People
2,047
Alumni
Sheldon Siegel
Author
2012 Illini Comeback Award
Bill Geist
Author, columnist, humorist
Won Emmys in 1992, 2005
Chuck Pelletier
TV/film veteran
Director, Princess Cruises
Ang Lee
Movie maker
3 Oscar wins with 3 movies
Roxanne Decyk
Former oil industry executive
Held top posts at Shell, Amoco
Timothy Carhart
Actor
‘Thelma & Louise,’ ‘Witness’
Mary Doria Russell
Science fiction author
2-time Pulitzer nominee
Alan Ruck
Played sidekick Cameron in 'Ferris Bueller’s Day Off'
Can now be seen on HBO's 'Succession'
Henry Petroski
Civil engineering professor
Distinguished Alumni Award
Cheryl Berman
Award-winning ad exec
Past chairman, Leo Burnett
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Author
‘The Deep End of the Ocean’
Lee Archambault
NASA astronaut
Flew 2 shuttle missions
Jack Welch
Former CEO, General Electric
Died in 2020 at age 84
John McDonald
U.S. ambassador
Died in May 2019
Steve Weatherford
NFL punter
Won Super Bowl XLVI
John Pauly
Former Marquette provost
Journalism prof. emeritus
Dan Little
Chancellor
U of Michigan-Dearborn
Mandy Revisky
Air Force captain
Teaches aerospace studies
Paula Holderman
Former Chicago attorney
Past president, Illinois Bar
Leanna Rossmann
Global head of music finance
Walt Disney Co.
Michael Redington
Finance director
The Walt Disney Co.
Kathleen Feeney
Circuit court judge
Kent County, Mich.
Brian Wilson
World Series of Poker
$700,000-plus in winnings
Sylvia Puente
Leads Latino Policy Forum
Alumni Achievement Award
