ICCTA Distinguished Alumnus Award Previous Recipients 1985 The Hon. Howard C. Ryan Former chief justice Illinois Supreme Court LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College (now Illinois Valley Community College) 1986 Evelyn Meine Associate director of centennial events Chicago Symphony Orchestra Oakton Community College 1987 Dr. Donald A. Holt Director Illinois Agricultural Experimental Station, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Joliet Junior College 1988 (co-winners) William S. Badgley Chairman of the board / president Magna Group, Inc. Belleville Area College (now Southwestern Illinois College) Dr. Constance T. Rockingham Dean of students Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville State Community College (now East St. Louis Community College Center) 1989 Mary L. Bramer Retired junior high school English teacher / One of the first students with disabilities to graduate from the University of Illinois Elgin Community College 1990 (co-winners) Dr. Henrietta Herbolsheimer Associate professor emeritus Department of Medicine, University of Chicago LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College (now Illinois Valley Community College) Dempsey J. Travis Real estate entrepreneur / African-American historian Wilson Junior College (now Kennedy-King College) 1991 (co-winners) Dr. William H. Matchett Dean of the graduate school New Mexico State University Elgin Community College Mary Karasek City treasurer of Berwyn / Trustee, Morton College Morton College 1992 Dr. Mark A. Pierce Founding director Infectious Disease Clinic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center John A. Logan College 1993 The Hon. Rosemary Mulligan State representative, 55th District Illinois House of Representatives William Rainey Harper College 1994 Byron J. Williams System engineer Advanced intelligent network area, AT & T Bell Labs Olive-Harvey College 1995 (co-winners) Terry L. Lengfelder Managing partner Central Region, Arthur Andersen and Co. Belleville Area College (now Southwestern Illinois College) Alice "Tinker" Parker Business instructor / Student services staff Kankakee Community College Kankakee Community College 1996 Ricardo Cruz Author / English professor Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Richland Community College 1997 Dr. Vernita Irvin-Mays Coordinator, Tech-Prep program / Radiologic technology professor Malcolm X College Malcolm X College 1998 Raquel G. Martinez Attorney / Compliance counsel Illinois Student Assistance Commission Morton College 1999 (co-winners) James Belushi Actor / Business owner College of DuPage Mark Michalic Special agent Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Department of the Treasury Rend Lake College 2000 Henry English President / CEO Black United Fund of Illinois, Inc. Malcolm X College 2001 Karen Keasler Chair, Business division Southeastern Illinois College Southeastern Illinois College 2002 Eric Donaldson Art teacher Pecatonica High School Highland Community College 2003 Peggy Kirby Retired publisher Elgin Courier News Elgin Community College 2004 John W. Fountain Author and visiting scholar Wilbur Wright College 2005 The Hon. Gerald C. Bender Judge, Domestic relations division Circuit Court of Cook County Wilbur Wright College For additional information on the Distinguished Alumnus Award, please contact Kim Villanueva at 1-800-454-2282, ext. 1. Illinois Community College Trustees Association 401 E. Capitol Ave., Suite 200 Springfield, IL 62701-1711 217-528-2858 (phone) 217-528-8662 (fax) ICCTA@communitycolleges.org (e-mail) http://www.communitycolleges.org | Home | News | Events | Links |