Featured alumnus
Donald McHenry '57
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Carter Administration. He is presently a Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.
Education
J. Michael Adams '69
President of Farleigh Dickinson University.
Nathaniel Anderson, Ed.D '98
Superintendent of East St. Louis School District 189. Appointed by the governor of Illinois as a member of the Eastern Illinois University's Board of Trustees where he serves as chair.
Doris Crank '43
Professor Emerita at Northern Illinois University, considered the mother of business education.
K. Patricia Cross '48
A retired professor from University of California-Berkeley, Dr. Cross was a senior lecturer and chair of the Department of Administration, Planning, and Social Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
John Dossey '65, M.S. '68
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Illinois State University. Also author of many textbooks and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
R. David Edmunds, M.A. '66
Pulitzer Prize nominee recognized as one of the nation's prolific writers and Native American historian.
James Fisher '56, M.S. '57
President Emeritus of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and an active consultant in higher education.
James Koch '64
President Emeritus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
Donald McHenry '57
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Carter Administration. He is presently a Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.
George Pruitt '68
President of Thomas Edison State College.
C. Robert O'Dell '59
Professor at Vanderbilt University and was a lead scientist in the development of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw '61
Chancellor of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.
Reg Weaver '62
Currently serving as the President for the National Education Association.
