Convocation & Investiture of Laureates
Morrison Student Center Ballroom
SIU – Carbondale, Illinois
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Convocation and Investiture of Laureates
Saturday, the twenty-sixth of April
Two thousand and eight
Six o’clock in the evening
Convocation
Shryock Auditorium
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois
followed by the
Governor’s Reception, Dinner and Ball
Student Center
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Formal, Academic or Military Dress
Decorations will be worn
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The Lincoln Academy of Illinois will present the State’s highest award to the following honorees :
Laureates
David Herbert Donald, Ph.D.
Communication and Education
Irl F. Engelhardt
Business and Industry
The Honorable Joel M. Flaum
Government and Law
William R. Norwood
Education and Social Service
Kenneth A. Shaw, Ph.D.
Education
Thomas M. Siebel
Business and Social Service
Convocation Committee
Honorary Chairperson
Mrs. Rod Blagojevich
Civic Chairpersons
President and Mrs. Glenn Poshard
Chancellor Fernando M. Treviño
Mr. Harry L. Crisp, II
Civic Committee
Dr. Peter C. Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Baird
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Bardo
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Beyler
Mr. William Bonan
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. John Brewster
Hon. & Mrs. Richard Brown
Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Chapman
Hon. Brad Cole
Mr. & Mrs. William Crawshaw
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Decker
Mr. Dennis DeRossett
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Dietz
Mr. & Mrs. John Dosier
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Garretson
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Gholson
Hon. & Mrs. J. Phil Gilbert
Dr. Samuel Goldman
Dr. & Mrs. John Guyon
Mr. & Mrs. Taffie Helleny
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Hightower
Mr. & Mrs. Richard “Doc” Holladay
Mrs. Hiram H. Lesar
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Lyle
Dr. & Mrs. Brian McElheny
Dr. & Mrs. Wrophas Meeks
Dr. & Mrs. Clifford Neill
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Osman
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Osteen
Mr. Julian & Dr. Nancy Hunter Pei
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Pyatt
Mrs. Jane Hayes Rader
Hon. & Mrs. John Rednour
Mr. John & Dr. Marsha Ryan
Mr. & Mrs. William Sherwood
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Short
Mrs. Paul Simon
Mrs. Lucy Sloan
Mr. Matthew & Hon. Christy Solverson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Speith
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Tedrick
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tison
Hon. & Mrs. James Wexstten
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Wheeler
Mr. W. Russell Withers, Jr.
Area Chairpersons
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Anstine
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Becker
Mr. & Mrs. John Behrendt
Ms. Wilma Jene Bond
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bussard
Mrs. Jack Cavenaugh
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Eiten
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Epperson
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Finch
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Forsyth, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William Froehlich, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James Garner
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gleason
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hauff
Mr. & Mrs. Taffie Helleny
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hoffman
Mr. & Mrs. George Howard, III
Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Huber
Mr. & Mrs. John Koten
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Marvin, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Walter May
Dr. & Mrs. Clifford G. Neill
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Oakley
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reardon
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Sharlau, II
Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Sheppard
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Taake
Mr. D. Ray Wilson