EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1940 with the merger of the Armour Institute of Technology (founded 1893 by Philip Danforth Armour) with the Lewis Institute (1895).

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1940

Motto:
Transforming Lives, Inventing the Future

Team:
Scarlet Hawks

Enrollment:
7000

Official Website:
http://www.iit.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Valdas Adamkus	Head of State	3-Nov-1926		President of Lithuania, 2004-09
Franklin Pierce Adams	Columnist	15-Nov-1881	23-Mar-1960	New York columnist, The Conning Tower
George David Birkhoff	Mathematician	21-Mar-1884	12-Nov-1944	Modern theory of dynamical systems
Herbert C. Brown	Chemist	22-May-1912	19-Dec-2004	Discovered organoboranes
Robert A. Cornog	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Snap-on, 1991-2001
Edward L. Monser	Business	c. 1950		COO of Emerson Electric
Edwin G. Nourse	Economist	20-May-1883	7-Apr-1974	Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49
Grote Reber	Astronomer	22-Dec-1911	20-Dec-2002	First radio astronomer
Henry Regnery	Publisher	5-Jan-1912	18-Jun-1996	Regnery Publishing
Tony Rezko	Business	1955		Chicago chain restaurateur
Wayne R. Sanders	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Kimberly-Clark, 1991-2002
Jack Steinberger	Physicist	25-May-1921		Researcher of neutrinos
Dorothy Thompson	Journalist	9-Jul-1893	30-Jan-1961	I Saw Hitler!
Thomas C. Wajnert	Business	c. 1943		CEO of AT&T Capital, 1984-97
Byron Wien	Business	c. 1933		Investment strategist, Blackstone

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lewis M. Collens	Educator	c. 1938		President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007
Lloyd H. Donnell	Engineer	20-May-1895	7-Nov-1997	Donnell's thin shell theory
Daniel C. Drucker	Engineer	1918	25-Aug-2001	Drucker's stability postulate
Edward T. Hall	Anthropologist	16-May-1914	20-Jul-2009	The Silent Language
S. I. Hayakawa	Politician	19-Jul-1906	27-Feb-1992	Semanticist and US Senator
Leon M. Lederman	Physicist	15-Jul-1922		Researcher of neutrinos
Elder Olson	Critic	9-Mar-1909	25-Jul-1992	Critics and Criticism
Herbert A. Simon	Economist	15-Jun-1916	9-Feb-2001	Administrative Behavior

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Austin A. Adams	Business	c. 1943		CIO at JP Morgan Chase, 2004-06
Lori B. Andrews	Attorney	c. 1953		Genetics and biotechnology law
Philip Danforth Armour	Business	16-May-1832	6-Jan-1901	Founder of Armour & Co.
Lewis M. Collens	Educator	c. 1938		President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007
Robert A. Cornog	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Snap-on, 1991-2001
Meyer Feldberg	Educator	17-Mar-1942		Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004
Robert W. Galvin	Business	9-Oct-1922	11-Oct-2011	CEO of Motorola, 1959-90
Gordon R. Lohman	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Amsted Industries, 1990-99
John W. Madigan	Business	7-Jun-1937		CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002
James A. McClung	Business	c. 1938		Former VP at FMC
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	Architect	27-Mar-1886	17-Aug-1969	The Glass Skyscraper
John W. Rowe	Business	c. 1945		President and CEO of Exelon
Paula A. Sneed	Business	10-Nov-1947		Retired EVP, Kraft Foods
Bide L. Thomas	Business	c. 1935		President of Commonwealth Edison, 1987-92
David J. Vitale	Business	c. 1952		CAO, Chicago Public Schools

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