University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Gary Hack

Professor, dean emeritus

Penn (1996-present)

Parsa Khalili

Brooklyn architect

Princeton visiting lecturer

Andy Langan

Chicago law partner

Kirkland & Ellis

Laura Niklason

Yale professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Erika Harold

Miss America 2003

Champaign attorney

Jeanne Harris

Business analytics lecturer

Columbia University

Brian Wansink

Director

Cornell Food/Brand Lab

Vince Poor

Former Princeton dean

UI engineering prof, 1977-90

Frederick Volkmar

Yale professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Cordell Overgaard

President

Overgaard Broadcasting

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Jane Unrue

Award-winning novelist

Harvard writing professor

Jose Martinez

Cornell professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Alan Poeppel

VP/senior associate

Langan Engineering

Katie Thompson

Amazon VP

Associate general counsel

Malden Nesheim

Nutrition prof. emeritus

Cornell University

Emily Vito

Asst. development director

Lincoln Center Film Society

Fred Moyer

Principal architect

Moyer Associates

Gary Urton

Harvard professor

Won 2000 'Genius' grant

Michael Van Valkenburgh

Award-winning architect

Hired for Obama library

Jim Morrill

Political writer

Charlotte Observer

Robert Swieringa

Accounting prof. emeritus

Cornell University

E.J. Corey

Won Nobel in chemistry

UI professor, 1951-59

Bruce Blair

Nuclear security expert

Won 1999 'Genius' grant