Lasallian Service Award

This award honors an alum for outstanding contributions to the Lasallian spirit and values. This award recognizes individuals who better their professions and communities, those who truly make a difference in our world. Previously this award was named the Religious Service Award.

2023 Recipient: Jim Izzo B'75

Jim Izzo B’75 graduated summa cum laude with a double major in history and political science at Saint Mary’s 50th commencement. While at St. Mary’s he was a member of Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society) and Pi Gamma Mu (International Social Studies Honor Society). He was chosen to represent Saint Mary’s in the 1975 compilation of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. He proudly co-captained the wrestling team and served as president of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He began a 44-year teaching career at Montini High School in Lombard, Il. He served as teacher, student government moderator, class moderator, department chair, alumni moderator, coach, and athletic director before retiring in 2019. Among his awards are Lasallian Educator of the Year in 1994, and Illinois Wrestling Coach of the Year in 1998. He was elected to both Montini’s and the Illinois Wrestling Coaches’ Hall of Fame. He has dedicated his life to serving and providing a Lasallian example to the thousands of young people with whose lives he came into contact.

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Eligibility:

This award honors a degreed alumnus/a of SMUMN for their outstanding contributions to the Lasallian spirit and values. This award recognizes individuals who better their professions and communities and those who truly make a difference in our world.

The awardee must have achieved the following:

Led a faithful life.
Dedicated life to service.
Impacted the community through their work.
Transformed their community and the lives around them through leadership and service.

Past Recipients:

Most Rev. Robert Brom B'60 – 1985	Most Rev. Frederick Freking, DD '34 – 1985	Most Rev. George Speltz, DD B'32 – 1985
Most Rev. Alfred Stemper '34 – 1985	Br. Alphonsus Pluth, FSC B'39 – 1986	Ronald Wilkins B'39 – 1986
Br. Julius Winkler, FSC B'36 – 1986	Rev. Daniel Corcoran '37 – 1987	Br. Leonard Courtney, Ph.D., FSC B'37 – 1987
Msgr. J. Richard Feiten '45 - 1988	Br. Theodore Drahmann, FSC B'49 – 1989	Br. James Gaffney, FSC B'64 – 1989
Br. John Grover, FSC B'65 – 1990	Br. I. Ambrose Trusk, FSC B'43 – 1990	Rev. James Barnett '60 – 1991
Br. James Miller, FSC B'66, M'74 – 1991	Rev. James Russell B'56 – 1991	Fr. Andrew C. Fabian, OP – 1992
Br. I. Basil Rothweiler, FSC B'38 – 1993	Br. Terence McLaughlin, FSC B'44 – 1994	Br. Martin Spellman, FSC B'54 – 1994
Br. Richard Gerlach, FSC B'35 – 1995	Br. George Pahl, FSC B'36 – 1996	Br. Raymond Long, FSC '43 – 1996
Rev. Paul Nelson B'57 – 1997	Dennis L. Nigon '68 – 1998	Fr. Kenneth Thesing, MM '64 – 1999
Br. J. Francis Walsh, FSC, B'45 – 2000	Br. Gordon Hannon, FSC B'86 – 2001	Br. Norman Wray, FSC B'46 – 2001
Fr. Paul R. Wierichs, CP B‘74 – 2002	Rev. Robert Botthof, OP B'50 – 2003	Stephen Judd B'53 – 2004
Br. Dominic Ehrmantraut, FSC B'67 – 2005	Br. Louis Rodemann, FSC B'61 – 2006	Br. Paul Grass, FSC B'57, M'62 – 2007
Hugh Downey '62 – 2008	Msgr. Roy E. Literski '49 – 2009	Christine (Coglianese) Collins B'93 – 2010
James Cunningham '49 – 2010	James B'91 & Molly (Crosby) B'91 Cave – 2011	Mary Lou (Black) Scheid B’76 – 2011
Barbara (Mulvey) McQuillan B’76 – 2016	Giles Wilborn B'61, M'66 - 2017	Sarah (Bellingham) Laitinen B'07 - 2018
Al Peters B'74 - 2019	Dr. Susan (Orlowski) Paul Caulfield B'80 - 2021	Jennifer (Lawrence) Nelson B'04 - 2021
Sarah Jane (Engle) Maher B'07-2022