University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mary Eggers Tendler

Illini Athletics HOF

Volleyball coach, Elon

Karen Thole

Engineering professor, department head

Penn State

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Cheryl W. Thompson

NPR investigative reporter

Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post

Deborah Thurston

Gutgsell Professor

Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering

Jaime Torres

General manager/sports attorney

International Baseball Sports Management, Inc.

Tiana Tozer

2-time Paralympian

Consultant, speaker

Jeff Trapp

Blue Waters Professor

Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Charles Traub

Acclaimed photographer

NY School of Visual Arts

Gary Urton

Harvard professor

Won 2000 'Genius' grant

Anne Valente

Acclaimed author

Professor, Hamilton College

Pramod Varshney

Syracuse professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Craig Virgin

1975 NCAA Cross-Country champion

Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer

Frederick Volkmar

Yale professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Dr. Garth Walker

Emergency physician

Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs

Shaowen Wang

Professor and Head

Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science

Mort Weir

UI’s fifth chancellor (1988-93)

Former psychology professor

Jack Welch

Former CEO, General Electric

Died in 2020 at age 84

Larry Werries

Former state ag director

UIAA Loyalty Award

Keith Westcott

2010 LAS Distinguished Service Award

Retired scientist, visiting UI scholar

Paul Steely White

Director, safety policy/advocacy

Bird scooter sharing company

Josh Whitman

Illini athletic director

2017 Central Illinois Business Magazine Forty Under 40 Man of the Year

Don Wilmeth

Brown professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Brian Courtney Wilson

Gospel & contemporary Christian singer

2015 Traditional Gospel Album Of Year