University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Daniel Oerther

President-elect, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Professor of environmental health engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Cynthia Oliver

Professor of dance

2015 Doris Duke Impact Award nominee

Chinyere Osuji

Assistant professor of sociology

Rutgers University-Camden

Rahul Panat

Engineering professor

Carnegie Mellon

John Pauly

Former Marquette provost

Journalism prof. emeritus

Laura Payne

UI professor

Extension specialist

Larry Pearlman

Senior VP

Marsh Risk Consulting

Joe Pedott

CEO, Joseph Enterprises

Popularized the Chia Pet

Feniosky Peña-Mora

NYC commissioner

Design/Construction Dept.

Erin Peters-Burton

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

George Mason University

Chris Petersen

Co-founder

Futurexecs Accelerators

Henry Petroski

Civil engineering professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Alan Poeppel

VP/senior associate

Langan Engineering

Morgan Polikoff

Associate professor of education

USC

Vince Poor

Former Princeton dean

UI engineering prof, 1977-90

Joseph Powers

Engineering professor

Notre Dame

Richard Powers

2019 Pulitzer Prize

Won 1989 ‘Genius’ grant

Ruchika Prakash

Psychology professor

Ohio State

Michael Pratt

Boston College

UI professor, 1994-2008

Ian Punnett

‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host

K-State professor

Dean Radin

Chief scientist

Institute for Noetic Sciences

Sheela Raja

Clinical psychologist

HuffPost Live blogger

Chathapuram ‘Ram’ Ramanathan

2020-21 Community Achievement Award, UI School of Social Work

Associate Professor,University of West Florida

Hari Ramasamy

Senior manager

IBM