University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Steven Wymer

Boston-based Fidelity investment portfolio manager

Namesake of UI's Steven S. Wymer Hall

Don Edwards

Flexpoint Ford CEO

Chair, UI board of trustees

Keith Westcott

2010 LAS Distinguished Service Award

Retired scientist, visiting UI scholar

Chirantan ‘CJ' Desai

Chief product officer

ServiceNow

Jim Schlueter

Retired Boeing communications director

Lead donor for UI’s Media Innovation Fund

Deborah Paul

Pioneering researcher, biochemist

34-plus years at Abbott Laboratories

Tom McCauley

VP/employee engagement

Athletico Physical Therapy

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Merrill Thompson

Attorney

Created Merrill and Emma Thompson Endowment Fund

Scott Shearer

Bockorny Group VP

USDA deputy ass’t secretary (1993-96)

Joe Glas

Ret. VP/GM, DuPont Biotechnology

Ret. CTO, Myriant Corp.

Ray Mentzer

Retired from ExxonMobil

Purdue visiting professor

Arielle Gross

Global Business Marketing

Facebook

Indira Saladi

Intellectual property attorney

Endowed UI scholarship

Ron Sipiora

Senior VP

BPI Group

Bud Cherry

CEO

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Larry Gies

$150 million donor

Gies College of Business namesake

Ronald Filler

NY Law School professor

Gave $200,000 for band tower

Saul Morse

Springfield attorney

Brown, Hay & Stephens

Dave Downey

Big Ten Medal of Honor

Scored 53 vs. Indiana

John Wright

All-American receiver

CEO, Greyfield Legacies

Philip Sarnecki

Managing partner

RPS Financial Group, Inc.

Dan Dobberpuhl

UI Engineering HOF

CEO, P.A. Semi, Inc.

Bob Falato

Senior VP

Northern Trust

Larry Smith

President

Entrepreneurs in Education

Mark Pytosh

President/CEO

CVR Partners, Houston