People
328
Award winners
Rachel Holbrook
Co-founder, president
Katana of San Francisco
Paula Holderman
Former Chicago attorney
Past president, Illinois Bar
Scot Hollonbeck
Gold medal-winning Paralympian
Sustainable residential property developer
Ken Holtzman
Major League Baseball's winningest Jewish pitcher
Threw two no-hitters, won three World Series rings
James Holzhauer
Professional sports gambler
Won $2,464,216 on 'Jeopardy!'
Brad Hopkins
13-year NFL tackle
2-time Pro Bowler
Sarah Houghton
aka 'Librarian in Black'
San Rafael Public Library
Glenn Howatt
Pulitzer-winning reporter
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Freeman Hrabowski
President, UMBC
One of Time’s ‘Most Influential'
Pinshane Huang
UI professor of materials science and engineering
Ivan Racheff Faculty Scholar
Jeff Huber
CEO, Grail
Former Google exec
Stan Ikenberry
UI’s 14th president, 1979-95
Longest-serving president
Paul Ingrassia
Shared 1993 Pulitzer for beat reporting
Died in 2019 at age 69
Amir Isfahani
President/CEO
Flow Science, Inc.
Kevin Jackson
Hematology program manager
Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute
Mannie Jackson
Basketball Hall of Famer
CEO, Harlem Globetrotters
Kenneth Jaconetty
Retired intellectual property attorney, 2024 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award winner
2022's chemical and biomolecular engineering convocation speaker
Wei Wei Jeang
Texas attorney
Grable Martin Fulton PLLC
Donald Johanson
Paleoanthropologist
Discovered Lucy skeleton
Jeff Johnson
President, Hearst newspaper division
Former San Francisco Chronicle publisher
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Nisa (Agrawal) Johnson
Brand manager
Modelo Especial/Constellation Brands
Susan Johnson
ACES Award of Merit
U of Colorado professor
Erika Jones
Leadership development facilitator
United Airlines
Itch Jones
Career record of 1,240-718-6 as baseball coach at Illinois and Southern Illinois
Died in 2025
