Alumni Award Recipients
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Read about the 2008 Alumni Award Recipients!

Eleanor Roosevelt Key Award

• 1960 Robert Ahrens, BSC ’49; MA ’56.
• 1961 Dr. George L. P. Weaver
• 1962 John Yoshino, BA ’48
• 1964 James Forman, BA ’57
• 1965 Philip Hauser, ’27
• 1966 Warren H. Bacon, BA ’48 &
  Rep. Raymond F. Clevenger, BA ’49
• 1968 Howard W. Johnson, BA ’50
• 1970 Dr. Lloyd Elam, BS ’50
• 1971 Edward Gordon, ’50
• 1973 The Hon. Mark E. Jones, BA ’48 &
  Dr. Norman Golb, BA ’48
• 1974 Dr. Alonzo A. Crim, BA ’50

Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award

• 1994 Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious
• 1996 Roberta L. Raymond, BGS ’70; MA ’72
• 1997 Carmina Renner, BA '65
• 1998 Wilma J. Sutton, BGS '78; MP '80
• 2000 Dr. Cynthia O. Harris
• 2001 Kaarina Koskenalusta
• 2002 Marian Alschuler Despres
• 2008 Ann McGee, BA '70; MA '74

Franklin D. Roosevelt Humanitarian Award

• 1996 Al Booth
• 1997 Walter L. Cherry
• 1998 Albert A. Robin
• 2000 Kenneth L. Tucker, BSC ’54
• 2001 Russell Ewing
• 2002 Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, MA ’69

Edward J. Sparling Alumni Award

• 1983 The Hon. Harold Washington, BA ’49
• 1984 Fred Rice, Jr. BGS ’75; MPA ’73
• 1985 Clark Burrus, BSC ’54; MPA ’73
• 1986 Edward Gordon, ’50
• 1987 Erna Gans, BGS ’71
• 1988 Pamela Braun Cohen, BA ’65 & Rita Jacobs Willens, BA ’48
• 1989 Grace G. Dawson, BA ’54; MA ’61
• 1990 Joe Segal, ’51
• 1994 Abena Joan Brown, BA ’50
• 1996 Dr. David Protess, BA ’68
• 1997 Marsha Feder Goldstein, BA ’67
• 1998 Seymour LaRock, BGS ’73
• 2000 Phillip Jackson, BA ’74
• 2001 Louis L. Lerner, BS ’42
• 2002 Herb Franks, BSBA ’54
• 2003 Tim Samuelson, BA ‘74
• 2005 Betty Jane Lazo, BS '79; MS '86

Distinguished Service Award

• 1963 Dr. Otto Wirth, BA ’35
• 1964 Dr. St. Clair Drake &
  Donald H. Steward
• 1966 Kendall B. Taft
• 1968 Jerome H. Stone
• 1970 Dr. Edward J. Sparling
• 1971 Dr. Rudolph Ganz
• 1973 Dr. Walter Weisskopf
• 1974 Dr. Roma Rosen, BA ’49

Rolf A. Weil Distinguished Service Award

• 1983 Robert Mednick, BSBA ’62
• 1984 Robert J. Kamin, BSC ’54
• 1985 Robert L. Franklin, BA ’49; MA ’71; MA ’86
• 1986 Myron Berkson, BSBA ’59
• 1987 Dr. Dominic F. Martia, BA ’62
• 1988 Dr. & Mrs. (Leni) Rolf Weil, BA ’62
• 1989 Lily Sachs Rose, BA ’48
• 1990 Elaine Davis, BA ’58
• 1994 Dr. Norman Frankel, BS ’52; MA ’53
• 1996 Seymour H. Persky, BA ’52
• 1997 Robert E. J. Snyder &
  James Robert Long, BM ’28
• 1998 Tula Aravanis, BS ’53 &
  Ned Loughridge
• 2001 Albert H. Henriksen, Sr., BSBA ’68
• 2002 Frank Untermyer
• 2003 Dr. Ludmila K. Lazar, BM ’63; MM ‘65

The Otto Wirth Award for Outstanding Scholarship

• 1984 Dr. Norman Golb, BA ’48
• 1985 Dr. Morris DeGroot, BS ’52
• 1986 Dr. Paul Silverman, BS ’50
• 1987 Dr. Charles Hamilton, BA ’51
• 1988 Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, BA ’68 &
  Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., BA ’52
• 1989 Dr. Yonah Alexander, BA ’54
• 1990 Dr. Harold Woodman, BA ’57
  

St. Clair Drake Award for Outstanding Scholarship

• 1994 Dr. Linton Freeman, BA ’52
• 1996 Dr. Barry Render, BS ’69
• 1997 Dr. Norman Bilow, BS ’49
• 1998 Dr. Morton J. Marcus, BA ’61
• 2000 Dr. Elliot Eisner, BA ’54
• 2001 Dr. Christopher Robert Reed, BA ’63; MA ’68
• 2002 Dr. Lloyd D. Elam, BS ’50
• 2005 Lester Telser, Ph.D., BA '51

The Roosevelt University Alumni Association
Professional Achievement Award

• 1983 Manfred Steinfeld, BSC ’48
• 1984 Dempsey Travis, BA ’49
• 1985 Elaine Skorodin Fohrman, BM ’57; MM ’59
• 1986 Thomas Burrell, BA ’62
• 1987 Alvin Golin, BSC ’50 & Judith Rogala, BGS, ’76
• 1988 The Hon. Blanche M. Manning, MA ’72
• 1989 James L. Mack, BM ’52; MM ’54
• 1990 LeRoy Martin, BA ’72; MPA ’76

Harold Washington Professional Achievement Award

• 1994 Matt Rodriguez, BGS ’75; MPA ’76
• 1996 Andrew C. Barrett, BGS ’69
• 1997 Jacques Paul Klein, BA ’63; MA ’71
• 1998 Sylvia Flanagan, MJ ’86
• 2000 John M. Licht, BSBA ’69
• 2001 Eugene Morris, BSBA ’69
• 2002 Patricia S. Harris, BGS ’80
• 2003 Ira Berkow, ‘59;
  Terry Peterson, MPA ‘95
• 2005 Harold Horne, D.M.A., MM '72
• 2008 Henri Bailey, BA ' 62
• 2008 Ellis Schuman, BM '55

Otto Wirth Award for Lifetime Achievement

• 1994 Dr. Donald P. Jacobs, BA ’49
• 1996 Ramsey Lewis, ’52
• 1997 James A. Miller, BGS ’78
• 2000 Brenda J. Gaines, MPA ’76
• 2001 Don V. Hahnfeldt, BSBA ’69
• 2003 Sandra Dixon Jiles, BSBA ’71; MBA ’77
• 2008 Robert Jordan, BGS '77

Theodore L. Gross Leadership Award

• 2003 Dr. Theodore L. Gross

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