University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Susan Johnson

ACES Award of Merit

U of Colorado professor

Diane Kovacs

Web teacher/librarian

Alumni Leadership Award

Saiid Saiidi

Nevada engineering professor

Outstanding Alumni Award

Ron Rotunda

Legal scholar, professor

Died in March 2018

Consuelo Waight

2016 Fulbright scholar

University of Houston

Lisa Dieker

Lockheed Martin scholar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Chuck Haas

Engineering professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

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

Gerald Ferris

Management professor

Florida State University

Gary Urton

Harvard professor

Won 2000 'Genius' grant

Octavian Cheung

Hong Kong-based CEO

Immersive Education Academy

Don Lowe

Earth sciences professor

Stanford University

Anna Kindler

Professor, former provost

University of British Columbia

Janet Gannon

Corp. development director

Transcendia

Tony Laing

Director, Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Men of Color Initiative

Jamila Reeves

Managing director

Teach For America

Dan Halpin

Pioneering civil engineer

Distinguished Alumni Award

Jennifer Ollie

STEM program manager

Chicago Public Schools

Julia Azari

American presidency expert

Author, Marquette professor

Otho Tucker

Illini guard, 1972-76

Charter school CEO