Richard Cline, who led Jewel, Nicor through periods of change, dies at 88
Richard Cline led two prominent Chicago-area companies — the Jewel grocery store chain and Nicor, Inc., the parent company of Northern Illinois Gas...
Richard Cline led two prominent Chicago-area companies — the Jewel grocery store chain and Nicor, Inc., the parent company of Northern Illinois Gas — through periods of major change in the 1970s and 1980s. Cline also was a vigorous fundraiser for the foundation set up to support his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He co-chaired Campaign Illinois, a fundraising program that raised more than $1.5 billion between 1993 and 2000. 'He would stand before audiences and never promote himself or anything, but he was so respected and loved that people would say, ‘Our goal is to be like Dick Cline,' ' said retired University of Illinois Foundation President Bill Nugent.