University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

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