Loyalty Award

Established in 1957, this award is bestowed upon alumni of the University of Illinois who have made significant, notable and meritorious contributions, and who have consistently demonstrated exceptional loyalty, commitment, dedication and service to the University of Illinois Alumni Association for the advancement of their Alma Mater.

Recipients

2009
Clyde Davis '98 FAA
Dorothy Dilorio '49 LAS
Greg Lindsay '99 MEDIA
Kevin Schiesz '00 MEDIA

2008
Russell M. Andersen ’72 BUS, MBA ’76
LaMoyne D. Bearden ’36 LAS
Margaret Kahler Bearden ’36 LAS
Janet S. Beger, MSW ’87
Jerrold R. Beger ’66 MEDIA
Deanne Wapinski DeWitt ’95 ENG
Shirley Engels Ebbeler, MS ’70 ED, PHD ’81 ED
Mary Ellen Lee Elliott ’85 BUS
Michael John Giacobbe III ’91 ENG, MS ’95 ENG, PHD ’99 ENG
John R. Paxton ’96 ENG

2007
Edwin M. Adams ’36 LAS, LLB ’39 LAW
Kelly Belford ’86 LAS
Michael Brunetto ’77 ENG
Therese Egan Lane ’85 MEDIA
Owen Palmer Lee ’64 ENG
Alan C. Parsons ’71 LAS

2006
William T. Barry ’77 BUS
Lawrence B. Bloom ’63 BUS
Ben H. Brownback ’99 LAS
Edward J. Dueppen, MARCH ’96 FAA
Cheryl Ewing ’69 LAS
William R. Frank ’75 ACES
Robert K. Todd
Kathleen Zemaitis ’88 BUS

2005
Heather Cupps-Miller ’97 ACES, MS ’04 ACES
John K. Rutledge ’67 ACES, MS ’69 ACES

2004
Melissa Abel ’81 LAS
Howard Engle ’72 BUS
Charles Finn ’55 BUS
James Hankes ’75 ACES, MS ’78 ACES
Kae Stegall Hankes ’76 ACES
Robert W. McDonald, LLB ’52 LAW, MBA ’77

2003
Arthur L. Aikman, MS ’53 ED
William G. Beeler ’61 ACES
Rick K. Orr ’71 FAA, AM ’72 FAA

2002
James G. Turpin ’61 LAS
Robert Pritchard ’67 ACES, MTV ’68 MEDIA 

2001
Jean L. Driscoll ’91 LAS, MS ’93 AHS  
Lila Jeanne Eichelberger ’49 ACES, MS ’52 ACES
Terry L. Wolf ’69 ACES