University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Marilyn Flynn

Dean, Social Work

Univ. of Southern California

Sheri Shaw

Asst. dean/student success

UNC-Wilmington

Joel Coats

Professor of entomology

Iowa State

Cory Overstreet

Principal

Kellogg Elementary, Chicago

Brian Harris

Superintendent

Barrington schools

Vikram Jandhyala

VP, innovation strategy

University of Washington

Robert Gallo

Mechanical engineering prof.

George Mason University

Gene Kritsky

Dean

Mt. St. Joseph University

Heather Hathaway Miranda

Founding co-chair

Latina/Latino Alumni Assn.

Jeanne Harris

Business analytics lecturer

Columbia University

Brian Wansink

Director

Cornell Food/Brand Lab

Ana Valderrama

Associate dean

Rosario National U

Nancy Brookhart Cherin

2 volleyball Final Fours

’87 Big Ten Co-POY

Vince Poor

Former Princeton dean

UI engineering prof, 1977-90

Steve Beckett

Pillar of the Bar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Frederick Volkmar

Yale professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Tom Costello

Longtime MTD executive, communication instructor

Died in April 2020

Amr Elnashai

Vice chancellor

University of Houston

Mort Weir

UI’s fifth chancellor (1988-93)

Former psychology professor

Idun Reiten

Norwegian mathematician

Humboldt Research Prize

Judy Wiegand

Former superintendent

Champaign school district

Ruchika Prakash

Psychology professor

Ohio State

John Rogers

Bioelectronics pioneer

Held Swanlund chair at UI

Bruce Molitoris

Past president

Amer. Society of Nephrology