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IFI HONOREE FATHERS 1976 TO PRESENT

2010

Danny K. Davis

Tony Hunter

Pat Quinn

U.S. Congressman from Illinois

President & CEO of the Chicago Tribune

Governor, State of Illinois


Mr. Davis Representative of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois in 1996. The Congressman attended Arkansas A.M. & N.
College, Chicago State University, the Union Institute in Cincinnati, and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He and his wife Vera have
two sons.

Mr. Hunter joined the Chicago Tribune in 1994, and took over the company’s leadership in 2008. Prior to joining the Chicago Tribune, he worked for the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Tony and his wife Sue live in Chicagoland and have three children.

Mr. Quinn has served the people of Illinois — both as a citizen and a public official — for more than a quarter of a century. In 2009, Pat Quinn was sworn in as the 41st Governor of the State of Illinois. Governor. Quinn has two sons and lives in Springfield.
 

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2009
 

2008

  • Evans, Timothy

  • Wert, Larry

2007

2006

  • Brown, Max

  • Hayward, Thomas Z.

  • Obama, Barack


2005

  • Gardner, Chris

  • Tomczak, Mike.

  • Wamberg, Tom

  • Zorn, Eric

2004

  • Grange, Brig. General David

  • Kaplan, David

  • Vazquez, Ray

2003

  • Blagojevich, Governor Rod

  • Chico, Gery

  • Rogers Jr, John W.


2002

  • Braizer, Bishop Arthur

  • O'Dell, Spike

  • Singletary, Mike

  • Velazquez, Art

2001

  • Dyson, Marv

  • Stroger, John

 

2000

  • Cullers, Vince

  • Nieto, Luis

  • Peters, Howard

  • Ryan, George

  • Walter, Ken

1999

  • Adamle, Mike

  • Duerson, Dave

  • Richardson, Lee

  • Sandfort, Greg

1998

  • Collins, Jimmy

  • Krashesky, Alan

  • Vallas, Paul

  • Young, Sheldon


1997

  • Devine, Dick

  • Mullen, Jim

  • Jordan, Robert

  • Zucker, Steve

  • Ramis, Harold

  • Hand, Bert

1996

  • Giangrecco, Mark

  • Silverberg, Gene

  • Barnett, Gary

  • Siskel, Gene

  • O'Malley, Mike

1995

  • Messmer, Wayne

  • Cusack, Richard

  • Matthewes, Kevin

  • Jackson, Bo

  • Hynes, Tom

1994

  • Edgar, Jim

  • Sutter, Darryl

  • Gustafson, Don

  • Stern, Lee

 


1993

  • Campagna, Ralph

  • Flick, Warren

  • Rodriguez, Matt

  • Butler, Kevin

  • Coppock, Chet

 


1992

  • Meyer, Joseph

  • Goudie, Chuck

  • Simon, Paul

  • Melman, Richard

  • Jemsek, Joe


1991

  • Fisk, Carlton

  • Sheahan, Michael

  • Saunders, Warner

  • Covert, Jim

  • Vincent, Lucien


1990

  • Ahem, Joseph

  • Burke, Ed

  • Dawson, Andre

  • Jacobson, Walter

  • Wilson, Doug


1989

  • Burris, Roland W.

  • Crowley, Bill

  • Dahl, Steve

  • Ramo, Niel

  • McMahon, Jim


1988

  • Collins, Doug

  • Johnson, Henry

  • Jordan, James

  • Kalber, Floyd

  • Vrdolyak, Ed

  • Williams, Billy

1987

  • Ditka, Mike

  • Dixon, Alan

  • Moore, Moses

  • Whitney, William

  • Wiegel, Tim

1986

  • Banks, Larry

  • Hartigan, Neil

  • Hull, Bobby

  • Maggio, Michael

  • Payton, Walter

1985

  • Lake, Charles W.

  • Page, Robert

  • Rice, Fred

  • Schickel, Robert
     

1984

  • Evans, Charles "Chick"

  • Gore, Jerome

  • Holsinger, Wayne

  • Smyth, Father John

  • White, Jesse

  • White, Mike

     


1983

  • Brzeczek, Richard

  • Drury, John

  • Finks, Jim

  • Glass, Charles Doc

  • Karol, Sam

  • LeFevour, Richard

  • Mikita, Stan

  • Stevenson, Adlai

 

1982

  • Brennen, Ed

  • Clements, George

  • Faust, Jerry

  • Flynn, Fahey


     

1981

  • Gray, John

  • Magnuson, Keith

  • Thompson, Jim

  • Wetland, Otto


     

1980

  • Baum, Edward

  • Boerwinkle, Tom

  • Daley, Richard

  • Harvey, Paul

  • Kerr, Johnny

1979

  • Berg, Bill

  • Crane, Phillip

  • Kurtis, Bill

  • Meyer, Ray


1978

  • Arena, Angelo

  • Hallas, George

  • Kupcinet, Irv

  • Nadler, Henry

  • Phillips, Wally

1977

  • Hunter, Ron

  • O'Connor, James

  • Partee, Cecil

  • Weiss, Edward

1976

  • Dalely, Richard J.