Congratulations to all student laureates!!! ❤️❤️❤️

🎉🎉 so proud of you Monica Padilla !!

I heard Dr. Weber at an annual meeting of Northwestern Mutual Life in Milwaukee. I have a DVD recording of same. I consider him as one of my greatest teachers, now, 50 years later. Thank you for this posting.

Yo to Bro McAchiever 👌🏾

Congrats to Lester McKeever! Well deserved!

Congratulations Raul Raymundo, we are so proud of you. God bless you always.

What's all the bullshit talking going on in the background? That negates the whole goddamn thing

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This man should be ashamed to chair the board or head the plane of untied airlines. The most repulsive behaviour I've seen on a airline dragging a doctor of a plane breaking his nose and leaving him semi conscious then in December 2020 throwing a small family of the plane for a child no able to wear a mask disgusting this will always be a stain on your record until you address or completely disown this airline your mum and dad would not be proud of this company repulsive behaviour from top to the bottom.

Racist bitch

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God see you soon you not able for love

why you cheating me i hate you very much

Thanks you Richard Driehaus from Viet Nam! I knew you From Market Wizards of Jack.D. Schwager!

This is such an honor to be recognized among students from all across Illinois! Thanks to all those who have supported me on my journey!

Cool tie.

I met Lester Knight at Junior Achievemt. He is a first-class guy.

Truly honored to have received this award that day. Thank you so much!

It was such a shame to see the mother of a billionaire in such a dispair! Why the hell on earth he didn't buy his 89 years mother a decent comfortable abode and car! Answer Mr. Shahid Khan!!!

I know this woman. I used to be one of her students when she taught at Kansas State University, Manhattan Ks. in the 1980s. I am glad she has been very successful. I wish I had been one of her better students.

So nice to see that we have power distributed in Illinois. See, it is not just Michael Madigan - Who has been the speaker of the Illinois for a third of a century - who controls everything, but his wife gets to Chair many boards. And his daughter is a chief law-enforcement officer. Ahhhh, Democracy.....

Kup gets a little repetitive. Sid Luckman. T Formation. yada yada

Better transcription: I’m deeply honored to be here this evening and share this very prestigious award with my distinguished colleagues. We're all very grateful to the members of the Lincoln Academy. My group represents the curators and collectors of the Lincoln story. We're the ones that keep his memory alive through the gathering and assembling of manuscripts, artifacts, rare books, paintings, and sculpture. Museums need curators, curators need collectors, and collectors need dealers. We travel this road together hand in hand offering the public what they might not see otherwise. To be a collector you need more than just being able to purchase a piece. You need the passion and the vision to know what to do. I myself have been totally consumed with his passion for Abraham Lincoln and his family for over 30 years. It is our responsibility, curator and collector alike, to be caretakers and preserve and protect these extraordinary pieces of Lincolniana for generations to come. When I started collecting thirty years ago it was basically a pursuit by men. As a woman no one took me seriously. I would tell people about my hours of scouring catalogs and reading biographies. I’d tell them proudly that I was a Lincoln collector. They'd laugh and joke about it and asked me if I was referring to pennies or five-dollar bills. It was far more than that. Now, proudly, a large part in my collection resides here in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and there's more to follow. For years people asked me what I intended to do with my collection and I didn't think that I was ready to face that decision. But in the end, as collectors, we all have to give these things up, and what better place for mine to be than in Springfield, Illinois? I came here in the nineteen seventies and was immediately hooked on Abraham Lincoln's hometown and I still am. What a great state Illinois is to not only claim Abraham Lincoln but Ulysses S. Grant and now our new president Barack Obama. It's been a joy and a privilege for me to collect Lincoln and be a part as his story but it's a real joy for us to share our collections. These pieces touched our hearts and now you, The Lincoln Academy, have touched our hearts even more and we thank you for this honor.

Does anybody know how to get in contact with Mrs. Taper? I am interested in reaching out to her to gain some insight on her passion, as a collector, for Lincoln.

Happy Throwback Thursday! Do you Chase? Glenn Tilton is the former Chairman of the Midwest and member of the Executive Committee at JP Morgan Chase and he was one of the 2014 Order of the Lincoln recipients. He is a graduate of University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations. Tilton grew up in Latin America, and attended high school in Brazil, where his father worked for the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. Tilton has been involved in President Barack Obama’s Export Council, Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, the American Cancer Society’s CEOs Against Cancer and World Business Chicago. #tbt This laureate’s acceptance speech, view here: buff.ly/1ndlJRf The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

Throwback Thursday! Shirley Madigan serves as Trustee at Loyola University of Chicago, director at After School Matters, Inc. and Chair of Illinois Arts Council. Madigan has given a lifetime of commitment to supporting and promoting arts organizations nationally and internationally. She was appointed to the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) in 1976, and has been asked to serve as IAC Chairman by five governors. She was awarded the Order of the Lincoln in 2011 for her outstanding efforts in the arts community. #TBT To view her acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/Sfqu0B The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

This July 4th, The LA of IL is honoring past laureate, Staff Sergeant Robert Miller. He was a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wheaton, Illinois. As a youth growing up in Wheaton, he was the kind of student who would "go the extra mile," and he was proud of his family's longstanding service to the country. As a soldier, he continued to distinguish himself by earning the title Green Beret. On the night of January 25, 2008 Miller, at the age of 24, was serving as the weapons sergeant in Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 3312, Special Operations Task Force 33, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan. Following an engagement with insurgents, Miller was killed when he drew fire from over 100 enemy fighters away from his team and upon himself. On October 6, 2010 President Barack Obama awarded Staff Sergeant Miller the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call the duty." #July4th His mother accepted his award, the Order of the Lincoln in 2012 on her son’s behalf. To view the acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/1oudIcy The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees

Double Throwback Thursday! See if you can guess these TWO laureates… Which 2014 Order of the Lincoln laureate is a British composer of contemporary classical music and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1984? And which laureate was the Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1997 through 2006? -Give up? Bernard Rands and Augusta Read Thomas! The recording of Rands' Canti D’Amor by the men’s vocal ensemble Chanticleer won a Grammy Award in 2000. This laureate has also taught at institutions such as Julliard School and Yale University. He was also composer-in-resident at the University of Illinois until 1970. The second Order of the Lincoln laureate honored with Bernard Rands is his wife, Augusta Read Thomas. In 2007, her Astral Canticle was one of the two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Music. In 2010, she was appointed University Professor at the University of Chicago. #tbt To view their acceptance speech, visit buff.ly/1qSbNNN The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

Throwback Thursday! Remember the movie Apollo 13? This 2012 Order of the Lincoln laureate co-authored a book about the Apollo 13 flight entitled, Lost Moon, which served as a basis for the subsequent 1995 blockbuster movie, Apollo 13. Captain Lovell’s mission in April 1970, aboard Apollo 13, made him the first man to journey twice to the moon. Captain James Lovell is the first astronaut to make four space flights: pilot of Gemini 7; commander of Gemini 12; Command Module Pilot of Apollo 8; and commander of Apollo 13. As a Naval test pilot he logged over 5,000 hours flying time. Lovell was named deputy director for science and applications at the Johnson Space Center in May 1971. He serves as Chairman of the National Eagle Scout Association and Mission HOME, an ambitious campaign to rekindle enthusiasm and support for space. For his outstanding service to his country and the space program, Lovell is enshrined with pride and honor in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. His awards and honors include the Presidential Medal for Freedom and the French Legion of Honor. #tbt To view his acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/1kgcZnq The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

Happy Friday! Happy (early) Father's Day! This day is dedicated to a few of the "Father of ..." laureates from the Lincoln Academy of IL. Timothy J Nugent, the "Father of Accessibility", was honored with the Order of the Lincoln in 2011 for his outstanding efforts in the accessibility of higher education for individuals with disabilities. He founded this very comprehensive program in 1948, the first of its kind. He served as Professor of Rehabilitation Education and Director of the Rehabilitation Education Center and the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services at the University of Illinois of which he retired in 1985. He founded the National Wheelchair Basketball Association in 1949 and served as Commissioner for the first 25 years. He has been an international lecturer and consultant, as well as an advocate, publisher, and researcher on behalf of people with disabilities. He was a leader in the development of architectural accessibility standards, public transportation, adaptive equipment, and recreation activities for people with disabilities. #fathersday To view his acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/1h1BDxE The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

Throwback Thursday! (Medical Style!) In continuation with International Men's Health Week we are recounting another past laureate, Lester B. Knight III, who received the Order of the Lincoln in 2010. He is the founding partner and Co-Chairman at RoundTable Healthcare Management, LLC, where he works closely with the operating and transaction teams in selecting and monitoring the Firm’s investments. Prior to Co-Founding the firm, Knight served as Vice Chairman and director of Cardinal Health, Inc, a diversified healthcare service company. He is on the Board of Directors for Aon Corporation, Evanston Northwestern Hospital, Northern Star Broadcasting and Junior Achievement of Chicago. #TBT #menshealthweek #menshealthmonth To view his acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/1x1VuBD The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

Throwback Thursday! Dr. Naomi B Lynn, featured in, Outstanding Women in Public Administration written by Claire L. Felbinger and Wendy A Haynes, served as the first Hispanic female president of an American public university breaking racial and gender barriers. She was granted the Order of the Lincoln in 2012 for Education. She served as President of Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois, beginning in 1991 and through its entrance into the University of Illinois system as the University of Illinois at Springfield. She retired as Chancellor of UIS in 2001. At her retirement the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair for Lincoln Studies award was created at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She received her Ph. D. in Political Science from the University of Kansas and went on to become a Professor of Political Science, and then Department Head, at Kansas State University. She has served as the second female President of the American Society for Public Administration, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, and the Women's Caucus for Political Science. #TBT To view her acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/1tnsOyi The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

Throwback Thursday! Richard and Mary Lackritz Gray, lifelong Chicagoans with international reputations in the arts were granted the Order of the Lincoln in 2011. The Richard Gray Gallery, founded in Chicago in 1963, is one of the leading dealers in modern and contemporary American and European art. Richard Gray is a Life Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Goodman Theatre. The Grays have devoted more than half a century to pursuits associated with the visual arts and cultivating art within the city of Chicago through extraordinary collection of art pieces. The Grays have exhibited for decades a remarkable devotion to Illinois' cultural life through commitments of time, gifts of art, and donations. #TBT To view their acceptance speech, follow the link below: buff.ly/1hyCWil The Lincoln Academy of Illinois is an independent non-partisan organization whose mission is to administer the Order of Lincoln award program and select the annual honorees.

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great

A great man !!