University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

Larry Woiwode

N. Dakota’s poet laureate

Award-winning novelist

Mark Wolters

Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration; Academic Director, Marketing Major

Globetrotting host of 'Wolters World' YouTube channel

Grace Woo

Pixels.IO founder

Graduated at age 19

Amy Mays Woods

UI professor

College of Applied Health Sciences

Marian Kuethe Wyatt

30-year music teacher, choral director

Centennial High School

Ruth Wyman

Champaign County attorney

2020 Circuit Judge candidate

Telisa Yancy

President

American Family Insurance