University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jason Adams

Former executive editor

Entertainment Weekly

Steve Beckett

Pillar of the Bar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Ross Cavitt

Former Emmy-winning Atlanta TV reporter

Cobb (Ga,) County communications director

David Citrin

Engineering professor

Georgia Tech

Tom Costello

Longtime MTD executive, communication instructor

Died in April 2020

Ed Cupp

World-renowned entomologist

Auburn professor emeritus

Todd Fischer

Senior VP

GMR Marketing

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Kelvin Droegemeier

UI atmospheric sciences professor and special advisor to the chancellor

Former director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Beth Finke

Author, memoir teacher

NPR commentator

Marilyn Flynn

Dean, Social Work

Univ. of Southern California

John Giannini

College basketball coach

508–375 career mark

Andrew Goldberg

VP, marketing

Adrienne Arsht Center

Chuck Haas

Engineering professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Jan Horvath

Broadway opera singer

‘Phantom of the Opera’ original

Dale Kempf

Abbvie distinguished research fellow

Director of Neglected Diseases Research

Ray Lantz

President

Carpet Advantage, Urbana

Rick Lawrence

President,

PCIX, Inc.

Lucia Lin

Violinist

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Jerry Marcyk

Director/components research

Intel (retired)

John Matras

Automotive writer, photographer

Owner, John Matras Media LLC

Jim McNeely

Won 2001 Grammy

Jazz pianist, composer

Mary Jo Meisner

Veteran newspaper editor

3-time Pulitzer juror

Michelle Moreno

Managing director

Dresner Partners, Chicago

Judd Parkin

TV/film executive

Former VP at ABC, NBC

John Pauly

Former Marquette provost

Journalism prof. emeritus