A 1994 recipient of the Presidential Design Award for Excellence, Levinson received an honorary doctorate from Illinois Tech in 2013. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Levinson served on the academy’s Transportation Research Board from 2003 to 2006 as well as on various standing committees. He was also a transportation consultant through his own practice. (CE ’49), Wallingford, Conn., had a nearly 50-year career that included employment with the Chicago Park District, Wilbur Smith and Associates, the University of Connecticut, and Yale University. He oversaw some $10 million in funding awarded to more than 1,200 projects. Manny was also active in the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, joining as a trustee when the foundation was established in 1956, then advancing to director in 1971, and director emeritus in 1993.

(ARCH ’48), San Rafael, Calif., was an influential architect who began his career at the former Naess & Murphy firm (today, JAHN), where his projects included roles in the design of O’Hare International Airport, the First National Bank of Chicago, and the J. In the late 1960s Reiffel was deputy director for sciences at NASA Headquarters’ Apollo Program Office. Reiffel also served as group vice president of IIT Research Institute and led the team that developed the world’s first nuclear reactor for industrial research. ’53), Chicago, member of Illinois Tech’s Hall of Fame, may be best known for his invention of the Telestrator, the “television illustrator” widely used by sportscasters to sketch out plays and explanations of games, especially popularized in football.

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