John Robert Schrieffer Nick Holonyak[*][[Nick Holonyak (American inventor)|]] John H. Miller, Jr.[*][[John H. Miller, Jr. |]] David William Allender[*][[David William Allender (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1975)|]][3] William Lauchlin McMillan[*][[William Lauchlin McMillan (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1964)|]][3] Stephen Reynolds Arnold[*][[Stephen Reynolds Arnold (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1959)|]][3] James William Bray[*][[James William Bray (superconductor researcher at General Electric)|]][3] John Richard Clem[*][[John Richard Clem (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1965)|]][3] Richard Elmo Coovert[*][[Richard Elmo Coovert (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1960)|]][3] Peter Vance Gray[*][[Peter Vance Gray (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1962)|]][3] Jerome Luther Hartke[*][[Jerome Luther Hartke (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1961)|]][3] Daniel Warren Hone[*][[Daniel Warren Hone (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1962)|]][3] Jared Logan Johnson[*][[Jared Logan Johnson (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1974)|]][3] Paul John Leurgans[*][[Paul John Leurgans (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1952)|]][3] Wesley Northey Mathews[*][[Wesley Northey Mathews (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1966)|]][3] Daniel Charles Mattis[*][[Daniel Charles Mattis (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1957)|]][3] Michael Francis Millea[*][[Michael Francis Millea (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1958)|]][3] Peter Benjamin Miller[*][[Peter Benjamin Miller (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1961)|]][3] Rolland Albert Missman[*][[Rolland Albert Missman (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1961)|]][3] Sang Boo Nam[*][[Sang Boo Nam (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1966)|]][3] William Manos Portnoy[*][[William Manos Portnoy (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1959)|]][3] Kendal True Rogers[*][[Kendal True Rogers (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1960)|]][3] Wayne Earl Tefft[*][[Wayne Earl Tefft (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1964)|]][3] Milton William Valenta[*][[Milton William Valenta (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1958)|]][3] John W. Wilkins[*][[John W. Wilkins (American physicist (1936-2019))|]][3]
Tranzistorul a revoluționat industria electronică, permițând apariția Erei Informației, și a făcut posibilă dezvoltarea aproape tuturor dispozitivelor electronice moderne, de la telefoane la calculatoare și rachete. Realizările sale din domeniul superconductivității, care i-au adus al doilea premiu Nobel, sunt folosite în tehnologii medicale cum ar fi tomografia calculată și imaginile cu rezonanță magnetică.
În 1990, Bardeen a apărut pe lista celor mai influenți 100 de americani ai secolului, în revista Life.[13]
