Cappie Pondexter (January 7, 1983 - Present) - Pondexter was named MVP of the 2007 WNBA Championships for her part in leading the Phoenix Mercuries to the title. In high school she was the first player to win back-to-back Miss Basketball titles in Illinois and at Rutgers she was named an All-American. In the Summer 2008 Olympics, Pondexter won Gold as part of the USA's Women's Basketball Team.

Dorothy Gaters – The winningest high school basketball coach in IL state history, Gaters has served as the head girls basketball coach at Marshall since 1976. Her overall record is 900-126 with eight state championships and a pair of runner-up finishes. She was Illinois Coach of the Year eight times and is a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition to coaching 18 high school All-Americans and three Ms. Illinois Basketball Players, Gaters has coached in the U.S. Olympic Festival and the 1992 WBCA Girls High School All-American Game. Five of her players went on to the WNBA. She recently was awarded the Morgan Wootten Award which is presented annually to a high school basketball coach for lifetime achievement by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Julius B. Richmond (September 26, 1916-2008) - Appointed Surgeon General by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, Richmond is best remembered for starting Project Head Start in 1965 and serving as its first director. As a pediatrician, Richmond was influenced by the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling to try and counter the affects of poverty on the development of children. Richmond was also one of the major influences behind the warning label on cigarettes. Among his many honors, Richmond served as the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy Emeritus at Harvard University.

George Wilson (May 9, 1942-Present) - Wilson was a member of the Olympic Team that won the Gold Medal in Basketball. He went on to play 7 seasons in the NBA, including a short time with the Chicago Bulls.

Jerome I. Friedman (March 28, 1930-present) - Also a gifted artist, Friedman turned down a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago to attend the University of Chicago and study under Enrico Fermi. Friedman's decision ultimately led him to the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for his part in pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics. He is an Institute Professor at M.I.T.

Kelly, Jerry BobE (1942- present) - Kelly served in United States Army from 1964-67 and earned his accounting degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago in1968. His long and varied resume includes working as a licensed real estate salesman, an accountant, a programmer for Morton Salt Co, WestSide Branch Manager for Chicago Economic Development Corp, a partner for Smith Distributors, a manager in finance & administration for Suburban Cook County Area Agency on Aging, executive director of the Lawndale Business & Local Development Corp, finance director, Northern Cook County Private Industry Council, controller, Howard Area Community Center, Board of Directors, North Side Community Federal Credit Union, Treasurer, Day Care Crisis Council Metropolitan Chicago,1st Vice President, West Side Health Planning Organization, Treasurer, Metropolitan Chicago Chapter National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Treasurer, Board of Directors of St. Leonard's Ministries. He served on the Cook County State Attorney, African-American Advisory Council, Treasurer, North Lawndale Small Grants Human Development Corporation. Finally, Kelly has served the John Marshall High Scholl Alumni Association as President, Vice President, Financial Secreatary and Treasurer.

Larry Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – present). A versatile comedy writer and producer, Larry Gelbart is best-known for writing the popular television series M*A*S*H. In a career spanning 60 years, Larry Gelbart has written for radio, television, films and Broadway; winning 3 Tony Awards, 3 Emmy Awards, the Drama Desk Award and the Peabody Award.

Peter Lisagor (August 5, 1905 - 1976) - Every year the Chicago Headline Club chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists hands out awards for superior contributions to journalism, the Peter Lisagor Award. Lisagor served as the Chicago Daily News' Washington bureau chief from 1959 to 1976. His syndicated column and appearances on "Meet the Press," "Face the Nation" and "Washington Week in Review" earned him a national audience. A Nieman Fellow, Lisagor's honors included the Newspaper Guild's Page One award, the George Foster Peabody Broadcasting award, the William Allen White Award and Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting.

Robert Gruenberg (September 13, 1922 - 1992) - A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Gruenberg spent most of his professional career with the Chicago Daily News, from 1941-1978. In between he spent a few years in the Army and with Chicago's American. After the Daily News folded, Gruenberg worked for the National Education Association until his retirement in 1986.

Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (October 26, 1886 - 1974) - Starrett began his newspaper career writing for the Chicago Inter-Ocean in 1905, moving on quickly to the Chicago Daily News. Over his career he would work as a crime reporter, features writer and war correspondant; and for 25 years, Starrett wrote a book coloumn for the Chicago Tribune.  A fan of the Sherlock Holmes series, Starrett wrote The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet  and most notably,  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Starrett won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America - the most prestigious award for the genre. Starrett was also a notable poet and short story writer.