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<html> <head> <title>Illinois Institute of Technology</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Illinois Institute of Technology EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Founded 1940 with the merger of the Armour Institute of Technology (founded 1893 by <a href="/people/769/000207148/">Philip Danforth Armour</a>) with the Lewis Institute (1895). Location: <a href="/geo/457/000069250/" class=proflink>Chicago, IL</a> Founding Date: 1940Motto: Transforming Lives, Inventing the FutureTeam: Scarlet HawksEnrollment: 7000Official Website: <a href="http://www.iit.edu/">http://www.iit.edu/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000162297/">Valdas Adamkus</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Lithuania, 2004-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/382/000113043/">Franklin Pierce Adams</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1960</tt></td> <td>New York columnist, The Conning Tower</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/926/000166428/">George David Birkhoff</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1944</tt></td> <td>Modern theory of dynamical systems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000100325/">Herbert C. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-2004</tt></td> <td>Discovered organoboranes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000128999/">Robert A. Cornog</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Snap-on, 1991-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000173948/">Edward L. Monser</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>COO of Emerson Electric</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000161201/">Edwin G. Nourse</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1974</tt></td> <td>Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/090/000172571/">Grote Reber</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-2002</tt></td> <td>First radio astronomer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000133490/">Henry Regnery</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1996</tt></td> <td>Regnery Publishing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000140415/">Tony Rezko</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chicago chain restaurateur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000168199/">Wayne R. Sanders</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kimberly-Clark, 1991-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000099725/">Jack Steinberger</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Researcher of neutrinos</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/411/000048267/">Dorothy Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1961</tt></td> <td>I Saw Hitler!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000172465/">Thomas C. Wajnert</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of AT&T Capital, 1984-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000252109/">Byron Wien</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Investment strategist, Blackstone</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000171766/">Lewis M. Collens</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000168754/">Lloyd H. Donnell</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1997</tt></td> <td>Donnell's thin shell theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000168755/">Daniel C. Drucker</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-2001</tt></td> <td>Drucker's stability postulate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/139/000206518/">Edward T. Hall</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-2009</tt></td> <td>The Silent Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/345/000082099/">S. I. Hayakawa</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1992</tt></td> <td>Semanticist and US Senator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/019/000099719/">Leon M. Lederman</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Researcher of neutrinos</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000115217/">Elder Olson</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1992</tt></td> <td>Critics and Criticism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000116930/">Herbert A. Simon</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-2001</tt></td> <td>Administrative Behavior</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000177944/">Austin A. Adams</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CIO at JP Morgan Chase, 2004-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000165733/">Lori B. Andrews</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Genetics and biotechnology law</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000207148/">Philip Danforth Armour</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1832</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1901</tt></td> <td>Founder of Armour & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000171766/">Lewis M. Collens</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000128999/">Robert A. Cornog</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Snap-on, 1991-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000060666/">Meyer Feldberg</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000165599/">Robert W. Galvin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 1959-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/637/000171124/">Gordon R. Lohman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Amsted Industries, 1990-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/243/000177709/">John W. Madigan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000173964/">James A. McClung</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former VP at FMC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/880/000084628/">Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td>The Glass Skyscraper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000123725/">John W. Rowe</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and CEO of Exelon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000169918/">Paula A. Sneed</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Retired EVP, Kraft Foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000169046/">Bide L. Thomas</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Commonwealth Edison, 1987-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/381/000169871/">David J. 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