University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor

Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U

Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital

Jameson O’Guinn

Adobe senior manager

Digital strategy & architecture

Deirdre O’Sullivan

Associate professor

Penn State

Margaret Oakes

English professor

Furman University

Daniel Oerther

President-elect, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Professor of environmental health engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology

B.J. Ogata

Former Illini tight end

2000 Academic All-Big Ten pick

Bayo Ojikutu

Award-winning author

‘47th Street Black,’ ‘Free Burning’

Jennifer Ollie

STEM program manager

Chicago Public Schools

Chinyere Osuji

Assistant professor of sociology

Rutgers University-Camden

Cory Overstreet

Principal

Kellogg Elementary, Chicago

Rahul Panat

Engineering professor

Carnegie Mellon

Crystal Park

Journalism and mass media instructor

Pierce College

Mario Parker

White House reporter

Bloomberg News

Anisha Ismail Patel

Education consultant

CEO, InnovusED

Eboo Patel

Faith advisor

Obama Administration

Deborah Paul

Pioneering researcher, biochemist

34-plus years at Abbott Laboratories

Ken Paulson

Journalist

Former USA Today editor

John Pauly

Former Marquette provost

Journalism prof. emeritus

Laura Payne

UI professor

Extension specialist

Steve Pearl

CEO

Cross Continental Capital

Larry Pearlman

Senior VP

Marsh Risk Consulting

Ed Perkins

Canada research chair in probability

University of British Columbia

Erin Peters-Burton

Donna R. and David E. Sterling Endowed Professor in Science Education

George Mason University

Henry Petroski

Civil engineering professor

Distinguished Alumni Award