List of Illinois Institute of Technology alumni

This list of Illinois Institute of Technology alumni includes graduates and non-graduate former students of Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Nobel laureates

See also: Nobel Prize and List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation
Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Jack Steinberger Withdrew
chemical engineering 		Corecipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino." [1][2]

Politics and public service

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Valdas Adamkus 1961
civil engineering 		Highly decorated President of the Republic of Lithuania, who served two terms, the first from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009. [3]
Rajeev Chandrasekhar 1985
Master's in computer science 		Member of the Parliament of India; vice-president of FICCI; member of the architecture design teams that created the i486 and Pentium chips at Intel; director of Karnataka Power Corporation Limited; and director of HAL Bangalore International Airport. [4][5][6][7]
Julius Hoffman Presiding judge in the Chicago Seven conspiracy trial. [8]
Munir Ahmad Khan 1956
Transferred 		Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (1972-1991) and IAEA Board of Governors (1986-1987)
David V. Miller Former U.S. Air Force Major General
Joseph M. Mleziva Wisconsin farmer and state legislator
James G. Roche 1960
Bachelor of Science in language, literature and philosophy 		Former Secretary of the Air Force, was Senior Professional Staff Member of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, asst. dir. of the Office of Net Assessment. Awards include the Order of the Sword, Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, Navy Commendation Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Defense Superior Service Medal. [9]
Mohsen Sazegara 1979 Iranian journalist, political activist, and a researcher at Harvard University. [10][11]
Gloria Ray Karlmark 1965
Bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics 		Congressional Gold Medal Recipient and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School after the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. [12][13]

Education

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Ethel Percy Andrus 1918
Bachelor of Science 		Founded both the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons, both of which merged into what is now AARP. [14][15]
Ida M. Flynn Master's degree in computer science American computer scientist, textbook author, and professor. She founded the BSIS program at the University of Pittsburgh. [16]
Vincent Sarich Bachelor of Science in chemistry Controversial Professor of Anthropology who received 75 protesters during one of his lectures at University of California, Berkeley. His research includes work in sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and the relation between race and evolutionary speciation. [17][18]
Martin C. Jischke 1963
Bachelor of Science in physics 		President of Purdue University; President of Iowa State University; and Chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is also a member of the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. [19][20][21]

Business

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Robert Pritzker 1946
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering 		Listed as #47 in 2004 on Forbes' ranking of the wealthiest people in the world. Inherited Colson Company, and industrial component manufacturer, and merged it with others into Marmon Group. [22][23]
John Calamos 1963
Bachelor's Degree in Business and Economics;
1970 M.B.A. 		Listed on Forbes' 400 Richest Americans list as #281. Founder and CEO of Calamos Asset Management. Conferred as one of BusinessWeek's Best Mutual Fund Managers in both 2003 and 2004. [24][25][26][27][28]
Sanjay Kirloskar Chairman and Managing Director of the Kirloskar Brothers Limited, one of the world's largest pump manufacturers. As of 2006, he is worth 1.5 billion USD. [29][30]
Sam Pitroda 1966
Master's in Electrical Engineering 		Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission to the Prime Minister of India. Chairman and CEO of World-Tel Limited, a member of the ITU. Set up 1.52 million ubiquitous yellow public call offices throughout India, revolutionizing telephone access in the country. [31][32][33]
Tony Rezko 1970's
Bachelor's degree and master's degree in civil engineering 		Political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer who helped Rod Blagojevich become Governor of Illinois and set up the state's first Democratic administration in twenty years. Rezko was convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery in 2008 for using his connections to the state boards to demand kickbacks from businesses that wanted to do business with the state. [34][35]

Engineering

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Arthur Bronwell 1933 Electrical engineering professor who served as president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and dean of the University of Connecticut School of Engineering. Bronwell received his BS degree in 1933 and went on to receive his MS degree from IIT. [36]
Marvin Camras 1940 Invented a way to produce high fidelity magnetic wire recordings which were used for training and misinforming the enemy during WWII. His inventions contributed to commercializing magnetic tape sound recording. Received the National Medal of Technology "for the development and commercialization of magnetic recording." [37][38]
Otis Boykin Withdrew Most notable invention was likely the control unit for the artificial heart pacemaker, which used electrical impulses to maintain a regular heartbeat. He also contributed more than 25 other military and commercial electronic devices. [39]
Martin Cooper 1950 Inventor of the mobile phone while working at Motorola. His first call on "the brick" was to his rival at Bell Labs, Joel S. Engel. He is a former CEO, co-founder, and current Chairman of ArrayComm. [24][40][41]
Lina Nilsson Co-founder of Tekla Labs and open source lab technology developer. MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35. [42]
Bhakta B. Rath 1961 Material physicist and Head of the Materials Science and Component Technology of the United States Naval Research Laboratory [43][44]
Grote Reber 1933
Electrical engineering 		Early experimenter with radio telescopes and built the first with a parabolic reflector.


Computer science

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Jack Dongarra 1973
Master of Science in computer science 		Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee
Edward L. Kaplan 1965 Co-founder of Zebra Technologies and served as chairman and CEO of the company for 37 years. The company manufactures Real time location systems, RFID solutions, and specialty printers for industrial product tracking. [24][45]
Victor Tsao 1980
 Co-founded Linksys together with his wife Janie Tsao. Linksys Group, Inc. was the market and product leader in the Consumer/SOHO networking market. Linksys’ products include wireless/wired home routers and access points, wireless adapters for laptops and desktops and unmanaged switches. In 2003 the company was acquired by Cisco Systems for $500 million. [46]

Natural sciences

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Sidney Coleman 1957
Physics 		Creator of the eponymous Coleman–Mandula theorem
Susan Solomon 1977
Bachelor of Science in chemistry 		A senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she was the first person to explain that manmade chlorofluorocarbons were destroying the ozone layer and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992 at age 36. She was named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People in 2008. [47][48]
Samuel Karlin Mathematician and population geneticist.

Humanities

Architecture and design

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Virgil Abloh 2006

M.Arch

Fashion designer for brands Louis Vuitton and Off-White
Henry Clifford Boles 1943

B.Arch

African American Architect, active in Massachusetts and Liberia [49]
Charles Draper Faulkner 1913
Bachelor of Science in Architecture 		Chicago-based architect
Charles M. Goodman FAIA 1934
 Hollin Hills Historic District and other notable mid-century modern homes
Helmut Jahn withdrew Architect (Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin; Messeturm in Frankfurt; James R. Thompson Center in Chicago)
James Ingo Freed Degree in Architecture Architect
Hans Hollein 1959
withdrew 		Pritzker Prize-winning Austrian architect (attended IIT for one year)
Gertrude Kerbis 1954 Founded the firm Lempp Kerbis in 1967; Founded the Chicago Women in Architecture group
Florence Knoll 1941 Building Knoll Inc, modernist office and furniture design.
Phyllis Lambert CC GOQ FRAIC FRSC RCA 1963 Canadian architect
Howard Lane 1947 Architect based in Los Angeles, California [50]
Edward Noonan 1960 Architect and Shimer College president [51]
Brigitte Peterhans 1962 Architect and associate partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill
Robert Bruce Tague 1935
Master's Degree in Architecture 		Chicago-based architect and abstract artist ,[52][53]

Arts and entertainment

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Michael Abramson 1977 Documentary photographer
Barbara Blondeau MFA, 1968 Experimental Photographer [54]
Dorothea Brande Writer and associate editor of The American Review
Linda Connor Large-format photographer; professor of photography
Anita Douthat 1972 Photographer
Yasuhiro Ishimoto 1952 Photographer
Kenneth Josephson Large-format photographer; professor of photography
Harry Stephen Keeler Electrical Engineering Novelist
Ray Metzker Large-format photographer; professor of photography
Art Paul 1950 Graphic designer, Playboy Art Director and designer of its rabbit-head logo [55]
Art Sinsabaugh Large-format photographer; professor of photography
Dorothy Thompson Writer, broadcaster, wife of Sinclair Lewis
Charles H. Traub Photographer and educator
James Young Bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering Member of the band Styx
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram MS Indian Film Actor [56][circular reference]

Social and behavioral sciences

Name Image Graduation date
Degree 		Known for Reference
Irving I. Gottesman 1953
Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology 		Distinguished Professor at University of Minnesota in psychology [57]

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