University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Margaret Ng

UI associate professor of journalism

Institute of Communications Research and College of Media

Ronaldo Maghirang

Professor and head

UI Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Pinshane Huang

UI professor of materials science and engineering

Ivan Racheff Faculty Scholar

Paul Ellinger

VP, CFO and comptroller, UI System

2025 ACES Alumni Award of Merit

Hope Michelson

Professor, Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics

Urbana native

Mildred Barnes Griggs

UI College of Education's first Black dean

Died in 2025

Jeff Davis

Attorney

Meyer Capel

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Shozo Sato

Founding director

Japan House

Brooke Elliott

Dean, Gies College of Business

Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business

Alexandra Jones

Director of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Undergraduate Program, University of Maryland

Earned two UI degrees in atmospheric sciences and meteorology (master’s in 2010, Ph.D. in 2015)

Elaine Hsieh

Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, University of Minnesota

Earned Ph.D. in health communication from Illinois

Sunil Kumar

President

Tufts University

Shahzeen Attari

Associate professor

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

J. Robert Rossman

Professor and dean emeritus

Illinois State University

Anjali Forber-Pratt

2-time Paralympian

Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research

Craig Lundstrom

Head/professor

UI Department of Geology

Chrystalla Mouza

Dean

UI College of Education

Kathryn Anthony

ACSA Distinguished Professor

Recipient of 2021 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education

Jennifer Robbennolt

Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law

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

Jeff Brown

Dean, Gies College of Business

Margot Lakonishok Professor of Business

Jason Mazzone

UI Albert E. Jenner Jr. Professor of Law

Director, Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law

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

Kim Kidwell

Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives

Dean, College of ACES, 2016-21