University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Doug Litteken

Structural engineer

NASA

Jordan Morris

Communications director

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks

Morgan McClain-McKinney

Foreign service officer

USAID

Steve Austin

Asst. Chief/Army Reserve

The Pentagon

Paul Nick

Executive director

Ohio Ethics Commission

Margaret Clay

Manager, U.S. Navy

Antiterrorism Program

Chuck Bowsher

U.S. comptroller general

Reagan appointee (1981-96)

David Adeleye

Policy specialist

Obama White House

Margaret Kealy-Machella

Chief of public affairs

U.S. Air Force

Riley Roberts

Former chief speech writer

Attorney general’s office

Arnyce Pock

Colonel (retired)

U.S. Air Force

Tom Lamont

Assistant Army Secretary

Obama Administration

Nicole Cottle

Deputy chief counsel

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Jennifer Waldinger

Central management COO

State of Illinois

Todd Atkinson

Ex-external affairs director

USDA Farm Service Agency

Mike Hopkins

NASA astronaut

UI football captain

Joe Tanner

NASA astronaut

Flew 4 shuttle missions

Colleen Callahan

Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Distinguished Service Award recipient

Corinne Wood

Lt. governor, 1999-2003

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa

Jason Christensen

Military aide

Office of Naval Secretary

David Eichhorn

Retired major general

U.S. Air Force

Anna Valencia

Chicago city clerk

Gamma Phi Beta president

Samuel Skinner

Chief of staff

White House, 1991-92

Ashley Predith

Senior technical advisor

U.S. Department of Energy