Ronald Sandack
Ronald "Ron" Sandack was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 81st district from 2013 to 2016. Prior to his appointment Sandack was the Mayor of Downers Grove, Illinois, where he served from 2007 to 2011.He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986 and his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in 1989. Prior to his election as mayor, Sandack served on the Downers Grove Village Council. His service to Downers Grove began in 2001 with his appointment to the Village Liquor Commission. Sandack was appointed to the Illinois Senate in 2010, replacing Daniel Cronin who resigned his position to become the chairman of the DuPage County Board. From 2013 until his resignation, he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Sandack was the Republican House floor leader and was known for being outspoken on social media, and was a strong supporter of Governor Bruce Rauner.Sandack abruptly resigned from the Illinois House of Representatives on July 24, 2016, citing "cyber-security issues", claiming that he had found several fake social media accounts that were set up in his name.Downers Grove Republican David Olsen was appointed to fill Sandack's unexpired term and to take his place on the ballot in the November 2016 elections. Sandack is married with two children.Arthur William Galston
Arthur W. Galston was an American botanist and bioethicist. As a graduate student, he identified the defoliant effects of a chemical the British military and the U.S. military later developed into Agent Orange which was employed extensively in Malaya and Vietnam. When chairman of Yale's botany department, his ethical objections led President Nixon to end its use.- Jean Driscoll (born November 18, 1966) is an American wheelchair racer. She won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon eight times, more than any other female athlete in any division. Her wins in Boston included seven consecutive first-place finishes from 1990 to 1996. Driscoll participated in four Summer Paralympic Games, winning a total of five gold, three silver, and four bronze medals in events ranging from 200 meters to the marathon.
- Keith Humphreys is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (VA Geriatric) at Stanford University.
Mark Steinberg
Sports agentMark Steinberg is a sports agent who has been representing top golfers since 1992. He is a partner at Excel Sports Management. where he heads the professional golf division. Established in 2002, Excel Sports Management is a full-service sports management and marketing agency representing top athletes in professional basketball, baseball and golf. On June 6, 2011, Tiger Woods announced he would be going to Excel with Steinberg. Since that announcement, Steinberg has continued to build his division, including signing three-time PGA Tour winner Matt Kuchar and Danielle Kang. Previously, he led the global golf division of the large corporate sports agency IMG. While there, Steinberg shaped the careers of many golfers, including Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker and Annika Sörenstam. Steinberg has represented Tiger Woods since 1998. As the agent for Tiger Woods, Steinberg has been described as "the de facto chief executive of (Tiger's) golf and endorsement empire" and among the "three or four most powerful people in golf". Steinberg has described Mr. Woods as "one of my best friends". Steinberg parted with IMG in May 2011. Steinberg sits on the following boards; Tiger Woods Foundation Board of Governors, Annika Sörenstam Foundation Board and Cleveland Sports Commission.Robert L. Linn
Robert L. Linn is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the understanding of educational assessments. He has studied technical and policy issues relating to the application of test data, and the effects of high-stakes testing on teaching and learning. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, past president of the American Educational Research Association and the National Council on Measurement in Education, and former editor of the Journal of Educational Measurement. He completed his PhD and MA in educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.- EducatorDr. Swieringa taught accounting at Stanfords Graduate School of Business and at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University before serving as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board from 1986 to 1996.
- ProfessorJoseph D. Piotroski is an American Professor of Accounting at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER). Professor Piotroski was the inaugural Center for Global Business and the Economy Research Fellow at the Stanford GSB. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford in 2007, Professor Piotroski was an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1999 - 2007). Professor Piotroski specializes in accounting and financial reporting issues, and is known in the investing world for an influential 2000 paper he wrote while at the University of Chicago, entitled Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers. In the piece, Piotroski laid out a way (Piotroski F-Score) to buy and short stocks using several accounting-based criteria. His back-testing showed that the method would have produced returns well above the broader market averages over a two-decade period. Professor Piotroski is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, and the Journal of Accounting and Economics. His research has been cited in publications such as Bloomberg BusinessWeek, SmartMoney Magazine, and Investor's Business Daily.
- Politician, LawyerEdmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Brown served as California Attorney General from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California as a consequence of the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the third longest-serving governor in United States history, serving 16 years and 7 days in office.Brown was born in San Francisco as the son of Bernice Layne Brown and Pat Brown, who served as the 32nd governor of California (1959–1967). After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley and Yale University, he began his political career as a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees (1969–1971). He was elected to serve as the 23rd Secretary of State of California from 1971 to 1975. At 36, Brown was elected to his first term as governor of California in 1974, making him the youngest California governor in 111 years. In 1978, he won his second term. During and following his first governorship, Brown ran as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976, 1980 and 1992. He declined to pursue a third term in 1982, instead making an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate that same year. After traveling abroad, he returned to California and served as Chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989–1991), attempting to run for the Senate once more in 1992. After six years out of politics, Brown returned to public life, serving as Mayor of Oakland (1999–2007), and then as Attorney General of California (2007–2011). He ran for his third and fourth terms as California governor in 2010 and 2014, his eligibility to do so having stemmed from California's constitutional grandfather clause. On October 7, 2013, he became the longest-serving chief executive in the history of California, surpassing Earl Warren.
- PsychologistErnest Ropiequet "Jack" Hilgard (July 25, 1904 – October 22, 2001) was an American psychologist and professor at Stanford University. He became famous in the 1950s for his research on hypnosis, especially with regard to pain control. Along with André Muller Weitzenhoffer, Hilgard developed the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Hilgard as the 29th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Paul Shaner Dunkin
Paul Shaner Dunkin was an American writer, librarian and professor. He was known in the field of librarianship for his philosophies and critiques of, as well as his witticism over cataloging. Subsequently, Dunkin was named one of the top "100 of the Most Important Leaders [of Library Science] in the 20th Century."Nayereh Tohidi
Professor Nayereh Tohidi is Professor and former Chair at the Department of Gender & Women Studies, California State University, Northridge. She is also a Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies of UCLA, where she has been coordinating the Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran since 2003.Her teaching and research areas include sociology of gender, religion (Islam), ethnicity and democracy in the Middle East and post-Soviet Central Eurasia, especially Iran and Azerbaijan. She is the recipient of several grants, fellowships and research awards, including a year of Fulbright lectureship and research at the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan; post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard University; the Hoover Institute of Stanford University; the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and the Keddie-Balzan Fellowship at the Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA. She has held visiting positions at Universities of Iowa, Minnesota, Harvard, UCLA, and USC. Recently she has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop and launch a minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in California State University, Northridge. Tohidi’s publications include editorship or authorship of Globalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts; Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity; and Feminism, Democracy and Islamism in Iran.- Athlete, American football playerMartez Jerome Wilson (born September 21, 1988) is a former American football defensive end.
- American football playerJoshua Aaron Price-Brent (born January 30, 1988) is a former American football defensive tackle who played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Illinois.More Josh Brent
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Andrew Stroth
Andrew M. Stroth, J.D. is Of Counsel to the Commercial Practice Group at Handler Thayer, LLP and the President of Impact Talent Associates, a sports management and marketing firm based in Chicago. Stroth is most notable for negotiating endorsement deals for several sports figures, including Donovan McNabb, Dwyane Wade, Michael Vick, Lovie Smith, Brandon Marshall, and Martellus Bennett. As President of Impact Talent Associates, Stroth serves as the business advisor and legal contact for athletes from teams such as the Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, and Miami Heat. In this role he also serves as an agent for Chicago television news anchor Robin Robinson and meteorologist Cheryl Scott. In July 2011, Stroth negotiated a multi-year endorsement deal with Nike for NFL player Michael Vick. Stroth also serves as an adviser to Fuse Science and assists the company with procuring professional athletes to endorse the brand. In November 2011, Stroth negotiated an endorsement deal between Fuse Science and professional golfer Tiger Woods.Kevin L. Barney
Kevin L. Barney is a specialist in public finance law who also writes scholarly works related to Mormon history, scripture and thought. He serves on the boards of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research. Barney has also contributed articles to the Ensign, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, FARMS Review and BYU Studies. In addition to his scholarly works, Barney is one of the most prolific bloggers for By Common Consent, one of the largest and most prominent Mormon blogs. As of January 2011, Barney has contributed over 340 articles to BCC. Barney was born in Logan, Utah and raised primarily in DeKalb, Illinois. He served an LDS mission in Colorado and received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University where he studied multiple languages. He earned his law degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later a master of laws degree from DePaul University.Jayadev Galla
Galla Jayadev also known as Jayadev Galla or Jay Galla is an Indian business executive. and politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is the Managing Director of Amara Raja Group. On 8 March 2014, he joined the Telugu Desam Party and won the 2014 Lok Sabha Election from Guntur.- American football playerMikel Leshoure (born March 30, 1990) is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois.
Taeghwan Hyeon
Taeghwan Hyeon is a South Korean scientist in researching chemical synthesis and applications of nanocrystals. He joined the faculty of the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Seoul National University in 1997. His research group actively studies synthesis of uniformly sized nanocrystals and their various applications. He directed the National Creative Research Initiative Center for Oxide Nanocrystalline Materials. In June 2012, he was appointed as a Director of Center for Nanoparticle Research of Institute for Basic Science. He was appointed as University Distinguished Professor in 2010. Since 2010, he has been serving as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical SocietyBeth Combs
Beth Combs (born September 3, 1969) is an American basketball coach.Ben Scott
Ben Scott is a Senior Advisor to the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation in Washington DC and a Visiting Fellow at the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung in Berlin. Previously, he was a Policy Advisor for Innovation at the US Department of State where he worked at the intersection of technology and foreign policy. In a small team of advisors to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he worked to help steward the 21st Century Statecraft agenda with a focus on technology policy, social media and development. Prior to joining the State Department, for six years he led the Washington office for Free Press, a non-profit organization dealing exclusively with media and communications policy. As policy director for Free Press, he headed a team of lawyers, researchers, and advocates, and directed a public interest policy agenda to expand affordable access to an open Internet and to foster more public service journalism. He was frequently called as an expert witness before the U.S. Congress. Before joining Free Press, he worked as a legislative aide handling telecommunications policy for then-Rep. Bernie Sanders in the U.S. House of Representatives.- American football playerJonathan Yao-Lante Asamoah (born July 21, 1988) is a former offensive guard who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois. Asamoah was considered one of the top interior offensive linemen for the 2010 NFL Draft. Asamoah has also played for the Atlanta Falcons.
Cliff Roberts
Clifford Ubert Roberts, Jr. (born 1933 or 1934) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for one season for the Oakland Raiders. He was born in Philadelphia and was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, having served upon his graduation from high school. He studied radio and television at the University of Illinois, where he also played college football.Jason Plummer
Kyle Hudson
Baseball playerKyle Jordan Hudson is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization.Gerald R Ferris
Dr. Gerald R. Ferris is the Francis Eppes Professor of Management and professor of psychology at Florida State University. He has published extensive research in the areas of social influence in organizations, performance evaluation, relationships at work and reputation in organizational contexts. Dr. Ferris served as editor of the annual series Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management from 1981–2003, and has authored or edited a number of books including: Political Skill at Work: Impact on Work Effectiveness, Handbook of Human Resource Management, Strategy and Human Resources Management, and Method & Analysis in Organizational Research. In 2001, Ferris was the recipient of the Heneman Career Achievement Award and in 2010, he received the Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award, both from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management. He was formerly a professor of labor and industrial relations, of business administration, and of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he directed the Center for Human Resource Management at the University of Illinois from 1991–1996.Murray Edelman
Murray Jacob Edelman (1919 – January 26, 2001) was an American political scientist known for his research on symbolic politics and political psychology.Sorab K. Ghandhi
Sorab K. Ghandhi is a professor Emeritus at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute known for his pioneering work in electrical engineering and microelectronics education, and in the research and development of Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy for compound semiconductors. He was the recipient of the IEEE Education Award "For pioneering contributions to semiconductor and microelectronics education" in 2010.Robert H. Dodds, Jr.
Robert H. Dodds, Jr. Ph.D. is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He specializes in the field of Structural engineering with a focus on non linear fracture mechanics of structural materials. He has done extensive research for the fields of fracture mechanics, fatigue, and engineering software development.
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