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Lincoln College alumni reunion award
winners
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[APRIL
29, 2006]
The alumni relations office of Lincoln College
has named Bob Morris of Normal and John Guzzardo of Lincoln as this
year's alumni reunion award winners. The Alumni Achievement Award
went to Bob Morris, and John Guzzardo was named as a Lincoln College
Honorary Alumni member.
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Morris graduated from Lincoln College in 1972 and continued his
education at Western Illinois University, where he earned a degree
in education. He started his coaching career at Northern Illinois
University, where he was an assistant for the legendary coach John
McDougal. His first head coaching position was at University High in
Normal, where his teams won two conference championships. In 1989,
he achieved a dream of coaching at the Division I level, when he
joined the staff of the Illinois State men's basketball program as
an assistant. With his guidance, the Redbirds won three Missouri
Valley Conference championships and made a first-round appearance in
the NCAA tournament.
He later joined the WJBC radio broadcast team and provided color
analysis for the Redbird games. Morris and his play-by-play partner,
Dick Luedke, were awarded the Silver Dome Award from the Illinois
Broadcasters Association as the outstanding broadcast team in
collegiate basketball.
Morris had a career record of 147 wins and 59 losses and was
twice awarded the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Coach of
the Year Award.
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John Guzzardo is a native of Lincoln, where for the past three
generations he and his family have owned and operated Guzzardo's
Italian Villa restaurant, which his father started in 1957.
Guzzardo has dedicated a majority of his life to public service.
He was first elected to the Lincoln Elementary School board, then
served as a Lincoln alderman and eight years as Lincoln's mayor.
During this time he also served as an elder for the Lincoln
Christian Church. Guzzardo is a former vice president and member of
the executive committee of the Illinois Municipal League and was the
recipient of the Illinois Reaches Out Award, a statewide volunteer
recognition program. He continues to devote himself to the
betterment of the community and has served for the past two years as
the chairman of the American Cancer Society's annual Relay For Life,
which continues to help cancer victims and survivors.
Morris and Guzzardo will be recognized at the Lincoln College
alumni reunion program on Saturday in the Meyer-Evans Student
Center.
[Lincoln
College news release]
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