| James C. Tyree | 2007 to 2009 | Chairman and CEO | Mesirow Financial |
| Robert A. Wislow | 2005 to 2007 | Chairman and CEO | U.S. Equities Realty, LLC |
| Robert W. Crawford, Jr. | 2003 to 2005 | Chairman and CEO | Brook Furniture Rental, Inc. |
| John Rau | 2001 to 2003 | Chairman | Chicago Title & Trust Company Foundation |
| Norman R. Bobins | 1999 to 2001 | Chairman, President & CEO | LaSalle Bank |
| Ronald J. Gidwitz | 1996 to 1999 | Chairman | Helene Curtis |
| Terry L. Lengfelder | 1994 to 1995 | Managing Partner | Arthur Andersen LLP |
| James J. O'Connor | 1990 to 1993 | Chairman & CEO | Unicom Corp. / Commonwealth Edison |
| James J. McDonough | 1988 to 1989 | President & CEO | McDonough Associates, Inc. |
| Kenneth L. Block | 1985 to 1987 | | Inland Steel |
| Clayton K. Yeutter | 1983 to 1984 | President & CEO | Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| E. Stanley Enlund | 1979 to 1982 | Of Council | Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd. |
| Donald Erickson | 1974 to 1976 | Chairman of the Board | Arthur Andersen & Co. |
| Frank W. Considine | 1977 to 1978 | Chairman, President & CEO | National Can Co. |
| C. Virgil Martin | 1972 to 1973 | Chairman & CEO | Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. |
| John D. Gray | 1970 to 1971 | Chairman | Hart Scaffner & Marx |
| Maynard P. Venema | 1968 to 1969 | Chairman & CEO | Universal Oil Products Co. |
| Thomas G. Ayers | 1966 to 1967 | President | Commonwealth Edison Company |
| Herbert V. Prochnow | 1964 to 1965 | President | First National Bank of Chicago |
| Edward C. Logelin | 1962 to 1963 | Vice President | United States Steel Corp. |
| James E. Rutherford | 1961 | Vice President | The Prudential Insurance Company |
| Paul W. Goodrich | 1959 to 1960 | President | Chicago Title & Trust Co. |
| Joseph L. Block | 1957 to 1958 | President | Inland Steel Co. |
| John W. Evers | 1955 to 1956 | President | Commonwealth Edison Co. |
| Arthur T. Leonard | 1953 to 1954 | President | City National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago |
| Guy E. Reed | 1951 to 1952 | Vice President | Harris Trust & Savings Bank |
| Harvey G. Ellerd | 1949 to 1950 | Vice President | Armour & Co. |
| Wilfred Sykes | 1947 to 1948 | President | Inland Steel Co. |
| Thomas B. Freeman | 1945 to 1946 | | Butler Brothers |
| Holman D. Pettibone | 1943 to 1944 | | Chicago Title & Trust Co. |
| A.H. Mellinger | 1941 to 1942 | President | Illinois Bell Telephone Co. |
| Oscar G. Mayer | 1938 to 1940 | President | Oscar Mayer & Co., Inc. |
| C.L. Rice | 1936 to 1937 | Vice President | Western Electric Co. |
| George W. Young | 1934 to 1935 | Vice President | Marshall Field & Co. |
| George W. Rosetter | 1932 to 1933 | Partner | George W. Rosetter Co. |
| Robert Isham Randolph | 1930 to 1931 | Partner | Randolph-Perkins |
| Charles Ward Seabury | 1929 (10/1 - 12/31) | Partner | Marsh & McLennen |
| Frank F. Winans | 1929 (1/1 - 9/30) | Vice President | National City Co. |
| William R. Dawes | 1924 to 1928 | Vice President | Central Trust Co. of Illinois |
| Judson F. Stone | 1923 | | McCormick Estates |
| Edward E. Gore | 1922 | Partner | Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Co. |
| Joseph R. Noel | 1921 | President | Noel State Bank |
| Wyllys W. Baird | 1920 | Partner | Baird & Warner |
| Harry H. Merrick | 1919 | Vice President | Central Trust Co. of Illinois |
| Lucius Teter | 1918 | President | Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co. |
| John W. O'Leary | 1916 to 1917 | President | Arthur J. O'Leary & Sons Co. |
| Charles L. Dering | 1915 | President | S.C. Schenck Co. |
| Joseph H. Defrees | 1914 | Partner | Defrees, Buckingham & Eaton |
| Howard Elting | 1913 | President | Adams & Elting Co. |
| E. U. Kimbark | 1912 | President | Paper Mills Co. |
| Harry A. Wheeler | 1911 | | Union Trust Co. |
| Homer A. Stillwell | 1910 | President | Butler Brothers |
| Edward M. Skinner | 1909 | President | Wilson Brothers |
| Richard C. Hall | 1908 | Representative | United States Rubber Co. |
| David R. Forgan | 1906 to 1907 | President | National City Bank of Chicago |
| John G. Shedd | 1905 | President | Marshall Field & Co. |
