Alumni Achievement Award

2010 Recipients

Alaa Al Aswany, MS ’85 DENT, is one of the biggest-selling Arabic novelists in the world. His 2002 book, The Yacoubian Building, which depicts the political, religious and social ills of modern Egypt, has been translated into 27 languages. His most recent novel, Chicago, is based on his experiences while living in the city and studying at UIC. An outspoken critic of the Egyptian political system, Aswany writes a monthly political column for the newspaper Al Arabi. Rather than give up dentistry and pursue writing full-time, Aswany still maintains his Cairo clinic and sees patients two days a week. His publications have earned him many awards, including the Bashraheel Literary Award for Best Novelist in the Arab World.

Within four years of joining Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co. as general manager in 2004, Shoujie Fu, MBA ’00, was promoted to chairman and helped turn it into the leading automobile producer in southern China. Under his leadership, the company expanded to include two production plants producing 360,000 automobiles annually and employing 7,000 people. A supporter of environmental protection efforts, Fu was instrumental in the implementation of green technology at the company’s Zengcheng plant, making it the first of its kind in China to have zero water pollution emissions. His commitment to the environment has earned the company the honor of being voted Most Respected Enterprise in China for two years in a row.

Considered the leading authority on high-altitude medicine and physiology, Dr. Peter Harvey Hackett, MD ’73, spent years in the Himalayas researching the effects of altitude on the body, including six years in Nepal at the base of Mount Everest, which he summited in 1981. Hackett has also done research in Alaska at Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America. Hackett has published more than 100 articles on his research in numerous medical journals and has edited three books on the subject of hypoxia. He is an active member of many professional organizations, including the Aerospace Medical Society, International Society for Mountain Medicine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Previous Recipients

2009
Jean E. Bogner, MS ’73 LAS
President, Landfills + Inc.

Michael R. Bristow, MD ’70, PHD ’71 COM
Leader in the field of cardiovascular disease research

Carlos Tortolero ’75 LAS
Led the expansion of Museum of Mexican Art and teacher, counselor and administrator in Chicago public schools

2008
Dr. W. Dudley Johnson ’53 MEDIA, MD ’55
Leader in field of cardiac care and research

Roger Shiffman ’75 CBA
One of the toy industry’s most innovative minds

Sandra M. Webb-Booker, BSN ’76, MS ’80 NURS
First nurse to serve as commander of 801st Combat Support Hospital

2007
Stephen R. Heminover ’79 LAS
Dr. Barbara Schaal ’69 LAS  

2006
Sherry Eagle ’70 ED
Superintendent, Aurora West School District

Daniel Laskin, MS ’52 DENT
Scholar, researcher, author and clinician

2005
Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS '73
Chief Dental Officer, U.S. Public Health Service

Charles S. Hirsch '58 UIUC, MD '62
Chief Medical Examiner, New York City

2004
Joseph Hartnett '78 CBA
CEO, U.S. Robotics

Bernard G. Sarnat MS '40 DENT, DDS '40
Groundbreaking dental surgeon

2003
Ellis N. Cose '72 LAS
Author, columnis and contributing editor, Newsweek magazine

James J. McNulty '73 LAS
President & CEO, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, Inc.
and Chicago Mercantile Exchange

2002
Jane Hurd '68 AHS
Medical Multimedia Innovator
Founder and President, Hurd Studios

Rocco V. Lobraico Jr., MD '41
Laser Surgery Pioneer
Retired Obstetrician/Gynecologist

2001
Michael Arrington '93 LAS
President and CEO, Recon Manangement Services
President, Arrington Foundation

Gery Chico '79 LAS
Former President, Chicago Board of Education
Partner, Altheimer and Gray

2000
Mary S. Nelums, MSW '75, PhD '88 JACSW
Founder, Professional Developmental Association
Associate Professor of Social Work, Jackson State University

Emil J Freireich, MD '49
Director, Adult Leukemia Research Program
Internist and Professor of Medicine, University of Texas

1999
Janet Deatrick, PhD '82 LAS
Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

1998
Christine M. Johnson '71 LAS, MUPP '76, PhD '78
Director, Field Services-Midwest, U.S. Department of Transportation

Glenn S. Kraiss '56 PHARM
Retired Senior Vice President, Walgreens Co.

1997
Dr. Derald E. Brackmann, MD '62

Dr. Leo M. Henikoff MD '63
President Emeritus, CEO, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Pediatric Cardiologist

1996
Dr. Jerry D. Gardner, DDS '64
Retired Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services, U.S. Air Force

Dr. Olga Jonasson, MD '58
Professor and Chair, OSU Department of Surgery
Surgeon

1995
Dr. Daniel T. Cloud MD '48
Former President, American Medical Association
Retired Pediatric Surgeon

Adrian D. Smith '69 BARCH
Partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

1994
Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr., MD '47
Founder, Hyperion Inc., and Cordis Corporation
Biomedical technology pioneer

1993
Patrick F. Daly '72 BARCH
Chairman and CEO, The Daly Group

1988
Dr. Charlotte Kerr, MD '48
Retired physician
Diplomate, American Board of OB/GYN

1985
Alfred B. Swanson, MD '47
Retired orthopedic and reconstructive surgeon

1982
Dr. Rowine Hayes Brown-Truitt, MD '39
Former Medical Director and Chief of Staff, Cook County Hospital

Helen Dickens, MD '34
Former Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Julius B. Richmond, MD '40
Professor Emertius, Harvard Medical School

1974
Walter P. Blount '21 LAS, '23 MED
Former President, Blount Orthopedic Clinic Ltd.

1962
Dr. Karl A. Meyer, MD '08