People
500
Academia
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
Ken Paulson
Journalist
Former USA Today editor
Henry Petroski
Civil engineering professor
Distinguished Alumni Award
John Pauly
Former Marquette provost
Journalism prof. emeritus
Dan Little
Chancellor
U of Michigan-Dearborn
