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Big Ten Club Person Of The Year Award Winners


2008 Barry Alvarez Athletic Director Wisconsin
2007 Bob Chapek President of Walt Disney’s
Buena Vista
Worldwide Home Entertainment
Indiana (BS)
Michigan State (MBA)
Ken Oberg Past President Michigan
2006 Archie Griffin 2 Time Heisman Trophy Winner Ohio State
Richard Wells Past President Ohio State
2005 Drew Brees All Pro Quaterback
San Diego Chargers
Purdue University
2004 Tex Winter Coach Northwestern
Asst. Coach, LA Lakers
Hon. Life Member
2003 Albert Wistert Michigan Life Member
Charles Van Cleve Ohio State Life Member and
Past President 1992
2002 John M. McKinley Wisconsin Life Member and Past
President 1980
2001 Keith Jackson TV Sportscaster Honorary Life Member
2000 John H.B. French CEO
Tournament of Roses
Honorary Life Member
1999 Hayden Fry Head Coach
Iowa
Honorary Life Member
1998 Howard M. Durbin Purdue Life Member and Past
President 1989
1997 Everett B. Laybourne Ohio State Life Member and Past
President 1942
1996 John R. Wooden Purdue Honorary Life Member
1995 James E. Delany Commissioner
Big Ten Conf.
Honorary Life Member
1994 John W. Perry, M.D. Minnesota Life Member and Past
President-1984
1993 Richard L. Beals Michigan State Life Member and Past
President-1965
1992 Russell G. Shoemaker Indiana Life Member and Past
President-1981
1991 Bob Hope Honorary Life Member
1990 William W. Roberts Michigan State Life Member and Past
President–1983
1989 Alex H. Gaal Ohio State Life Member and Past
President–1966
1988 W.L. Ploetz Wisconsin Life Member
1987 Fred W. Soldwedel Northwestern Life Member and Past
President–1978
1985 Mark A. Spitz Indiana Life Member



Bob Chapek

Bob Chapek is the President of Walt Disney’s Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment. He is responsible for the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution of the studio’s Disney, Touchstone, Miramax, Dimension and ABC properties in the home entertainment marketplace.

Bob has led the organization to record-setting performances on titles as diverse as The Lion King, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Finding Nemo, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, as well as dominance of the direct-to-video business through the Disney Video Premieres line of sequels to classic Disney movie franchises.

Bob also has an active role with his graduate school alma mater, Michigan State University, holding two different board positions. Bob holds a B.S. degree from Indiana University (’81) and an M.B.A. from Michigan State University (’84) and resides in Southern California with his wife and three children.




Ken Oberg

Ken Oberg served as club President in 1993. He has run the "Pick the Finish" contest for over a decade. Ken started at the University of Michigan in 1950 and finished in 1957. His time a the U of M was interrupted by 2 years in the U S Army stationed In Straubing Germany. Ken and his wife Lory have a daughter, Kathy, and a 4 year old grandson, Hagen. He is past President of the Sepulveda Mens Golf Club and current President of the Sepulveda Senior Golf Club. He is a member of the PLGA Foundation which sponsors junior golf programs and give scholarships to needy relatives of PLGA members.

Ken was born in Chicago. His family of 4 boys and one girl moved around the country. He attended high school in Grand Rapids, Mich about the time Gerald Ford got elected to Congress. He started at the University of Michigan in 1950 and finished in 1957. His time a the U of M was interrupted by 2 years in the U S Army stationed In Straubing Germany. Ken came to Los Angeles, where he met his wife Lory, in 1959. Lory and Ken have a daughter, Kathy, and a 4 year old grandson, Hagen. Besides golfing several days per week, Ken enjoys taking Hagen to the Zoo, the tar pits, or other local attractions.

Ken worked for Allstate Insurance for 37 years before retiring. He is past President of the Sepulveda Mens Golf Club and current President of the Sepulveda Senior Golf Club. He is a member of the PLGA Foundation which sponsors junior golf programs and give scholarships to needy relatives of PLGA members.




Archie Griffin

President/CEO, The Ohio State University Alumni Association, Inc.; and the NCAA’s Only Two-Time Heisman Trophy Winner.

A native of Columbus, Archie played football and graduated from Eastmoor High School. As a member of the College National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, The Ohio State University Sports Hall of Fame, and the Columbus Public Schools Hall of Fame, Archie has won virtually all the top honors a single athlete could win in college football. He is the only two-time Heisman Trophy recipient (1974 and 1975). Archie holds the NCAA record for running 100 yards (or more) in 33 regular-season games and in 31 consecutive games (bowl games were excluded at the time), as well as for having the most average yards per carry of 6.13. He also ranks fifth among all ball carriers rushing for 5,177 yards.

Probably even more noteworthy, during his entire four year career at O.S.U., Archie was known to be a model student-athlete and received his B.S. Degree in 1976. He has the added distinction of being the first athlete in Ohio State history to have his number retired. In 1976, Archie was a first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals, served as co-captain and played with that franchise for eight years. In April of 1994, he was named associate director of athletics at Ohio State, overseeing 17 sports. On January 1, 2004, he became President and CEO of The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Archie and his wife, Bonita, and family reside in Westerville, Ohio.




Richard Wells

Past President, Big Ten Club. Sadly, Dick passed away unexpectedly on October 9, 2005, from pneumonia and other complications shortly after returning from chairing his fraternity’s (Phi Epsilon Pi) reunion in Columbus.

He grew up and attended high school in Williamson, West Virginia. In 1956 he received his B.S. Degree in Pharmacy from Ohio State. In 1977 he founded and was president of Prescription Health Services, a California firm providing managed-care pharmacy services and promoting generic drugs to reduce client costs. As an alumnus, Dick served his university on various committees and advisory boards, including the National Major Gift Committee, Presidents Club and the Alumni Association (including the O.S.U. Alumni Club of Los Angeles). Dick and his wife, Karol, also established several endowed scholarship funds and the awards from his alma mater are voluminous.

With the Big Ten Club, he likewise served in many capacities including the Golf Committee, Board of Directors, Executive Committee and was President in 1998. Up until his untimely death, he chaired the Membership Roster Committee and maintained the data base for all financial and tax reports. He is greatly missed by us all. We are pleased to dedicate this tribute to him to his wife, Karol, their three daughters: Marla Eby, Caryn Dates and Julie Sobel, and their seven grandchildren.