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Person of the Year 2009 ARCS Chicago Person of the Year
John L. Anderson
President, Illinois Institute of Technology John L. Anderson is the eighth president of Illinois Institute of Technology. He assumed the office on August 1, 2007. A Wilmington, Del., native, Anderson served as provost of Case Western Reserve University from 2004 until joining IIT. Prior to Case, he served for 28 years at Carnegie Mellon University, including eight years as dean of the College of Engineering. He was a member of the Cornell University faculty before joining Carnegie Mellon. Anderson received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Anderson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has held visiting professorships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Melbourne (Australia), and Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen (The Netherlands). He has presented guest lectureships at universities throughout the United States, and is the author of more than 100 journal articles and book chapters. Anderson and his wife, Pat, have two children and three grandchildren.
ARCS Awards Luncheon October 21, 2009
University Club of Chicago
76 E. Monroe Beginning at 10:30 a.m. Reservations: $80 per person, check or credit card To receive an invitation, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Person of the Year John L. Anderson
President, Illinois Institute of Technology Richard (Rick) Stephens Senior Vice President Human Resources and Administration
The Boeing Company
Kathryn C. Stallcup, PhD Executive Director Chicago Biomedical Consortium G. Patricia Beckman Paul Knappenberger, Jr. PhD Mimis Cohen, MD FACS FAAP Claire Thom, Pharm D Wilbur H. Gantz David R. Mosena Len Batterson John R. Walter James Kimsey Paul C. Sereno, PhD Richard C. Notebaert Robert W. Galvin Alan Schriesheim, PhD Bill Kurtis |