University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Shiraz Tayabji

Senior principal engineer

Applied Research Associates

Mary Eggers Tendler

Illini Athletics HOF

Volleyball coach, Elon

Hillary Tennant

Illini volleyball setter

3rd-team All-American, 2010

Jim Tenzillo

Director

Invest Michigan

Lou Tepper

3 bowls as head coach

25-31-2 record, 1991-96

Bryan Terry

Vice chancellor

UNC-Greensboro

Scott Tess

Sustainability and resiliency officer

City of Urbana

Elizabeth Tewolde

Project engineer

ExxonMobil

John Thibodeaux

Comedy writer

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Lynne Thieme

Software engineer

Trustee, Delta Gamma Foundation

Dick Thies

'Pillar of the Bar'

Webber & Thies, Urbana

Michelle Thimesch

CEO

CrowdFund Main Street

Karen Thole

Engineering professor, department head

Penn State

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Karleton Thomas

Director of entrepreneurship

Urban League of D.C.

Latasha Thomas

Senior counsel

Clark Hill of Chicago

Bryan Thomas Jr.

Associate Director, EDGE Doctoral Fellowship Program

Stanford University

Cheryl W. Thompson

NPR investigative reporter

Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post

Gretchen Thompson

Owner, managing partner

IMPACT Physical Therapy of Champaign

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Justin Thompson

Senior associate dean, COO

University of Virginia Curry School of Education

Katie Thompson

Amazon VP

Associate general counsel

Kelly Thompson

President

Culver-Stockton College

Merrill Thompson

Attorney

Created Merrill and Emma Thompson Endowment Fund