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
Alumni Interview: Former Fighting Illini gymnast shares what it’s like to be Spider-Man’s stunt double
“What’s it like to be Spider-Man’s stunt double?” Ask Illinois grad Chris Silcox, ’08 FAA, who appears in the latest installment of the Marvel Studios franchise. Check out this interview with
Alumni Interview: Steven Keiser
Forty-one years ago, I was offered a job teaching special education at a school on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Chinle, Ariz. At the time I thought, “I can do
Alumni Interview: Andy Leach
When I saw the ad for the director of library and archives position at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008, I jumped at it. At the
Alumni Interview: Mari Kay Scott
I grew up in Chicago in a family of educators. Like a lot of people applying to college, I didn’t know what to choose as my major. “You like math
Alumni Interview: Paul Sirvatka
When I was a kid, I loved storms. Any time there was severe weather—thunderstorms or snowstorms—I went nuts. My dad and I used to take benches from the garage at
Alumni Interview: Paola Boivin
I was drawn to sports because of my father. He would take us to White Sox games—we lived in Park Forest, a suburb of Chicago—and we never had a bad
