University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Cheryl W. Thompson

NPR investigative reporter

Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post

Bhibha Das

Assistant professor, East Carolina

3-time Jeopardy! contestant

Tracey Meares

Walton Hale Hamilton Professor

Yale Law School

Robbie Schnitzer

Accountant, Wipfli LLP

Past Illini Hillel president

Lori Garrett

Professor of human anatomy, physiology

Parkland College

Ray Mentzer

Retired from ExxonMobil

Purdue visiting professor

Mwenda Ntarangwi

Kenya-based Secretary, CEO

Commission for University Education

Richard Ahrenkiel

Owner/founder

Lakewood Semiconductors

Shawna Cooper-Gibson

VP, student services

Seton Hall University

Cam Wesson

Professor of sociology and anthropology

Lehigh University

Henry Lowenstein

Professor of management and law

Coastal Carolina University

David Faiman

Israel-based director

Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center

Paul Booth

DePaul associate professor

Media and cinema studies

Dan Naiman

Professor of applied math, statistics

Johns Hopkins

Xuming He

Professor of statistics

University of Michigan

Susan Rankaitis

Professor of art

Scripps College

Gene Beier

Professor of physics

University of Pennsylvania

Jeff Johanns

Lecturer of accounting

University of Texas

Larry Samuelson

Professor of economics

Yale University

Steve Skiena

Professor of computer science

Stony Brook University

John McGlone

Professor, Animal and Food Sciences

Texas Tech

Michael Svec

Professor of education

Furman University

Molly Delaney

VP, development

Eastern Illinois Foodbank

Marilyn Joy Coles

Professor emerita

Eastern Illinois University