NBA All-Star center and Hall of Fame inductee
Ralph C. Smedley, founder of Toastmasters International
Sandra Steingraber, author and biologist
Thomas Sterling, United States Congressman, graduated from IWU in 1875; served in Congress 1913–1925
Margaret Ashmore Sudduth (1859–1957), educator, editor, temperance advocate
Elsa Swartz (1874–1948), composer and music educator
Michael L. Tipsord, chairman and CEO of State Farm
Robert C. Underwood (1915–1988), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Dawn Upshaw, Grammy Award-winning soprano
Phill Wilson, activist and founder of the Black AIDS Institute
Bobby Winkles, Major League Baseball manager and College Baseball Hall of Fame coach
Steve Yoder, college basketball coach
== Notable faculty ==
John Marshall Hamilton, Governor of Illinois
Judy Jolley Mohraz, history lecturer 1972–1974, 9th president of Goucher College
Tari Renner, political science professor, Mayor of Bloomington, IL
John Wesley Powell, Civil War Veteran, 2nd Director of the United States Geological …
