was also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executive Club of Chicago. Honors and recognition Sandner was conferred the Points of Light Award from President George H. W. Bush, the Horatio Alger Award (1998), the “Living Proof Award” from Rush University Children's Hospital Neurobehavioral Center and was named Man of the Year by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. He was also inducted into the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1995, and honored by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce as Person of the Year in 1996. Sandner was bestowed the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Outstanding American Award in the fall of 2008. Sandner was awarded an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Notre Dame on May 21, 2006. He was honored with an endowed chair "Chicago Mercantile Exchange John F. Sandner in Futures and Options Studies" at Northwestern University J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Roosevelt University and Lincoln College (Illinois). Personal life Sandner met his wife, Carole, while studying at Notre Dame. She worked as a nurse at a hospital in South Bend, Indiana. They were married for 51 years until his death. Together, they adopted eight children. Sandner resided in Lake Bluff, Illinois, during his later years. He died on March 11, 2021, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 79, and suffered a stroke prior to his death. References SpecificBibliography External links Biography of John F. Sandner, Bloomberg Forbes 1941 births 2021 deaths American financial businesspeople American people of Irish descent Businesspeople from Chicago Notre Dame Law School alumni University of Notre Dame Trustees