University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Brad Hopkins

13-year NFL tackle

2-time Pro Bowler

Mark Steinberg

Tiger Woods’ agent

Excel Sports partner

Chuck Bowsher

U.S. comptroller general

Reagan appointee (1981-96)

Jarrod Gee

3-year starter

Illini basketball

Marc Jackson

Former Illini safety

VP/Madison Square Garden

Erdem Gezer

Country director, Turkey

Aston Martin Lagonda

Martin Eberhard

Co-founder, former CEO

Tesla Motors

Bill Small

Illini basketball captain

1963 Big Ten champ

Wynn Smiley

Fraternity CEO

Alpha Tau Omega

Joe Alutto

Provost, interim president

Ohio State

Mike Small

Illini golf coach

13-time Big Ten Coach of the Year

Dan Halpin

Pioneering civil engineer

Distinguished Alumni Award

Reggie Brown

Barack Obama impersonator

Comedian, speaker

Jennifer Ollie

STEM program manager

Chicago Public Schools

Sean Bauer

Director, Walgreens

Mergers & Acquisitions

Allyson Kloster

Production coordinator

DreamWorks TV

Britney Robbins

Founder/CEO, Gray Matter Experience

No. 2 on CS Magazine's 2020 Most Influential Chicagoans list

Kristen Allen

Counsel

State Farm

Julia Azari

American presidency expert

Author, Marquette professor

Brand Fortner

Software visionary

Distinguished Alumni Award

Jim Oberweis

State senator

Chairman, Oberweis Dairy

Lynn Price

Social entrepreneur

Alumni Humanitarian Award

Russel Simmons

CTO and co-founder

Yelp

Mary Eggers Tendler

Illini Athletics HOF

Volleyball coach, Elon