University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Kyle Cline

Chief Illiniwek 35

Caterpillar engineer

Logan Ponce

Chief Illiniwek 37

2008-09

Bill Forsyth

Chief Illiniwek 25

President, Frontier Partners

Dan Maloney

Chief Illiniwek 36

Financial advisor

Peter Marzek

Chief Illiniwek 23

Florida plastic surgeon

Ivan 'Alex' Dozier

Chief Illiniwek 38

Senior agronomist, IntelinAir

Michael Colgrass

Award-winning composer

Pulitzer '78, Emmy ’82

Darrin Fletcher

14-year MLB catcher

Illini Athletics HOF

Nicole Cottle

Deputy chief counsel

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Donald Nally

Award-winning conductor

The Chicago Bach Project

John Kim

Pulitzer-winning photographer

Chicago Tribune

Anthony Leggett

Nobel-winning physicist

On UI faculty since ’83

Larry Doyle

Comedy writer

Thurber Prize for humor

Tonise Paul

President/CEO

Energy BBDO

Brian Wesselman

Expedia manager

Business Intelligence

Tom Chiola

Former judge

Cook Co. Circuit Court

Jennifer Waldinger

Central management COO

State of Illinois

Cory Bradford

UI’s 5th all-time scorer

1,735 points, 1999-2002

Richard Powers

2019 Pulitzer Prize

Won 1989 ‘Genius’ grant

Donato Cabrera

Music director

California Symphony

Don Scifres

Laser physics pioneer

UI Engineering HOF

Chris Gandy

3-year basketball starter

CEO, Midwest Legacy Group

Joel Sucherman

Senior digital director

NPR

Andrew McIntyre

VP/technology

Chicago Cubs