completed a 200 mile race across the state of Minnesota in fifteen consecutive days of racing. He has completed a marathon in all 50 states.
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1960s
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is pastor at Pathway Church for a revival group in the School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California.
completed a 200 mile race across the state of Minnesota in 15 consecutive days of racing. He has now completed a marathon in each of the 50 states.
1970s
Updates
will have a three-volume biography about Stephen A. Douglas, who got his start in politics in Jacksonville, published in May. The work covers the politician’s greatest achievements between 1844 -1850.
1980s
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retired from a 35-year teaching career at the end of May. She most recently worked as a special education teacher at Slater School District in Slater, Missouri.
has been named principal of Routt Catholic High School in Jacksonville, Illinois.
won re-election in Illinois 17th Congressional District.
was named CEO of Xeno Biosciences. He has 35 years of experience in business and as a scientific expert. He previously worked at Abbott Laboratories in drug discovery and development.
was appointed vice president, chief operating and chief financial officer/treasurer of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, in October 2020.
1990s
Updates
was promoted to vice president of infrastructure and engineering at State Farm in December. He has worked for the company for nearly 29 years.
was recently promoted to Chief Financial Officer-Marketing at Anglo American.
was recently promoted to subject matter expert for New York Appeals and Grievances with UnitedHealth Group.
won re-election for Circuit Court Judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit.
was hired in August of 2019 to work for the Liberty Mutual legal department’s Miami office. He still resides in Illinois.
won re-election for Morgan County State's Attorney.
2000s
Updates
will be principal of Litchfield High School following this school year. She is currently the principal of Pana Junior High School.
was named a 2021 Molly K. Arnold President’s Service Recognition Award winner by the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC). This award recognizes members with more than five years’ service who have provided strong and consistent leadership to IACAC.
won a four-year term as Sangamon County State’s Attorney.
had his first comedy book, “How to be a Miserable Failure: The Complete Guide for Destroying Your Life,” published in December 2020 .
owners of Worrell Land Services, recently celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their business.
is office manager for the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation.
was promoted to partner-elect at Crowe LLP: Accounting, Consulting, & Technology.
was named CEO of ADDMAN Engineering earlier this month. Based in St. Louis, the company supports manufactured products and manufacturing services. Joseph graduated Illinois College with honors in physics and was awarded the George W. Horton, Sr. Prize in Physics.
is a commercial lines underwriter for Auto-Owners Insurance in Montgomery, Alabama.
2010s
Updates
received the Joseph M. Dagnese Memorial Award for Excellence in Service to the Libraries at Purdue University.
was recently named head of visual content at The Players' Tribune. She has been with the company for nearly six years and was previously deputy visual director.
joined the board of education for the city of Chicago as assistant general counsel in the federal litigation unit.
started a new position as senior performance assurance specialist at Argonne National Laboratory.
was elected president of the Illinois Academic Advising Association and currently works at DePaul University in Chicago as assistant director of academic advising for biological sciences and neuroscience.
started a new position as consulting analyst at Huron.
was promoted to instructor at Saint Louis University.
was promoted to senior researcher at Impact Justice.
is a senior account executive at VMLY&R Commerce.
recently completed the Young African Leaders Initiative through the United States Department of State. The program aims to invest in the next generation of African leaders and is sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, Mastercard Foundation and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
accepted a clinical nurse position at Central Dupage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois, and recently earned her psychiatric and mental health nursing board certification.
started a new position as research analyst at Safer Foundation.
was promoted to associate editor and communications director of Not Even Past, a digital magazine focused on public history at the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently earning her Ph.D and is a historian of Latin America, with a focus on 20th-century Argentine history.
is the recipient of the Lawrence E. Schrader & Elfriede Massier Plant Physiology Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in December 2020.
started a new position as lean leader at Dot Foods.
earned a Master of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Iowa.
started a new position as an actor at Fairytale Entertainment.
started in the role of legislative director for Representative Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) in January 2021.
started a new position as missionary with Fellowship of Catholic University Students.
started a new position as communications analyst for the Illinois House of Representatives.
successfully defended her master’s thesis on April 1, 2021, and on May 7, 2021, she graduated from Illinois State University’s School of Communication with a master’s degree in communication. She was also selected as the winner of the Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award for Level 1-Master's.
graduated with a master of science degree in counseling from Eastern Illinois University.
started a new position as after school program lead at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois.
started a new position as director of communications at Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants.
2020s
Updates
is an engineer in training (EIT) in civil engineering.
accepted a new role with Sunrise FS as the agronomy marketing assistant and social media coordinator.
is an agronomist and sales person at AgriBio Systems.
was recently hired as an editorial assistant for GW Publishers in Tinley Park, Illinois.
is an AGRIntelligence technician at Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC.