| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alex Agase |
Football |
27-Mar-1922 |
3-May-2007 |
Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue |
| Lew Allen, Jr. |
Military |
30-Sep-1925 |
|
Director of the NSA, 1973-77 |
| Maryanne Amacher |
Composer |
25-Feb-1943 |
|
Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) |
| Claire Babrowski |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Radio Shack interim CEO, 2005-06 |
| Dan Balz |
Journalist |
? |
|
Washington Post political reporter |
| Robert L. Barnett |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
EVP at Motorola, 2003-05 |
| James D. Bindenagel |
Diplomat |
30-Jun-1949 |
|
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 1999-2001 |
| Lou Boudreau |
Baseball |
17-Jul-1917 |
10-Aug-2001 |
MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer |
| C. Alvin Bowman |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President, Illinois State University |
| Tim Brewster |
Football |
13-Oct-1960 |
|
Head Coach, University of Minnesota |
| Terry L. Bruce |
Politician |
25-Mar-1944 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1985-93 |
| Tom Buchanan |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
President, University of Wyoming |
| Dick Butkus |
Football |
9-Dec-1942 |
|
Middle linebacker, Chicago Bears |
| William H. Camp |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
EVP at Archer Daniels Midland, 2003-07 |
| Jim Cantalupo |
Business |
14-Nov-1943 |
19-Apr-2004 |
CEO of McDonald's, 2002-04 |
| Stephen Carley |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO, El Pollo Loco |
| Steve Chen |
Business |
1978 |
|
Co-Founder of YouTube |
| Leon Chua |
Scientist |
28-Jun-1936 |
|
Hypothesized the memristor |
| Richard G. Cline |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Nicor, 1986-95 |
| Rafael Correa |
Head of State |
6-Apr-1963 |
|
President of Ecuador |
| Jon Corzine |
Politician |
1-Jan-1947 |
|
Governor of New Jersey |
| M. Walter D'Alessio |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Legg Mason Real Estate Services |
| Roxanne J. Decyk |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Executive at Shell Oil |
| Londa J. Dewey |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Private Client Group, US Bank |
| Alan J. Dixon |
Politician |
7-Jul-1927 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93 |
| Peter M. Donohue |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President, Villanova University |
| Roger Ebert |
Critic |
18-Jun-1942 |
|
Corpulent film critic |
| Brendan Eich |
Computer Programmer |
1961 |
|
Invented JavaScript for Netscape |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| George M. C. Fisher |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
Musician |
13-Aug-1951 |
16-Dec-2007 |
Leader Of The Band |
| Brenda J. Gaines |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04 |
| Henry Givens, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1933 |
|
President of Harris-Stowe State University |
| Red Grange |
Football |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
The Galloping Ghost |
| Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Clare M. Hasler |
Educator |
c. 1957 |
|
Director, Robert Mondavi Institute |
| Alice B. Hayes |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
|
President, University of San Diego, 1996-2003 |
| James D. Hlavacek |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Market Driven Management |
| Robert W. Holley |
Scientist |
28-Jan-1922 |
11-Feb-1993 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Nick Holonyak |
Physicist |
3-Nov-1928 |
|
Light-emitting diodes |
| Freeman A. Hrabowski |
Educator |
13-Aug-1950 |
|
President, University of Maryland Baltimore |
| Mannie L. Jackson |
Business |
4-May-1939 |
|
Owner of the Harlem Globetrotters |
| Barbara M. Knuckles |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Director of Development, North Central College |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
| Ang Lee |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1954 |
|
Brokeback Mountain |
| Max Levchin |
Business |
1975 |
|
Co-Founder of PayPal |
| Stuart L. Levenick |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Group President, Caterpillar Inc. |
| Annette Lu |
Politician |
7-Jun-1944 |
|
Vice President of Taiwan |
| John E. Major |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Novatel Wireless, 2000-03 |
| Peter Mansfield |
Scientist |
9-Oct-1933 |
|
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Darl McBride |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
President and CEO of SCO |
| Stephen T. McLin |
Business |
1946 |
|
America First Financial |
| Dirk Meyer |
Business |
1962 |
|
President and COO of AMD |
| Steven L. Miller |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Shell Oil Company, 1999-2002 |
| Franco Modigliani |
Economist |
18-Jun-1918 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Life-cycle theory |
| Bruce A. Morrison |
Politician |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91 |
| Dick Murphy |
Politician |
16-Dec-1942 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05 |
| Ray Nitschke |
Football |
29-Dec-1936 |
8-Mar-1998 |
Green Bay Packer, Hall of Famer |
| Jim Oberweis |
Business |
1946 |
|
Republican dairy magnate |
| Nick Offerman |
Actor |
26-Jun-1970 |
|
Actor/Husband of Megan Mullally |
| Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
| Suze Orman |
Author |
5-Jun-1951 |
|
The Road to Wealth |
| Ray Ozzie |
Computer Programmer |
20-Nov-1955 |
|
Microsoft Chief Software Architect |
| Stanford E. Parris |
Politician |
9-Sep-1929 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91 |
| Eboo Patel |
Activist |
? |
|
Interfaith Youth Core |
| Matthew H. Paull |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CFO of McDonalds, 2001-08 |
| Henry Petroski |
Educator |
1942 |
|
Engineering professor |
| Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
| Cordell Reed |
Business |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Former Senior VP, ComEd |
| Martin Rodbell |
Scientist |
1-Dec-1925 |
7-Dec-1998 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Peter Roskam |
Politician |
13-Sep-1961 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 6th |
| Jonathan Sadowski |
Actor |
23-Nov-1979 |
|
She's the Man |
| Steven B. Sample |
Educator |
29-Nov-1940 |
|
President, University of Southern California |
| David J. Schmidly |
Educator |
1943 |
|
President, University of New Mexico |
| Kurt M. Senske |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Lutheran Social Services of the South |
| Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
| Phillip A. Sharp |
Biologist |
6-Jun-1944 |
|
Eukaryotic (split) genes |
| Samuel K. Skinner |
Government |
10-Jun-1938 |
|
Bush 41's Chief of Staff |
| Steven J. Strobel |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Senior VP at Motorola |
| Phillips Talbot |
Diplomat |
c. 1914 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69 |
| Michael L. Tipsord |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Vice Chairman and CFO of State Farm |
| Michael T. Tokarz |
Business |
3-Nov-1949 |
|
Former Senior Partner, KKR |
| Vincent du Vigneaud |
Chemist |
18-May-1901 |
11-Dec-1978 |
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin |
| Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
| Deron Williams |
Basketball |
26-Jun-1984 |
|
Utah Jazz |
| Douglas Wilson |
TV Personality |
4-Nov-1964 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| Sewall Wright |
Biologist |
21-Dec-1889 |
3-Mar-1988 |
Mathematics of evolution |
| John D. Zeglis |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004 |
| Matthew Zell |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
Equity Group Investments |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bob Blackman |
Football |
7-Jul-1918 |
18-Mar-2000 |
Dartmouth Head Coach, 1955-70 |
| Brad Childress |
Football |
27-Jun-1956 |
|
Head Coach, Minnesota Vikings |
| Billy Gillispie |
Basketball |
7-Nov-1959 |
|
Head Coach, Kentucky Wildcats |
| Walt Harris |
Football |
9-Nov-1946 |
|
Former NCAA coach |
| Lloyd Carr |
Football |
30-Jul-1945 |
|
UMich Football Coach, 1995-2007 |
| Lon Kruger |
Basketball |
19-Aug-1952 |
|
UNLV Head Coach |
| John Mackovic |
Football |
1-Oct-1943 |
|
NFL and NCAA football coach |
| Sean Payton |
Football |
29-Dec-1963 |
|
Head Coach, New Orleans Saints |
| Bill Self |
Basketball |
27-Dec-1962 |
|
Head Coach, University of Kansas |
| Bruce Weber |
Basketball |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Head Coach, Fighting Illini |
| Mike White |
Football |
4-Jan-1936 |
|
Fighting Illini Head Coach, 1980-87 |
| Ron Zook |
Football |
28-Apr-1954 |
|
Head Coach, Fighting Illini |
