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Joan Allen
An Oscar-nominated actress. Because of her Eastern ties, she'll never win.

Calli Cox
What do you do with an elementary education degree from EIU? Why, porn of course!

Kevin Duckworth
The NBA's greatest 300-pound center ever to come from Eastern.

Gov. Jim and
Brenda Edgar

The former Illinois governor loves Eastern so much he now works at the University of Illinois.

Joan Embery
Her EIU degree qualified her to feed animals at the San Diego zoo.

Jeff Gossett
As a Raiders punter, he worked more often than any Eastern grad.

Burl Ives
Getting kicked out of Eastern launched this folk legend's career.

John Jurkovic
Meet the school's best pro-football player: A mediocre lineman.

Danny from The Shining
Danny’s at EIU Mrs. Torrence

Fabulous Moolah, Uncle Elmer, Abdullah the Butcher, Booker T and Matt Hughes
EIU's real strength: violence.

John Malkovich
Hates the school. Has a great movie career. Any questions?

Marty Pattin
More Eastern students have had a beer in his name than any other person in history.

Kevin Seitzer
Baseball star who swings for Jesus.

Mike Shanahan
Head coach of the Denver Broncos. Similarities between Denver and Eastern? Both high.

Larry Smith
Why is he famous?

Triumph
EIU: A great school – for me to poop on!

Jerry Van Dyke
'Coach' co-star learned to play dumb at Eastern.


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Alumni Association
San Francisco Chapter of the EIU Alumni Association.
Alumni Association list of Chapters and Clubs
The Daily Eastern News
President's Homepage
Athletic Department
Panther Club
Virtual Tour of Eastern's campus
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Panthertrackandfield.com: An unofficial news site about Eastern track and field.

Career Services Web site
19 Reasons to Attend EIU: From the official Web site.
Directions to Eastern Illinois University
Office of Student Life

Alumni Homepages

2000 and beyond
Leslie Meyer: The first 2000 grad linked to the EIU Hall of Fame! Web site includes poetry.

1990s
Matt Byrne: A 1999 graduate and another alum with some great photos from his days at Eastern!
Jim Desmond: A 1999 graduate.
Nico's Schoolhouse: This 1999 graduate has set up a web site helping children, teachers and parents learn using the internet in a child-friendly environment.
Erik A. Quist: Enter the Q Zone. A 1999 graduate.
Marty Lee Sampson: A 1999 graduate with the nickname "Iceman."
Ron The GMan: 1998 graduate has a section dedicated to college days that includes a photo of Marty's! He also has a second coporate site called R & B Web Publishing for CD-resumes. Ron The GMan, Part II: A second Ron The Gman site with photos of EIU. Way to go Ron!
Wes Frederick: How cool is this? An EIU alum who helps run a cool sports web site! Be sure to check out the main page.
Charlotte Martin: A 1998 music graduate pursuing a music career. Catch her on the soundtrack of "Sweet Home Alabama."
Heather Grover: A 1998 grad whose aol knickname is hugnsmile.
Ginger's Home Page: A 1998 grad.
Elizabeth Raichle Wolfe: A 1997 graduate and her homepage, The Write Way -- Everytime.
Vance Cooley: A 1997 graduate, member of Delta Sigma Phi who started his own wrestling promotion and now grapples under the name "Delicious Danny Scott."
Joe Navickas: A 1997 grad. Keep an eye on him through "Joe's Newsletter."
Thomas MacMullen: A 1997 graduate who has returned to EIU to teach. Visit his web site: The Virtual Sink.
John Bates: A 1995 graduate.
Chip Jamerson: A 1995 elementary education major who co-owns the Illinois High School Sports Web site.
David Putney: A 1995 graduate without much on his Web site.
Kevin Schouten: A 1995 graduate who does educational consulting.
Chris Seper: A 1995/97 graduate who works in newspapers. One of the few alums who actually links the Hall of Fame on his Web site!
Eric S. Davidson: 1994 graudate who now works at Eastern's Student Health Services!
Stephen Haberkorn: A 1994 graudate whose church also works in Africa!
Lisa Dawn Patterson: A 1993 graduate with links to scriptures, prayer requests and other good stuff.
Steve Hartman: A 1992 graduate and president of Creativille, Inc. in St. Louis.
Jerry "Blog Club" Sheehan: A 1991 graduate who runs the Weblog "Blog Club." Check out this EIU-related entry.
Gregg Smith: A 1991 graduate.
Ford's Fantastic Five: A former featured site! Five guys bumped into one another in 1991 at Ford Hall. Some left Eastern, while others stayed, wisely got the hell out of Ford and went off campus. But these five never lost touch with one another. Instead, they did what any loyal EIU alums would do: they founded a homepage based on their college experiences!
Scott Hastings: A 1991 graduate. Includes a moving tribute to his belated brother. A must read.
Doug and Stephen's Apartment: A web page honoring their apartment, though only Doug is a confirmed EIU'er.

1980s
Amy Lynn Billiter-Bray: Her family's homepage. Includes a link to Amy's site -- a great resource for busy teachers!
Randall Cooper: Dude, he's an executive vice president! Randall graduated in 1987 and has two bachelor's degrees - one in economics and the other in computer science. He founded a company, Opus Solutions, two years after he graduated and now heads up a business called Empagio! Check out his bio here.
Jeffrey G. Shurts: 1987 grad.
Larry Owusu-Nsafoah: 1986 graduate has an address in Ghana! That's western Africa.
Carl Fifield:1985 graduate. Just who is Vanna Whitewall?
Everett Tackett: A 1985 graduate, English major and army veteran who helps run the show at CompassPoint Communications.
Maria Mondragon-Jones: 1984 graduate.
Gerald Krull: Learn what stocks this 1984 graduate likes.
Gary Mattes: Helps run this sweet-lookin' adversiting company. Graduated in 1982.
Randy Butler: 1981 graduate.
Douglas E Grohne: A 1981 graduate.

1970s
Mark "Rocky" Rogstad: A 1979/81 grad who served as a student trainer with the 1978 soccer team that took 3rd in NCAA Div II tournament.
Steven Roper: Class of '78.
Fred Norris: A 1977 graduate with a hip Web site and a musical flair!
Julie Nimmons: A 1977 graduate who is now president and CEO of Schutt Sports in Litchfield, Illinois.
Ted Baldwin: A 1975 chemistry graduate who wrote poetry, run WEIU-AM and took third in an EIU film festival. He now runs 3rd Coast Digital Films, Inc. in Baton Rouge.
Dyke Hanson: Family web page for a graduate of the class of '75.
Jim Dickson: Includes a Packers fan page and a tribute to a late friend. A 1974 graduate.
Jim Harrison: A 1972 graduate.
Anita Ahrens-Speers: A big EIU fan with a nice page! Graduated in '71.
Steve L. Hettinger: A 1970s graduate who is now the fire chief in Tuscola.
Phil Steffen: A 1970 graduate who is now a professional speaker.
Joseph Goldstein. Graduated in 1970.
David J Brightbill. A tech-head who went to Eastern from 1968 to 1970.

1960s
Larry Johnson: An EIU grad with a heart! This 1968 alum has opened an free, non-commercial educational Web site.
Allan Keith: A 1963 graduate.
Joe Bangiolo: Family page from a 1962 graduate.

Alums (year unknown)
Bill's Seattle Hompage
Brian L. Murphy: Works at Eastern.
Mary Kay Spannagel