People
307
Award winners
Stan Deal
President/CEO
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Cheryl Quinn
LAS Alumni Achievement Award
QnA Pharma Consulting, LLC
Jaime Torres
General manager/sports attorney
International Baseball Sports Management, Inc.
Kathryn Anthony
ACSA Distinguished Professor
Recipient of 2021 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education
Jennifer Robbennolt
Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law
Co-Director, Illinois Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science
Jeff Brown
Dean, Gies College of Business
Margot Lakonishok Professor of Business
Jason Mazzone
UI Albert E. Jenner Jr. Professor of Law
Director, Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law
Jonathan Sweedler
James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry
Director, UI School of Chemical Sciences
Shaowen Wang
Professor and Head
Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science
Andreas Cangellaris
Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
M.E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Kim Kidwell
Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives
Dean, College of ACES, 2016-21
Jeff Trapp
Blue Waters Professor
Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Mark Wolters
Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration; Academic Director, Marketing Major
Globetrotting host of 'Wolters World' YouTube channel
Marni Boppart
Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health
Beckman Vision and Spirit Award winner
Jessica Conroy
Associate Geology Professor
2013 Arnold O. Beckman Award winner
Kelly Loeffler
Former U.S. senator for Georgia (2020-21)
Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO
Janet Hoffman Mathis
2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient
President/CEO, Elevate Illinois
Ken Schweizer
Morris Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Polymer Physics Prize recipient
Daniel Oerther
President-elect, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Professor of environmental health engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Michael Harmata
Norman Rabjohn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
University of Missouri
Jennifer Lewis
Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Harvard University
Chathapuram ‘Ram’ Ramanathan
2020-21 Community Achievement Award, UI School of Social Work
Associate Professor,University of West Florida
James Blachly
Grammy-nominated conductor
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Experiential Orchestra
Karle Flanagan
UI Senior Instructor of Statistics
2019 recipient of Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching