University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Chris Landreth

Award-winning animator

2004 Oscar for ‘Ryan’

Keith Bruce

Super Bowl Host CEO

San Francisco Bay Area

Wendy Levy

Midwest senior director

Vogue magazine

Tony Laing

Director, Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Men of Color Initiative

Jamila Reeves

Managing director

Teach For America

John Kuzan

Research manager

ExxonMobil

Peter Iversen

Marketing director

Nike

Kurt Gruben

Chief Illiniwek 28

Specialist, Ossur Americas

John Conrad

Actor/talent coach

‘Oceans 13,’ ‘Meet Dave’

Steve Bardo

Flyin’ Illini point guard

TV color analyst

Brad Hopkins

13-year NFL tackle

2-time Pro Bowler

Mark Steinberg

Tiger Woods’ agent

Excel Sports partner

Chuck Bowsher

U.S. comptroller general

Reagan appointee (1981-96)

Jarrod Gee

3-year starter

Illini basketball

Marc Jackson

Former Illini safety

VP/Madison Square Garden

Erdem Gezer

Country director, Turkey

Aston Martin Lagonda

Martin Eberhard

Co-founder, former CEO

Tesla Motors

E.J. Corey

Won Nobel in chemistry

UI professor, 1951-59

Bill Small

Illini basketball captain

1963 Big Ten champ

Wynn Smiley

Fraternity CEO

Alpha Tau Omega

Joe Alutto

Provost, interim president

Ohio State

Mike Small

Illini golf coach

13-time Big Ten Coach of the Year

Dan Halpin

Pioneering civil engineer

Distinguished Alumni Award

Reggie Brown

Barack Obama impersonator

Comedian, speaker