The Alumni Achievement Award was established in 1957 to recognize alumni of
the University of Illinois who have attained outstanding success and national
or international distinction in their chosen business, profession or life's work,
and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on or bring honor to the institution.
1989
David Herbert Donald AM '42 LAS, PHD '46 LAS
Distinguished Civil War Historian
Pulitzer Prize Winning Biographer
Charles Warren Professor, Harvard University
David F. Linowes '41 CBA
Educator, Political Economist, CPA
Consultant to U.S. Presidents
Professor of Political Economy and
Boeschenstein Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois
Sybil C. Mobley PHD '64 CBA
Dean, School of Business and Industry
Florida A & M University
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1988
Sidney D. Drell AM '47 PHYSICS, PHD '49 PHYSICS, HON. '81
Physicist, Educator, Arms Control Specialist
Professor and Deputy Director
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Richard E. Heckert MS '47 LAS, PHD '49 LAS
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Du Pont Company
Charlotte Herman Kerr '40 ACES '46 MED, MD '48 MED
President American Medical Women's Association
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1987
Jerome S. Gore '41 CBA
Chairman
Hartmarx Corporation
Godfrey Sperling, Jr '37 MEDIA
Chief, Washington News Bureau Christian Science Monitor
Robert C. Underwood JD '39 LAW
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
(Deceased)
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1986
Helene R. Foellinger AB '32 LAS
President of Foellinger Foundation
Former publisher, News-Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
(Deceased)
Karl A. Folkers '28 LAS
Director, Institute of Biomedical Research
Ashbel Smith Professor of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
(Deceased)
Prentice H. Marshall '49 LAS, JD '51 LAW
Judge, United States District Court
Northern District of Illinois
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1985
Alan M. Hallene '51 ENG
President
Montgomery Elevator Company
James R. Martin '40 LAS
Chairman of the Board
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Company
(Deceased)
Alfred B. Swanson '45 MED, MD '47 MED
Physician, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Teacher
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1984
Richard E. Albrecht '40 ACES
Former President
Farm Progress Publications
(Deceased
Harold R. Bruno, Jr. '50 MEDIA
Director of Political Coverage
ABC News
Julia Henderson AB '36 LAS, AM '37 LAS
Former Secretary General
International Planned Parenthood Federation
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1983
Dorothy Martin Simon PHD '45 LAS
Vice President, Research
AVCO Corporation
John L. Strohm '35 MEDIA
Editor, Publisher, Foreign correspondent
Founder, National Wildlife Magazine
(Deceased)
Wilma L. Vaught '52 CBA
Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force Commander
U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command
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1982
Helen 0. Dickens '32 MED, MD '34 MED
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania
Eugene P. OdumPHD '39 ZOOLOGY
Distinguished Professor and Director
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Julius B. Richmond '37 MED, MS '39 MED, MD MED
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General U.S.P.H.S. 1977-81
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1981
Earl B. Dickerson AB '14 LAS
Honorary Chairman of the Board
Supreme Life Insurance Co. of America
(Deceased)
Mostafa Khalil MS '48 ENG, PHD '51 ENG
Former Prime Minister of Egypt
Mark Shepherd, Jr. MS '47 ENG
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Instruments, Inc.
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1980
Lew Allen, Jr. MS '52 PHYSICS, PHD '54 PHYSICS
Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Harry J. Gray '41 MEDIA, MS '47 MEDIA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
United Technologies Corporation
Gardner W. Heidrick '35 CBA
Co-founder, Heidrick and Struggles, Inc. International recruiter, organization
builder, industry leader
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