1950s

Wilma Vaught
Wilma Vaught graduated with a Business degree in 1952. As an alum, she became the first female Air Force Officer ...

Phyllis Hill
Phyllis Hill joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1952, and eventually began working on her PhD. During her time ...
Nancy Brazell Brooks
Nancy Brazell Brooks graduated in 1953 with a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. As a graduate student, Nancy secured a ...

Jane Hayes Rader
Jane Hayes Rader graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1954 and eventually became a member of ...

Duck Choo Oh
Duck Choo Oh, a Korea native, graduated with a degree in Sociology in 1956. She was named homecoming queen in ...

Clarice Davis Presnells
Clarice Davis Presnells graduated in 1952 with a degree in political science. In her senior year, she became the first ...

Chung Sul Yuon
Chung Sul Yuon, an international student from South Korea, graduated in 1955 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. She was ...

Betty Lou Bailey
Betty Lou Bailey graduated from the University of Illinois in 1950 with a degree from the Mechanical Science and Engineering ...

Ann Bannon
Ann Bannon graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in French in 1954. As an alum, Ann wrote ...