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 1987 Louis W. Biegler, FPE '35 1986 Paul W. Brandel. LAW '33 1998 Richard Brauer, BS DSGN Í51; MS DSGN ï60 1979 Rowine Brown,Dr. LAW '61 1978 Marvin Camras, Dr. . EE '40 1983 Michel A. Coccia, IE '44 1992 Lament Eitinge, Dr. MS ME '56, Ph.D. ME '65 1985 Charles W. Finkl. ME '43 1977 William F. Finkl. CHE '18 1991 Myron Goldsmith. ARCH '39; MS ARCH '53 1975 Jerome Goldstein, ME '23 1990 Albert K. Hawkes. EE '50 1981 Clarence Herhst. CHE '22 1998 Alan Hirsig, BS CHEÍ61 1980 Axel Hofgren. EE '18 1982 Milton J. Kittler. ME '29 1988 Phyllis B. Lambert. ARCH '63 1995 Henry Linden, CHE ï52 1979 Jerrold Loebl. ARCH '21 1996 Lester McKeever, JD ï71 1994 John F. Mitchell. EE '50 1971 Harold Mueller. ME '26 1967 Edwin C. Nourse, ARTS '04 1970 Harris Perlstein, CHE '14 1993 Satyan "Sam" G. Pitroda, MS EE '66 1974 Edward R. Rowley, ME '23 1984 James G. Shakman, CHE '14 1973 Walter E. Shirmer. FPE '31 1999 Walter H. Sobel, ARCH ï35 1989 Ralph W. Stahl, ME '34 1968 Clinton E. Stryker, BE '17 1969 Robert I. Wishnick, CHE '14 1972 Maynard P. Venema, CHE '32 1976 Abe M. Zarem, Dr. EE '39 AWARD OF MERIT 1993 Joseph Agosta, EE '53, MS EE '58 1999 Robert F. Anderson, CHE ï62 1968 Norman D. Bluehling, EE '30 1967 John Brierley, CHE '14 1967 Edmund M. Burke, ARCH '50 1980 Michael Chaszeyka, ME '59 1974 Michel A. Coccia, IE '44 1970 Mollie S. Cohen, AC '24 1988 Bruno P. Conterato, ARCH '48 1983 George E. Danforth, ARCH '40 1973 Diamond S. Dickey, ME '34 1994 Norman Din, DSGN '75 1971 John T. Even, FPE '28 1967 James G. Flood, CHE '40 1987 Robert J. Fruend, EE '48 1989 Robert J. Gardinal, IE '67 1981 Albert Hoffman, CE '50 1998 Jean Holley, MS CS ï86 1967 George M. Ives, EE '38 1967 Edwin A. Janssen, CE '26 1979 Arthur H. Jens, FPE '31 1980 Edward Johnson, ME '35 1991 Clarence Krusinski, ARCH '63 1967 Robert M. Ladevich, ME '43 1992 Burton A. Lewis, CE '48 1975 Fred R. Macron, BE '59 1990 William P. Mahoney, IE '57, MBA '61 1972 Warren McCaffrey J. , Hon. CHE '22 1996 Paul McCoy, EE ï72 1967 Harald C. Mueller, ME '26 1986 Harley W. (Moon) Parks, FPE '30 1985 William W. Parks, CE '44 1976 Remi C. Pattym, IE '50 1970 John L. Pottenger, EE '48 1975 Robert A. Pritzker, IE '46 1977 Henry R. Pype, EE '46 1995 Ellen Jordan Reidy, PSYCÍ79; MBA ï81 1967 Arthur H. Retzlarf, BE '52 1972 Carl J. Reutter, FPE '27 1984 Frederic Roberton, IDPD '51 1981 Margaret Ronayne, ARSC '37 1982 Carroll K. Simon, ME '33 1971 Louis H. Streb, CE '34 1967 Louis C. Thoelecke, FPE '24 1969 Paul Unger, CHE '24 1995 William A. VanSanten, CHEM ï61 1978 Earl F.Zwicker, Dr. PHYS `52 HONOR "I" AWARD 1971 Special Honor "I" Award to Bernard Wiessman 1971 John J. Ahern, FPE '35 1985 Richard N. Berstrom, CE '42 1977 John Brierley, CHE '41 1970 Norman D. Buehling, EE '30 1989 Irving X. Burg, CHE '38 1974 Edmund M. Burke, ARCH '50 1993 John Byrne, ME '43 1982 Robert K. Campbell, IE '52 1991 Robert A. Cornog, ME '61 1969 William C. Downes, CE '26 1983 John A. Fleck. ME '48 1981 Robert J. Freund, EE '46, MS '50 1992 Bruce W. Glawe, LAMA '75 1975 Albert A. Hoffman Jr., CE '50 1984 Clarence Krusinski, ARCH '63 1978 Gerald L. Maatman, FPE '51 1973 James Y. Oldshue,Dr. CHE '47 1987 John G. Olin, ME '61 1980 Robert Perterson, ARCH '53 1986 James A. Schoke, PHYS '48 1976 William W. Parks, CE '44 1988 Saul Samuels, CE '24 1994 Norman S. Sidler, Jr., CE '60 1979 Ralph R. Tullgren, CE '39 1972 Edward F. Wagner, CHE '38 1990 Norbert F. Walczak, IE '52 1994 Richard N. Vandekieft, ME '43 (posthumous) STUDENT RECRUITER OF THE YEAR 1995 Roy E. Coleman, BS Physics Í64; MS Physics ï74 1993 Shawn P. Dalcour, BUS '85 1990 Chester J. Dick, CE '70 1986 Kenneth N. Folgers, ARCH '58 1993 Gerald Goodlow, EE '82 1996 Octavio Gonzalez, ARCH ï93 1999 Lucille S. Hynes, EE ï88 1994 Alfred M. Jacques, METE '59 1987 Robert Janowiak, EE '61 1989 Norbert 0. Kaiser, IE '63 1992 Kevin P. Meade, MAE '74, MS MATH '78 1998 Ashok Natwa, BS ME ï73 1995 Martin A.K. Schwan BS EEÍ88; MS EE ï91 1988 Anthony V. Schwan, CE '54 1985 Caroll K. Simmons, ME '33 1993 Christopher N. Winston, ME '82 1991 Theresa M. Tagliavia, EE '83; MS EE '86 PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 1972 Luther Adier, AC '20 1979 John J. Ahern, FPE'35 1969 Florence K. Bassett, ARCH '41 1980 John Betti, ME '52 1984 Louis W. Biegler. FPE '35 1987 Charles L. Bolte. General CHE '17 1977 Daniel Brenner. ARCH '49 (posthumous) 1967 James Brophy, Dr. BE '47 1974 Rowine H. Brown. LAW '61 1992 Theodore L. Brown. Dr. CHEM '50 1975 Joseph R. Byerwalter. ME '54 1987 Robert D. Cadieux. BE '59 1982 Alfred Cardwell. ARCH '42, MS ARCH '47 1991 Arlington W. Carter. Jr., EE '61 1977 Michael Coccia. IE '44 1990 Roy E. Coleman, PHYS '64 1993 Thomas P. Collier. CE '39 1989 Martin Cooper. EE '50 1990 Bruce R. DeMaeyer, EE '60 1990 Kenneth J. Douglas, LAW '50 1993 Peter J. Doyle, MS ARCH '65 1973 William E. Dunlap. ARCH '47 (posthumous) 1981 Max Ephraim. ME '39 1990 Irving M. Footlik, ME '39 1984 Myron Goldsmith, ARCH '39 1986 Charles M. Goodman. ARCH '31 1980 Lois Graham, ME '45 1992 Alan J. Grant. EE'46. MS EE '48 1987 Marc R, Hannah. EE '77 1977 James P. Hartnett. Jr., Dr. ME '47 1991 Steingrimur Hermannsson, EE '51 1988 Diego E. Hernandez,Vice Admiral PSYC '55 1977 Harry G. Hershenson, Hon. LAW '20 1986 Edgar J. Higgins. ARCH '28 1983 Donald Hoeg. Ph.D. CHEM '57 1992 Martin C. Jischke. Dr. PHYS '63 1976 Stothe P. Kexios. Dr. ME '42 1971 George Kinsman. ME '24 1969 Milton J. Kittler. ME '24 1994 Linda S. Kuzniar, EE '72 1981 Eugene Lautenschlager, METE '58 1982 Jerome Y. Lettvin. ARSC '41 1994 Bruce C. Liimatainen, ME '77 1975 Henry R. Linden, Dr. CHE '52 1985 Homer Livingston. LL.B. '66 1989 Edwin J. Loutzenheiser Jr., CHE '39 1975 Abraham L. Marovitz. Hon.LAW '25 1972 Henry W. McGee. PA '49 1985 John F. Mitchell. EE '50 1983 Eugene Murphy, Dr. Ph.D. ME '48 1994 Hassan M. Nagib, MAE '68; MS MAE '69; Ph.D. MAE '72 1988 Clifford D. Nelson. METE '52 1993 Sidney Neuman, LAW '25 1986 Werner E. Neuman, EE '49 1973 Merle C. Nutt, Dr. CHE '23 1976 Richard B. Ogilvie. LAW '49 1982 James Y. Oldshue. CHE '47, MS CHE '49, Ph.D. CHE '51 1981 John Olin, ME '61 1977 Donald F. Othmer, Dr. CHE '25 1973 Lyle E. Packard, ME '44 1968 George L. Parkhurst, CHE -27 1993 Bharatan R. Patel, MS ME '69 1983 Arthur Paul, ID '50 1975 Milton Pikarsky. CE '69 1984 Patricia Kennedy Regan, HUM '48 1974 Leonard Reiffel. Dr. EE '47 1970 Elmer F. Reskie. FPE '24 1979 Robert B. Richards, CE '36 1991 Robert Rosenberg, CHEM '58; MS GT '61; Ph.D. GT '64 1984 John P. Sachs. CHE '48 1988 Lajos Schmidt, LAW '54 1974 Norman Schreiber. ME '25 1983 Peter Schutz. ME '52 1977 William J. Scott. LAW '50 1989 Eugene Sevin, ME '49 1968 Walter E. Shirmer, EPE '31 1991 Gene R. Summers, ARCH '51 1974 Lowell J. Thomas, LAW '16 1982 John J. Viera, MBA '61 1967 James T. Waber. Dr. CHE '41 1970 Richard H. Whitehead. ME '08 1985 Michitaka Yoshioka, ID '58 1980 Max Zar, CE '38 GOLD YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD 1996 Natasha Dela Cruz, EE ï88 1995 Jorge Zepeda-Godinez, EE ï87 1994 Agustin Gomez-Leal, ARCH ï88 1998 Mary (Kriz) OÍDaniel, ME ï90 1999 Kenneth L. Ratliff, FMT ï97 INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF MERIT 1997 Johnsee Lee, PHD CHE ï81 1998 Dharamvir Punwani, CHE ï67 back to top

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