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0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November, 2006

ITW's Farrell named Burnham recipient GLENVIEW - W. James Farrell, retired chairman of Illinois Took Works Inc., was honored this week with the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's 15th Daniel H. Burnham Award, which recognizes civic leaders who "shape the city that has yet to be." Farrell serves on the boards of 3M, Abbott, Allstate and UAL Corp., and his many affiliations include Northwestern trustee, Junior Achievement of Chicago chairman and director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.

During his 41-year tenure at ITW, Farrell held the posts of chairman, president and CEO. Fort Dearborn eyes New York market ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co. said it signed a letter of intent to acquire a life...