REALTOR® Frank Williams speaks at the inaugural banquet for the Chicago Association of REALTORS® on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Photo by Matt Difanis.

Several Illinois REALTORS® were honored Monday night with awards at the inaugural of the Chicago Association of REALTORS®.

  • Frank Williams, a pioneer in the fair housing movement in Chicago, was honored with induction into the CAR Hall of Fame. He’s the founder of FJ Williams Realty, and served as the association’s president in 1990.
  • Dan Wagner, former CAR president and 2018 Illinois REALTORS® president-elect, was named REALTOR® of the Year for the Chicago association. Wagner is senior vice president for government relations at the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies.

Illinois REALTORS® board member Rebecca Thomson was installed as CAR’s 2018 president at the event held at the Radisson Blue Aqua Hotel in Chicago.