People
311
Award winners
Michael Gunderson
Professor/Director, Center for Food & Agricultural Business
Purdue University
Keith Westcott
2010 LAS Distinguished Service Award
Retired scientist, visiting UI scholar
Leslie Erganian
Artist and author
Co-author, 2019 release 'NEW WEST: Innovating at the Intersection’
Evan Glazer
Head of school
The Avenues: The World School
Sylvia Ronsvalle
Executive VP
empty tomb, inc.
Aisha Conner-Gaten
Instructional design librarian
Loyola Marymount University
Ashley Morgan
Development and events coordinator
Crisis Nursery
Deborah Paul
Pioneering researcher, biochemist
34-plus years at Abbott Laboratories
Keitaro Harada
Opera and symphonic conductor
Savannah Philharmonic
Brian Courtney Wilson
Gospel & contemporary Christian singer
2015 Traditional Gospel Album Of Year
Irving Azoff
2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment
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Nisa (Agrawal) Johnson
Brand manager
Modelo Especial/Constellation Brands
Gretchen Gscheidle
Former design director
Herman Miller, Inc.
Dale Kempf
Abbvie distinguished research fellow
Director of Neglected Diseases Research
Amy Mays Woods
UI professor
College of Applied Health Sciences
Howard Aizenstein
2019 LAS Alumni Achievement Award
Physician, scientist, Pitt professor
Rev. Craig Mousin
DePaul University ombudsperson
2019 UI Law distinguished alumnus
Scott Shearer
Bockorny Group VP
USDA deputy ass’t secretary (1993-96)
Kendra Smiley
Author, speaker, host
2001 Illinois Mother of the Year
James Stukel
UI’s 15th president (1995-2005)
MS, Ph.D. in mechanical engineering
Brian Cook
5th on UI scoring list (1,748 points)
2,312 points in nine NBA seasons
Nicole Allen
UI professor of psychology
2011 Dazzling Woman Faculty Award
Deborah Thurston
Gutgsell Professor
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Josie Chambers
Postdoctoral fellow in geography
University of Cambridge
