Below is a listing of all of the past Chairs of The Fellows Program. Since its inception in 1983, the Chairs of The Fellows have provided enormous amounts of leadership to the program and the IBF. We appreciate all of the hard work, dedication, enthusiasm, and support
they have given to the IBF.
1983-84 Hon. Roger G. Fein
1984-85 Robert E. Jones
1985-86 Wilbur F. Pell, III
1986-87 Don E. Johnson
1987-88 Peter H. Lousberg
1988-89 Carla R. Michelotti
1989-90 F. Ronald Ealy
1990-91 C. Harker Rhodes, Jr.
1991-92 Hon. Patrick J. Leston
1992-93 Earle A. Malkin
1993-94 Nancy Hablutzel
1994-96 John G. Satter
1996-97 Alan Pearlman
1997-98 Hon. Milton S. Wharton
1998-99 Peggy M. Raddatz
1999-00 M. Ann Hatch
2000-02 Gilda Hudson-Winfield
2002-04 Umberto S. Davi
2004-06 Hon. Naomi H. Schuster
2006-08 James Reichardt
2008-10 John G. Locallo
2010-12 Elizabeth Jensen
2012-14 Edward J. Burt
2014-2015 Timothy W. Kelly
2015-2016 Deane B. Brown
2016-2018 Susan M. Goldberg
Honorary Fellow Award Recipients
The Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation may, at its discretion, select no more than two (2) persons each year, as Honorary Fellows. Honorary Fellows shall be persons of signal distinction among lawyers whose professional and public careers set an example to which others aspire. At least one (1) of the selectees must reside in Illinois.
1984 - Arthur Goldberg
1985 - President Gerald R. Ford
1985 - Robert C. Underwood
1986 - John E. Cribbet
1986 - Arthur J. England
1987 - Hon. Frank J. McGarr
1987 - William H. Webster
1988 - Thomas D. Morgan
1988 - Hon. Warren D. Wolfson
1989 - Richard J. Phelan
1990 - Justice Howard C. Ryan
1990 - Justice Daniel P. Ward
1992 - Justice William G. Clark
1992 - Justice Thomas J. Moran
1993 - Hon. Robert E. Wiss
1994 - Hon. Harry G. Comerford
1994 - Hon. Thomas E. Hornsby
1997 - Justice William D. Stiehl
1999 – Joel Daly
2004 – Hon. Abner Mikva
2006 – Terrence Hake
2007 – Thomas P. Sullivan
2008 – Dawn Clark Netsch
2009 – Hon. James Holderman
2010 – James Montgomery
2011 – Hon. Diane Wood
2012 – Justice Rita B. Garman
2013 – Hon. Ruben Castillo
2014 - Hon. Grace Dickler
2015 - Jennifer Rosato Perea
2016 - Patrick Fitzgerald
2017 - Justice Mary Anne Mason
2018 - Richard R. Winter
Distinguished Service to Law & Society Award Recipients
The Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation may, at its discretion, select no more than two (2) persons each year, as recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. The recipient of the Distinguished Service Award shall be a person who has made a significant contribution to law and society, said contribution which includes involvement with the Illinois Bar Foundation and The Fellows. At least one (1) of the selectees must reside in Illinois.
1984 - Hon. Arthur Goldberg
1985 - President Gerald R. Ford
1986 - Justin A. Stanley
1987 - Hon. Dan Rostenkowski
1988 - Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh
1989 - Hon. Jewel S. LaFontant-Mankarious
1990 - Hon. Edward Levi
1991 - Hon. Abraham Lincoln Marovitz
1992 - Hon. William J. Bauer
1993 - Sen. Alan J. Dixon
1996 - Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow
1997 - Sen. Paul Simon
1998 - Hon. Earl E. Strayhorn
1999 - Ralph A. Gabric
2000 – John B. Kincaid
2001 – Justice Thomas L. Kilbride
2002 – R. Michael Henderson
2005 – Leonard Amari
2006 – Cheryl I. Niro
2007 – George R. Ripplinger, Jr.
2008 – Peter Alexander
2009 – Hon. Nancy Katz
2010 – Warren Lupel
2011 – Russell K. Scott
2012 – Mark D. Hassakis
2013 – Hon. Roger Fein
2014 - J. Nelson Wood
2015 - Paula Hudson Holderman
2016 - M. Ann Hatch
2017 - Jayne Reardon and Justice James Wexstten (Ret.)
2018 - Hon. Dennis J. Burke (Ret.) and Ruth Ann Schmitt