DAVID ADELEYE (’14) has spent the past few years working in multiple advisory roles within the Obama Administration at the White House and Department of Homeland Security. During his time at the University of Illinois, David was very involved on campus and held several leadership positions. He has also served as a mentor, both formally and informally, for a number of individuals pursuing political science and careers in public policy.
Mr. Adeleye can be reached via his website www.davidadeleye.com.
After graduating with honors and earning a place on the Bronze Tablet, Wendy went on to earn a J.D. at Harvard Law School and then clerked for a federal judge and worked for several years in commercial litigation, rising to partner at a major law firm. She is currently a professor at DePaul University College of Law, where she also serves as faculty director of the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute.
LARRY HARRIS, JR. (‘15) has always had an interest in government and foreign affairs, and that led him to the Department of Political Science. During his time as a student here, he had a number of great experiences in classes and extra-curricular activities, but points to his study abroad in Vienna, Austria (in a program led by Professor Vasquez) as “life-changing.”
TERRY WELCH (’76) grew up in Springfield with a Republican father and a Democratic mother who enjoyed engaging the family in political debate. Studying political science at the U of I felt like “a natural next step.” He was on campus during the Watergate era, a particularly interesting time to take political science courses! After graduation, he went on to study law at the University of Houston and public affairs at the LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin. He had interned in the Dallas city manager’s office during graduate school, but he decided he wanted to practice law in the public sector to combine his two interests.