University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Joseph Steven

Character actor

Romulan in ‘Star Trek’

Justin Gordon

Actor

‘Age of the Living Dead’

Larry Beyah

Stand-up comedian

Gotham Comedy Club

Alexander Djordjevic

Concert pianist

Grace Welsh Prize for Piano

Marty Casey

Rock singer, guitarist

The Lovehammers

Michael Colgrass

Award-winning composer

Pulitzer '78, Emmy ’82

Donald Nally

Award-winning conductor

The Chicago Bach Project

Richard Powers

2019 Pulitzer Prize

Won 1989 ‘Genius’ grant

Donato Cabrera

Music director

California Symphony

Alex Hedlund

Film and TV producer

Urbana High grad

Cindy Dallas

Actress

21st pick, ’04 WNBA draft

Nick Offerman

Actor, comedian

NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'

Vivian Payton

Co-executive producer

‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’

Holley Fain

Actress

Julia on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Alan Dysert

Soap opera actor

‘All My Children’

John Thibodeaux

Comedy writer

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Roger Young

Emmy-winning director

Did ‘Magnum P.I.’ pilot

Mark Brandl

Switzerland-based artist

Curator, Collapsible Kunsthalle

Judy Peiser

Center for Southern Folklore

Founded Memphis landmark

Scott Altman

NASA astronaut

Flew 4 shuttle missions

Amy Stoch

Actress

Lisa Alden on ‘Dallas’

Katy Clark

Executive director, Kornfeld Foundation

Past president, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Andrea Evans

Soap opera actress

Tina on ‘One Life To Live'

Marty Weiss

Writer/director

Formerly of Amazon Studios