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Alumni Orville Klima ME ’34 Whitewater, Wis. Bernard Wolfe LAW ’37 Northbrook, Ill. Earl Sherman ME ’43 Encino, Calif. Richard Vander Mey ME ’43 Bolingbrook, Ill. Kenneth Sanders ME ’44 Campbell, Calif. Carl Sundeen ME ’44 Minnetonka, Minn. Charles Soderquist ME ’45 Black Canyon City, Ariz. Arthur Uhlir CHE ’45,...

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Learn by the Sword

In a perfect world, Megan Burrill (MSE/M.S. 2nd Year) wouldn't mind if her life were a little less busy. Captain of the Illinois Tech women’s swimming and diving team, Burrill leads the Material Advantage and blacksmithing clubs, is involved in research on campus, and is minoring in computer science, among other activities. A clarinet and saxophone player, she would also like to return to playing at VanderCook College of Music—if only she could find the time.

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Why Robert Pritzker and I made our large gifts to the university in 1996

There were two main reasons why Robert Pritzker and I made our large gifts to the university in 1996. It started with our spirit of confidence that in President Lew Collens, IIT had the prospect of real leadership. This leadership proved to be the reality, for which we felt there...

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A Service Spirit

Utsav Pankaj Gandhi (CHE 2nd year) seems an old soul at 20. With his calm demeanor and constant smile, one could believe that he has discovered the secret to the well-lived life. Actually, Gandhi believes he has. For him it is the faith-based philosophy that he was born into in Mumbai, India, and which inspires him daily.

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1950s Theodore Brown (CHEM ’50), Bonita Springs, Fla., is the founding director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation presented the institute with a $5 million gift to establish the Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship and...

Letters

Letter from the President

This issue of IIT Magazine focuses on the research activities of our faculty, alumni, and students. I remember my early days as a faculty member when my academic life was focused on teaching and research. I look back fondly on that time when I was able to work with very...

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IIT Worldwide Alumni Chapters, Clubs, and Networks

Meet Zach Rus, associate director of regional and reunion programs. Rus came to IIT in 2014 from the University of Chicago, where he served as associate director of alumni relations and development. Before that he was a fundraising consultant at Pennington & Company and director of education programs at Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

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A Smashing Success

Dirk Lohan and son Carsten give it their all. It started with a bang. Or more accurately, a smash. On May 17, more than 120 IIT trustees, guests, and donors gathered in the emptied out, wrapped S. R. Crown Hall to witness the ceremonial kick-off of the $3.6-million façade restoration...

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Learn by the Sword

Why Robert Pritzker and I made our large gifts to the university in 1996

A Service Spirit

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Letter from the President

IIT Worldwide Alumni Chapters, Clubs, and Networks

A Smashing Success