business |
|
Neil
Bluhm is President of JMB Realty Corporation in Chicago. |
BUS |
1959 |
|
| Harold |
Boeschenstein |
Business |
|
Boeschenstein
was President of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. |
BUS |
1920 |
|
| Nancy |
Brinker |
Business |
|
Nancy
Goodman Brinker s the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Today, Komen
for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer
survivors and activists. Fundraising events such as Komen Race for the Cure
Series, the organization has invested nearly $1 billion dollars for breast
cancer research, in the last 25 years. |
LAS |
1968 |
|
| Glen |
Brock,
Sr. |
Business |
|
Glen
P. Brock, Sr. was President of Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. |
BUS |
1922 |
|
| Jon |
Burgstone |
Business |
|
Jon
Burgstone is an American business executive, educator and investor. He was co-founder and CEO of
SupplierMarket.com, a
business-to-business software company. The company was acquired for $1.1B in
2000 and was renamed Ariba Sourcing after the acquisition. |
ENG |
1995 |
|
| James |
Cantalupo |
Business |
|
James
Cantalupo is Chairman and CEO of McDonalds Corp. International. |
CBA |
1966 |
|
| Doris Kelley |
Christopher |
Business |
|
Doris
Deley Christopher is founder of Pampered Chef. |
ACES |
1967 |
|
| Richard |
Cline |
Business |
|
Former
CEO of several well-known corporations, including Osco, Jewel and NICOR. Currently serves as Chairman and Director
of Hawthorne Investors, Inc. |
LAS |
1957 |
|
| Jorge |
Coehlo |
Business |
|
President
of the Board and Managing Director of Sao Tome's Airports & Navigation.* |
GSLIS |
2002 |
|
| Jerry |
Colangelo |
Business |
Sports
and athletics |
Jerry
Colangelo is a respected Arizona businessman and former sports mogul. He is
the former owner (or part owner) of the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, the Phoenix
Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League and
the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He was also instrumental
in the relocation of the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL to Phoenix to become the
Phoenix Coyotes. Jerry was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame in 2004. |
AHS |
1962 |
|
| Roxanne |
Decyk |
Business |
|
Senior
Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Human Resources at Shell Oil
Company. She is responsible for human
resources, diversity, internal and external communications, government
affairs, health safety and environment, sustainable development and social
responsibility, and ethics and compliance. Previously, she was vice president
for corporate strategy at Shell International Ltd., where she was responsible
for planning and strategy for its $220 billion Royal Dutch/Shell Group. |
LAS |
1973 |
|
| Louis |
Eilers |
Business |
|
Louis
K. Eilers is the former President and CEO of Eastman Kodak. |
LAS |
1929 |
|
| Eileen |
Fisher |
Business |
|
Eileen
Fisher owns and operates her own fashion design & retail clothing company
out of New York City that bears her name. |
ACES |
1972 |
|
| George M.C. |
Fisher |
Business |
|
George
Fisher was CEO of Eastman Kodak. |
ENG |
1962 |
|
| Rich |
Frank |
Business |
|
Rich
Frank is a former President of Disney Studios. |
BUS |
1965 |
|
| John |
Georges |
Business |
|
John
Georges was the CEO of International Paper. |
ENG |
1951 |
|
| Thornton |
Gilchrest |
Business |
|
Thornton
Gilchrest was President of the National Safety Council. |
COM |
1953 |
|
| James R. |
Gillespie |
Business |
|
Jim
Gillespie is the CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate. |
AHS |
1967,
1968 |
|
| Stanley |
Golder |
Business |
|
Stanley
Golder was general partner at Golder, Thoma, Cressy, Rauner, Inc. |
BUS |
1951 |
|
| Sheldon |
Good |
Business |
|
Chairman
Emeritus, Sheldon Good & Company Realtors, and award-winning former
President of the International Real Estate Federation. |
BUS |
1955 |
|
| Jerome |
Gore |
Business |
|
Chairman
Emeritus, Hartmarx Corporation |
BUS |
1941 |
|
| William W. |
Grainger |
Business |
|
William
Grainger was the Founder of W.W. Grainger, an electric motor wholesaling
business based on mail-order catalog sales. By 1937, when annual sales hit $1
million, the company had sales offices around the country. |
ENG |
1919 |
|
| Harry |
Gray |
Business |
|
Former
Chairman and CEO, United Technologies Corporation |
COM |
1941,
1947 |
|
| Donald |
Grimes |
Business |
|
Donald
C. Grimes was President of the Independent Grocers Alliance Distributing Co. |
LAS |
1928 |
|
| Everette |
Harris |
Business |
|
Everette
B. Harris was President of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. |
LAS |
1935 |
|
| Leonard |
Hoeft |
Business |
|
Leonard
Hoeft was Chairman of the Board at Wm. H. Ziegler Co., Inc. |
BUS |
1947 |
|
| Mark |
Hogan |
Business |
|
Mark
Hogan is President of Magna International Inc. and was general manager of GM
North America. |
BUS |
1973 |
|
| Clifford |
Hood |
Business |
|
Clifford
F. Hood was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in 1953 for
United States Steel Corporation, sharing overall responsibility for the
company with board chairman Fairless and Enders W. Voorhees. |
ENG |
1915 |
|
| Mannie |
Jackson |
Business |
Sports
and athletics |
Mannie
Jackson was owner of The Harlem Globe Trotters. |
AHS |
1960 |
|
| Robert L. |
Johnson |
Business |
Sports
and athletics |
Robert
Johnson is co-Founder and CEO of Black Entertainment and first black majority
owner of a major league sports team. |
LAS |
1968 |
|
| Sheila C. |
Johnson |
Business |
|
Sheila
Johnson is co-Founder and CEO of Black Entertainment. |
FAA |
1970 |
|
| Wayne |
Johnston |
Business |
|
Wayne
A. Johnston was Chairman of Illinois Central Industries and Illinois Central
Railroad. |
|
1919
(attended) |
|
| William |
Karnes |
Business |
|
William
G. Karnes was President of Beatrice Foods Co. |
BUS |
1933 |
|
| George |
Keck |
Business |
|
George
Keck was President of United Air Lines, Inc. |
BUS |
1932 |
|
| Herman |
Krannert |
Business |
|
Chairman
of the Board, Inland Container Corp.
Herman Krannert and wife Ellnora provided funding for construction of
the University of Illinois' Krannert Art Museum and world-class Krannert
Center for the Performing Arts. |
ENG |
1912 |
|
| Michael |
Krasny |
Business |
|
Michael
Krasny is the founder and former CEO of CDW Corporation, a direct seller of
technical gadgets including computers and networking equipment. |
BUS |
1975 |
|
| Robert |
Latzer |
Business |
|
Robert
L. Latzer was Chairman of the Board, Pet Milk Co. |
ACES |
1908 |
|
| George |
Lesch |
Business |
|
Former
Chairman of the Board, Colgate-Palmolive Company |
BUS |
1931 |
|
| Judd |
Malkin |
Business |
|
Judd
Malkin is Chairman of JMB Realty Corporation in Chicago. |
BUS |
1959 |
|
| Jeffrey |
Margolis |
Business |
|
Jeff
Margolis is chairman and CEO of the TriZetto Group, Inc. |
BUS |
1984 |
|
| William |
Marsteller |
Business |
|
William
Marsteller was Chairman of the Board, Marsteller, Inc. |
COM |
1937 |
|
| David |
Matlock |
Business |
|
Founder
of Econics Corporation (a leader in the field of energy optimization) and
Prelude Computer Corporation. Consultant on financing, developing and
marketing of new products and services. |
LAS |
1962 |
|
| H. Richard |
McFarland |
Business |
|
President
& Owner, McFarland Foods Corporation |
ACES |
1952 |
|
| Lester |
McKeever |
Business |
|
Lester
McKeever, Jr. is managing partner at Washington, Pittman and McKeever. |
BUS |
1955 |
|
| Edward |
McMillan |
Business |
|
Edward
McMillan is a retired President and CEO of Purina Mills, Inc. |
ACES |
1969 |
|
| Steven |
Miller |
Business |
|
Steven
Miller was Chairman, President and CEO of Shell Oil (1999-2002). |
LAS |
1967 |
|
| Lee |
Morgan |
Business |
|
Retired
Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar, Inc. |
ACES |
1941 |
|
| Tom |
Murphy |
Business |
|
Tom
Murphy is a retired Chairman of General Motors. |
BUS |
1938 |
|
| Dorothy Hunt |
Needham |
Business |
|
Dorothy
Hunt Needham was President of the North American Benefit Association. |
LAS |
1922 |
|
| Matthew |
Paul |
Business |
|
Matthew
H. Paul is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
McDonalds Corporation. |
LAS,
BUS |
1972,
1975 |
|
| Tonise |
Paul |
Business |
|
President
& CEO, BBDO Chicago |
COM |
1979,
1980 |
|
| Ron |
Popeil |
Business |
|
Ronald
M. Popeil is an inventor and marketing personality, best known for his direct
response marketing company Ronco where he invented the Ronco Veg-o-matic. |
BUS |
1954
(attended) |
|
| Allen |
Rider |
Business |
|
Past-President
of New Holland North America |
ENG,
ACES |
1973 |
|
| Carol Hillsman |
Sagers |
|