Founded in 1933, the MSI is the first major science museum in the United States.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| William F. Aldinger |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Household International, 1994-2003 |
| Jeffrey S. Aronin |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
CEO of Ovation Pharmaceuticals |
| Michael J. Birck |
Business |
25-Jan-1938 |
6-Jul-2015 |
CEO of Tellabs, 1975-2004 |
| Duane L. Burnham |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Abbott Laboratories, 1989-98 |
| John A. Canning, Jr. |
Business |
? |
|
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| James S. Crown |
Business |
25-Jun-1953 |
|
Henry Crown and Company |
| W. James Farrell |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005 |
| Dennis J. FitzSimons |
Business |
26-Jun-1950 |
|
CEO of Tribune Co., 2003-07 |
| William C. Foote |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of USG |
| Brenda J. Gaines |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04 |
| Robert W. Galvin |
Business |
9-Oct-1922 |
11-Oct-2011 |
CEO of Motorola, 1959-90 |
| Betsy D. Holden |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03 |
| Valerie B. Jarrett |
Business |
14-Nov-1956 |
|
White House Office of Public Liaison |
| James R. Kackley |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Former Partner, Arthur Andersen |
| Leon M. Lederman |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1922 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Susan L. Lindquist |
Biologist |
5-Jun-1949 |
|
Protein folding |
| David B. Mathis |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Kemper Insurance Companies |
| Andrew J. McKenna |
Business |
17-Sep-1929 |
|
Owner of Schwarz Paper |
| Robert S. Morrison |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05 |
| 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 |
| J. Christopher Reyes |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Reyes Holdings LLC |
| Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
| James T. Ryan |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
President and COO of W.W. Grainger |
| John F. Sandner |
Business |
3-Nov-1941 |
|
Past Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| Glenn F. Tilton |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines |
| David J. Vitale |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CAO, Chicago Public Schools |
| Padmasree Warrior |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
CTO of Cisco |
| Mike S. Zafirovski |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Nortel |
