Government and Public Service Alumni

• Pamela Althoff '75

  State senator from McHenry, Illinois.

• William Graff '81

  Appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Illinois executive director of the Farm Service Agency from 2001-2009.

• Richard Heckinger '71

  One of the three U.S. representatives on the international SWIFT committee to help the European and world financial markets and banks prepare for the introduction of the Euro currency.

• Jay Hoffman '83

  State representative from Collinsville, Illinois.

• Carl Hulse '76

  Chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times.

• Simon Jones-Hendrickson '69, M.S. '70

  Ambassador of foreign affairs, international trade, and Caricom affairs for St. Kitts-Nevis from 2001-2005. Currently Professor of Economics at University of Virgin Islands, St. Croix.

• Adam Kinzinger '00

  Serves as a U.S. Representative for Illinois' 16th congressional district.

• James Knecht '68

  Justice of the Appellate Court of Illinois.

• Charles LeBrun '73

  One of the three U.S. representatives on the international SWIFT committee to help the European and world financial markets and banks prepare for the introduction of the Euro currency.

• Charles Martin '58, M.S. '62

  Former director of corporate affirmative action for Time, Inc., director of Peace Corps in Liberia, and White House Fellow.

• Frank Mautino '84

  State Representative from Spring Valley, Illinois.

• Michael McCuskey '70, L.L.D. '03

  Confirmed by the United States Senate in April 1998 as federal judge for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana.

• Donald McHenry '57

  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Carter Administration. He is presently a Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.

• Jerry Mitchell, M.S. '74

  Former state representative for Illinois' 90th district.

• Sam Oso, Ed.D. '81

  He is employed as a civil servant in Nigeria for the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Ondo State Government.

• Dan Rutherford '78

  Rutherford was the first director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and served as Illinois Treasurer from 2011-2015.

• Barbara "Bobbie" Scholley '80, Sc.D. '99

  A retired Navy captain and the fourth woman ever given command of a Navy ship. Bobbie was the chief dive officer for the TWA Flight 800 Search and Recovery Mission. She was also the first woman to take command of the US Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (Atlantic Fleet).

• Michael Schwartz '75

  Appointed by President Bush to serve as the chairman of the board for the Railroad Retirement Board. Formerly served as the director of Central Management Services and assistant director for personnel for the Office of the Governor in Illinois.

• Art Turner '73

  State Legislator since 1981 from District 9 (Chicago).

• Timothy Walker '77, M.S. '83

  Appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.