Five to be inducted into Centurion Society at Bradley

Peoria, Illinois...September 24, 2003... Five alumni will be inducted into the Centurion Society during the Founder's Day convocation on October 3 at 10 a.m. in Dingeldine Music Center. Founded in 1982, the Centurion Society honors alumni who have become national or international leaders in their field and recognizes them for achievements in business, public life, and their professions.

Bruce W. Black is a United States bankruptcy judge for the northern district of Illinois and in 2001 was appointed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the seventh circuit to a 14-year term. He received his juris doctorate in 1971 from the University of Illinois College of Law. Previously, he was an associate with Black, Black & Borden and served as Tazewell County assistant state's attorney, state's attorney, circuit judge, and tenth judicial circuit of Illinois chief judge.

Black has served as co-chair of the Illinois Family Violence coordinating council and as a member of state and county bar associations. He has been recognized with a number of awards including the Partners in Peace Award from the Center for Prevention of Abuse, the Human Dignity Award from the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the Justice Benjamin K. Miller Recognition Award from the Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council.

Gary A. Burk is vice chairman and executive vice president of construction for Duke Realty Corporation and president of Duke Construction in Indianapolis. He assisted in the establishment of the construction business and is responsible for directing all Duke Construction services throughout the Midwest and Southeast.

Under Burk's leadership, Duke has received awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction, American Subcontractors Association, and consistently ranks among Engineering News Record's "Top 100 Construction Management Firms" and "Top 400 Contractors."

Burk has presented a number of seminars, written articles for trade publications, and is a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council.

James H. Erickson is vice chancellor emeritus for university advancement at the University of California, Merced, and vice chancellor emeritus at the University of California, Riverside. He is a former assistant to the president, dean of students, and associate provost at Bradley.

He has received a number of awards including the Fulbright Academic Administrator Award from the International Centre for Higher Education, the Citizen of the Year Award in Peoria and Riverside, the Vernon Jordan Humanitarian Award from the National Urban League, the Martin Luther King Visionaries Award, the National Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lambda Chi Alpha, and the Thomas Rivera Lifetime Achievement Award.

Erickson has served as president of the Urban League in two states and has been a member of a number of hospital, bank, and non-profit boards.

Roberta Parks is senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. Previously, she was intergovernmental coordinator for the City of Peoria and associate executive director of the Peoria YWCA.

Parks served as president and founding member of the Women's Fund of the Peoria Area Community Foundation, vice president of Dirksen Congressional Center, and has served as a board member of the Heart of Illinois United Way, Heartland Water Resources Council, Harrison Youth Center/Boys and Girls Club of Peoria, and the Bradley Center for Economic Education.

She has received a number of awards including the Peoria Jaycees Prescott E. Bloom Distinguished Service Award, the Community Award for Excellence in Health Care from the Visiting Nurse Association, and the 1996 YWCA Mother M. Frances Krasse Professions Award.

Charles H. Steiner is an announcer for the New York Yankees on WCBS. Previously, he was an ESPN SportsCenter anchor and play-by-play commentator for major league baseball and served as ESPN's primary boxing reporter.

He was a contributor to ESPN's Emmy Award-winning "Outside the Lines" series and received the Clarion Award for his coverage of the Mike Tyson trial. Steiner was named UPI Best Sportscaster for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in 1981, 1983 and 1985, and was awarded the New York State Broadcasters Association Award for Best Radio Play-by-Play in 1983, 1984, and 1987. He was inducted into the Bradley Hall of Fame in 1995.