Alumni Awards 2020

Alumni Awards 2020

Since 1946 the Alumni Awards have been presented to Illinois Institute of Technology’s most accomplished, innovative, and influential alumni. Alumni Award winners add to the university’s rich history of visionaries who make the Illinois Tech community proud.

This year the Alumni Awards took place during Illinois Tech’s virtual Homecoming & Alumni Awards Weekend on September 25 and 26.


The 2020 honorees are:

Alumni Medal:
David Crowell (ARCH ’79)

Collens Merit Award:
Helmut Jahn

Galvin Award:
S. Christopher Gladwin

International Award of Merit:
Michael Rogers (CE ’83)

International Award of Merit:
Scott Zhang (M.S. MAE ’89, Ph.D. CHE ’92)

John J. Schommer Honor I Award:
Patrick Rush (FMT ’97, M.B.A. ’98)

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Sidney Jeffe (ME ’50) 

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Syed “Zaheer” Zaheeruddin (M.S. IE ’75) 

Outstanding Young Alumnus/Young Alumna Award:
Kun Li (Ph.D. FIN ’15)

Outstanding Young Alumnus/Young Alumna Award:
Ricardo Vinuesa Motilva (M.S. MAE ’09, Ph.D. ’13)

Professional Achievement Award:
Len F. Anderson IV (Science and Technology in Context ’93)

Professional Achievement Award:
Amy Campanelli (LAW ’87)

Professional Achievement Award:
Michael Kassner (M.S. METE ’77)

Professional Achievement Award:
John Kerin (EE ’84, M.B.A. ’90)


To learn more about each of the 2020 Alumni Award honorees, visit the Alumni Awards website.