University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Richard Ahrenkiel

Owner/founder

Lakewood Semiconductors

Howard Aizenstein

2019 LAS Alumni Achievement Award

Physician, scientist, Pitt professor

Shahzeen Attari

Associate professor

Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Sanjay Banerjee

Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering

University of Texas

Norman Beamer

Administrative patent judge

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Gene Beier

Professor of physics

University of Pennsylvania

Tim Simpson

4-year football starter

1992 Dike Eddleman Award

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Newton Cheng

Global health and performance lead

Google

Mark Clark

Senior partner

O2Works LLC

David Faiman

Israel-based director

Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center

Anthony Leggett

Nobel-winning physicist

On UI faculty since ’83

Stephanie Majewski

Associate professor of physics

University of Oregon

Laura Niklason

Yale professor

Alumni Achievement Award

George Percivall

Chief engineer/technical officer

Open Geospatial Consortium

Erin Peters-Burton

Donna R. and David E. Sterling Endowed Professor in Science Education

George Mason University

Bob Rauber

Director, School of Earth, Society and Environment

Professor of atmospheric sciences

Ken Schweizer

Morris Professor of Materials Science & Engineering

Polymer Physics Prize recipient

Don Scifres

Laser physics pioneer

UI Engineering HOF

Michael Svec

Professor of education

Furman University

Kandice Tanner

Investigator

National Cancer Institute