University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Art Kramer

Beckman Institute director, 2010-16

Professor/center director, Northeastern University

Ed Krol

Internet Hall of Famer

‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet’ author

Heidi Ladd

Circuit court judge

Champaign County

Chris Landreth

Award-winning animator

2004 Oscar for ‘Ryan’

Markita Landry

2020 UI Young Alumni Award winner

Assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Cal-Berkeley

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Ang Lee

Movie maker

3 Oscar wins with 3 movies

Daeyeol Lee

Professor of neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry

Yale University

Anthony Leggett

Nobel-winning physicist

On UI faculty since ’83

Jennifer Lewis

Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering

Harvard University

Qilin Li

Civil and environmental engineering professor

Rice University

Lou Liay

2023 honorary doctorate recipient

Namesake of UIAA's Lou Liay Spirit Award

Bob Liebeck

Pioneering Boeing aerodynamicist, aerospace engineer

Grainger College of Engineering Hall of Famer

Jeffrey Lieber

TV/film screenwriter/producer

‘Lost’ co-creator

Kelly Loeffler

Former U.S. senator for Georgia (2020-21)

Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO

Stacy Walton Long

Indianapolis law partner

Krieg DeVault LLP

Rod Lovett

Director of championships

National Junior College Athletic Assn.

Don Lowe

Earth sciences professor

Stanford University

Jerry Marcyk

Director/components research

Intel (retired)

Carol Marin

Peabody Award-winning Chicago broadcast journalist

1997 Chicago Illini of Year

Stacy Marks

Big Ten Medal of Honor

Sr. director, Accruent

Diane Wolfe Marlin

Urbana mayor since 2017

Coordinator, UI Family Resiliency Program (2000-10)

Nancy Thies Marshall

1972 Olympic gymnast

Illini Athletics HOF

Jose Martinez

Cornell professor

Distinguished Alumni Award