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.
| Name | Graduation Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tricia Griffith | 1986 | CEO for The Progressive Corporation. The first woman named as Fortune Magazine's Businessperson of the Year in 2018. |
| Patti S. Hart | 1978 | Vice chairman of International Game Technology. She was named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" in 1998 by Fortune magazine. [1] |
| Name | Graduation Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| J. Michael Adams | 1969 | President of Farleigh Dickinson University. [2] |
| K. Patricia Cross | 1948 | A retired professor from the University of California-Berkeley, Dr. Cross was a 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. He is presently a 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 from 1991 to 2004. |
| Reg Weaver | 1962 | Served as the president for the National Education Association from 2002 to 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 |
| Name | Graduation Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm L. McCallum | 1995 | Conservation scientist, herpetologists |
| Jenny P. Y. Ting | 1975 | President of Farleigh Dickinson University. [2] |
| Amy Wagner | 1992 | American Neuroscientist. |
Suzy Bogguss fans will want to be in Aledo Saturday for the 18th annual Rhubarb Fest ... After high school she went to Illinois State University, where she earned a degree in, of all things, metalsmithing.
Doug Collins put Illinois State on the college basketball map, piling up points for the Redbirds in the early 1970s before going on to success as a player, coach and commentator in the NBA. Since 1973, Collins has reigned as ISU's career scoring leader with 2,240 points. But Tarise Bryson is taking dead aim on that mark, and Collins has noticed.
If former Illinois State baseball player Neal Cotts never ended up injuring his leg his junior year in high school, he might have never made it to where he is today. Today he is on the Chicago White Sox 40-man roster and hopes to make the final roster when they cut the team to 25-players in the next few days.
For a "Michigan man," as Bo Schembechler so famously described Steve Fisher when handing him the Wolverines' team prior to the 1989 NCAA Tournament, Fisher sure seems like an Illinois guy. He grew up in Herrin, prime coal-mining country in the southern part of the state. He attended Illinois State University and played three years of varsity ball there in the mid-1960s.
In 2007, Glenn was the East nominee for the CFL's most outstanding player award. His Winnipeg Blue Bombers were in the division final. ... Turning negatives into positives is something Glenn's been doing all his life. When he was a kid, he was told he was too small to play QB. When he went to high school, he heard it again. And again at Illinois State, where 5-foot-10 quarterbacks weren't considered top NCAA material.
Grigsby, 27, has played in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs, the Miami Dolphins, and this season will join the Houston Texans. Grigsby started his football career at Canton High School and then played football for Illinois State University before playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The report says Hawkins, 24, told officers he had three vodka and orange juice drinks and said he had a previous driving under the influence case in Illinois, where he attended Illinois State University before being drafted by the Jaguars in 2006 in the fifth round.
Dan Kolb has always been a captivating case for me. The Illinois State graduate didn't distinguish himself much in his first four seasons in the majors. Then he got the opportunity to close for the Milwaukee Brewers halfway through 2003. After some success, he entered 2004 as the Brewers' closer
After a dominant prep run, the 6-foot, 200-pounder took his skills to Illinois State University and quickly became one of the biggest Redbirds on campus. Prior played four years of both football and baseball in Normal and still holds the Illinois State and Missouri Valley Conference record for career interceptions (24). He is also the Redbirds' career punt return yardage leader with 906 yards.[ permanent dead link ]
Traded to the "perfect situation," the 2009 season did not stay perfect very long for former Illinois State wide receiver Laurent Robinson.[ dead link ]
Illinois State University's Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the University golf course to the Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State University in recognition of Weibring's commitment and contribution to Redbird Athletics and his achievements as a Professional Golf Association (PGA) member.
And according to Nelsan Ellis, the Chicago native who plays Lafayette, that was just fine with the tart-tongued Merlotte's cook ... The actor, who was born in Harvey, spent much of his youth in Alabama and returned to the Chicago area at age 14 to attend Dolton's Thornridge High School. He later studied at Columbia College Chicago and Illinois State University and trained as an actor at New York's prestigious Juilliard School.