Sue Pilling

After graduating in 1974 with an elementary education degree from Millikin University, Ms. Pilling enrolled at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, where she earned a master’s degree in Elementary Education in 1977. Ms. Pilling taught in Decatur Public Schools, District #61, for 25 years, most recently at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. She retired from teaching in May 2012. She and her husband, Bob Walker, live in Decatur and are active at Lampstand Presbyterian Church.

Ms. Pilling is also a docent for Oglesby Mansion in Decatur and does prison ministry at Decatur Correctional Center and a charter member of the Investor’s Society and is the treasurer of the Pilling Family Foundation. She is a sponsor for the Bud and Lauri Pilling Scholarship, which is given with preference for an international student. Through a family gift for the Advancing the Vision capital campaign, Pilling Chapel was built on campus.