The Presidential Award and Medallion is given to recognize individuals who support and bring distinction to the University in profound ways. Separate from any other institutional recognition, this award is bestowed solely at the discretion of the president. The award was initiated by President Stanley O. Ikenberry. Stanley O. Ikenberry, 2008President Emeritus, University of Illinois. Tuskegee Airmen, 2007America's first black military airmen during World War II. Those honored include: Harvey R. Alexander, Roy M. Chappell, Ellsworth Dansby, Clifford Davis, Beverly L. Dunjill, Julius Jackson, William Johnson, Hilton M. Joseph, William C. Loving, John H. Lyle, Robert L. Martin, Charles E. McGee, LaVerne Shelton, George Sherman, Quentin P. Smith, Welton I. Taylor, George A. Taylor, William H. Walker, Shelby Westbrook and O. Lawton Wilkerson. Thomas M. Siebel, 2001Founder, chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems, Inc., and a major donor to the Urbana campus, where he earned three degrees. Arthur C. Clarke, 1997Author who named Urbana as the birthplace of HAL 9000, the on-board computer in the novel and film, "2001: A Space Odyssey." Yien-Si Tsiang, 1995Senior adviser and secretary-general to Taiwan's head of state. Monsignor Edward I. Duncan, 1994Assigned to St. John's Catholic Chapel and the Newman Foundation at the University of Illinois. Fidel V. Ramos, 1993Alumnus and president of the Republic of the Philippines. Walter Robb, 1993Vice president of General Electric. James B. "Scotty" Reston, 1992Alumnus and veteran New York Times journalist and author. Masaru Ibuka, 1991Founder and honorary chairman of Sony Corporation. Frederick Seitz, 1990Former head of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign physics department and president of Rockefeller University. David W. Grainger, 1989Friend of the University and generous donor of a professorship, graduate fellowships and labs, later of the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center. Charles I. Young, 1984Chairman of the capital campaign for the Lions of Illinois Eye Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
