Illini of the Year Recipients

Our club honors distinguished alumnus from the Washington DC region. Prior to COVID, we honored a new person each year.  Our program was suspended from 2020 thru 2022 and we resumed the "Illini of the Year" program in 2023.  If there's a local alumni you'd like to nominate, please contact our committee chairman.

Illini of the Year Recipients

Amy Kruse - 2023

P. Scott Shearer - 2019

Robert O. Work - 2018

Carl Vacketta - 2017

Scott Altman- 2016

Francis Slakey - 2015

Michael Jaworek - 2014

G. Robert Hillmand - 2013

David Van Buren - 2012

Stephen Moore – 2011

Evan Glazer - 2010

Charles E. McGee^d - 2009

Robert Kennedy - 2008

Ed Adams^d - 2007

Dan Balz - 2006

Sheila Johnson – 2005

John R. Dobrinsky – 2004

Joe Urschel – 2003

John W. McDonald^d – 2002

Victor S. Kamber – 2001

Lawrence J. Wilker – 2000

Paul Q. Peterson – 1999

Gant and Fran Redmon – 1998

Robert W. Doubek – 1997

Roger W. Simon – 1996

Eddie N. Williams^d – 1995

James Brady^d – 1994

Lynn M. Martin – 1993

Bernard Shaw^d – 1992

Wilma L. Vaught – 1991

Harold R. Bruno, Jr.^d – 1990

Charles A. Bowsher^d – 1989

Robert C. Mitchell – 1988

Godfrey Sperling, Jr.^d – 1987

Robert Novak^d – 1986

 

^Ddeceased