University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Bertrand Clarke

Chair, Dept. of Statistics

University of Nebraska

John Rogers

Bioelectronics pioneer

Held Swanlund chair at UI

Steve Bachrach

Organic chemist

Monmouth science dean

Bruce Molitoris

Past president

Amer. Society of Nephrology

Peter Dorhout

Vice president/research

Kansas State University

Daliah Saper

Intellectual property attorney

Owner, Saper Law

Joe Bankoff

Chair, Georgia Tech

School of International Affairs

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