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 I’ll admit I never...
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 the U of I....
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 my own son play...
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 me entry into the...
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 Silcox. (Image courtesy of...
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 this, at least for...
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 time, I had a terrific...
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 and science,” my mom...
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 our home in Glen...
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 time. He was always...
