New Trier to Honor 10 Alums For Outstanding Achievement

New Trier Township High School has selected 10 graduates to join the school’s third annual Alumni Hall of Honor.

New Trier Township High School has selected 10 outstanding alumni for its third annual Alumni Hall of Honor, among the honorees include the CEO of Boeing Company, founder and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and a top executive with CNN, Chicago Tribune reported.  Here’s the list of honorees according to Chicago Tribune: Past alumni that were inducted into the Alumni Hall of Honor include Donald Rumsfeld, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.  Many New Trier alumni and students were enraged when Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense, was included in the first group of alumni honorees in 2010.  Related Coverage 

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New Trier Honors Alums Donald Rumsfeld, Rainn Wilson, Christie Hefner and More

New Trier hosted seven of its 10 honorees for the school's first alumni award ceremony Tuesday evening.

Parents, friends and members of the community gathered Tuesday night at the Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield to honor 10 former New Trier High School alumni at the school's first Alumni Achievement Awards dinner.  Honorees included former Playboy Enterprises CEO and philanthropist Christie Hefner, former Nielsen Company CEO and philanthropist Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., Nobel Prize-winning physicist Jack Steinberger, former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Emmy-nominated actor Rainn Wilson, cancer researcher Todd Golub, Illinois Holocaust Museum founder Sam Harris, modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin, blindness researcher and adventurer Geoffrey Tabin and former U.S. Ambassador Richard Williamson. Approximately 90 alumni were …

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Donald Rumsfeld Deserves New Trier Honor

Wilmette resident, Eva Sorock, tells Patch why Donald Rumsfeld deserves the New Trier honor.

“If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much,” Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is being honored today with a Distinguished Alumni Award by the New Trier High School Education Foundation. It seems a fitting moment to assess the legacy of Rumsfeld’s 50-year career in public service and his lifelong leadership in promoting freedom, both in this country and throughout the world. The North Shore community, here in northern Illinois, can be proud that his distinguished career had its start in local public schools and at New Trier High School. Donald Rumsfeld was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1962, at age 30, representing the 13th Congressional district (now the 10th). He held cabinet positions in the Nixon and …

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New Trier Alumni, Students Enraged at Rumsfeld's Honor

Alumni and current students have circulated petitions calling for the school to rescind the honor while the school sticks to their list.

New Trier Township High School officials are encouraging alumni and students to look at the big picture when it comes to evaluating the careers of its alumni honorees. Since New Trier announced the first group of alumni honorees for its new Hall of Honor Dec. 1, many New Trier alumni have expressed anger, frustration and disagreement at the inclusion of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Hundreds have signed online petitions calling for Rumsfeld's removal from the list. Michelle Komie, a 1993 graduate, began an online petition with friends from New Trier because the news was "stunning," she said. "The alumni whom I know and am in touch with are extraordinary people and have done everything from managing needle exchange programs …

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Donald Rumsfeld, Rainn Wilson Among New Trier Alumni Honorees

Ten outstanding New Trier alumni will be honored and inducted into a new Hall of Honor at the school at a ceremony in March.

New Trier Township High School has selected 10 outstanding alumni for its first-ever Alumni Achievement Awards and induction into a new Hall of Honor at the school. The honorees are: Todd Golub '81, Anna Halprin '38, Sam Harris '54, Christie Hefner '70, Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. '37, Donald Rumsfeld '50, Jack Steinberger '38, Geoffrey Tabin '74, Richard Williamson '67 and Rainn Wilson '84. See the attached PDF for a list of biographies. "These extraordinary alumni truly are a testament to the quality and character of New Trier's graduates," said Linda Yonke, New Trier District 203 superintendent. "It was difficult to narrow the field of nominees, but ultimately, these first inductees were chosen for lives and careers spent upholding the New …

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