Following tradition, the delegates welcoming President Schapiro marched in order of their institutional founding dates, with the oldest institution first. The following list includes each institution's founding date, its representative and his or her relationship to the institution.

1636
Harvard University
Hank Reiling
Baker Foundation Professor

1701
Yale University
Audrey Holzer Rubin
President, Yale Club of Chicago

1740
University of Pennsylvania
Paul C. Williams
Alumnus and Trustee

1746
Princeton University
Mark Siegler
Board Member

1766
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eric Clark
Alumnus

1769
Dartmouth College
Barry L. MacLean
President and CEO, MacLean-Fogg Company

1780
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Mark A. Ratner
Fellow

1787
Franklin & Marshall College
Henry Wiggins
Alumnus and Trustee Emeritus

1787
University of Pittsburgh
Ronald J. Bonomo
Representative

1793
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James Delaney
Commissioner, Big Ten Conference

1793
Williams College
William G. Wagner
Interim President
Lucienne S. Sanchez
Alumna and Trustee Emerita

1794
Bowdoin College
Barry Mills
President

1801
University of South Carolina
Katherine E. Chaddock
Professor and Department Chair, College of Education

1817
University of Michigan
William K. Hall
Alumnus and Professor, Ross School of Business

1821
Amherst College
Anthony W. Marx
President

1821
George Washington University
Fred Lawrence
Dean, Law School

1823
Trinity College
James G. Webster
Alumnus

1827
University of Toronto
Dyan Elliott
Alumna

1829
Illinois College
Axel D. Steuer
President

1831
Wesleyan University
Lee Mitchell
Alumnus and Past Parent

1833
Oberlin College
John R. Lurain
Alumnus

1834
Tulane University
Paul G. Goerss
Alumnus

1836
Emory University
Mark S. Hoyert
Alumnus

1837
Knox College
Roger L. Taylor
President

1837
Mount Holyoke College
Anne Alex Theophilos
Alumna

1838
Duke University
Carol Louise Anspach Kohn
Alumna and Trustee Emerita

1842
University of Notre Dame
Thomas A. Gresik
Chair, Faculty Senate, and Professor of Economics and Econometrics

1846
Grinnell College
Carolyn Bucksbaum
Alumna and Trustee

1847
Lawrence University
Kingsley Day
Alumnus

1847
University of Iowa
John Keller
Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean, Graduate College

1850
Illinois Wesleyan University
Steve N. Larson
Alumnus

1850
University of Rochester
Suzanne M. Timble
Alumna

1851
University of Minnesota
Steve Cawley
Vice President and Chief Information Officer

1852
Tufts University
Lawrence S. Bacow
President

1853
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Philip A. Amerson
President

1853
University of Florida
Stefanie Nimick
Alumna

1853
Washington University in St. Louis
Harry J. Seigle
Principal, Elgin Company

1855
Bates College
Elaine Tuttle Hansen
President

1855
Michigan State University
Norma Fay Green
Graduate Journalism Director, Columbia College Chicago

1857
Lake Forest College
Jason A. Cody
Associate Professor of Chemistry

1858
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Gary R. Hall
Dean and President

1860
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
The Reverend Lloyd R. Kittlaus
Lutheran Campus Pastor, Northwestern University

1860
Wheaton College
Merwin Crow
Alumnus

1861
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Utterback
Professor of Engineering Systems

1861
North Central College
Harold R. Wilde
President

1861
Vassar College
Catharine Bond Hill
President

1864
Concordia University
John F. Johnson
President

1865
University of Kansas
Rick Morris
Alumnus

1866
Carleton College
Stephen R. Lewis
President Emeritus

1866
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Felice Dublon
Vice President of Student Affairs

1867
Northeastern Illinois University
Sharon K. Hahs
President

1867
University of Illinois
Paula Allen-Meares
Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago

1869
Southern Illinois University
Cherie LeFevre
Representative

1869
University of Nebraska
Roger Boye
Alumnus

1870
Loyola University Chicago
Frank Fennell
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

1870
Ohio State University
Thomas J. Meade
Alumnus

1870
Syracuse University
Walter Bobkiewicz
Alumnus

1870
Wellesley College
Alison Li Chung
Trustee

1871
Smith College
Nina G. Stillman
Alumna

1873
Vanderbilt University
Melissa A. Bourestom
Alumna and President, Chicago Vanderbilt Chapter

1875
Lincoln College
Martha Wilson
Vice President for Academic Affairs

1876
Johns Hopkins University
Jerry Goldman
Alumnus

1876
Texas A&M University
Richard A. Dunn
Assistant Professor

1880
University of Southern California
Barry Glassner
Executive Vice Provost

1883
Modern Language Association
A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff
Professor of English Emerita, University of Illinois at Chicago

1884
American Historical Association
Sarah Maza
Officer and Council Member

1885
Bryn Mawr College
Mary Lackritz Gray
Alumna

1885
Goucher College
Joan E. Feitler
Alumna

1886
National-Louis University
George H. Litman
Interim President

1889
Barnard College
Susan Reimer Sacks
Faculty

1891
California Institute of Technology
Ari Kaplan
Alumna

1891
North Park University
Mary Karsten Surridge
Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs

1891
Rice University
Vicki Whamond Bretthauer
Alumna and Trustee Emerita

1891
Stanford University
Richard C. Tuttle
Alumnus

1892
Illinois Institute of Technology
John Anderson
President

1892
University of Chicago
Robert Zimmer
President

1895
Eastern Illinois University
Vicki Burke
Alumna

1898
DePaul University
Dennis H. Holtschneider
President

1900
Carnegie Mellon University
Bernard J. Dobroski
Alumnus

1901
American Philosophical Association
Sanford Goldberg
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University11

1902
American Anthropological Association
Elizabeth Brumfiel
Past President

1902
Northwestern College
Diane Ritz
Chief Academic Officer

1905
National University of Singapore
Kumaralingam Amirthalingam
Vice Dean and Director, Asian Law Institute

1907
Organization of American Historians
Kate Masur
Recipient, Binkley-Stephenson Award

1912
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
K. Michael Welch
President and Chief Executive Officer

1914
National Communication Association
Michael E. Roloff
Board Member

1924
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Hal M. Lewis
President and Chief Executive Officer

1925
Medieval Academy of America
Barbara Newman
Past Officer of the Fellows, Orator

1948
Brandeis University
Dolores Kohl
Trustee

1949
Elgin Community College
Lucinda Hutman
Professor of Psychology

1949
Harper College
Trygve Thoreson
Professor

1958
Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Christopher Welna
President

1960
Capital Medical University
Wei Wang
Dean and Professor, School of Public Health

1966
Erikson Institute
Samuel J. Meisels
President

1969
Oakton Community College
Margaret B. Lee
President and Professor of English

1975
Dictionary Society of North America
Christopher Devine
Graduate Student, Northwestern University

1979
Argosy University
Susan V. Sances
Vice President for Academic Affairs