Each year the IIT Alumni Association honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the university, the community, or their profession. Here are the award winners and their profiles.

ALUMNI MEDAL RECIPIENTS 1967 Edwin C. Nourse, ARTS '04 1968 Clinton E. Stryker, BE '17 1969 Robert I. Wishnick, CHE '14 1970 Harris Perlstein, CHE '14 1971 Harold Mueller. ME '26 1972 Maynard P. Venema, CHE '32 1973 Walter E. Shirmer. FPE '31 1974 Edward R. Rowley, ME '23 1975 Jerome Goldstein, ME '23 1976 Dr. Abe M. Zarem, EE '39 1977 William F. Finkl. CHE '18 1978 Dr. Marvin Camras. EE '40 1979 Dr. Rowine Brown, LAW '61          Jerrold Loebl. ARCH '21 1980 Axel Hofgren. EE '18 1981 Clarence Herhst. CHE '22 1982 Milton J. Kittler. ME '29 1983 Michel A. Coccia, IE '44 1984 James G. Shakman, CHE '14 1985 Charles W. Finkl. ME '43 1986 Paul W. Brandel. LAW '33 1987 Louis W. Biegler, FPE '35 1988 Phyllis B. Lambert. ARCH '63 1989 Ralph W. Stahl, ME '34 1990 Albert K. Hawkes. EE '50 1991 Myron Goldsmith. ARCH '39; MS ARCH '53 1992 Dr. Lament Eitinge. MS ME '56, Ph.D. ME '65 1993 Satyan "Sam" G. Pitroda, MS EE '66 1994 John F. Mitchell. EE '50 1995 Henry Linden, CHE ï52 1996 Lester McKeever, JD ï71 1997 Alan Hirsig, BS CHEÍ61          Richard Brauer, BS DSGN Í51; MS DSGN ï60 1998 Alan Hirsig, BS CHEÍ61          Richard Brauer, BS DSGN Í51; MS DSGN ï60 1999 Walter H. Sobel, ARCH ï35 2000 Edwin J. Loutzenheiser, Jr. CHE '39 AWARD OF MERIT 1967 Arthur H. Retzlarf, BE '52          Edwin A. Janssen, CE '26          George M. Ives, EE '38          John Brierley, CHE '14          Robert M. Ladevich, ME '43 1968 Norman D. Bluehling, EE '30          Edmund M. Burke, ARCH '50          James G. Flood, CHE '40          Harald C. Mueller, ME '26          Louis C. Thoelecke, FPE '24 1969 Paul Unger, CHE '24 1970 John L. Pottenger, EE '48          Mollie S. Cohen, AC '24 1971 John T. Even, FPE '28          Louis H. Streb, CE '34 1972 Hon. J. Warren McCaffrey, CHE '22          Carl J. Reutter, FPE '27 1973 Diamond S. Dickey, ME '34 1974 Michel A. Coccia, IE '44 1975 Fred R. Macron, BE '59          Robert A. Pritzker, IE '46 1976 Remi C. Pattym, IE '50 1977 Henry R. Pype, EE '46 1978 Dr. Earl F.Zwicker, PHYS `52 1979 Arthur H. Jens, FPE '31 1980 Edward Johnson, ME '35          Michael Chaszeyka, EE '59           1981 Albert Hoffman, CE '50          Margaret Ronayne, ARSC '37 1982 Carroll K. Simon, ME '33 1983 George E. Danforth, ARCH '40 1984 Frederic Roberton, IDPD '51 1985 William W. Parks,  CE '44 1986 Harley W. (Moon) Parks, FPE '30 1987 Robert J. Fruend, EE '48 1988 Bruno P. Conterato, ARCH '48 1989 Robert J. Gardinal, IE '67 1990 William P. Mahoney, IE '57, MBA '61 1991 Clarence Krusinski, ARCH '63 1992 Burton A. Lewis, CE '48 1993 Joseph Agosta,  EE '53, MS EE '58 1994 Norman Din, DSGN '75 1995 Ellen Jordan Reidy, PSYCHOLOGY Í79; MBA ï81          William A. VanSanten, CHEM ï61 1996 Paul McCoy, EE ï72 1997 Jean Holley, MS CS ï86 1998 Robert F. Anderson, CHE '62 1999 Edward L. Kaplan, ME '65 2001 Mary Elizabeth Spies Droste, ARCH '42 HONOR "I" AWARD 1969 William C. Downes, CE '26 1970 Norman D. Buehling, EE '30 1971 John J. Ahern, FPE '35          Special Honor "I" Award to Bernard Wiessman 1972 Edward F. Wagner, CHE '38 1973 Dr. James Y. Oldshue, CHE '47 1974 Edmund M. Burke, ARCH '50 1975 Albert A. Hoffman Jr., CE '50 1976 William W. Parks, CE '44 1977 John Brierley, CHE '41 1978 Gerald L. Maatman, FPE '51 1979 Ralph R. Tullgren, CE '39 1980 Robert Perterson, ARCH '53 1981 Robert J. Freund, EE '46, MS '50 1982 Robert K. Campbell, IE '52 1983 John A. Fleck. ME '48 1984 Clarence Krusinski, ARCH '63 1985 Richard N. Berstrom, CE '42 1986 James A. Schoke, PHYS '48 1987 John G. Olin, ME '61 1988 Saul Samuels, CE '24 1989 Irving X. Burg, CHE '38 1990 Norbert F. Walczak, IE '52 1991 Robert A. Cornog, ME '61 1992 Bruce W. Glawe, LAMA '75 1993 John Byrne, ME '43 1994 Norman S. Sidler, Jr., CE '60          Richard N. Vandekieft, ME '43 (posthumous) STUDENT RECRUITER OF THE YEAR 1985 Caroll K. Simmons, ME '33 1986 Kenneth N. Folgers, ARCH '58 1987 Robert Janowiak, EE '61 1988 Anthony V. Schwan, CE '54 1989 Norbert 0. Kaiser, IE '63 1990 Chester J. Dick, CE '70 1991 Theresa M. Tagliavia, EE '83; MS EE '86 1992 Kevin P. Meade, MAE '74, MS MATH '78 1993 Christopher N. Winston, ME '82          Gerald Goodlow, EE '82          Shawn P. Dalcour, BUS '85 1994 Alfred M. Jacques, METE '59 1995 Roy E. Coleman, BS Physics Í64; MS Physics ï74          Martin A.K. Schwan BS EEÍ88; MS EE ï91 1996 Octavio Gonzalez, ARCH ï93 1997 Ashok Natwa, BS ME ï73 1998 Ashok Natwa, BS ME ï73 1999 Lucille S. Hynes, EE ï88 PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 1967 Dr. James T. Waber. CHE '41          Dr. James Brophy, BE '47 1968 George L. Parkhurst, CHE -27          Walter E. Shirmer, EPE '31 1969 Florence K. Bassett, ARCH '41          Milton J. Kittler. ME '24 1970 Elmer F. Reskie. FPE '24          Richard H. Whitehead. ME '08 1971 George Kinsman. ME '24 1972 Henry W. McGee. PA '49          Luther Adier, AC '20 1973 Dr. Merle C. Nutt, CHE '23          Lyle E. Packard, ME '44          William E. Dunlap. ARCH '47 (posthumous) 1974 Dr. Leonard Reiffel. EE '47          Lowell J. Thomas, LAW '16          Norman Schreiber. ME '25          Rowine H. Brown. LAW '61 1975 Hon. Abraham L. Marovitz. LAW '25          Dr. Henry R. Linden, CHE '52          Joseph R. Byerwalter. ME '54          Milton Pikarsky. CE '69 1976 Richard B. Ogilvie. LAW '49          Dr. Stothe P. Kexios. ME '42 1977 Dr. James P. Hartnett. Jr., ME '47          Michael Coccia. IE '44            William J. Scott. LAW '50 1978 Daniel Brenner. ARCH '49 (posthumous)          Dr. Donald F. Othmer, CHE '25          Hon. Harry G. Hershenson, LAW '20 1979 John J. Ahern, FPE'35          Esther R. Rothstein, LAW '49          Robert B. Richards, CE '36 1980 John Betti, ME '52          Lois Graham, ME '45           Max Zar, CE '38 1981 Eugene Lautenschlager, METE '58          John Olin, ME '61          Max Ephraim. ME '39 1982 Alfred Cardwell. ARCH '42, MS ARCH '47          James Y. Oldshue. CHE '47, MS CHE '49, Ph.D. CHE '51          Jerome Y. Lettvin. ARSC '41          John J. Viera, MBA '61 1983 Arthur Paul, ID '50          Dr. Eugene Murphy, Ph.D. ME '48          Donald Hoeg. Ph.D. CHEM '57          Peter Schutz. ME '52 1984 John P. Sachs. CHE '48          Louis W. Biegler. FPE '35          Myron Goldsmith, ARCH '39          Patricia Kennedy Regan, HUM '48 1985 Gene R. Summers, ARCH '51           John F. Mitchell. EE '50          Michitaka Yoshioka, ID '58 1986 Charles M. Goodman. ARCH '31          Edgar J. Higgins. ARCH '28          Werner E. Neuman, EE '49 1987 General Charles L. Bolte. CHE '17          Robert D. Cadieux. BE '59          Marc R, Hannah. EE '77 1988 Clifford D. Nelson. METE '52          Lajos Schmidt, LAW '54          Vice Admiral Diego E. Hernandez, PSYC '55 1989 Edwin J. Loutzenheiser Jr., CHE '39          Eugene Sevin, ME '49          Martin Cooper. EE '50 1990 Bruce R. DeMaeyer, EE '60          Irving M. Footlik, ME '39          Kenneth J. Douglas, LAW '50          Roy E. Coleman, PHYS '64 1991 Arlington W. Carter. Jr., EE '61          Homer Livingston. LL.B. '66          Robert Rosenberg, CHEM '58; MS GT '61; Ph.D. GT '64          Steingrimur Hermannsson, EE '51 1992 Alan J. Grant. EE'46. MS EE '48          Dr. Theodore L. Brown. CHEM '50          Dr. Martin C. Jischke. PHYS '63 1993 Bharatan R. Patel, MS ME '69          Peter J. Doyle, MS ARCH '65          Sidney Neuman, LAW '25          Thomas P. Collier. CE '39 1994 Bruce C. Liimatainen, ME '77          Hassan M. Nagib, MAE '68; MS MAE '69; Ph.D. MAE '72          Linda S. Kuzniar, EE '72 1996 Amy Lee Segami, ME '79; MS EE '82 1997 Kenneth Bischoff, CHE '57; Ph.D. CHE '61          Dimitri Gidaspow, Ph.D. CHE '61          Stephen Guastello, Ph.D. PSYC '82          William Nash, CE '44; MS CE '46 1999 Pier C. Borra, ME '61          Isaac M. Daniel, CE '57; MS CE '59; Ph.D. CE'64          James R. DeStefano, ARCH '61          Brian D. Fox, DSGN'73          Bernard W. Gamson, CHE'38 2000 Walter A. Bajek, ME '52; M.S. ME '62          Milorad "Mike" Dudukovic M.S. CHE '70; Ph.D. CHE '72          Madhavan K. Nayar M.S. IND '68          Sanjay R. Srivatsa M.S. CHE '79          Thomas R. Walker ARCH '77 2001 Michael Baer Ph.D PSYC '71          David A. Edwards          Peter J. Pearce DSGN '58          Susan Soloman CHEM '77 GOLD YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD 1994 Agustin Gomez-Leal, ARCH ï88 1995 Jorge Zepeda-Godinez, EE ï87 1996 Natasha Dela Cruz, EE ï88 1998 Mary (Kriz) OÍDaniel, ME ï90 1999 Kenneth L. Ratliff, FMT ï97 2000 Scott A. Ternovits, DSGN '92 2001 Anil Saxena, ME '93 INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF MERIT 1997 Johnsee Lee, PHD CHE ï81 1998 Dharamvir Punwani, CHE ï67 2001 Mikio Sasaki, ARCH '64   back to top

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