University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jennifer Robbennolt

Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law

Co-Director, Illinois Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science

Jonathan Sweedler

James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry

Director, UI School of Chemical Sciences

Shaowen Wang

Professor and Head

Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science

Andreas Cangellaris

Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

M.E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jeff Trapp

Blue Waters Professor

Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Raul Gouvea

Professor, International Management

University of New Mexico

Don Edwards

Flexpoint Ford CEO

Chair, UI board of trustees

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Angela Sinickas

2020 Alumni Achievement Award

International corporate communication researcher

Norman Beamer

Administrative patent judge

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Adrienne Washington

Leadership coach and consultant, AA3 Solutions LLC

Former HR senior manager, Lockheed Martin

Sally Smith

Former Alaska legislator, 1977-83

Juneau mayor, 2000-03

Michael Albert

Sign language interpreter

Chicago Hearing Society

Sarah Holst Schryer

Assistant state’s attorney

Tazewell County

Julie Rodrigues Widholm

Director and chief curator

DePaul Art Museum

Erik Henriksen

Made 3 Olympic teams

1999 U.S. Speedskating Hall of Famer

Cara Maurizi

Music, drama, dance teacher

Urbana school district

Dr. Jim Enderle

Emergency medicine physician

Carle Foundation Hospital

Mark Palmer

Chief Counsel

Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

Leslie Erganian

Artist and author

Co-author, 2019 release 'NEW WEST: Innovating at the Intersection’

Mary Grisolano

Sr. resident general manager

Blue Man Group

Gretchen Gscheidle

Former design director

Herman Miller, Inc.

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Emelyn Baker

Interaction designer

Google

Elitsa Dimitrova

Corporate associate

Freeborn & Peters LLP

Richard Herman

Chancellor, 2005-09

Professor of math, education