![Rainer Martens](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/32427/rainermartens800__medium.gif)
![David Inge](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/23284/inge_pioneers_setforthumbnail__medium.jpg)
Illinois Pioneers
Hosted by David Inge
Illinois Pioneers is no longer on the air, but we present the program archives here. Illinois Pioneers is a program celebrating the people, places and things that have made significant contributions to the historical, social and economic conditions within the state of Illinois.
![Rainer Martens](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/32427/rainermartens800__medium.gif)
![Shozo Sato](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/32230/satolarge__medium.gif)
![Justice Rita Garman](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/31707/rita_garmanwebpage__medium.jpg)
![Lou Mervis](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/26067/lou_mervis800__medium.jpg)
![Frederick Marx](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/25903/fred_marx_crop4-by-3__medium.jpg)
![James R. Burgess](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/25712/burgessslarge__medium.jpg)
![Nathan Gunn](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/25479/nathan_gunn800__medium.jpg)
![Claudia Quigg](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/25382/quigg800__medium.jpg)
![Jim Edgar](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/25248/jim_edgar4by3__medium.jpg)
![Guy Little](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/25156/guylittle4by3small__medium.jpg)