Convocation & Investiture of Laureates, 2004
Gallery, Laureates, Officiants and Participants
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Convocation and Investiture of Laureates
Saturday, the twenty-fourth of May
Two thousand and four
Six o’clock in the evening
Convocation
Rubloff Auditorium
Chicago Historical Society
followed by the
Governor’s Reception, Dinner and Ball
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, Illinois
Formal, Academic or Military Dress
Decorations will be worn
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois will present the State’s highest award to the following honorees :
Laureates
Michael Beshloss
Education and Communications
Harry L. Crisp, II
Business and Education
George A. Ranney, Jr.
Business and Social Service
Louis “Studs” Terkel
Communications
Ernest R. Wish
Business, Government and Social Service
Convocation Committee
Honorary Chairperson
Mrs. Rod Blagojevich
Civic Chairpersons
Mrs. James J. Hasten
Civic Committee
Mr. Stanley Balzekas, Jr.*
Mr. Peter B. Bensinger
Mrs. John C. Berghoff, Jr.
Mr. Norman Bobins
Mr. John F. Cuneo, Jr.
Reverend Stanley R. Davis, Jr.
Mr. Ronald J. Gidwitz
Mr. Howard G. Kaplan
Mr. Bruce W. MacArthur
Mr. William A. Osborn
Ms. Courtney C. Shea
Mr. John T. Trutter
Mr. David B. Weinberg
(left to right) Laureate Ernest R. Wish, Laureate Michael Beschloss, Laureate Louis “Studs” Terkel, Chancellor John B. Simon, Laureate Harry L. Crisp, II, Laureate George A. Ranney, Jr.
Area Chairpersons
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anstine
Mr. and Mrs. James Von L. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Becker
Mr. and Mrs. John Behrendt
Mrs. Wilma Jene Bond
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bussard
Mrs. Jack Cavenaugh
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford J. Coash
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Eiten
Ms. Karen Emerson
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Epperson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Finch
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Forsyth, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Froehlich, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gleason
Mr. and Mrs. Taffie Helleny
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. George Howard, III
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Huber
Mr. and Mrs. John Koten
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Kreigsman
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Marvin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter May
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Neill
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Oakley
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scharlau, II
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Sheppard
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Taake
Ms. Edith E. Trutter, II
Mr. D. Ray Wilson