The Ricker Circle is an honorary society recognizing alumni and friends who have contributed cumulative, lifetime gifts of $2,500 or more to the Illinois Alumni Association. The society is named in honor of Nathan C. Rickerβthe second Illinois Alumni Association president and designer of the distinctive Illinois Alumni Association crest, which originally was worn as an alumni badge of pride and now serves as The Ricker Circle emblem.
Recognition Levels
π Diamond Level ($25,000 +)
β’ Norman β58 DSSWV and Mary Jane Beasley
β’ Henry β52 DSSWV and Nancy Blackwell II β52 MEDIA
β’ Donald β53 BUS and Frances Buske
β’ Robert β54 BUS and Alice Campbell, JD β43 LAW
β’ Elizabeth Carmichael
β’ George Clements
β’ Dorothy β49 LAS and James Dilorio
β’ Richard Foley β49 ENG and Joanne Bresee Foley β49 LAS
β’ William β86 BUS and Martha Forsyth III β86 LAS
β’ Lawrence Gougler β41 BUS
β’ Phyllis Hallene β51 LAS
β’ Michael β72 LAS and Lois Harring β73 LAS
β’ Harold β50 ENG and Liz Hindsley
β’ Jeanne Hindsley β51 LAS
β’ Dwight Jenkins β39 BUS
β’ Norma Johnston β48 LAS
β’ Brooks Kellogg and Gail Veasman Kellogg β65 LAS
β’ Jill β50 ACES and T.G. Knappenberger β33 LAS, JD β33 LAW
β’ J. Andy β79 LAS and Susan Langan
β’ Norma β71 BUS and David Lauder β71 LAS
β’ Peter ’75 ENG, MS ’77 ENG and Jean Leblond
β’ Louis, EDM β62, and Mary Liay
β’ Woody Long and Carol Keiser-Long β68 ACES
β’ Bob β53 BUS and Sharon Lumsden β57 FAA, MA β64 FAA
β’ R. Eden β62 LAS and Sharon Martin
β’ Phillip β57 BUS and Madonna Matteson
β’ Edward β69 ACES and Judith McMillan β71 ACES
β’ Merle ’58 ACES and Janet Mulvaney ’58 ACES
β’ Roger β64 ENG and Joanne Plummer
β’ Jane β54 LAS and Robert Rader
β’ Joseph β69 MEDIA, MS β73 MEDIA and Pamela Rank β74 BUS
β’ Jack β43 ACES and Marjorie Richmond
β’ Scott β87 ENG and Laurie Rose
β’ Henry β48 DSSWV and Kathleen Sherry
β’ Loren and Susan Taylor
β’ Stephen β72 BUS, MAS β73, and Elizabeth Van Arsdell
β’ James ’60 LAS and Dena Vermette
β’ Jan β76 LAS and Kenneth Viste β62 LAS
β’ Thomas β73 BUS, MBA β74, and Lynn Karen Vogelsinger β74 ED
β’ Scott β79 FAA and Joan Ziegler β79 MEDIA
πΆ Topaz Level ($15,000 +)
β’ Daniel β72 AA and Meredith Azark
β’ T. Eugene ’52 BUS, MA ’57 and Shirley Blanchard
β’ George β60 AHS and Jeanne Bon Salle
β’ Ruth W. Bowen
β’ Amy K. Brownback ’00 MEDIA
β’ Benjamin H. Brownback ’99 LAS
β’ Kathy Calvert β93 BUS
β’ Brett β93 LAS and Lara Coffee
β’ Dan β75 BUS and Anita DeCanniere
β’ Roger Dewey
β’ L. Eugene β70 FAA and Michelle Dillow
β’ Donald Dodds Jr.
β’ Daniel Doheny β84 BUS and Anne Easton Doheny
β’ Ray Elliott, MS β84 MEDIA, and Vanessa Faurie β87 MEDIA
β’ George β59 MEDIA and Kitty Grubb
β’ Mary Alice Grubb ’60 MEDIA
β’ Alfred β71 LAS and Mary Harms Jr. β71 LAS
β’ Edward Haben β77 BUS and Mary Kay Kretch Haben β77 BUS
β’ Mary L. ’71 LAS and Alfred G. ’71 LAS
β’ Scott Hindsley β78 FAA, MARCH β80, and Amy Wagner
β’ William β51 ENG and Patricia Holmes
β’ Paul β66 ENG, MS β68 ENG, and Barbara Koch β66 LAS
β’ Ruth L. Labitzke ’42 ED
β’ Amy Legue ’00 MEDIA
β’ Thomas ’90 MEDIA and Catherine Livingston
β’ Paul Lumsden β87 ACES
β’ John β78 AA and Karen Ochoa
β’ Jack β87 LAS and Lorene Peirce
β’ Richard and Gayl Pyatt β64 LAS
β’ Edward Ruther ’36 BUS
β’ David β77 BUS and Anita Seiler
β’ Damon β93 LAS, MUP β95, and Janine Smith β93 LAS
β’ Robert, MS β94 ENG, PHD β96 ENG, and Scarlett Southwell, EDM β94
β’ Jerry and Karen Tow
β’ Joel β63 BUS and Analee Weisman
β’ Albert β39 LAS and Jane Wohlers β41 MEDIA
π· Sapphire Level ($2,500 +)
β’ Richard Adams β59 MEDIA and Patricia Januszki β85 BUS
β’ Paul Adriani ’85 LAS and Susan Hardenbrook
β’ John β50 ACES and Marjorie Albin
β’ Larry ’70 ENG and Dheena Altenbaumer ’71 LAS
β’ Gene and Ellen Amberg
β’ Brian and Andrea Ballinger β98 LAS, MBA β08
β’ Stephen Bardo β90 LAS
β’ Amy Barklam β94 BUS
β’ Robert ’55 ENG and Doralea Bean
β’ Taylor β62 LAS and Gail Bell
β’ Ronald ’68 LAS and Joyce Bergmann
β’ Kathryn ’93 MEDIA and Keith Beyer ’93 LAS
β’ Sandra Blanco ’72 LAS, EDM ’73 ED
β’ Norma Blanchard
β’ T. Eugene β52 BUS and Phyllis Blanchard
β’ Charles Blumenfeld ’28 LAS, JD ’30 LAW, JD ’30 LAW
β’ Jane Bonaldi β64 FAA, MA β69 FAA
β’ Jacqueline Bost
β’ Thomas ’73 LAS, ’74 LAS and Kathleen Bouwkamp
β’ John Brown
β’ Ben Brownback β99 LAS
β’ Kenneth Bruce II and Christine Chambers Dodds Bruce
β’ Michael β77 ENG and Karan Brunetto β76 LAS
β’ Arthur β80 ACES and Nancy Bunn
β’ Richard Burns β73 ACES and Colleen Callahan β73 ACES
β’ Robert β53 BUS and Adelaide Caldwell
β’ Edna Campbell β46 MEDIA
β’ Lynell Cannell β69 LAS, MS β70 ENG, PHD β76 ENG
β’ Michael and Angie Love Cardinal
β’ Michael Carlin ’99 FAA, MARCH ’01 FAA and Elena Amoroso ’00 FAA, MARCH ’02 FAA
β’ Dona and Stacy Cameron
β’ Leonard and Patricia Carmichael
β’ Peter Wai Chan, MBA β95, MS β99 ACES
β’ Lipei MS ’91 LAS and Tracy Chen MS ’91 LAS
β’ Charles Cherry β49 LAS, MA β51 LAS
β’ Gery β79 LAS and Sunny Chico
β’ Leonard Chorosinski ’80 ENG
β’ Archie β66 ENG, MS β72 ENG, HON β05, and Marilyn Clemins β67 ACES
β’ David Cocagne β00 LAS
β’ Edward Cohen β75 PHAM
β’ Janice Cooper
β’ Stephen β72 LAS and Helen Cox, EDM β71
β’ Harry Curts ’25 BUS
β’ Alfred Davis ’60 ED, MS ’62 ED, ’64 ED and Janis Chadsey PHD ’84 ED
β’ Ruth ’49 BUS and Kenneth Davis ’51 BUS
β’ Dorothy ’24 LAS and Gale Deam
β’ Dan ’75 BUS and Anita DeCanniere
β’ Kaamna MHRIR ’03 LER and Rohit Dhawan
β’ L. ’70 FAA and Michelle Dillow
β’ Alan ’85 LAS, MAS ’87 BUS and Merredith Dodds ’88 LAS
β’ Alice Brown Dodds
β’ Donald ’53 MEDIA and Ellamae Dodds
β’ E.J. Donaghey
β’ Mark β88 BUS and Elizabeth Dosier
β’ John β72 FAA, MS β74 FAA, and Carol Jean Drayton β71 FAA
β’ Sherry Eagle β70 ED
β’ Angela ’94 ACES and Chris Eckert ’94 ACES
β’ Teddy Eddleman β49 AHS
β’ Donald ’88 BUS and Anne Edwards ’88 BUS
β’ Sara English
β’ Jack ’78 ENG, MS ’81 ENG, PHD ’84 ENG and Yonsook Enloe ’78 ENG
β’ Debra Evans
β’ Melissa Evans ’94 LAS
β’ Doak Ewing and Cheryl Barnak Ewing β69 LAS
β’ Robert β83 BUS and Lora Falato
β’ Herbert β49 BUS and Sandi Feinberg
β’ Mark β88 LAS, β88 LAS and Bethann Filip
β’ Charles β55 BUS and Blanche Finn
β’ Kathryn Finn β79 ACES
β’ Douglas Fitzgerald ’76 BUS and Karen Clausius ’75 FAA
β’ Jeanette Flaningam β44 LAW, JD β47 LAW
β’ Sally Fletcher β78 BUS
β’ Linda ’70 LAS and Roger Fornell
β’ James β68 ENG, MS β72 ENG, MD β76, and Nancy Frakes β67 ED
β’ Robert β74 LAS, MS β76 LAS, PHD β79 LAS, and Laura Fraley β77 LAS, MS β79 BUS
β’ Daniel Franzen ’92 ENG, MS ’96 ENG
β’ Louis β67 ENG and Christine Friedrich
β’ Bryan Ganaway, PHD β03 LAS, and Irina Gigova, PHD β05 LAS
β’ Fredrick β70 ENG and Deborah Ganaway β70 LAS
β’ Darrien, MD β84, and Jocelyn Gaston
β’ Laura ’98 ED and Brian Gilleland ’98 LAS
β’ James and Patricia Halcott Glenn, EDM β66
β’ Mark β70 BUS, JD β73 LAW, and C. Bonnie Goldenberg β72 FAA
β’ Kenneth and Betty Gorden β47 ACES
β’ John β81 LAS and Maureen Graf
β’ Robert and Karen Graham
β’ Gordon Greenberg ’78 LAS and Patricia Collins
β’ Kristopher ’04 BUS and Beezly Groh
β’ Yunhong Gu and Shuang Liu
β’ Christian β82 BUS and Valerie Hallen
β’ Phyllis Hansen ’60 LAS, MS ’61 INFOS
β’ Scott Hasler Sr. β51 DSSWV
β’ Marshall, PHD β82 LAS, and Chi-Mi Tai Hayward, PHD β84 LAS
β’ Dena Heflin β85 ACES, β88 VM, DVM β90
β’ Robert and Janet Heldman
β’ Jeffrey Henn β44 LAS
β’ Charles and Barbara Hundley
β’ Stephen β93 LAS and Laurie Husak β89 LAS, MA β92 LAS
β’ Stanley and Judith Ikenberry
β’ Bruce Johnson β70 MEDIA, MS β72 MEDIA
β’ Roger Johnson ’65 ENG, MS ’66 ENG, PHD ’70 ENG and Martie Mareno
β’ Ruth Johnson
β’ Samuel β86 FAA and Donna Johnson
β’ Richard ’89 LAS and Amy Johnstone
β’ Philip β81 BUS and Brenda Jones β82 ED
β’ Matthew β87 LAS and Sara Joyce β89 ACES
β’ Richard, PHD β98 ED, and Patricia Justice, PHD β90 ED
β’ Michael Kahn ’81 LAS
β’ Jeffrey Kardatzke β97 ENG
β’ Marilyn Schnirring Kennedy β52 MEDIA
β’ Stuart β90 LAS, MD β95, MBA β10, and Teresa King
β’ S. Craig β91 BUS and Diane Kiddoo
β’Β Richard β90 ENG, MS β92 ENG, MBA β92, and Cynthia Knoll β91 LAS, EDM β92
β’Β Stephen Kolb β71 ENG
β’Β Srinivas Kuchipudi β90 ENG
β’ Emerson ’65 ENG and Martha Lacey
β’ Craig β90 ENG, MS β92 ENG, and Charlotte Laughton β91 ED
β’ David β69 BUS and Patty Brooks Leach β69 LAS
β’ Edwin Lennox III β90 ENG, MS β92 ENG, MS β97 ENG
β’ William β73 LAS and Barbara Lenz
β’ Thomas β90 MEDIA, MPA β97, and Casey Livingston
β’ Sara de Mundo Lo, MS β57 LIS
β’ Stuart β62 BUS and Mary Lockwood
β’ Wayne and Carol Lockwood
β’ Fred Loewinsohn β66 LAS
β’ Eleanor Lukazewski β64 PHAM
β’ Edgar Madsen ’59 BUS and Melva Gage ’59 BUS
β’ Joan ’85 ACES and Lawrence Mahon
β’ Hoiyee Mak ’96 BUS
β’ Edward β74 LAS and Clare Malysiak Jr. β75 LAS
β’ Louis β92 FAA and Kristin Margaglione β92 ED
β’ Marian Martin
β’ William β79 BUS and Jennifer McCarty III
β’ R. Norman and Vicki Megginson β68 AHS, EDM β78, PHD β87 ED
β’ Barbara and Craig Mengarelli
β’ Floyd β57 ENG, PHD β61 ENG, and Elizabeth Miller
β’ Scott β74 ENG and Cynthia Miller β74 ED
β’ Michael ’85 LAS and Catherine Mini
β’ Susan Morisato ’75 LAS, MS ’77 LAS and Thomas Remec ’74 LAS, MS ’83 ENG
β’ G. Ronald β59 ENG and Margaret Morris β59 LAS
β’ William ’81 BUS and Dawn Muckian
β’ Man Mui ’02 ENG, MS ’04 ENG and Yona Lu ’01 BUS
β’ Merle Mulvaney β58 ACES and Janet Turney Mulvaney β58 ACES
β’ Arthur β59 BUS and Jocelyn Murray II
β’ Chan, MBA β03, and Rajamma Nair
β’ Yang Naiwen and Wang Dekun
β’ Fady MS ’90 ENG, PHD ’94 ENG and Joumana Najjar
β’ Darrell Nance β78 LAS and Diane Darling
β’ John Neumann β71 PHAM
β’ Martin Neumann β99 ENG, MS β04 ENG, PHD β07 ENG, β08
β’ John and Arlene Norsym β67 LAS, MBA β85
β’ Robert Norwood β74 BUS
β’ John ’68 LAS, MS ’69 BUS and Ellen Nowicki MA ’69 LAS
β’ Beverly Odell β78 ED
β’ Steven β86 FAA, MARCH β88, and Carolyn Oliver β88 ACES
β’ Javette Orgain
β’ Zigang Pan MS ’92 ENG, PHD ’96 ENG and Ying Gu
β’ Alan β71 LAS and Denise Parsons
β’ John β67 LAS and Sandra Peirce β67 LAS
β’ Daniel β48 FAA, MS β49 FAA, and Marjorie Perrino β48 FAA
β’ William Peterson β69 LAS, β76 LAS, MA β78 LAS, PHD β86 LAS, and Ingrid Antonsen β80 LAS, MA β81 LAS
β’ Jay Phelps ’04 ENG, MS ’06 ENG, PHD ’09 ENG
β’ Ryan Prochaska ’07 LAS
β’ Kathryn Quinn β77 AA
β’ John ’72 ACES and Nancy Reep
β’ Judith Renault Reese β64 ED
β’ Scott ’95 LAS and Tiffany Rice
β’ Richard β53 ENG, MS β58 ENG, and Gertrude Reynolds β58 ED
β’ Walter, MS β49 ENG, PHD β51 ENG, and Anne Robb
β’ Peggy ’75 LAS and Gerald Ruff
β’ Albert ’56 FAA and Joan Saia
β’ John Santogrossi β76 LAS, MD β80, and Jane Romweber Santogrossi β75 BUS
β’ Edwin ’66 BUS, MS ’68 BUS, PHD ’74 BUS and Carol Scharlau ’66 ED, EDM ’68 ED
β’ Lloyd and Betty Schermer β51 MEDIA
β’ James ’80 MEDIA and Amelia Schlueter
β’ William β50 BUS and Mary Traylor Schnirring β50 LAS
β’ Charles, MA β05 PAA, and Joanna Schrage
β’ Richard ’77 BUS and Janet Schroeder ’76 ED
β’ Douglas Sims β68 ACES and Nancy Mueller Sims β68 ACES
β’ Dale β72 ENG and Brenda Slack
β’ Terry β65 FAA, MS β67 FAA, and Katharine Slocum β67 FAA
β’ Carly ’05 LAS and John Smaldino
β’ Joseph Small MFA β83
β’ Stephen β84 BUS and Jill Smart β81 BUS
β’ Kent Sollenberger, MA β76 LAS and Donna Fitzpatrick Sollenberger β71 LAS, MA β74 LAS
β’ William Stelzel β87 ENG
β’ Warren ’90 BUS and Dawn Stippich ’90 MEDIA
β’ William Stratton β85 LAS and Juliana Wiggins-Stratton β87 MEDIA
β’ Robert Sulo β74 LAS, MD β80, and Denise Olivieri-Sulo, MD β81
β’ Anthony Tangora β98 LAS
β’ Richard Thomas β79 LAS
β’ Arnold β50 FAA and Marian Thompson β50 LAS
β’ Cedric Thurman ’87 BUS and Michelle Speller-Thurman ’92 BUS
β’ Charles ’57 ENG and Sondra Travers
β’ Max, MD β48, and Esther Trummer
β’ Matthew ’96 BUS and Beth Unkraut ’97 LAS
β’ Carl Vacketta β63 BUS, JD β65 LAW
β’ William ’79 LAS and Janine Vainisi
β’ E. Eugene β47 AHS, EMD β55, and Janann Vance
β’ Brenton β52 FAA and Jean Wadsworth
β’ Robert β59 LAS, JD β61, and Emily Watts β58 LAS, MA β59 LAS, PHD β63 LAS
β’ John β56 LAS, MA β58 LAS, PHD β70 LAS, and Ruth Weaver β55 LAS, EDM β70
β’ Arnold β50 LAS, MA β51 LER, HON β97, and Edna Weber β54 ACES
β’ Kay Rickelman Webster β81 LAS, JD β84 LAW
β’ Randall and Shari West, JD β90 LAW
β’ Keith Westcott MS ’78 LAS, PHD ’80 LAS
β’ David β76 LAS and Donna Whitehill, EDM β06
β’ Danielle ’99 LAS and Richard Wilberg
β’ Dawn Wilkins
β’ James Williams β08 BUS
β’ Duke Yaguchi β77 BUS, MBA β79
β’ Naiwen Yang and Wang Dekun
β’ Colleen Casserly Zambole β82 BUS
β’ Nora Dougherty Zee and Hugo Zee