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PAST PARTICIPANTS

Chairpersons 

• 1964 -  C. Virgil Martin, President, Carson Pirie Scott & Company
  
• 1965 -  Herbert V. Prochnow, President, First National Bank of Chicago
  
• 1966 -  John D. DeButts, President, Illinois Bell Telephone Company
  
• 1967 -  C. Virgil Martin, President, Carson Pirie Scott & Company
  
• 1968 -  John H. Johnson, Chairman, Johnson Publishing Company
  
• 1969 -  Philip D. Block, Jr., Chairman, Inland Steel Company
  
• 1970 -  William J. Quinn, Chairman, Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and
             Pacific Railroad
  
• 1971 -  Robert W. Reneker, President, Swift & Company
  
• 1972 -  E. Stanley Enlund, Chairman, First Federal Savings & Loan
               Association of Chicago
  
• 1973 -  James F. Beré, President & Chief Executive Officer,
              Borg Warner Corporation
  
• 1974 -  Kenneth L. Block, President, A. T. Kearney, Inc.
  
• 1975 -  James S. Kemper, Jr., President, Kemper Insurance Company
  
• 1976 -  William H. Avery, Partner, Sidley & Austin
  
• 1977 -  Roger E. Anderson, Chairman, Continental Illinois National Bank
             & Trust Co.
  
• 1978 -  Robert Stuart, Chairman, National Can Corporation
  
• 1979 -  Grover J. Hansen, President, First Federal of Chicago
  
• 1980 -  Cecil A. Partee, City of Chicago, City Treasurer
  
• 1981 -  David K. Hardin, Chairman, Market Facts, Inc.
  
• 1982 -  Robert D. Stuart, Jr., Chairman, The Quaker Oats Company
  
• 1983 -  James J. O'Connor, Chairman, Commonwealth Edison Company
  
• 1984 -  Barry F. Sullivan, Chairman, The First National Bank of Chicago
  
• 1985 -  Ormard J. Wade, President, Illinois Bell Telephone Company
  
• 1986 -  William D. Smithburg, Chairman, The Quaker Oats Company
  
• 1987 -  Weston R. Christopherson, Chairman, Northern Trust Corporation
  
• 1988 -  John H. Bryan, Jr., Chairman, Sara Lee Corporation
  
• 1989 -  Kenneth B. Smith, President Chicago Theological Seminary
  
• 1990 -  Richard M. Morrow, Chairman, Amoco Corporation
  
• 1991 -  Bide L. Thomas, President, Commonwealth Edison Company
  
• 1992 -  David W. Fox, Chairman, President and CEO, The Northern Trust
             Company
  
• 1993 -  Richard H. Brown, Vice Chairman, Ameritech
  
• 1994 -  Ardis Krainik, General Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
  
• 1995 -  Richard L. Thomas, Chairman of Board, The First National Bank of Chicago
  
• 1996 -  James W. Compton, President & CEO, Chicago Urban League
  
• 1997 -  Patrick G. Ryan, Chairman & CEO, Aon Corporation
  
• 1998 -  H. Laurance Fuller, Chairman & CEO, Amoco
  
• 1999 -  John McCarter, President & CEO, The Field Museum of Chicago
  
• 2000 -  Elmer W. Johnson, President, The Aspen Institute
  
• 2001 -  William A. Osborn, Chairman & CEO, The Northern Trust Company
  
• 2002 -  Edward A Brennan, Retired Chairman and CEO, Sears Roebuck &
             Company
  
• 2003 -  Donald M. Stewart, President & CEO, Chicago Community Trust
  
• 2004 -  Pamela Strobel, Executive V. P. / Chief Administrative Officer,
             Excelon Corp.
  
• 2005 -  Charles Tribbett III, Managing Partner, Russell Reynolds and Associates
  
• 2006 -  Cameron S. Avery, Bell Boyd & Lloyd
  
• 2007 -  H. Hill Hammock, Chief Administrative Officer, Chicago Public Schools
• 2008 -  Anne M. Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Justice 
• 2009 -  Rick Waddell, President & CEO, Northern Trust
• 2010 -  Anne Pramaggiore, President & COO, ComEd

Keynote Speakers

• 1964 -  Herbert V. Prochnow, President, First National Bank of Chicago
  
• 1965 -  Judge Boyd Leedom, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
  
• 1966 -  General Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
  
• 1967 -  Herbert V. Prochnow, President, First National Bank of Chicago
  
• 1968 -  James Roche, Chairman, General Motors Corporation
  
• 1969 -  Unknown
  
• 1970 -  Robert E. Slater, Chairman, John Hancock Insurance Company
  
• 1971 -  Charles Gill, Mayor, Grants Pass, Oregon
  
• 1972 -  Laurence D. Bolling, L. D. Bolling & Son, Oakland, California
  
• 1973 -  Mark O. Hatfield, U. S. Senator, Oregon
  
• 1974 -  Harold E. Hughes, U. S. Senator, Iowa
  
• 1975 -  John J. Rhodes, Minority Leader, U. S. House of Representatives, Arizona
  
• 1976 -  Thomas Phillips, Chairman, Raytheon Corporation
  
• 1977 -  Edmund A. Stephan, Partner, Mayer, Brown & Platt
  
• 1978 -  J. Irwin Miller, Chairman, Cummins Engine
  
• 1979 -  Thomas Landry, Coach, Dallas Cowboys, NFL
  
• 1980 -  Dr. Anthony Campolo, Chairman, Department of Sociology,
             Eastern College
  
• 1981 -  Richard C. Halverson, Chaplain, U. S. Senate
  
• 1982 -  Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, United States of America
  
• 1983 -  James F. Beré, Chairman, Borg Warner Corporation
  
• 1984 -  Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago
  
• 1985 -  Albert W. Quie, Former Governor of Minnesota
  
• 1986 -  William L. Armstrong, U. S. Senator, Colorado
  
• 1987 -  Dr. Armand Nicholi, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  
• 1988 -  Andrew Young, Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia
  
• 1989 -  John Ashcroft, Governor, Missouri
  
• 1990 -  Tom Skinner Tom Skinner Associates, New York, N.Y.
  
• 1991 -  Howard T. Markey, Dean, The John Marshall Law School
  
• 1992 -  Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame
  
• 1993 -  George Gallup, Jr., Chairman, George H. Gallup International Institute
  
• 1994 -  Mike Singletary, Former Chicago Bears Linebacker
  
• 1995 -  Dave Wannestedt, Head Coach, Chicago Bears
  
• 1996 -  Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., Pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church,
             Cleveland
  
• 1997 -  Gary Barnett, Head Football Coach, Northwestern University
  
• 1998 -  Rev. Dr. John M. Buchanan, Senior Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church
  
• 1999 -  Donald Soderquist, Senior Vice Chairman, Wal-Mart Stores
  
• 2000 -  Jack Furst, Partner, Hicks, Muse & Furst, Dallas, Texas
  
• 2001 -  The Rev. Daniel Matthews, Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church Wall
              Street, NYC  
  
• 2002 -  The Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite, Ph.D., President, Chicago
              Theological Serminary
  
• 2003 -  The Rev. Gilbert W. Bowen, Senior Minister, Kenilworth Union
              Church, Kenilworth
  
• 2004 -  Krista Tippet, Creator and Host, Speaking of Faith, from American
              Public Media
  
• 2005 -  Mike Ivers, President, Goodcity, Inc.
  
• 2006 -  Dennis Bakke, President of Imagine Schools, author of “Joy at Work”
  
• 2007 -  Otis Moss III, Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL
• 2008 -  Sherre Z. Hirsch, Rabbi and Author, Los Angeles, CA
• 2009 -  Dr. Eboo Patel, Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith
              Youth Core, Chicago, IL
• 2010 -  Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President, the Interfaith Alliance

Leaders of  Prayer (Since 1995)

• 1995 - Rev. Edward S. Prevost, Rector, Christ Church
  Cyrus Freidheim, Jr., Vice Chair, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
  James S. Crown, Henry Crown & Co.
  Lynn St. James, Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public Schools
  Jose F. Lamas, General Manager, WSNS-TV, Channel 44
• 1996 - H. L. Fuller, Chairman and CEO, Amoco Corporation
  Rev. Christopher Wong, Pastor, St. Therese Chinese Catholic Church
  Sandra P. Guthman, President & CEO, Polk Bros. Foundation
  James J. O'Connor, Chairman & CEO, Unicom Corporation
  Arthur Valesquez, President, Aztec Foods Inc.
• 1997 - Samuel K. Skinner, President, Unicom Corporation
  Ricky Birdsong, Vice President of Community Affairs, Aon Corporation
  Louis B. Susman, Managing Director, Salomon Bros.
  John F. Sandner, Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  Fr. Jack Wall, Pastor, Old St. Patrick's Church
• 1998 - Lester H. McKeever, Jr. , Managing Partner, Washington, Pitman & McKeever
  Sr. Sheila Lyne, RSM, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Health
  Lester Crown, Chairman, Material Service Corporation
  Nancy S. Chen, Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor
  Rev. Douglas J. Brouwer, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Wheaton, IL
• 1999 - John Keller, President, Keller Group, Inc.
  Donna Galluzzo, High School Senior, St. Ignatius College Preparatory School
  Sandra P. Guthman, President & CEO, Polk Bros. Foundation
  Azam Nizamuddin, D’Ancona & Pflaum
  Valerie Jarrett, Executive Vice President, The Habitat Co.
  Rev. Howard Kang, Pastor, True Way Presbyterian Church
• 2000 - The Rev. Cynthia M. Campbell, Ph.D., President, McCormick Theological Sem.
  Nicholas Hill, High School Senior, University of Chicago Lab School
  King Harris, CEO, Pittway Corporation
  Esmail Koushanpour, M.D., Prof. Emeritus, Northwestern University Medical School
  Janet Froetscher, Exec. V.P., The Aspen Institute
  Clare Muñana, Principal, Ancora Associates
• 2001 - Imam Senad Ajic, Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago
  Fr. Bob McLaughlin, Holy Name Cathedral
  Imam Senad Agic
  Rabbi Karyn Kedar
  Rev. Kenneth Smith
• 2002 - The Rev. Monsignor Kenneth Velo
  Rev. Delois Brown-Daniels
  Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus
  The Very Rev. Dimitri Kantzavelos
• 2003 - Jack Guthman, Partner, Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd.
  Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core
  Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly, Senior V.P., Bank One Private Client Services
  Interfaith Youth Core
• 2004 - James J. O’Connor, Retired Chairman, Unicom Corporation
  Kareem Irfan, Chairman, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
  Desiree Rogers, Executive Vice President, Peoples Energy Corporation
  Barbara Levy-Kipper, Chairman, Chas. Levy Company
  Interfaith Youth Core
• 2005 - Rhoda Rosen, Director, Spertus Museum
  John Lahey, Managing Principal, Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz & Associaties
  Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, Chairman, Council of Islamic Organizations Chicago
  Roger Crockett, Chicago Deputy Bureau Manager, BusinessWeek Magazine
  Interfaith Youth Core
• 2006 - Richard A. Devine, Cook County State’s Attorney
  Stephanie A. Neely, Chicago City Treasurer
  Azam Nizamuddin, The Law Office of Azam Nizamuddin
  David B. Weinberg, Judd Enterprises
  Interfaith Youth Core
• 2007 - Opening Prayer & Blessing of Food: David Rudis (Jewish)
  Opening of Program: Shakeela Hassan (Muslim)
  Prayer for Those in Public Service: Maggie Daley (Catholic)
  Closing Prayer: Brenda Russell (Protestant)
  Interfaith Youth Core
• 2008 - Opening Prayer & Blessing of Food: Lewis A. Jordan (Protestant)
  Opening of Program: Alejandro Silva (Roman Catholic)
  Prayer for Those in Public Service: Tariq Malhance (Muslim)
  Closing Prayer: Julie Hamos (Jewish)
  Interfaith Youth Core
• 2009 - Opening Prayer & Blessing of Food: Mike Ivers (Catholic)
  Opening of Program: Tariq Malhance (Muslim)
  Prayer for Those in Public Service: Connie L. Lindsey (Protestant)
  Closing Prayer: Richard S. Hirschhaut (Jewish)
• 2010 - Opening Prayer: Cordell Reed (Protestant)
  Prayer of Peace: Nancy Crown (Jewish)
  Prayer for those in Public Service: Fr Jack Claire (Roman Catholic)
  Closing Prayer: Sherif Soydan (Muslim)
  

 Musicians 

• 1997 - Old St. Patrick’s Church Choir
• 1998 - Wheaton College Women’s Ensemble
  
• 1999 - Harlan Academy Choir 
  
• 2000 - North Park University Choir 
  
• 2001 - Wheaton College Women’s Chorale and the Men’s Glee Club
  
• 2002 - Judson College Choir
  
• 2003 - Chicago Children’s Choir -  Choir Academy Treble Choir
  
• 2004 - Chicago Children’s Choir -  Choir Academy Treble Choir
  
• 2005 - Evanston Township High School Choir
  
• 2006 - Harmony, Hope and Healing, with Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon
  
• 2007 - Harmony, Hope and Healing
• 2008 - Rachel Barton Pine (Violinist)
           - William Buchholtz (Native American Flute)
• 2009 - Steve Suvada (Guitar)
           - Elmhurst College Percussion Ensemble
           - Elmhurst College Saxophone Ensemble
• 2010 - Dr. Ozzie Smith, Jr. (Alto Saxophone)