Alumni Interview: Newton Cheng
I believe in the power of health and well-being. Corporations have a special opportunity because healthier employees make the business more successful. I believe if we help people at Google,
Alumni Interview: Kerry Joels
Growing up as a child actor in New York, I won a role in the animated movie The Space Explorers. That hooked me on astronomy, so I soon retired from
Alumni Interview: Bill Geist
I’m very much a Midwesterner, and I think of myself that way. Very practical. Standard. I’d say I’m normal, but I’m actually from Champaign, and Normal is about 50 miles
Alumni Interview: Thomas M. Siebel
The information technology business has grown from virtual nonexistence in 1950 to a $50 billion industry in 1980 to a $3.5 trillion market today. In five to six years, that
Alumni Interview: Temple Grandin
I got my master’s degree in animal science at Arizona State University. I went there to study cows. I had come a long way in my development by then. I didn’t
Alumni Interview: Scott Altman
I always wanted to fly: It was my passion from the time I was 3 years old. I got an appointment to the Air Force Academy. Unfortunately, at the pre-induction
Alumni Interview: Gene Honda
I like to joke that I graduated from the U of I in four terms: the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations. It’s not that I was a slow student, though
Alumni Interview: Judson Todd Allen
Editor’s Note: Before this article was published, we were informed that Chef Allen had died from a heart attack. He was 36. I was a food science and nutrition major at
Alumni Interview: Elizabeth Pieroth
As a mom as well as a concussion specialist working with the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, White Sox, Fire and National Women’s Soccer League, I’m often asked if I would let
Alumni Interview: Joe Pedott
I can’t say that when I started in business I intended to end up in the Smithsonian Institute, but that’s what happened. My relationship with the first item that won
