University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Joel Poloney

Senior software engineer

Google

Mark Pytosh

President/CEO

CVR Partners, Houston

Indira Saladi

Intellectual property attorney

Endowed UI scholarship

Philip Sarnecki

Managing partner

RPS Financial Group, Inc.

Jim Schlueter

Retired Boeing communications director

Lead donor for UI’s Media Innovation Fund

Phillip Sharp

Renowned geneticist, biologist

Shared 1993 Nobel Prize

Scott Shearer

Bockorny Group VP

USDA deputy ass’t secretary (1993-96)

Tom Siebel

Software entrepreneur

Donated $157 million-plus

Ron Sipiora

Senior VP

BPI Group

Larry Smith

President

Entrepreneurs in Education

Merrill Thompson

Attorney

Created Merrill and Emma Thompson Endowment Fund

Keith Westcott

2010 LAS Distinguished Service Award

Retired scientist, visiting UI scholar

John Wright

All-American receiver

CEO, Greyfield Legacies

Steven Wymer

Boston-based Fidelity investment portfolio manager

Namesake of UI's Steven S. Wymer Hall