<Li> Center for Talent Development </Li> <Li> Institute for Policy Research </Li> <P> The graduate school at SESP consistently ranks among the top graduate schools of education nationally . The most recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report places SESP at 7th nationwide . </P> <Ul> <Li> Michael Bakalis (B.S. 1959, M.A. 1962, Ph. D 1966), former Deputy Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education, chairman of the Illinois' Education Accountability Task Force </Li> <Li> D'Wayne Bates (B.S. 1998), professional American football player </Li> <Li> Robert Boone (1975), founder of Young Chicago Authors, author of Inside Job: A Life of Teaching </Li> <Li> Clinton Bristow (B.S. 1971), former president, Alcorn State University </Li> <Li> Ronald Burton (B.S. 1960), Boston Patriots first American Football League draft choice, member of the College Football Hall of Fame </Li> <Li> Wendy Chamberlin (B.S. 1970), president, Middle East Institute; former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan; former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East </Li> <Li> Evan Eschmeyer (B.S. 1998), professional basketball player </Li> <Li> Pat Fitzgerald (B.S. 1996), current head coach of the Northwestern University Wildcats American football team </Li> <Li> Otto Graham (B.S. 1944), professional American football quarterback, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame </Li> <Li> Austin King (B.S. 2003), professional American football player </Li> <Li> Stanley Krippner (M.S. 1957, Ph. D 1961), psychology professor, Saybrook Institute; 2003 recipient of the Ashley Montagu Peace Award </Li> <Li> Mark Loretta (B.S. 1993), professional baseball player </Li> <Li> Billy McKinney (B.S. 1977), former professional basketball player, former executive vice president, Seattle SuperSonics and Seattle Storm professional basketball teams </Li> <Li> Lorraine H. Morton (M.A. 1942), former mayor of Evanston, Illinois </Li> <Li> Kelly O'Donnell (B.S. 1987), White House correspondent for NBC News </Li> <Li> Marty Riessen (B.S. 1964), professional tennis player </Li> <Li> Ronald Riley (B.S. 1971), Presiding Judge, Sixth District, Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago </Li> <Li> Crispin Sanchez (Ph. D), advocate for education and athletics among Mexican Americans in South Texas </Li> <Li> Wayne Watson (B.S. 1969, M.S. 1970, Ph. D 1972), president, Chicago State University; former chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago </Li> <Li> Richard E. Wiley (B.S. 1955), former chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), senior partner, Wiley Rein </Li> </Ul>

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