University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

Ashley Berggren

Illinois Athletics HOF

Now living in London

Mort Weir

UI’s fifth chancellor (1988-93)

Former psychology professor

Idun Reiten

Norwegian mathematician

Humboldt Research Prize

Heidi Ladd

Circuit court judge

Champaign County

Sarah Houghton

aka 'Librarian in Black'

San Rafael Public Library

Lester McKeever

Former chairman

Federal Reserve of Chicago

Jon Corbitt

Former Illini gymnast

Associate director, BD

Yoshi Hayasaki

USA Gymnastics HOF

Won ’89 NCAA title

John Rogers

Bioelectronics pioneer

Held Swanlund chair at UI

Larry Werries

Former state ag director

UIAA Loyalty Award

Dan Dobberpuhl

UI Engineering HOF

CEO, P.A. Semi, Inc.

Susan Johnson

ACES Award of Merit

U of Colorado professor

Ryan Baker

Lead sports anchor

CBS Chicago

George Fleischli

Nat’l Academy of Arbitrators

Distinguished Alumni Award

Glenn Howatt

Pulitzer-winning reporter

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Telisa Yancy

President

American Family Insurance

Karl Hess

Swanlund professor emeritus

Beckman Institute