University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Will Leitch

Deadspin founder

NY Magazine, MLB.com

Shadia Haddad

Senior investment analyst

Former UI volleyball star

Kim Clark

VP/events strategy

NBA

Rex Miller

Award-winning author

Principal, mindSHIFT

Erin Virtue

Associate head coach

Northwestern volleyball

Jean Driscoll

8 Boston Marathon wins

USOC Hall of Famer

Tonja Buford-Bailey

3-time Olympian

1992 NCAA hurdles champ

Annie Crawley

Underwater photographer

Women Divers Hall of Famer

Jake Bronowski

Massage therapist

Seattle Sounders

Michael Kosta

Stand-up comedian

Illini tennis star

Mike Lufrano

General counsel/senior VP

Chicago Cubs

Jens Kujawa

1992 Summer Olympian

7-foot UI center

Rena Zenarosa

UI volleyball, 1992-94

Emergency medicine doctor

Larry McCarren

Packers Hall of Famer

All-Big Ten center

Tom Caneva

Director, Marching Illini

1999-2006

Rod Cardinal

30 years as basketball trainer

Honorary Varsity ‘I’ member

Jerry Hester

All-Big Ten forward

Former radio analyst

Peter Griffin

Director, Marching Illini

2006-11

Jim Sheppard

PA voice of Illini

22 years on football, hoops

Keith Kizer

Nevada Athletic Commission

Executive director, 2006-14

Debra Walker

Circuit court judge

Cook County

Allison Guth

Head basketball coach

Yale University

Mike Todasco

Director of innovation

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