His work with other educational institutions includes chairmanship of the board of trustees for George Washington University, trustee for the Culver Education Foundation, and membership on the Kellogg Advisory Board at Northwestern. He is a director of Helmerich and Payne Corporation in Tulsa, Illinova Corporation in Decatur, and Sara Lee Corporation in Chicago. John Zeglis is married to Carol Jane Hamm, who also graduated from Illinois in 1969, with a B.S. in elementary education. She was a Star Course Manager, a representative on Junior Panhellenic, and an Honors Day participant. The Zeglises have three children, and live quietly in the New Jersey town of Madison.
People think that New Jersey is the Turnpike and urban sprawl around New York.
Outside the whirlwind of corporate life, Zeglis also takes special pleasure in extended hiking adventures, and his penchant for packing an oven in which to bake fresh bread each morning has even drawn the attention of USA Today . We've been everywhere from Alaska to Colorado. It was great to climb a mountain, wearing only a day pack, then descend and take a taxi to a bed and breakfast in one of the many charming small towns in that region. The Zeglises recently rented a sailboat with four other couples, and sailed around the Cyclades, a group of Greek islands in the Aegean. Legendary for other creative, if more short-term, approaches to stress relief, Zeglis is said to carry Trivial Pursuit cards around in his pocket with him, posing impromptu questions to colleagues at times when tensions may be running high and a little distraction is welcome.