Office of Institutional Advancement

10 W. 35th Street
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60616
800.448.2586 Toll Free
312.567.5000 General
312.567.5001 Fax
ia@iit.edu

GIVING SOCIETIES

The President’s Council is a select group of alumni, parents and friends of IIT who value the university mission and have made annual personal gifts of $1,000 or more.

The Frank Wakely Gunsaulus Society, named in honor of the university’s founding president, recognizes those who have arranged for an estate commitment to IIT.

The Mies van der Rohe Society members support its mission to preserve the architectural integrity of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s buildings, to modernize the buildings’ performance, to enhance architecture education programs for students and to reinforce Chicago’s international reputation for architectural distinction.

The Sawyier Society recognizes the generosity of faculty and staff donors.  Fay Sawyier, for whom the society is named, was a longtime faculty member and dedicated friend of IIT who contributed her knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for nearly 20 years.

The Philip Danforth Armour Society, named in honor of the university’s founding donor, recognizes family donors of extraordinary generosity who have given $1 million or more in support of the IIT mission.