Accomplishments

Any problem can be solved if one has sufficient determination. ~ Owen L. Coon

Principal Recipients of Grants/Awards from Owen L. Coon Foundation:  1946 - Present

To Northwestern University:
Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholarships, School of Speech (now School of Communication), 1946 - Present.
Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholarships, School of Law, 1947 - 1973.
Owen L. Coon Debate Tournament, 1958 - Present.
Construction of Owen L. Coon Law Library, 1959.
Owen L. Coon Foundation Fellowships in Medicine, 1971 - 1987.
Construction of Owen L. Coon Forum, 1974.
Owen L. Coon Chair in Law, 1974.
Owen L. Coon Chair in Psychiatry (now Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), 1974.
Construction of Owen L. Coon Laser Laboratory, 1979.
Owen L. Coon Professorship in Molecular Biology, 1987.
Owen L. Coon Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1993 - Present.
James A. Rahl/Owen L. Coon Senior Research Program, School of Law, 1997 - Present.
James S. Coon Scholarship Fund, established in 1944 by Owen Coon, supplemented by foundation 1998-2001.
Owen L. Coon Fund for Public Debate, 1998.
Owen L. Coon Professorship in Argumentation and Debate, School of Communication, 2001.

To Evanston Hospital (now Evanston Northwestern Healthcare):
Louise W. Coon Chair of Medicine, 1970.
Construction of Owen L. Coon Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, 1978.
Construction of Owen L. Coon Ocular Diagnostic and Treatment Center, 1981.
Construction of Owen L. Coon Research Center, 1987.
Owen L. Coon Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2003.
North Shore University HealthSystem (formerly Evanston Northwestern Healthcare)
(Owen L. Coon Chair in Family Medicine)(endowed), 2012.

 

Evanston Township High School award/grant
Evanston Township High School Automotive

James S. Coon Scholars

1960-1961 Richard Korpan
1981-1982 Hyung Lee
1982-1983 Hyung Lee
1983-1984 Hyung Lee
1986-1987 William Gray
1987-1988 William Gray
1988-1989 William Gray
1989-1990 William Gray
1996-1997 Mia Gray
1997-1998 Mia Gray
1998-1999 Mia Gray

1971-72
Malcolm R. Robertson, MD, renal diseases
Mervyn J. Weis, MD, medicine
1972-73
William K. Lee, MD, coronary care
Hock Huat Yeoh, MD, clinical medicine
1973-74
Joesph A. Caprini, MD, surgery
Robert M. Craig, MD, medicine
1974-75
Aurthur S. Palmer, MD, surgery
Richard L. Phelps, MD, medicine
1975-76
Alex J. Bart, MD, anesthesia
Charles Drueck, MD, surgery
James E. Fish, MD, medicine
1976-77
Marian F. McNamara, MD, surgery
E. Lee Stock, MD, ophthalmology
1977-78
Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, immunology
Richard F. Kehoe, MD, medicine
John J. McGillen, MD, medicine

1978-79
Paul C. Land, MD, anesthesia
Edward J. Olinger, MD, medicine
1979-80
Sharon L. Dooley, MD obstetrics
Edward J. Olinger, MD, medicine
1980-81
Leo I. Gordon, MD, medicine
Allen M. Samarel, MD, medicine
1981-82.
Linda M. Graham, MD, surgery
Geoffrey M. Zucker, MD, medicine
1982-83
Tom C. Krejcie, MD, anesthesia
Jane N. Winter, MD, medicine
1983-84
Tat-Kin Tsang, MD, medicine
Marilynn C. Frederiksen, MD, obstetrics
1984-85
Kathleen A. Kuhlman, MD
1985-86
David Kamp, MD, Pulmonary Medicine
Robert Reff, MD, Psychiatry

Owen L. Coon Foundation Fellowships In Medicine