Darsh T. Wasan Lecture Faculty, staff, alumni, and students gathered for the 2014 Darsh T. Wasan lecture, presented by Robert S. Langer, in honor of Wasan’s 50 years at IIT. Photo: Bonnie RobinsonHenry H. Koci Classroom Dedication [Left to right] Lee Herring joins her father Henry Koci (ME ’45); mother, Florence Koci; and daughter, Allison, for the classroom dedication in honor of Koci’s 90th birthday. The classroom gift was made possible through a generous donation from the Herring family.Donor and Scholar Dinner Carol and Ed Kaplan (ME ’65) with Uriel Duran Aguilera (ITM 1st year) [center], Kaplan Foundation Scholar, at the annual dinner where scholars and benefactors have the opportunity to meet one another. Photo: Bonnie RobinsonSeattle Alumni Gathering Alumni from the Seattle area paused at a Boeing 777 during a tour of Boeing’s Future of Flight Aviation Center last October. Argonne Visit Chicago-area alumni learned about the work being done by IIT faculty and students at the Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source in Argonne, Ill., in November 2014.Homecoming Weekend Alumni of all ages—and some future ones—enjoyed the activities of the Homecoming Carnival at the 2014 Homecoming Weekend celebration. Photo: Bonnie Robinson Global Alumni Gathering More than 300 alumni and guests from around the globe attended the first-ever Global Alumni Gathering held in September 2014 on IIT Main Campus. Tetsuyuki Hirano (ARCH ’79) and family traveled from Japan and concluded the weekend on the Lake Michigan dinner cruise with Chicagoland Alumni Chapter North Suburban Branch Director Ann Trandai (EE ’89, M.S. ’93) [left of Hirano].Carr Chapel Rededication Mies van der Rohe Society Board Chair Barbi Donnelley addressed the audience at the rededication event of the Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior, held in October 2014. The Mies Society raised $1 million to restore Mies’ only ecclesiastical building, affectionately known as the “God Box.” Photo: Bonnie Robinson Washington, D.C., Alumni Gathering Alumni gathered at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C., in November 2014. They heard about the future of IIT from President John Anderson [back row, fourth from left], Board of Trustees Chairman Alan “Bud” Wendorf (ME ’71) [front row, second from left], and the work being done by Dennis Roberson, IIT vice provost for research and research professor in computer science [back row, left].Innovation at Calamos Scott Ternovits (DSGN ’92) addressed alumni on the process of innovation at Calamos Investments in Naperville, Ill., in December 2014. Photo: Bonnie RobinsonGolden Society Reunion Members of the Class of 1964 reunited for their 50th reunion during Homecoming Weekend 2014. Photo: Michael Goss
