University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

Arielle Gross

Global Business Marketing

Facebook

Rachel Holbrook

Co-founder, president

Katana of San Francisco

Rajeev Ram

ATP Tour pro

On ’03 national title team

Jannelle Flaws

All-Big Ten soccer forward

Now playing in Germany

Gary Hack

Professor, dean emeritus

Penn (1996-present)

Jenna Smith

3-time all-Big Ten forward

2,160 career points

Bill Heinz

Law partner

Jenner & Block

Amir Isfahani

President/CEO

Flow Science, Inc.

Larry Woiwode

N. Dakota’s poet laureate

Award-winning novelist

Nancy Farrell

Reg. dietitian nutritionist

Farrell Dietitian Services

Mei-Mei Chan Kirk

Retired media executive

Started at USA Today

Judson Todd Allen

Chicago chef

‘Architect of flavor’

Colleen Keough Wagner

Fiction author, editor

aka ‘Rumer Haven’

John David Mooney

Chicago-based artist

Mooney Studio

Laura Bush

1990 Dike Eddleman Award

2 Final Fours at UI

Ken Baker

Regional managing principal

Gensler

Rachel Endo

Education dean

U of Washington-Tacoma