Pritzker names CEE alumnus to serve on UIUC Board of Trustees

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named CEE alumnus Wilbur C. Milhouse III (BS 94, MS 95) to serve on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

Milhouse is the Chairman and CEO of Milhouse Engineering & Construction Inc., the fifth largest design firm in Chicago. The firm has branch offices throughout the United States, Africa and Bermuda. Milhouse also co-founded Milhouse Charities, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing academic achievements and opportunities for minorities and other underrepresented youth by supporting STEM-focused organizations. Wilbur has served on The Grainger College of Engineering’s Board of Visitors and the board of University of Illinois Research Park LLC. He also served as convocation speaker for The Grainger College of Engineering in 2017.

His honors include the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Award (2015); the Project SYNCERE Engineering Excellence Award (2019;, the National Society of Black Engineers Dynamic Engineers Innovating Change Award (2019); The Grainger College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service (2020) and the Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award (2018).

He holds nine professional engineering licenses in the United States.