In 1975, the Lincoln Academy began its Student Laureate Award Program. Each year an outstanding senior from each of the four-year, degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is awarded a Medallion of Lincoln, a Certificate of Merit, and a small stipend and thereby becomes a Student Laureate.
Student Laureates are chosen by the chief executive officers of their respective institutions, who also serve as Academic Trustees of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Student Laureates are honored for their overall excellence in curricular and co-curricular activities.
Hayley Headley ’24 was honored as a 2022 Student Lincoln Laureate by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois in Springfield, IL at a ceremony that took place on November 4, 2023.
The Lincoln Academy’s Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from four-year, degree-granting institutions of higher learning across the state. In 2023, there were 53 colleges and universities participated in the program.
Previous Lake Forest College recipients:
2023 Hayley Headley
2022 Julian Cano
2021 Mizraim Hernandez
2020 Blessing Uche Okeke
2019 Kgotla “Kotch” Mmopi
2018 Ayesha Quraishi
2017 Jakobi McClellan
2016 Medora Sweet
2015 Ben Labaschin
2014 Akua Agyei
2013 Anali Vargas
2012 Lauren Levinson
2011 Allyson Bain
2010 Linda “Allie” Winkelman
2009 Jaime Perez
2008 Amanda P. Gaulke
2007 David A. Kuriniec
2006 Alexandra M. Hales
2005 Jessica M. Price
2004 Andrew A. Eisen
2003 Bianca N. Bartel
2002 Sharon E. Milroy
2001 Elsabeth Tedros
2000 Clayton J. Stallbaumer
1999 Laura M. Hilstrom
1998 Jackie N. Robinson
1997 David D. Allen
1996 Kelly L. Roberts
1995 Sarah R. Josephson
1994 Tricia N. Lively
1993 Alison E. Freund
1992 Timothy T. State
1991 Hanelle M. Culpepper
1990 Dung Chi Chau
1989 Jason J. Bryn
1988 Brian W. Rieck
1987 Jennifer S. Quinn
1986 Avelino Cortez
1985 Leda S. Warner
1984 Stacy Woldt
1983 Terence P. Sullivan
1982 Sally M. James
1981 Richard L. Hatton
1980 No recipient
1979 Laura M. Picchietti
1978 Katherine J. Amato
1977 No recipient
1976 Ross B. Bricker
1975 Clare F. Bell