University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Susan Johnson

ACES Award of Merit

U of Colorado professor

Karl Hess

Swanlund professor emeritus

Beckman Institute

Saiid Saiidi

Nevada engineering professor

Outstanding Alumni Award

Larry Smith

President

Entrepreneurs in Education

Brian Ludmer

Manager/tech production

Universal Studios Hollywood

Melissa Tombro

Associate professor

Fashion Institute of Tech.

Junior Burke

Professor, novelist

‘Something Gorgeous’ (2005)

Jane Unrue

Award-winning novelist

Harvard writing professor

Leslie Rutkowski

Education professor

Indiana University

Jose Martinez

Cornell professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Pramod Varshney

Syracuse professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Ron Rotunda

Legal scholar, professor

Died in March 2018

Larry Pearlman

Senior VP

Marsh Risk Consulting

Consuelo Waight

2016 Fulbright scholar

University of Houston

Prith Banerjee

Senior client partner

Korn Ferry

Gary Kebbel

Ex-AOL news director

Now a Nebraska professor

Alan Poeppel

VP/senior associate

Langan Engineering

Ray Lauk

Founder/owner

Dr. Ray’s Toffee

Ryan Gower

President

Lincoln Trail College

Ashley Llorens

Chief, Intelligent Systems Center

Johns Hopkins University

Sheela Raja

Clinical psychologist

HuffPost Live blogger

Lisa Dieker

Lockheed Martin scholar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Malden Nesheim

Nutrition prof. emeritus

Cornell University

Chuck Haas

Engineering professor

Distinguished Alumni Award