929 Edgemere Court
Evanston, Illinois 60202
H: 847-869-1336
C: 312-305-1900

929 Edgemere Court
Evanston, Illinois 60202
Executive Assistants: Marge Poll, Elvira Fedorko
312-726-1800

Chicago, Illinois
March 24, 1943

One daughter
One son
Two granddaughters

Evanston Public Schools
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

President and Chief Executive Officer
Recon Management Services, Inc.

President and Chief Executive Officer
Arrington Foundation

President and Chief Executive Officer
Recon Properties, LLC

Private Investor, World Traveler

Board President
1400 N Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association

President North Central Region
Consultant
Navigant International

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Arrington Travel Center, Inc.

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Arrington Travel was founded in 1969 and then grew into the largest single-stockholder corporate travel management company in the United States. In 1998 Arrington Travel was sold to Navigant International, a $5-billion, publicly traded company with representation in the 25 largest U.S. business travel markets. Arrington Travel had over 500 employees, generated over a quarter of a billion dollars in annual sales, and served a wide variety of corporations and professional firms throughout the world. Navigant International was subsequently acquired by Carlson Wagonlit Travel, a multi billion dollar business travel management company operating in over 150 countries.

Established The Honorable W. Russell Arrington Professorship in State Politics at the University of Illinois in May 2010

Young Presidents’ Organization-Gold
Chief Executives Organization
The Economic Club

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

The Chicago Club
Astor Club of Chicago

Golf, yoga, snow skiing, yachting, waterskiing, scuba diving (PADI Master Diver certification), adventure travel.

The Arrington Foundation, President and Chief Executive Officer
Recon Management Services, Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer
Recon Properties, LLC, President and Chief Executive Officer

Friends of Prentice, Board of Directors
Pedersen-McCormick Chicago Boys and Girls Clubs, Board of Managers

Independent
Social Moderate
Fiscal Conservative

U.S. Marine Corps, First Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division, 1962-1964.
U.S. Army Parachute course, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1963
U.S. Naval Diver School, San Diego, California 1964, graduated first in class.

Alumni Achievement Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001.

Distinguished Alumni Award, Evanston Township High School, 2022

Starting fullback and middle linebacker on Evanston Township High School’s 1960 State Championship Football Team which was inducted into the ETHS Athletic Hall of Fame on August 28, 2015.

Named Who’s Who in Chicago Business by Crain’s Chicago Business, 1989-2011

Who’s Who in the World, 1996-Present

Who’s Who in America, 1990-Present

Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1989-Present

Named to the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame by the following institutions: Arthur Anderson Enterprise Group, William Blair and Co., LaSalle National Bank, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1994.

Finalist in Arthur Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 1989 & 1990.

Illinois Veterans Leadership Program “Man of the Year,” 1993.

Named to the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools (NATTS) Hall of Fame, 1988.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, Chairman’s Award, 1997.

“Outstanding Young Men of America,” The Outstanding Americans Foundation, Chicago, Illinois 1970.

Significant Contribution to Dental Health, Illinois Dental Health Society, Springfield, Illinois, 1967.

Appointed to National White House Conference on Travel & Tourism by Governor of Illinois, 1995.

Excellence in Physical Fitness Award, U.S. Marine Corps, San Diego, California, 1962. Placed first in regiment (1100 young men), during bootcamp scoring 420 points out of 500.