University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Sean Long

Corporate director of programming, Weigel Broadcasting

2-time Emmy-winning Illini Media Hall of Famer

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

George Lundeen

Sculptor of statues on campus depicting Red Grange and Dick Butkus

2024 Alumni Achievement Award recipient

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

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Oscar nominee for 1986's 'The Color of Money'

Played Gina Montana in ‘Scarface’ in first movie role

Janet Hoffman Mathis

2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient

President/CEO, Elevate Illinois

Jason Mazzone

UI Albert E. Jenner Jr. Professor of Law

Director, Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law

Ann McBrien

First woman to serve as VP/sales at Procter & Gamble

Started UIAA Comeback program, Illini Pride founding board member

Tim McCarthy

Former Secret Service agent

Retired Orland Park; police chief

Mary McDowell

Polycom CEO

Distinguished Alumni Award

Tatyana McFadden

Record-breaking Paralympian

17 Summer Games medals

Alice B. McGinty

Children’s book author

Urbana Adult Ed instructor

Lester McKeever

Former chairman

Federal Reserve of Chicago

Jim McNeely

Won 2001 Grammy

Jazz pianist, composer

Edna Greene Medford

Lincoln Laureate

2013 LAS Alumni Award

Ray Mentzer

Retired from ExxonMobil

Purdue visiting professor

Betty Mohlenbrock

President, Reading Legacies

Alumni Humanitarian Award