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Alumni have created companies and products such as Netscape Communications, AMD, PayPal, Playboy, National Football League, Siebel Systems, Mortal Kombat, CDW, YouTube, THX, Oracle, Lotus, Mosaic, Safari, Firefox, W. W. Grainger, Delta Air Lines, BET, and Tesla Motors.
Alumni and faculty have invented the LED, JavaScript, the integrated circuit, the quantum well laser, the transistor, MRI, and the plasma screen, and are responsible for the structural design of such buildings as the Willis Tower, the John Hancock Center, and the Burj Khalifa
21 alumni and faculty members are Nobel laureates and 20 have won a Pulitzer Prize
John Bardeen is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics,
Fazlur Rahman Khan, considered to be the "Einstein of structural engineering" and the "Greatest Structural Engineer of the of the 20th century
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Nobel Prize winners:
-Edward Doisy, B.S. 1914, M.S. 1916 – Physiology or Medicine, 1943
-Vincent Du Vigneaud, B.S. 1923, M.S. 1924 – Chemistry, 1955; also served as faculty member
-Robert W. Holley, B.A. 1942 – Physiology or Medicine, 1968
-Jack Kilby, B.S. 1947 – Physics, 2000; inventor of the integrated circuit
-Edwin G. Krebs, B.A. 1940 – Physiology or Medicine, 1992
-Polykarp Kusch, M.S. 1933, Ph.D. 1936 – Physics, 1955
-John Schrieffer, M.S. 1954, Ph.D. 1957 – Physics, 1972; also served as faculty member
-Phillip Sharp, Ph.D. 1969 – Chemistry, 1993
-Wendell Stanley, M.S. 1927, PhD. 1929 – Chemistry 1946
-Rosalyn Yalow, M.S. 1942, Ph.D. 1945 – Physiology or Medicine, 1977
Pulitzer Prize winners:
Barry Bearak, M.S. 1974 – International Reporting, 2002
Michael Colgrass, B.A. 1956 – Music, 1978
George Crumb, M.A. 1952 – Music, 1968
Carl Van Doren, B.A. 1907 – Biography, 1939
Mark Van Doren, B.A. 1914 – Poetry, 1940
Roger Ebert, B.S. 1964 – Criticism, 1975
David Herbert Donald, M.A. 1942, Ph.D. 1946 – Biography, 1961 and 1988
Paul Ingrassia, B.S. 1972 – Beat Reporting, 1993
Allan Nevins, B.A. 1912, M.A. 1913 – Biography, 1933 and 1937
James Reston, B.S. 1932 – National Reporting, 1945 and 1957
Robert Lewis Taylor, B.A. 1933 – Fiction, 1959
Academia:
College presidents and vice-presidents-
Dr. Benjamin Allen – President, University of Northern Iowa
John L. Anderson M.S., Ph.D. – Eighth President, Illinois Institute of Technology, Former Provost Case Western Reserve University
Robert M. Berdahl M.A. – President of American Association of Universities, Former Chancellor of UC Berkeley, Former President of University of Texas at Austin
Alvin Bowman Ph.D. – President, Illinois State University
Tom Buchanan Ph.D. – Twenty-third President University of Wyoming
David L. Chicoine Ph.D. – President, South Dakota State University
Lewis Collens B.S., M.A. – Seventh President, Illinois Institute of Technology
Ralph J. Cicerone M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1970 – President, National Academy of Sciences, Former Chancellor UC Irvine
John E. Cribbet J.D. – legal scholar, Dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, and Chancellor of the University of Illinois
Lois B. DeFleur Ph.D. – President, Binghamton University, Former Provost University of Missouri
Dr. Tony Frank Ph.D. – President, Colorado State University
Candace Goodwin M.B.A. – President, DeVry University, Chicago, Former President South University Savannah
Robert C. Graham M.S., Ph.D. – former Vice-President, Hanover College
Tori Haring-Smith Ph.D – President, Washington & Jefferson College
Freeman A. Hrabowski III M.A., Ph.D. – President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Philip Handler Ph.D. 1939 – President, National Academy of Sciences
Albert K. Karnig M.A., Ph.D. – Third President (1997–Present), California State University, San Bernardino
Robert W. Kustra Ph.D. – President, Boise State University
Isaac E. Lagaris Ph.D. 1981 – Vice-Rector, University of Ioannina
John Niland Ph.D. 1970 – Fourth President, University of New South Wales, Australia
J. Wayne Reitz M.S. 1935 – President, University of Florida
Steven B. Sample B.S. 1962, M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1965 – Tenth President, University of Southern California
Michael Schwartz B.S. 1958, M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1962 – President Cleveland State University
James J. Stukel M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1968 – Fifteenth President, University of Illinois
David J. Schmidly Ph.D., – Twentieth President University of New Mexico
William D. Underwood J.D. – Eighteen President, Mercer University
Marvin Wachman Ph.D. – President, Temple University, Former President Lincoln University
Herman B Wells – President, Indiana University
College provosts and vice provosts-
Joseph A. Alutto M.A. – Provost, Ohio State University
W. Kent Fuchs M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1985 – Fifteenth Provost, Cornell University
Richard C. Lee Ph.D. – Vice Provost, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Distinguished professors and scholars-
Warren Ambrose B.S. 1935, M.S. 1936, Ph.D. 1939 – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at MIT.
Arnold O. Beckman B.S. 1922, M.S. 1923 – Former Professor of Chemistry at Caltech.
Gerald R. Ferris Ph.D. – Francis Eppes Professor of Management and professor of psychology at Florida State University
Nick Holonyak B.S., Ph.D. – Professor of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglas A. Melton B.S. – Biologist, Xander University Professor at Harvard University
Nora C. Quebral Ph.D. – proponent of the development communication discipline; Professor Emeritus of development communication at University of the Philippines Los Baños
Bernard Rosenthal, Ph.D. 1968 – Professor Emeritus of English at Binghamton University.
Roy Vernon Scott M.A. 1953, Ph.D. 1957 – Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University
James Thomson B.S. 1981 – Professor of Microbiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Paul S. Dunkin M.A. 1931, B.S. 1935, Ph.D. 1937 – Professor Emeritus of Library Services at Rutgers University
Martin Gruebele
Performing arts-
Barbara Bain, B.S. – winner of three consecutive Emmy Awards for the role of Cinnamon Carter in Mission: Impossible
Timothy Carhart – film and television actor (Pink Cadillac, The Hunt for Red October)
Andrew Davis – film director (The Fugitive)
Nancy Lee Grahn, briefly attended – Daytime Emmy-winning actress
Gene Hackman, attended – Five-time Academy Award-nominated actor
Shanola Hampton – actor (Shameless (USA))
Arte Johnson, 1949 – Laugh-In television personality
Margaret Judson – television actress (The Newsroom)
Ang Lee, 1980 – Academy Award-winning movie director (Best Director, 2005, Brokeback Mountain)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, 1980 – actress (Scarface, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
John McNaughton – film and television director (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Wild Things)
Ryan McPartlin – actor (Chuck (TV series))
Donna Mills – film and television actress (Knots Landing)
Ben Murphy – television actor (Alias Smith and Jones)
Lucas Neff – actor (Raising Hope)
Nick Offerman, 1993 – actor (Parks and Recreation)
Jerry Orbach, B.A. – Broadway, film and television actor (Dirty Dancing, Detective Lennie Briscoe in Law & Order)
Peter Palmer – actor and singer; played "Li'l Abner" on Broadway and film
Larry Parks – Academy-Award-nominated actor; blacklisted in Hollywood after testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee
Andy Richter, briefly attended – actor and Conan O'Brien sidekick
Alan Ruck – actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Star Trek Generations, Spin City)
Lynne Thigpen, B.A. 1970 – 1997 Tony Award-winning actress (Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?)
Jonathan Sadowski – actor ($#*! My Dad Says (TV series))
Allan Sherman – comedian (known for the Grammy Award-winning novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah"; television writer and producer (co-creator of I've Got a Secret)
Sushanth, B.E. – Telugu actor
Grant Williams – film actor (The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)) and operatic tenor
Roger Young, M.S. – Emmy Award-winning TV and movie director
Architecture-
Max Abramovitz, B.S. 1929 – architect on many campus and prominent international buildings including the United Nations Building, Assembly Hall (Champaign) and the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City
Temple Hoyne Buell – architect for the first American central mall
Henry Bacon – architect of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
Jeanne Gang, B.S. – architect
Ralph Johnson, B. Arch 1971 – principal architect of the Perkins+Will
David Miller, M. Arch 1972 – principal architect of the Miller/Hull partnership, FAIA
César Pelli, M. Arch. 1954 – architect for the Petronas Twin Towers
Nathan Clifford Ricker, D. Arch. 1871 – first architect to receive a degree in architecture from an American institution
William L. Steele – architect of the Prairie School during the early-twentieth century
John Hanna – architect, Chicago, Illinois
Art-
Mark Staff Brandl, B.F.A. 1978 – artist, art historian and critic
Leslie Erganian – artist and writer
Deb Sokolow, B.A. 1996 – artist
Lorado Taft – sculptor, writer and educator
Astronauts-
Steven R. Nagel
Scott Altman, B.S. 1981
Lee J. Archambault, B.S. 1982, M.S. 1984
Dale A. Gardner, B.S. 1970
Steven R. Nagel, B.S. 1969
Joseph R. Tanner, B.S. 1973
Michael S. Hopkins, B.S. 1992
Business:
Irving Azoff, attended — CEO of Ticketmaster (2008-present); Executive Chairman Live Nation Entertainment
Nancy Brinker, 1968 – founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; Chief of Protocol of the United States, United States ambassador to Hungary 2001-09-06 to 2003-06-19; sister of Susan G. Komen received the 1995 University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award [2]
Jim Cantalupo, 1966 – chairman and chief executive officer of McDonald's (1991–2004)
Jerry Colangelo, B.S. 1962 – president and chief executive officer of Phoenix Suns; managing general partner of Arizona Diamondbacks
Jon Corzine, A.B. 1969 – chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs (1994–1999), cross listed in Politics section
Stephen Carley, A.B. circa 1973 – chief executive officer of El Pollo Loco,[1] former president and chief operating officer of Universal City Hollywood[1]
Bob Dudley, B.S. – managing director and chief executive officer-designate of BP
Martin Eberhard, 1960 – co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors
George M.C. Fisher, 1962 – chief executive officer of Eastman Kodak (1993&–2000)
Brenda J. Gaines, B.A. – chief executive officer of Diners Club North America (2002–2004)
John Georges, 1951 – chief executive officer of International Paper (1985–1996)
Harry Gray, 1941 – chief executive officer of United Technologies (1974–1986)
James T. Hackett, B.S. 1975 – chief executive officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (since 2003)
E.B. Harris, 1935 – president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Raymond W. LeBoeuf, M.B.A. – chief executive officer of PPG Industries (1997–2005)
Robert L. Johnson – founder of Black Entertainment Television; principal owner of the Charlotte Bobcats
Michael P. Krasny, B.S. 1975 – found and chairman emeritus of CDW
Christopher Michel, B.A. 1990 – founder and chief executie officer of Military.com (1999&Ndash;2007); founder and chief executie officer of Affinity Labs
Steven L. Miller, B.S. 1967 – chief executive officer of Shell Oil (1999–2002)
Tom Murphy, B.S. 1938 – chairman of General Motors
Jim Oberweis – chairman of Oberweis Dairy
Ron Popeil, attended (left after one year) – inventor of the infomercial
Abe Saperstein – creator of the Harlem Globetrotters
Russ M. Strobel, J.D. 1977 – chief executive officer of Nicor (since 2005)
Jack Welch, M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1961 – chief executive officer of General Electric (1981–2001)
C. E. Woolman, 1912 – founder of Delta Air Lines
John D. Zeglis, B.S. 1969 – former president of AT&T; former chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Wireless
Engineering and technology:
Shoaib Abbasi, B.S. 1980, M.S. 1980 – president and chief executive officer of Informatica
Marc Andreessen, B.S. 1993 – co-creator of Mosaic, and later co-founder of Netscape
Bruce Artwick, M.S. 1976 – creator of Microsoft Flight Simulator
Ken Batcher, Ph.D. 1969 – ACM/IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award winner for work on parallel computers
Arnold O. Beckman, B.S. 1922, M.S. 1923 – inventor of the pH meter, founder of Beckman Instruments; major donor to the university which included a gift to found the Beckman Institute; namesake of the The Beckman Quadrangle
Eric Bina, B.S. 1986, M.S. 1988 – co-creator of the Mosaic and among the first employees of Netscape
Donald L. Bitzer B.S. 1955, M.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1960[2] – 2003 Emmy Award in Technical Achievement for the invention of the plasma display
Richard Blahut
Ed Boon, B.S. 1986 – creator of the Mortal Kombat video-game series
Steve Chen – co-founder of YouTube
Ven Te Chow, Ph.D. – professor of hydrology
John Cioffi B.S. 1978 – father of DSL (broad band internet connection), Marconi Prize winner,[3] founder of Amati Communications (sold to Texas Instruments), IEEE Fellow
Alan M. Davis, M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1975 – IEEE Fellow for contributions to software engineering, author, entrepreneur
James DeLaurier, B.S. – designed the first microwave-powered aircraft, the first engine-powered ornithopter, and the first human-carrying ornithopter
Daniel W. Dobberpuhl, B.S. 1967 – creator of Alpha and StrongARM microprocessors at DEC
Steve Dorner, B.S. 1983 – creator of Eudora
Russell Dupuis B.S. 1970, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1972 – professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology; co-recipient of the 2002 National Medal of Technology; awarded the 2007 IEEE Edison Medal; pioneer in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and the commercialization of LEDs
Brendan Eich M.S. 1986 – creator of JavaScript; chief technology officer of Mozilla Corporation
Lawrence Ellison, attended (left after sophomore year) – founder of Oracle Corporation
Michael Hart, B.A. 1973 – founder of Project Gutenberg
Tomlinson Holman, B.S. 1968 – creator of THX, professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
John C. Houbolt, B.S. 1940, M.S. 1942 – retired NASA engineer who successfully promoted lunar orbit rendezvous for Apollo Space Program
Jawed Karim, B.S. 2004 – co-founder of YouTube
Fazlur Khan, Ph.D. 1955 – designer and builder of the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world when it was built in 1973
Shahid Khan, B.S. 1971 – owner of Flex-N-Gate Corp.; purchased the Jacksonville Jaguars
Ed Krol – author of Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
Max Levchin, B.S. 1997 – co-founder of PayPal
Robert McCool, B.S. 1995 – author of the original NCSA HTTPd web server, later known as the Apache HTTP Server
Bob Miner, B.A. (mathematics) 1963 – co-founder of Oracle Corporation
Ray Ozzie, B.S. 1979 – creator of Lotus Notes cofounder of Lotus, co-president of Microsoft
Cecil Peabody – writer, graduate of MIT (1877) and professor at MIT
Jerry Sanders, B.S. 1958 – co-founder and former chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices
Michael Schrage, 1980, Computer Science and Economics – columnist
Thomas Siebel, B.A. 1975, M.B.A. 1983, M.S. 1985 – founder of Siebel Systems
H. Gene Slottow, Ph.D. 1964[4] – 2003 Emmy Award in Technical Achievement for the invention of the plasma display
Nadine Barrie Smith, B.S. 1985, M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1996 – biomedical researcher in therapeutic ultrasound
Jeremy Stoppelman – co-founder and chief executive officer of Yelp!
Bill Stumpf – designer of the Aeron and Ergon ergonomic chairs
Kevin Warwick, Senior Beckman Fellow, 2004 – cyborg scientist, University of Reading
Literature:
Nelson Algren, B.S. 1931 – author of 1950 National Book Award-winning The Man With the Golden Arm
William Attaway, B.A. 1935 – author of Blood on the Forge
Ann Bannon, B.A. 1955 – pulp-fiction writer; author of "The Beebo Brinker Chronicles"
Dee Brown, M.S. 1951 – author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
John F. Callahan, M.A., Ph.D. – literary executor for Ralph Ellison
Iris Chang, B.A. 1989 – author of The Rape of Nanking
Dave Eggers, attended 1980s and 90s, B.S. 2002 – author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What, and Zeitoun (book)
Stanley Elkin, B.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1961 – National Book Critics Circle Award winner for George Mills in 1982 and for Mrs. Ted Bliss in 1995
Lee Falk, 1932 – creator of The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician
Rolando Hinojosa, Ph.D. 1969 – author of Klail City Death Trip Series
Irene Hunt, B.A. 1939 – Newbery Medal winning author of Up a Road Slowly
Richmond Lattimore, Ph.D. 1935 – poet; translator of the Iliad and the Odyssey
William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., B.A. 1930 – novelist and fiction editor of The New Yorker (1936-1976)
Harry Mark Petrakis, attended – novelist
Richard Powers, M.A. 1979 – novelist and writer
Shel Silverstein, attended (expelled) – poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books (Where the Sidewalk Ends)
Larry Woiwode, 1964 – poet and novelist
Journalism and non-fiction broadcasting:
Dan Balz, B.A. 1968, M.A. 1972 – Washington Post national political reporter and editor; author
John Chancellor – political analyst and newscaster for NBC Nightly News
Roger Ebert, B.S. 1964 – film critic
Bill Geist, 1968 – CBS News correspondent
Robert Goralski, 1949 – NBC News correspondent
Bob Grant – radio talk show personality
Herb Keinon – columnist and journalist for The Jerusalem Post
Frederick C Klein, B.A. 1959 –sportswriter Wall Street Journal' and author
Will Leitch – writer and founding editor of Deadspin[5]
Carol Marin, A.B. 1970 – former news anchor; 60 Minutes correspondent; and Illinois Journalist of the Year (1988)
Tom Merritt, B.S. journalism – technology journalist and broadcaster on TWiT.tv
Robert Novak, B.A. 1952 – political commentator and columnist
Suze Orman, attended 1973 – financial adviser and author
Ian Punnett – radio talk-show personality, and Saturday-night host of Coast to Coast AM
B. Mitchel Reed, B.S., M.A. – radio personality in Los Angeles and New York City
Dan Savage – advice columnist (Savage Love) and theater director
Gene Shalit, 1949 – film critic
Patricia Thompson, 1969 – film and television producer, 1969
Douglas Wilson – television personality and designer (Trading Spaces)
Media:
Robert "Buck" Brown – Playboy cartoonist, creator of the libidinous "Granny" character, and whose drawings also regularly addressed racial equality issues
Dianne Chandler – Playboy Playmate of the Month, 1966
Erika Harold – Miss America 2003
Judith Ford (Judi Nash), B.S. — Miss America 1969
Hugh Hefner, B.A. 1949 – founder of Playboy magazine
Nicole Hollander, B.A. 1960 – syndicated cartoonist of Sylvia
Ken Paulson, J.D. – editor-in-chief of USA Today (2004–2008)
Henry Petroski, Ph.D. 1968 – civil engineer and writer
Irna Phillips, 1923 – creator of the soap opera
Brant Hansen – American radio personality for Air 1 radio network
Military:
Lew Allen, Jr., M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1954 – Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Reginald C. Harmon, LLB 1927 – first United States Air Force Judge Advocate General
Thomas R. Lamont, J.D. 1972 – United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Jerald D. Slack – U.S. Air National Guard Major General, Adjutant General of Wisconsin
Eugene L. Tattini – U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
Thomas W. Whitehouse, B.A History – United States Marine Corps Colonel
Music:
Curtis Jones – house music producer
Marty Casey, B.A. – lead vocalist of the band Lovehammers
Neal Doughty, attended late 1960s – keyboard player and founding member of REO Speedwagon
Nathan Gunn – baritone, opera singer
Jerry Hadley – opera singer
Chan Hing-yan – composer and music educator
Bob Nanna – indie-rock musician; founder of the bands Friction, Braid (band), Hey Mercedes, and The City on Film
Psalm One – hip-hop artist
Alexander Djordjevic – pianist; 2010 winner of the Hungarian Liszt Society's 35th Annual Franz Liszt International Grand Prix du Disque
Jay Bennett – former Wilco keyboardist and guitarist
Dan Fogelberg – singer-songwriter
Matt Wertz, studied industrial design – singer-songwriter
Politics:
John Anderson – U.S. Representative from Illinois (1961–1981); 1980 presidential candidate[6]
Berhane Abrehe, M.S. 1972 – Third Minister of Finance of Eritrea
Willis J. Bailey, 1879 – United States Representative and the 16th Governor of Kansas[7]
Larry Bucshon — U.S. Representative from Indiana (since 2011)[8]
James Brady, 1962 – White House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan, hand-gun-control advocate
Carol Moseley Braun, 1989 – first African-American female United States Senator (Illinois, 1993–1999); U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (1999–2001)[9]
Henry M. Britt, 1941 and 1947 (law) – Arkansas Republican pioneer and circuit judge in Hot Springs
Prentiss M. Brown – United States Senator from Michigan (1936–1943); U.S. Representative from Michigan (1933–1936)[10]
Edwin V. Champion – U.S. Representative from Illinois (1937–1939)[11]
Rafael Correa, Ph.D. 2001 — President and Former Secretary (Minister) of Finances of Ecuador.
Jon Corzine, A.B. 1969 – Governor of New Jersey (2006–2010) and U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2001–2006), cross listed in Business section[12]
Dorothy Day, 1918 – founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
Alan J. Dixon, B.S. – United States Senator from Illinois (1981–1993); 34th Illinois Secretary of State[13]
John Porter East, Law, 1959 – United States Senator from North Carolina (1981–1986)[14]
Atef Ebeid, Ph.D. 1962 – former prime minister of Egypt (1999–2004)
Tom Fink, J.D. 1952 – Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1973), Mayor of Anchorage (1987–1994)
Mark Filip, B.A. 1988 – acting Attorney General of the United States (2009); Deputy Attorney General of the United States (2008–2009); Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2004-2008)[15]
Allen J. Flannigan – Wisconsin State Assemblyman (1957–1966)
Rita B. Garman, B.S. 1965 – Illinois Supreme Court (since 2001)
Chuck Graham, B.S. 1987 – Missouri House of Representatives (1996–2002), Missouri State Senate 2004
Jesse Jackson, expelled before graduation – civil-rights leader; presidential candidate; founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Jesse Jackson Jr., J.D. 1993 – U.S. Representative from Illinois (since 1995)[16]
William Marion Jardine – U.S. administrator and educator, served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt[17]
Tim Johnson, B.A. 1969, J.D. 1972 – U.S. Representative from Illinois (since 2001)[18]
Lloyd A. Karmeier, B.A. 1962, J.D. 1964 – Illinois Supreme Court (since 2004)
Victor Kamber, B.S. 1965 – formed The Kamber Group, working for Democratic Party candidates and labor unions
Neel Kashkari, B.S. 1995, M.S. 1997 – Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury
Annette Lu – former vice-president of Taiwan (2000–2008)
Lynn Morley Martin, B.A. 1960 – U.S. Representative from Illinois (1981–1991) and Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of George H.W. Bush (1991–1993)[19]
Oran McPherson – former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Minister of Public Works for the United Farmers of Alberta government
Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Ph.D. 1995 – Commissioner for Economic Affairs for the African Union Commission (since 2004)
Dick Murphy, B.A. 1965 – Mayor of San Diego (2000–2005)
Ramon Ocasio III – 6th Judicial Subcircuit Judge, Cook County, Illinois (since 2006)
Russell Olson, attended - 39th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983)
Fidel V. Ramos, 1951 – former President of the Philippines (1992–1998)
Julius B. Richmond B.S., M.S. 1939 – 12th United States Surgeon General and the United States Assistant Secretary for Health (1977-1981); vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; first national director for Project Head Start
Peter Roskam B.A. 1983 - U.S. Representative from Illinois (since 2007)[20]
Kurt Schrader B.S. 1975, D.V.M. 1977 – U.S. Representative from Oregon (since 2009)[21]
Albert Shanker – president of the United Federation of Teachers (1964–1984); president of the American Federation of Teachers (1974–1997)
Jan Schakowsky, B.S. 1965 – U.S. Representative from Illinois (1999-present)[22]
Steve Schiff, B.A. 1968 – U.S. Representative from New Mexico (1989-1998)[23]
Ashton C. Shallenberger – 15th Governor of Nebraska[24]
Samuel H. Shapiro – 34th Governor of Illinois (1968); 38th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1961–1968)[25]
Samuel K. Skinner, 1960 – Secretary of Transportation (1989–1991); White House Chief of Staff during the George H. W. Bush Administration (1992)
Phillips Talbot – United States diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (1965–1969)
Jerry Weller, B.S. 1979 – U.S. Representative from Illinois (1995–2009)[26]
Kandeh Yumkella, Ph. D. 1991 – Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Frank White (governor), 1880 – eighth Governor of North Dakota of North Dakota
Science and mathematics:
David Blackwell, Ph.D. 1941 – mathematician; 2010 Rao–Blackwell theorem; first African American to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences (1965); first black tenured faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley
Murray S. Blum – entomologist, authority on chemical ecology and pheromones
John Carbon, B.S. 1952 – biochemist; National Academy of Sciences member
Stephen S. Chang, Ph.D. 1952 – food scientist; recipient, IFT Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science
Karl Clark, Ph.D – discovered the hot water oil separation process
Cutler J. Cleveland, Ph.D – editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy and the Encyclopedia of Earth
Ronald Cohn, B.S. 1965, M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1971 – researcher and cameraman who helped document Koko, the mountain gorilla
Alfred Y. Cho, B.S. 1960, M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1968 – father of molecular beam epitaxy; received the National Medal of Science in 1993
Gene H. Golub, B.S. 1953, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1959 – B. Bolzano Gold Medal for Merits in the Field of Mathematical
Paul Halmos, B.S. 1935, Ph.D. 1938 – mathematician
Richard Hamming, Ph.D. 1942 – mathematician; developed Hamming code and Hamming distance; winner of 1968 ACM Turing Award; namesakes fo the IEEE's Richard W. Hamming Medal
Donald G. Higman, Ph.D. 1952– mathematician, discovered the Higman–Sims group
Donald Johanson, B.S. 1966 – anthropologist, discoverer of oldest known hominid, "Lucy"
Michael Lacey, Ph.D. 1987 – awarded the Salem Prize for solving conjectures about the Bilinear Hilbert Transform
Richard Leibler, Ph.D 1939 – mathematician; formulated the Kullback-Leibler divergence, a measure of similarity between probability distributions; directed the Princeton center of the Institute for Defense Analysis
Sandra Leiblum, Ph. D. – sexologist
Temple Grandin, Ph. D 1989 – animal sciencist; bestselling author; consultant to the livestock industry in animal behavior; Her biopic won five Emmy Awards in 2010 about her life as a woman diagnosed with autism at age two
Francine Patterson, B.S. 1970 – researcher who taught a modified version of American Sign Language to a mountain gorilla named Koko
Idun Reiten, Ph. D. 1971 – professor of mathematics; considered to be one of Norway's greatest living mathematicians
Allan Sandage, B.S., 1948 – astronomer and cosmologist; winner of 1991 Crafoord Prize
Steven Takiff, Ph. D. 1970 – mathematician
Charles W. Woodworth, B.S. 1885, M.S. 1886 – founder of the Division of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; the PBESA gives the C. W. Woodworth Award
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, Ph.D. 1975 – computer scientist, winner of 2000 ACM Turing Award
Baseball:
Jason Anderson – Major League Baseball player[28]
Fred Beebe – late Major League Baseball player[29]
Lou Boudreau – late Major League Baseball player; member of the Baseball Hall of Fame[30]
Mark Dalesandro – former Major League Baseball catcher and third baseman[31]
Darrin Fletcher – former Major League Baseball catcher[32]
Tom Haller – former Major League Baseball catcher[33]
Ken Holtzman – former Major League Baseball 2-time All-Star pitcher and Israel Baseball League manager[34]
Scott Spiezio – Major League Baseball infielder and former World Series Champion (2002-Anaheim Angels; 2006-St. Louis Cardinals)[35]
Terry Wells – retired Major League Baseball pitcher[36]
Basketball:
See also: Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
Nick Anderson – former National Basketball Association player, Orlando Magic's career scoring leader
James Augustine – former National Basketball Association player
Steve Bardo – former National Basketball Association player, current ESPN basketball analyst
Tal Brody – former Euroleague basketball player
Dee Brown – former National Basketball Association player
Brian Cook – National Basketball Association player
Kendall Gill – former National Basketball Association player
Derek Harper – former National Basketball Association player
Luther Head – National Basketball Association player
Meyers Leonard – National Basketball Association player
Demetri McCamey – Turkish Basketball League player
Stan Patrick– former National Basketball Association player
Roger Powell – former National Basketball Association player
Dave Scholz – former National Basketball Association player
Deron Williams – National Basketball Association player
Frank Williams – former National Basketball Association player
Football:
See also: Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football players
Arrelious Benn – National Football League player, wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Chuck Boerio – National Football League player, linebacker for the Green Bay Packers
Dick Butkus – National Football League linebacker; member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Luke Butkus– National Football League coach, Offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears, nephew of Dick Butkus
Danny Clark IV – National Football League player, linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
Steve Collier – National Football League player, offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers
Jameel Cook – National Football League player, fullback for the Houston Texans
Vontae Davis – National Football League player, cornerback for the Miami Dolphins
David Diehl – National Football League player, offensive guard for the New York Giants
Moe Gardner – former National Football League player, former defensive line for the Atlanta Falcons
Red Grange – charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
George Halas – former National Football League coach for the Chicago Bears; charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Kelvin Hayden – National Football League player, cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts
William G. Kline – head coach for the University of Florida and University of Nebraska football and basketball teams
Greg Lewis – National Football League player, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
Mikel Leshoure – National Football League player, running back for the Detroit Lions
Brandon Lloyd – National Football League player, wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams
Rashard Mendenhall – National Football League player, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Aaron Moorehead – National Football League player, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
Ray Nitschke – National Football League player, former linebacker for the Green Bay Packers
Tony Pashos – National Football League player, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens
Neil Rackers – National Football League player, kicker for the Houston Texans
Simeon Rice – National Football League player, defensive end
Marques Sullivan – former National Football League player, offensive line for the New England Patriots
Steve Weatherford – National Football League player, punter for the New Orleans Saints
Eugene Wilson – National Football League player, defensive back for the New England Patriots
Fred Wakefield – National Football League player, offensive guard for the Arizona Cardinals
Pierre Thomas – National Football League player, running back for the New Orleans Saints
Golf-
Bob Goalby – professional golfer; won 1968 Masters Tournament
Steve Stricker, 1990 – professional golfer
Wrestling-
Lindsey Durlacher – two-time All-American Greco-Roman wrestler
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Olympics-
Kevin Anderson (tennis) – Olympian in men's tennis 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Avery Brundage, B.S. 1909 – Olympian, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President (1952–1972)
Abie Grossfeld – Olympic, Pan Am, and Maccabiah Games gymnast and coach
Daniel Kinsey – gold medalist in men's 110 m hurdles, 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
Jonathan Kuck– silver medalist in speed skating in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Don Laz – silver medalist in pole vault in the 1952 Helsinki, Finland Games; became an architect in Champaign, IL however his design career was cut short by a stroke
Herb McKenley – silver medalist in 400 m, 1948 Summer Olympics in London; silver medal in 100 m and 400 m, gold medal in 4×400 m relay, 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Harold Osborn – gold medalist in high jump and decathlon [1924 Summer Olympics, Paris France]
Bob Richards – gold medalist in pole vault in the 1952 Helsinki, Finland Games
Craig Virgin – three-time Olympian in men's 10,000 meters; two-time World Cross Country Champion
Michael Velazquez – bronze medalist in men's two man luge, 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Buel R. (Pat) Patterson – Olympic manager of wrestling, 1952 Helsinki Finland Olympics; coached at the university (1950–1972)
Deron Williams – USA basketball team member for the 2012 London Olympics
Tatyana McFadden – USA paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T54 sprint eventsteam member for the 2012 London Olympics
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