List of Illinois State University alumni

This is a list of Illinois State University alumni who are notable enough to warrant an article in Wikipedia. The list is organized by general fields of achievement.

Suzy Bogguss
Donald McHenry
Richard Roeper

Business

Name Graduation year Notes
Tricia Griffith 1986 CEO of Progressive Corporation; first woman named as Fortune magazine's Businessperson of the Year (2018)
Patti S. Hart 1978 Vice chairman of International Game Technology; named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" in 1998 by Fortune magazine[1]

Education

Name Graduation year Notes
J. Michael Adams 1969 President of Farleigh Dickinson University[2]
K. Patricia Cross 1948 Retired professor at University of California-Berkeley; former senior lecturer and chair of the Department of Administration, Planning, and Social Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education[3]
John Dossey Mathematician, distinguished professor in the department of mathematics[4]
Donald McHenry 1957 U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Carter Administration; Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at Georgetown University
Patrick Schloss 1974 Author, researcher, and former president of Northern State University and Valdosta State University
Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw 1961 Chancellor of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York 1991–2004
Reg Weaver 1962 President of National Education Association 2002–2008[5]
Paul Wehman 1974 M.S. Professor of counseling and special education and director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Virginia Commonwealth University

Journalism and letters

Law

Literature

  • Norbert Blei – author of the Chicago trilogy of Neighborhoods, The Ghost of Sandburg-Es Phizzog, and Chi Town[8]
  • Mort Castle – writer specializing in the horror genre; has written seven novels, two short story collections, and hundreds of shorter works[9]
  • Kate Charles – mystery novelist who bases all of her novels out of the Church of England; wrote Evil Angels Among Them, Unruly Passions, and Cruel Habitations[10]
  • Eric Rohmann – author and illustrator of children's books; received the 2003 Caldecott medal for My Friend Rabbit; received a 1995 Caldecott Honor book award for Time Flies; wrote The Cinder Cats and The Prairie Train[11]
  • Lester W. Smith – game designer specializing in role-playing games; creator of the Origins Award-winning game Dragon Dice[12]

Music

Science

Name Graduation year Notes
Curt M. Horvath 1985 Virologist and immunologist
Malcolm L. McCallum 1995 Conservation scientist, herpetologist
Jenny P. Y. Ting 1975 President of Farleigh Dickinson University[2]
Amy Wagner 1992 Neuroscientist
Malcolm L. McCallum
Neal Cotts
D. A. Weibring

Government

Federal government

State government

Local government

Sports

Theatre and film

Gary Cole
John Malkovich
Laurie Metcalf
Tim Russ

Other

References

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