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Education
Erin Peters-Burton
Donna R. and David E. Sterling Endowed Professor in Science Education
George Mason University
Henry Petroski
Civil engineering professor
Distinguished Alumni Award
Jessica Pitcher
Champaign principal
Robeson Elementary
Morgan Polikoff
Associate professor of education
USC
Ian Punnett
‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host
K-State professor
Chathapuram ‘Ram’ Ramanathan
2020-21 Community Achievement Award, UI School of Social Work
Associate Professor,University of West Florida
Susan Rankaitis
Professor of art
Scripps College
Bob Rauber
Director, School of Earth, Society and Environment
Professor of atmospheric sciences
Dan Reed
Sr. VP for academic affairs
University of Utah
Chuck Reifsteck
Principal
Reifsteck Reid & Company Architects of Champaign
Seamus Reilly
President
Carl Sandburg College
Mike Riggs
President/CEO
Performance Consulting Ltd.
Don Rockwood
Professor emeritus, University of Florida
School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Lennon Rodgers
Director, Engineering Design Innovation Lab
University of Wisconsin
John Rogers
Bioelectronics pioneer
Held Swanlund chair at UI
Jay Rosenstein
Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker
UI Professor, Media and Cinema Studies
Al Roth
Shared Nobel in Economics
UI professor, 1974-82
Jaime Roundtree
Director of curriculum and instruction, Rantoul City Schools
Former principal at Champaign's Booker T. Washington STEM Academy
Loriene Roy
Past president
American Library Association
Leslie Rutkowski
Education professor
Indiana University
Saiid Saiidi
Nevada engineering professor
Outstanding Alumni Award
Mark Salzer
Professor of social and behavioral sciences
Temple University
Larry Samuelson
Professor of economics
Yale University
Mark John Sanchez
Lecturer of history, literature
Harvard University
