List of Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni - Politics and Public Service

Politics and Public Service

Name Class year Notability References
Valdas Adamkus 1960 Highly decorated President of the Republic of Lithuania, who served two terms, the first from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar 1988 Current member of the Parliament of India, current vice-president of FICCI, part of the Pentium chip design team at Intel, director of Karnataka Power Corporation Limited, and director of HAL Bangalore International Airport.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar was a member of the architecture teams that invented the 486 chip & later, Intel's signature Pentium chip. Handpicked by the father of the Pentium chip Vinod Dham, to work at Intel after his graduation from Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, Rajeev is a chip architect, telecom pioneer & a passionate Parliamentarian, profiled in Illinois Institute of Technology, my alumnus, in their Fall 2012 edition magazine.

Julius Hoffman Presiding judge in the Chicago Seven conspiracy trial.
Munir Ahmad Khan 1950s Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (1972-1991) and IAEA Board of Governors (1986-1987)
James G. Roche 1960 Former Secretary of the Air Force, was Senior Professional Staff Member of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, asst. dir. of the Office of Net Assessment. Awards include the Order of the Sword, Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, Navy Commendation Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Defense Superior Service Medal.
Mohsen Sazegara 1979 Iranian journalist, political activist, and a researcher at Harvard University.
Gloria Ray Karlmark 1965 Congressional Gold Medal Recipient and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School after the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.

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