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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
1999
Joseph
H. Burckhalter '38 LAS
Research Professor, Chemist
Florida Institute of Technology |
1998
Gary
K. Bielfeldt '58, ACES, MS '59 ACES
Managing Partner, Bielfeldt and Company
Chairman, The Bielfeldt Foundation
Archie R. Clemins '66, ENG, MS '72 ENG
Admiral, U. S. Navy
Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
R. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith PHD '69 LAS
Author
Professor of English and Creative Writing
The University of Texas at Austin |
1997
Jerry
J. Colangelo '62 ALS
Owner, Phoenix Suns
(National Basketball Association)
Owner, Arizona Diamondbacks
(Major League Baseball Team)
John A. Georges '51 LAS
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
International Paper Company
Leo M. Henikoff, Jr. MD '63 MED (UIC)
President, Rush University
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Pediatric Cardiologist
Robert D. Novak AB '52 LAS
Newspaper Columnist, Television Commentator, Author
Washington, D.C. |
1996
Mannie
L. Jackson '60 ALS
Chairman and Owner, Harlem Globetrotters
Retired Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer
Honeywell, Inc.
H. Richard McFarland '52 ACES
Businessman, Philanthropist, Patriot
President and Owner
McFarland Foods Corporation
Cesar Pelli '54 ARCH
Architect, Designer, and Distinguished Architectural Educator
Cesar Pelli & Associates |
1995
Nancy
Goodman Brinker AB '68 LAS
Founding Chairman
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Donald C. Johanson AB '66 LAS
Physical Anthropologist
President, Institute of Human Origins
Edwin G. Krebs AB '40 LAS
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
Senior Investigator Emeritus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Nobel Prize Winner |
1994
David
H. Blackwell AB '38 LAS, AM '39 LAS, PHD '41 LAS
Statistician, Educator, Author
University of California, Berkeley
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Steven B. Sample '62 ENG, MS '63 ENG, PHD '65 ENG
Educator, Inventor, Administrator
President, University of Southern California
Richard Cline AB '57 LAS
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
NICOR Inc. |
1993
Albert
Leslie Babb MS '49 LAS, PHD '51 LAS
Chemical Engineer, Biomedical Engineer, Humanitarian
Designer of the First Portable Kidney Dialysis Machine
George M.C. Fisher '62 ENG
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Motorola
Lynn Morley Martin AB '60 LAS
Congresswoman, Teacher
Former Secretary of Labor |
1992
Richard
H. Frank '65 CBA
President
Walt Disney Studios
Steven R. Nagel'69 AAE
Colonel, U. S. Air Force
NASA Astronaut
Dennis D. Swanson '61 COM, MS '66 COM
President
ABC Sports, Daytime and Children's Programming
New York |
1991
James
S. Brady '62 COM
Vice Chairman
National Organization on Disability, Washington, D.C.
Former Press Secretary for President Ronald Reagan
John F. Burke '47 LAS
Surgeon, Scientist and Educator
Harvard University Medical School
Samuel K. Skinner '60 CBA
United States Secretary of Transportation |
1990
Charles
Marshall '51 ACES
Vice Chairman of the Board
American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Arnold R. Weber AB '50 LAS, AM '51 LAS
President
Northwestern University
B. Kenneth West AB '55 LAS
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Harris Bankcorp, Inc. |
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