Alumni Profiles

Nate Berkus  “The Lord of Décor”
By Cara Jepsen ’86

"Without Lake Forest College, I never would have been in Chicago,” designer Nate Berkus ’94 told the Homecoming convocation audience after receiving an Out-standing Alumni Leadership Award in October 9.  MORE

The Face on the Fountain: Roger F. Wilhelm ’58
By Patty Dowd Schmitz

Roger Wilhem’s ’58 face on one of the two towers of the new Millennium Park Crown Fountain. After smiling, closing their eyes, and puckering their lips, each face "spits" water onto the plaza below.  MORE

Treading from Lake Forest to CFO and Back: James M. Micali ’69
By Patty Dowd Schmitz

When James M. Micali graduated from Lake Forest College in 1969, he had no idea that the French class he had almost failed would be so important to him dozens of years later during his distinguished career at Michelin North America, which is owned by the French-based global tire company, The Michelin Group.  MORE