A heartfelt thank you to our prior year Father of the Year Honorees who continue to serve as exemplary fathers, community leaders, and supporters of the American Diabetes Association. More than 20 million Americans thank you for your dedication in the fight to find a cure for diabetes.
2012 Honorees
Richard Melman, Founder & Chairman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc.
David W. Nelms, Chairman & CEO, Discover Financial Services
Martin H. Nesbitt, President & CEO, TPS Parking Management, LLC
2011 Honorees
Robert L. Parkinson - Chairman & CEO, Baxter International Inc.
William J. Brodsky - Chairman & CEO, CBOE Holdings & Chicago Board Options Exchange
Eric E. Whitaker, MD, MPH - Executive Vice President of Strategic Affiliations & Associate Dean for Community Based Research
2010 Honorees
Tom Cole - Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sidley Austin LLP
Michael Davidson - MD, Executive Medical Director, Radiant Research
Jim Tyree - Chairman & CEO, Mesirow Financial
2009 Honorees
Joseph Ahern - Senior Advisor, 2016 Olympic Committee
Lawrence Domont - MD, Endocrinologist, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Christopher B. Galvin - Chairman, Harrison Street Capital LLC
Michael Ruchim - MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
2008 Honorees
Mehmood Khan, MD - Chief Scientific Officer, Pepsico
Lee M. Rubenstein - Attorny at Law, Law Offices of Lee M. Rubenstein, P.C.
David Smith Oyer, MD, FACE - Associates in Internal Medicine, Ltd., Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine
Hiram Grau - Retired Deputy Superintendent, Chicago Police Department
2007 Honorees
Sam Borek - Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Borek & Goldhirsh
Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Director, University of Chicago Comprehensive Diabetes Center
Don Thompson - President, McDonalds's USA; McDonalds Corporation
Michael P. Sarras, Jr., Ph.D - Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy; Vice President for Research; Dean of The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Rosalind Franklin University
2006 Honorees
David Armstrong,DPM, PhD - Professor of Surgery - Chair of Research and Assistant Dean
Dr. William M. Scholl - College of Podiatric Medicine - Director, Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR)-Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Phil Fuentes - McDonald’s Owner/Operator
John J. Kinsella - President, Kinsella Developments
Honorable Jesse White - Illinois Secretary of State
2005 Honorees
Bruce Bernheim, M.D. - Advocate Medical Group
Honorable Edward M. Burke - Alderman of the 14th Ward and Chairman of the Chicago City Council Committee on Finance
Arcot Dwarakanathan, M.D. - Medical Director, St. James Diabetes Center
Fernando J. Pavon - Vice President, Citibank at Work
