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Photo: Dennis J. Keller
2011 Honoree
Dennis J. Keller 1963
A National Merit Scholar, Dennis Keller earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton in 1963. After a year playing freshman football, an injury his sophomore year at varsity camp ended Dennis's college football career.
From Princeton, Dennis went on to receive his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1968, where he was a Graduate School of Business Fellow. He then worked for the Communications Division of Motorola Inc., and the Education Group of the Bell & Howell Company. In 1973, he left Bell & Howell to co-found the Keller Graduate School of Management. In 1987, Keller Graduate School acquired the assets of DeVry, Inc., the holding company for the DeVry Institutes of Technology. Renamed DeVry Inc., the combined company completed an initial public offering in 1991. Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DV. Dennis served as CEO until 2004 and Chairman until his retirement in 2008. Currently, he is Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor of DeVry Inc. and DeVry University Inc.
Dennis is a member of the Boards of Trustees of the University of Chicago and Princeton University; and a Director of Nicor Inc. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African Wildlife Foundation, Vice Chairman of the Chicago Zoological Society at Brookfield Zoo, and a Trustee of the Mpala Wildlife Foundation. He also serves as a Trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation. Among his other philanthropic activities, Dennis and his wife, Constance Templeton Keller, endowed Princeton's Center for Innovation in Engineering Education in 2008.
A resident of Oak Brook, Illinois, Dennis and his wife have three sons and six grandchildren.
2009 Honoree
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Don is a US businessman and politician who served as Defense Secretary to two presidents. At Princeton, he was an accomplished amateur wrestler and a member of the Lightweight Football team, playing defensive back. Following graduation, Don served in the US Navy, eventually retiring with the rank of Captain in 1989. Over next six decades, Don has compiled a distinguished career in public service. As Defense Secretary under President George W. Bush, he led the military planning and execution of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Since leaving the Bush administration, Don has served as a member of the National Academy of Public Administration, a member of the boards of trustees of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the National Park Foundation, and as Chairman of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.
2007 Honoree
Redmond C.S. Finney
A natural athlete, Red graduated from the Gilman School and enrolled at Princeton, again excelling in three sports—football, wrestling, and lacrosse—ultimately playing on the undefeated 1950 team.  He earned a B.A. in Religion from Princeton in 1951, entered the U.S. Navy - Amphibious Corps, and served in Korea.  Returning to the Gilman School in 1954, Red taught a variety of subjects; coached football, wrestling, and lacrosse; and also earned a Master's in Education from Harvard Graduate School (attending summer sessions).  In 1968, Red was appointed Headmaster of the Gilman School, where he served until his retirement in 1992.  He served as an Alumni Trustee at Princeton in the early 1970s and is involved currently with a number of Baltimore educational organizations.
2005 Honoree
Hon. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Bob captained his freshman football team at Princeton, and was elected Co-Captain of the team in his senior year before a knee injury ended his football career. Mentored by Red Finney as well as Bob Casciola, he attended law school following graduation from Princeton. After working his way up to Of Counsel in a Baltimore law firm, Bob made his entrance into public service in November 1986 and served as the Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007.
2003 Honoree
George P. Shultz
George Shultz has served Presidents of the United States in four different cabinet posts, lastly as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan. He was a professor for close to ten years at M.I.T. (from which he received his Ph.D. in Industrial Economics), and later was the Dean of the Business School at the University of Chicago. He currently serves as Director and Senior Counselor of the Bechtel Group, and also is a Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He played as a running back in his freshman and junior years, and served as an assistant coach in charge of running backs for the freshman team.
2001 Honoree
John F. McGillicuddy
During an illustrious banking career, John served over time as either the president or chairman of a major money center banking institution, 15 of those years as Chief Executive Officer of Chemical Banking Corporation. He has served on numerous boards, including that of UAL Corporation, USX Corporation, among others. John lettered in football as a defensive halfback for two seasons, where he set a record for number of punts returned.