University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Michael Pratt

Boston College

UI professor, 1994-2008

Ritu Raman

Forbes’ 30 under 30

MIT postdoctoral fellow

Bret Cohen

Law partner

Nelson Mullins, Boston

Kim Tan

South editor

The Boston Globe

Eduardo Torrealba

Director of engineering

Formlabs

Lesley Millar-Nicholson

MIT director

Technology Licensing Office

Michael Van Valkenburgh

Award-winning architect

Hired for Obama library

Grace Woo

Pixels.IO founder

Graduated at age 19

Barbara O'Connor

UI police chief, 2009-12

Led police at UConn, UMass

Robyn Neal

Digital marketing coordinator

Boston Celtics

Jeff Anderson

Director of global gaming

Hasbro

Clifford Saper

Harvard professor

Groundbreaking neuroscientist

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Author

‘The Deep End of the Ocean’