Lake Forest MBA DEA Recipients 1978 - 2010

Below is a complete list of the historical LFGSM Distinguished Executive Award recipients, including company name and position held at the time of the award.

To read about the current Distinguished Executive Award recipient, go here.

2010
Michael W. Englehart
President
Advocate South Suburban Hospital

2009
David B. Speer
Chairman & CEO
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

2008
David M. McDonough
President & CEO
The Trustmark Companies

2007
John W. Rogers
Founder and CEO
Ariel Capital Management

2006
LFGSM Past Presidents:
Maurice F. Dunne, Jr.
Raymond E. Britt, Jr.
Rhett Butler

2005
Edward Liddy
Chairman & CEO
Allstate Corporation and Allstate Insurance Company

2004
Miles D. White
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Abbott Laboratories

2003
Pamela Forbes Lieberman
President & CEO
TruServ Corporation

2002
Mary Beth Stone West
Executive Vice President
General Manager, Meals Division
Kraft Foods, Inc.

2001
Donald M. Peterson
Chairman of the Board
Trustmark Insurance Company

 

2000
W. James Farrell
Chairman & CEO
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

1999
Kathy Brittain White
Executive Vice President & CIO
Cardinal Health, Inc.

1998
Richard L. Keyser
President & CEO
W.W. Grainger, Inc.

1997
Bruce A. Gescheider
President & CEO
ACCO North America

1996
Milton Davis
Chairman
South Shore Bank

1995
Robert G. Shaw
Chairman, President & CEO
International Jensen Inc.

1994
Eugene B. Connolly
Chairman, President & CEO
USG Corporation

1993
Kenneth Lehman
Co-Chairman
Fel-Pro, Incorporated

1992
Wiley N. Caldwell
President
W.W. Grainger, Inc.

1991
William D. Smithburg
Chairman, President & CEO
The Quaker Oats Company

1990
Robert W. Galvin
Chairman, Executive Committee
Motorola, Inc.

1989
Robert A. Schoellhorn
Chairman & CEO
Abbott Laboratories

1988
Michael A. Miles
President & COO
Kraft, Inc.

1987
Orman J. Wade
President – Ameritech Bell Group
Ameritech

1986
Jack F. Reichert
Chairman
Brunswick Corporation

1985
James F. Beré
Chairman
Borg-Warner Corporation

1984
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
President
Baxter Travenol Laboratories

1983
Patrick C. Ryan
President
Combined International

1982
Arthur Nielsen, Jr.
Chairman
A.C. Nielsen Company

1981
Walter L. Cherry
President
The Cherry Corporation

1980
Donald S. Perkins
Chairman
Jewel Companies

1979
Karl D. Bays
Chairman
American Hospital Supply Corporation

1978
Edward J. Ledder
Chairman
Abbott Laboratories

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