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Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Six Illinoisans to be honored as 2025 Order of Lincoln recipients
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Six Illinoisans from different walks of life will be honored for their contributions on University of Illinois' campus later this year. Governor JB Pritzker announced the six recipients in a news release Friday. The award is the state's highest honor for professional achievement and public service. Illinois bill would require schools to have more military recruitment events 'With world-renowned achievements in athletics, literature, architecture, education, journalism and history, the 2025 class of Lincoln Laureates embody the very best that Illinois has to offer,' Pritzker said. 'I am proud to uplift their incredible contributions and to award these talented men and women our state's highest honor.' The six individuals honored include: Olympic speed skater Bonnie Blair, born in Champaign Poet Sandra Cisernos Architect Jeanne Gang Emmy-award winning Chicago journalist Carol Marin Julieanna Richardson, whose organization The HistoryMakers collects African-American oral histories former CEO of Chicago Public Schools Janice K. Jackson More than 350 Illinois residents have been honored with the Order of the Lincoln over 50 years. The six Lincoln Laureates will be honored at the Krannert Center for the Arts on May 3. The ceremony is free, open to the public and will also be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. After the ceremony, a reception and dinner will be held. Tickets need to be purchased before April 1. More information can be found on the Lincoln Academy's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Belvidere native Jeanne Gang to receive Order of Lincoln award
CHICAGO (WTVO) – A Belvidere native is one of six Illinoisans who will receive the state's highest honor for professional achievement and public service this year. Architect Jeannie Gang will receive an Order of Lincoln award on May 3, 2025, during the 61st Annual Convocation at Krannert Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A 1982 graduate of Belvidere High School, Gang is nown for a distinctive design approach that expands beyond architecture's conventional boundaries. Her diverse portfolio across the Americas and Europe includes the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History; a new United States Embassy in Brazil; and an expansion of the Clinton Presidential Center. She also designed the Beloit College Powerhouse in Beloit. A MacArthur Fellow and a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gang has been named one of TIME Magazine's most influential people in the world. 'With world-renowned achievements in athletics, literature, architecture, education, journalism and history, the 2025 class of Lincoln Laureates embody the very best that Illinois has to offer,' Gov. JB Pritzker said in a news release. 'I am proud to uplift their incredible contributions and to award these talented men and women our state's highest honor.' The other five Lincoln Laureates are Bonnie Blair, the first American woman to win five gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games; Sandra Cisneros, a poet, short story writer, novelist; Janice K. Jackson, CEO of Hope Chicago and former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS); Carol Marin, a journalist and Emmy Award-winning reporter who's worked for CBS News' '60 Minutes,' and the 'Evening News with Dan Rather;' and Julieanna L. Richardson, founder and president of The HistoryMakers, a Chicago-based nonprofit, that features a digital archival collection of African-American oral histories. The May 3 ceremony is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. A ticketed reception and dinner will immediately follow the ceremony, and tickets must be purchased in advance by April 1. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
