Alumni Interview: Amanda McGrory
It’s summer 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and I’m holding a Paralympic silver medal in the 1,500 meters. Beside me is my teammate Tatyana McFadden, ’13 ACES, EDM ’19, one
Alumni Interview: Mary Lou Kutska
I’d been at my job as a bridge technical manager at the engineering firm Michael Baker International for two months when I got a photo message from my supervisor. It
Alumni Interview: Melvin Burch-Bynum
When people say, “Thank you for your service” in the Marine Corps, I can’t help thinking, “Don’t thank me yet. I may be ‘retired,’ but I’m just getting started.” I
Alumni Interview: Amanda Vanek
I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. My father was a policeman: Sergeant Larry Augustine, a career cop I idolized. Dad used to tell us police
Alumni Interview: Michael Sebastian
I’ve always been a magazine man. During the years I lived in the Sigma Chi frat house, I was one of the few who regularly read magazines. I subscribed to
Alumni Interview: Gayle G. Magnuson
You wouldn’t know it, but right now, I’ve got 65 animals living with me. I’ve got a couple of dogs up here and eight cats; the rest are all in
Alumni Interview: Robert Doubek
The Washington Post’s architecture critic called the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund “a clipper ship of efficiency.” Part of it was the fact that we were all young. The effort was
Alumni Interview: Kevin Jackson
When I arrived at Illinois in 1990, a kid out of a tough neighborhood south of Chicago, I had no idea I’d become a research scientist. I was a football
Alumni Interview: Karen Layng
The Seventh Circuit Bar Association was founded in 1951. But it had never had a woman president before me, in 2001. If you go up to the ceremonial courtroom in
Alumni Interview: Dan Petrella
I report on state government and politics. My primary focus is covering the Pritzker administration, especially when the governor appears in public here in Chicago. I always wanted to work
