University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Cory Bradford

UI’s 5th all-time scorer

1,735 points, 1999-2002

Richard Powers

2019 Pulitzer Prize

Won 1989 ‘Genius’ grant

Donato Cabrera

Music director

California Symphony

Don Scifres

Laser physics pioneer

UI Engineering HOF

Chris Gandy

3-year basketball starter

CEO, Midwest Legacy Group

Joel Sucherman

Senior digital director

NPR

Andrew McIntyre

VP/technology

Chicago Cubs

Alex Hedlund

Film and TV producer

Urbana High grad

Mannie Jackson

Basketball Hall of Famer

CEO, Harlem Globetrotters

Todd Atkinson

Ex-external affairs director

USDA Farm Service Agency

Angie Rieger

Senior VP

Lands’ End

Mike Hopkins

NASA astronaut

UI football captain

Joe Tanner

NASA astronaut

Flew 4 shuttle missions

Bill Smith

Champaign-born Huffy Corp. CEO

Died in 2019

Jeremy Stoppelman

Yelp CEO

Ex-PayPal VP/engineering

Steve Chen

YouTube co-founder

Class of 2022, Grainger College of Engineering Hall of Fame

Tom Penn

ESPN NBA analyst

Los Angeles FC owner

Peride Blind

United Nations

Former human rights officer

Howie Japlon

VP/general counsel

Ace Hardware

Jered Thorp

Director, Nike

Global sportswear comms.

Francine Parham

Author, speaker

‘Ultimate Career Pocket Guide’

Douglas Bell

Oral historian

The Oscars

Janelle Land

TV producer

‘Dr. Phil,’ ‘Judge Judy’

Heather Pink

Co-founder, CEO

PinkDear LLC