University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Larry Smith

President

Entrepreneurs in Education

Mark Pytosh

President/CEO

CVR Partners, Houston

Roger Dickey

Founder/CEO

Gigster

Jack Klues

Media executive

Donated $1M in 2015

Stu Levenick

Retired group president

Caterpillar

Martin Eberhard

Co-founder, former CEO

Tesla Motors

Mary McDowell

Polycom CEO

Distinguished Alumni Award

Anthony Leggett

Nobel-winning physicist

On UI faculty since ’83

Mannie Jackson

Basketball Hall of Famer

CEO, Harlem Globetrotters

Phillip Sharp

Renowned geneticist, biologist

Shared 1993 Nobel Prize

Joel Poloney

Senior software engineer

Google

Terry Lavin

Appellate judge

Illinois First District

Brad Oltmanns

Global board director

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tom Siebel

Software entrepreneur

Donated $157 million-plus