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destinya bold plan for our future manifest >>>

END OF CAMPAIGN - AUGUST 10, 2001
$ 259.3
CAMPAIGN
2001
$250 MILLION GOAL
257.7
SUCCESS
2000
212.4
IN MILLIONS
1999
156.0
END OF FISCAL YEAR
1998
96.9
1997
30.9
2001
$ 204.4
A
HEALTHY
2000
1999
1998
1997
204.6
175.5
166.7
132.0
ENDOWMENT
IN MILLIONS
END OF FISCAL YEAR
UNDERGRADUATES
GRADUATE STUDENTS
CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW
STUART GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
CENTER FOR LAW AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
1,842
2,561
1,049
478
120
UNIVERSITY
ENROLLMENT
6,050 TOTAL STUDENTS
2001
2000
1301
1293
STRONG
FRESHMAN
1998
1268
SAT
SCORES
1995
1192
1993
1005
UG FULL- TIME TUITION AND FEES: IIT = $18,760 AITU = $27,745
2001
3.7/4.8
AN
AFFORDABLE
2000
1999
1998
1997
AITU - THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITIES
2.1/5.7
2.7/5.5
2.9/4.8
4.5/5.4
IIT/ AITU
EDUCATION
COMPARES PERCENTAGE
INCREASES IN UNDERGRAD
F/T TUITION AND FEES AT
IIT AND AITU INSTITUTIONS

WE AT IIT ARE MOVED TO REPORT
that the bold plan to reshape our
university is taking dynamic form.
This special report chronicles our
future—our destiny, and the many
ways it has become manifest. We
have seen the future and continue
to invent it for ourselves and
the world. Allow us to share our continued success.

destiny: manifest
In the early ’90s, we asked ourselves some hard questions. Were we adequately educating our students to live in a world
of increasing complexity and interdependence? Could we attract the most gifted students in an intensely competitive
educational environment? Did we have the academic programs and campus amenities to retain them? And did we have
the financial resources to implement needed initiatives?
The answers resulted in a bold plan for the future and a commitment to become the leading interprofessional
university—offering the kinds of programs and experiences that business, industry and science were demanding in a
rapidly changing, often unpredictable world.
An unprecedented capital campaign, called the IIT Challenge, gave lifeblood to our plan. Friends of the university are
eternally grateful for the generosity of two long-time trustees, Robert Galvin and Robert Pritzker. They provided the
initial impetus for the campaign by pledging $120 million in a challenge grant. Alumni and benefactors rose to the
challenge and the result was our most successful fund-raising campaign in history.
The Challenge campaign, originally planned for five years, exceeded its $250 million goal a year ahead of schedule.
Our goals were to attract high-achieving students, hire highly qualified faculty and establish endowed professorships in
strategically important fields, develop innovative programming, and renew our Main Campus through new buildings,
extensive infrastructure improvements and beautifying landscaping.
We have been spectacularly successful.
Our endowment soared by more than $90 million over the course of the campaign. SAT scores for incoming
freshmen rose to new highs. Six new faculty positions were endowed. Interprofessional academic and co-curricular
programs were created.
Rem Koolhaas won The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation international design competition for a campus center. The
McCormick Tribune Foundation’s $13 million donation to the endowment helped make the center possible; the state
contributed an additional $9 million toward the sound-muffling tube that encases the “L” as it passes over the building.
Landscaping has brightened the Main Campus. The core Mies van der Rohe academic buildings are slated for
renovation. An exciting new condominium and townhome community along Michigan Avenue on IIT property is already
welcoming new residents.
The momentum continues with planning for a new student residence to rise near
State Street.
IIT has chosen an ambitious future. Through the campaign, it has taken the
important first steps.
Let me be your guide as I walk you through an IIT in motion.
Lew Collens
President, Illinois Institute of Technology
www.iit.edu/president
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destiny: in control of our future

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ We are leaders—in professional education, in scientific research, in technological
solutions to important problems. Our goal is to enable our students to develop
leadership skills that will enable them to play an important role in shaping
society and their own professions. >>> We introduced the theme of interprofessionalism
to describe these expectations. We embraced the interrelatedness
of the professions and the need for people working in teams to cross the
boundaries of their disciplines in order to solve complex problems. >>> Our
vision of the university came from our appreciation of what the world was
becoming—smaller, interdependent, highly professional, constantly changing
and imbued with sophisticated technology at all levels of business, commerce
and science…”
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it’s simple.
educating leaders
is our future >
DAVID BAKER_ VP OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

manifest: building on our strengths
The campaign did not start in a vacuum. It began with the careful planning
of the National Commission for IIT, a blue-ribbon panel of trustees,
faculty and external experts, who recommended a future direction for the
institution. Their plans built upon IIT’s traditional strengths:
> A research faculty dedicated to teaching > Focus on a practical,
technology-based education > Outstanding placement rate of graduates
> Responsive partner of business and industry > An international
presence > The emergence of six professional schools.
This period of strategic planning was a time of self-realization and growing
expectations. The institution faced the problem of rapid technological
change that would have great impact on the operations of corporations
worldwide and on the very process of education.
The question was: What future did IIT wish for itself and what steps
should it take to get there?
The Commission recommendations were clear: To be a leader in higher
education, IIT would have to strengthen its competitive position in the
marketplace, starting with attracting outstanding high school seniors. To
prepare its graduates for the professional positions required by a rapidly
changing, technologically driven, complex global economy, IIT would have
to become an interprofessional university in which the interplay of the
various disciplines and professional schools would contribute to team
learning. To ensure its own academic vibrancy, the university would have
to remain in the community and become a partner in its redevelopment.
www.iit.edu/president/news.conference.html
DEFINING GOALS DAVID BAKER, VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT IIT, SERVED
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR IIT AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THIS DISTINGUISHED
COMMITTEE SET THE AGENDA FOR CHANGE AT THE UNIVERSITY.
“THE COMMISSION MEMBERS,” HE REMEMBERS, “REALIZED THAT LEADERSHIP WAS AN
ESSENTIAL TRAIT TO INSTILL IN OUR STUDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO
ASSUME A STRONG LEADERSHIP ROLE IN REDESIGNING TECHNOLOGICALLY BASED
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR THE MODERN WORLD. WHO BETTER COULD DEFINE SUCH
LEADERSHIP GOALS THAN THE EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS THAT PARTICIPATED ON
THE COMMISSION? THEY WERE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS THEMSELVES.”
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destiny: recapturing the spotlight

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ The campaign refocused attention on IIT. >>> Home of more Mies buildings
than any other place in the world, IIT gained the attention of architecture
enthusiasts with the addition of the Rem Koolhaas-designed McCormick Tribune
Campus Center. >>> A university known for its engineering, IIT acquired a
new reputation for the integration of its six major academic units—architecture,
science and engineering, design, business, law and psychology. >>> The
vision of service and interprofessionalism that the campaign engendered will
sustain the university for decades to come. >>> The generosity of Robert
Pritzker and Robert Galvin, whose enthusiasm for IIT fueled the campaign,
is responsible for this renewed recognition…”
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IIT’s remarkable
transformation is based
on the talents and
commitment of many >
TRUSTEES_ ROBERT PRITZKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
AND ROBERT GALVIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE
_ CO- INITIATORS OF THE IIT CHALLENGE CAMPAIGN

manifest: making it happen
The $250 million IIT Challenge campaign has made many things happen.
IIT’s endowment increased by over $90 million.
SAT scores of incoming freshmen are significantly higher than they were
before the campaign began. At no time in IIT’s history has the university
attracted so many students who are so academically talented.
Six new endowed chairs were established in the College of Architecture,
Institute of Design, Armour College of Engineering and Science, and the
Stuart Graduate School of Business. They are aligned with strategically
important disciplines for the university’s future.
The university hired outstanding young faculty in many key areas.
Innovative academic and co-curricular programs were created to attract
bright, ambitious students and sustain them over the course of their
undergraduate studies.
A strikingly designed campus center and new residence hall are being
built, academic buildings are planned for major renovation, State Street
has been revamped and 500 trees have been planted.
AN IMPROVED APPROACH TO CONSTITUENTS CRAIG DUCHOSSOIS, A LEADING
CHICAGO-AREA BUSINESSMAN AND IIT TRUSTEE, HAS SEEN AN UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENT AT
THE UNIVERSITY: “IIT HAS TAKEN A UNIQUE POSITION WITH REGARD TO ITS CONSTITUENTS,”
HE SAID. “THE UNIVERSITY HAS HELPED STUDENTS BECOME AWARE OF THE MULTIFUNCTION-
AL COMMUNICATIONS THAT GO ON IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, EXPOSING THEM TO
THE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES AND ORGANIZATIONAL NUANCES IN THE FOR-PROFIT SECTOR.
MAINTAINING SELECTIVITY IN RESPONSE
TO THE NATIONAL DECLINE IN LAW SCHOOL APPLICA-
TIONS, CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW REDUCED
ITS ENTERING CLASS FROM APPROXIMATELY 400
TO 300. DEAN PERRITT SAID, “WE CONSIDER THIS
STRATEGY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE THAT
AND THE BUSINESSES THAT SPONSOR IPROS
AND OTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCES ARE
THE QUALITY OF OUR STUDENTS REMAINS COMMEN-
PREPARING AN EMPLOYEE POOL THAT WILL EVENTUALLY ENRICH THEIR ENTERPRISES. THAT’S
A DOUBLE BENEFIT.”
SURATE WITH THE QUALITY OF OUR FACULTY
AND PROGRAMS.”
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destiny: attracting the finest

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ Endowing undergraduate scholarships was one of the most important strategies
to evolve from the IIT Challenge. >>> In fall 1995, we pilot-tested the Camras
scholars program by offering attractive merit scholarships to engineering
students across the country. The next year—encouraged by strong, positive
response—we began the Camras program in earnest, awarding Camras
scholarships to 30-40 high-profile high school seniors each year. >>> We also
offered other renewable scholarships to deserving, highly qualified students.
>>> Because of the prominence of these scholarships, IIT expanded instantly
from a regional recruiting base to a national one. We sought out superior
students from all states, as far away as Alaska and Hawaii. >>> Our future
rests on our ability to continue attracting—and retaining—the brightest young
minds in the country…”
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iomedical
engineering
is a rapidly emerging
discipline with
great promise>
VINCENT TURITTO_ DIRECTOR OF THE PRITZKER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ENGINEERING

manifest: creating a community
of achievers
A university is a community of scholars. Being an outstanding university
means attracting outstanding students and faculty. That takes money,
wisdom in investing in the right people and programs, and creativity
in figuring out what makes IIT attractive to both incoming students
and faculty.
IIT began the Camras program during the first year of the campaign.
Honoring Marvin Camras, the IIT professor and research engineer who
developed magnetic recording, this scholarship program aims at educating
the next generation of leaders in engineering. These merit scholarships—
up to full tuition, room and board for as many as five years—are among
the nation’s largest scholarship awards in engineering.
The campaign also enabled recruitment of outstanding new faculty,
especially in fields such as biomedical engineering and renewable
energy—areas in which IIT research holds exceptional promise.
STRIDES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
VINCENT TURITTO, DIRECTOR OF THE PRITZKER INSTITUTE
STRETCHING LEGAL MINDS THROUGH ITS
OF MEDICINE, IS ADVANCING IIT’S BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FUTURE. HE HAS HIRED THREE NEW FACULTY IN
MEDICAL IMAGING, NEUROENGINEERING, AND CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING. “WE ARE DEVELOPING AN
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN EACH OF THESE HOT AREAS,” HE SAID.
TURITTO PLANS TO INVOLVE THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY, THE STUART GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
AND CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW FOR THE SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, BUSINESS AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
THAT ARISE FROM WORK IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.
TURITTO’S OWN RESEARCH SPECIALTY IS THE FLUID DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORMATION OF A
THROMBOSIS IN BLOOD VESSELS.
HONORS SCHOLARSHIPS, CHICAGO-KENT SEEKS TO
ATTRACT HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES CAPABLE OF
ELEVATING THEIR THINKING BEYOND CONVENTIONAL
REALMS OF THE LAW. STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED
WHERE ISSUES OF LAW, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MEET, CHICAGO-KENT PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL OPPOR-
TUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO INVENT THE FUTURE IN
BIOTECHNOLOGY, ETHICS, INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES,
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, ECONOMIC REGULA-
TION OR HUMANITIES—ALL EMERGING AREAS OF
GLOBALIZATION. Honors Law student Patricia Boye-
Williams is weighing a career in environmental law.
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destiny: identifying pathways

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ The culture of learning is rapidly changing at the university. >>> Academic
disciplines continue to provide high-quality education at IIT, as they have for the
last 110 years. But something new has been added: interprofessionalism. >>>
Beginning with the first IPROs offered in 1996, the university has staked its
future on offering interprofessional, cross-disciplinary experiences that prepare
our graduates for working on teams alongside different kinds of professionals.
This is the way global organizations conduct their affairs. IPROs are required
of all underclassmen and a number of graduate students participate in them with
enthusiasm. >>> To encourage students to broaden their experiences, we are
launching an optional co-curricular Pathways Program for all undergraduates,
beginning with a freshman focus on the interwoven themes of exploration,
discovery, invention and creativity. For other students, we will develop pathways
in such areas as leadership, undergraduate research, service learning and
international experiences…”
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the students’
commitment and
technical sophistication
has been astounding >
KEVIN MEADE_ A SSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ENPRO FACULTY ADVISER_ WITH TEAM MEMBERS
JESSICA COFFEY ( LEFT) AND NICOLE WILSON_ THE ENPRO IS WORKING TOWARD COMMERCIALIZING A DEVICE FOR ASTHMA SUFFERERS

manifest: educating for innovation
Real-world problems are at the core of the educational
experiences known as Interprofessional Projects (IPROs).
Businesses, governmental bodies and other organizations
bring business and technical issues to teams of IIT students.
Teams have a semester to define the problem,
conduct research, consider alternatives and offer solutions.
Entrepreneurial IPROs, informally called EnPROs, are
a specialized offshoot of this approach. Funded by trustee
Ed Kaplan and a part of the Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial
Studies Program, an EnPRO exposes teams to the entrepreneurial
process. They produce a product concept and a
business plan, which they present to a review panel that
includes venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs.
Winning teams can receive up to $20,000 to take their new
product concept further on the road to commercialization.
The Leadership Academy, another innovation, was created
to bolster the human potential of all undergraduate
students. Fostered by gifts from trustee Al Self, his wife,
Lila, and trustee John Mitchell, the academy gives
students special opportunities to advance their personal
effectiveness and leadership skills. Students with exceptional
leadership potential earn scholarships.
Innovative programming is not limited to undergraduates
or to the Main Campus. At Chicago-Kent College of
Law, law students have been exceptionally receptive to the
interprofessional concept, seeking collaborative activities
with their colleagues across the university. In Bosnia,
IPRO teams and their advisers, under the direction of
Chicago-Kent, have set up Internet and intranet servers
and legal databases to rebuild that country’s legal infrastructure.
Other legal and interdisciplinary initiatives
have promoted the rule of law through technology in
Kosovo, Macedonia and Poland.
One of the most innovative programs at the Downtown
Campus is the Center for Law and Financial Markets,
which prepares students and industry professionals in
both legal and financial aspects of capital markets.
The campaign has been especially important for three
initiatives that make the legal system accessible to
ordinary people. The first is the Justice Web Collaboratory,
a partnership with the National Center for State Courts
that puts Web-based communication at the disposal of
judges. The second enables workable pro se representation
(representing oneself without a lawyer); the Institute of
Design and Chicago-Kent are collaborating on this project.
The third is the Illinois Technology Center—pro bono work
funded by all of the legal services organizations in Illinois
and indirectly by the Chicago Bar Foundation.
LEADERSHIP MENTORING RONALD PASKO, A COMPUTER SCIENCES MAJOR, APPRECIATES THE BENEFITS OF
THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’S MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
“LAST YEAR,” PASKO SAID, “I WAS INTRODUCED TO LORENZO DELEON, AN IIT ALUMNUS, PRESIDENT OF A
SUCCESSFUL CORPORATION, COMPUTER-SCIENCE INDUSTRY GURU, AND OVERALL NICE GUY. THE PERSONAL
DIRECTION THAT THIS EXPERIENCE HAS LENT ME HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL EXPERIENCES IN MY
LIFE. HAVING NEVER HAD A TRUE ‘GAUGE’ OF MY SKILLS FROM INSIDE THE INDUSTRY, LORENZO HAS TAUGHT ME
MUCH ON HOW TO MARKET MYSELF, UTILIZE MY SKILLS, AND PUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE FIRST.”
WINNING VENTURE CAPITAL JESSICA COFFEY,
A MATERIALS ENGINEERING MAJOR AND CAMRAS
SCHOLAR, SAID IT SUCCINCTLY AT HER ENPRO’S
PRESENTATION FOR A LOW-COST SPIROMETER: “THIS
DEVICE COULD BE FOR ASTHMATICS WHAT BLOOD
SUGAR TESTING KITS ARE FOR DIABETICS.” ALUMNUS
IRVING FOOTLIK AGREED AND OFFERED THE TEAM
$20,000 ON THE SPOT TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AN
AFFORDABLE, HOME-USE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE.
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destiny: reinvigorating the campus

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ What mental image do the words “university campus” conjure in your mind?
Lush green lawns? Trees to lounge under? Residence halls with the latest
amenities, such as Internet connections in every room? >>> Or perhaps you
prefer a more urban environment, with the convenience of nearby “L” trains.
Ball parks and museums close by. The attractions of downtown a few minutes
away. >>> IIT is striving for the best of both worlds. Mies van der Rohe and
Alfred Caldwell, who created the university’s first master plan, had a vision
of a park in a city. Through the resources of the campaign, and the creation
of a second master plan by architect Dirk Lohan, we are trying to present
a more attractive campus—while keeping the benefits of an urban setting.
Mies and Caldwell would have approved…”
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how wonderful.
brick by brick,
tree by tree,
the future of IIT is
becoming reality>
DIRK LOHAN_ TRUSTEE_ IIT CAMPUS MASTER PLANNER AND GRANDSON OF MIES

manifest: a campus transformed
A clear goal of the campaign was to create visual and aesthetic momentum on the Main Campus.
Leading this dynamic surge is the McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Renowned architect Rem
Koolhaas won The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation international competition for its design. In the
center’s interior, unexpected juxtapositions of spaces create a sense of urban vitality. On the exterior,
a 530-foot-long tube of stainless steel and concrete, funded by the State of Illinois, will muffle the sound
of passing “L” trains.
A $1 million gift from Irving Footlik was the motivating force behind implementation of a master landscaping
plan, starting with areas adjacent to Crown Hall and Perlstein Hall. More trees, shrubs, strolling
paths and benches are planned for the rest of the campus.
Complementing these green initiatives is a reconfigured, replanted State Street, thanks to the City of
Chicago. No longer a drab arterial, State Street has become a welcoming front door to the campus, with
375 trees in a newly created median strip.
S.R. Crown Hall, perhaps the best-known Mies structure, was granted National Historic Landmark
status by the National Park Service in August 2001. As such, Crown Hall is recognized as having
“exceptional value to the nation.”
Crown Hall received other attention. A major gift from alumna Mary Elizabeth Spies Droste, matched
by the campaign, resulted in a wireless learning environment. Architecture students can now bring
laptops to studios. Thanks to a Getty Institute Conservation Grant, exterior restoration of Crown Hall
will soon begin. A gift from another source will restore the building’s south porch, the instantly
recognizable façade of this modern masterpiece.
REPAYING A FAVOR
MARY ELIZABETH SPIES DROSTE’S MOST RECENT GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY PUT WIRE-
PRIZE-WINNING ARCHITECT
REM KOOLHAAS,
LESS COMPUTER HOOKUPS IN CROWN HALL. WHY THIS HIGH-TECH GIFT FROM SOMEONE WHO LEARNED HER
DESIGN SKILLS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY, AT A DRAWING BOARD UNDER MIES VAN DER ROHE’S TUTELAGE?
“I SUPPOSE IT’S BECAUSE OF MY SON,” SHE SAID. “HE WAS FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE VIRTUAL HIGH
SCHOOL (HTTP://VHS.CONCORD.ORG). HE’S CONSTANTLY TELLING ME THAT TECHNOLOGY OFFERS NEW AVENUES
TO EDUCATION NEVER BEFORE DREAMED OF. STUDENTS IN CROWN HALL NOW HAVE ADVANTAGES THAT NEITHER
I NOR MIES COULD HAVE IMAGINED. IT’S MY WAY OF SHOWING MY LIFELONG GRATITUDE TO IIT.”
PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE LAUREATE, IS THE
ARCHITECT FOR IIT’S STUDENT CENTER. KOOLHAAS
HAS DESIGNED MANY INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN
EUROPE—FROM THE MASTER PLAN AND GRAND
PALAIS FOR LILLE, FRANCE, TO THE NETHERLANDS
DANCE THEATRE IN THE HAGUE. HE ALSO HAS
SEVERAL COMMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
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destiny: strengthening relationships
with industry

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ IIT has always been attentive to those who hire our graduates. Through their
participation on advisory committees, business and community leaders maintain
an ongoing dialogue with the university so that we can better understand the
trends that are continually reshaping the economy and society. >>> The financial
support of the business and industrial communities was a source of great
encouragement during the campaign. But they also gave us moral support and
invaluable advice. They saw the campaign as mutually beneficial—having a
strong technology-based university attuned to their needs would ultimately
help them. >>> Our future is their future…”
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the opportunities
to partner
with the university
are limitless >
BOB ANDERSON_ DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

manifest: the benefits are mutual
Ongoing relationships with industry are fostered
in many ways. A company can hire IIT students or
turn to faculty for consultation. It can support a
research project. One of its staff might become an
adjunct faculty member.
Collaborations can result in an entrepreneurial
venture or a licensing agreement for IIT-developed
technology.
With the emergence of IPROs, additional
alliances with industry were forged during the
campaign. In the last five years, more than
100 organizations were involved in these interprofessional,
team-building activities. BP, the
Electromotive Division of General Motors,
Daimler-Chrysler, Hewlett-Packard and Skytel
were among the sponsoring companies.
On the horizon are several industrial initiatives.
One is a center for particle technology. One of
its tasks would be to study how unwanted
crystallization occurs in certain chemicals and
pharmaceuticals. Another is providing incubator
space for newly formed tech companies, or up-todate
labs for companies that want to collaborate
with IIT on particular processes.
Research has provided a strong link with
Chicago-area companies in the past, starting with
Marvin Camras, pioneer of magnetic recording. It
continues with Hamid Arastoopour and his team,
whose work on Solid State Shear Extrusion can
economically turn plastic, polyurethane foam and
rubber into fine powders, suitable for reuse and
recycling. The scientists at IIT’s National Center
for Food Safety and Technology have created alternative
methods to pasteurization for retaining the
flavor in processed foods. In addition, the Institute
of Design has established itself as a partner to
many industrial firms because of its unique
approaches to human-centered design.
USING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ROBERT ANDERSON, A MAN WITH DEEP EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENTAL ENGINEERING, LICENSING, SALES AND MARKETING, IS DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT THE UNIVERSITY.
“TECHNOLOGY LICENSING IS DONE LARGELY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS,” ANDERSON ASSERTS. “HOW DO
COMPANIES HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH IIT? THEY HIRE OUR STUDENTS, BRING IN FACULTY AS CONSULTANTS,
HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK AS ADJUNCT FACULTY, AND SUPPORT RESEARCH PROJECTS. WHEN THEY HAVE
SUCH POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, LICENSING AND PARTNERING ON TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BECOMES
QUITE STRAIGHTFORWARD.”
HONG KONG BUSINESS TURNS TO ID
HONG KONG BUSINESS EXECUTIVES TRAVELED TO
THE INSTITUTE OF DESIGN TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE
PRODUCTS MORE APPEALING TO MULTINATIONAL
CUSTOMERS. ID FACULTY, PLUS INVITED CONSULTANTS
AND DESIGNERS (MANY ARE ID ALUMNI), COACHED
THE GUESTS ON ID’S USER-CENTERED DESIGN
APPROACHES TO NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
Master of Design student Eunjoo Kim studies humancentered
communication design.
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destiny: expanding our global reach

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ Although prestige is difficult to measure, one indication of our growing
global reputation is the large number of international students that IIT attracts.
During the years of the campaign, our international enrollment nearly doubled,
from 965 students to 1,804. >>> IIT has long had an internationally connected
faculty and student body, as well as prominent alumni all over the world. The
campaign helped unite them. Inspired by the IIT Challenge campaign, international
alumni started a Committee of 100 Distinguished International Alumni
and an Asian Alumni Council. They helped trustee Kaarina Koskenalusta start
an International Board of Overseers. They contributed generously toward student
scholarships and fellowships and toward faculty chairs, and helped us
connect with foreign companies and prospective students…”
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our students gain
perspective on
the evolving global legal
environment >
LYDIA LAZAR_ A SSISTANT DEAN FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

manifest: making a world
of difference
Having a diverse student body representing 97 different countries broadens the
university’s understanding of global issues and opens up new educational opportunities.
With its eye to globalization, the university has expanded its outreach in Asia and
in Europe.
In spring 2001, IIT held its second graduation ceremony in Bangalore, India, where it
offers two master’s degree programs to engineers in India’s Silicon Valley. The programs—
offered mostly via IIT Online and using streaming video on the Internet—also serve
students in other Indian cities, including Chennai and Hyderabad.
Through the university’s Paris Center, IIT architecture students have a new base for a
semester of study abroad. The center has also forged new relationships with European
engineering and architecture schools to facilitate the creation of new programs for IIT
students and alumni.
International projects and research collaborations—ranging from the design of highrise
buildings in Argentina to environmental health studies in Finland—inform every
college in the university. In the past five years, Chicago-Kent alone has had
involvements with 18 countries. As a whole, the university has alliances with 68
colleges and universities abroad.
Chicago-Kent’s Global Law and Policy Initiative provides law students and faculty
with an international forum for scholarship, discourse and action. The law school is
also home to Global Chicago, a civic organization dedicated to enhancing Chicago’s
strengths as a global city.
FROM KOSOVO TO MEXICO THE GLOBAL LAW AND POLICY INITIATIVE (GLAPI) IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL
UMBRELLA FOR CHICAGO-KENT STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL
ISSUES. GLAPI HAS SPEARHEADED PROGRAMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION,
ASIA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
ACCORDING TO LYDIA LAZAR, ASSISTANT DEAN FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY, “THE INITIATIVE’S
NEWEST FOCUS IS MEXICO. OUR GOALS INCLUDE OUTREACH TO MEXICAN LAW SCHOOLS, EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY, LIAISON WITH MEXICAN LAW FIRMS, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHICAGO BAR
INTERNATIONAL PREPAREDNESS S.R. CHO,
IIT ALUMNUS, TRUSTEE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE
KOREAN-BASED HYOSUNG GROUP, RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF A GLOBAL OUTLOOK: “THE UNIVERSI-
TY IS SERVING ITS STUDENTS WELL BY HELPING THEM
LEARN TO SEEK DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND RESPECT
DIVERSE CULTURES.”
ASSOCIATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES FOR ATTORNEYS WHO DEAL WITH MEXICAN LEGAL ISSUES.”
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destiny: achieving a local impact

PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ The resurgence of the Mid-South Side and the revitalization of the university
have a parallel history. >>> In 1988, the McCormick Tribune Foundation
gave IIT an $8 million grant for the improvement of residence halls, with
the understanding that IIT cooperate in attracting additional capital to the
neighborhood. From this came our involvement with community redevelopment
and the creation of the Mid-South Strategic Redevelopment Plan: Restoring
Bronzeville. Our partnerships with community groups have grown to include
such issues as housing, economic development, community development and
education. >>> Over the years, we have seen significant changes, but perhaps
none so dramatic as the efforts of the Chicago Housing Authority’s plans
to transform Stateway Gardens into a new mixed-income residential community.
>>> Few universities have been as successful as IIT in cooperating with their
surrounding urban communities. We anticipate that collaborations will continue
to evolve and expand, to the mutual benefit of both ‘town’ and ‘gown’…”
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it’s energizing
to share my expertise
with children>
CHRISTOPHER SAVIO PINTO_ GRADUATE STUDENT IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING_ DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER STAFFER

manifest: contributing to
the community
One of IIT’s goals in the Challenge campaign was to renovate and update
the Main Campus, making it more attractive to students. An ancillary goal
was working with community, city, state and private resources to facilitate
improvements in neighboring areas.
IIT has helped the community plan for a more vital 35th Street business
corridor. The university has become a resource for academic initiatives in
nearby schools—providing tutors for high school students, rewiring classrooms
for the Internet, and designing the Digital Media Center for the
educational needs of local schoolchildren.
IIT’s involvement in local schools extends to the Young Women’s
Leadership Charter School, located on the Main Campus, and to the
Wendell Phillips Academy, in which the university has a deep commitment.
It now includes special preparation of IIT students with the
university’s new Department of Mathematics and Science Education. This
program gives students an education minor that prepares them for a
teaching certificate at the secondary level. Accreditation of the program is
expected for 2002. Neighboring schools provide IIT students with an
opportunity to teach and learn at the same time.
The local community also includes Michigan Place, across the street from
the IIT residences, where townhomes are selling at market prices upward
of $400,000.
HELPING KIDS EXCEL MASTER’S DEGREE STU-
DENT CHRISTOPHER SAVIO PINTO HELPED FIFTEEN
6 TH-, 7TH-, AND 8TH-GRADERS FROM NEARBY DRAKE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILD A COMPUTER AS AN
AFTER-SCHOOL PROJECT. ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST
CHALLENGES: COSTING OUT PARTS TO KEEP WITHIN
BUDGET. IT TOOK THREE AND ONE-HALF MONTHS TO
A GOOD NEIGHBOR GREG WASHINGTON (ABOVE), PRESIDENT OF THE GRAND BOULEVARD FEDERATION,
CONSIDERS IIT AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. “WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO FORMULATE
A BETTER HUMAN SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ILLINOIS,” HE EXPLAINED, “IIT WAS THERE WITH HELP. AS A
MEMBER OF THE FEDERATION, IT HAS HELPED US WITH EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES. IT
HAS HELPED US DESIGN A WELFARE-TO-WORK INITIATIVE, STUDIED LOCAL AIR QUALITY SO THAT WE COULD
APPRECIATE THE EXTENT OF ASTHMA AS A HEALTH ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND STOOD WITH US IN
ADDRESSING THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS.”
BUILD THEIR DREAM COMPUTER.
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destiny: facing the future
with confidence
PRESIDENT
LEW COLLENS
“ The conclusion of the IIT Challenge is more than just the ending to a successful
story. It is also the beginning of new initiatives for the university. Because of
the campaign, we will be able to enhance the undergraduate experience of the
outstanding students we are now attracting. We will be able to provide new
opportunities for our researchers to have an impact on significant challenges
facing humanity. >>> Early next year, we expect to break ground for the first
new residential housing project in nearly half a century. In our IPROs, leadership
initiatives and entrepreneurship programs, we have developed opportunities that
significantly influence our students’ capacity to innovate and lead across the
frontiers of the professional world. Now, we truly are in a position to stimulate
students’ curiosity, courage, imagination and judgment throughout the whole
range of their undergraduate living experience. >>> Research has always been
a key to the transformation of society. We are fortunate in having the superb
talents resident in IIT Research Institute for contract research, in the National
Center for Food Safety and Technology for new food science, and in the
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Center for Research and Service for assisting management in utilizing its human
resource potential. We have identified, and now must bring resources to bear on,
areas of emerging technology that promise to influence and transform the ways
humankind lives and works. >>> One such area is biotechnology, where investigators
are combining an understanding of immunology and neuroscience, engineering
and mathematics, physics and chemistry. Our faculty are confronting issues of
ethics, politics, law and business. Illinois Institute of Technology—with its focus upon
interdisciplinary problem-solving—is uniquely positioned to become a national
leader in this emerging enterprise. >>> Another area of interest is the development
of sustainable energy systems. >>> Our goal is to become a recognized national
leader in creating and applying new technologies that will improve energy efficiency,
minimize pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce our reliance
upon carbon fuels. We expect to leverage our research strengths in such high-tech
areas as renewables—including photovoltaics, solar-thermal technologies and wind
energy—as well as in the use of non-fossil hydrogen to power our cars…”
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successful IIT students?
They’re bright,
creative and passionate
about learning>
TOSIN ALUKO_ GRADUATE STUDENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING_ PURSUING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
< www.iit.edu/publications/2001specialreport>
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manifest: shaping future leaders
In a world that is often tragically unpredictable, the development of leaders capable of
meeting great challenges becomes a moral necessity. Illinois Institute of Technology’s
legacy of educating leaders has provided a foundation for its future growth.
At IIT, we truly believe that we can transform lives and invent the future—a future
that, despite the horrors of September 11, 2001, is within our ability to shape. Over the
past five years, we have taken steps to invigorate this promise for a new century. Over
the next five years, we recommit to delivering the kinds of programs and experiences
that business, industry and science are demanding in this increasingly complex,
interconnected—and frequently fragile—world.
THE POWER OF FUEL CELLS OBATOSIN ALUKO IS A 2000
GRADUATE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WHO IS CONTINUING ON FOR
HER MASTER’S IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. SHE WAS A LEADER
FOR AN INTERPROFESSIONAL PROJECT IN WHICH THE TEAM TESTED STOR-
AGE SYSTEMS FOR SOLAR HYDROGEN USED TO POWER FUEL CELLS IN
DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS.
ALUKO HAS BEEN AN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/ECONOMICS (E3)
SCHOLAR AND, AMONG OTHER HONORS, HAS RECEIVED THE ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION’S OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITY AWARD. “CURRENT ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ARE THE WAY OF
ENCOURAGING GREEN BUSINESS THE
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE IS FOUNDED
ON THE RECOGNITION THAT A HEALTHY ECONOMY
MUST BE GENERATED IN A CONTEXT OF ECOLOGICAL
SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL EQUITY. BASED AT
STUART GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, THE
CENTER IS POSITIONED TO BRING THE DISCIPLINES OF
IIT TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION WITH OUTSIDE
ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP VIABLE NEW BUSINESS
STRATEGIES.
THE PAST,” SHE SAID. “RENEWABLE ENERGY IS THE FUTURE. THE
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT IIT GIVE ME A CHANCE TO BE PART OF
THE TRANSITION.”
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IIT students on the move: boldi_jason_albe
< www.iit.edu/publications/2001specialreport>
40

erto_jason_tamara_susan…
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…sheetal_richard_endar_jeffrey: inventing
< www.iit.edu/publications/2001specialreport>
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the future >
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IIT challenge campaign: major donors *
INDIVIDUALS AND
MR. ROGER W. SANT
$50,000 - $99,999
ORGANIZATIONS
F AMILY FOUNDATIONS
PRITZKER/GALVIN
CHALLENGE
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT W. GALVIN
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT A. PRITZKER
$1 MILLION +
CAROLE AND GORDON SEGALESTATE OF
ARTHUR L. STEINHAUS
ESTATE OF WALTER R. TROGNITZ
ESTATE OF MAYNARD PETE VENEMA
ESTATE OF NATHALIE A. WACK
DR. AND MRS. RAYMOND W. WINKLER
ESTATE OF EARL A. ZACKAVITCH
ANONYMOUS
MRS. MARGARET M. ARCHAMBAULT
ESTATE OF JOHN E. AND HELEN C. AYRES
ESTATE OF LOUIS W. BIEGLER
MR. ROLAND B. BOERTITZ
MR. WILLIAM J. BOLD
MRS. ELEANOR BOLZ
$1 M I LLION +
ALIAS RESEARCH, INC.
ANONYMOUS (1)
MCCORMICK TRIBUNE FOUNDATION
STEELCASE, INC.
WHITAKER FOUNDATION
ANONYMOUS (4)
MR. MAX ZAR
MS. BERNICE P. BRANDEL
$250,000 - $999,999
ESTATE OF LOLITA SHELDON ARMOUR
MR. RUDOLPH A. BECWAR †
MR. S. R. CHO
MR. MARTIN COOPER AND
MRS. ARLENE HARRIS
MRS. MARY ELIZABETH SPIES DROSTE
THE DUCHOSSOIS FAMILY FOUNDATION
ESTATE OF HARRIET FILMER
CHARLES W. FINKL FOUNDATION, INC.
SYLVIA AND IRVING M. FOOTLIK
JULES AND GWEN KNAPP
ESTATE OF OTTO J. MAHA
MRS. FRED W. MCCLOSKA
MR. JOHN F. MITCHELL
ROBERT C. PEW III
AL AND LILA SELF
CYRUS TANG FOUNDATION
$250,000 - $999,999
ANONYMOUS (2)
ROBERT AND SYLVIA BABBIN
MRS. GLADYS H. BLANKENSTEIN
THE BORRA FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE BUCHANAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
MR. THOMAS P. COLLIER
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT A. CORNOG
ESTATE OF ELSIE A. DREFFEIN
GAIL GALVIN ELLIS
MR. DIMITER ETIMOV
MR. GEOFFREY C. FEAR
MR. WILLIAM W. FULLAGAR †
MR. MICHAEL P. GALVIN
MR. CHRISTOPHER B. GALVIN
MRS. MARY R. GOLDSTEIN †
MR. LESLIE C. HARDISON
THE HARDISON FAMILY TRUST
MR. ROBERT L. HEIDRICK
MR. ALEXANDER E. HERGAN
MR. ALAN R. HIRSIG
MR. DONALD R. HOLLIS
ESTATE OF SIGMUND V. KACZ
CAROL AND ED KAPLAN
KAPLAN FOUNDATION
MR. HYMEN H. KRASS
MR. JOHN H. KREHBIEL, JR.
AND MRS. KENNETHA L. KREHBIEL
MR. RICHARD A. LENON
LINDA AND KEN LAY FAMILY
MR. AND MRS. VICTOR CHUNG-WING LO
MR. GORDON R. LOHMAN
MR. AND MRS. JOHN W. MADIGAN
DAWN GALVIN MEINERS
MR. AND MRS. VICTOR A. MORGENTSERN
VICTOR MORGENSTERN
FAMILYFOUNDATION
HERMAN W. AND MARIANNE J. NELSON
NEUMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION
$100,000 - $249,000
MR. ROBERT F. ANDERSON
ANONYMOUS (4)
MR. VERNON ARMOUR
MR. FRANK C. BADALICH
MR. ROBERT W. BEART
MR. EDWARD I. BRADSHAW, JR.
BURG FAMILY TRUST
MS. MARGARET BUTLER
MR. ROBERT D. CADIEUX
MR. JOHN A. CORSIGLIA
ESTATE OF MILDRED D. CRANE
MR. WILLIAM F. CRAWFORD †
THE CRAWFORD FAMILY FOUNDATION
MS. SUSAN CROWN
SAM AND BETSY FARBER
MR. EDWARD L. FLOM
ESTATE OF ANNE GOODWIN
MR. DONALD S. GRAY
MR. ROBERT L. GROWNEY
MR. GERALD GURTZ
DR. MARC R. HANNAH
MR. THEODORE E. HANSON
MR. CLARENCE A. HERBST, JR.
ESTATE OF ALLEN E. HOBAN
MR. RICHARD M. JAFFEE
MR. FREDERICK G. JAICKS †
MR. ROBERT M. JANOWIAK
MR. PHILIP JOHNSON
MR. AND MRS. NORBERT KAISER
DR. MAX R. KARGMAN
MR. DALTON L. KNAUSS
DR. JADWIGA ROGUSKA KYTS
MR. STUART LEVINE
DR. AND MRS. HENRY R. LINDEN
MR. DIRK LOHAN
MR. DANIEL E. MCLEAN
ESTATE OF BERNARD L. MESSINGER
MR. ROBERT F. NEGELE
ESTATE OF EUGENE L. NIEDERHOFER
ESTATE OF DONALD F. OTHMER
ESTATE OF THOMAS H. PRICE
MR. HERBERT B. ROBERTS
ESTATE OF GILBERT R. ROTHSCHILD
DR. JOHN P. SACHS
MR. HAROLD SCHIFF
DR. AND MRS. LAJOS SCHMIDT
ESTATE OF GEORGE N. SIMPSON, JR.
ESTATE OF SOPHIE SWIENTON
ESTATE OF FRANCES SWINEFORD
ESTATE OF MARY E. VERMILLION
MR. AND MRS. DAVID J. VITALE
MR. EDWARD WALTER
MR. RALPH WANGER
MR. ROBERT C. WIESE
MR. WESLEY S. WIETING
MR. AND MRS. ALLAN E. BULLEY, JR.
MR. AND MRS. CALVIN A. CAMPBELL, JR.
CDM FOUNDATION
CHAPIN-MAY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS
MR. WALTER L. CHERRY †
MRS. VIRGINIA B. CHERRY
MR. AND MRS. ERNEST J. COLANT
LEW AND MARGE COLLENS
ELIZABETH COLLINS †
CASEY COWELL AND DEBORAH GUERRERA
JAMES E. AND KATHLEEN K. COWIE
MRS. RUTH F. CRAWFORD †
MR. RICHARD A. DE BATES
MS. JANE H. DEUBLE
MR. LEO J. DOMZALSKI
MR. BRYAN R. DUNN
MARSHALL B. FRONT FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION - LAURA DEFERRARI
AND MARSHALL B. FRONT
MR. GEORGE C. GALLAGHER, JR.
DR. BERNARD W. GAMSON †
MR. JOHN E. GOODLETT
MR. JEROME S. GORE
MR. DONALD E. GOSS
MR. RALPH HERBST
MRS. RUTH HORWICH
MR. LARRY I. KANE
MRS. GERTRUDE P. KERBIS
ESTATE OF R. MELVILLE KERN
MR. JAMES C. KLOUDA
MR. REGINALD O. KRAMER †
MR. RONALD L. KUEHN, JR.
DR. CHOW S. AND MRS. IRENE LAM
MRS. MARY ELLEN LANE
MR. AND MRS. DESMOND LAPLACE
MR. TERRENCE J. LAVIN
LAVIN FAMILY FOUNDATION
MADIGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
MR. ARCHIBALD MCCLURE
DR. KEITH E. MCKEE
MR. MUTSUO OKABAYASHI
MR. ERIK PAULSEN
MR. WHITNEY L. PEARSON
MR. WINSTON CHUNG-F POON
DR. AND MRS. ROBERT J. POTTER
MR. ROBERT L. RACLIN
RENEE AND EDWARD ROSS FOUNDATION
ESTATE OF ESTHER R. ROTHSTEIN
MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL W. SALMON
MR. JOHN I. SCHLOSSMAN
MR. BERNARD F. SERGESKETTER
MR. H. PAUL SHIELDS
MRS. BETTY (BURKHARDT) GOWDY STICE
ESTATE OF SAMUEL R. TODD
ESTATE OF MAX GOLDENBERG
MR. AND MRS. CRAIG M. WATSON
MR. MICHAEL B. WIGGEN
MR. GREGORY T. WYLER
A FINKL & SONS CO.
ALSTOM ESCA CORP.
AMR CORPORATION
AVANT! CORPORATION
BANK ONE, INC.
BP FOUNDATION
THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST
CHICAGO LEGAL CLINIC INC.
CHICAGO METALLIC PRODUCTS, INC.
COMED
DR. SCHOLL FOUNDATION
ELIZABETH MORSE CHARITABLE TRUST
ELIZABETH MORSE GENIUS
CHARITABLE TRUST
GRAINGER FOUNDATION
ILLINOIS LAWYERS TRUST FUND
ITW FOUNDATION
THE JOYCE FOUNDATION
LANTE CORPORATION
JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR
FOUNDATION
MCGRAW FOUNDATION
MOTOROLA, INC.
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
ORACLE CORPORATION
POLK BROS. FOUNDATION, INC.
REUTERS LTD
S.C. JOHNSON POLYMER
WORLDWIDE, INC.
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED
THE STARR FOUNDATION
$100,000 - $250,000
ACCO NORTH AMERICA
ALUMAX EXTRUSIONS, INC.
AMSTED INDUSTRIES FOUNDATION
AT&T FOUNDATION
AUTODESK, INC.
CARIBOU SYSTEMS
ARIE AND IDA CROWN MEMORIAL
HENRY AND GLADYS CROWN
CHARITABLE TRUST
DOW CORNING CORPORATION
ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING
AND COIL WINDING ASSN.
ELITE ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING CO.
GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDATION
HARRIS BANK FOUNDATION
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST FOUNDATION
IMCA
INTEL CORPORATION
ISOCOR
JULIUS FRANKEL FOUNDATION
KEMPER EDUCATIONAL AND
CHARITABLE FUND
MARTIN AND MARY KILPATRICK
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
†= Deceased
*for a complete Honor Roll listing of donors,
visit the Web at www.iit.edu/publications/2001honorroll
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oard of trustees as of November 1, 2001
KPMG
LEXIS-NEXIS
MK GROUP
MOTOROLA TRANSMISSION
PRODUCTS DIVISION
MTI CORPORATION
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
COOP. FEDERATION
NATIONAL CENTER AUTOMATED
OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board
ROBERT A. PRITZKER
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Marmon Group, Inc.
Chairman of the Policy Committee
ROBERT W. GALVIN
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Motorola, Inc.
ANDREW J. FILIPOWSKI
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
divine interVentures, inc.
MARSHALL B. FRONT
Chairman
Front Barnett Associates LLC
MICHAEL P. GALVIN
President
Galvin Enterprises Inc.
LINDA S. MANNING
Founding Member
Groupe Manning, LLC
DANIEL E. MCLEAN
President and Chief Executive Officer
MCL Companies
VICTOR A. MORGENSTERN
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Oakmark Family of Funds
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS
PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE
SCHOOL OF LAW CENTER FOR ACCESS
TO COURTS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
$50,000 - $99,999
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
BLUE MOUNTAIN PRODUCTION COMPANY
HELEN BRACH FOUNDATION
CENTER FOR INFORMATION LAW
AND POLICY
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC.
CHAMPION TECHNOLOGIES, INC
CHICAGO EXTRUDED METALS CO.
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO
EL PASO ENERGY FOUNDATION
ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LTD.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EXXON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIVISION
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
GREYSTONE PARTNERS
IBM CORPORATE DESIGN STRATEGY
INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
JACKSON, LEWIS, SCHNITZLER
& KRUPMAN
JENNER & BLOCK
JOCARNO FUND
KAPPA BETA PI
KRAFT FOUNDATION, INC.
LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
LLOYD A. FRY FOUNDATION
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
MARY-MORRIS STEIN TRUST
MCCOOK METALS L.L.C.
MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR
PRODUCTS SECTOR
NALCO CHEMICAL CO.
NU-BIT, INC.
POWER CONTRACTING AND
ENGINEERING CORP.
R. LEVIN & PARTNERS
SAFETY-KLEEN CORPORATION
SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY
STICKLER & NELSON PC
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION
TELLABS FOUNDATION
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC.
USA EDUCATION TRUST FUND
President
LEWIS COLLENS
Vice Chairman of the Board
RICHARD M. JAFFEE
Chairman
Oil-Dri Corporation of America
BOARD MEMBERS
BAHMAN ATEFI, SC.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
IIT Research Institute
WILLIAM C. BARTHOLOMAY
President
Near North National Group
THOMAS H. BEEBY
Principal and Director of Design
Hammond Beeby and Babka, Inc.
HEATHER M. BILANDIC
Civic Leader
ROBERT D. BLACKWELL, SR.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Blackwell Consulting Services
RONALD LEE BLIWAS
President and Chief Executive Officer
A. Eicoff & Company
PIER C. BORRA
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
CORA Health Services, Inc.
CALVIN A. CAMPBELL, JR.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Goodman Equipment Corporation
S.R. CHO
Chairman
Hyosung Corporation
LEWIS COLLENS
President
Illinois Institute of Technology
MARTIN COOPER
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ArrayComm, Inc.
and Partner, DYNA, LLC
ROBERT A. CORNOG
Chairman of the Board
Snap-on Incorporated
JAMES E. COWIE
General Partner
Frontenac Company
ALBERT A. COZZI
President and Chief Operating Officer
Metal Management, Inc.
CRAIG J. DUCHOSSOIS
Chief Executive Officer
Duchossois Industries, Inc.
BRYAN R. DUNN
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kinship Corporation
ALVIN L. GORMAN
Chairman of the Board
Power Contracting and Engineering Corp.
DONALD E. GOSS
Retired Partner
Ernst & Young
ROBERT L. GROWNEY
President and Chief Operating Officer
Motorola, Inc.
RANDALL C. HAMPTON
President and Chief Executive Officer
ABN AMRO Asset Management (USA) LLC
THEODORE E. HANSON
Business Consultant
ROBERT L. HEIDRICK
Vice Chairman and Managing Director
Industrial Practice - North America
Spencer Stuart
JAMES HILL, JR.
Managing Partner
Hill, Taylor & Company
Certified Public Accountants
DONALD R. HOLLIS
President
DRH Strategic Consulting Inc.
RICHARD M. JAFFEE
Chairman
Oil-Dri Corporation of America
ROBERT M. JANOWIAK
Executive Director
International Engineering Consortium
NORBERT O. KAISER
President
Kamco Plastics
EDWARD L. KAPLAN
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Zebra Technologies Corporation
JAMES W. KILEY
Managing Director-In-Charge, Chicago Office
Weiss, Peck & Greer, LLC
JULES F. KNAPP
Chief Executive Officer
Grisham Corp.
KAARINA KOSKENALUSTA
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Executives’ Club of Chicago
THOMAS E. LANCTOT
Principal
William Blair & Company
BRUCE C. LIIMATAINEN
President
A. Finkl & Sons Co.
DIRK LOHAN, FAIA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lohan Associates, Inc.
JOHN W. MADIGAN
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tribune Company
WALTER NATHAN
Chairman
RTC Industries, Inc.
ROBERT J. POTTER, PH.D.
President
R.J. Potter Company
ROBERT A. PRITZKER
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Marmon Group, Inc.
ELLEN JORDAN REIDY
President
America’s Food Technologies, Inc.
JOHN R. SCHMIDT
Partner
Mayer Brown & Platt
CAROL BROWE SEGAL
Vice President, Civic Affairs
Crate & Barrel
HOKEN S. SEKI
President
Sussex Enterprises, Inc.
BERNARD F. SERGESKETTER
President
Sergesketter & Associates, Inc.
PAULA A. SNEED
Group Vice President, Kraft Foods and President,
E-Commerce and Marketing Services
FIDELIS N. UMEH
President and Chief Executive Officer
SEI Information Technology
WILLIAM A. VANSANTEN, JR.
Partner
Wood, Phillips, VanSanten, Clark
& Mortimer
DAVID J. VITALE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Board of Trade
BARRY R. WALLACH
Chief Operating Officer
Citadel Investment Group LLC
PRISCILLA ANNE WALTER
Partner
Gardner, Carton & Douglas
RALPH WANGER
Chief Investment Officer
Wanger Asset Management, L.P.
CRAIG M. WATSON
President
Payment Engineering LLC
NORMAN H. WESLEY
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Fortune Brands, Inc.
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IIT academic units IITRI administration IIT administration
LIFE TRUSTEES
MAIN CAMPUS
LEWIS COLLENS
LEWIS COLLENS
VERNON ARMOUR
ARMOUR COLLEGE OF
Chairman of the Board
President
HAROLD A. BERGEN
ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
BAHMAN ATEFI
DAVID E. BAKER
KENNETH L. BLOCK
ALLAN S. MYERSON, DEAN
President and Chief Executive Officer
Vice President
ROBERT D. CADIEUX
CHARLES W. FINKL
JEROME S. GORE
WILLIAM E. HARTMANN
ALBERT K. HAWKES
JAMES S. KEMPER, JR.
JOHN H. KREHBIEL, JR.
RICHARD A. LENON
HOMER J. LIVINGSTON, JR.
GORDON R. LOHMAN
WILLIAM P. MAHONEY
DR. THOMAS L. MARTIN, JR.
WILLIAM B. MCCAIN
ROBERT B. MCDERMOTT
WERNER E. NEUMAN
WILLIAM W. PARKS
ROBERT L. RACLIN
THE HONORABLE ILANA D. ROVNER
DR. LAJOS SCHMIDT
M.A. SELF
CHARLES H. SHAW
RAYMOND C. TOWER
ALEXANDER J. VOGL
HONORARY TRUSTEE
Department of Applied Mathematics
F. R. MCMORRIS, CHAIR
Department of Biological, Chemical
and Physical Sciences
H. L. SCOTT, CHAIR
Department of Chemical and
Environmental Engineering
HAMID ARASTOOPOUR, CHAIR
Department of Civil and
Architectural Engineering
JAMSHID MOHAMMADI, CHAIR
Department of Computer Science
EDWARD REINGOLD, CHAIR
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
THOMAS WONG, CHAIR
Department of Mathematics and
Science Education
NORMAN LEDERMAN, CHAIR
Department of Mechanical, Materials
and Aerospace Engineering
SUDHAKAR NAIR, INTERIM CHAIR
Department of Social Sciences
C. RANDALL CRAWFORD
Sector Senior Vice President
BARRY S. WATSON
Sector Senior Vice President
WILLIAM M. BEWLEY
Group Senior Vice President
LYNN K. CUMBERPATCH
Group Senior Vice President
LEROY R. GOFF
Group Senior Vice President
CHARLES R. MADISON
Group Senior Vice President
RICHARD H. MEIDENBAUER
Group Senior Vice President
SIDNEY I. FIRSTMAN
Senior Vice President
for Corporate Development
GARY N. AMSTUTZ
Senior Vice President
for Administration
for External Affairs
JOHN P. COLLINS
Vice President
for Business and Finance
MICHAEL HITES
Chief Technology Officer
HENRY H. PERRITT, JR.
Vice President
and Chief Academic Officer
Downtown Campus
ROSS PFEIFFER
Vice President
for Institutional Advancement
MARY ANNE SMITH
Vice President
and General Counsel
DARSH T. WASAN
Vice President
for International Affairs
and Motorola Chair
MRS. LESTER ARMOUR
WILLIAM GRIMSHAW, CHAIR
Lewis Department of Humanities
PAUL BARRETT, CHAIR
STACY J. MENDLER
Senior Vice President
for Administration
Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering
VINCENT TURITTO, DIRECTOR
STEPHEN J. TRICHKA
Senior Vice President
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
for Administration
DONNA V. ROBERTSON, DEAN
TERRY A. BUCKNER
INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
Corporate Vice President
PATRICK F. WHITNEY, DIRECTOR
for Administration
INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY
LAWRENCE E. LAUB
M. ELLEN MITCHELL, DIRECTOR
Corporate Vice President
GRADUATE COLLEGE
for Administration
ALI CINAR, DEAN
KATHERINE C. MADALENO
UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE
GERARD VOLAND, DEAN
Corporate Vice President
for Administration
NATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOD
SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY
CHARLES SIZER, DIRECTOR
PATRICIA A. WEAVER
Corporate Vice President
for Administration
DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
HENRY H. PERRITT, JR., VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER
CENTER FOR LAW &
FINANCIAL MARKETS
JACK WING, CHAIRMAN
PAMELA REARDON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE
OF LAW
HENRY H. PERRITT, JR., DEAN
STUART GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS
M. ZIA HASSAN, DEAN
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