Awards & Recognitions
The Centurion Society was created by the Bradley University Board of Trustees on the occasion of the University’s 85th anniversary to honor outstanding Bradley alumni for their career achievements in business, public life, and the professions. Centurions are individuals of special talent and attainment who have become national or international leaders in their field.
Charter members of the Centurion Society were all recipients of the Bradley University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award, one of Bradley’s highest alumni honors. Since 1982, other distinguished alumni have been selected for membership.
The image on the medallion was adapted from that of the lion high on the facing of Westlake Hall where it overlooks the Quadrangle. Just as the lion is a figurative sentinel guarding the campus and its ideals, so are the Centurions guardians of the mission of Bradley University through their leadership, devoted service and commitment to excellence in all endeavors.
To submit a name for nomination, please contact Jeanne Ditewig Office of the Vice President for Advancement 309-677-3159
Centurion profiles are listed in chronological order of the year they received the award.
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Chronological Listing
1982 - Charter Members
*Dr. Benjamin H. Alexander '50; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1977; served as President of Drew Dawn Enterprises, Inc., a Washington, DC, company involved in environmental, medical and agricultural chemistry; former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Education; former President of both the University of the District of Columbia and Chicago State University; research chemist and lecturer; former member of the Bradley Board of Trustees. Honorary degree, Bradley University 1979.
*Dr. John E. Armstrong '04, '05; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1952. Retired in 1951 as Chief Engineer at Canadian Pacific Railway, where he was involved with the company's railroads, telegraph, radio, express, hotels, steamships, airlines, mining, and oil wells and traveled 25,000 to 50,000 miles annually by railway; President of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
*Dr. Walter H. Baer '26; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1957. Psychiatrist and Superintendent of both Peoria State Hospital, where the first Illinois unit for psychotic children opened, and Manteno State Hospital; Deputy Director in the Illinois Department of Public Welfare from 1951 to 1953.
*Miss Sidney Baldwin '05; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1965. Noted author, columnist, and lecturer; vice president of the Peoria Star, author of five children's books; associated with Ladies Home Journal, Boston Globe, and other publications; promoted various cultural projects in Maine, Florida, and Illinois.
*Mr. Floyd L. Barloga '29; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1964; an Education Specialist in the U.S. Office of Education; supervised construction materials allocations
for schools, colleges, libraries, and museums throughout the U.S.; recruited educators and
administrators for foreign assignments with UNESCO and the Agency for International Development; held several foreign assignments as an education consultant.
for schools, colleges, libraries, and museums throughout the U.S.; recruited educators and
administrators for foreign assignments with UNESCO and the Agency for International Development; held several foreign assignments as an education consultant.
Mr. Bruce D. Barrington '64; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1985. CEO, Top Speed Corporation, Pompano Beach, Florida; co-founder of HBO and Company, a computer services company based in Atlanta, Georgia; founder and CEO of Clarion Software Corporation, a software publisher of PC development tools; former member of Bradley Board of Trustees; former member Associate Board of Trustees.
*Mr. Joseph F. Bartley, Sr. '03, '05; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1957. Headed the Peoria law firm of Bartley and Bartley; served as legal counsel for many Catholic institutions; first layman of the Peoria Diocese to receive a Papal Knighthood.
*Mr. Melvin B. Bradshaw '49; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1981. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies for 41 years; presidential appointee to the National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws; Chairman of the Alliance of American Insurers; honorary chairperson for the United Negro College Fund.
*Dr. John I. Brewer '25; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1952; retired physician and scientist whose research resulted in successful treatment for cancer of the placenta; Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Medical School, where the John and Ruth Brewer Chair in Gynecology and Cancer Research was established in 1983; former Chief of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Passavant Pavilion in Chicago; author of four gynecology textbooks; Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1959-1990. Author of numerous journal articles and textbooks. Recipient of many professional and community awards.
*Mr. Samuel A. Casey '36, Distinguished Alumnus Award 1969; retired Chairman of the Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, one of the nation's largest paper companies; former Chicago attorney; director of several corporations, including United States Trust Company of New York, Greyhound Dial, Pitney Bowes, Inc., and General Signal Corporation; former member of the Bradley Board of Trustees.
Dr. Joseph Miles Chamberlain '47, AM ’50, Ed.D ’62, Columbia University. Distinguished Alumnus Award 1967. Retired in 1991 as President and Director of The Adler Planetarium in Chicago; remains as President Emeritus and life trustee; former General Manager and Chief Astronomer for the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium; former Assistant Director of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and former President for the American Association of Museums; astronomy professor; has led geodetic and eclipse expeditions around the world; Trustee and committee chair, Lakeview Museum 1968-1991.
*Dr. George C. Comstock '32; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1963. Vice President of the Electronic Systems and Techniques Division and Deputy Technical Director of the laboratory at Airborne Instruments Laboratory; Professor of Physics at The Citadel; staff member of the radiation laboratory at MIT; in charge of electronics engineering for original ground controlled approach radar.
*Dr. Hugh E. Cooper '09; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1953. Orthopedic surgeon; consultant at clinics and hospitals in the Midwest; President of the Peoria City Medical Society and the Saint Francis Hospital staff; member of the Governor's Commission for Crippled Children of the State of Illinois.
*Mr. Joseph Goss Cowell '04, '06; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1969. Internationally known for his work as a painter, sculptor, and designer of altars and memorial windows; conducted research and evaluations for the Navy Hydrographic Office; Dean of the National Art School in Washington; established art classes for manic-depressives at Boston State Hospital.
*Mr. James Edward Davis '25; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1958. Retired Chairman of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior; organized handicraft guilds in a five-state area for Southern Highlanders Handicraft Guild headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina; helped establish the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, and served on its board for many years; received the Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior; received the National Order of the Southern Cross of Brazil for his work as commander of the U.S. Naval Air Facility Base at Fortaleza, Brazil, in defense of Brazil during World War II. Honorary degree from Bradley University, 1955.
*Dr. Robert J. Dimler '36; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1966. Retired Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Northern Utilization Research Division (now the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research); gained international recognition for his work in carbohydrates chromatography, a method of chemical analysis; inventor of an alkali process for producing wheat starch.
Dr. Robert S. Eckley '42; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1972; President Emeritus of Illinois Wesleyan University; former industrial economist at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City; former manager of the business economics department at Caterpillar Inc.; director of State Farm Insurance Companies and Central Illinois Public Service Company. Former trustee for Methodist Medical Center and Illinois Council of Churches. Distinguished Alumni Award, Peoria High School, 1996.
*Mr. Wilbur S. Forrest '09; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1958. Prominent war correspondent with the New York Tribune and Washington Correspondent for United Press; President of the American Society of Editors; director of the New York Herald Tribune.
*Dr. Charles Mayo Goss '16; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1956. Editor of Gray's Anatomy and The Anatomical Record; professor and head of the department of anatomy at the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University Medical School.
Mr. Jerry A. Hadley '74; Outstanding Young Graduate 1981. Leading lyric tenor; has sung leading roles with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, and many major European houses, including the Vienna Opera; has sung on many "Live from Lincoln Center" PBS broadcasts; has recordings with major classical recording companies; has won three Grammy awards.
*Brig. Gen. Joseph Randall Holzapple '38; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1954; former Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe; completed 99 missions in World War II; youngest group commander in WWII and first person to fly a B-26 around the world; inventor and developer of the "skip bomb" technique used during WWII; developer of a multiple take-off and landing system used effectively by B-26 aircraft in WWII.
*Mrs. Virginia Coker Housholder '40; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1958; served 18 years in the Department of State in Washington, DC, specializing in budgets and administration of international organizations and six years for three international organizations; first woman to serve on the Committee on Administration and Budgets for the United Nations General Assembly; former Director of the Office of International Administration for the State Department; served in UNESCO's budget office.
Dr. Fred M. King '39, '48, '52; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1974; author, educator, and leader in public school curriculum development; has authored 194 textbooks used by public and private schools in all 50 states and by American schools overseas; wrote and provided photographs to illustrate lessons in the Palmer Method Handwriting series from 1960 to 1990. Over 41 million of his books have been used in American schools since 1957.
*Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. '56; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1969; served in the U.S. Air Force; first African American chosen as an astronaut in the United States Air Force Manned Orbiting Lab (MOL) Space Program; held a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Ohio State; tragically killed in a jet plane crash in 1967.
*Mr. Robert W. Leu '40; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1979; successful Chartered Life Underwriter and life member of the Million Dollar Round Table; received 37 Quality Awards from the National Association of Life Underwriters; founded Bob Leu Insurance Service and Insurance and Pension Plans, Inc.; one of the founders of Pioneer Industrial Park and Pioneer Bank of Peoria; served 16 years as a trustee of Peoria Park District; former member of the Bradley Board of Trustees.
*Mr. George Littlewood Luthy '16; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1971. President and Chairman of the Board of Commercial National Bank in Peoria; Founder, President, and Director of Peoria Development Corporation; helped locate Caterpillar Tractor Company's international headquarters in Peoria; served 24 years as a trustee of Peoria Park District, the last 12 as president; member of the Bradley Board of Trustees from 1936 to 1982, serving as its chairman from 1947 to 1971 and as an honorary trustee from 1971 to 1982.
*Mr. William G. Mason '30; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1962. Vice President of Marketing and a member of the board of directors at Quaker Oats Company. Member, Bradley Athletic Hall of Fame.
*Mr. William G. Mason '30; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1962. Vice President of Marketing and a member of the board of directors at Quaker Oats Company. Member, Bradley Athletic Hall of Fame.
*Mr. Harold N. Metzel ’26; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1956. Retired Vice President of General Motors and General Manager of the Oldsmobile Division; earlier served as Chief Engineer of the Oldsmobile Division and developed the Toronado, earning him "Automobile's Man of the Year" award. Received the Bradley University President's Award, and honorary Doctor of Science Degree 1968.
Congressman Robert H. Michel '48, Distinguished Alumnus Award 1961; retired Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; first elected to the 85th Congress in 1956 from the 18th Congressional District of Illinois and re-elected to 18 consecutive terms in the House; served more than 20 years on the House Appropriations Committee; has served as an adviser to several U.S. presidents; has been a delegate to every Republican National Convention since 1964, serving as deputy floor leader for President Ford in 1976, floor leader for President Reagan in 1980, and permanent chairman of the 1984 and 1988 conventions; member of the Bradley Board of Trustees.
*Dr. John P. Minton '10; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1953. Engineer, scientist, physicist; first designed and introduced built-in radio loudspeakers and small table model radios with small conical type receivers; developed sound-proof helmets for airline pilots during World War I; directed various research laboratories at Magnolia Petroleum Company. Honorary degree from Bradley University 1955.
*Mr. H. Dale Morgan '04; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1957. Practiced law in Peoria from 1909 to 1956 as a partner, successively, in firms known as Morgan and Galbraith; McRoberts and Morgan; Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis and Arber; and Morgan, Pendarvis and Morgan; long time attorney for Peoria School District 150, the Peoria Board of Education, and Bradley University; served on the Bradley Board of Trustees.
*Judge Robert D. Morgan '34; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1982. Retired; in 1967 became first Peorian appointed U.S. District Judge; became Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in 1972 and Senior Judge in 1982; elected first mayor of Peoria under council-manager form of government in 1953; accepted Peoria’s first designation as an "All American City" from the National Municipal League; lifetime trustee of the Bradley Board of Trustees. Named as Distinguished Alumni by Peoria High School, 1996.
*Dr. George S. Phalen '33; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1970. Retired leader in orthopedic surgery and research; a founding member and past President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the first and largest society of its kind in the world; past President of the International Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons; past Chairman of the Orthopedic Section of the American Medical Association; retired Professor of Orthopedic Surgery in the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
*Mr. William L. Rutherford '35; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1975. Lawyer and conservationist; Administrative Vice President and Treasurer of the Forest Park Foundation; sponsor of health care, recreation, education, and conservation projects; founder and leader of Wildlife Prairie Park, a 2000-acre natural habitat park in Illinois; awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award by President Bush in 1990; given the Department of the Interior "Take Pride in America Award;" Co-Founder of Peoria Airport Authority, Peoria Area Community Foundation, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nature of Illinois Foundation, Marvin Hult Health Education Center, Conservation Foundation of DuPage County, and Allied Agencies; served on the Surgeon General's Advisory Commission on Chronic Diseases and White House Conferences on Aging and Natural Beauty; consultant to the Secretary of War 1942; Peoria County Bar Association; Robert H. Michel Lifetime Achievement Award 1995; first Distinguished Community Service Award 1996. Distinguished Alumni Award, Peoria High School, 1996. Honorary degree from Bradley University, 1991.
Mr. Albert F. Siepert, Jr. ’36; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1960. Retired research and development federal official; deputy director of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the Gemini and Apollo manned Lunar programs (1963-70); first Director of Administration at NASA headquarters (1958-62); earlier served as the initial executive officer of the Medical Research Agency, the National Institutes of Health; earned the Distinguished Service Award from both NIH and NASA.
*Mr. Louis H. Skidmore ’17; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1952. Nationally known architect and engineer; senior partner of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco; projects include the Ford Motor Company office building in Dearborn, Michigan, The Sloan-Kettering Institute’s Memorial Hosptial in New York, housing projects for the Chicago Housing Authority and New York Life Insurance Company, and the Atomic Energy Commission’s town for 75,000 people in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Honorary degree from Bradley University1952.
Dr. Edwin B. Stear ’54; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1980. Corporate Vice President of Technology Assessment at The Boeing Company; served as Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force; was Professor of Electrical Engineering, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering, and Executive Director of the Washington Technology Center at the University of Washington, Seattle. Chairman of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a faculty member at UCLA; consultant to industry throughout his teaching career; served as Chairman of the Guidance and Control Panel of the NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) and chairman of the Panel Chairmen; former Chairman and present member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; Bradley University College of Engineering and Technology Advisory Board. Listed in Who’s Who in America.
*Dr. Charles Doren Tharp ’27; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1963. Vice President for Administration at the University of Miami; president of the South Miami Federal Savings and Loan Association of Miami; consultant to Florida colleges; Co-Chairman and member of the board of directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
*Dr. Beatrice E. Tucker ’15, ’16; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1973. Obstetrician; Medical Director for more than 40 years at the Chicago Maternity Center, which offered maternity care, trained physicians, and at-home delivery to low-income women; organized cooperative efforts between the Center and leading Chicago hospitals ensuring medical care for disadvantaged youngsters; Associate Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Medical School; senior attending obstetrician and gynecologist at Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Chicago Memorial Hospital and Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
*Dr. Harold A. Vonachen ’19; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1955. Medical Director at Caterpillar Tractor Company; renowned specialist in industrial medicine; received the Knudsen Award for “most outstanding contribution to industrial medicine;” founded the Bradley Student Health Service in 1952.
Dr. Joan Scott Wallace ’52, MSW ’54 Columbia University, Ph.D. ’73 Northwestern University. Distinguished Alumnus Award 1978. Former Assistant Secretary for Administration and Administrator of International Cooperation and Development at the United States Department of Agriculture. Worked in 52 countries, led U.S. delegations to international food organizations, provided technical assistance to 100 countries, provided training to foreign agriculturists, facilitated private sector activity in the Caribbean nations, facilitated research in India and Pakistan and managed the exchange of technology in 32 countries. She has served as Representative to the Government of Trinidad from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. In the academic area she has been professor at the University of Illinois and Howard University, Associate Dean at Howard, Dean at Western Michigan University and Vice President at Morgan State University. She has received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Maryland, Bowie State University and Alabama A&M University. Currently, President of Joan Wallace & Associates and Chairman of Americans for Democracy in Africa.
*Mr. Clarence L. A. Wynd ’18, ’22; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1968. Retired President and Member of the Board of Directors of Eastman Kodak Company; responsible for some of the firm’s breakthroughs in the processing of photographic film; Trustee at the University of Rochester.
*Mr. Merle R. Yontz ’33, Distinguished alumnus Award 1959. Retired Vice President of Caterpillar Inc., former president of LeTourneau Westinghouse; also received B’nai B’rith Citizen of the Year 1980; Peoria “Achievers’ Award” in Industry, Junior Achievement, 1955; Methodist Medical Center Foundation, First Annual President’s Award; served on the state of Illinois Board of Higher Education; named 1991 “Trustee of the Year” by Modern Healthcare, a nationwide news publication, in honor of his 42 years of service on various health care boards; former member of the Bradley Board of Trustees. Honorary degree from Bradley University 1981.
1983
Mr. Richard E. Carver '59; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1983. President, MST-AMERICA, formerly ZF Industries; owner of Carver Lumber Company and Carver Mortgage Services Co.; former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for financial management and later for manpower and reserve affairs; Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve; Mayor of Peoria, Illinois for 12 years; past president of the United State Conference of Mayors; member of Bradley Board of Trustees.
Mr. David C. Horowitz '59; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1983; consumer commentator; host, creator, and executive producer of the nationally syndicated "FIGHT BACK! WITH DAVID HOROWITZ" show; has won 11 Emmys for his television reporting; writes a syndicated news column, and is heard on a radio feature in 90 percent of the U.S., author of six best-selling books; consumer consultant to several foreign governments; former NBC News Far East correspondent; President of "FIGHT BACK!" FOUNDATION FOR CONSUMER EDUCATION.
1984
*Mr. John "Ted" Flora '42; retired Chairman of the Board of Hagerty Brothers Company; former Chairman and member of the Board of Trustees at Blackburn College; trustee of the National Association of Wholesalers; Distributors; former director of Commercial National Bank, United Savings of Central Illinois; former trustee Proctor Community Hospital.
*Mr. O. E. "Odey" Powers '52; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Nicolet Instrument Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin; formerly president of S. J. Groves and Sons and McGraw-Edison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of both the Turbodyne Corporation and Worthington Compressors, and Vice President of Honeywell; member of Board of Directors of International Multifoods and the Nicolet Industrial Corporation; past chairman of the Bradley Board of Trustees.
Dr. James A. Russell, Jr. '41, '50; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1984. Retired President of Saint Paul's College in Virginia and Interim President of West Virginia State College and Southern West Virginia Community College; member of the board of directors of West Virginia Public Radio and the Legislative Policies Committee of West Virginia State College; Chairman, Committee on Racism, Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia.
*Mr. Edward J. Schlegel, Jr. '47; Retired Executive Vice President and Director of Caterpillar Inc.; former member of the board of directors of NCR Corporation; former member of Commercial National Bank of Peoria's board of directors; honorary member of board of trustees at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria; former member of the Bradley Board of Trustees.
1985
Mr. Dick Kay (Richard D. Snodgrass) '62; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1985; political editor and commentator for WMAQ, NBC-TV in Chicago; received the George Foster Peabody Award; has won eight Emmy Awards for his reporting; Peter Lisagor Award 1990; AFTRA-National Board of Directors; National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Mr. John L. Ufheil ’58 Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Celgene Corporation, a New Jersey biotechnology company; former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Executive officer of Mallinckrodt, Inc.; serves as a representative of the Teke Educational Foundation, presented then President Ronald Reagan with the TKE Order of the Silver Maple Leaf.
Mr. Harold A. (Pete) Vonachen, Jr. ’49; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1985. Retired president of Peoria Blacktop Company; former President of Vonachen’s Junction, Inc., Managing Partner of the Peoria Chiefs Professional Baseball Team; serves on Advisory Board of St. Francis Medical Center; former Vice President, Peoria Park District; and serves on many local not-for-profit boards; former member of the Bradley Board of Trustees; Bradley University Athletic Hall of Fame.
1986
Dr. Gilbert Gordon '55; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1986. Volwiler Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Miami University; has conducted research on chemical phenomena affecting daily life, such as better and cheaper ways to purify drinking water; gained international recognition for his research on chlorine dioxide and ozone as alternative disinfectants. Miami University, Benjamin Harrison Medallion; American Chemical Society, Chemist of the Year 1981.
*Mr. Edward D. Greiner '41; former Vice Chairman of the Board of the Masonite Corporation in Chicago; past Secretary-Treasurer of LeTourneau-Westinghouse Company in Peoria and Vice President of Finance at Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
1987
Mr. Thomas J. Wagner ’60 MBA Marquette University ’68. Distinguished Alumnus Award 1987. Retired Vice President, Customer Communication and Satisfaction, Ford Motor Co.; member of the Bradley University Board of Trustees; member of the United States Chamber of Commerce; member Automotive Hall of Fame. Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America Detroit Council. Listed in Who’s Who in America.
1988
Dr. Herbert C. Rudman '47, MS '50 and Ed.D. '54 University of Illinois. Distinguished Alumnus Award 1988. Professor Emeritus of Measurement and Quantitative Methods at Michigan State University; co-author of the Stanford Achievement Test Series and former Editor of Measurement in Education; cited by the Michigan Legislature for state and national leadership in testing; author of numerous articles and books including School and State in the USSR; consultant to Governor's Committee (Michigan) for Development of School Report Cards; head of a research team formed under the USA-USSR Cultural Exchange Agreement; named to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. Member of Visiting Committee for the Educational Testing Service. Bradley University Council member; University of Illinois, Distinguished Alumni Award 1996.
1989
Dr. Gerald W. May '62; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1989. Professor of Civil Engineering and former President and Dean of Engineering of the University of New Mexico; engineering consultant and researcher; leadership in professional organizations; extensive technical publications and named in Who’s Who in America.
1990
Judge Joe Billy McDade ’59, ’60, J.D. University of Michigan Law School; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1990. Chief U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court; previously Federal Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Peoria and Rock Island Divisions); previously served as an Illinois Circuit Judge and Associate Circuit Judge (the first elected African American judge in central Illinois). Prior to that, he was in private law practice from 1968 to 1982, was Executive Director of the Greater Peoria Legal Aid Society, and a government attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Member, Bradley University Board of Trustees; Bradley University Hall of Fame 1961.
1991
Mr. John P. Pearl '49; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1991. Founded the insurance business that bears his name, established in 1953 with a staff of two, now employs more than 200 people in Peoria alone; nationally ranked as a top-10 mass marketer of insurance; member of the Bradley University Council. Former owner of the Heights Bank; owns several automobile dealerships and other small businesses in the Peoria area. Chairman of the Board of Mail Tech Enterprises, Inc.
1992
Dr. Martin G. Abegg '47; President Emeritus of Bradley University. Served Bradley University since 1947 as faculty member, Department Chairman, Dean and President; member of American Society of Civil Engineers; National Society of Professional Engineers; former director of Elco Industries, CILCORP, and Proctor Community Hospital. Awarded Putnam Award 1961, Neumann Award 1990; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1992. Honorary degrees, Illinois College 1982, and Bradley University 1993.
Dr. Lillian Glass '74; Outstanding Young Graduate 1983. Known as the "First Lady of Speech." A noted speech pathologist, speech communication specialist, extensive author, and professional speaker. Recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on communication skills and image.
Mr. Robert J. Hastert '59; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1992; Owner/Manager of White Fence Farm Restaurant; served U.S. Navy 1959-61; president Lockport Rotary; Outstanding Rotarian 1985 and member of Rotary Board; Employer of the Year Award 1991; member Sigma Phi Epsilon; participated in Rotary Foreign Exchange Youth Program; Big Brother/Little Brother Program; Will County Economic Development Committee; member Illinois Restaurant Association; member Illinois Department of Tourism; member Republican Senatorial Inner Circle and Republican Presidential Task Force; member Boys Club of America; sponsor Rialto Cultural Arts Center; active church member.
Mrs. Joan Gore Krupa '67, '69; former Parent Coordinator of Peoria County Bright Futures Project; certified Family Life Educator; past Assistant Dean of Women at Bradley University; member of Governance Committee of the United Way of America; member Peoria County Board; former director, Association of Junior Leagues International; board member of numerous national and local organizations.
Mr. David R. Markin '53, Distinguished Alumnus Award 1999; President and Chief Executive Officer of International Controls Corporation and President and Chairman of the Board of Checker Motors Co., L.P. based in Kalamazoo, Michigan; President United States Tennis Association 1989-1991; Chairman of the U.S. Davis Cup Committee; Chairman of the U.S. Open Site Development Committee; Trustee Kalamazoo College 1973-1991; served on Men's Pro Council representing the International Tennis Foundation. Member Bradley Athletic Hall of Fame.
*Mr. William G. Mitchell '39; retired President, Oliver Trucking Company. Member of Bradley Athletic Hall of Fame; past president and Chairman of the Board at Eastern Express Inc.; past President of Sales and Marketing Council of American Trucking Association; Chairman of the Board, Management Systems Committee of ATA; Transportation Data Coordinating Committee; Vice President of Regular Common Carrier Conference of American Trucking Associations; representative to the ATA Executive Committee; numerous fraternal, church and business affiliations.
General John Shalikashvili '58; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1998; Retired thirteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, named to the position in 1993 by President Bill Clinton. As a four-star general, the nation’s highest ranking military officer, he was principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council; commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1959; served tours in Vietnam, Korea, Europe, and at several military posts in the U.S., commanding troop units at every level, from platoon through division, in addition to spending seven years in Washington in important high level staff positions. Following the Persian Gulf War he was the architect of the operation providing comfort for the humanitarian relief efforts for the Kurdish refugees; spent a year as the assistant to then Chairman, General Colin Powell, before being named the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; responsible for ensuring the combat readiness of all the military forces of NATO’S member nations. Decorated several times for valor in War and distinguished service in peace. Honorary degree from Bradley University, 1994.
1993
Mr. David R. Bergman ’61; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1993. President/Owner, Processed Plastic Company in Montgomery, Illinois, a manufacturer of plastic toys; member of the Board of Trustees of Aurora University; served on the Aurora National Bank Board of Directors; elected to the Regulatory Board of GreatBanc Trust Co.; served as Chairman of the Community Reinvestment Act Committee of the Aurora National Bank, and member of Society of Plastics Engineers.
*Mr. Gordon M. Buehrig ’26; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1981. Long recognized as one of the automobile industry’s most significant designers; his design for the Auburn Cord 810 was recognized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York as one of the outstanding auto designs of all time; selected in 1981 by the Society of Automotive Historians as one of the industry’s 30 most significant people internationally and named a fellow by the Society of Automotive Engineers; inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1989; 1986 Honorary Degree, Aurora University.
Mr. William M. Chinuge ’42; retired as Founder of Peoria Plastic Company; recognized by National Plastics Association for his sales and product innovation skills; past President of the Bradley National Alumni Association; member of the Bradley Athletic Hall of Fame for participation in three major sports; chairman of the Class of 1942’s 50th reunion committee.
Dr. Linneaus C. Dorman ’56; Retired Senior Associate Scientist from the Dow Chemical Co.; holds more than 25 U.S. and 19 foreign patents. Dorman earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Indiana University where he was a Dow Research Fellow in 1959-60; known for his research in the biomedical and polymer fields; holds memberships in professional and honorary societies and has held numerous leadership positions in civic organizations; cited as a Dow Chemical Co. Central Research Inventor of the Year 1983. Saginaw Valley State College Board of Fellows; Emeritus; American Oil Chemists Society, Bond Award; Urban League; Midland Center for the Arts; Bradley University Council; Robert Lawrence Lecturer 1996; American Chemical Society.
*Mr. Thomas S. Foster ’51, ’52; Chairman of the Board and CEO of Foster & Gallagher, Inc., a pioneer direct marketing company he founded in 1949 while a marketing student at Bradley; with his wife, Ellen, established the Foster Scholarship Program and named the Foster College of Business at Bradley.
Mr. William F. Hardin ’50; President of Hardin Signs, Inc.; a recognized portrait artist with more than 20 oil paintings adorning campus buildings; designed the University logo, Centurion medallion, and the Centennial logo. Perpetual Member of the Founders’ Society; past president of the National Alumni Association and Parent’s Association; serves on Bradley University Council.
Mr. Marvin H. Hult ’47; Founder of Hult, Fritz and Matuszak and Associates; owner of Ambassador Properties, Peoria; former station manager of radio station WMBD; past board President of Proctor Hospital; contributed the lead gift from the Marvin Hult Family Foundation to establish the Health Education Center at Proctor Hospital which bears his name; past President of the National Alumni Association, Bradley University trustee for 12 years.
Mr. Warren G. Reynolds '53, '67; retired Vice President of Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.; served as student body president at Bradley; member, Bradley University Council; past President of Bradley National Alumni Association; co-owner of Pioneer Badge and Engraving Co. in Peoria; former Chairman of the Peoria County Board; former at-large member of Peoria City Council; past President of Peoria Historical Society; received Jr. Chamber Good Government Award; Kiwanis Club Tri-county Citizen of the Year; received Freedoms Foundation Honor Award.
Judge Jeanne E. Scott '70; Chief Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois; Outstanding Young Graduate Award 1980; first woman elected a chief circuit judge in any circuit in Illinois; former Bradley University Council member.
Mr. Gerald L. Shaheen '66, '68; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1993. Group President, Caterpillar Inc.; member, Bradley University Board of Trustees; served as Chairman of the Bradley-Caterpillar Centennial Campaign solicitation; Chairman, Greater Peoria Airport Authority Board, 1990; past President of the Bradley National Alumni Association; serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the Board of Directors of Aquila, Inc., National City Corporation, and the Mineral Information Institute.
1994
Mr. Douglass L. Alligood ’56; Senior Vice President, BBDO New York, specializing in the development of advertising and promotion to segmented markets; director and board member of several professional organizations. Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, King Memorial College 1976; listed in Who’s Who Among Black Americans.
Dr. Carol A. Coram ’72, M.S. ’74, Doctor of Education ’81, Columbia University; school administrator, educator and educational consultant; author of the nationally recognized document, “A Curriculum of Inclusion” and other articles. Principal, Seattle Public Schools; director of the Upper School of University Preparatory Academy, Seattle, WA; member of the Bradley Sports Hall of Fame; national and international track and field official; official in 1996 Olympics; numerous awards for commitment to academics and athletics.
Mr. Philip J. Farmer ’50; celebrated writer for over 40 years with works chiefly in science fiction. Published works include over 70 novels and short story collections; over 85 short stories in magazines and anthologies. Winner of three Hugo Awards at World Science-Fiction conventions, writer of the year 1952; best novella 1968; and best novel 1971. Honorary Doctorate, Lincoln College. Distinguished Alumni Award, Peoria High School, 1996.
Mr. Thomas C. Lund ’66; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1994. President, Lund Enterprises; Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Customer Development Corporation (CDC), one of the country’s largest and most successful database marketing firms specializing in the financial services industry; founder of Miracles on the March, a private foundation that created PALS—Praise and Leadership School, dedicated to building self-esteem in its students; recognized leader and speaker of professional organizations; former member Bradley University Council.
Ms. Wendy Clucas Ross '64International Herald Tribune, Paris, France, has held a variety of assignments including the DeKalb Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Tribune, Peoria Journal Star, Miami Harold and The Washington Post.
*Mr. Arthur F. Szold ’41; Retired President and owner of the former Szold’s Inc. Distinguished service in World War II in Army Air Corps; organized the Illinois Air National Guard in Peoria and served as Commanding Officer. Chaired committee to establish the Greater Peoria Airport Authority and twice served as Commissioner; served as Director of First Federal S&L and South Side Bank; board member of the Hines and Richwoods Boards of Education; and on boards of other community organizations. Bradley Board of Trustees 1975-81.
Mr. Richard F. Teerlink ’61; MBA, University of Chicago ’76. Retired Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc., Milwaukee. In 1986 helped guide the firm to public ownership and assisted in acquisition of the transportation division. Acclaimed in national publications for his role in the company comeback to leadership as “the greatest success story of modern U.S. Business.” Active board member and participant in many business and community organizations; listed in Who’s Who in America.
1995
Chief Justice James D. Heiple ’55, J.D. ’57, University of Louisville; Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, first elected to the Circuit Court in 1970, elected to the Appellate Court in1980. Practiced law in the family law firm of Heiple & Heiple. Has served as the President of the Illinois Judges Assocation; the Tazewell County Chair, Heart Fund; Midwest Director of Students of America. Received numerous awards including the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Louisville; and LLM from the University of Virginia, the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation.
Mr. John R. Horne ’60 Purdue University; ’64 M.S. Bradley University; graduate of the Management Program at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Navistar International Corp.; previously an engineer at Caterpillar; serves on the Board of Directors of the American Trucking Association Foundation, Chairman of the board of Trustees of Taylor University, Upland, Indiana; and Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board for Purdue University.
Dr. Burnett Joiner ’64 Alcorn State University; ’68 MA Bradley University; ’75 Ph.D. University of South Carolina; former President of Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. Retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of LeMoyne-Owen College where he established the first graduate school program, obtained funding to build new student housing, and established an Honors Academy. Former Chair of the Commission on Excellence in Inner City Schools, Louisiana; consultant for the U.S. Department of Education, and Director of the American Association of Colleges for Teachers; 1995 Educator of the Year Award from the University of Memphis Society; Walter A. Barret Distinguished Service Award; and listed in Who’s Who Among Black America.
Dr. Jeanne Mund Lagowski ’51, ’52, Ph.D. University of Michigan ’57; post-doctoral work at the University of Cambridge, England. Served as a Research Scientist at the Genetics Foundation, Austin, Texas and Zoology Professor at the University of Texas. Currently the Associate Dean for Health Professions in the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin; author, co-author, and editor of numerous publications including papers, chapters, and books of original research; Service to Students Award 1988; Eyes of Texas Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Life 1994.
Ms. Kay Wade McCurdy ’72, J.D. ’75 University of Chicago Law School; practices law with Lord, Bissell & Brook where she has served as Vice Chair and member of the Legal Personnel Committee; elected partner, 1983, the first year in which the firm elected a woman partner; member, Bradley University Board of Trustees; served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the WBEZ Alliance, Inc., public radio station and Director of Roberts & Porter, Inc.; professional affiliations include membership to the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Secretary of State Business Corporation Acts Advisory Committee, Chicago Finance Exchange and The Law Club of the City of Chicago.
Mr. Bruce Saurs '49; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1995. Former teacher and coach, Peoria High School; owner of three automobile agencies -- Velde Ford, Velde Lincoln Mercury, and Velde Oldsmobile-Cadillac-GMC Truck. Currently, Executive Vice President of Peoria Rivermen Professional Hockey Club. Active in the Peoria community where he served as Honorary Chairman of the Salvation Army Tree of Lights, Honorary Chairman for the Children's Miracle Network, and has received the United Cerebral Palsy of Central Illinois Community Service Award.
1996
Dr. Janet Nay Barry ’66, ’71, Ed.D. ’90; Arizona State University. Superintendent of Issaquah School District, Issaquah, Washington; previously served as High School Principal, Assistant Superintendent for Business, Operations and Personnel, and Associate Superintendent for Curriculum, Glendale Union High School District; Associate Superintendent for Peoria Unified School District, Peoria, AZ; Superintendent of Central Kitsap School District, Silverdale, WA; 1996 Washington State Superintendent of the Year; 1996 National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators.
Dr. William C. Bonifield ’58, Ph.D. ’68, University of Minnesota. Distinguished Alumnus Award 1996. Professional career includes Professor of Economics, Wabash College, Dean of the College of Business Administration, Butler University; served as Vice President for Education at the Lilly Endowment overseeing the awarding of $167 million in grants; Director of the McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship at DePauw University, 1994. Retiring for a second time in 1996 he continues to teach and assist the Director on a part-time basis. Received the First Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education from the Freedom Foundation in 1977, the Sagamore of the Wabash Award 1992, and Junior Achievement Bronze Leadership Award 1993.
Ms. Elizabeth Asip Evans ’76, MBA University of California ’78; joined Wells Fargo Bank in 1982 as a Vice President, in 1988 promoted to Senior Vice President; 1989, assigned as Group Head of the Information services Group. Named Executive Vice President and head of the Investment Services Group in 1991. Recognized by the American Banker as one of the “40 under 40” Outstanding Bank Executives, noted as one of the 20 most powerful women in business in San Francisco. Serves as director of The Exploratorium; past trustee of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Day School.
Mr. Ronald E. Hall ’53, MS ’71 Columbia University ’71, Southern Illinois University, Honorary Doctor of Commercial Science ’88. A distinguished 26 year career with Shell Oil Company in various positions including General Manager-Oil Product Business Centers and Vice President-Chemical Products Business Center; served Gulf Oil as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Products Company 1982-85. Retired from CITGO Petroleum Company as its President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors in 1995; Director, Howell Corporation, Houston, Texas; director of several regional and national organizations, former Trustee of Bradley University, Philbrook Museum of Art, and Laureate Psychiatric Clinic Hospital.
Mr. Jerry R. Krause ’61; noted for a 35-year distinguished career in professional sport; Vice President of Basketball Operations, Chicago Bulls; has drafted, signed or traded for every player and coach on teams that won four NBA World Championships – 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996; twice earned the recognition as Executive of the Year by the National Basketball Association; 18 years in the NBA scouting for Chicago, Baltimore, Phoenix and the Los Angeles Lakers; previously baseball scout for Cleveland, Oakland, Seattle and the Chicago White Sox; Played the key role in bringing the long-time All-Start shortstop Ozzie Guillen to Chicago; furthered the managerial career of current St. Louis Cardinal Manager, Tony LaRussa.
Dr. Richard D. Wagner ’60, MS and Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh. On staff at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Maryland through 1969. Served internships at the Bureau of the Budget and the Illinois General Assembly, served as Deputy Director for Fiscal Affairs and Deputy Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Appointed to current position of Executive Director of IBHE, 1980, the coordinating and planning agency for Illinois’ system of colleges and universities. Leader on the national scene in higher education, serving as President of the State Higher Education Executive Officers, appointed to the Education Commission of States by both Governors James Thompson and Jim Edgar. Honorary degree from Bradley University 1984.
1997
Mr. Hersey Hawkins, Jr. ’88; Outstanding Young Graduate 1995; professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls since August 1999. Previously with the Philadelphia 76ers, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Seattle SuperSonics; a member of an NBA all-star team; a western conference championship team, Olympic Bronze medal winning team and an NBA All-Rookie Team; hosts the annual Hersey Hawkins Weekend of Winners event which includes basketball clinics, auctions and an alumni basketball game in Peoria, Illinois – proceeds benefit the Children’s Hospital of Illinois.
Dr. Arnold Komisar ’68, ’72 D.D.S New York University, College of Dentistry; ’75 M.D. Hahnemann Medical College. Physician/Surgeon; New York, NY; Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Cornell University Medical College; Associate Director of the Department of Otolaryngology, Lenox Hill Hospital, NY; numerous published scientific papers, articles and textbook chapters; listed in Who’s Who in the World.
Dr. Richard W. Miksad ’63, M.S. Cornell University; Sc.D. MIT; Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University Virginia; author of more than 100 scientific publications; served as consultant to many private and government organizations.
Mr. George T. Shaheen ’66, ’68; Distinguished Alumnus Award 1997; President and CEO, Webvan Group, internet company handling online grocery and drugstore deliveries to consumers; former Managing Partner and CEO of Andersen Consulting; former member, Bradley University Board of Trustees; former member National Alumni Association; Bradley University McCord Lecturer 1993; Krannert Distinguished Executive Lecture, Purdue University 1990; appeared in Fortune magazine 1988; cover of Forbes 1999; Chief Executive magazine and Directors and Boards magazine 1991.
Ms. Christine A. Sharp ’75; Producer/News Director, CNN & Sharp Productions; independent television documentary production company; her documentaries have appeared on CNN, MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, ABC Prime Time Live and ABC Good Morning America; George Foster Peabody Award 1990; first career was as a psychiatric nurse.
1998
Maj. Gen. R. Bartholomew (Ret) ’53; Retired U.S. Air Force 1984; served in the Michigan Air National Guard; recorded over 7,000 military flying hours, qualified in 19 different aircraft; last two command assignments were Commander of the 127th Tactical Fighter Wing and Commander of the Michigan Air National Guard where he received promotion to final rank of Major General USAF; selected, attended and graduated from the Southwest Florida Criminal Justice Academy as a Florida Certified Law Enforcement Officer in 1987; serves with the Collier County Sheriff’s office.
Mr. B. Wayne McClain ’77, M.S. ’82 Illinois State University; Assistant Basketball Coach, University of Illinois; Former Head Basketball Coach, Manual High School; unprecedented fourth IHSA Basketball State Championship Title; Tri-County Coach of the Year/Illinois Coaches Association Coach of the Year/National Coach of the Year 1997; Illinois Coaches Association Coach of the Year/Tri-County Coach of the Year 1996 and 1995.
Dr. Linda Moore ’65, ’66; Ph.D. ’73 Kent State University; Dean, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts-Wayne State University; Past President and Executive Director, Central State Communication Association; Past President, Speech Communication Association of Ohio; Executive Director, International Council of Fine Arts Deans.
Miss Lorene M. Ramsey ’71 M.A. Bradley University; M.Ed. University of North Carolina; Women’s Basketball Coach, Illinois Central College; retired as Softball Coach; winningest community college coach in the nation with a win/loss record of 840-309; national championships 1982, 1998; basketball national championships 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999; inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame 6/99.
Mr. Robert D. Thomas ’56; retired Publisher of Ladies’ Home Journal; listed in Who’s Who in America; former member of the Marketing Committee of the Magazine Publishers Association; after retiring from Ladies Home Journal, served as Publisher of Bon Appetit for two years.
1999
Mr. Keith L. Alm ’65; MBA Wake Forrest University; President, Hallmark International; 1999 Bradley University McCord Lecturer; former CEO-Asia Pacific, Sara Lee Corporation; former President/CEO Garden Way; served on the boards of United Way, Babcock Graduate School of Business; Battered Women’s Shelter; Arts Council and the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs for both Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Mr. Robert J. Clanin ’67, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer of United Parcel Service; serves as Chairman of Georgia Council on Economic Education; serves on the boards of The Annie E. Casey Foundation; UPS Foundation and Overseas Partners Ltd; Trustee of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Elizabeth A. Johnson ’69, law degree Emory Law School ’82; Senior Marketing and Business Affairs Counsel, leading legal support for Coca-Cola’s worldwide marketing activities, which includes advertising and intellectual property law; member of the Board of the Georgia Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association; U.S. representative of the U.S. Council for International Business on the International Chamber of Commerce Working Group on Marketing Practices.
Ms. Elizabeth A. Johnson ’69, law degree Emory Law School ’82; Senior Marketing and Business Affairs Counsel, leading legal support for Coca-Cola’s worldwide marketing activities, which includes advertising and intellectual property law; member of the Board of the Georgia Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association; U.S. representative of the U.S. Council for International Business on the International Chamber of Commerce Working Group on Marketing Practices.
Mr. Charles K. (Ozzie) Orsborn ’39, ’51; Emeritus Athletic Director, Bradley University, former Bradley University Basketball Coach; during nine years as coach, he won three NIT titles; conducted basketball clinics with Adolph Rupp and Fred Taylor in Europe and the Pacific; member of the “Famous Five” basketball team while in college.
Mr. Clarence L. Shivers, Jr. ’50; Lt. Col. Retired U.S. Air Force, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, distinguished artist and sculptor, created sculpture honoring Tuskegee Airmen located at the U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado Springs, CO; award-winning paintings exhibited widely throughout Europe and the United States.
2000
Dr. Charlene M. Dewey ’85; M.D. ’90 Morehouse School of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor University College of Medicine, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; named to Bradley University Athletic Hall of Fame 1990—Bradley’s first All-American in the heptathlon; Bradley University 1999 Lawrence Lecturer; Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumna Award 1999; serves on the Baylor College of Medicine Admissions Committee, the Internal Medicine Resident Selection Committee, Introduction to Patient Care Committee; Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Steering Committee; Director of the Intern Clinic, Associate Director of the General Internal Medicine Clinic; Assistant Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, Ben Taub General Hospital; developed and initiated a minority-mentoring program for the Baylor College of Medicine.
Ms. Barbara Mantz Drake ’67; MLS ’82; Editorial Page Editor, Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois; member Advisory Council Junior League, Illinois Economic Education Council, Center for Economic Education; awards received include American Bar Association Writing Award 1981, third place Inland Press Association’s William Allen White Editorial Excellence competition 1999, first place Illinois Press Association 1998, 2000; James S. Copley Ring of Truth 1998.
Dr. Patrick W. Elwood ’53; M.D. ’56 University of Illinois College of Medicine; Partner/Neurosurgeon, Associated University Neurosurgeons, Peoria, Illinois; Chairman and Professor, Neurosurgery Department, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria; elected to the Harvey Cushing Society 1967; elected to the Society of Neurological Surgeons, 1987; elected a Fellow of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, 1987, member, Cerebrovascular Subsection of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons; member, American Medical Association, American Academy of Neurosurgery, congress of Neurological Surgeons, Society of Neurological Surgeons; assisted in the founding of the Illinois Neurological Institute.
Mr. Rex K. Linder ’69, J.D. 1973 Washburn University Law School; Attorney/Senior Partner, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Illinois; Distinguished Alumnus Award 2000;
member Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Peoria Area Economic Development Council; Peoria County Bar Association, Illinois State
Bar Association, American Bar Association; International Association of Defense
Counsel; Society of Trial Lawyers, Order of Barristers, International Association of Insurance Counsel; involved with Children’s Hospital of Illinois Advisory Board, American Red Cross, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Peoria Advisory Board, Heart of Illinois United Way, Salvation Army; awards include Illinois State Bar Association Community Service Award 1993, Lewis J. Burger Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award, Tom Connor Award for Community Service 1996.
member Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Peoria Area Economic Development Council; Peoria County Bar Association, Illinois State
Bar Association, American Bar Association; International Association of Defense
Counsel; Society of Trial Lawyers, Order of Barristers, International Association of Insurance Counsel; involved with Children’s Hospital of Illinois Advisory Board, American Red Cross, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Peoria Advisory Board, Heart of Illinois United Way, Salvation Army; awards include Illinois State Bar Association Community Service Award 1993, Lewis J. Burger Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award, Tom Connor Award for Community Service 1996.
Dr. Benjamin A. Rosales ’72; ISEA (Ecuador) Magister in Business Admnistration ’80; Ph.D. ’96, University of Guayaquil; Vice President, Importadora Industrial Agricola, SA (Caterpillar dealership for the nation of Ecuador); involved in the development of the shrimp acuaculture industry which has become one of the largest industries in Ecuador; National Secretary for Administrative Development for Ecuador 1992-94; Governor of Guayas Province, Ecuador 1999-2000; director, Produbanco; formerly director, Fundacion Crecer (devoted to the human development of street children in Guayaquil); formerly director, Fundacion Miguel Aspiazu Carbo (supporting the Guayas Region Historial Archives); Vice President, Fundacion Cenaim-Espol (directing acuaculture research efforts in Ecuador); author of several articles and book “Un Puerto de Paz y Progreso, published in 1996.
2001
Dr. Stephen P. Havera ’68; M.S., Ph.D. University of Illinois; research scientist with the Illinois Natural History Survey; championed the cause for the importance of natural resources, especially the conservation of water, soil, and the Illinois River; Director of the Survey's Stephen A. Forbes Biological Station in Havana, Illinois; Adjunct Professor with the Bradley Biology Department; similar positions with the University of Illinois and Western Illinois University; member, American Institute of Biological Sciences Board of Directors; President of the Organization of Bological Field Stations; President of the North Central Section of the Wildlife Society; President of the Illinois Chapter of the Wildlife Society; Chairman of the Environmental Issues Committee of the Mississippi Flyway Technical Section; Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Biannual Governor's Conference on the Management of the Illinois River System; authored Waterfowl of Illinois: Status and Management, published in 1999, received 2000 Book of the Year Award.
Mrs. Aurthur M. Perkins ’82; M.A. ’90;
Principal; Harrison Primary School, Peoria, Illinois since 1993; board member George Washington Carver Community Center, Peoria Housing Authority; Project Success; member Peoria Neighborhood Development Commission; Peoria Public Schools Alternative School Committee, Gifted Education Committee; Star of Hope Pastoral Committee; received Center for Prevention of Abuse Partners in Peace Award; Illinois State Board of Education Meritorious Those Who Excel Award.
Principal; Harrison Primary School, Peoria, Illinois since 1993; board member George Washington Carver Community Center, Peoria Housing Authority; Project Success; member Peoria Neighborhood Development Commission; Peoria Public Schools Alternative School Committee, Gifted Education Committee; Star of Hope Pastoral Committee; received Center for Prevention of Abuse Partners in Peace Award; Illinois State Board of Education Meritorious Those Who Excel Award.
Mr. Willis R. Tribler ’55; J.D. ’60 University of Illinois; Tribler, Orpett & Crone, Chicago, Illinois, established 1984 consisting of 16 attorneys; serves on General Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association; ISBA Medal of Merit, 1999; Laureate of Academy of Illinois Lawyers 2001; served as Chairman of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; written more than 30 chapters in IICLE publications; served as President of the Illinois Defense Counsel; received IDC’s John E. Guy Award for Lifetime Service1997; served as President of the Bradley University Alumni Association.
Dr. Nora L. Zorich ‘75, M.S. ’78 Illinois
State University; M.D. ‘84, Ph.D. ’87 University of Illinois; Director of New Drug Development for Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio; involved in the approval of the company’s Olestra fat substitute in the U.S, Actonel for Osteoporosis and Asacol for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease; charter member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians; member of the American Medical Association; the American Medical Women’s Association; authored over 45 publications, abstracts, book chapters; numerous public presentations at national scientific meetings, FDA and European Regulatory Advisory Committee meetings;
received Granville Bennett Award; received Alumni Association Leadership Award from the University of Illinois.
State University; M.D. ‘84, Ph.D. ’87 University of Illinois; Director of New Drug Development for Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio; involved in the approval of the company’s Olestra fat substitute in the U.S, Actonel for Osteoporosis and Asacol for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease; charter member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians; member of the American Medical Association; the American Medical Women’s Association; authored over 45 publications, abstracts, book chapters; numerous public presentations at national scientific meetings, FDA and European Regulatory Advisory Committee meetings;
received Granville Bennett Award; received Alumni Association Leadership Award from the University of Illinois.
2002
Mr. Bruce P. Bagge ’62; Executive Director, Private Client division of CIBC Oppenheimer, Chicago, Illinois; Distinguished Alumnus Award 2002; member, Shriners, Moose, Eagles, New York Stock Exchange; past president of the Board of Directors of Wyler Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago; past member of the Board of Trustees for University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics; founding father and board member, Ronald McDonald House, University of Chicago; Chairman of the Board, Children’s Care Foundation; board member, Norwegian American Hospital, board member, USO.
Judge Howard D. McKibben ’62; Master of Public Administration ’64 University of Pittsburgh; J.D. ’67 University of Michigan; U.S. Chief District Court Judge, Reno, Nevada; served as President, Ninth Circuit District Judges Association, Nevada District Judes Association; member, Ninth Circuit Judicial Council; served as Chairman, Ninth Circuit Jury Committee; served as member of Nevada State Board of Bar Examiners; faculty member, National Judicial College; participated with American Bar Association’s Central and Eastern European Law Initiative Program.
Dr. Nicholas P. Ninos ’58, ’59; M.D. ’63 University of Illinois, Chicago; member American Medical Association; past president Society of Critical Care Medicine; member Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces; member, board of regents and former Chairman, American College of Critical Care medicine; former Vice President, Institute of Critical Care Medicine; member American Board of Cardiology; American Board of Critical Care Medicine; received Decorated Legion of Merit and Merit