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2013-11-02 10:00 - 38th Annual Student Laureate Convocation

Submitted by juliekellner on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 01:44

Student Laureate Ceremony
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Ceremony to be held at the Old State Capitol in the House of Representatives Chamber.
Luncheon to honor the Student Laureates at the Governor's Executive Mansion immediately following the ceremony.

2014-05-03 19:00 - 2014, Fiftieth Convocation and Investiture of Laureates

Submitted by laadmin on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 10:33

Saturday, May 3, 2014
The Fiftieth Annual Convocation and Investiture of Laureates of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois will take place at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Who We Are

The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, a not-for-profit and nonpartisan
organization, is governed by a Board of Regents and a membership of General Trustees.

The Academy administers the Order of Lincoln, the state's highest honor. The Governor of Illinois is the President of the Academy.

1997 Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks

1997 Laureate
Gwendolyn Brooks,
Pulitzer Prize poetry winner, Illinois and U.S. Poet Laureate

1981 Laureate Ronald Wilson Reagan

1981 Laureate
Ronald Wilson Reagan,
U.S. President,
Governor of California,
Television & Screen Actor

2004 Laureate Louis 'Studs' Terkel

2004 Laureate
Louis 'Studs' Terkel,
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction winner, actor and broadcaster

2008 Laureate Thomas M. Siebel

2007 Laureate
Mary Ann G. McMorrow,
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois, recipient of many prestigious awards

The Lincoln Academy of Illinois