Ricker Circle

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. Ricker—the 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

Diamond Level ($25,000 +) icon

Diamond Level ($25,000 +)

  • Norman ’58 DSSWV and Mary Jane Beasley
  • Henry ’52 DSSWV and Nancy Blackwell II ’52 MEDIA
  • Donald ’53 BUS and Frances Buske
  • Robert ’54 BUS and Alice Campbell, JD JD ’43 LAW
  • Elizabeth Carmichael
  • George Clements
  • Dorothy ’49 LAS and James Dilorio MA '54 LER
  • Richard Foley ’49 ENG and Joanne Bresee Foley '49 LAS
  • William ’86 BUS and Martha Forsyth III ’86 LAS
  • Lawrence Gougler ’41 BUS
  • Phyllis Hallene ’51 LAS
  • Michael ’72 LAS and Lois Harring ’73 LAS
  • Harold '50 ENG and Liz Hindsley
  • Jeanne Hindsley '51 LAS
  • Norma Johnston '48 LAS
  • Dwight Johnston '39 BUS
  • Brooks and Gail Veasman Kellogg '65 LAS
  • Jill '50 ACES and T.G. Knappenberger '33 LAS, JD '33 LAW
  • J. Andy '79 LAS and Susan Langan
  • Norma '71 BUS and David Lauder '71 LAS
  • Peter '75 ENG, MS '77 ENG and Jean Leblond
  • Louis 'EDM '62 and Mary Liay
  • Woody Long and Carol Keiser-Long '68 ACES
  • Bob '53 BUS and Sharon Lumsden ’57 FAA, MA ’64 FAA
  • R. Eden '62 LAS and Sharon Martin
  • Phillip '57 BUS and Madonna Matteson
  • Edward '69 ACES and Judith McMillan '71 ACES
  • Roger '64 ENG and Joanne Plummer
  • Jane '54 LAS and Robert Rader
  • Joseph ’69 MEDIA, MS ’73 MEDIA and Pamela Rank '74 BUS
  • Jack '43 ACES and Marjorie Richmond
  • Scott '87 ENG and Laurie Rose
  • Henry '48 DSSWV and Kathleen Sherry
  • Loren and Susan Taylor
  • Stephen ’72 BUS, MAS ’73 and Elizabeth Van Arsdell
  • James '60 LAS and Dena Vermette
  • Jan '76 LAS and Kenneth Viste '62 LAS
  • Thomas ’73 BUS, MBA ’74 and Lynn Karen Vogelsinger '74 ED
  • Scott '79 FAA and Joan Ziegler '79 MEDIA
Topaz Level ($15,000 +) icon

Topaz Level ($15,000 +)

  • Daniel '72 AA and Meredith Azark
  • T. Eugene '52 BUS and Phyllis Blanchard
  • George '60 AHS and Jeanne Bon Salle
  • Ruth W. Bowen
  • Benjamin H. Brownback '99 LAS
  • Kathy Calvert '93 BUS
  • Brett '93 LAS and Laura Coffee
  • Roger Dewey
  • Donald Dodds Jr.
  • Daniel Doheny '84 BUS and Anne Easton Doheny
  • Ray Elliot '84 MEDIA and Vanessa Faurie '87 MEDIA
  • Mary L. '71 LAS and Alfred G. '71 LAS
  • George '59 MEDIA and Kitty Grubb
  • Mary Alice Grubb '60 MEDIA
  • Edward Haben '77 BUS and Mary Kay Kretch Haben '77 BUS
  • Alfred '71 LAS and Mary Harms Jr. '71 LAS
  • Scott Hindsley '78 FAA, MARCH '80 and Amy Wagner
  • William '51 ENG and Patricia Holmes
  • Paul '66 ENG, MS '68 ENG and Barbra Koch '66 LAS
  • Ruth L. Labitzke '42 ED
  • Amy Legue '00 MEDIA
  • Thomas '90 MEDIA, MPA '97 and Catherine Livingston
  • Paul Lumsden '87 ACES
  • Merle '58 ACES and Janet Mulvaney '58 ACES
  • John and Karen Ochoa
  • Jack '87 LAS and Lorene Pierce
  • Nell MSW '60 SW and Donald Percival
  • Richard '64 LAS and Gayl Pyatt
  • Edward Ruther '36 BUS
  • David '77 BUS and Anita Seiler
  • Jill '81 BUS and Stephen Smart
  • Damon '93 LAS, MUP '95 and Janine Smith
  • Robert MS ' 94 ENG, PHD '96 ENG and Scarlett Southwell EDM '94
  • Jerry and Karen Tow
  • Joel '63 BUS and Analee Weisman
  • Albert '39 LAS and Jane Wohlers '41 MEDIA
Sapphire Level ($2,500 +) icon

Sapphire Level ($2,500 +)

  • Richard Adams '59 MEDIA and Patricia Januszki '85 BUS
  • Paul Adriani '85 LAS and Susan Hardenbrook
  • John '50 ACES and Marjorie Albin
  • Larry '70 ENG and Dheena Altenbaumer '71 LAS
  • Gene and Ellen Amberg
  • Brian and Andrea Ballinger '98 LAS, MBA '08
  • Stephen Bardo '90 LAS
  • Amy Barklam '94 BUS
  • Robert '55 ENG and Doralea Bean
  • Taylor '62 LAS and Gail Bell
  • Ronald '68 LAS and Joyce Bergmann
  • Kathryn '93 MEDIA and Keith Beyer '93 LAS
  • Norma Blanchard
  • Sandra Blanco '72 LAS, EDM '73 ED
  • Charles Blumenfeld '28 LAS, JD '30 LAW
  • Jane Bonaldi '64 FAA, MA '69 FAA
  • Jacqueline Bost
  • Thomas '73 LAS, '74 LAS and Kathleen Bouwkamp
  • John Brown
  • Kenneth Bruce II and Christine Chambers Dodds Bruce
  • Michael '77 ENG and Karan Brunetto '76 LAS
  • Randy '90 BUS, JD '95 LAW and Susan Buhr
  • Arthur '80 ACES and Nancy Bunn
  • Robert '53 BUS and Adelaide Caldwell
  • Dona and Stayy Cameron
  • Edna Campbell '46 MEDIA
  • Lynell Cannell '69 LAS, MS '70 ENG, PHD '76 ENG
  • Michael and Angie Love Cardinal
  • Michael Carlin '99 FAA, MARCH '01 FAA and Elena Amoroso '00 FAA, MARCH '02 FAA
  • Leonard and Patricia Carmichael
  • Peter Wai Chan MBA '85, MS '99 ACES
  • Lipei MS '91 LAS and Tracy Chen MS '91 LAS
  • Charles Cherry '49 LAS, MA '51 LAS
  • Gery '79 LAS and Sunny Chico
  • Leonard Chorosinski '80 ENG
  • Archie '66 ENG, MS '72 ENG, HON '05 and Marilyn Clemins '67 ACES
  • Gregory '87 ACES and Brenda Close
  • David Cocagne '00 LAS
  • Edward Cohen '75 PHAM
  • Janice Cooper
  • Stephen '72 LAS and Helen Cox EDM '71
  • Joseph Cox '05 LAS
  • John Crank MA '77 LAS and Un Pan
  • Harry Curts '25 BUS
  • Alfred Davis '60 ED, MS '62 ED, '64 ED and Janis Chadsey PHD '84 ED
  • Ruth '49 BUS and Kenneth Davis '51 BUS
  • Dorothy '24 LAS and Gale Deam
  • Dan '75 BUS and Anita DeCanniere
  • Kaamna MHRIR '03 LER and Rohit Dhawan
  • L. Eugene '70 FAA and Michelle Dillow
  • Alan '85 LAS, MAS '87 BUS and Meredith Dodds '88 LAS
  • Alice Brown Dodds
  • Donald '53 MEDIA and Ellamae Dodds
  • E.J. Donaghey
  • Mark '88 BUS and Elizabeth Dosier
  • John '72 FAA, MS '74 FAA and Carol Jean Drayton '71 FAA
  • Sherry Eagle
  • Angela '94 ACES and Chris Eckert '94 ACES
  • Teddy Eddleman '49 AHS
  • Donald '88 BUS and Anne Edwards '88 BUS
  • Sarah English
  • Jack '78 ENG, MS '81, PHD '84 ENG and Yonsook Enloe '78 ENG
  • Debra Evans
  • Melissa Evans '94 LAS
  • Ryan '98 ACES and Angela Evans '97 LAS
  • Doak Ewing and Cheryl Barnak Ewing '69 lAS
  • Robert '83 BUS and Lora Falato
  • Herbert '49 BUS and Sandi Feinberg
  • Kathleen '01 AHS, EDM '02 ED and Derek Ferguson '02 BUS
  • Mark '88 LAS and Bethann Filip
  • Charles '55 BUS and Blanche Finn
  • Kathryn Finn '79 ACES
  • Douglas Fitzgerald '76 BUS and Karen Clausius '75 FAA
  • Jeanette Flaningam '44 LAW, JD '47 LAW
  • Sally Fletcher '78 BUS
  • Linda '70 LAS and Roger Fornell
  • James '68 ENG, MS '72 ENG and Nancy Frakes '67 ED
  • Robert '74 LAS, MS '76 LAS, PHD '79 LAS and Laura Fraley '77 LAS, MS '79 BUS
  • Daniel Franzen '92 ENG, MS '96 ENG
  • Louis '67 ENG and Christine Friedrich
  • Bryan Ganaway PHD '03 LAS and Irina Gigova PHS '05 LAS
  • Fredrick '69 ENG and Deborah Ganaway '70 LAS
  • Darrien MD '84 and Jocelyn Gaston
  • Laura '98 ED and Brian Gilleland '98 LAS
  • James and Patricia Halcott Glenn EDM '66
  • Mark '70 BUS, JD '73 LAW and C. Bonnie Goldenberg '72 FAA
  • Kenneth '47 ACES and Betty Gorden
  • John '81 LAS and Maureen Graf
  • Robert and Karen Grahm
  • Gordon Greenberg '78 LAS and Patricia Collins
  • Kristopher '04 BUS and Beezly Groh
  • Yunhong Gu and Shuang Liu
  • Christian '82 BUS and Valerie Hallen
  • Phyllis Hansen '60 LAS, MS '61 INFOS
  • Scott Hasler Sr. '51 DSSWV
  • Marshall PHD '82 and Chi-Mi Tai Hayward PHD '84 LAS
  • Dena Heflin '85 ACES, '88 VM, DVM '90
  • Robert and Janet Heldman
  • Jeffrey Henn '44 LAS
  • Charles and Barbra Hundley
  • Stephen '93 LAS and Laurie Husak '89 LAS, MA '92 LAS
  • Stanley and Judith Ikenberry
  • Daniel Jensen '88 ENG and Steven Follis
  • Bruce Johnson '70 MEDIA, MS '72 MEDIA
  • Roger Johnson '65 ENG, MS '66 ENG, PHD '70 ENG and Martie Mareno
  • Ruth Johnson
  • Samuel '86 FAA and Donna Johnson
  • Richard '89 and Amy Johnstone
  • Philip '81 BUS and Brenda Jones '82 ED
  • Matthew '87 LAS and Sara Joyce '89 ACES
  • Richard PHD '98 ED and Patricia Justice PHD '90 ED
  • Michael Kahn '81 LAS
  • Jeffrey Kardatzke '97 ENG
  • Marilyn Schnirrig Kennedy '52 MEDIA
  • S. Craig '91 BUS and Diane Kiddoo
  • Stuart '90 LAS, MD '95, MBA '10 and Teresa King
  • Richard '90 ENG, MS '92 ENG, MBA '92 and Cynthia Knoll '91 LAS, EDM '92
  • Stephen Kolb '71 ENG
  • Srinivas Kuchipudi '90 ENG
  • Emerson '65 ENG and Martha Lacey
  • Craig '90 ENG, MS '92 ENG and Charlotte Laughton '91 ED
  • David '69 BUS and Patty Brooks Leach '69 LAS
  • Susan Lee '90 BUS
  • Edwin Lenox III '90 ENG, MS '92 ENG, MS '97 ENG
  • William '73 LAS and Barbra Lenz
  • Sara de Mundo Lo MS '57 LIS
  • Stuart '62 BUS and Mary Lockwood
  • Wayne and Carol Lockwood
  • Fred Loewinsohn
  • Eleanor and Stephen Lukazewski
  • Edgar Madsen '59 BUS and Melva Gage '59 BUS
  • Joan '85 ACES and Lawrence Mahon
  • Hoiyee Mak '96 BUS
  • Edward '74 LAS and Clare Malaysia Jr. '75 LAS
  • Louis '92 FAA and Kristin Margaglione '92 ED
  • Marian Martin
  • William '79 BUS and Jennifer McCarty III
  • R. Norman and Vicki Megginson '68 AHS, EDM '78, PHD '87 ED
  • Barbra and Craig Mengarelli
  • Floyd '57 ENG, PHD '61 ENG and Elizabeth Miller
  • Scott '74 ENG and Cynthia Miller '74 ED
  • Michael '85 LAS and Catherine Mini
  • Jon '72 LAS, PHD '75 LAS and Susan Moehlmann MA '74 LAS
  • Susan Morisato '75 LAS, MS '77 LAS and Thomas Remec '74 LAS, MS '83 ENG
  • G. Ronald '59 ENG and Margaret Morris '59 LAS
  • William '81 BUS and Dawn Muckian
  • Man Mui '02 ENG, MS '04 ENG and Yona Lu '01 BUS
  • Arthur '59 BUS and Jocelyn Murray II
  • Chan MBA '03 and Rajamma Nair
  • Yang Naiwen and Wang Dekun
  • Fady MS '90 ENG, PHD '94 ENG and Joumana Najjar
  • Darrell Nance '78 LAS and Diane Darling
  • John and Christine Neumann
  • Martin Neumann '99 ENG, MS '04 ENG, PHD '07 ENG
  • Arlene and John Norsym
  • Robert Norwood '74 BUS
  • John '68 LAS, MS '69 BUS and Ellen Nowicki MA '69 LAS
  • Beverly Odell '78 ED
  • Steven '86 FAA, MARCH '88 and Carolyn Oliver '88 ACES
  • Javette Orgain
  • Zigang Pan MS '92 ENG, PHD '96 ENG and Ying Gu
  • Alan '71 LAS and Denise Parsons
  • John '67 LAS and Sandra Peirce '67 LAS
  • Daniel '48 FAA, MS '49 FAA and Marjorie Perrino '48 FAA
  • William Peterson '69 LAS, '76 LAS, MA '78 LAS, PHD '86 LAS and Ingrid Antonsen '80 LAS , MA '81 LAS
  • Jay Phelps '04 ENG, MS '06 ENG, PHD '09 ENG
  • Ryan Prochaska '07 LAS
  • Kathryn Quinn
  • John and Nancy Reep
  • Judith Renault Reese '64 ED
  • Richard '53 ENG, MS '58 ENG and Gertrude Reynolds '58 ED
  • Scott '95 LAS and Tiffany Rice
  • Walter 'MS '49 ENG, PHD '51 ENG and Anne Robb
  • Peggy '75 LAS and Gerald Ruff
  • Albert '56 FAA and Joan Saia
  • John '76 LAS and Jane Santogrossi '75 BUS
  • Edwin '66 BUS, MS '68 BUS, PHD '74 BUS and Carol Scharlau '66 ED, EDM '68 ED
  • Lloyd and Betty Schermer '51 MEDIA
  • Gary Schieneman '58 BUS
  • James '80 MEDIA and Amelia Schluter
  • William '50 BUS and Mary Schnirring '50 LAS
  • Charles and Joanna Schrage
  • Richard '77 BUS and Janet Schroeder '76 ED
  • Douglas Sims '68 ACES and Nancy Mueller Sims '68 ACES
  • Dale '72 ENG and Brenda Slack
  • Terry '65 FAA, MS '67 FAA and Katherine Slocum
  • Carly '05 LAS and John Smaldino
  • Joseph Small MFA '83
  • Kent Sollenberger MA '76 LAS and Donna Fitzpatrick Sollenberger
  • Jason '98 BUS and Priscilla Steers
  • William Stelzel '87 ENG
  • Warren '90 BUS and Dawn Stippich '90 MEDIA
  • William Stratton '85 LAS
  • Robert Sulo '74 LAS and Denise Olivieri-Sulo
  • Anthony Tangora '98 LAS
  • Richard Thomas '79 LAS
  • Arnold '50 FAA and Marian Thompson '50 LAS
  • Willard '56 BUS and Martha Thomson
  • Cedric Thurman '87 BUS and Michelle Speller-Thurman '92 BUS
  • Charles '57 ENG and Sondra Travers
  • Max and Esther Trummer
  • Matthew '96 BUS and Beth Unkraut '97 LAS
  • Carl Vacketta '63 BYS, JD '65 LAW
  • William '79 LAS and Janine Vainisi
  • E. Eugene '47 AHS, EMD '55 and Janann Vance
  • Brenton '52 FAA and Jean Wadsworth
  • Robert '59 LAS, JD '61 and Emily Watts '58 LAS, MA '59 LAS, PHD '63 LAS
  • John '56 LAS, MA '58 LAS, PHD '70 LAS and Ruth Weaver '55 LAS, EDM '70
  • Arnold '50 LAS, MA '51 LER, HON '97 and Edna Weber '54 ACES
  • Kay Rickelman Webster '81 LAS, JD '84 LAW
  • Linda '76 ED and James Welsh
  • Randall and Shari West JD '90 LAW
  • Keith Westcott MS '78 LAS, PHD '80 LAS
  • David '76 LAS and Donna Whitehill EDM '06
  • Juliana Wiggins-Stratton '87 MEDIA
  • Danielle '99 LAS and Richard Wilberg
  • Dawn Wilkins
  • James Williams '08 BUS
  • Duke Yaguchi '77 BUS, MBA '79
  • Naiwen Yang and Wang Dekun
  • Colleen Casserly Zambole '82 BUS
  • Nora Dougherty Zee and Hugo Zee