Notable Alumni
- Jim Edgar, Governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999
- Joan Embery, environmental activist
- John Malkovich, actor
- Joan Allen, actress
- Dennis Reboletti, member of Illinois House of Representatives
- Paul N. Hopkins, CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Farmers Insurance Group
- Joe Knollenberg, representative of the Ninth District of Michigan, United States House of Representatives From 1993 to 2009
- Charlotte Martin, singer-songwriter
- Matthew Polenzani, opera singer
- Burl Ives, singer/actor who has the Burl Ives Studio on campus named after him (dropped out his junior year)
- Jerry Van Dyke, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke and actor/entertainer (dropped out)
- Ron Westray, jazz trombonist, member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band
- Larry Smith, CNN Headline News sports anchor
- Newton Tarble, one of the founders of Snap-on Tools.
- LisaRaye McCoy actress notably recognized from the sitcom All of Us
- Glen Gabbard, world renowned psychiatrist and author of 20 books
- Dave Huxtable, assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers football team
- Christine Korsgaard, philosopher
- Bill Lehotsky, Teacher
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