A process of recognizing our department's outstanding alums was started in 1983. Our department's many efforts and achievements are supported by our alums. The Accountancy alums were selected based on:
The names of our Outstanding Accountancy Alumni are presented along with the professional positions they held at the time of their selection.
1983-1984
Dennis R. Mogenson
Partner, Arthur Andersen, LLP
1984-1985
Lloyd A. Byerhof
Partner, KPMG, LLP
1985-1986
Gerald J. Kuhn
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
1986-1987
Eileen P. Scudder
Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
1987-1988
Gaylen N. Larson
CFO, Household International
1988-1989
Peter Jokiel
VP & CFO, CNA Insurance Companies
Mural (Joe) J. Josephson
Partner, KPMG, LLP
1989-1990
Kenneth W. Banet
Partner, Grant Thornton, LLP
William Cernugel
VP & Controller, Alberto-Culver Co.
1990-1991
Ronald L. Merriman
Partner, KPMG, LLP
Charles L. Wallace
Vice President, Ameritech
1991-1992
Dean T. DuCray
President & CEO, Technical Oil Tool Corp.
Sharon M. Peterson
VP & Controller, Lake Shore National Bank
1992-1993
Herb Eldean
Entrepreneur, Eldean Marina & Yacht Sales
Roger R. Nelson
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
1993-1994
Patrick (Rick) Disney
Partner, Arthur Andersen, LLP
Robert C. Johnson
President, National Bank & Trust of Sycamore
1994-1995
Thomas G. Merritt
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
1995-1996
Robert Der
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Laurence P. Wagener
Controller, Panduit Corp.
1996-1997
Kenneth B. Louderback
Partner, Arthur Andersen, LLP
James R. White
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, Square D Company
1997-1998
David J. Fatina
President, Financial Network Alliance of Household Int'l, Inc.
Gary Lee Longman
Partner, KPMG, LLP
1998-1999
Michael A. Cullen
President, National Bank & Trust of Sycamore
David L. Holman
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
1999-2000
Robert T. Singleton, Jr.
Partner, KPMG, LLP
William E. Tayler
Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
2000-2001
Craig Funkhouser
Partner, Crowe Chizek
James A. Hendricks
Emeritus Professor, NIU
Michael S. Joseph
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
2001-2002
Ronald A. Ballschmiede
Partner, Arthur Andersen, LLP
John R. Owings
Sr. VP & Director of Finance, Motorola
2002-2003
Ernest Iannotta
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Michael G. Strachan
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
2003-2004
Donald M. Coglianese
Partner, KPMG, LLP
Monica Sabo
Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
2004-2005
Howard Blumstein
Partner, BDO Seidman, LLP
Gary L. Burge
CFO, Huron Consulting Group
Michael D. Giese
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
2005-2006
Michael R. Brown
Director of Financial Compliance and Internal Controls, Baxter International
Joseph A. DeSplinter
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Adam S. Regelbrugge
Partner, Deloitte
2006-2007
Dean Stieber
Partner, KPMG (Chicago)
Sally Webber
HSBC Professor of Accountancy, NIU
Steve Young
Managing Director, Huron Consulting
In addition to the Outstanding Accountancy Alumni, the department also has a Young Alum Award. In 1995, a Young Alum Award was added in order to recognize recent alumni who are achieving professional successes, and who are providing essential support for many activities of our department.
1995-1996
Lorrie Zogg-Stork
CFO, Duff & Phelps, LLC
1997-1998
Jody Lyn Taylor
Controller, Racing Champions, Inc.
1998-1999
Julie Hansberry
Controller, Elco Textron Company
2000-2001
Mark A. Kramer
Director of Finance-National Account Solutions, Alliant Food Service
2001-2002
Lance J. Smith
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
2002-2003
Jeffrey J. Johnson
FASB Professional Fellow
2003-2004
James F. Wong
President, Garelli, Wong & Associates
2004-2005
Julie B. Sassano
National Director-Campus Recruiting Operations, KPMG, LLP
2005-2006
Matthew E. Garling
Senior Manager, Protiviti
2006-2007
Robert V. McGann
Group CFO - Leveraged Credit, Guggenheim Partners