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Alumni Achievement Award
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.

Previous Recipients

2000-07 | 1990-99 | 1980-89 | 1970-79 | 1960-69 | 1957-59

 
1969

Dorothy Hunt Needham '22 LAS
President
North American Benefit Association

Louis K. Eilers '29 LAS
President and Chief Executive Officer
Eastman Kodak Company

Glen P. Brock, Sr. '22 CBA
President
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company

1968

Rexford S. Blazer AB '28 LAS
Chairman of the Board
Ashland Oil and Refining Company

Wayne A. Johnston '19
Chairman
Illinois Central Industries and Illinois Central Railroad

George E. Keck '32 CBA
President
United Air Lines, Inc.

Dr. L. Emmerson Ward AB '39 LAS
Chairman, Mayo Clinic
Board of Governors

1967

Joseph B. Lanterman '36 CBA
President
Amsted Industries, Inc.
(Deceased)

Phillips Talbot AB '36 LAS, BS '36 COM
United States Ambassador to Greece

Oliver J. Troster '16 ACES
Partner
Troster, Singer and Company
(Deceased)

1966

Harry 0. Bercher '28 CBA
President
International Harvester Co.
(Deceased)

Albert E. Jenner, Jr. LLB '30 LAW
Attorney
Raymond, Mayer, Jenner & Block
(Deceased)

Irna Phillips '23 LAS
Creator, Writer
Radio and Television Serials
(Deceased)

1965

George S. Halas '18 ENG
Owner/Coach
Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.
(Deceased)

William G. Karnes '33 CBA
President
Beatrice Foods Co.
(Deceased)

Allan Nevins AB '12 LAS, AM '13 LAS
Historian, Teacher, Biographer
(Deceased)

1964

Mark Van Doren AB '14 LAS, AM '15 LAS
Poet, Author, Teacher
Literary Critic
(Deceased)

Stewart D. Owen AB '20 LAS
Managing Editor
The Chicago Tribune
(Deceased)

Leslie B. Worthington '23 CBA
President
United States Steel Corp.
(Deceased)

1963

Max Abramovitz BAR '29 ARCH
Architect
Harrison and Abramovitz

William B. Greene '08 ENG
Chairman of the Board
Barber-Greene Co.
(Deceased)

Donald R. Grimes AB '28 LAS
President
Independent Grocers Alliance Distributing Co.
(Deceased)

1962

George Chandler '22 CBA
President of the Board
Screen Actors Guild
(Deceased)

Dr. Karl A. Meyer MD '08
Medical Director
Cook County Medical Institutions
(Deceased)

Clifford S. Strike '24 ENG
President
F.H. McGraw & Co.
(Deceased)

1961

Harold Boeschenstein '20 CBA
President
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
(Deceased)

Karl M. Dallenbach AB '10 LAS
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
University of Texas
(Deceased)

James B. Reston '32 COM
Chief, Washington Bureau
The New York Times
(Deceased)

1960

Arnold 0. Beckman '22 LAS
President
Beckman Instruments, Inc.

Herman C. Krannert '12 ENG
Chairman of the Board
Inland Container Corp.
(Deceased)

Robert L. Latzer '08 ACES
Chairman of the Board
Pet Milk Co.
(Deceased)





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