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Roberta Buffett Elliott, Chris Galvin and Charles S. Modlin Jr. will receive the Northwestern Alumni Medal, the University announced Tuesday. The medal, which is NU Alumni Association’s highest honor, recognizes former NU students who make a “transformative” impact on their fields, volunteer service, society or the University. Approximately 100 alumni have received the medal since.
Newton Minow (Communication ’49, Pritzker ’50), a Northwestern trustee and the Walter Annenberg Professor Emeritus, died Saturday at age 97. Minow, who received the Northwestern Alumni Medal in 1978, joined the Board of Trustees in 1975 and became a life trustee in 1987. “We mourn the loss of Newt, who was a beloved member of.
Northwestern University trustee, alumnus and benefactor Louis A. Simpson passed away on Jan. 8, 2022, following a prolonged illness. He was 85. Known across campus as a great and generous friend of Northwestern, Simpson and his wife, Kimberly Querrey, have supported the University in countless ways for the past two decades, including a $92 million gift in 2015 for biomedical research.