Alumni News

Summer 2016

Block Star

For generations of people, LEGO ® (formed from the Danish words for “play well”) bricks serve as the memorable building blocks of their youth. Established in 1932 by master carpenter and joiner Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund, Denmark, the company first produced wooden toys and household items before expanding into molded plastic in the late 1940s. Today the brand has a portfolio of some 650 products and was the subject of an animated film— The LEGO Movie —with a sequel in the works. The company launched a Sustainable Materials Centre last year as part of its goal to use sustainable materials in all core LEGO products by 2030.

Summer 2016

Class Notes

1940s Warren Spitz (ARCH ’42, M.S. CRP ’68), Northbrook, Ill., is looking to reconnect with classmates from ’41, ’42, or ’43. Robert DeBoo (ME ’45, M.S. IE ’61), Stone Mountain, Ga., turned 90 this year and graduated from Illinois Tech at 18 while in the V-12 Navy College Training Program...

Summer 2016

Class Notes Spotlights

Steve Bellinger (PSYC ’73), Chicago, science fiction author The Chronocar (Barking Rain Press, 2015) tells the story of the genius son of a slave who earns his physics degree from Tuskegee University and makes plans to construct a time machine but doesn’t have the technology to build it. Fast-forward 100...

Summer 2016

Alumni Events

For information about the upcoming events listed here and other alumni activities, please visit alumni.iit.edu/events or contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@iit.edu or 800.IIT.ALUM. Block City 2016 Saturday, July 23, 2016 Hermann Hall, Mies Campus Chicago Families are invited to create LEGO ® structures of their own imaginations!...

Summer 2016

Connecting With Illinois Tech: It’s Personal

Connecting With Illinois Tech: It’s Personal Members of 4A pose at the 2015 Scarlet Affair [left to right]: Ron Andre, Fred Jones, Robert Ersery (MGT ’80), Andrea Berry (CS ’84), Lester McCarroll Jr. (EE ’83), Antonio Darden (MET ’85), Kenny Mason (CHE ’00, M.S. FPE ’02), and Trustee Harold Singleton...

Summer 2016

Alumni Awards

The 2016 Alumni Awards recipients were honored at a special event held on April 29, 2016. Photo: Bonnie Robinson World-renowned photographer Barbara Crane (DSGN ’66) was among the Professional Achievement Award winners feted at the annual Alumni Awards event. Photo: Bonnie Robinson Bud Wendorf (ME ’71), chairman of the Illinois...

Summer 2016

Obituaries

Norman N. Breyer Ph.D. MET ’63 Professor and Chair Emeritus Arlington Heights, Illinois One year after graduating from Illinois Institute of Technology, Norman N. Breyer began his longtime academic and administrative career with the university. He initially joined the Armour College of Engineering faculty and then served as chair of...

Summer 2016

In Memoriam

Herman Tachau CE ’42 Santa Fe, N.M. William Hornbaker ME ’44 Knoxville, Tenn. Leander Fisher ME ’46 Lenexa, Kan. Glenn Wood ME ’46 East Hampton, Conn. James Woodling ME ’46 Tallmadge, Ohio Irving Kornfeld ME ’47 Beverly Hills, Calif. Warren Brockmeier FPE ’48 Random Lake, Wis. Marvin Kagan IE ’48...

Summer 2016

Alumni News

2016 BME Alumni Awards Recipients The Illinois Tech Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has named the recipients of the 2016 BMES Alumni Awards. Michael Morley (BME ’08) [left] and Sean Pitroda, M.D. (BME ’06) [center] were named Distinguished Undergraduate Alumni. Monica Moya (Ph.D. ’09) [right] was named a Distinguished Graduate Alumna...

Spring 2016

Classnotes

1950s Theodore “Ted” 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. Boris Stern (CHEM ’50), Tampa, Fla., is a former WWII infantry squad leader. Stern is now known as “The Cookie Man”...

Spring 2016

Alumni Memories

How would you pay homage to an individual who accompanied you along the road of life for more than six decades? A few months ago Winfried Rudloff (Ph.D. EE ’65) contacted IIT Magazine about sharing the story of his beloved “Hedi” with his Illinois Tech classmates and other readers ...

Spring 2016

Engaging with Illinois Tech, Near and Far

Staying connected to your alma mater after graduation can be tough. The “real world” beckons—you begin your career, maybe start a family, and priorities constantly shift. While it may be hard to find the time to come back to campus, there are ways to remain a part of Illinois Institute of Technology long after graduation that don’t even involve leaving your hometown.