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Uni recognizes two outstanding alumni each year: one with the Max Beberman Distinguished Alumni Award and another with The Rising Star Alumni Award. Nominations are accepted throughout the year.
Max Beberman Award Winners 1985-1990
- 1985: Benjamin Bailar
- 1986: Richard M. Noyes
- 1987: Victoria Garrett
- 1988: Judge Mary Schroder
- 1989: George Frampton Jr.
- 1990: Marjorie G. Bardeen
- 1991: John C. Bailar
- 1992: Jane Hays
- 1993: Victor Rabinowitch
- 1994: Patricia Veach Wilder
- 1995: Frederick Marx
- 1996: Philip M. Faucett
- 1997: Max Harnish & his Parents
- 1998: Iris Chang
- 1999: Hamilton O. Smith
- 2000: Mary E. Jones Clark
- 2001: Terry Truitt Whitcomb
- 2002: Dr. James Tobin
- 2003: Rebecca Ayars Baker
- 2004: Jack Wills
- 2005: Thomas Clark Shedd
- 2006: Peter N. Stearns
- 2007: Rebecca Lynn Weisel Wachtel
- 2008: Frank H. Finch
- 2009: Allen Tien
- 2010: Richard Lazarus
- 2011: Dr. John Finch
- 2012: Glenn M. Blair Jr.
- 2013: Nancy Roberts
- 2014: Shirley Marco Kulwin
- 2015: W. Ford Doolittle
- 2016: Alexander Rabinowitch
- 2017: Richard Newmark
- 2018: Janet Dobrovolny
- 2019: Noel Salinger
- 2021: David Frankel
- 2022: Kimberly Clausing
- 2023: Paul E. Debevec
- 2024: Fabio Gratton
Past Rising Star recipients
- 2025 Rising Star: Elizabeth Reese, Uni Class of 2007
- 2024 Rising Star: Balázs Bognár, Uni Class of 1996
- 2023 Rising Star: Vilas Dhar, Uni Class of 2000
- 2022 Rising Star: Daniel Grossman, Uni Class of 1999
- 2021 Rising Star: Phillip Maurice Lewis Owens Nesbitt Rowell II, Uni Class of 2000
- 2020 Rising Star: Melinda Taub, Uni Class of 2001
- 2019 Rising Star: Dr. Scott Solomon, Uni Class of 1996
- 2018 Rising Star: Helen Estabrook, Uni Class of 1999
- 2017 Rising Star: Jeremy Hobson, Uni Class of 1999
Max Beberman Distinguished Alumni Award
The Max Beberman Distinguished Alumni Award has been awarded since 1985 to recognize alumni who have enhanced the reputation of the school by distinguishing themselves in their careers and who have made significant contributions through professional service, public service, and civic activities, or in their service to Uni High. The Beberman family has established a memorial fund to support the expenses associated with this award.
Rising Star Alumni Award
The Rising Star Alumni Award is presented by the University of Illinois Laboratory High School to honor alumni of distinction. The award was founded in 2017 to recognize alumni, earlier in their life and career, who have enhanced the reputation of the school by distinguishing themselves in their careers, and have made significant contributions to their community, state, and nation through professional service, public service and civic activities, or in their service to Uni High.