University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Lynne Barnes

COO

Carle Hospital

David Born

R&D director

Dow Chemical Co.

Tom Costello

Longtime MTD executive, communication instructor

Died in April 2020

David Eichhorn

Retired major general

U.S. Air Force

Robert Falls

Tony-winning director

Goodman Theatre, Chicago

Julie Freischlag

CEO, Wake Forest Baptist Health

Dean, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Jay Jelinek

Global finance director

Wilson Sporting Goods

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Robert Gallo

Mechanical engineering prof.

George Mason University

Paula Holderman

Former Chicago attorney

Past president, Illinois Bar

Tim Kearley

Professor emeritus of law

University of Wyoming

Gary Kebbel

Ex-AOL news director

Now a Nebraska professor

Keith Kinsey

Former CEO

Portillo’s

Jack Kornfeind

Corporate counsel

Century 21 New Millennium

Christine ‘LadyBee’ Kristen

Archivist, art collection manager

Burning Man Project

Gene Kritsky

Dean

Mt. St. Joseph University

Dave Kurlinkus

Chief of Staff, Deputy State’s Attorney

Winnebago County

David Lassner

President

University of Hawaii

Der-Tsai Lee

President emeritus

National Chung Hsing U

Stu Levenick

Retired group president

Caterpillar

Pat McBride

Award-winning writer

Owns Indianapolis company

David McCraw

Sr. VP, deputy general counsel

The New York Times Co.

Edna Greene Medford

Lincoln Laureate

2013 LAS Alumni Award

Lynn Barnett Morris

UI associate professor

Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Suze Orman

Financial guru

CNBC show host, 2002-15

Mark Pelczarski

Software developer

Obama for America, 2011-12