People
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Award winners
Josie Chambers
Postdoctoral fellow in geography
University of Cambridge
Ellen Fireman
Senior lecturer
Department of Statistics
John Foreman
News-Gazette editor, publisher
2006 Illinois Journalist of Year
Donald Harris
Stanford professor emeritus
Kamala Harris’ dad
Landon Parvin
Famed GOP speechwriter
Wrote for Reagans, Bushes
Roman Paluta
Ret. partner, business development director
Solve of Minneapolis
Duane Cyrus
Director, Theatre of Movement
UNC-Greensboro professor
Bob Starkell
11 seasons leading women’s gymnastics
2009 National Coach of the Year
Bill Self
3 seasons, 3 NCAA tournaments
78-24 as Illini basketball coach (2000-03)
Daeyeol Lee
Professor of neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry
Yale University
Beth Bugdaycay
Former Rebecca Taylor CEO
Co-founded Foundrae jewelry line
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Jessica (Galli) Cloy
7-time Paralympic medal winner
Holds three world records
Paul Steely White
Director, safety policy/advocacy
Bird scooter sharing company
Jim Stone
Chair, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Tom Dowling
UI’s 10th Rhodes scholar
Lightfoot for Chicago advisor
Alice B. McGinty
Children’s book author
Urbana Adult Ed instructor
Ed Perkins
Canada research chair in probability
University of British Columbia
Karen Thole
Engineering professor, department head
Penn State
James Holzhauer
Professional sports gambler
Won $2,464,216 on 'Jeopardy!'
Jeffrey Lieber
TV/film screenwriter/producer
‘Lost’ co-creator
Cheryl W. Thompson
NPR investigative reporter
Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post
Ed Krol
Internet Hall of Famer
‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet’ author
Graham Grady
Chicago law partner
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Ray Mentzer
Retired from ExxonMobil
Purdue visiting professor
