University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ed Hightower

Managing director

Motoring Ventures LLC

Lisa Wolf

Co-host

WGN Radio Theatre

Paul Walmsley

Financial advisor

Merrill Lynch

Mike Lullo

Retired partner

Deloitte & Touche

Joseph Powers

Engineering professor

Notre Dame

Bob Hartwig

Finance professor

U of South Carolina

Terence Hung

Computational engineering

Rolls-Royce Singapore

Larry Gies

$150 million donor

Gies College of Business namesake

Kevin Howard

Principal research scientist 

Dow Chemical Company

Mark McGowan

Managing director

Raymond James

Steve Timble

Global account executive

The Wall Street Journal

Doyeol Ahn

Engineer holds 36 patents

Distinguished Alumni Award

Jodie Burke

Hollywood scriptwriter

ESPN 30 for 30 alumna

Beth Pieroth

Neuropsychologist

NorthShore U HealthSystem

Bill Nagel

Publisher

San Francisco Chronicle

Kelly Burke

State representative

D-Oak Lawn

John Kuffel

European pricing director

Bacardi of Germany

Adam Hecktman

Microsoft director

Technology/civic innovation

Michael Claffey

Vice president

AMC Networks

Kent Becker

Senior VP

Moody’s Investors Service

John Conrad

Actor/talent coach

‘Oceans 13,’ ‘Meet Dave’

Mike Small

Illini golf coach

13-time Big Ten Coach of the Year

Dan Jensen

Engineering manager

Rolls-Royce

John Hass

CEO/President

Rosetta Stone