University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Craig Virgin

1975 NCAA Cross-Country champion

Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer

Steve Johns

President and founder

Confluence Pharmaceuticals

Bill Browne

Principal, president

RATIO Architects

John Clark

Principal

Cordogan Clark & Associates

John Foreman

News-Gazette editor, publisher

2006 Illinois Journalist of Year

Susan Rankaitis

Professor of art

Scripps College

Bria Purdiman

Account supervisor, Marketing

Burrell Communications

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Jeff Johanns

Lecturer of accounting

University of Texas

Larry Samuelson

Professor of economics

Yale University

Mike Gonzalez

President

Secession Golf Club

June Panagakos Podagrosi

Founder, executive director

Child’s Play Touring Theatre

Jim Gaspar

President

Attune Foods

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Bruce Bloom

CEO

Cures Within Reach

Bob Cesarone

Asst. program manager

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

Harley Manning

VP, customer experience

Forrester Research

Russ Mitchell

Automotive tech writer

Los Angeles Times

Jim Solari

Led G&W Electric Co.

Distinguished Alumni Award

Nancy Thies Marshall

1972 Olympic gymnast

Illini Athletics HOF

Ray Lantz

President

Carpet Advantage, Urbana

Jim Neckopulos

Executive director/banking

Ernst & Young

Saiid Saiidi

Nevada engineering professor

Outstanding Alumni Award

Jim Lundeen

President/CEO

Lundeen Software

Jack Klues

Media executive

Donated $1M in 2015

Michael Van Valkenburgh

Award-winning architect

Hired for Obama library