Distinguished Citizens

Below is a list of people who have received the Distinguished Citizens award from the Illinois Saint Andrew Society.

1964             William Blackie, James B. Forgan, Jr., James G. McMillan, Hugh Robertson, R. Douglas Stuart

1965             Chief Judge William Campbell, John T. Pirie, D. W. Maxwell

1966             David M. Kennedy, Dr. J. Roscoe Miller

1967             Hughston McBain of McBain

1968             Fairfax M. Cone, Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie

1969             Lawrence A. Kimpton

1970             Foster Glendale McGaw

1971              Arthur MacDougal Wood

1972             Angus John Ray

1973             William B. Graham

1974             Angus Macdonald

1975             Dr. James Allan Campbell, The Hon. Edward Hirsch Levi

1976             Judge Thomas Roberts McMillen, William Wood-Prince

1977              Clayton Kirkpatrick

1978             Daniel Miller MacMaster

1979             James R. Munro

1980             William Harrison Fetridge

1981             Thomas G. Ayres

1982             Robert E. McMillan

1983             Harold Byron Smith, Jr.

1984             Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

1985             Stanton R. Cook

1986             Frederick G. Jaicks

1987             Bryan S. Reid, Jr.

1988             Silas Strawn Cathcart

1989             Kingman Douglass

1990             Dr. Robert E. J. Snyder

1991              Johnny “Red” Kerr

1992             S. Jay Stewart

1993             Andrew Thomson, M.D.

1994-95      Dawn Clark Netsch, William H. Alexander

1996             Calvin A. Campbell, E. Wayne Rethford

1997             Rev. John M. Buchanan

1998             John W. Cruikshank III

1999             The Hon. William J. Bauer

2001            Richard H. McKay

2002            Prof. Tony Jones (President Glasgow School of Art & School of Art Institute Chicago)

2003            Governor James R. Thompson (Governor of Illinois)

2004            David Stenhouse (BBC Scotland)

2005            Thomas J. Campbell (California Congressman, Stanford Law School)

2006            Alfred McDougal (Chicago Philanthropist)

2007            Barry MacLean (Chairman, MacLean Fogg)

2008            Arne Duncan (US Secretary for Education)

2009            Azeem Ibrahim (Scottish born philanthropist)

2010            Rachel Barton Pine (violinist)

2011            Charlie Trotter (Chef)

2012            Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart (Nobel Laureate Nanotechnologist)

2013            Robert Crawford (Chairman, Brook Furniture Rental)

2014            Calum MacLeod (Fourth Presbyterian Church & St Giles Cathedral)

2015            Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks) & Edward Luce (US Editor, Financial Times)

2016             Alan Cramb (President, Illinois Institute of Technology)

2017             Andy Scott (Sculptor)

2018             Alex Gourlay (Chief Operating Officer, Walgreens-Boots Alliance)

2019             Dan Casey (Founder, Sterling Engineering) & Bethany McLean (Author, Journalist and Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair)

2020             Peter Georgeson (Owner, Scot Forge)

2021             James L. Alexander (Attorney & Philanthropic Leader)

2022            Richard W. Colburn (President, The Negaunee Foundation)

2023           George Buik, Donald Buik & James Buik (The Roscoe Company)