University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

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