Lucy Sloan (Carbondale)
Immediate Past-President
In February 2005, Lucy Sloan was unanimously elected by the Board of Governors
as the President of the Illinois Lincoln Excellence in Public Service Series.
She was the third president of the Series.
Lucy’s involvement in Public service and
politics is rooted in her career as an elementary school
teacher. From 1998-1999 she served as an appointee of Governor
Jim Edgar to the Status of Women in Education Working Group.
1n 1993, Lucy was appointed by Edgar to the
Illinois Board of higher Education. During her tenure on the
Board she has served as Chair of the Budget Committee and is
currently the Vice Chair. In 1998 she worked with the Board and
staff to coordinate the $2.5 billion budget for the state’s 9
public universities and 48 community colleges.
Lucy is past president of the John A. Logan
College Foundation were she helped lead the college’s first $2.5
million capital campaign.
She currently serves on the Paul Simon
Public Policy Institute Board of Councilors at Southern Illinois
University;
Illinois Board of Higher Education;
a member of the Rotary Club of Carbondale; a member of the
Jackson County Federation of Republican Women; and a
Paul Harris Fellow. From 1993—1998 she served as a Republican
precinct committeewoman in the town of Herrin, in Williamson
County.
Sloan’s dedication to education and public
service has been recognized by various educational institutions
including the 2001 Certificate of Merit from the Illinois
Community College Trustees Association. In addition, she is the
first recipient of DePauw University’s Alumni Award in
Citizenship and Volunteer Service.
A Carbondale native, Lucy is the widow of
David L. Sloan, M.D. The couple made their home in Herrin where
they owned a medical service corporation that operated a private
CT imaging facility and provided radiology service to Herrin
Hospital. She helped establish the Herrin Hospital Auxiliary.
Lucy continues to reside in Carbondale.
Following in their grandfather’s and father’s footsteps,
daughter Kirstin is a
house physician
at Milwaukee Children's Hospital,
and her son Erik is an emergency room physician
at Central Dupage
County Hospital. Lucy is the proud grandmother to Hanna, Sophie and
Katherine.
