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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Jose Armario |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
President, McDonalds Canada & Latin America |
| Henry S. Bienen |
Educator |
5-May-1939 |
|
President, Northwestern University, 1995-2009 |
| Gregory Q. Brown |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of Motorola |
| Duane L. Burnham |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Abbott Laboratories, 1989-98 |
| Pastora San Juan Cafferty |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
University of Chicago Professor |
| Gerhard Casper |
Educator |
25-Dec-1937 |
|
President of Stanford University, 1992-2000 |
| Charles L. Evans |
Economist |
15-Jan-1958 |
|
President and CEO, Chicago Fed |
| Geoffrey Garrett |
Educator |
c. 1958 |
|
President of the Pacific Council |
| David D. Hiller |
Publisher |
12-Jun-1953 |
|
LA Times publisher, 2006-08 |
| James F. Hoge, Jr. |
Editor |
25-Dec-1935 |
|
Editor of Foreign Affairs |
| Dennis H. Holtschneider |
Educator |
14-Jan-1965 |
|
President, DePaul University |
| Verne G. Istock |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
President of Bank One, 1999-2000 |
| Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Baxter International, 1999-2004 |
| John Jeffry Louis III |
Business |
1963 |
|
Parson Capital Corporation |
| John W. Madigan |
Business |
7-Jun-1937 |
|
CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002 |
| Lynn Martin |
Politician |
26-Dec-1939 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93 |
| David B. Mathis |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Kemper Insurance Companies |
| James A. McClung |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former VP at FMC |
| C. Steven McMillan |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Sara Lee, 2000-05 |
| Michael H. Moskow |
Business |
7-Jan-1938 |
|
CEO, FRB Chicago, 1994-2007 |
| Michelle Obama |
First Lady |
17-Jan-1964 |
|
Wife of Barack Obama |
| William A. Osborn |
Business |
14-Oct-1947 |
|
CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008 |
| Don Michael Randel |
Educator |
9-Dec-1940 |
|
President, University of Chicago, 2000-06 |
| Hugh H. Roberts |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Former Kraft Foods executive |
| Samuel C. Scott III |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Corn Products |
| Alejandro Silva |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
President of Evans Food Group |
| Adele Simmons |
Administrator |
21-Jun-1941 |
|
President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99 |
| David B. Speer |
Business |
6-Apr-1951 |
17-Nov-2012 |
CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 2005-12 |
| Richard D. Stephens |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Senior VP of Boeing |
| Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
5-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
| Louis B. Susman |
Diplomat |
19-Nov-1937 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK |
| Thomas C. Theobald |
Business |
5-May-1937 |
|
CEO of Continental Bank, 1987-94 |
| Bide L. Thomas |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
President of Commonwealth Edison, 1987-92 |
| David J. Vitale |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CAO, Chicago Public Schools |
| B. Joseph White |
Educator |
6-Apr-1947 |
|
President, University of Illinois |
| Linda S. Wolf |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide, 2001-05 |