List of University of Rochester people

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Here follows a list of notable alumni, non-graduate attendees, faculty, and presidents of the University of Rochester. The institution has more than 120,000 living alumni as of 2022.[1]

Note: Some individuals are listed in multiple categories (e.g., alumni who were also members of the faculty). In such cases, a parenthetical note identifies the second relevant category. Recipients of honorary degrees from the university are not included. All degree years are for bachelor's degrees unless otherwise noted. For a list of alumni of the Eastman School of Music, see List of Eastman School of Music people.

Nobel laureates

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Harvey J. Alter 1956; 1960 (MD) 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [2]
Steven Chu 1970 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, 12th United States Secretary of Energy [3]
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1943 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [4]
Arthur Kornberg 1941 (MD) 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [5]
Masatoshi Koshiba 1955 (PhD) 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics [6]
Donna Strickland 1989 (PhD) 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics [7]
Richard Thaler 1970 (MA), 1974 (PhD) 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics (see also under 'Notable faculty') [8]
Vincent du Vigneaud 1927 (PhD) 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [9]

National Medal winners

Name Class Year Notability Reference
George Abbott 1911 National Medal of Arts, writer and director [10]
David A. Berry 1967 National Humanities Medal, educator [11]
D. Allan Bromley 1952 (PhD) National Medal of Science, physicist [12]
Esther M. Conwell 1945 (MS) National Medal of Science, chemist and physicist (see also under 'Notable faculty') [13]
Robert Dicke 1939 (PhD) National Medal of Science, astrophysicist [14]
Renée Fleming 1983 (MM) National Medal of Arts, singer [15]
Donald Henderson 1954 (MD) National Medal of Science, Presidential Medal of Freedom, epidemiologist [16]
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 1984 (PhD) National Humanities Medal, historian [17]
James V. Neel 1939 (PhD); 1944 (MD) National Medal of Science, geneticist [18]
John Prausnitz 1951 (MS) National Medal of Science, chemist [19]
John Clarke Slater 1920 National Medal of Science, physicist [20]
Alejandro Zaffaroni 1949 (PhD) National Medal of Technology, biotechnology entrepreneur [21]

National academy members

Alumni listed here were elected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, or national academies outside the United States.

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Girish Agarwal 1969 (PhD) The Royal Society, Indian National Science Academy, physicist [22]
Michelle Albert 1994 (MD) National Academy of Medicine, physician [23][24]
John Aldrich 1975 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [25]
David Amaral 1977 (PhD) National Academy of Medicine, psychiatrist [26][27]
Dominick Argento 1958 (DMA) American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize [28]
Linda Birnbaum 1967 National Academy of Medicine, microbiologist [29][30]
E. Sandra Byers 1973 The Royal Society of Canada, psychologist and sexologist [31]
Laura Carstensen 1978 National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychologist [32][33]
Daniel Diermeier 1995 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist, 9th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University [34]
Robert S. Edgar 1957 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, geneticist [35]
Stephen Fantone 1979 (PhD) National Academy of Engineering, optical engineer [36]
Timothy Feddersen 1993 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [37][38]
Clement Finch 1941 (MD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, hematologist [39][40]
Morris Fiorina 1972 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [41]
Robert Fogelin 1955 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher [42][43]
Gilles Fontaine 1974 (PhD) The Royal Society of Canada, astrophysicist [44]
Kenneth French 1978 (MBA), 1981 (MS), 1983 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist [45]
Grove Karl Gilbert 1862 National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, geologist, 1st Chief Geologist of the United States Geological Survey [46]
Robert Gomer 1949 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist and physicist [47]
Amit Goyal 1988 (MS), 1991 (PhD) National Academy of Engineering, engineer [48]
Jerry Green 1967, 1970 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist [49]
Jane Guyer 1972 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, anthropologist [50][51]
N. Katherine Hayles 1977 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, literary scholar [52]
Susan Hockfield 1973 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, neuroscientist, 16th President of MIT [53][54]
John D. Huber 1991 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [55][56]
Peter van Inwagen 1969 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher [57]
Gregory Kealey 1978 (PhD) The Royal Society of Canada, historian [58][59]
David T. Kearns 1952 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1st U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, Chairman and CEO of Xerox [60]
Young-Kee Kim 1990 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physicist [61]
H. Jeff Kimble 1977 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, physicist [62]
Galway Kinnell 1949 (MA) American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, poet, MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award [63][64]
Clifford Kubiak 1980 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist [65]
John G. Levi 1969 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, lawyer, Chair of the Legal Services Corporation [66]
Richard Locksley 1976 (MD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, immunologist [67]
Jonathan Lunine 1980 National Academy of Sciences, astrophysicist [68]
Arthur Lupia 1986 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [69][70]
Harmit Malik 2000 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist [71][72]
Ho-Kwang Mao 1968 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, The Royal Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, geophysicist [73]
Diane Mathis 1978 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, hematologist [74][75]
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk 1992 (PhD) National Academy of Medicine, nurse [76]
Richard McKelvey 1973 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [77]
Edward Mendelson 1966 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, literary scholar [78]
Henry Metzger 1953 National Academy of Sciences, immunologist [79]
Edward D. Miller 1968 (MD) National Academy of Medicine, anesthesiologist, Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine [80][81]
James D. Morrow 1982 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [82]
Carol Nadelson 1961 (MD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychiatrist [83]
Norman Neureiter 1952 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, scientist and governmental advisor [84]
Roger Nicoll 1968 (MD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, neuroscientist [85][86]
Peter Ordeshook 1969 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [87][88]
Charles S. Parmenter 1963 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, chemist [89][90]
Terence Parsons 1961 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher [91][92]
James Breck Perkins 1867 American Academy of Arts and Letters, historian, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York [93]
Keith T. Poole 1978 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [94]
Alan S. Rabson 1948 National Academy of Medicine, pathologist, Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute [95][96]
Hermann Rahn 1938 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physiologist [97]
Richard Rashid 1977 (MS), 1980 (PhD) National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, computer scientist, founder of Microsoft Research [98]
David Rohde 1971 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [99]
Roberta Romano 1973 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, legal scholar [100]
Joan Roughgarden 1968 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist and ecologist [101]
Ivan Sag 1971 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, linguist and cognitive scientist [102]
José Scheinkman 1974 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist [103]
Nevin Scrimshaw 1945 (MD) National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, nutritionist, recipient of the World Food Prize [104]
John H. Seinfeld 1964 National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, atmospheric scientist, recipient of the Tyler Prize [105]
Kenneth Shepsle 1970 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [106]
Kalyan Bidhan Sinha 1969 (PhD) Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, mathematician [107]
Hugo F. Sonnenschein 1961 National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist, 11th President of the University of Chicago [108]
Gary Starkweather 1966 (MS) National Academy of Engineering, engineer, inventor of the laser printer, elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame [109]
Franklin Stahl 1956 (PhD) National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, molecular biologist, MacArthur Fellow [110]
Frank Stillinger 1955 National Academy of Sciences, chemist [111]
Patricia Stone 1997 (PhD) National Academy of Medicine, nurse [112][113]
Paul E. Turner 1988 National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist and virologist [114]
Lynn Vavreck 1997 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist [115][116]
Tener Goodwin Veenema 1992 (MS), 1999 (MPH), 2001 (PhD) National Academy of Medicine, public health scientist [117][118]
George Walker 1956 (DMA) American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize [119]
Ian Walmsley 1986 (PhD) The Royal Society, optical physicist, Provost of Imperial College London [120]
Robert Ward 1939 American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize [121][122]
Nils Yngve Wessell 1938 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychologist, 8th President of Tufts University [123]
Robert H. Wiebe 1957 (PhD) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, historian [124][125]
James C. Wyant 1969 (PhD) National Academy of Engineering, optical scientist, 1st Dean of the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences [126]
Herbert York 1942 (BS, MS) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, nuclear physicist, 1st Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, 1st Chief Scientist at DARPA [127][128]
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy 1978 (PhD) Pakistan Academy of Sciences, optical physicist [129]

Academia

Institutional leaders

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Galusha Anderson 1858 8th President of Denison University, 5th President of the Old University of Chicago [130]
Sheila Blumstein 1965 President (interim), Dean of the College, Brown University [131]
Myles Brand 1967 (PhD) 4th President of the NCAA, 16th President of Indiana University, 14th President of the University of Oregon [132]
Ilene Busch-Vishniac 1976 9th President of the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University [133]
Bonnie Thornton Dill 1965 Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park [134]
Robert J. Dolan 1977 (PhD) Dean of the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan [135]
Bernard T. Ferrari 1970, 1974 (MD) 2nd Dean of the Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University [136]
Merrill Edwards Gates 1870 6th President of Amherst College, 9th President of Rutgers University [137]
Robyn E. Hannigan 1997 (PhD) 19th President of Ursinus College [138]
Bernard Harleston 1955 (PhD) 9th President of City College of New York [139]
Karen R. Hitchcock 1969 (PhD) 18th Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen's University, 16th President of the University at Albany [140]
Marc Holzer 1966 1st Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University [141]
Emory William Hunt 1884 10th President of Denison University, 6th President of Bucknell University [142]
Alan Hurwitz 1980 (EdD) 10th President of Gallaudet University [143]
Malcolm MacVicar 1859 1st Chancellor of McMaster University [144]
Sugata Marjit 1985 (PhD) 52nd Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta [145]
Joseph B. Martin 1971 (PhD) 6th Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, former Dean of Harvard Medical School and the UCSF School of Medicine [146]
Nancy McGlen 1975 (PhD) Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Niagara University [147]
Leonard Chapin Mead 1939 (PhD) Acting President of Tufts University [148]
Peter Mennin 1947 (PhD) 5th President of the Juilliard School [149]
William J. Milne 1868 8th President of the University at Albany, President of the State University of New York at Geneseo [150]
Brian C. Mitchell 1981 (PhD) 16th President of Bucknell University, 11th President of Washington & Jefferson College [151][152]
Lemuel Moss 1858 6th President of Indiana University, 2nd President of the Old University of Chicago [153]
David Nash 1981 (MD) 1st Dean of the College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University [154]
George Daniel Olds 1873 9th President of Amherst College [155]
Paul J. Olscamp 1962 (PhD) 8th President of Bowling Green State University [156]
David Oppenheim 1943 2nd Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University [157]
Maria Oudeman (MBA) President of Utrecht University [158]
Harold Paz 1977, 1982 (MD) Dean of the College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University [159]
Philip A. Pizzo 1970 (MD) Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine [160]
Joseph Platt 1937 8th President of Claremont Graduate University, 1st President of Harvey Mudd College [161]
Jonathan Samet 1970 (MD) Dean of the Colorado School of Public Health [162]
Gary Schuster 1971 (PhD) President (interim), Provost of the Georgia Institute of Technology [163]
Eileen Sullivan-Marx 1980 (MS) Dean of the Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University [164]
James Monroe Taylor 1868 4th President of Vassar College [165]
Joseph F. Volker 1941 (PhD) 1st President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1st Chancellor of the University of Alabama System [166]

Professors and researchers

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Alan Abramowitz 1969 political scientist [167]
Charles M. Achilles 1959, 1962 (MS), 1965 (EdS), 1967 (EdD) education scholar [168]
Shirley J. Allen 1992 (PhD) first black and deaf woman to earn a doctorate [169]
Willard Myron Allen 1932 (MD) gynecologist, co-discoverer of progesterone [170]
Frederick R. Bieber 1976 (MS) medical geneticist [171]
Robert N. Burr 1939 historian [172]
C. Ondine Chavoya 2002 (PhD) art historian [173]
Sarah Demers 2001 (MA), 2005 (PhD) physicist [174]
Bernadette Drummond 1982 (MS) professor of dentistry [175][176]
Elon Howard Eton 1890, 1893 (MA) ornithologist [177]
C. Lawrence Evans 1988 (PhD) political scientist [178]
Hany Farid 1988 computer scientist [179]
Paul Frommer 1965 linguist [180]
Barry L. Gan 1970, 1981 (MA), 1984 (PhD) philosopher [181][182]
Steven Hahn 1978 historian, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize [183]
Paul M. Healy 1981 (PhD) business scholar [184]
Zvi Hercowitz 1980 (PhD) economist [185]
Olivia Hooker 1962 (PhD) psychologist, civil rights pioneer [186]
Richard Isay 1961 (MD) psychologist [187]
Beata Javorcik 1994 economist [188]
Francis Kelsey 1880 philologist and archeologist [189]
Bruce Kingma 1989 (PhD) economist [190]
Stephen Kotkin 1981 historian [191]
Frederick D. Losey 1891 Shakespearian scholar and elocutionist [192]
Christopher J. Mayer 1987 economist [193]
Arthur R. Miller 1956 legal scholar [194]
Philip Nel 1992 literary scholar [195]
Patricia Numann 1962 surgeon [196]
Derek Peterson 1993 historian, MacArthur Fellow [197]
Walter Rauschenbusch 1884 Social Gospel theologian [198]
Mark Rosenzweig 1943, 1944 (MS) psychologist [199]
Richard M. Ryan 1981 (PhD) psychologist, co-founder of self-determination theory (see also under 'Notable faculty') [200]
William Amasa Scott 1886, 1889 (AM) economist [201]
Elba Serrano 1973 neuroscientist, recipient of the PAESMEM [202]
George Sudarshan 1958 (PhD) physicist [203]
Rudolph E. Tanzi 1980 neurologist [204]
Steven M. Weinreb 1967 (PhD) chemist [205]
David Sloan Wilson 1971 biologist [206]

Arts

Alumni listed here are notable for their work in the performing arts, visual arts, or arts administration.

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Jeff Beal 1985 composer, Emmy Award winner [207]
Doug Besterman 1985 orchestrator, Tony Award winner [208]
Julia Bullock 2009 singer and actor, Grammy Award winner [209]
Ron Carter 1959 jazz musician, Grammy Award winner [210]
Alexander Courage 1941 composer, Emmy Award winner [211]
William Dooley 1954 singer [212]
Frederick Fennell 1937, 1939 (MA) conductor [213]
Joseph Fennimore 1962 composer [214]
Robert Forster 1964 actor [215]
Steve Gadd 1968 drummer [216]
Anthony Dean Griffey 2001 (MM) singer, Grammy Award winner [217]
Michael Kanfer 1980 visual effects artist, Academy Award winner [218]
Emil J. Kang 1990 arts administrator [219]
Ulysses Kay 1940 (MM) composer [220]
Naomie Kremer 1975 visual artist [221]
John La Montaine 1942 composer, Pulitzer Prize winner [222]
Tony Levin 1968 bass player [223]
Bob Ludwig 1966, 2001 (MM) mastering engineer, Grammy Award winner [224]
Chuck Mangione 1963 jazz musician, Grammy Award winner [225]
Erin Morley 2002 singer, Grammy Award winner [226]
Kevin Puts 1994, 1999 (DMA) composer, Pulitzer Prize winner [227]
Lance Reddick 1984 actor and musician [228]
Debra Jo Rupp 1974 actress [229]
Maria Schneider 1985 (MM) composer and conductor, Grammy Award winner [230]
Charles Strouse 1947 composer, Grammy, Emmy, Tony Award winner [231]
William Warfield 1942, 1946 (MM) singer and actor, Grammy Award winner [232]

Business

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Arunas A. Chesonis 1991 (MBA) Chairman and CEO of Sweetwater Energy [233]
Frederick S. Fish 1873 Chairman and President of the Studebaker Corporation [234]
Gerald Gitner 1968 (MBA) Chairman and CEO of Trans World Airlines [235]
Robert Goergen 1960 Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Blyth, Inc. [236]
Mario Greco 1986 (MA) CEO of Zurich Insurance [237]
Richard Handler 1983 Chairman and CEO of Jefferies Group [238]
Dawne Hickton 1979 Executive Vice President of Jacobs [239]
Robert T. Huang 1970 (MS), 1976 (MA) Founder, Chairman, and co-CEO of Synnex [240]
Jim Kennedy 1975 Chief Communications Officer of News Corp [241]
Robert M. Lynch 1999, 2000 (MBA) CEO of Papa John's Pizza [242]
Manton Marble 1855 Owner and Editor of the New York World [243]
William F. May 1937 Chairman and CEO of American Can Company [244]
Barry Meyer 1964 Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. [245]
John Rowe 1970 (MD) Chairman and CEO of Aetna [246]
Robert Shetterly 1936 Chairman and CEO of Clorox [247]
Paul Singer 1966 Founder and CEO of Elliott Management Corporation [248]
Robert L. Stark 1973 Founder and CEO of Stark Enterprises [249]
Henry Strong 1854 President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [250]
Robert S. Wiesenthal 1988 Founder and CEO of BLADE [251]
Joseph C. Wilson 1931 Founder and CEO of Xerox [252]
Guy Wyser-Pratte 1962 Founder and President of Wyser-Pratte Management Co. Inc. [253]
Gerald B. Zornow 1937 Chairman and President of Eastman Kodak [254]

Government and law

Heads of state or government

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Dae-Whan Chang 1974 Acting Prime Minister of South Korea (2002) [255]
Elwell Stephen Otis 1858 2nd American Military Governor of the Philippines [256]

Members of the United States Congress

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Jacob Sloat Fassett 1875 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York [257]
Kenneth Keating 1919 United States Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, United States Ambassador to India and Israel [258]
Chris Lee 1987 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York [259]
James M.E. O'Grady 1885 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, Speaker of the New York State Assembly [260]
Sereno E. Payne 1864 1st House Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives [261]
Samuel S. Stratton 1937 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, Mayor of Schenectady, New York [262]

United States ambassadors

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Gene Cretz 1972 United States Ambassador to Ghana and Libya [263]
Lisa J. Peterson 1986 United States Ambassador to Eswatini [264]
Robert A. Sherman 1975 United States Ambassador to Portugal [265]
George F. Ward 1965 United States Ambassador to Namibia [266]

Federal officials in the United States

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Michael P. Allen 1989 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims [267]
Robert H. Conn 1962 (MS) Assistant Secretary of the Navy [268]
W. Scott Gould 1985 (MBA), 1987 (EdD) 5th United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs [269]
Charles G. Groat 1962 13th Director of the United States Geological Survey [270]
Heather Higginbottom 1994 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources [271]
Lewis A. Kaplan 1966 Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York [272]
Robert Khuzami 1979 Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York [273]
John Knight 1893 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York [274]
Lawrence Kudlow 1969 12th Director of the National Economic Council [275]
Allison M. Macfarlane 1986 Chair of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission [276]
Cathy Minehan 1968 12th President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston [277]
Michael O'Rielly 1993 Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission [278]
Jimmie V. Reyna 1975 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [279]
Harlan Rippey 1898 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York [280]
Brian C. Roseboro 1981 U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance [281]
Dan Rosenthal 1988 Assistant to the President, White House [282]
Anthony Ryan 1985 U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance [283]
Robert D. Sack 1960 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [284]
Graham Steele 2002 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions [285]
Michael Telesca 1952 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York [286]
Ellsworth Van Graafeiland 1937 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [287]
Donald C. Winter 1969 74th United States Secretary of the Navy [288]

Federal officials outside the United States

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Chan Onn Fong 1972 (MBA), 1974 (PhD) 2nd Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia [289]
Vittorio Grilli 1986 (PhD) 5th Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy [290]
Pedro Guimarães 2004 (PhD) Chairman of the Federal Savings Bank, Brazil [291]
Sheng-cheng Hu 1967 (MA), 1970 (PhD) Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development and Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan [292]
Ephraim Kamuntu 1973 (MS) 17th Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda [293]
Eyitayo Lambo 1973 (MA) Federal Minister of Health, Nigeria [294]
Awais Leghari 1994 Minister for Power, Pakistan [295]
Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan 2004 (MBA) 38th Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, Liberia [296]
Tove Pihl 1948 Member of the Norwegian Parliament [297]
Nasser Saidi 1977 (MA), 1979 (PhD) 63rd Minister of Economy and Trade, Lebanon [298]

State officials in the United States

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Robert S. Babcock 1937 67th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont [299]
Joseph M. Bailey 1854 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois [300]
Carolyn Berger 1969 Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware [301]
Chuck Carpenter 1985 Member of the Oregon House of Representatives [302]
Alfred C. Carr Jr. 1988 Member of the Maryland House of Delegates [303]
Moreau S. Crosby 1863 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Michigan [304]
Barbara Ann DeBuono 1976, 1980 (MD) New York State Commissioner of Health, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health [305]
Mark Ferrandino 1999, 2000 (MA) Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives [306]
Laura Friedman 1988 Member of the California State Assembly [307]
Jenean Hampton 2003 (MBA) 57th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky [308]
Mary Ellen Jones 1958 New York State Senator
Mary Anne Krupsak 1953 54th Lieutenant Governor of New York [309]
Richard Leone 1962 Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, State Treasurer of New Jersey [310]
Sandy Pasch 1981 (MS) Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [311]
George Raines 1866 New York State Senator [312]
John Rayson 1971 Member of the Florida House of Representatives [313]
Leland Rayson 1946 Member of the Illinois House of Representatives [314]
Roger J. Robach 1966 Member of the New York State Assembly [315]
Adolph J. Rodenbeck 1885 Member of the New York State Assembly, 47th Mayor of Rochester, New York [316]
Linda Rosenthal 1980 Member of the New York State Assembly
Ebony Scott 2000 Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia [317]
Josh Shapiro 1995 48th Governor of Pennsylvania [318]
Lisa Swain 1980 Member of the New Jersey Assembly [319]
Ward Tolbert 1902 New York State Senator [320]
Tony Vargas 2007 Nebraska State Senator [321]
Akilah Weber 2004 (MD) Member of the California State Assembly [322]

Others

Name Class Year Notability Reference
David Buckel 1980 lawyer, environmental activist [323]
Malik Evans 2002 71st Mayor of Rochester, New York [324]
M. Justin Herman 1930 Executive Director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency [325]
Albion Tourgée 1862 lawyer and judge, argued Plessy v. Ferguson [326]
Mark Zaid 1989 lawyer [327]

Journalism

Alumni listed here are notable for their journalism in newspapers, television, radio, or other media.

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Susan B. Anthony II 1938 journalist [328]
Roscoe Conkling Ensign Brown 1889 Managing Editor of the New York Tribune [329]
Christopher Carosa 1991 (MBA) business journalist [330]
Dudley Doust 1952 sports journalist [331]
Jean Giambrone 1942 sports journalist [332]
Bill Kauffman 1981 political journalist and author [333]
Anne Keefe 1946 journalist [334]
Stanley Levey 1937, 1939 (MA) journalist [335]
Melissa Long 2004 (MBA) journalist [336]
Janet Maslin 1970 film and literary critic [337]
Dan Rattiner 1961 journalist and newspaper publisher [338]
Madeline Sofia 2016 (PhD) science journalist [339]
Harriet Van Horne 1940 journalist [340]

Literature

Alumni listed here are notable as authors of drama, fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Karen Alkalay-Gut 1966, 1975 (PhD) poet [341]
Benjamin Anastas 1991 novelist [342]
Suzanne Arms 1965 author, activist [343]
Neil Baldwin 1969 author [344]
John M. Barry 1969 (MA) author [345]
Francis Bellamy 1876 author of the Pledge of Allegiance [346]
Christian Cameron 1987 novelist [347]
Brock Clarke 1998 (PhD) novelist [348]
Jennifer Donnelly 1985 novelist, Carnegie Medal winner [349]
Rossiter Johnson 1863 author and editor [350]
John Kessel 1972 author, Nebula Award winner [351]
David Mason 1989 (PhD) poet [352]
Cheryl Mendelson 1973 (PhD) author [353]
Robert C. O'Brien 1940 author, Newbery Medal winner [354]
Thomas Perry 1974 (PhD) novelist [355]
Dale Peterson 1967 author [356]
Charles Mulford Robinson 1891 editor, author, pioneer of urban planning [357]
Betsy Sholl 1969 (MA) poet [358]
William Stoddard 1858 author [359]
Harriet A. Washington 1976 author, National Book Critics Circle Award winner [360]
William Cleaver Wilkinson 1857 poet and literary critic [361]

Military

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Gretchen Herbert 1984 Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Commander of the United States Navy Cyber Forces [362]
David Ottignon 1997 (MBA) Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs [363]
Sean A. Pybus 1979 Vice Admiral, United States Navy, Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command [364]
Philip Russell 1958 (MD) Major General, United States Army, Commander of the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command [365]
Sidney T. Weinstein 1980 (MBA) Lieutenant General, United States Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army [366]

Religion

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Mariann Budde 1982 Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington [367]
Robert Stuart MacArthur 1867 Baptist minister and author [368]
Jennifer Roback Morse 1980 (PhD) Catholic activist, founder of the Ruth Institute [369]
Francis H. Rowley 1875 Baptist minister, hymn writer, animal welfare activist [370]
Henry Clay Vedder 1873 church historian [371]

Science and technology

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Bryce Bayer 1960 (MS) inventor of the Bayer filter [372]
Haim Bodek 1995 developer of trading software [373]
Josh Cassada 2000 (PhD) astronaut [374]
Don Catlin 1965 (MD) pharmacologist, drug testing expert [375]
Robert J. Cerfolio 1984, 1988 (MD) surgeon and medical educator [376]
Lloyd Conover 1950 (PhD) inventor of tetracycline, elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame [377]
Walter Cooper 1957 (PhD) research scientist [378]
Corinna Cortes 1993 (PhD) computer scientist [379]
Shawn Domagal-Goldman 2001, 2002 (MS) astrobiologist [380]
Julian Earls 1966 (MS) Director of the NASA Glenn Research Center [381]
Stan Frankel 1942 (PhD) Manhattan Project scientist and computer designer [382]
Edward Gibson 1959 astronaut who set a record for space travel [383]
Michael S. Gottlieb 1973 (MD) immunologist, first to identify AIDS as a new disease [384]
William Harkness 1858 astronomer, director at the U.S. Naval Observatory [385]
Luther Emmett Holt 1875 pediatrician [386]
Jeannette Klute 1953 pioneer of color photography [387]
Jay Last 1951 physicist and entrepreneur [388]
J.C.R. Licklider 1942 (PhD) computer science pioneer [389]
William Masters 1943 (MD) sexologist [390]
Charles Munnerlyn 1969 (PhD) optical engineer [391]
Paul Murdin 1970 (PhD) astronomer, identified the first known black hole [392]
Kenneth Ouriel 1977 (MD) Head of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic [393]
James A. Pawelczyk 1982 astronaut [394]
Sylvester Sanfilippo 1947 pediatrician, discoverer of Sanfilippo syndrome
Bruce Schneier 1984 computer security expert [395]
Susan Seacrest 1978 (MS) environmental activist, teacher [396]
Avie Tevanian 1983 software engineer [397]
Eric Topol 1979 (MD) pioneering cardiologist [398]
Edward Bright Vedder 1898 medical researcher [399]

Sports

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Eric Born MBA judoka [400]
Brian Daboll 1997 NFL coach [401]
John DiBartolomeo 2013 basketball player [402]
Terry Gurnett 1977 soccer coach [403]
Renée Richards 1959 (MD) tennis player [404]
Dominic Seiterle 2005 (MBA) rower, Olympic gold medalist [405]
Zenon Snylyk 1955 soccer player [406]

Uncategorized

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Mary Calderone 1939 (MD) founder of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States [407]
Jeremy Glick 1993 passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 [408]
Jonathan D. Quick 1979 (MPH, MD) family physician and public health management specialist [409]
Mabel Sine Wadsworth 1931 birth control activist [410]

Notable non-graduate attendees

Name Affiliation Notability Reference
Angelo Badalamenti student (transferred) composer, Grammy Award winner [411]
Jason Robert Brown student (withdrew) composer [412]
David Diamond student (transferred) composer, recipient of the National Medal of Arts [413]
Shirley Jackson student (transferred) author [414]
Meyer Jacobstein student (withdrew) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York [415]
Ilya Kaminsky student (transferred) poet [416]
Michael O'Donoghue student (withdrew) comedy writer, Emmy Award winner [417]
David Satcher medical resident 16th Surgeon General of the United States [418]
George B. Selden student (withdrew) inventor [419]
Rangaswamy Srinivasan postdoctoral fellow physicist, recipient of the National Medal of Technology [420]
Thomas Thackeray Swinburne student (withdrew) poet [421]
Milen Velchev student (transferred) Minister of Finance, Bulgaria [422]

Notable faculty

Presidents of the University

References

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