University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ricca Slone

Former state representative

Northwestern lecturer

Mike Freedman

Chief communications officer

Stanford engineering school

Rudi Zipter

Senior power trader

BP

Susan Johnson

ACES Award of Merit

U of Colorado professor

Der-Tsai Lee

President emeritus

National Chung Hsing U

Eric Nash

Artist, painter

Moved to LA in 2000

Kelly Thompson

President

Culver-Stockton College

Ryan Baker

Lead sports anchor

CBS Chicago

Eric Cox

TV reporter

CBS Chicago

Pam Strobel

Former Exelon CAO

UI trustee, 2009-14

George Fleischli

Nat’l Academy of Arbitrators

Distinguished Alumni Award

Tom Livingston

Chief Illiniwek 27

Regional VP, CSX

Glenn Howatt

Pulitzer-winning reporter

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Mike VanBlaricum

Research engineer

‘14 Lou Liay Spirit Award

Telisa Yancy

President

American Family Insurance

Daissy Dominguez

Chicago immigration attorney

Dominguez Legal Justice Ctr.

Bob Axelrod

Senior VP

FleishmanHillard

Dan Layzell

Executive VP/CFO

LSU

Bob Nanna

Singer/guitarist

Braid, Hey Mercedes

Jim Neckopulos

Executive director/banking

Ernst & Young

Leanna Barcelona

Archivist

Baylor University

Craig Paull

Director, Image Lab

Bed Bath & Beyond

Lee Reichert

Deputy general counsel

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

Beth Dupuis

Director, specialty libraries

Cal-Berkeley