University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

Malia Andrus

Data scientist

Facebook

Justin Hsia

Flight test engineer

Sierra Nevada Corp.

Diane Kovacs

Web teacher/librarian

Alumni Leadership Award

Frederick Marx

Oscar-nominated filmmaker

Made 1994’s ‘Hoop Dreams’

Mike Reagen

Retired president/CEO

Greater Naples (Fla.) Chamber

Jon Lee Brody

LA-based filmmaker

Iron Will Productions

Saiid Saiidi

Nevada engineering professor

Outstanding Alumni Award

John Creech

Chief Illiniwek 31

Johnson & Johnson Vision

Raed Elkhatib

President/CEO

Atlantic-Pacific Capital

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'