University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Cioffi

‘The father of DSL’

Internet Hall of Famer

Joe White

UI’s 16th President

Professor since 2009

Ben Allen

University president

Northern Iowa, 2006-12

Andrew Dahlem

COO

Eli Lilly and Co.

Scott Atlas

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Alumni Achievement Award

Bob Kustra

Boise State president

Led E. Kentucky, 1998-2001

David Schmidly

President at 3 universities

Texas Tech, Okla. St., UNM

Larry Faulkner

UI provost, 1994-98

President, Texas, 1998-2006

Steven Leath

President, Auburn University

Led Iowa State from 2012-17

Michael Schwartz

President at 2 universities

Kent State, Cleveland State

Tony Frank

Colorado State University System Chancellor

Former CSU President (2008-19)

Chuck Staben

Former president

University of Idaho, 2014-20

Freeman Hrabowski

President, UMBC

One of Time’s ‘Most Influential'

King Alexander

Former president at Oregon State, LSU, Long Beach State, Murray State

UI professor, 1997-2001

Tori Haring-Smith

Former president

Washington & Jefferson

Joe DiPietro

Former president (2011-18)

University of Tennessee

Rev. Peter Donohue

President

Villanova University

Kent Fuchs

President

University of Florida

Omar Yaghi

Award-winning scientist

Cal-Berkeley professor

Marianne Boruch

Acclaimed poet

Purdue professor

Bob Berdahl

University president

Texas, '93-'97; Cal, '97-'04

Jeff Johnson

President, Hearst newspaper division

Former San Francisco Chronicle publisher

Don Wilmeth

Brown professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Clifford Saper

Harvard professor

Groundbreaking neuroscientist