People 311 Award winners
Bud Cherry
CEO
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy
Larry Gies
$150 million donor
Gies College of Business namesake
Vinay Hiremath
Founder/head of engineering
Loom, San Francisco
Ritu Raman
Forbes’ 30 under 30
MIT postdoctoral fellow
Tiana Tozer
2-time Paralympian
Consultant, speaker
Celene Peurye
Executive director
Hunter Family Foundation
Paul Koch
Chicago-based consultant
Distinguished Alumni Award
Jim Solari
Led G&W Electric Co.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Robert Falls
Tony-winning director
Goodman Theatre, Chicago
Tom Cycyota
President/CEO
AlloSource
Dave Edyburn
Associate dean/research
Univ. of Central Florida
Jerry Marcyk
Director/components research
Intel (retired)
Nancy Brookhart Cherin
2 volleyball Final Fours
’87 Big Ten Co-POY
Steve Beckett
Pillar of the Bar
Distinguished Alumni Award
Cris Graves
Producer/writer
Primetime Emmy winner
Frederick Volkmar
Yale professor
Alumni Achievement Award
Lynne Barnes
COO
Carle Hospital
Lou Henson
Winningest basketball coach
423-224, 11 NCAA bids
Dave Downey
Big Ten Medal of Honor
Scored 53 vs. Indiana
Dick Butkus
UI retired his No. 50
Pro, College Football HOF
Tom Costello
Longtime MTD executive, communication instructor
Died in April 2020
Nancy Thies Marshall
1972 Olympic gymnast
Illini Athletics HOF
Reshma Saujani
Founder/CEO
Girls Who Code
