EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1940 with the merger of the Armour Institute of Technology (1893) with the Lewis Institute (1895).

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1940

Enrollment:
6378

Official Website:
http://www.iit.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Valdas Adamkus	Head of State	3-Nov-1926		President of Lithuania
George David Birkhoff	Mathematician	21-Mar-1884	12-Nov-1944	Modern theory of dynamical systems
Robert A. Cornog	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Snap-on, 1991-2001
Edwin G. Nourse	Economist	20-May-1883	7-Apr-1974	Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49
Grote Reber	Astronomer	22-Dec-1911	20-Dec-2002	First radio astronomer
Henry Regnery	Activist	5-Jan-1912	18-Jun-1996	Regnery Publishing
Tony Rezko	Business	1955		Chicago chain restaurateur
Wayne R. Sanders	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Kimberly-Clark, 1991-2002
Jack Steinberger	Physicist	25-May-1921		Researcher of neutrinos
Dorothy Thompson	Journalist	9-Jul-1893	30-Jan-1961	I Saw Hitler!
Thomas C. Wajnert	Business	c. 1943		CEO of AT&T Capital, 1984-97

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lewis M. Collens	Educator	c. 1938		President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007
Lloyd H. Donnell	Engineer	20-May-1895	7-Nov-1997	Donnell's thin shell theory
Daniel C. Drucker	Engineer	1918	25-Aug-2001	Drucker's stability postulate
S. I. Hayakawa	Politician	19-Jul-1906	27-Feb-1992	Semanticist and US Senator
Elder Olson	Critic	9-Mar-1909	25-Jul-1992	Critics and Criticism
Herbert A. Simon	Economist	15-Jun-1916	9-Feb-2001	Administrative Behavior

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lori B. Andrews	Attorney	c. 1953		Genetics and biotechnology law
Lewis M. Collens	Educator	c. 1938		President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007
Robert A. Cornog	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Snap-on, 1991-2001
Meyer Feldberg	Educator	17-Mar-1942		Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004
Robert W. Galvin	Business	9-Oct-1922		CEO of Motorola, 1959-90
Gordon R. Lohman	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Amsted Industries, 1990-99
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	Architect	27-Mar-1886	17-Aug-1969	The Glass Skyscraper
John W. Rowe	Business	c. 1945		President and CEO of Exelon
Paula A. Sneed	Business	10-Nov-1947		Retired EVP, Kraft Foods
Bide L. Thomas	Business	c. 1935		President of Commonwealth Edison, 1987-92
David J. Vitale	Business	c. 1952		CAO, Chicago Public Schools

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