University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Pramod Varshney

Syracuse professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Consuelo Waight

2016 Fulbright scholar

University of Houston

Ashley Llorens

Chief, Intelligent Systems Center

Johns Hopkins University

Lisa Dieker

Lockheed Martin scholar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Malden Nesheim

Nutrition prof. emeritus

Cornell University

Neil Kane

Director, Michigan St.

Undergrad. Entrepreneurship

Chuck Haas

Engineering professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Lesley Millar-Nicholson

MIT director

Technology Licensing Office

Marc Farinella

Senior fellow

University of Chicago

Anisha Ismail Patel

Education consultant

CEO, InnovusED

William Wallace

Art history professor

Washington University

Sharon Mosher

Geosciences dean

University of Texas

DeVaris Brown

CEO

Floodgate Academy, Oakland

Loida Tapia

Senior advisor

U.S. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Doris Houston

Director, Illinois State University

Center for Adoption Studies

Carrie Kagawa

Chief of staff/consultant

Nat'l Veterans Intermediary

Kanti Bajpai

Former headmaster

The Doon School, India

Loriene Roy

Past president

American Library Association

Octavian Cheung

Hong Kong-based CEO

Immersive Education Academy

Richard DeBowes

2017 President’s Award

American Vet Med Assn.

Anna Kindler

Professor, former provost

University of British Columbia

Keith Schacht

Co-founder

Mystery Science

David Goldberg

Founder, Threejoy Associates

UI professor emeritus

Stan Ikenberry

UI’s 14th president, 1979-95

Longest-serving president