University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Lou Henson

Winningest basketball coach

423-224, 11 NCAA bids

Kenny Battle

27th pick, 1989 NBA draft

Namesake of UI hustle award

Matt Fradin

Comcast Corp. VP

Sr. dep. general counsel

Brad Kolb

Director of operations

Google

Lisa Woodward

Sports sponsorship manager

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Philip Sarnecki

Managing partner

RPS Financial Group, Inc.

Bruce Douglas

No. 1 in assists, steals

All-Century Team member

Larry Werries

Former state ag director

UIAA Loyalty Award

Jordan Abdel-Haq

Mortgage loan oficer, Homeside Financial

Former executive director, Illinois Junior Golf Association

Jimmy Collins

Beloved basketball coach, Lou Henson's top recruiter

(1946-2020)

Ryan Baker

Lead sports anchor

CBS Chicago

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Rajiv Shah

Data scientist

DataRobot

Clint Hull

Circuit court judge

Kane County

Ed McGregor

Content integration director

ESPN

Christy Marx

Noted TV screenwriter

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’

Karen Totaro

Executive VP/GM

San Diego Convention Center

Alison Osterbur

VP/Human Resources

NBCUniversal Media

David Boduch

Senior financial analyst

Boeing

McKinley Freeman

Athlete turned actor

45 credits and counting

DA Points

All-American golfer

3 PGA Tour wins

Dee Brown

All-American guard

UIC assistant coach

Bill Hill

Asst. managing editor

MLB.com

Andy Regal

Senior consultant

The Wall Street Journal