People
328
Award winners
Mildred Barnes Griggs
UI College of Education's first Black dean
Died in 2025
Arielle Gross Samuels
Chief marketing and communications officer
General Catalyst
Gretchen Gscheidle
Former design director
Herman Miller, Inc.
Darren Guccione
Distinguished alumni award
CEO, Keeper Security, Inc.
Ross Guignon
Global client strategy
Creative Artists Agency
Michael Gunderson
Professor/Director, Center for Food & Agricultural Business
Purdue University
Chuck Haas
Engineering professor
Distinguished Alumni Award
Gary Hack
Professor, dean emeritus
Penn (1996-present)
Keitaro Harada
Opera and symphonic conductor
Savannah Philharmonic
Michael Harmata
Norman Rabjohn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
University of Missouri
Erika Harold
Miss America 2003
Executive director, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
Donald Harris
Stanford professor emeritus
Kamala Harris’ dad
Yoshi Hayasaki
USA Gymnastics HOF
Won ’89 NCAA title
Katharine Hayhoe
Climate scientist
One of Time’s 'Most influential'
Hugh Hefner
Founder and editor-in-chief, Playboy magazine
Died in 2017
Bill Heinz
Law partner
Jenner & Block
Craig Hella Johnson
Grammy-winning conductor, composer
Artistic director, Conspirare
Erik Henriksen
Made 3 Olympic teams
1999 U.S. Speedskating Hall of Famer
Lou Henson
Winningest basketball coach
423-224, 11 NCAA bids
Mark Hersam
Won 2014 ‘Genius’ grant
Northwestern professor
Karl Hess
Swanlund professor emeritus
Beckman Institute
Laura Hettiger
TV anchor, host, reporter
KMOV, St. Louis
Vinay Hiremath
Founder/head of engineering
Loom, San Francisco
Ryan Hoch
Forbes 30-under-30
Overgrad CEO
