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Carla A. Knorowski, Ph.D. is the founder and executive director
of the Thirteen-Fifty Foundation. She has over 19 years of
administrative experience in the nonprofit sector. In addition
to her duties with the Thirteen-Fifty Foundation, Dr. Knorowski
currently serves as associate dean for development and external
affairs and director of advancement for the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC). Dr. Knorowski served as associate chancellor for alumni
relations for the University of Illinois at Chicago campus
and vice president for alumni relations for the University
of Illinois Alumni Association, a membership organization
serving over 120,000 constituents throughout the world.
Named a Daily
Point of Light by the Points of Light Foundation in 2003
and a White House Fellows regional finalist in 2002, Dr. Knorowski
is a longstanding member of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals (AFP). An alumna of the Harvard University Institutes
for Higher Education management leadership program, Dr. Knorowski
serves on the board of Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House
and has served on the board of directors of the Illinois Fatherhood
Initiative and Madonna High School and the board of trustees
of Holy Cross High School in River Grove, IL. A former member
of the Chicago Community Trust’s Young Leaders Group,
she is the recipient of the Madonna High School St. Francis
Medal of Honor, for volunteer service, and the UIC Chancellor’s
Academic Professional Excellence Award for achievements in
her profession. A member of the Lake View Citizens group,
she serves as a judge of election for the Chicago Board of
Election Commissioners, as well as, a judge for The American
Legion oratorical competition. Also, Dr. Knorowski is a member
of the Illinois Connection, an alumni advocacy group for the
University of Illinois and a life member of its Alumni Association,
as well as a member of The Presidents’ Council for her
philanthropic giving to the University of Illinois Foundation.
Dr. Knorowski holds Bachelor’s and Master’s of Arts
Degrees in communication from the University of Illinois at
Chicago and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis in political
science also from UIC. A member of the American Political
Science Association (APSA), her research has been presented
most recently at the 2001 national meeting. She is currently
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The Thirteen-Fifty Foundation is honored and privileged to
have Robert V. Remini as its honorary historian. Named the
Distinguished Visiting Scholar in American
History at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress,
world-renowned historian, Robert V. Remini is the United States'
foremost Jacksonian scholar. The author of more than 20 books,
he received the prestigious National Book Award for nonfiction
for his single volume biography of Andrew Jackson. He was
selected by President George Bush in 1991 to speak at the
White House as part of the Presidential Lecture Series on
the Presidency and has been invited by President George W.
Bush as well. A multi-award-winning biographer and historian,
Professor Remini has written about the lives of such notable
American statesmen as Daniel Webster, Martin Van Buren, and
Henry Clay. His biography on Clay was named, "Biography
of the Year" by the Society of Midland Authors. For his
efforts, Remini was named to the Honorable Order of Kentucky
Colonels, having been commissioned by then Kentucky Governor
Brereton C. Jones. Other commissioned colonels include Lyndon
B. Johnson, Winston Churchill and John Glenn. The recipient
of a number of honorary degrees and the holder of many endowed
chairs, Professor Remini studied with the famed Jefferson
biographer, Dumas Malone and is a graduate of Fordham and
Columbia Universities. He is currently professor emeritus
and historian at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In
addition to his abilities as a prolific writer and historian,
Professor Remini is a much sought after speaker and is hailed
for his ability to make history "come alive." As
the Thirteen-Fifty Foundation honorary historian, he gave
the keynote address, What So Proudly We Hail at the
foundation’s inaugural event in 2001 and is a contributor
to its newsletter, The Patriot Press.
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