University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mark Hersam

Won 2014 ‘Genius’ grant

Northwestern professor

Marc Farinella

Senior fellow

University of Chicago

Clare Hasler-Lewis

CEO

OlivinoLife, Inc.

William Wallace

Art history professor

Washington University

Sharon Mosher

Geosciences dean

University of Texas

Doris Houston

Director, Illinois State University

Center for Adoption Studies

Kanti Bajpai

Former headmaster

The Doon School, India

Dan Farber

Law professor

Cal-Berkeley

Kevin Warwick

Artificial intelligence pioneer

Former Beckman fellow

Gerald Ferris

Management professor

Florida State University

Gary Urton

Harvard professor

Won 2000 'Genius' grant

Loriene Roy

Past president

American Library Association

Richard DeBowes

2017 President’s Award

American Vet Med Assn.

Don Lowe

Earth sciences professor

Stanford University

Bruno Breitmeyer

Professor emeritus

University of Houston

Anna Kindler

Professor, former provost

University of British Columbia

Carlos Braga

Former director, Europe

The World Bank

Stuart Umpleby

Past president

American Cybernetics Society

Robert Swieringa

Accounting prof. emeritus

Cornell University

Ed Cupp

World-renowned entomologist

Auburn professor emeritus

Tony Laing

Director, Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Men of Color Initiative

E.J. Corey

Won Nobel in chemistry

UI professor, 1951-59

Joe Alutto

Provost, interim president

Ohio State

Dan Halpin

Pioneering civil engineer

Distinguished Alumni Award