University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Rob Kennedy

President

C-SPAN

Corinne Wood

Lt. governor, 1999-2003

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa

Emil Javier

Former minister of science

The Philippines

David Eichhorn

Retired major general

U.S. Air Force

Anna Valencia

Chicago city clerk

Gamma Phi Beta president

Samuel Skinner

Chief of staff

White House, 1991-92

Ashley Predith

Senior technical advisor

U.S. Department of Energy

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Linda Birnbaum

NIEHS director

Distinguished Alumni Award

Mohamed El-Ashry

Senior fellow

United Nations Foundation

Beth Jones

COO, Hillary for America

Ex-White House director

Allan Mustard

U.S. ambassador

Country of Turkmenistan

Erin Concors

Consular officer

U.S. State Department

Carol Ross Barney

Pioneering architect

Thomas Jefferson Award

Bruce Goodwin

National security expert

Engineering alumni award

Leslie ‘Cap’ Dean

Foreign-service worker

Ex-General Dynamics analyst

Cathy Yu

Subcommittee staff director

House of Representatives

Lynn Morley Martin

21st Secretary of Labor

U.S. Rep, 1981-91

Nadia Ibrahim

Senior policy advisor

U.S. Dept. of Labor

Jill Wine-Banks

Watergate prosecutor

Led American Bar Assn.

Stephen Moore

Heritage Foundation fellow

Former Trump advisor

Bob Kustra

Boise State president

Led E. Kentucky, 1998-2001

Frankie Sturm

Foreign service officer

U.S. State Department

Kanya Bennett

Legislative counsel

ACLU