Illinois Institute Of Technology Notable Alumni

Discover the notable alumni of Illinois Institute Of Technology. The list includes people like Jack Steinberger, Roger B. Chaffee, Munir Ahmad Khan & Susan Solomon. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as scientists, engineers, intellectuals & academics, architects and miscellaneous etc.

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Virgil Abloh

(Fashion designer)

Birthdate: September 30, 1980

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, U.S.

Virgil Abloh is not just a designer but also a qualified architect. He has been a DJ, too. Apart from heading Louis Vuitton's menswear collection as its artistic director, he also became the first Black designer to lead a major fashion brand. He has also launched the luxury streetwear label Off-White.

Birthdate: December 26, 1928

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Electrical engineer Martin Cooper had initially served the U.S. Navy in the Korean War. He later joined Motorola and pioneered many inventions in wireless communications. The Charles Stark Draper Prize winner also invented the world’s first mobile phone and made the first cell phone call.

Cindy Morgan

(Actress)

Birthdate: September 29, 1954

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

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Roger B. Chaffee

(American Aviator, Naval Officer, NASA Astronaut, and Aeronautical Engineer)

Birthdate: February 15, 1935

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Grand Rapids

Died: January 27, 1967

Roger B. Chaffee was an American aviator, naval officer, NASA astronaut, and aeronautical engineer. In 1963, Chaffee was chosen by NASA to be part of Astronaut Group 3, a group of 14 astronauts selected for the Apollo and Gemini program. In 1983, Roger B. Chaffee was made an inductee of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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James Young

(Singer, Musician, Songwriter)

Birthdate: November 14, 1949

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Birthdate: November 3, 1926

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania

Former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus had fought against the Soviet army during World War II. After fleeing to Germany, he studied in Munich and then migrated to the U.S., where he earned a civil engineering degree. Among his many accolades are honorary doctorates from countless foreign universities.

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Otis Boykin

(American Inventor and Engineer)

Birthdate: August 29, 1920

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States

Died: March 26, 1982

Ring Lardner

(Columnist)

Birthdate: March 6, 1885

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Niles, Michigan, United States

Died: September 25, 1933

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Helmut Jahn

(Architect)

Birthdate: January 4, 1940

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Nuremberg

German-American architect Helmut Jahn was a significant figure of postmodern movement and is remembered for his steel-and-glass structures. His best-known works include Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and Germany’s Munich Airport Center. A yachting enthusiast, he owned three yachts named after his nickname, Flash Gordon. He died in a bicycle accident.

Birthdate: May 25, 1921

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Bad Kissingen, Germany

Died: December 12, 2020

Jack Steinberger was a German-born American experimental particle physicist who was known for his path-breaking work on neutrinos. Working with Leon M. Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger obtained the first laboratory-made stream of neutrino and in the process discovered the muon neutrino. The beam so produced later became a basic research tool for studying subatomic particles, earning the trio the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Susan Solomon

(chemist)

Birthdate: January 19, 1956

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Chicago

Hans Hollein

(Austrian Architect and Designer and Key Figure of Postmodern Architecture)

Birthdate: March 30, 1934

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: April 24, 2014

One of the most significant figures of postmodern architecture, Austrian architect Hans Hollein is a Pritzker Prize winner. While he initially studied civil engineering, he later focused on architecture and rose to build structures that were characteristic of the Modernist Viennese architecture. He also taught at Yale and had his own firm.

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Grote Reber

(American Astronomer)

Birthdate: December 22, 1911

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Wheaton, Illinois, United States

Died: December 20, 2002

Grote Reber is remembered as a pioneer of American radio astronomy. The radio engineer made the world’s first radio telescope, which helped detect celestial signals. He won several awards for his research, including the Elliott Cresson Medal. The asteroid 6886 Grote was named after him.

Kevin Roche

(Architect)

Birthdate: June 14, 1922

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: March 1, 2019

Kevin Roche was a Pritzker Prize-winning architect who designed over 200 projects. Some of his land mark projects include Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, General Foods Corporate Headquarters, Ryebrook, NY and Lafayette Tower, Washington, D.C.

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Munir Ahmad Khan

(Pakistani Nuclear Reactor Physicist)

Birthdate: May 20, 1926

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Kasur, Pakistan

Died: April 22, 1999

Munir Ahmad Khan was a Pakistani nuclear physicist. He is also known as the "father of the atomic bomb program" of Pakistan for his role in the development of the country’s nuclear weapons. He served as the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) chairman from 1972 to 1991. He was posthumously honored with the Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence).

James Ingo Freed

(Architect)