Distinguished Service Medallion 1994
JUDITH LIFE IKENBERRY
First Lady of the University (1979-1995) as spouse of Stanley O.
Ikenberry, she served the University in myriad ways. She was a major
source of inspiration to Trustees and may other members of the
University community. The Medallion was awarded to Mrs. Ikenberry at the
University of Illinois Foundation annual meeting on October 14, 1994.
Board of Trustees Minutes
October 14, 1994
AWARD OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES'
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALLION AWARD, 1994
The Trustees’ Distinguished Service Medallion Committee recommends as
the recipient of the Medallion for 1994 the following individual:
Judith Life Ikenberry, First Lady of the University of Illinois. In
addition to her full-time role as president’s wife, Mrs. Ikenberry
travels extensively and works constantly with students, alumni, and
friends of the University. She often speaks on volunteerism in today’s
society. She has contributed to a book on the work of a university
president’s wife entitled “Volunteer or Volunteered.” She has
consistently opened her home, the President’s House, to more than 10,000
guests per year for the past fifteen years. Mrs. Ikenberry serves a a
director of Busey Bank, Urbana, and as a members of the Illinois Council
of the Arts, the Women’s Board of the Field Museum of Chicago, Voices
for Illinois Children Board, Champaign-Urbana Community Schools
Foundation for Educational Excellence, and as Chair of the Executive
Board Partners Council of the Association of American Universities. She
was the recipient of the Prairielands Council of the Boy Scouts of
America Award for Honorary Distinguished Citizen of the Year in 1988.
On motion of all trustees present, as indicated at the beginning of these minutes, this recommendation was approved.