University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Junior Burke

Professor, novelist

‘Something Gorgeous’ (2005)

Kelly Burke

State representative

D-Oak Lawn

Craig Burkhardt

Law partner

Barnes & Thornburg

Sheila Burns

Managing director

Building 12 Communications

Jon Burr

Renowned bassist

Founded arrangerforhire.com

Michael Burton

Assistant professor

University of Texas-Dallas

Deb Busey

40 years in local government

Champaign County administrator, 1998-2016

Laura Bush

1990 Dike Eddleman Award

2 Final Fours at UI

Cathy Bushman

Senior director

Tiffany & Co.

Mike Bushman

Author

Former DI editor-in-chief

Dick Butkus

UI retired his No. 50

Pro, College Football HOF

Barry Butler

President

Embry-Riddle

Kesha Butler

Operations officer

Administration for Children and Families

Lisa Butler

Communications director

CVS Caremark Corp.

Candi Butzow

Director, brand strategy

BuzzFeed

Orazio Buzza

Founder/CEO

Fooda, Inc.

Sue Byrne

Writer/editor

Consumer Reports (2003-16)

Donato Cabrera

Music director

California Symphony

Colleen Callahan

Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Distinguished Service Award recipient

Jacob Calvert

Chief scientist, Dascena

Pursuing Ph.D. at Cal-Berkeley

Kelli Campbell

Chief operating officer

Discovery Education

Kevin Campbell

Fleet services manager

City of Chicago

Tom Caneva

Director, Marching Illini

1999-2006

Andreas Cangellaris

Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

M.E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering