University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jack Trudeau

10-year NFL quarterback

llini career-best 8,725 passing yards

Bobby True

2000 Liberian Olympian

8-time Big Ten champ

Otho Tucker

Illini guard, 1972-76

Charter school CEO

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Kayani Turner

Assistant volleyball coach

Towson University

Ron Turner

Football coach, 1997-2004

Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl

Scott Turner

Trump administration's HUD secretary

9-year NFL cornerback

Jeff Uhrig

CEO

Sirrus Chemistry

Anne Valente

Acclaimed author

Professor, Hamilton College

Tim Van Alstine

Associate VP, athletics director

Cardinal Stritch University

Richard Vedder

Professor emeritus

Ohio University

Jim Vermette

CEO, UI Alumni Association (1967-84)

Executive VP, Cozad Asset Management

Craig Virgin

1975 NCAA Cross-Country champion

Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer

Erin Virtue

Associate head coach

Northwestern volleyball

Debra Walker

Circuit court judge

Cook County

Dr. Garth Walker

Emergency physician

Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs

Paul Walmsley

Financial advisor

Merrill Lynch

Paul Ward

Coordinator, disabled services

New York Yankees

Beverly Washington

President

Image Factor

Steve Weatherford

NFL punter

Won Super Bowl XLVI

Hollis Webster

Former circuit judge

DuPage County

Paula Welander

Stanford assistant professor

Earth System Science

Jack Welch

Former CEO, General Electric

Died in 2020 at age 84

Josh Whitman

Illini athletic director

2017 Central Illinois Business Magazine Forty Under 40 Man of the Year