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An Illini love story, balcony-on-Fourth-and-Daniel edition ...
It was there, 18 years ago, where Ashley Llorens ('01) met his bride-to-be.
“She lived next door and our apartments shared a balcony," says Llorens, now chair of the Intelligent Systems Center at Johns Hopkins University.
"One evening, we and some friends made plans to go dancing. Her knee was still pretty hurt after surgery, and she had duct taped on an ACE bandage to shore it up for the night. On the way home, seeing her limp, I gave her a piggy-back ride.
"We stopped at a little pizza spot called Bonnie Jean’s and then joined our friends for a late-night chat. After talking all night, I knew I’d found someone special. We now live in Columbia, Maryland together with our two kids.”
Andrew Dahlem
COO
Eli Lilly and Co.
Ashley Predith
Senior technical advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Fontaine Richardson
Computer science pioneer
UI Engineering HOF
Mark Zediker
Laser technology pioneer
CEO, NUBURU
Karl Hess
Swanlund professor emeritus
Beckman Institute
Mike VanBlaricum
Research engineer
‘14 Lou Liay Spirit Award
Peter Dorhout
Vice president/research
Kansas State University
Ed Rezek
Retired engineer
Northrop Grumman
Scott Slimmer
Laboratory manager
Harvard University
