People
311
Award winners
Dan Savage
Sex-advice columnist
Writes ‘Savage Love´
Jeff Johnson
President, Hearst newspaper division
Former San Francisco Chronicle publisher
Irl Engelhardt
Energy executive
Peabody CEO, 1990-2005
Tom Siebel
Software entrepreneur
Donated $157 million-plus
Rick Kaplan
TV executive
Ex-president, CNN, MSNBC
Don Wilmeth
Brown professor
Alumni Achievement Award
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Oscar nominee for 1986's 'The Color of Money'
Played Gina Montana in ‘Scarface’ in first movie role
Dan Balz
Chief correspondent
The Washington Post
Clifford Saper
Harvard professor
Groundbreaking neuroscientist
Ayala Donchin
New York restaurant owner
Founded Evelyn’s Kitchen
Betty Mohlenbrock
President, Reading Legacies
Alumni Humanitarian Award
Sheldon Siegel
Author
2012 Illini Comeback Award
Bill Geist
Author, columnist, humorist
Won Emmys in 1992, 2005
Ang Lee
Movie maker
3 Oscar wins with 3 movies
Roxanne Decyk
Former oil industry executive
Held top posts at Shell, Amoco
Mary Doria Russell
Science fiction author
2-time Pulitzer nominee
Henry Petroski
Civil engineering professor
Distinguished Alumni Award
Jack Welch
Former CEO, General Electric
Died in 2020 at age 84
Paula Holderman
Former Chicago attorney
Past president, Illinois Bar
Sylvia Puente
Leads Latino Policy Forum
Alumni Achievement Award
Paul Ingrassia
Shared 1993 Pulitzer for beat reporting
Died in 2019 at age 69
Betsy Brandt
Actress
Marie on 'Breaking Bad'
Dave Cullen
Author
Wrote best-seller 'Columbine'
