University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Darren Guccione

Distinguished alumni award

CEO, Keeper Security, Inc.

Deborah Briggs

FAA Distinguished Legacy Award

VP, Betsy Hotel of South Beach

Barbara Crowder

Retired judge

Madison County Circuit Court

Richard Ahrenkiel

Owner/founder

Lakewood Semiconductors

Susan Rankaitis

Professor of art

Scripps College

Bob Frump

Acclaimed investigative reporter

Won Polk, Loeb awards

Christina (Crawford) Steed

Executive VP

Flowers Communications Group

Rod Lovett

Director of championships

National Junior College Athletic Assn.

Jennifer Dillavou

UIAA president

UI associate vice chancellor

Matt Cho

Partner, Adjacency

Founder, [co][lab]

Terri Reifsteck

VP of marketing

Visit Champaign County

Anne Carpenter

Scientist, imaging platform senior director

Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT

Lori Bitter

President

The Business of Aging

Jeanne Gang

World-renowned architect

Designed Chicago’s Aqua Tower

Wei Wei Jeang

Texas attorney

Grable Martin Fulton PLLC

Laura Hettiger

TV anchor, host, reporter

KMOV, St. Louis

Bonner Denton

Professor of chemistry, biochemistry

University of Arizona

Martin Fackler

Former assistant Asia editor

The New York Times

Gerry Beyer

Law professor

Texas Tech

Charles Shields

Literary biographer, playwright

New York Times best-seller

Dan O’Neill

VP of corporate partnerships

Tepper Sports & Entertainment

Tim Simpson

4-year football starter

1992 Dike Eddleman Award

Kathy Pherson

President

Globalytica

Tom Starr

AT&T Labs

Distinguished Engineering Alum