UIC City Partner Award
2010 Recipients
Since joining El Valor as a student teacher in 1972, Gloria M. Curtin ’74
ED, MED ’80, has seen the organization grow from a small nonprofit with
roots in the Hispanic community into a thriving organization reaching more than
4,000 families of children and adults with disabilities. Curtin helped El Valor
founder Guadalupe Reyes expand the organization into the 15th largest Hispanic
nonprofit in the country. Today, as vice president of adult programs, Curtin
oversees disability programs at all stages of development, including family support,
respite care and home base services. Her connection to the University has provided
many UIC students with the opportunity to work in the field at El Valor via internships,
practicum and research programs.
As a fourth-year medical student, Arthur Jones, MD ’79,
faced the daunting task of helping his church provide affordable health care
to the residents of the North Lawndale community. As a result, he helped found
the Lawndale Christian Health Center, which today serves more than 110,000 patients
annually and has grown to include three locations. Jones stepped down as LCHC’s
chief executive officer in 2008 but continues to work at the Center as a physician,
spending 32 hours a week seeing patients. In recognition to his contributions
to the community, he has received many awards, including the Institute of Medicine
of Chicago’s Henry P. Russe, M.D. Citation for Exemplary Compassion in
Healthcare (2003).
Previous Recipients
2009
Donald J. Dew ’80 MSW
Ricardo Estrada, MBA ’97
Mari K. Gallagher,
MUPP ’00
2008
Lauri Alpern, MUPP ’86
Carol Estwing Ferrans, MS ’82 NURS, PHD ’85 NURS
Robert “Bob” Howard ’69 CBA
2007
Cynthia “Cee” Boyd ’75 BSN, MSN ’79,
PHD ’90 NURS
Billy Branch ’74 LAS
2006
John DeNardo,
’71 PHARM, MS ’74 PHARM
CEO, Health Care System, University of Illinois Hospital
Patrick Magoon, MUPP ’79
President and CEO, Children’s Memorial Medical Center
Barry Maram ’67 LAS
Director, Department of Illinois Healthcare and Family Services
Margaret Small MS ’85 LAS, PHD ’01 ED
Director, Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago
2005
Kenneth Schroeder, '61 Navy Pier, '67 UIUC
Principal of Schroeder Murchie Laya Associates, Ltd., Chicago
Peter J. Skosey, MUPP '93
Program Director for Friends of the Parks, Chicago
2004
Patrick F. Daly '72 AA
Founder, chairman and CEO, Daly Group, Chicago
James Lemonides MUPP '77
CEO, Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation, Chicago
Lenin Pellegrino MD '53
2003
Miller Anderson MSW '84
President and CEO, Chicago Youth Centers, Chicago
Robert J. Hildebranski '89 ENG
Vice President, Harbour Contractors, Inc.
Carlos Tortolero '78 ED
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
2002
Rich King '70 LAS
Sports Anchor/Reporter WGN-TV News
Frank McMenamin, DDS '79, Dentistry
Retired Director, Dental Program for the Chicago Department of Health
Ed Uhlir '69 AA
Director, Lakefront Millennium Park project
Director of Land Acquisition, Corlands
2001
Cynthia T. Henderson '75 AHS, MS '79 COM, MD '79
Director and Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County
Christopher Hill '79 AA
Retired Commissioner, Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Gayle Gamauf McCoy, MSW '83
Executive Director, Genesis House, Chicago
2000
Jimmy Lago, MSW '75
Chancellor, Archdiocese of Chicago
Jim Plunkard, MARCH '83
Partner and Co-founder, Hartshorne-Plunkard Ltd., Chicago
1998-99
James Jones, MSW '83
President and CEO, ChildServ, Chicago
Andy Shaw '71 LAS
Political Reporter, ABC-7 News
Gloria Jackson Bacon, MD '62, MPH '84
Director, The Clinic in Altgeld, Inc.
First African-American Woman to receive MD Degree from UIC College of Medicine
1997
Aurie Pennick '71 LAS, MA '81 LAS
President and CEO, Leadership Council for Open Metropolitan Communities, Chicago
Bruce Wolff, '62 DENT, DDS '63
Organizer, Eleanor Wester Dental Clinic (a volunteer dental clinic)
President, Lake Bluff Dental Association, Ltd.
Erma Tranter, MUPP '78
Executive Director, Friends of the Park, Chicago
1996
Helen Arnold Massey, MS '93 AHS
Special Projects Coordinator, Nicholson Specialty School for Mathematics
Office of Professional Development, Chicago Public Schools
Salvador Godinez '73 LAS
Deputy Director, Michigan Department of Corrections
Vikki Pryor, MBA '89
President and CEO, SBU Mutual Life
Mark Dalton, MSW '87
Administrator, Chicago Health Circle programs
1995
Raymond Funderburk '74 LAS
Judge, Cook County Circuit Court
Uriel Schlair '76 AA
Nationally recognized restoration expert
Vice-President, Harry Weese and Associates
Wendy Young, PhD '83 LAS
Founder, Midwest Community Council
Richard Powell, MS '90 CBA
Senior Project Executive, IBM Corporation
Deborah Lynch, PhD '84 LAS
President, Chicago Teachers Union
1994
Crendalyn McMath '86 LAS, MBA '88
AnnMarie Onesti '89 LAS
Teacher, Providence St. Mel School, Chicago
Mildred Lynk-Long '86 LAS
Organized German program at Spencer Elementary
Rudy Randall '75 LAS
IT Executive Director, Pactiv
1993
Deidra White '79 LAS
Planning Editor, WBBM-TV
James H. Foster '74 ENG
Department Head, Toll Digital Switching Systems Development, Motorola
Maria Teresa Ayala, MUPP '86
Position Director, Association House of Chicago
Richard Risk '68 CBA
President and CEO, Advocate Health Care
Sharon Fiffer '73 FAA (UIUC), MA '83 LAS
Award-winning nonfiction writer
