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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| William H. Avery |
Politician |
11-Aug-1911 |
4-Nov-2009 |
Governor of Kansas, 1965-67 |
| James A. Bell |
Business |
4-Jun-1948 |
|
CFO of Boeing, 2003-11 |
| Michael J. Birck |
Business |
25-Jan-1938 |
6-Jul-2015 |
CEO of Tellabs, 1975-2004 |
| Sally Blount |
Educator |
c. 1961 |
|
Dean, Kellogg School of Management |
| Norman R. Bobins |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of ABN AMRO North America, 2002-07 |
| Duane L. Burnham |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Abbott Laboratories, 1989-98 |
| Robert N. Burt |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of FMC, 1992-2001 |
| John A. Canning, Jr. |
Business |
? |
|
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Gregory C. Case |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Aon |
| Frank M. Clark |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Commonwealth Edison |
| Richard G. Cline |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Nicor, 1986-95 |
| Lewis M. Collens |
Educator |
c. 1938 |
|
President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007 |
| James S. Crown |
Business |
25-Jun-1953 |
|
Henry Crown and Company |
| Lester Crown |
Business |
7-Jun-1925 |
|
CEO of Henry Crown & Co. |
| Susan Crown |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
VP at Henry Crown and Company |
| Jeffrey E. Curtiss |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CFO of Service Corporation Int'l., 2000-06 |
| James Dimon |
Business |
13-Mar-1956 |
|
CEO of JP Morgan Chase |
| Charles L. Evans |
Economist |
15-Jan-1958 |
|
President and CEO, Chicago Fed |
| W. James Farrell |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005 |
| Brenda J. Gaines |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04 |
| Richard W. Gochnauer |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of United Stationers |
| Jack M. Greenberg |
Business |
1942 |
|
CEO of McDonald's, 1998-2002 |
| Harry J. Harczak, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
EVP at CDW, 2002-07 |
| Sandra L. Helton |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CFO of Telephone & Data, 1998-2006 |
| John W. Higgins |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Higgins Development Partners |
| David D. Hiller |
Publisher |
12-Jun-1953 |
|
LA Times publisher, 2006-08 |
| Michele J. Hooper |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Co-Founder, The Directors' Council |
| Robert S. Ingersoll |
Diplomat |
28-Jan-1914 |
22-Aug-2010 |
CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72 |
| Verne G. Istock |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
President of Bank One, 1999-2000 |
| Edgar D. Jannotta |
Business |
27-Apr-1931 |
|
Chairman, William Blair & Company |
| Raymond A. Jean |
Business |
23-Aug-1942 |
|
CEO of Quanex |
| James M. Jenness |
Business |
15-May-1946 |
|
CEO of Kellogg, 2005-06 |
| Jerry Jurgensen |
Business |
1952 |
|
CEO of Nationwide, 2000-09 |
| Dennis J. Keller |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
DeVry Institute of Technology |
| Richard L. Keyser |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of W.W. Grainger |
| Lester B. Knight |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Allegiance Corporation, 1996-99 |
| Barbara M. Knuckles |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Director of Development, North Central College |
| Laurette T. Koellner |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
President, Boeing International |
| Allen H. Koranda |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of MAF Bancorp, 1990-2007 |
| Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Baxter International, 1999-2004 |
| Alan J. Lacy |
Business |
19-Oct-1953 |
|
CEO of Sears, 2000-05 |
| Michael E. Lavin |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former Midwest Partner, KPMG |
| Sandra Beach Lin |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
EVP at Celanese |
| William T. Lynch, Jr. |
Business |
3-Dec-1942 |
|
Former CEO of Leo Burnett |
| Gary E. MacDougal |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
CEO of Mark Controls, 1969-87 |
| James A. McClung |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former VP at FMC |
| Andrew J. McKenna |
Business |
17-Sep-1929 |
|
Owner of Schwarz Paper |
| C. Steven McMillan |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Sara Lee, 2000-05 |
| Alan G. McNally |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Harris Bank, 1993-2002 |
| Robert S. Morrison |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05 |
| Michael H. Moskow |
Business |
7-Jan-1938 |
|
CEO, FRB Chicago, 1994-2007 |
| Arthur C. Nielsen |
Business |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Jun-1980 |
Founder of A.C. Nielsen ratings company |
| Richard C. Notebaert |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Qwest, 2002-07 |
| Michael D. O'Halleran |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
President and COO of Aon, 1999-2004 |
| Richard B. Ogilvie |
Politician |
22-Feb-1923 |
10-May-1988 |
Governor of Illinois, 1969-73 |
| William A. Osborn |
Business |
14-Oct-1947 |
|
CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008 |
| Jerry K. Pearlman |
Business |
27-Mar-1939 |
|
CEO of Zenith Electronics, 1983-95 |
| Sheila A. Penrose |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former Northern Trust executive |
| Alice M. Peterson |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Syrus Global |
| John E. Rau |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Chicago Title, 1997-2000 |
| J. Christopher Reyes |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Reyes Holdings LLC |
| John W. Rowe |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
President and CEO of Exelon |
| Ellen A. Rudnick |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship |
| James T. Ryan |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
President and COO of W.W. Grainger |
| Patrick G. Ryan |
Business |
15-May-1937 |
|
CEO of Aon, 1982-2005 |
| John F. Sandner |
Business |
3-Nov-1941 |
|
Past Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| Samuel C. Scott III |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Corn Products |
| Sargent Shriver |
Activist |
9-Nov-1915 |
18-Jan-2011 |
First Director of the Peace Corps |
| Harold B. Smith |
Business |
7-Apr-1933 |
|
President and COO of ITW, 1972-81 |
| William D. Smithburg |
Business |
9-Jul-1938 |
|
CEO of Quaker Oats, 1981-97 |
| David B. Speer |
Business |
6-Apr-1951 |
17-Nov-2012 |
CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 2005-12 |
| Roger W. Stone |
Business |
16-Feb-1935 |
|
CEO of Stone Container, 1979-99 |
| David P. Storch |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of AAR Corporation |
| Russ M. Strobel |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Nicor |
| Glenn F. Tilton |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines |
| David A. Twardock |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Prudential Mortgage Capital |
| David J. Vitale |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CAO, Chicago Public Schools |
| Herbert S. Wander |
Attorney |
c. 1935 |
|
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
| Jonathan P. Ward |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of ServiceMaster, 2001-06 |
| Miles D. White |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Abbott Laboratories |
| Linda S. Wolf |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide, 2001-05 |
| Mike S. Zafirovski |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Nortel |
