COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP AWARD
Presented to a local non-Toastmaster who has shown outstanding leadership
in the area of communication
2005 Max and Donna Daniels Abraham & Mary Lincoln professional presenters
2004 Eric Soderholm Player for Chicago White Sox (Retired)
2003 Terry Hillard Chicago Superintendent of Police (Retired)
2002 Maggie Brown and Oscar Brown, Jr. Music and theater writers, composers and performers
2001 Felicia Middlebrooks Co-anchor, WBBM Newsradio 780's morning drive program
2000 Jim May Founder and Executive Director, Illinois Storytelling Festival
1999 Hon. S. Louis Rathje Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois
1998 Hon. Mary Maxwell Thomas Circuit Judge, Cook County
1997 Claire Dixon-Lee, PhD, RRA President, American Health Information Management Association ("AHIMA")
1996 Lonnie Tyler Voice of Shadow Traffic
1995 Rick Jakle Pres., Professional Speakers of IL
1994 Gene McNish IL District President, IL Assoc. Barbershop Chapters
1993 Brig. General Walter J. Whitfield IL Army National Guard
1992 Chuck Swirski WGN Radio Sportscaster
1991 Hon. Jacqueline P. Cox Assoc. Judge, Cook County
1990 Hon. Loleta A. Didrickson IL House of Representatives
1989 Thomas Nathaniel Todd Attorney and Community Leader
1988 The Reverend Bob Murfin WMBI Radio Personality
1987 Carl Huffman, DTM Professional Speaker
1986 Hon. Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Federal Judge
1985 Nick Carter VP, Nightingale Conant Company
1984 William Smithburg Chairman/CEO, Quaker Oats
1983 W. Clement Stone President/CEO, Combined Ins. Co.
1982 Bob Collins WGN Radio Personaiity
1981 Robert A. Schoellhorn President/CEO, Abbott Labs
1980 Irv Kupcinet Author and Talk Show Host
1979 Bill Kurtis WBBM Newscaster
1978 George Johnson President, Johnson Products
1977 Carol Fox Lyric Opera of Chicago
1976 Addie L. Wyatt Time Woman of the Year
1975 Jack Mabley Columnist, Chicago Tribune
1974 Hon. James Thompson U.S. Attorney
1973 Dr. Preston Bradley Minister, Peoples Church of Chicago
1972 Floyd Kalber WMAQ Newscaster