The Department of Geology at NIU established the Samuel S. Goldich Fund in 1977 upon his retirement, as a reminder of the examples of the motivation and achievement set by professor Goldich. At Northern and five other institutions of higher learning, Professor...

Don Grubb came to NIU in 1959 with a dream: Build a first-rate journalism department. His tools: A $300 budget, an Army barracks building and the support of English professor Edith Marken, who had known Don professionally and was responsible for his being lured from...

Honoree, Dr. William E. Tolhurst Travel Fund, was established by family and friends to honor his 33 years (1977-2010) of service to Northern Illinois University as a dedicated teacher, mentor, scholar, and department chair. His teaching and scholarship focused...

Liakos was a college professor of ancient art history and an expert in Pagan art and early Christian art. After touring the United States as a visiting professor based in Greece, he accepted a position on the faculty of NIU in 1967 and continues to teach at NIU and...

Donald E. Kieso, PhD, CPA, earned his bachelor’s degree from Aurora University and his doctorate in accounting from the University of Illinois. He has public accounting experience with Price Waterhouse & Co. (San Francisco and Chicago) and Arthur Andersen & Co....

The scholarship is a way to express the gratitude Linda Shearer feels for a small Chemistry scholarship awarded to her which made the difference in continuing her education at Northern Illinois University (hereinafter “NIU”). This scholarship is in memory of the...

Donald R. Larson is the Executive Director of Enrollment Services at NIU. He worked as a graduate research assistant in the Management Department while attending NIU and received a Master of Science degree in Management in 1972. His educational experience at NIU...

HONOREEHelen Gum Westlake (1927-2012) was an educator specializing in relationships and child development. She was born and raised on a farm near Elburn, Illinois and received her B.S. in education from Northern Illinois University in 1949. Her M.S. in home economics...

Don and Ann are both NIU alumni. Don graduated in 1969 with a B.S. in Chemistry. Ann graduated in 1967 with a B.A. in Nursing, and in 1981, received an M.S. in Nursing (Gerontology). Don had a 34-year career with Caterpillar Inc. and WABCO in engineering design. ...

Dorthea and Richard Beard were professors in the School of Art. They have been active on campus since retiring. They auctioned off Richard’s artwork and have sponsored two sculptures in the sculpture garden outside of the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. Dorthea...

Dorice E. Pepin is an adjunct professor of accountancy at Northern Illinois University.

Dorothea Bilder obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a major in Art, emphasizing painting and printmaking, from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois in 1962. Afterwards she attended Southern Illinois University (SIU), in Carbondale, Illinois to...

Dorothy and Glenn were both are NIU Lifetime Alumni members. Glenn received an Education Leadership Certificate in Individual Education from National-Louis University. Glenn was a teacher in primary and intermediate grades, elementary school summer courses and...

Alfred Tatum earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from NIU in 1992 and was a faculty member in the Department of Literacy Education from 2005-2007.

Dr. and Mrs. Everett L. Marshall both graduated from NIU, in 1930 and 1934 respectively. They requested that a named scholarship fund be established with income to be given to a needy student.

Dr. Annette Lefkowitz was the first director and chair of the Northern Illinois University School of Nursing founded in 1959. Dr. Lefkowitz retired in August 1985 after 26 years of teaching at Northern. Because of the leadership provided by Dr. Lefkowitz, the school...

A. Oscar Haugland and his wife Janet established the Haugland Scholarship in Music to honor the Haugland family, to celebrate Northern Illinois University’s centennial anniversary, and to provide educational opportunities to students of composition and music theory....

Dr. August M. Gorenz received a B.S. degree in botany in 1940 with a minor in zoology, mathematics from NIU. He earned a master’s and doctorate in plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1942 and 1948. His advanced work focused on botany,...

Abraham Z. Bass was a journalism professor at NIU from 1969 to 1999, specializing in “Mass Media and Society” and international journalism courses. He taught courses that met at Chicago media sites and took students to Europe several times for NIU Study Abroad...

As a new faculty member in the Geology Department at NIU, Carla Montgomery was asked to teach the general-education course in environmental geology, a field she had never formally studied. She found she enjoyed it a great deal, except for the fact that none of the...

Dr. Caroline Allrutz established this fund in 1997. Caroline touched the lives of many prospective art teachers and for her efforts in the profession received many awards and honors. She was an art educator for Akron Public Schools, and started her career at Thornton...

Charles J. Rohde Jr., graduated from Wisconsin State University-Whitewater in 1940 and earned his master’s in 1942 at Marquette University. In 1943, he served in the military as a first lieutenant with the U.S. Public Health Department, stationed at Crab Orchard...

Martha Cooper supported education throughout her career through loyalty, dedication and service. Martha Cooper was a professor in the Department of Communication at NIU from 1984 to 2000. She directed the University required basic communication course from 1984 to...

Dr. Clarence Ethel Hardgrove, an internationally prominent specialist in mathematics education, a professor in the Department of Mathematics from 1950 until her retirement in 1977. Professor Hardgrove taught in various public schools for 14 years before becoming an...

Dr. Wagner received three degrees from the University of Michigan. He spent hisundergraduate career in the wartime naval officer training program and was initiatedinto the University of Michigan chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. With the university on awartime trimester...

Dr. Elizabeth Towell is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the College of Business at Northern Illinois University. She earned a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1993 and served as faculty in...

This scholarship was established through an estate gift from Dr. Eugene Hellmich in 1997. Dr. Hellmich, who passed away in 1995, had a long and distinguished career as a mathematics professor and department head at NIU. He intended for the fund to provide...

Dr. Francis Stroup was a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who retired from NIU in 1974. Dr. Stroup enjoyed a teaching career that lasted forty-five years which included time as a public school teacher and a professor at the University...

Dr. Irving Frank and his wife Roseanne Krcek- Frank settled in Sycamore many years ago. The couple, their two daughters, and both of their son-in-laws have medically oriented careers. Before coming to Sycamore in 1949, both Dr. and Mrs. Frank worked on an Indian...

The Skeels Scholarship was established by Dr. Jack W. Skeels to honor the Skeels family and to provide educational opportunities to students of social sciences, especially economics.