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Edward L. McMillan, 2018 Laureate

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TICKETS AVAILABLE for the Convocation and Gala May 18th: TheLincolnAcademyofIllinois.org

CONGRATULATIONS to Jerry Colangelo who is one of our 2019 Laureates to be inducted! Colangelo is a Chicago Heights native who had a stellar basketball career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, played professional basketball for the Chicago Bulls, and in 1968 at age 29 became the first general manager of the Phoenix Suns, the youngest general manager in professional sports.

Colangelo was a driving force in bringing professional sports to Arizona and is the former owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, the Phoenix Mercury women’s NBA team, Arizona Rattlers indoor football, and Arizona Sandsharks indoor soccer. Colangelo was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the University of Illinois Sports Hall of Fame. ... See MoreSee Less

TICKETS AVAILABLE for the Convocation and Gala May 18th: TheLincolnAcademyofIllinois.org CONGRATULATIONS to Jerry Colangelo who is one of our 2019 Laureates to be inducted! Colangelo is a Chicago Heights native who had a stellar basketball career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, played professional basketball for the Chicago Bulls, and in 1968 at age 29 became the first general manager of the Phoenix Suns, the youngest general manager in professional sports. Colangelo was a driving force in bringing professional sports to Arizona and is the former owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, the Phoenix Mercury women’s NBA team, Arizona Rattlers indoor football, and Arizona Sandsharks indoor soccer. Colangelo was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the University of Illinois Sports Hall of Fame.
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The Lincoln Academy of Illinois

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Have you made your reservation for the 2019 55th Annual Convocation and investiture of Lincoln Laureates?

This year’s Lincoln Laureates are Jerry Colangelo, Edgar J. Curtis, Sheila Crump Johnson, Benjamin K. Miller, Olufunmilayo Olopade, and George F. Will.

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