UIUC College of Fine and Applied Arts - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Max Abramovitz, B.S. 1929, architect of the Avery Fisher Hall of Lincoln Center and Assembly Hall on the Illinois campus
  • Chris Britt, 2003, editorial cartoonist
  • Temple Hoyne Buell, B.S. 1916
  • Henry Bacon, 1884, architect of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
  • Mark Staff Brandl, B.F.A. 1978, artist and art historian
  • Jeanne Gang, B.S. 1986, founder and principal of the Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang
  • Jerry Hadley, M.F.A., Grammy Award-winning operatic tenor
  • Ralph Johnson, B.Arch 1971, principal architect of the Perkins+Will
  • Ang Lee, B.A. 1980m, Academy Award-winning movie director (Best Director, 2005, Brokeback Mountain)
  • César Pelli, M.Arch. 1954, architect of Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Nathan Clifford Ricker, D.Arch. 1873, architecture educator
  • Jay Ryan, B.F.A. 1994, artist and rock musician
  • Carolee Schneemann, M.F.A., artist

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