Rush, 1994, US Congressman and civil rights leader James R. Thompson (Navy Pier), former governor of Illinois and member of the 9/11 Commission Journalism, literature and writing Alaa Al Aswany, MDent, writer and political activist Charles Blackstone, novelist, editor and winner of the Barker Award for Fiction in 2001 Patricia Brieschke, PhD 1983, short story writer John Chancellor (Navy Pier), 1950, anchor for NBC Nightly News from 1970 to 1982 Michael Collins, PhD 1997, Irish novelist and international ultra-distance runner Tina De Rosa (master's degree in English), author of Paper Fish M. Miriam Herrera, MA 1981, author and poet Ma. Luisa Aguilar Igloria, PhD 1995, poet and author of various award-winning collections Stuart Kaminsky, 1957, author of over 50 award-winning novels; mostly mystery genre Rich King, weekend sports anchor and sports reporter for WGN-TV in Chicago Jack Mabley, 1938, columnist for several Chicago newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune Gerald Nicosia, BA 1971, MA 1973., freelance journalist, interviewer, and literary critic Bernard Shaw, 1968, anchor for CNN from 1980 to his retirement in 2001 Shel Silverstein, attended the University of Illinois at Navy Pier for a year Corrina Wycoff, MA, writer, best known for her short story collection O Street Medicine and dentistry Cynthia Barnes-Boyd, BS, MS, PhD, director of the Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships, executive director of the University of Illinois Mile Square Health Center. Clinical associate professor of community health at the UIC College of Nursing, and clinical associate professor of community health sciences at the UIC School of Public Health. Stanley J. Korsmeyer (1951–2005), oncologist who helped develop the concepts of the role of programmed cell death in carcinogenesis Harry Watson Martin (1889–1951), medical director of 20th Century Fox Studios and third husband of Louella Parsons Charles Moertel MD 1953, (1927–1994), cancer researcher at the Mayo Clinic Mohan D. Nair, Indian pharmaceutical scientist and author David Sackett (1934–2015), American-Canadian medical doctor, widely regarded as the "father of evidence-based medicine" Sheila Tlou 1990, Botswana specialist in HIV/AIDS and women's health, nursing educator and former Minister of Health Military William J. Walker, BA 1980, major general, United States Army, commanding general, District of Columbia National Guard, former director, Office of Diversion and Chemical Control, Drug Enforcement Administration Non-profit organizations Barbara A. Schaal, 1969, evolutionary biologist, professor at Washington University in St. Louis and vice president of the National Academy of Sciences Sports Jeff Bzdelik, assistant coach