List of Roosevelt University people

List of people associated with Roosevelt University.

Presidents

The current president

• Charles R. Middleton

Past presidents

• Theodore L. Gross, the last president
• Edward J. Sparling, the first president

Members of advisory

Members of the first advisory

• Marian Anderson
• Pearl Buck
• Ralph Bunche
• Albert Einstein
• Marshall Field
• Thomas Mann
• Gunnar Myrdal
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Albert Schweitzer

Members of the current advisory

Albert A. Robin Campus Community Advisory Board

• Norman Alesi: Haskris Company
• Rita Athas: Director of Regional Programs, City of Chicago
• Sharyn Bowling: President, SJB Enterprises, Inc.
• Clark Delanois: Managing Director, Northern Trust Company
• Dr. Carlee Drummer: Executive Director of College Advancement and the Educational Foundation, Oakton Community College
• Albert Henriksen: Principal, Anchor Bolt & Screw Company
• David Hill: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kimball Hill Homes, Inc.
• Mark Iammarino: Vice President and General Manager, Turner Construction
• Joseph Klein: Partner of Stitt, Klein, Daday, Aretos & Giampietro
• Marianne Kral: Partner of Kral, Goodenough, Kral
• The Honorable Al Larson: Village President, Village of Schaumburg, Illinois
• Frank Lazowski: Vice President of Human Resources, Material Sciences Corporation
• John Licht: President and Chief Executive Officer, Duraco Products, Inc.
• Edward Loughridge: President and Chief Operating Officer, Globe Marketing Partners, Ltd.
• Mark Lusson: Vice President of Human Resources, Northwest Community Healthcare
• The Honorable Sidney Mathias: State Representative - 53rd District, Illinois General Assembly
• Mary Jo McCarthy

Jeff Miller, Owner, Divine Signs, Inc.

• The Honorable Arlene Mulder: Mayor, Village of Arlington Heights, Illinois
• The Honorable Rita Mullins: Mayor, Village of Palatine, Illinois
• The Honorable Kenneth Nelson: Mayor, City of Rolling Meadows, Illinois
• Terry Parke: Retired State Representative
• Lisa Pinion: Human Resources Manager, Navistar Financial Corporation
• The Honorable Billie Roth: President, Village of Streamwood, Illinois
• Martin Roth: President, MASTR Business Solutions
• Michael Silverman: Chairman of the Board, First Northwest Bank
• Dr. Margaret Skold: Vice President of Academic Affairs, William Rainey Harper College
• Roger Stelle: Partner of Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle
• Laurie Stone: President, Schaumburg Business Association
• Kenneth Tucker: Principal, Tucker Development Corporation

Distinguished Alumni

• Tony Alcantar: an American actor
• Peri E. Arnold: Chairman, Department of Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame
• Andrew Barrett: Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
• Melissa Bean: Politician (U.S. Congressman, Illinois 8th 2005)
• Ira Berkow: Sportswriter, The New York Times
• Jesse Brown: U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs 1993-97
• Clark Burrus: Former Senior Vice President, First National Bank of Chicago
• Sylvia Flanagan: Senior Editor, Jet Magazine
• Brenda Gaines: President & CEO, Diners Club North America
• Karen Gibbs: Co-anchor, Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE
• Charles V. Hamilton: Political science professor and co-author of the book "Black Power"
• Wallce S. Sayre: Professor of Government, Columbia University
• Mark Handler: Former President, Macy's Department Stores
• Patricia Harris: Assistant Vice President of Diversity for McDonald's Corporation
• Phillip Jackson: American politician and community organizer
• Donald Jacobs: Retired Former Dean, Kellogg Graduate School of Business Administration, Northwestern University
• Howard Johnson: Former chairman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein ( '63, '71): Special representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia with the rank of Under-Secretary-General.
• Mort Kondracke: American political commentator and journalist, also the author of the "Saving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease (2001, nonfiction)" book
• Basil Kromelow: President, Gold Coast Group of Hotels
• Ramsey Lewis: Jazz musician, Host, Legends of Jazz and The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show, WNUA Radio
• John Licht: President, CEO and Chairman of Duraco Products the largest manufacturer and marketer of decorative plastic planters, birder feeders and garden accessories.
• Blanche Manning: Judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
• LeRoy Martin: Chief of Police for the State of Illinois, Central Management Services
• Robert Mednick: Retired Managing Partner, Professional and Regulatory Matters at Andersen Worldwide
• Eugene Morris: Chairman and CEO, E. Morris Communications
• Steven Nasiter: President, Jewish Federation / Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago / JFMC Facilities Corp
• Terry Peterson: CEO, Chicago Housing Authority
• Mel Reynolds: Politician and Congressman, Illinois 2nd 1993-95
• Bobby Rush: Politician and Congressman, Illinois 1st since 1993
• William Sheldon: Chicago broadcaster
• Harold Washington: Late mayor of Chicago and the first African American to hold the title
• Reginald Weaver: President, National Education Association
• David Woolridge: Retired Corporate Vice President, Motorola
• Stuart Young: Break-dancer, avant-garde writer, steak enthusiast, close friend of Burt Reynolds

Others

Founder of Chicago Musical College

• Florenz Ziegfeld

Architects of the Auditorium Building

• Dankmar Adler
• Louis Sullivan