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 lumni 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
1979
Rowine Hayes Brown MD '39 MED
Medical Director
Cook County Hospital
(Deceased)
Everette B. Harris AB '35 LAS
President Emeritus
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
(Deceased)
J. Robert Schrieffer MS '54 PHYSICS, PHD '57 PHYSICS
Professor of Physics
University of Pennsylvania |
1978
Gayle B. Aydelott '36 CBA
President & Chairman
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
(Deceased)
Lee L. Morgan '41 ACES
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Rosalyn S. Yalow MS '42 PHYSICS, PHD '45 PHYSICS
Senior Medical Investigator
Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital
Nobel Prize Winner |
1977
Temple Hoyne Buell '16 ARCH
Architect, Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Buell Development Corporation
(Deceased)
Kenneth 0. Emery '37 GEOLOGY, PHD '41 GEOLOGY
Marine Geologist, Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(Deceased)
George W. English '21 CBA
Attorney, Bank Executive
Community Builder
(Deceased) |
1976
Arthur W. Sloan '22 LAS
Founder, President
Atlantic Research Corporation
(Deceased)
Carl S. Marvel AM '19 LAS, PHD '20
Professor of Chemistry
University of Arizona
(Deceased)
Thomas A. Murphy '38 CBA
Chairman
General Motors Corporation |
1975
Polykarp Kusch MS '33 PHYSICS, PHD '36 PHYSICS
Professor of Physics
The University of Texas at Dallas
Nobel Prize Winner
(Deceased)
Clayton Kirkpatrick AB '37 LAS
Editor
Chicago Tribune
W. Leonard Evans, Jr. '35 CBA
President and Publisher
Tuesday Publications, Inc. |
1974
Walter P. Blount AB '21 LAS, BS '23 MED
Physician, Surgeon and Teacher
(Deceased)
Roy J. Carver '34 ENG
Founder and Chairman
Bandag, Inc.
(Deceased)
Robert W. Holley '42 LAS
Professor of Molecular Biology
The Salk Institute.
(Deceased) |
1973
Jack S. Kilby '47 ENG
Inventor, Engineer
Dallas, Texas
William A. Marsteller '37 COM
Charman of the Board
Marsteller, Inc.
(Deceased)
William L. Pereira '30 ARCH
Architect, Planner
William L. Pereira Associates
(Deceased) |
1972
Barton A. Cummings '35 COM
Chairman, Executive Committee
Compton Advertising, Inc.
(Deceased)
Philip HandlerPHD '39 LAS
President
National Academy of Sciences
(Deceased)
George H. Lesch '31 CBA
Chairman of the Board
Colgate-Palmolive Company
(Deceased) |
1971
Ralph A. Connor '29 LAS
Chairman, Executive Committee
Rohm and Haas Company
(Deceased)
Fred H. Turner AB '22 LAS, AM '29 PSY, PHD '31 EDU
Dean of Students, Emeritus
University of Illinois
(Deceased)
Milton C. Mumford AB '35 LAS
Chairman of the Board
Lever Brothers Company
(Deceased) |
1970
John C. Houbolt '40 ENG
Senior Vice President
Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton
Charles Luckman '31 ARCH
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Charles Luckman Associates
(Deceased)
John W. Queenan '27 CBA
Managing Partner
Haskins and Sells
(Deceased) |
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