University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Eric Jackson

CEO

Pipeline Foods

Kenneth David Jackson

Professor of Portuguese

Yale

Kevin Jackson

Hematology program manager

Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute

Mannie Jackson

Basketball Hall of Famer

CEO, Harlem Globetrotters

Marc Jackson

Former Illini safety

VP/Madison Square Garden

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Former U.S. Congressman

Served from 1995-2012

Summer Jackson-Cole

TV host, reporter

WSB, Atlanta

Ron Jacobs

UI professor

Education policy, organization & leadership

Kenneth Jaconetty

Retired intellectual property attorney, 2024 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award winner

2022's chemical and biomolecular engineering convocation speaker

Emily Jaenson

Former general manager

Reno Aces

Farva Jafri

New York entrepreneur

PondHop CEO

Bryce Jakobs

Writer, producer

CNN

Vikram Jandhyala

VP, innovation strategy

University of Washington

Howie Japlon

VP/general counsel

Ace Hardware

Sydney Jarrett Williams

Project/portfolio manager

Syngenta

Greg Jasinski

Assistant dean

University of Chicago

Emil Javier

Former minister of science

The Philippines

Wei Wei Jeang

Texas attorney

Grable Martin Fulton PLLC

Brandie Jefferson

Senior news director

Washington University

Jay Jelinek

Global finance director

Wilson Sporting Goods

Chris Jenkins

Director of communications

Metropolitan Milwaukee Assn. of Commerce

Frank Jennings

Atlanta-based actor

‘Selma,’ ‘Primary Colors’

Laura Jennings

Associate professor of sociology

University of South Carolina Upstate

Dan Jensen

Engineering manager

Rolls-Royce