Past Award Recipients

Edith Abbott Award Recipients

Award established in 1985-86.

Barbara Berkman, AM '60 (1986)
Arlene Gordon, AM '46 (1988)
Beulah Compton, PhD '71 (1991)

In 1992, the Crown Family School began alternating the Edith Abbott Award with the Elizabeth Butler Award.

Shirley Brussell, EX '42 (1993)
Georgia Ball Travis, AM '31 (1995)
Richard Edwards, AM '67 (1997)
David Protess, AM '70, PhD '74 (1999)
Ruth Knee, AM '45 (2001)
Gerson David, AM '60 (2003)
Frederic Reamer, PhD '78 (2005)
Edwina S. Uehara, PhD '87 (2007)
Robyn Golden, AM '81 (2009)
Charles Curie, AM '79; Jona Rosenfeld, AM '56, PhD '62 (2011)
Nathan Linsk, AM '74, PhD' 82 (2013)
Jane F. Quinn, AM '69 (2015)
Jerrold Brandell, PhD '82 (2017)
Stanley McCracken, AM '78 (2017)
Mitchell “Mitch” Kahn, AM '71 (2019)
Lynn Videka, AM '76, PhD '81 (2019)
Louise Doss-Martin, AB ’59, AM ’63 (2022)
Karen Teigiser, AM ’71 (2022)

Elizabeth Butler Award Recipients

Award established in 1990.

Karen Graham, AM '82 (1992)
Jacqueline Reed, AM '89 (1994)
Llewellyn Cornelius, AM '85, PhD '88 (1996)
Earlie Washington, PhD '90 (1998)
Eric Johnson, AM '90 (2000)
Vickii Coffey, AM '97 (2002)
Ann Maxwell, AM '96 (2004)
Denise Kane, AM '78, PhD '01 (2006)
Evette Cardona, AM '98 (2008)
Scott R. Petersen, AM '02 (2010)
Rachel Durchslag, AM '05 (2012)
Michael Rodriguez, AM '07 (2014) 
H. Luke Shaefer, AM ’05, PhD ’08 (2016) 
Imani Rupert-Gordon, AM '13 (2021)
Alana Gunn, AM/MPP ’05, PhD ’13 (2023)
 

Social Impact Award Recipients

Award established in 2014.

Ricardo Estrada, AM '93 (2014)
Andrea Durbin, AM '93 (2019)
Evelyn Diaz, AM ’98 (2022)

Distinctive Innovation in Social Service Award Recipients

UCAN (2010)
Casa Central (2010)
PCC Community Wellness Center (2011)
Grand Avenue Club (2012)
Benevolent (2013)
Family Focus (2021)
Chicago CRED (2022)
The MAAFA Redemption Project (2023)
 

The Volunteer Leadership Award

Evelyn Green, AM '95 (2021)
Hazel Vespa, AM '68 (2021)
Edith Crigler, AM ’92 (2022)
Bernie Dyme, AM ’79 (2023)
 

Awards Given by the University

The Alumni Service Award

Created in 1983, the Alumni Service Awards are given for outstanding service to the University.

Terri Travis-Davis, AM ’99 (2014)
Joseph Loundy, AM '69 (2009)

Public Service Award

Created in 1941, the Public Service Awards honor individuals who have fulfilled the obligations of their education through creative leadership in service that has benefited society and reflected credit on the University.

Charles G. Curie, AM '79 (2005)

Norman Maclean Faculty Award

Given for the first time in June 1997, the Norman Maclean Faculty Award honors emeritus or very senior faculty for extraordinary contributions to teaching and to the student experience of life within the University community. Faculty from across the University are considered and need not be alumni to be eligible.

Dolores "Dodie" Norton, Professor Emerita (2012)