University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, also known as UIUC and the UofI (the officially preferred abbreviation), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. It is highly ranked in engineering, computer science, physical sciences, psychology, and accounting. The campus is divided almost exactly between the cities of Urbana and Champaign. The university is composed of 18 colleges and institutes that offer more than 150 programs of study. There are approximately 28,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC is the site of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, which created the first graphical Web browser, Mosaic. The University also has the third largest academic library, and the largest public engineering library (Grainger Engineering Library) in the country. The Daily Illini is the (unofficial) student newspaper.

11 alumni and nine professors from U of I have won the Nobel Prize, including two in 2003; professors Paul Lauterbur and Anthony Leggett won for their work in physiology/medicine and physics, respectively.

UIUC's sports teams, nicknamed the Fighting Illini (pronounced eye-LIE-nigh), compete in Division I (I-A for football) as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Table of contents

1 Notable alumni

1.1 Alumni with Nobel Prizes
1.2 Alumni with Pulitzer Prizes
1.3 Technology and Innovation
1.4 Literature, Media, and Entertainment
1.5 Society
1.6 Astronauts
1.7 Athletics

2 Notable faculty
3 External links

Notable alumni

Alumni with Nobel Prizes

Edward Doisy, B.S. 1914, M.S. 1916 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1943)
Vincent Du Vigneaud, B.S. 1923, M.S. 1924 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1955), faculty member of UIUC
Robert Holley, B.A. 1942 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1968)
Jack Kilby, B.S. 1947 - Nobel laureate (Physics, 2000). Inventor of the microchip.
Edwin Krebs, B.A. 1940 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1992)
Polykarp Kusch, M.S. 1933, Ph.D. 1936 - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1955)
John Schrieffer, M.S. 1954, PhD 1957 - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1972), faculty member of UIUC
Phillip Sharp, Ph.D. 1969 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1993)
Wendell Stanely, M.S. 1927, PhD. 1929 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1946)
Rosalyn Yalow, M.S. 1942, Ph.D. 1945 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1977)

Alumni with Pulitzer Prizes

Barry Bearak, M.S. 1974 - awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize (International Reporting)
Michael Colgrass, B.A. 1956 - awarded the 1978 Pulitzer Prize ( Music )
George Crumb, M.A. 1952 - awarded the 1968 Pulitzer Prize ( Music )
David Herbert Donald, M.A. 1942, Ph.D. 1946 - awarded the 1961 Pulitzer Prize(Biography), 1988 Pulitzer Prize(Biography)
Roger Ebert, B.S. 1964 - movie critic, awarded the 1975 Pulitzer Prize (Criticiscm)
Roy J. Harris, B.A. 1925 - awarded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize (Public Service)
Hugh F. Hough, B.S. 1951 - awarded the 1974 Pulitzer Prize (Local General Spot News Reporting)
Paul Ingrassia, B.S. 1972 - awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize (Beat Reporting)
Monroe Karmin, B.S. 1950 - awarded the 1967 Pulitzer Prize (National Reporting)
Allan Nevins, B.A. 1912, M.A. 1913 - awarded the 1933 Pulitzer Prize (Biography), 1937 Pulitzer Prize (Biography)
James Reston, B.S. 1932 - awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize (National Reporting), 1957 Pulitzer Prize (National Reporting)
Robert Lewis Taylor, B.A. 1933 - awarded the 1959 Pulitzer Prize (Fiction)
George Thiem, B.S. 1921 - awarded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize (Public Service)
Carl van Doren, B.A. 1907 - awarded the 1939 Pulitzer Prize (Biography)
Mark van Doren, B.A. 1914 - awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prize (Poetry)
Abe Zaidan, B.S. 1953 - awarded the 1971 Pulitzer Prize (Local Reporting)

Technology and Innovation

Marc Andreessen, B.S. 1993, co-creator of Mosaic, and later co-founder of Netscape
Ed Boon, B.S. 1986, creator of Mortal Kombat video game
Steve Dorner, B.S. 1983 creator of Eudora (email software)
Lawrence Ellison, founder of Oracle Corporation, drop out
Michael Hart, B.A. 1973, founder of Project Gutenberg
Max Levchin, B.S. 1997, founder of PayPal
Bob Miner, B.A. (mathematics) 1963, co-founder of Oracle Corporation
Ray Ozzie, B.S. 1979, creator of Lotus Notes
Jerry Sanders, B.S. 1958, co-founder and former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
Tom Siebel, B.A. 1975, M.B.A. 1983, M.S. 1985, founder of Siebel Systems
Jack Welch, M.S. and Ph.D. 1960, former CEO of General Electric

Literature, Media, and Entertainment

Dave Eggers, writer
Hugh Hefner, B.A. 1949, founder of Playboy magazine
Robert Johnson, founder of BET Television Network
Ang Lee, movie director
Andy Richter, actor/comedian

Society

John Anderson, congressman and 1980 presidential candidate
Ronald Cohn, co-founder of The Gorilla Foundation, researcher and cameraman who helped document Koko, the mountain gorilla
Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist
Donald Johanson, anthropologist
Francine Patterson, co-founder of The Gorilla Foundation, researcher who taught a modified version of American Sign Language to a mountain gorilla named Koko
Fidel Ramos, former president of the Philippines

Astronauts

Scott Altman, B.S. 1981 - NASA astronaut
Lee J. Archambault, B.S. 1982, M.S. 1984 - NASA astronaut
Dale A. Gardner, B.S. 1970 - NASA astronaut
David H. Matthiesen, B.S. 1980, M.S. 1982 - NASA astronaut
Steven R. Nagel, B.S. 1969 - NASA astronaut
Joseph R. Tanner, B.S. 1973 - NASA astronaut

Athletics

Red Grange - professional football player for the NFL's Chicago Bears
Dick Butkus - professional football player for the NFL's Chicago Bears
Jeff George - professional football player for a variety of teams, from the Indianapolis Colts to the Washington Redskins

Notable faculty

John Bardeen - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1956) for co-inventing the transistor, and Nobel laureate (Physics, 1972) for work on superconductivity. Served on the faculty from 1951 until his demise in 1991.
Elias Corey - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1990). Served on faulty from 1951 to 1959.
Paul Lauterbur - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 2003). Joined the faculty in 1985.
Anthony J. Leggett - Nobel laureate (Physics, 2003). Joined faculty in 1983.
Salvador Luria - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1969). Served on faculty from 1950-1959.
Rudolph Marcus - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1992). Served on faculty from 1964-1968.
Franco Modigliani - Nobel laureate (Economics, 1985). Served on faculty from 1948-1952.