Life Trustees
Life Trustees are recognized for their distinguished service to the University.
Trustees are typically named Life Trustees after completing their tenure as a Trustee and reaching the age of 70. While no longer active in governance, they maintain an honorary role in the university community.
Mark A. Angelson
ChairmanInstitute of International Education
Neil G. Bluhm
Managing Partner, LAMB Capital Advisors andManaging Principal, Walton Street Capital
Deborah H. Brady-Gudicello
Life Trustee
Duane L. Burnham
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerAbbott Laboratories
John A. Canning Jr.
Chairman EmeritusMadison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Nicholas D. Chabraja
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerGeneral Dynamics Corporation
Fernando Chico
ChairmanASUR
Dennis H. Chookaszian
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerCNA Insurance Companies
Franklin A. Cole
Life Trustee
Christopher B. Combe
Life Trustee
Philip M. Condit
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerThe Boeing Company
John W. Croghan
ChairmanRail-Splitter Capital Management, LLC
A. Steven Crown
Executive ChairmanHenry Crown and Company
Lester Crown
Chairman EmeritusHenry Crown and Company
Bonnie S. Daniels
Life Trustee
Richard H. Dean
Managing DirectorDealand LLC
John M. Eggemeyer
Managing PrincipalCastle Creek Capital LLC
W. James Farrell
Life Trustee
Dennis J. FitzSimons
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerTribune Company
Director
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
T. Bondurant French
ChairmanAdams Street Partners, LLC
Christopher B. Galvin
Cofounder and ChairmanGore Creek Asset Management
James L. Garard Jr.
Senior Vice President (retired)Smith Barney
Eric J. Gleacher
Private Investor
J. Douglas Gray
Vice ChairmanMarshall Street Capital
Herbert W. Gullquist
PresidentHippo Investments LLC
Edward C. Hutcheson Jr.
Retired
George E. Johnson
Life Trustee
Daniel S. Jones
PresidentNewsBank, Inc
David G. Kabiller
Co-FounderAQR Capital Management
James R. Kackley
Executive DirectorBaseCamp USA
Nancy Trienens Kaehler
Life Trustee
Ellen Philips Katz
Life Trustee
William S. Kirsch
Life Trustee
Lester B. Knight
Founding Partner and Senior AdvisorRoundTable Healthcare Partners
Martin J. Koldyke
Life Trustee
Harry M. Kraemer Jr.
Clinical Professor of LeadershipNorthwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Timothy K. Krauskopf
PrincipalRound Lake Designs
Duane R. Kullberg
Former Chief Executive Officer (1980-1989)Arthur Andersen & Co., SC
Lawrence F. Levy
Managing PartnerLFP Management LLC
Ivy Beth Lewis
Life TrusteeEdward M. Liddy
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerThe Allstate Corporation
John Jeffry Louis
Former Chairman of the BoardGannett Company
John W. Madigan
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerTribune Company
R. Eden Martin
Senior CounselSidley Austin LLP
Arthur C. Martinez
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerSears, Roebuck and Co.
W. James McNerney Jr.
Senior AdvisorClayton, Dubilier and Rice
Lee M. Mitchell
Managing PartnerThoma Bravo
Leo F. Mullin
Retired, Former Chief Executive OfficerDelta Air Lines Inc.
Robin Chemers Neustein
Life Trustee
William A. Osborn
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerNorthern Trust Corporation
Harry J. Pearce
Retired Chairman of BoardMDU Resources Inc.
Jerry K. Pearlman
Retired ChairmanZenith Electronics Corporation
Brian S. Posner
PresidentPoint Rider Group (UK) Ltd / Point Rider Group LLC
Jerry M. Reinsdorf
ChairmanChicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls
M. Jude Reyes
Co-ChairmanReyes Holdings, LLC
Patrick G. Ryan
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerRyan Specialty
Paul Sagan
Catalyst Advisor
General Catalyst
William E. Sagan
Chief Executive OfficerNorton LLC
Robert P. Saltzman
Retired
D. Gideon Searle
Strategic AdvisorExcel Venture Management
Gordon I. Segal
Executive ChairmanPrairie Management Group
Andrew E. Senyei
Venture Investor
Board Advisor
William D. Smithburg
Retired Chief Executive OfficerQuaker Oats Company
Judith A. Sprieser
Life Trustee
Richard L. Thomas
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Julia A. Uihlein
RetiredMedical College of Wisconsin, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Frederick H. Waddell
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerNorthern Trust Corporation
John R. Walter
Ashlin Management Company
David B. Weinberg
Life Trustee
Miles D. White
Life Trustee
William J. White
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerBell & Howell Company
Stephen R. Wilson
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerCF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Stephen M. Wolf
ChairmanTrilantic Capital Partners
Jianming Yu
Retired Managing PartnerNew Horizon Capital