Loyalty Award

Recipients are alumni who have distinguished themselves in donating their time and talent on behalf of the University of Illinois and UIS.

At its annual awards dinner honoring outstanding graduates of UIS, the Alumni Assoication presented Loyalty awards to several distinguished alumni.

2012 Recipients

Barbara Burkhardt

Barbara Burkhardt ’84 (UIUC), MA ’90 LAS, PHD ’94 (UIUC),has been involved with the University of Illinois Springfield in a variety of ways: as a student, as an associate professor of English, as a member of the UIS development team and as an active alumna. For her generosity of time and effort, she is being honored with a University of Illinois Loyalty Award. As a member of the UIS community, Barbara has given her time, energy and creativity to the University. During the transition from Sangamon State University to UIS, she assisted with the creation of the first office of the University of Illinois Alumni Association for the Springfield campus. She played an important role in developing the Campus Alumni Advisory Board, serving as president, and then continuing on the board for 10 years. Barbara lives in Washington, D.C., with her family, where she continues to be an invaluable resource for the UIS Ambassador series.

Bill Furry

As executive editor of the Illinois State Historical Society and moderator for many of the Alumni SAGE Society Lunch and Learn Series, Bill Furry ’85 LAS, MA ’97 LAS, is a familiar face around Springfield and the University of Illinois Springfield campus. He is being honored for his dedication to his alma mater with the University’s Loyalty Award for Exceptional Alumni Service. Furry says he has an unspoken agreement with members of the UIS community; he is always ready to assist them, should they need his help. “UIS is an institution I’ve gravitated toward and I have a lot of respect for,” he says. “A lot of the things that made me who I am happened there … I got my first copy editing job because one of my professors recommended me for the job. In addition to his efforts at UIS, Furry has served as the president of the Vachel Lindsay Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to stimulating interest in the poet and assisting in preservation of his Springfield home, a state historic site.

Previous Recipients

2011
Victor Juarez , ‘87 CBM
Grace Wenz MA ’73 EHS

2010
Timothy A. Schweizer, MBA ‘85
Janice M. Spears ’73 LAS, MA ’74 LAS, MA ’81 EHS

2009
Nancy L. Chapin, ma ’73 ehs
Roberta Volkmann, ma ’73 las

2008
Susan L. Blocker ’01 CBM, MBA ’03
Bruce L. Bullard, MA ’92 CBM
Ronda Y. Guyton ’04 PAA
Barbara A. Lestikow ’66 ED, MA ’75 EHS
Donovan W. Pepper ’94 PAA, MA ’96 PAA

2007
Linda L. Brookhart ’99 CBM
Robert O. Clary, MBA ’85 CBM
L. Michael Purnell ’78 LAS  

2006
Randall F. Dunn ’73 CBM, MA ’74 PAA
William G. Hall ’70 LAS, MA ’73 EHS
Claudia Pitchford ’00 LAS

2005
Trudy L. Malkey ’01 CBM
Peggy L. Mayfield ’93 EHS, MA ’96 EHS
Denise Y. Yates ’96 EHS, MA ’98 EHS

2004
John D. Blackburn, MA ’79 EHS  
Deborah K. Cimarosa ’93 CBM, MA ’98 LAS
Thomas S. Duncan ’00 CBM

2003
Krishna M. Brahmamdam, MA ’98 LAS, MBA ’04  
James I. Matheis ’82 PAA
Heather N. Nifong, MA ’92 LAS, MPH ’99   
Sister Arlene Winkler, MA ’81 EHS

2002
Edward A. Brooks ’50 ENG, MA ’74 PAA
Helen E. Brooks
Jerome W. Donovan ’96 CBM
Cindy Terry, MA ’72 EHS

2001
Helen Adorjan ’63 COM, MA ’72 LAS
Charles H. Northrup, LLB ’39 LAW, MA ’80 LAS

2000
Maureen L. Bartels ’97 CBM
Paul R. Craig, MA ’74 LAS
Ethel Gingold ’40 LAS, MA ’73 EHS (justice and social order), MA ’79 EHS (human services) 
Leroy A. Jordan, MA ’72 EHS 
David P. Marshall ’98 CBM
Jana E. Wise ’92 CBM

1999
Mary P. Bohlen, MA ’78 LAS
Pam McClelland ’90 CBM, MA ’95 CBM
Ed McDowall, MA ’92 LAS
Mary Rechner ’98 CBM
Pauline Santini ’80 CBM

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