People
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Award winners
Rick Kaplan
TV executive
Ex-president, CNN, MSNBC
Dale Kempf
Abbvie distinguished research fellow
Director of Neglected Diseases Research
Rob Kennedy
President
C-SPAN
Colleen Keough Wagner
Fiction author, editor
aka ‘Rumer Haven’
Kim Kidwell
Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives
Dean, College of ACES, 2016-21
John Kim
Pulitzer-winning photographer
Chicago Tribune
Jack Klues
Media executive
Donated $1M in 2015
Paul Koch
Chicago-based consultant
Distinguished Alumni Award
Diane Kovacs
Web teacher/librarian
Alumni Leadership Award
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
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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
Trump administration's Small Business Administrator
Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO, U.S. senator
