This list of Northwestern University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

, located in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, ...

Academia

* Madeleine Wing Adler (B.A. 1962), president,

West Chester University West Chester University (also known as West Chester, WCU, or WCUPA, and officially as West Chester University of Pennsylvania) is a public research university in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the Middle ...

* Amy Allen (Ph.D. 1996), Parents Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities and professor of philosophy,

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

* Diane Marie Amann (J.D. 1986), associate dean for international programs & strategic initiatives and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law,

University of Georgia School of Law The University of Georgia School of Law (Georgia Law) is the law school of the University of Georgia, a public research university in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859, making it among the oldest American university law schools in continuous ...

Alida Anderson Alida Anderson is a professor at the American University School of Education, School of Education at American University in Washington, D.C., Washington, DC. Education Anderson attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC (1987), and holds ...

(M.A. 2004), author and widely published researcher; Faculty at American University. * Elijah Anderson (Ph.D. 1976), William K. Lanman, Jr. professor of sociology,

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

* Andrew Armacost (B.S. 1989), dean of faculty,

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...

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(born 1942), Israeli psychologist; former President of the

Open University of Israel The Open University of Israel ( he, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, ''Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha'') is a distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (C ...

* Vincent Blasi (B.A. 1964), free speech theorist, professor at

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

* Clinton Bristow, Jr. (B.A. 1971), former president, Alcorn State University * James Burkee (Ph.D. 2003), president,

Avila University Avila University is a private Roman Catholic university in Kansas City, Missouri. It is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. Its 13 buildings are situated on a campus of in Ka ...

* Margery C. Carlson (B.S. 1916), professor of botany,

* Joyce Chaplin (B.A. 1982), James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History,

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

* K. T. Chau (Ph.D. 1991), chair professor of geotechnical engineering, former associate dean of Faculty of Construction and Land Use, and former associate head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

* Erwin Chemerinsky (B.S. 1975), dean,

University of California, Berkeley School of Law The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (commonly known as Berkeley Law or UC Berkeley School of Law) is the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It is one of 1 ...

Vivek Chibber Vivek Aslam Chibber (born 1965) is an American academic, social theorist, editor, and professor of sociology at New York University, who has published widely on development, social theory, and politics. Chibber is the author of three books, ''Th ...

(B.A. 1987, Political Science), professor of sociology at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

Johnnetta B. Cole Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born October 19, 1936) is an Americans, American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president. Cole was the first female African-American president of Spelman College, a historically black college, servin ...

(M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1967), president emerita,

Spelman College Spelman College is a private, historically black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman rece ...

; president,

Bennett College Bennett College is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers. Originally coed, in 1926 it ...

Juan Cole John Ricardo Irfan "Juan" Cole (born October 23, 1952) is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. Dead link; no archive located. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University ...

(B.A. 1975), Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History,

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

* G. Marcus Cole (J.D. 1993), Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and Professor of Law,

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

James Hal Cone James Hal Cone (August 5, 1938 – April 28, 2018) was an American theologian, best known for his advocacy of black theology and black liberation theology. His 1969 book ''Black Theology and Black Power'' provided a new way to comprehensively de ...

(M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1965), Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic

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* Margaret Cuninggim, dean of women at the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state ...

and at

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

* Michele Dauber, (JD 1998, PhD 2003) – law professor at the

Stanford Law School Stanford Law School (Stanford Law or SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Stanford La ...

* Stefanie DeLuca (Ph.D., 2002), professor of sociology,

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

, author of ''Coming of Age in the Other America'' *

William C. Dudley William C. Dudley (born 1953) is an American economist who served as the president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2009 to 2018 and as vice-chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee. He was appointed to the position on January 27, 2 ...

(M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 1998), president,

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexington ...

Mitchell Duneier Mitchell Duneier is an American sociologist and ethnographer. He is currently Maurice P. During Professor and department chair of Sociology at Princeton University and has also served as a regular Visiting Distinguished Professor of Sociology at ...

(B.A.), professor of sociology,

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

Troy Duster Troy Smith Duster (born July 11, 1936) is an American sociologist with research interests in the sociology of science, public policy, race and ethnicity and deviance. He is a Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berke ...

(B.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1962), professor of sociology,

and

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Lee Edelman Lee Edelman (born 1953) is an American literary critic and academic. He serves as a professor of English at Tufts University. He is the author of four books. Early life Lee Edelman was born in 1953. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree fr ...

(B.A. 1975), Fletcher Professor of English Literature,

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

* Kathryn Edin (Ph.D. 1991), professor of sociology,

* Fred D. Fagg, Jr., former president,

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

* William R. Ferris (M.A. 1965), Joel Williamson Eminent Professor of History,

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Susan Fuhrman Susan Harriet Fuhrman (born April 1944) is an American education policy scholar and the first female president of Teachers College, Columbia University. Fuhrman earned her doctorate in Political Science and Education from Columbia University. She ...

(B.A. 1965, M.A. 1966), president,

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(Ph.D., 1986), Robert Schirmer Professor of English,

* Larry Gladney (B.A., 1979), physicist, Professor of Physics and the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development at

Barry Glassner Barry Glassner is a professor of sociology and author or co-author of nine books, including ''The Culture of Fear'', which discussed the culture of fear phenomenon. He says that many of Americans' concerns and fears are largely unfounded. In ...

(B.S. 1974), executive vice provost and professor of sociology, University of Southern California * Avner Greif (M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1989), Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University * Herbert S. Hadley (LL.B), chancellor of

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

(1923–1927),

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Geoffrey Galt Harpham Geoffrey Galt Harpham (born 1946) is an American academic who until recently served as president and director of the National Humanities Center. One of the characteristics of his tenure was the encouragement of dialogue between the humanities on th ...

(B.A. 1968), director,

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Cynthia Herrup Cynthia Herrup is an American historian of early modern British law who holds the position of Professor of History and Law at the University of Southern California. Herrup's writings center primarily on the social history of criminal law, but sh ...

(B.S.J. 1972, Ph.D. 1982), professor of history and law,

* Rosanna Hertz (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1983), Luella LaMer Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wellesley College * Linn W. Hobbs OBE (B.S. 1966), John F. Elliott Professor of Materials,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

* John B. Hogenesch (Ph.D. 1999), professor of pharmacology,

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

* Michael J. Hopkins (B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1984), professor of mathematics,

* Frank E. Horton (Ph.D. 1968), chancellor of

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscon ...

(1980–1985),

University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...

(1985–1988) and the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...

(1989–1998) * Ruth Horsting (B.A. 1940, M.F.A. 1959), professor emerita of art at

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

(1959 to 1971). * Jonathan D. Katz (Ph.D. 1996), former head of Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies,

* Joann (Wheeler) Kealiinohomoku (M.A. 1965), anthropologist and dance researcher *

Marc W. Kirschner Marc Wallace Kirschner (born February 28, 1945) is an Americans, American cell biologist and biochemist and the founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. He is known for major discoveries in cell and developmen ...

(B.A. 1966), John Franklin Enders University Professor and professor of systems biology, Harvard University * Nirmalya Kumar (Ph.D. 1991), professor of marketing and director of Aditya Birla India Centre at

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...

; included in Thinkers50 * Kristen Kroll, professor of Developmental Biology at

Washington University School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) is the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1891, the School of Medicine has 1,260 students, 604 of which are pursuing a medical degree with ...

. * Zachary Leader (B.A.), professor of English,

Roehampton University The University of Roehampton, London, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Roehampton was formerly an e ...

* Hilary M. Lips (M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1974), Emerita professor and research faculty in Psychology at Radford University * Michael Lounsbury (PhD 1999), professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...

Glenn Loury Glenn Cartman Loury (born September 3, 1948) is an American economist, academic, and author. He is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University, where he has taught since 2005. At the age of ...

(B.A. 1972), Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University *

Mark Crispin Miller Mark Crispin Miller (born 1949) is a professor of media studies at New York University. He has promoted conspiracy theories about U.S. presidential elections, the September 11 attacks and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as well as misinf ...

(B.A. 1971), professor of media ecology,

* Ed Morgan (B.A. 1976), professor of international law at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

* Lenny Moss (Ph.D. 1998), Philosopher of biology *

George Nemhauser George Lann Nemhauser (born 1937). is an American operations researcher, the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Institute Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the former president of the Oper ...

(Ph.D. 1961), A. Russell Chandler III Chair and institute professor, Georgia Institute of Technology * J. Dennis O'Connor (Ph.D. 1968), former chancellor,

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

* Daniel Oerther (B.A. 1995, B.S. 1995), Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering,

Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri University of Science and Technology, or Missouri S&T, is a public research university in Rolla, Missouri. It is a member institution of the University of Missouri System. Most of its 7,645 students (fall 2020) study engineering, busi ...

* Margaret O'Mara (B.A. 1992), Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History,

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

* Scott E. Page (M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1993), Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of complex systems, political science, and economics,

* Deborah Paredez (Ph.D. 2002), professor of theatre and dance at

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...

, poet and co-founder of Cantomundo * Charles M. Payne (Ph.D. 1976), Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration,

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

Ralph Pearson Ralph Gottfrid Pearson (January 12, 1919 – October 12, 2022) was an American physical inorganic chemist best known for the development of the concept of hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB). He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1943 ...

(Ph.D. 1943), professor of chemistry,

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...

* Benjamin Polak (M.A. 1986), William C. Brainard Professor of Economics,

* Jack Nusan Porter (Ph.D. 1971), sociologist; former Research Associate in Ukrainian Studies,

; former assistant professor in Social Science,

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...

* Lyman W. Porter (B.A. 1952), dean of

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...

Paul Merage School of Business The Paul Merage School of Business is the business school at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). It is one of the university's 14 academic units. The current Dean is Ian O. Williamson. The school confers Master of Business Administration (M ...

from 1972 to 1983. *

Adam Przeworski Adam Przeworski (; born May 5, 1940) is a Polish-American professor of political science specializing in comparative politics. He is Carroll and Milton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics of New York University. He is a scholar of de ...

(Ph.D. 1966), Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of European Studies,

* Fraydoon Rastinejad (B.A. 1987), Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford * Mark Ratner (Ph.D. 1969), Lawrence B. Dumas Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry,

* David R. Roediger (Ph.D. 1980), professor of history,

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

Said Sheikh Samatar Said Sheikh Samatar ( so, Siciid Sheekh Samatar, ar, سعيد الشيخ سمتر‎; 1943–24 February 2015) was a prominent Somali scholar and writer. Biography Early years Said was born in 1943 in the Ogaden in Ethiopia to Faduma and Sh ...

(Ph.D. 1979), professor of history,

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

* Norbert M. Samuelson, scholar of Jewish philosophy at Arizona State University and prolific writer and lecturer *

John B. Simpson John Barclay Simpson (born June 8, 1947) is a former president of the University at Buffalo (UB), part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

(Ph.D. 1973), president,

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* David J. Skorton (B.A. 1970, M.D. 1974), president,

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

Graham Spanier Graham Basil Spanier (born July 18, 1948) is a South African-born American sociologist and university administrator who became the 16th president of Pennsylvania State University on September 1, 1995. On November 9, 2011, in the wake of the Pen ...

(Ph.D. 1973), president, Pennsylvania State University * Barbara Maria Stafford (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966), William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Art History,

* Grover C. Stephens (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1952), dean, School of Biological Sciences

University of California at Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

George Stigler George Joseph Stigler (; January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics. Early life and e ...

(MBA 1932),

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in Economics (1982)
Glenn Davis Stone
(BA, 1977), Guggenheim Fellow, Professor of Anthropology, author of ''The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the Wortld'' * Richard J. Stonesifer (M.A. 1947), president of

Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter. There are about 4,400 full ...

* Roger Taylor (J.D. 1971), president, Knox College * Martha Tedeschi (Ph.D. 1994), Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

* Stephan Thernstrom (B.A. 1956), Winthrop Professor of History,

Augusta Read Thomas Augusta Read Thomas (born April 24, 1964) is an American composer and professor. Biography Thomas studied composition with Oliver Knussen at Tanglewood; Jacob Druckman at Yale University; Alan Stout and Bill Karlins at Northwestern University ...

(B.M. 1987), university professor of composition,

* France Winddance Twine (B.S., 1980), professor of sociology at

University of California Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the Un ...

* Glen L. Urban (Ph.D. 1966), dean emeritus of

MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...

Leonard Wantchekon Leonard Wantchekon is a Beninese economist and professor of Politics and International Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and an affiliate of the Economics Department at Princeton University. He taught at Yale Un ...

(Ph.D. 1995), James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and International Affairs,

* John E. Worthen (B.S. 1954), president of Ball State University (1984–2000)

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(B.A. 2015), musician, Youtuber *

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(B.A. 1992), creator and executive producer of '' Girlfriends'' and '' The Game'', former supervising producer of ''

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, (did not graduate), Euphoria *

Sharif Atkins Sharif Atkins (born January 29, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Michael Gallant on '' ER'' and for his role as FBI Agent Clinton Jones on '' White Collar''. Early life Atkins was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...

(B.S. 1999), actor ('' ER'') *

Jayne Atkinson Jayne Atkinson (born 18 February 1959) is a British-American actress. She is best known for the role of Karen Hayes on '' 24'', as well as her Tony Award–nominated roles in '' The Rainmaker'' and '' Enchanted April''. She has also appeared in ...

(B.S. 1981),

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-nominated actress ('' Enchanted April'', '' The Rainmaker''); played Karen Hayes on '' 24'', and currently portrays U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant in the Netflix series ''

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Jane Badler Jane Badler (born December 31, 1953) is an American-Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Diana, the main antagonist in NBC's science fiction series '' V'' between 1983 and 1985. Badler also appeared in ABC's version of '' ...

(B.S. 1976), actress ('' V'') *

Kate Baldwin Katherine Baldwin (born May 2, 1975) is an American singer and actress known for her work in musical theater. She received a Tony Award nomination for her work in the 2009 Broadway revival of ''Finian's Rainbow''. She also co-starred opposite Bet ...

, actress (1997, theater school) *

Bonnie Bartlett Bonnie Bartlett (born June 20, 1929) is an American actress. Her career spans seven decades, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, ''Love of Life''. Bartlett is known for her role as Grace Snider Edwards on the Michael Land ...

(B.S. 1950), Emmy Award-winning actress ('' St. Elsewhere'', ''

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Ghosts of Mississippi ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the ...

'') *

Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker, whose career spans over six decades. He was nominated for 15 Academy Awards, including four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, ...

(class of 1959, never graduated), Academy Award-winning actor/writer/director ('' Bonnie and Clyde'', '' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'', ''

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Lee Phillip Bell Loreley "Lee" June Phillip Bell (June 10, 1928 – February 25, 2020) was an American talk show host and soap opera creator. During her career on Chicago television, she hosted over 10,000 programs and, early in her tenure, worked five shows a da ...

(B.A. 1950), Emmy Award-winning co-creator of ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

'' and ''

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

'' * Matt Bellassai, comedian ("Whine About It") * Rob Benedict (B.S. 1993), actor ('' Threshold'', '' Felicity'') *

Richard Benjamin Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including ''Goodbye, Columbus'' (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; ''Catch-22'' (1970), fro ...

(B.S. 1960), actor (''

Catch-22 ''Catch-22'' is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-ch ...

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Westworld ''Westworld'' is an American science fiction-thriller media franchise that began with the 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populate ...

'', '' The Last of Sheila''); director (''

My Favorite Year ''My Favorite Year'' is a 1982 American comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo from a story written by Palumbo. The film tells the story of a young comedy writ ...

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'') * Edgar Bergen (attended, did not graduate),

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Charlie McCarthy Charlie McCarthy is Edgar Bergen's famed ventriloquist dummy partner. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930, was attired in his famous top hat, tuxedo, and monocle. The character was so well-known that his popularit ...

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Greg Berlanti Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer and director of film and television. He is known for his work on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Everwood'', '' Political Animals'', ...

(B.S. 1994), screenwriter and producer (''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college that ran from 1998 to 2003. T ...

''); creator of ''

Everwood ''Everwood'' (known as ''Our New Life in Everwood'' in the United Kingdom) is an American drama television series created by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti, Mickey Liddell, Rina Mimoun, Andrew A. Ackerman and Michael Green served as executive produce ...

'' and ''

Jack & Bobby ''Jack & Bobby'' is an American drama television series created by Greg Berlanti, Vanessa Taylor, Steven A. Cohen, and Brad Meltzer. It aired on The WB from September 12, 2004, to May 11, 2005. The series’ title is a reference to real-life po ...

''; writer/director of ''

Broken Hearts Club ''The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'' is a 2000 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Berlanti. It follows the lives of a group of gay friends in West Hollywood, centered on a restaurant owned by the fatherly J ...

'' * Eric Bernt (B.S. 1986), screenwriter ('' Surviving the Game'', ''

Virtuosity ''Virtuosity'' is a 1995 American science fiction action film directed by Brett Leonard and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Howard W. Koch Jr. served as an executive producer for the film. The film was released in the United Stat ...

'', ''

Romeo Must Die ''Romeo Must Die'' is a 2000 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak in his feature film directorial debut, and featuring fight choreography by Corey Yuen. The film stars Jet Li and Aaliyah in her feature film debut, It follows a C ...

'') *

Craig Bierko Craig Philip Bierko (born August 18, 1964) is an American actor and singer. Early life Bierko was born in Rye Brook, New York where his mother Pat ran The Harrison Players, a local community theatre. After graduating Blind Brook High School, ...

(B.S. 1986), actor ('' Cinderella Man'', '' The Thirteenth Floor''); Tony Award nominee (''

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments ...

'') *

Karen Black Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portrayi ...

(attended, never graduated), Academy Award-nominated actress (''

Easy Rider ''Easy Rider'' is a 1969 American independent drug culture road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American So ...

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Five Easy Pieces ''Five Easy Pieces'' is a 1970 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Rafelson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tells the s ...

'') *

Jeff Blumenkrantz Jeff Blumenkrantz (born June 3, 1965) is an American actor, composer and lyricist. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Blumenkrantz is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Communication. His stage credits include roles in the Broadway pro ...

(B.S. 1986), Tony Award-nominated musical theatre composer/lyricist (''

Urban Cowboy ''Urban Cowboy'' is a 1980 American romantic Western film directed by James Bridges. The plot concerns the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan "Bud" Davis (John Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger). The film's success was credited for spur ...

'') *

Zach Braff Zachary Israel Braff'Scrubs' Star Zach Braff Wows ...

(B.S. 1997), Emmy Award-nominated actor ('' Scrubs''); writer/director ('' Garden State,

Wish I Was Here ''Wish I Was Here'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Zach Braff and co-written with his brother Adam Braff. The film stars Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Josh Gad, Pierce Gagnon, Ashley Greene, Kate Hudson, Joey King, Jim Parsons, ...

'') * Cary Brothers (B.S. 1995), Grammy-nominated musician ('' Garden State'') *

Clancy Brown Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles. Brown's film roles include Viking Lofgren in ''Bad Boys'' ...

(B.S. 1981), actor ('' Highlander'', ''

The Shawshank Redemption ''The Shawshank Redemption'' is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption''. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), w ...

'') *

Charles Busch Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off- ...

(B.S. 1976),

-nominated playwright (''

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife ''The Tale of the Allergist's Wife'' is a play by Charles Busch. In his first play written for a mainstream audience, Busch explores the Upper West Side milieu of aspiring intellectual and middle-aged upper class matron Marjorie Taub, who lives c ...

'') *

Frank Buxton Frank Buxton (February 13, 1930 – January 2, 2018) was an American actor, television writer, author, and television director. Buxton grew up in Larchmont, New York. He was a graduate of Northwestern University (B.S.) and Syracuse University ...

(B.S. 1951), actor/writer/director *

Bruno Campos Bruno Campos () is a Brazilian-American lawyer and former actor, best known for his roles of Dr. Quentin Costa on the award-winning television show ''Nip/Tuck'', the voice of Prince Naveen in the animated film ''The Princess and the Frog'', an ...

(B.S. 1995), actor (''

Nip/Tuck ''Nip/Tuck'' is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that aired on FX in the United States from July 22, 2003, to March 3, 2010. The series, which also incorporates elements of crime drama, black comedy, family dra ...

'') *

Katie Chang Katherine Chang (born May 3, 1995) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Rebecca Ahn in ''The Bling Ring'' (2013), Ellen Reeves in '' A Birder's Guide to Everything'' (2013) and Claire Connors in '' The Outcasts'' (2017). Early l ...

(B.A. 2017), actress ("

The Bling Ring ''The Bling Ring'' is a 2013 crime film written and directed by Sofia Coppola featuring an ensemble cast led by Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, and Claire Julien. It is based on the 2010 ''Vanity Fair'' article "T ...

") *

Josh Chetwynd Joshua Stephen Chetwynd (born September 11, 1971) is a British-born American journalist, broadcaster, author, sports agent and former baseball player. He has also competed in the sport of curling. Journalism Chetwynd has worked as a staff repor ...

, UK-based baseball analyst and former player *

Cindy Chupack Cindy Chupack is a screenwriter and film director who has won three Golden Globes and two Emmys for her work as a writer/executive producer of HBO's ''Sex and the City'' and writer/co-executive producer of American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Mo ...

(B.S. 1987), Emmy Award-winning executive producer and writer (''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United Stat ...

'', ''

Everybody Loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch an ...

'') * Jack Clay, acting teacher/director/actor *

Jeanne Clemson Jeanne Clemson (1922 – September 12, 2009) was an American artistic director, theater director, actress, educator and preservationist. Clemson was considered instrumental in the efforts to save the Fulton Opera House, located in downtown ...

(M.A.), theater director, stage actress and teacher, preserved the Fulton Opera House *

Claire Coffee Claire Elizabeth Coffee (born April 14, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adalind Schade in the NBC fantasy drama ''Grimm''. Early life Coffee grew up in Monterey, California. She attended the Santa Catalina School ...

, actress ('' General Hospital'', ''

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'') *

Stephen Colbert Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program '' The Colbert Report'' from 2005 ...

(B.S. 1986), Emmy Award-winning comedian (''

The Colbert Report ''The Colbert Report'' ( ) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show fo ...

'', ''

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' is an American late-night news and liberal political satire talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, which premiered on September 8, 2015. Produced by Spartina Productions and CBS Studios, it is the second ...

'') * Kate Collins, actress ('' All My Children'') * Robert Conrad (B.S. 1955), actor ('' The Wild Wild West'', '' Baa Baa Black Sheep'', '' Hawaiian Eye'') *

Steven Conrad Steven Conrad (born May 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker. Personal life Steven Conrad was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and briefly attended Florida State University before transferring to Northwestern University, where he majored in crea ...

(B.A. 1991), screenwriter (''

The Pursuit of Happyness ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman. Smith's son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son, Chri ...

,'' '' The Weather Man'') * J Anthony Crane (B.S. 1993), actor ('' The Big Easy,'' ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...

'') *

Cindy Crawford Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American model, actress and television personality. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was among the most popular supermodels and a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, as well as fash ...

(attended, never graduated), model * Jan Crull Jr. (attended, never graduated), filmmaker, Native American rights activist, attorney *

Jane Curtin Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian. First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for ...

(attended, never graduated), original cast member of ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock. ...

''; Emmy Award-nominated actress (''

Kate & Allie ''Kate & Allie'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from March 19, 1984 to May 22, 1989, starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin as two divorced women, both with children, who decide to live together in the same house. ...

'', '' 3rd Rock from the Sun'') *

Stephanie D'Abruzzo Stephanie Ann D'Abruzzo (; born December 7, 1971) is an American actress, puppeteer and singer. She has performed various Muppets in the TV program ''Sesame Street''. She held starring roles on '' Oobi'' and ''The Book of Pooh''. She was one of ...

(B.S. 1993), Tony Award-nominated actress and puppeteer ('' Avenue Q'') *

William Daniels William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor, who is best known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig in the drama series '' St. Elsewhere'', for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards; the voice of KITT in the t ...

(B.S. 1950), Emmy Award-winning actor ('' St. Elsewhere'', ''

Boy Meets World ''Boy Meets World'' is an American coming-of-age sitcom created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that aired on ABC for seven seasons between September1993 and May2000. The series centers on Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) and his friends and fami ...

''); former president of the

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Zooey Deschanel Zooey Claire Deschanel (; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She made her film debut in '' Mumford'' (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film '' Almost Famous'' (2000). Deschanel is known for h ...

(attended, never graduated), actress ('' Yes Man'', ''

Elf An elf () is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology. They are subsequently mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's Icelandic Prose Edda. He distinguishes "ligh ...

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Almost Famous ''Almost Famous'' is a 2000 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, and starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, and Patrick Fugit. It tells the story of a teenage journalist writing for ''Rolling Stone ...

'', ''

New Girl ''New Girl'' is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Television for Fox that originally aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around a kooky teacher, Jessica Day ( Zoo ...

'') * Lydia R. Diamond (B.S. 1992), playwright * Matt Doherty (B.S. 1999), actor ('' So I Married an Axe Murderer'', ''

The Mighty Ducks ''The Mighty Ducks'' is an American media franchise. It features a trilogy of live-action films released in the 1990s by Walt Disney Pictures, an animated television series, a live-action sequel television series, and a real-world hockey team ...

'' films) * Anne Dudek, actress ('' House'', '' Psych'', '' Law and Order: CI'', '' Desperate Housewives'', '' How I Met Your Mother'', ''

Mad Men ''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its f ...

'', ''

White Chicks ''White Chicks'' is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay co-written by Wayans, Xavier Cook, Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden, with additional contributions by and starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn ...

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The Human Stain ''The Human Stain'' is a novel by Philip Roth, published May 5, 2000. The book is set in Western Massachusetts in the late 1990s. It is narrated by 65-year-old author Nathan Zuckerman, who appears in several earlier Roth novels, and who also fig ...

'') *

Teddy Dunn Edward Wilkes Dunn (born June 19, 1980) is an American lawyer and former actor known for his portrayal of Duncan Kane in the Rob Thomas television series ''Veronica Mars''. Early life and education Dunn grew up in Durham, North Carolina. He att ...

(B.S. 2003), actor (''

Veronica Mars ''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series pr ...

'') *

Richard Durham Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

, creator of the radio series ''

Destination Freedom ''Destination Freedom'' was a weekly radio program produced by WMAQ in Chicago from 1948 to 1950 that presented biographical histories of prominent African-Americans such as George Washington Carver, Satchel Paige, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tu ...

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Nancy Dussault Nancy Dussault (born June 30, 1936) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Muriel Rush in the sitcom ''Too Close for Comfort'' (1980–1987). In a career spanning over half a century, Dussault received two Tony Award n ...

(B.A. 1957), actress (''

Too Close for Comfort ''Too Close for Comfort'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from November 11, 1980, to May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984, to February 7, 1987. Its name was changed to ''The Ted Knight Show'' w ...

''); two-time

nominee ('' Do Re Mi'', ''

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Gregg Edelman Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American movie, television and theatre actor. Biography Edelman was born in Chicago, Illinois, attended Niles North High School, where he starred as Li'l Abner opposite future soap star Nancy Lee G ...

(B.S. 1980), Tony Award-nominated actor ('' City of Angels'', ''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

'') * Billy Eichner, comedian, actor * Jennie Eisenhower (B.S. 2000), actress; granddaughter of

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

and the great-granddaughter of

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

* Temi Epstein (B.S. 1996), child actress (''

North and South North and South may refer to: Literature * ''North and South'' (Gaskell novel), an 1854 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell * ''North and South'' (trilogy), a series of novels by John Jakes (1982–1987) ** ''North and South'' (Jakes novel), first novel ...

)'' * Joe Flynn, actor (''

McHale's Navy ''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originate ...

'') *

Mary Frann Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

(B.S. 1965), actress (''

Newhart ''Newhart'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife, ...

'', '' Days of Our Lives'') *

Gerald Freedman Gerald Alan Freedman (June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) was an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean. Life and career Freedman was born in Lorain, Ohio, the son of Fannie (Sepenswol), a history teacher, and Barn ...

(B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950), theatre director (''

The Gay Life ''The Gay Life'' is a musical with a book by Fay and Michael Kanin, lyrics by Howard Dietz, and music by Arthur Schwartz. Based on a cycle of seven short plays by Arthur Schnitzler, published in 1893 and first staged in 1910, ''The Gay Life'' foc ...

'', '' The Robber Bridegroom'', ''

The Grand Tour ''The Grand Tour'' is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman, made for Amazon exclusively for its online streaming service Amazon Prime Video, and premiered on 18 November ...

'') *

David T. Friendly David T. Friendly (born May 1, 1956) is an American film producer best known for co-producing the 2006 film ''Little Miss Sunshine'', for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Career After graduating from Northwestern U ...

(B.S. 1978), Academy Award-nominated producer ('' Little Miss Sunshine'') *

Penny Fuller A penny is a coin ( pennies) or a unit of currency (pl. pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. Presently, it is th ...

(B.S. 1959), Emmy Award-winning actress (''

The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then we ...

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nominee (''

The Dinner Party ''The Dinner Party'' is an installation artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago. Widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork, it functions as a symbolic history of women in civilization. There are 39 elaborate place settings on a triang ...

'') *

Ziwe Fumudoh Ziwerekoru "Ziwe" Fumudoh is an American comedian and writer known for her satirical commentary on politics, race relations, and young adulthood. She created the YouTube comedy show ''Baited with Ziwe'' and its later Instagram Live iteration, she ...

(B.A. 2014), comedian, writer (''

Ziwe ''Ziwe'' is an American satirical late-night talk show hosted and executive produced by comedian Ziwe Fumudoh based in New York City. The show premiered on May 9, 2021, on Showtime. In June 2021, Showtime renewed the series for a second season ...

'', '' Desus & Mero'') *

George Furth George Furth (born George Schweinfurth; December 14, 1932 – August 11, 2008) was an American librettist, playwright, and actor. Life and career Furth was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of George and Evelyn (née Tuerk) Schweinfurth. He was ...

(B.S. 1955), Tony Award-winning playwright ('' Company''); actor ('' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'') * Daniele Gaither (B.S. 1993), actress, comic (''

MADtv ''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by ''Mad (magazine), Mad'' magazine. In its initial run, it aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from 1995 to 2009. After a one-off reuni ...

'') *

Frank Galati Frank Joseph Galati (November 29, 1943 – January 2, 2023) was an American director, writer, and actor. He was a member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company and an associate director at Goodman Theatre. He taught at Northwestern University for many ...

(B.A. 1965), Tony Award-winning director (''

The Grapes of Wrath ''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Priz ...

''), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (''

The Accidental Tourist ''The Accidental Tourist'' is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1985 and the Ambassador Book Award for Fiction in 1986. The novel was adapted into ...

'') *

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(B.S. 1984), writer/producer (''Roseanne (TV series), Rosanne'', ''My Boys'') * Ira Glass (attended, transferred), radio and TV personality * Jonathan Glassner, TV writer/producer, most known for developing ''Stargate SG-1'' * Dody Goodman, film and television actress * Virginia Graham (M.S.J.), former daytime TV talk show host * Michael Greif (B.S. 1981), Tony Award-nominated director of ''Rent (musical), Rent'' and ''Grey Gardens (musical), Grey Gardens'' * Mamie Gummer (B.S. 2005), actress (''Evening (film), Evening''), daughter of Meryl Streep * Anna Gunn (B.S. 1990), actress (''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood'', ''Breaking Bad)'' * Kathryn Hahn (B.S. 1995), actress (''Crossing Jordan'', ''Step Brothers (film), Step Brothers'', ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', ''We're the Millers'') * Brad Hall (B.S. 1990), former cast member of ''

''; creator of ''The Single Guy'', ''Watching Ellie'' * Samantha Harris (B.S. 1996), Emmy Award-nominated co-host of ''Dancing with the Stars'' * Bill Hayes (actor), Bill Hayes (M.M. 1949), Daytime Emmy Award-nominated actor ('' Days of Our Lives'') * Heather Headley (B.S. 1997), Tony Award-winning actress and singer (''Aida (musical), Aida'', ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King''); Grammy Award-nominated R&B vocalist * Kyle T. Heffner, actor, ''Flashdance'' * Marg Helgenberger (B.S. 1982), Emmy Award-winning actress (''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''China Beach'', ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'') * Charlton Heston (attended from 1941–1943), Academy Award-winning actor (''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'') and National Rifle Association President * Michael Hitchcock (B.S. 1980), writer, co-executive producer (''MADTv''); actor (''Waiting for Guffman'', ''Best in Show (film), Best in Show'', ''Serenity (2005 film), Serenity'') * Ron Holgate (B.S. 1959), Tony Award-winning actor (''1776 (musical), 1776'', ''

'') * David Hollander (B.S. 1990), creator, screenwriter, and executive producer of ''The Guardian (TV series), The Guardian'' * David Horowitz (consumer advocate), David Horowitz (M.S. 1961), former host of ''Fight Back! With David Horowitz'' * Jeffrey Hunter (B.A. 1949), actor (''The Searchers (film), The Searchers'', ''The Last Hurrah (1958 film), The Last Hurrah'', ''King of Kings (1961 film), King of Kings,'' ''The Longest Day (film), The Longest Day'') * Lew Hunter (M.S. 1956), Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter (''Fallen Angel (1981 film), Fallen Angel''); chairman emeritus and professor of screenwriting, UCLA School of Theater Film and Television * Ron Husmann (B.S. 1959), Tony Award-nominated actor (''Tenderloin (musical), Tenderloin'') * Martha Hyer (B.S. 1945),

-nominated actress (''Some Came Running'', ''Houseboat (film), Houseboat'', ''The Sons of Katie Elder'', ''Bikini Beach'') * Rex Ingram (actor), Rex Ingram, actor (''Cabin in the Sky (film), Cabin in the Sky'', ''The Thief of Baghdad (1940 film), The Thief of Baghdad'', ''Sahara (1943 American film), Sahara'', ''The Green Pastures (film), Green Pastures'') * Laura Innes (B.S. 1979), Emmy Award-nominated actress ('' ER''); Emmy Award-nominated director (''The West Wing (TV series), The West Wing'') * David Israel (B.S.J. 1973), writer and producer (''Midnight Caller'', ''Turks (TV series), Turks'', ''Tremors (TV series), Tremors'', ''Pandora's Clock'', ''Mutiny (TV film), Mutiny'', ''House of Frankenstein (miniseries), House of Frankenstein'') * David Ives (B.A. 1971), playwright (''All in the Timing'') * Brian d'Arcy James (B.S. 1990),

-nominated actor (''Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical'') * Tim Johnson (film director), Tim Johnson (B.A. 1983), director (''Antz'', ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'') * Traci Paige Johnson (B.A. 1991), creator of ''Blue's Clues'' * Jennifer Jones (actor), Jennifer Jones, Academy Award-winning actress (''The Song of Bernadette (film), The Song of Bernadette'', ''Since You Went Away'', ''Love Letters (1945 film), Love Letters'', ''Duel in the Sun (film), Duel in the Sun'', ''The Towering Inferno'') * Adam Kantor, Broadway actor, singer, dancer, ''Rent'' * Peter Kapetan (B.A. 1978), Broadway actor, singer, dancer (1956–2008) * Spencer Kayden (B.S. 1990), former cast member of ''MADTv''; Tony Award nominee for ''Urinetown'' * James Keach (B.S. 1970), actor (''The Long Riders''); producer (''Walk the Line''); director (''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'') * Stacy Keach, Sr. (B.S. 1935), actor (''Get Smart''); director (''Tales of the Texas Rangers'') * Clinton Kelly (TV personality), Clinton Kelly (M.S. 1993), co-host of ''What Not to Wear (US version), What Not to Wear'' * Richard Kind (B.S. 1978), actor (''Mad About You'', ''Spin City'') * Laura Kissel (M.F.A. 1999), filmmaker * Richard Kline (M.A. 1967), actor (''Three's Company'') * Robert Knepper (attended, never graduated), actor (''Prison Break'', ''Hostage (2005 film), Hostage'', ''Carnivàle'') * Gary Kroeger (B.S. 1981), former cast member of ''

'' * Roger Kumble (B.S. 1988), writer/director (''Cruel Intentions'') * Clyde Kusatsu (B.S. 1970), actor (''All American Girl (1994 TV series), All American Girl'', ''In the Line of Fire'') * Mark Lamos (B.S. 1969),

-winning former artistic director of the Hartford Stage * Sherry Lansing (B.S. 1966), former CEO of Paramount Pictures;

-nominated producer (''Fatal Attraction''); 2007 recipient of The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award * Britt Leach, actor (''Weird Science (film), Weird Science'') * Cloris Leachman (B.S. 1948), Academy Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress (''The Last Picture Show'', ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Spanglish (film), Spanglish'') * Katrina Lenk (B.M. 1997), actress and musician, recipient of 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for ''The Band's Visit'' * Harry J. Lennix (B.S. 1986), actor (''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'', ''Commander in Chief (TV series), Commander in Chief'', ''Ray (film), Ray'') * Herschell Gordon Lewis, filmmaker * Richard J. Lewis (B.A. 1982), Emmy Award-nominated director/producer (''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'') * Laura Linney (attended for a year, then transferred), actress (''The Truman Show'', ''Love Actually'') * John Logan (writer), John Logan (B.S. 1983), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'', ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'', ''The Last Samurai'', ''Hugo (film), Hugo'', ''Skyfall'') * Shelley Long (class of 1971, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (''Cheers'', ''The Money Pit'', ''Irreconcilable Differences (film), Irreconcilable Differences'') * Julia Louis-Dreyfus (class of 1982, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (''Seinfeld'', ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'', ''Veep (TV series), Veep''); former cast member of ''

'' * Paul Lynde (B.S. 1948), actor (''Hollywood Squares'', ''Bewitched'', ''Bye Bye Birdie (musical), Bye Bye Birdie'') * J. P. Manoux (B.S. 1991), actor ('' ER'', ''Phil of the Future'', ''The Emperor's New School'') * Stephanie March (B.S. 1996), actress (''Law & Order: SVU'', ''Conviction (2006 TV series), Conviction'') * Garry Marshall (B.S. 1956), creator of ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne and Shirley'', and ''Mork & Mindy''; director (''Pretty Woman'', ''Beaches (1988 film), Beaches'', ''The Princess Diaries (film), The Princess Diaries'') * Marshall W. Mason (B.S. 1961), Tony Award-nominated director (''Fifth of July'', ''As Is (play), As Is'') * Jacquelyn Mayer (B.S. 1964), former Miss America * Ralph Meeker (B.S. 1943), actor (''Kiss Me Deadly'', ''Paths of Glory'', ''Picnic (play), Picnic'', ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'', ''The Anderson Tapes'') * Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, (Born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981), Member of British Royal, former actress and founder and curator of the now-defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig (blog), The Tig * Susan Messing (B.S. 1986), performer, teacher, and director at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Annoyance Theatre * Josh Meyers (actor), Josh Meyers (B.S. 1998), actor (''

'', ''That '70s Show'') * Seth Meyers (B.S. 1996), cast member of ''

''; host of ''Late Night with Seth Meyers''; winner of the third ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' * Terri Minsky (B.S. 1980), creator, writer, executive producer of ''Lizzie McGuire'', ''Less Than Perfect'', ''The Geena Davis Show'' * John Cameron Mitchell (B.S. 1985), writer/actor/director (''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical), Hedwig and the Angry Inch''), executive producer (''Tarnation (2003 film), Tarnation'') * Karen Moncrieff (B.S. 1986), Miss Illinois 1985; writer and director of ''The Dead Girl'' and ''Blue Car'' * Jason Moore (director), Jason Moore (B.S. 1993),

-nominated director ('' Avenue Q'') * Andrew Moskos (B.A. 1990), co-founder of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam * Megan Mullally (class of 1981, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (''Will and Grace'') * Dermot Mulroney (B.S. 1985), actor (''About Schmidt'', ''My Best Friend's Wedding'', ''The Family Stone'') * Tony Musante, actor (''Toma (TV series), Toma'', ''As the World Turns'') * John Musker (B.A. 1975), writer/producer/director (''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'', ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'', ''Hercules (1997 film), Hercules'') * Margaret Nagle, screenwriter (Emmy Award-winning ''Warm Springs'') * Patricia Neal (B.S. 1947), Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actress (''A Face in the Crowd (film), A Face in the Crowd'', ''Hud (1963 film), Hud'', ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), Breakfast at Tiffany's'', ''The Subject Was Roses'') * Tom Neal, actor (''Detour (1945 film), Detour'', ''Jungle Girl (serial), Jungle Girl'') * George Newbern (B.S. 1986), actor (''Father of the Bride (1991 film), Father of the Bride'', ''Father of the Bride Part II'', ''Justice League Unlimited'') * Jamie Ray Newman (B.S. 2000), actress (''

'', ''Stargate Atlantis'') * Nigel Ng (2014), stand-up comedian based in London known for the character "Uncle Roger". * Agnes Nixon (B.S. 1944), Emmy Award-winning writer/producer ('' All My Children'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Another World (TV series), Another World'', ''As the World Turns'', ''Loving (TV series), Loving'') * Denis O'Hare (B.S. 1984),

-winning actor (''Take Me Out (play), Take Me Out'', ''Sweet Charity'', ''Assassins (musical), Assassins'') * Dana Olsen (B.S. 1980), screenwriter (''George of the Jungle (film), George of the Jungle'', ''The 'Burbs'') * James Olson (actor), James Olson (B.S. 1952), actor (''Rachel, Rachel'', ''The Andromeda Strain (film), The Andromeda Strain'', ''Ragtime (film), Ragtime'', ''Commando (1985 film), Commando'') * Jerry Orbach (class of 1956, never graduated), Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated actor (''Law & Order'', ''Promises, Promises (musical), Promises, Promises'', ''Dirty Dancing'') * Maulik Pancholy (B.S. 1995), actor (''30 Rock'', ''Weeds (TV series), Weeds'') * Mary Beth Peil (B.S. 1962),

-nominated actress (''The King and I'', ''

'', ''The Good Wife'') * Jeff Pinkner, screenwriter (''Lost (TV series), Lost'') * Kim Poster, Broadway Theatrical producer, theatre producer * Jenny Powers (B.S. 2003), Miss Illinois 2000; Broadway actress (''Little Women (musical), Little Women'') * Paula Prentiss (B.S. 1959), Emmy Award-nominated actress (''Where the Boys Are'', ''The Parallax View'', ''In Harm's Way'', ''The World of Henry Orient'') * Michael Prywes (B.S. 1996), writer and director of ''Returning Mickey Stern'' * John Qualen, actor (''The Grapes of Wrath (film), The Grapes of Wrath'', ''The Searchers (film), The Searchers'', ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', ''The High and the Mighty (film), The High and the Mighty'') * Maeve Quinlan (attended, transferred to University of Southern California), actress (''90210 (TV series), 90210'', ''South of Nowhere'', ''Ken Park'', ''

'') * Lily Rabe (B.S. 2004), actress (''No Reservations (film), No Reservations'', ''Steel Magnolias'') * Charlotte Rae (B.S. 1948), Emmy Award-nominated and Tony Award-nominated actress (''The Facts of Life (TV series), The Facts of Life'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', ''Queen of the Stardust Ballroom'') * Robert O. Ragland (B.S. 1953) American film score composer, arranger and orchestrator. * Tony Randall (class of 1941, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor (''The Odd Couple (1970 TV series), The Odd Couple'', ''Mister Peepers'', ''Inherit the Wind (play), Inherit the Wind'') * Keith Reddin (B.S. 1978), playwright * Robert Reed (B.S. 1954), Emmy Award-nominated actor (''The Brady Bunch'', ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'', ''Roots (1977 miniseries), Roots'') * Daphne Maxwell Reid (B.A. 1970), actress (''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'') * Allyson Rice (B.S. 1986), award-winning actress and producer, (''As the World Turns'', ''Timecop'', ''Fine, I'll Write My Own Damn Song'', ''We Can Cook Too!'', ''Crossovers Live'') * Tony Roberts (actor), Tony Roberts (B.S. 1961),

-nominated actor (''Annie Hall'', ''Serpico'', ''Play It Again, Sam (1972 film), Play It Again, Sam'') * Marcia Rodd (B.S. 1960), Tony Award-nominated actress (''Little Murders'') * Jeri Ryan (B.S. 1991), actress (''Boston Public'', ''Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Shark (U.S. TV series), Shark'') * Ethan Sandler (B.S. 1995), actor (''Crossing Jordan'') * Debra Sandlund, actress * Kristen Schaal (B.S. 2001), actress and comedian, contributor to ''The Daily Show'' * David Schwimmer (B.S. 1988), Emmy Award-nominated actor (''Friends'', ''Band of Brothers (TV miniseries), Band of Brothers'', ''Madagascar (2005 film), Madagascar'') * Kathryn Leigh Scott, actress * Yuki Shimoda (Yukio Shimoda, B.A. in Accounting 1950s), Emmy Award-nominated actor * Katherine Shindle (B.S. 1999), Miss America 1998, actress (''Capote (film), Capote'') * Dan Shor, actor (''Tron'', ''Strange Behavior'', ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'') * Candace Smith (J.D. 2002), Miss Ohio USA 2003; actress (''Beerfest'') * Peter Spears (1988),

-nominated film producer (''Call Me by Your Name (film), Call Me By Your Name'') * Jerry Springer (J.D. 1968), host of ''The Jerry Springer Show, Jerry Springer''; former mayor of Cincinnati * Florence Stanley, actress (''My Two Dads'', ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'') * McLean Stevenson (B.S. 1952), Emmy Award-nominated actor (''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''The Doris Day Show''); guest host of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' * Peter Strauss (B.S. 1969), Emmy Award-winning actor (''Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries), Rich Man, Poor Man'', ''Masada (miniseries), Masada'', ''Soldier Blue'', ''The Secret of NIMH'') * Nicole Sullivan (B.S. 1991), original cast member of ''

''; actress (''The King of Queens''); winner of the inaugural ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' * Hope Summers, actress (''The Andy Griffith Show'') * Inga Swenson (B.S. 1953), actress (''The Miracle Worker'', ''Benson (TV series), Benson'') * Robin Lord Taylor (B.S. 2000), actor (''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'') * Leigh Taylor-Young (attended, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (''Soylent Green'', ''Picket Fences'', ''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'') * Lloyd Thaxton (B.A. 1950), television show host, Emmy Award-winning producer of ''Fight Back! With David Horowitz'' * Robin Thede (B.A. 2002), BET Award-winning creator, writer, and actor of ''A Black Lady Sketch Show''; former host of ''The Rundown with Robin Thede'' * David Thompson (writer), David Thompson (B.S.J.), playwright and writer (''The Scottsboro Boys'', ''Steel Pier'') * Chuti Tiu (B.A. 1991), Miss Illinois 1994; actress (''Desire (TV series), Desire'') * Deborah Tranelli (B.S. 1977), actress (''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas'') * Robert Trebor, actor (''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', ''Raise Your Voice'') * Tom Virtue (B.S. 1979), actor (''Even Stevens'', ''Read It and Weep'') * Billie Lou Watt (B.S. 1945), actress (''Search for Tomorrow'', ''Astro Boy'') * Michael Weston (B.S.), actor (''The Last Kiss (2006 film), The Last Kiss'', ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'', ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under'') * Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Kimberly Williams (B.S. 1993), actress (''Father of the Bride (1991 film), Father of the Bride'', ''Father of the Bride Part II'', ''According to Jim'') * Pharrell Williams (attended, never graduated), Grammy-winning musician/producer * Fred Williamson (B.S. 1960), actor (''MASH (film), MASH'', ''Three the Hard Way (film), Three the Hard Way'', ''Black Caesar (film), Black Caesar'', ''Starsky & Hutch (film), Starsky & Hutch''); former professional defensive back who played in Super Bowl I * Ed Wood, Edward D. Wood, Jr., filmmaker * ContraPoints, Natalie Wynn, Youtuber, video essayist. * Mary Zimmerman (B.S. 1982, M.A. 1985, Ph.D. 1994), Tony Award-winning director/writer (''Metamorphoses (play), Metamorphoses''); librettist (''Galileo Galilei (opera), Galileo Galilei'')

Business

* James L. Allen (B.S. 1929), founder of Booz Allen Hamilton * Arthur E. Andersen (B.B.A. 1917), founder of Arthur Andersen LLP * Jeff Blackard (B.S. 1981), real estate developer and founder of Blackard Global, Inc. * Edwin G. Booz (B.S. 1914), founder of Booz Allen Hamilton * Arthur Bronwell (M.B.A. 1947), president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute * Lisa Caputo (M.S. 1987), chairman and CEO, Citigroup Women and Company * Sue Castorino (B.S. 1975), founder and president of The Speaking Specialists * Nicholas Chabraja (B.A. 1964), chairman and CEO, General Dynamics * Dennis Chookaszian (B.S. 1965), chairman and CEO, CNA Insurance * Douglas Conant (B.A. 1973, MBA 1975), president and CEO, Campbell Soup Company * William Cook (entrepreneur), Bill Cook (B.S. 1953), billionaire founder and owner of the Cook Group * D. Cameron Findlay (B.A. 1982), senior vice president and general counsel, Archer Daniels Midland Co. * Scott J. Freidheim (B.A. 1987, MBA 1991), president and CEO, CDI Corp * Christopher Galvin (B.A. 1973), former chairman and CEO of Motorola * Elbert Henry Gary (J.D. 1868), co-founder of the United States Steel Corporation * Hugh Hefner (attended for semester of graduate sociology courses), founder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. * Ben Huh (B.A. 1999), internet entrepreneur and CEO of the I Can Has Cheezburger?, Cheezburger Network * David Ing (M.B.A. 1982), marketing scientist and senior consultant * John H. Johnson (attended, never graduated), founder of the Johnson Publishing Company (''Ebony (magazine), Ebony'' and ''Jet (magazine), Jet'' magazines) * David Kabiller (M.B.A.) founder of AQR Capital Management * Sheraton Kalouria (M.B.A. 1993), chief marketing officer and Executive Vice President Sony Pictures Television * Louis S. Kahnweiler (B.A. 1941), real estate developer * Andrew Mason (B.Mus. 2003), founder and CEO, Groupon * Blythe McGarvie, director of Accenture, Viacom (2005–present), Viacom, and the Pepsi Bottling Group * John Meriwether (B.S. 1969), founder of Long-Term Capital Management * Roshni Nadar (B.A., M.B.A.), Chairperson HCL Enterprise, HCL Technologies, Executive Director and CEO at HCL Corporations, Trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation * Divya Narendra (J.D./M.B.A. 2012), co-founder of ConnectU * William A. Osborn (B.A. 1969), chairman and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation * Peter George Peterson (B.S. 1947), former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers; co-founder of the Blackstone Group * Tom Poberezny (B.S. 1970), former chairman and president of Experimental Aircraft Association * Christine Poon (B.A. 1973), vice chairman and Worldwide Chairman of Medicines & Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson * Ginni Rometty (B.S. 1979), chairman, president and chief executive officer, IBM * Pat Ryan (executive), Pat Ryan (B.A. 1959), founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation * Paul Sagan (B.S. 1981), president and CEO, Akamai Technologies * Faiza Seth (B.A. 2000), CEO of Casa Forma, Ltd. * Gwynne Shotwell (B.S. 1986, M.S. 1988), president and COO of SpaceX * William Shu (B.A. 2001), CEO/co-founder of Deliveroo * Alfred Steele (B.A. 1923), former CEO of Pepsi-Cola * Lee Styslinger III (B.A. 1983), chairman and CEO of Altec, Inc. * Mary T. Washington, first African-American woman Certified Public Accountant, certified public accountant in United States, U.S. * Howard A. Tullman, (B.A. 1967), serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist * Robert Wayman (B.S. 1967), former CFO and EVP, Hewlett-Packard ''For notable M.B.A. alumni, also see the Kellogg School of Management''

Journalism

* J. A. Adande, director of sports journalism at Northwestern University; former ESPN contributor, ''Around the Horn''; former ''Los Angeles Times'' sports columnist * Peter Alexander (journalist), Peter Alexander, national correspondent, ''NBC News'' * Peter Applebome (M.S. 1974), reporter, ''The New York Times'' * Jabari Asim, columnist, ''The Washington Post'' * David Barstow (B.S. 1986), Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, ''The New York Times'' * Steve Bell (news anchor), Steve Bell (M.S. 1963), former correspondent for ''ABC News'' * Amalie Benjamin, sports columnist, ''The Boston Globe'' * Guy Benson (B.S. 2007), author, columnist, pundit, political editor of ''Townhall.com'' * Ira Berkow (M.S. 1964), author, former sports columnist, ''The New York Times'' * Kai Bird (M.S. 1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist * Kevin Blackistone (B.S. 1981), ESPN contributor, ''Around the Horn''; former ''Dallas Morning News'' sports columnist * Valerie Boyd (B.S. 1985), author of ''Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston''; former ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' arts editor * Christine Brennan (B.S. 1980, M.S. 1981), sports columnist, ''USA Today'' * Elisabeth Bumiller, former White House Correspondent, ''The New York Times'' * Steve Burton (sports journalist), television sports reporter for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston * Lisa Byington, play-by-play announcer Milwaukee Bucks * Benedict Carey (M.S. 1985), science reporter, ''The New York Times'' *

, screenwriter and director who won three Golden Globe and two Emmys for her work in TV on ''Sex and the City''. * Amanda Congdon (B.S. 2003), former hostess of Rocketboom * Mort Crim (M.S. 1963), former correspondent for ABC News and author * Richard Cross (photojournalist), Richard Cross (B.S. 1972), freelance photojournalist and visual anthropologist * Benoit Denizet-Lewis (B.S. 1997), contributor to ''The New York Times Magazine'' and author of ''America Anonymous'' *

, creator of the radio series ''

'' * Gregg Easterbrook (M.S.J.), author and journalist, senior editor of ''The New Republic'' * Jonathan Eig (B.S.J. 1986), journalist, author of ''Ali: A Life'' * Rich Eisen (M.S.J. 1994), NFL Network anchor * Helene Elliott, sports columnist, ''Los Angeles Times'' * Linda Foley (B.S. 1977), president of The Newspaper Guild * John Fricke, Emmy Award-winning author/historian; expert on Judy Garland and ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'' * Georgie Anne Geyer, journalist * Ira Glass, host of NPR's ''This American Life'', attended Northwestern but transferred to and graduated from Brown University * Susan Goldberg, editor-in-chief, ''National Geographic Magazine'' * Patrick Goldstein (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976), former columnist and reporter, ''Los Angeles Times'' * Joshua Green (journalist), Joshua Green (M.S.J.), senior editor, ''The Atlantic'' * Lauren Green, religion correspondent for Fox News Channel * Mike Greenberg, ESPN ''Sportscenter'' anchor, co-host of ''Mike & Mike'' on ESPN Radio, co-host of ''Get Up! (ESPN program), Get Up!'' * John Heilemann (B.S.J. 1987), journalist at ''New York'' magazine and co-author of ''Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime'' * Jon Heyman, baseball writer, ''Sports Illustrated'' * Cassidy Hubbarth, ESPN anchor * Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for ''The Washington Post'' and novelist * Michael Isikoff, former investigative journalist for ''Newsweek'' magazine and ''NBC News'' * David Israel, former columnist Washington Star, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, former sportswriter Chicago Daily News * Laura Jacobs (B.A. 1978), contributing editor at ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair'' and ''New Criterion'' dance critic * Ryan Jacobs, deputy editor, Pacific Standard magazine and author of ''The Truffle Underground'' * Jeff Jarvis, creator of ''Entertainment Weekly'', columnist, professor at CUNY Journalism program * Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief, ''Mother Jones Magazine'' * Omar Jimenez, American journalist and correspondent working for CNN * Maura Johnston (B.S. 1997), editor and critic * Sheinelle Jones, anchor, ''NBC News'' * Sherry Jones (M.S. 1971), senior producer, ''Frontline (US TV series), Frontline'' * Dorothy Misener Jurney, known as "the godmother of women's pages" * Walter Kerr, Broadway theater critic, playwright, and author * Hank Klibanoff (M.S.J. 1973), former managing editor of ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' and Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of ''The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation'' * Rikki Klieman, Court TV anchor and legal analyst * Michelle Kosinski, correspondent, ''NBC News'' * Irv Kupcinet, former ''Chicago Sun-Times'' columnist * Katherine Lanpher (B.S.J.), writer and radio personality, author of ''Leap Days'' * Nicole Lapin (B.S.J. 2005), anchor, ''CNN Pipeline'' * Juliet Litman, journalist and media personality at The Ringer (website), The Ringer * Stewart Mandel, college football writer, ''Sports Illustrated'' * Robert R. McCormick, former owner of the ''Chicago Tribune'' * Matt Medved, editor-in-chief, ''Spin (magazine), Spin'' * Brent Musburger, sportscaster, American Broadcasting Company, ABC * Nyo Mya (M.S. 1943), author and journalist from Burma * Rachel Nichols (journalist), Rachel Nichols, ESPN and ''Washington Post'' reporter * Kelly O'Donnell (B.A. 1987), White House correspondent for ''NBC News'' * John Palmer (TV journalist), John Palmer, former news correspondent for ''NBC News'' * Ben Parr (B.A. 2008), CNET columnist and former co-editor of Mashable * Kevin Peraino (B.S.J. 1998), journalist and author of ''Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power'' * Barry Petersen, foreign correspondent, ''CBS News'' * Daniel H. Pink (B.A. 1986), author * Neal Pollack, novelist, essayist * Seth Porges, technology writer, television commentator, and ''Popular Mechanics'' editor
Tracie Potts
(BSJ/MSJ 1991), former Washington-based national correspondent, NBC News Channel/NBC News * Steven Reddicliffe (B.S. 1975), former editor-in-chief, ''TV Guide''; current television editor for ''The New York Times'' * Nick Reding (journalist), Nick Reding (B.A. 1994), author, ''Methland'' * Kathy Reichs, best-selling novelist and forensic anthropologist * Jacque Reid, television and radio personality, former lead anchor for the BET nightly news * Dave Revsine, sportscaster for Big Ten Network, formerly with ESPN * James Risen (M.S. 1978), Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for ''The New York Times'' * Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Big Ten blogger * James Rosen (journalist), James Rosen, Washington, D.C. correspondent for Fox News Channel * Tina Rosenberg (B.A. 1981, M.S.J.), author and journalist at ''The New York Times Magazine'' * Darren Rovell, CNBC sports business reporter * Daniel Rubin, metro columnist, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' * Craig Sager, sportscaster * Steve Scully (Master of Science), host, political editor, and senior producer of C-SPAN's ''Washington Journal'' * Anatole Shub, journalist for ''The Washington Post'' and ''The New York Times'', author * David Sirota, author of ''Hostile Takeover'' and political strategist * Jane Skinner, host of ''Fox News Live'' * Evan Smith (journalist), Evan Smith, editor in chief of ''Texas Monthly'' * Lynn Sweet, Washington, D.C., bureau chief and columnist, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' * Rick Telander, sportswriter, ''Chicago Sun Times'' * Dina Temple-Raston (B.A. 1986), journalist, author, and National Public Radio correspondent * Sander Vanocur, journalist * David Weigel, political reporter, ''Slate magazine, Slate'' magazine * Alan Weisman (B.A., M.A.), journalist and author of ''The World Without Us'' * Gary Weiss, journalist * Michael Wilbon, ESPN analyst (''Pardon the Interruption'', ''NBA Countdown'') and ''Washington Post'' sports columnist

Law

''See also Northwestern University School of Law'' * Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. (J.D. 1997), justice, Hawaii Supreme Court * Diane Marie Amann (J.D. 1996), associate dean for international programs & strategic initiatives and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law,

* Gregory S. Alexander (J.D. 2008), A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Cornell Law School * Rachel E. Barkow (B.A. 1993), professor of law, New York University Law School * Randy Barnett (B.A. 1974), Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University * Henry Moore Bates (LL.B.), dean of the University of Michigan Law School and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Richard Ben-Veniste (L.L.M.), 9/11 Commission member * Duane Benton (B.A. 1972), Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit * Raoul Berger (J.D. 1999), former Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History, Harvard Law School * Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the

; Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980–2004 * Dalveer Bhandari (L.L.M. 1999), former Judge, Supreme Court of India, presently a Judge at the International Court of Justice, Hague * Brian Blanchard, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals * David Boies (B.S. 2005), counsel, ''Bush v. Gore''; founding partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner * Erwin Chemerinsky (B.S. 1975), dean,

* G. Marcus Cole (J.D. 2007), professor of law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and associate dean for curriculum,

* Cyrus E. Dietz (J.D. 2006), Justice, Illinois Supreme Court * Carl E. Douglas (B.A. 2007), lawyer * James Emmert (1920), Indiana Attorney General and Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Arthur Goldberg (J.D. 1930), U.S. Supreme Court Justice * Douglas Kmiec (B.A. 1973), Caruso Family Chair and professor of constitutional law, Pepperdine University School of Law; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta * Roberto Antonio Lange (J.D. 1988), Federal Judge, District of South Dakota * Lyman Ray Patterson, former Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility,

* Seymour Simon (B.S. 2010), Illinois Supreme Court * Loren Smith (judge), Loren Smith (B.A. 2000 J.D. 2010), Federal Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims * Jerry Springer 1968 politician; host of ''Jerry Springer'' * John Paul Stevens (J.D. 1947), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court * Richard C. Tallman, Richard Tallman, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit * Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School * Ken Ziffren (B.A. 1962), prominent entertainment attorney, "film czar" for the city of Los Angeles

Medicine, science, and technology

* Pulickel Ajayan, professor of materials science and nanotechnology, Rice University * David Applebaum, Israeli physician * Deborah Asnis (B.S., M.D. 2008), Infectious disease (medical specialty), infectious disease specialist, discovered and reported the first human cases of West Nile virus in the United States * Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor * Robert A. Buethe, Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force * Kathryn Bullock, electrochemist * Andy Carvin, founding editor and former coordinator of the Digital Divide Network * George W. Crane (Ph.D., M.D.), psychologist, physician, author, newspaper columnist * Segun Toyin Dawodu (M.S. medical informatics), physician, entrepreneur, journalist, attorney and founder of Dawodu.com * Robert F. Furchgott (Ph.D., 2007), physiology/medicine;

(1998) * Larry Gladney (B.A., 1979), physicist and professor at

* Amy Ashurst Gooch, Amy Gooch (Ph.D., 2006), computer scientist, developed Gooch shading * Alston Scott Householder (B.A. 2007), mathematician * Cheddi Jagan, dentist, former president of Guyana * JacSue Kehoe (B.A. 1957), neuroscience researcher at the CNRS * Marc Kirschner (B.A. 2007), founding chair of Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School * Kermit E. Krantz (B.S. 2007, M.S. 2008, M.D. 2012), professor, developed surgical techniques and invented expandable tampon * Gary Kremen (B.A. 1985), internet entrepreneur, founder of Match.com; first investor in Dolores Labs * Vida Latham (M.D. 1895), dentist, physician, and researcher * Richard Lerner, past president of Scripps Research Institute, co-inventor of HUMIRA * Irene D. Long, chief medical officer, Kennedy Space Center * Boris Lushniak, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States * Charles Horace Mayo, doctor (Mayo Clinic) * Mary Alice McWhinnie – biologist, Antarctic researcher * Roswell Park (surgeon), Roswell Park (M.D. 1876), prominent surgeon for whom Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, is named * Joseph Edward Rall (M.D. 1945), endocrinologist and medical researcher * Kathy Reichs (Ph.D.), forensic anthropologist, former Chief Medical Examiner of North Carolina, author, professor * Ida Hall Roby, first female graduate of Pharmaceutical Department of the Illinois College of Pharmacy, Northwestern University * Sonya Rose (Ph.D. 2007), sociologist and historian * Joan C. Sherman (B.S.), chemist and teacher * Richard Skrenta (B.A. 1989), creator of the first computer virus, Elk Cloner * Stephen Stahl (B.S. 1973, M.D. 1975), psychopharmacologist, author, professor * Thomas Starzl (M.S. 2000, M.D. 2010), surgeon, father of modern transplantation, performed first liver transplant * Joseph Staten, writer and director of the Halo (video game series), Halo video games * Debi Thomas, orthopedic surgeon and 1988 Winter Olympics bronze medalist in figure skater, figure skating * Sam Treiman, former theoretical physicist and professor of physics at

* Jacques Vallee (Ph.D. 1967), computer scientist, astronomer and UFO researcher * Edward Weiler (B.A. 2000, M.S. 2006, Ph.D. 2010), director, Goddard Space Flight Center * John Harrison Wharton (M.S 1977), American software engineer microprocessor designer

Music, literature, and the arts

* Steve Albini, recording engineer, musician * Jack Anderson (dance critic), Jack Anderson, dance critic, ''The New York Times'' * Marie Arana, editor of ''Washington Post Book World'', author of National Book Award finalist ''American Chica'' and the novel ''Cellophane'' * Steven Bach (B.A. 1961), former film executive and author of ''Final Cut'' and biographies including ''Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl'' * Ernst Bacon, composer * Mary Jo Bang (B.A., M.A.), 2007 National Book Critics Circle award winner for poetry collection ''Elegy'', professor of English at

* Saul Bellow (B.A. 1937),

-winning novelist * Andrew Bird (B.S. 1996), musician, songwriter, whistler * Chris Bliss, juggler * Anthony Bozza, music journalist, author of ''Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem'' and ''Tommyland'' * Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano * Robert Olen Butler (B.S. 1967), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist * William Butler (musician), William Butler (B.A. 2005), member of indie rock band Arcade Fire * Mark Camphouse, composer, notably of symphonic wind pieces, and conductor * Dan Chaon, author * Andrew Clements, author * Julia Davids, founding member and artistic director of the Canadian Chamber Choir * Robert Davine (B.A. and M.A. 195?), concert accordionist and founder of the Department of Accordion at the Lamont School of Music * Lydia R. Diamond (B.S. 1992), playwright and professor at

* Cynthia Dobrinski, handbell composer and clinician * Ivan Doig (B.S.J., M.S.J.), novelist * Tananarive Due, novelist and journalist, ''The Living Blood'' * Andy Duncan (musician), Andy Duncan, former member of OK Go * Mary Dunleavy, soprano * Wilma Dykeman, writer * Timothy Ferris, science author * William R. Ferris (M.A. 1965), former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities * Gillian Flynn (M.S.), author of mystery novels and former television critic at ''Entertainment Weekly'' * Kyle Gann, composer, microtonalist * Shari Goldhagen, author * Chester Gould, cartoonist * James Green (educator), James Green (B.A. 1966), author * Ayun Halliday, author and actor * Amir Hamed, Uruguaya writer * Howard Hanson, composer * Sheldon Harnick, lyricist * Aleksandar Hemon (M.A. 1996), author and MacArthur Fellow, ''The Lazarus Project (novel), The Lazarus Project'', ''Nowhere Man (Hemon novel), Nowhere Man'' * Richard Hillert (M.M / PhD M.) composer, organist, and professor of music * Myron Hunt, architect * Payal Kapadia (author), Payal Kapadia (M.S.J. 1999), author; winner of the Crossword Book Award for Best Children's Writing in India, 2013 * Brendan Kelly (musician), Brendan Kelly, member of The Lawrence Arms * Ardis Krainik (B.S. 1951), former general manager of the Lyric Opera of Chicago * Jay Krush, tubist * William Lava, composer * Laura Lippman (B.S.J.), mystery novelist * Attica Locke (B.S. 1995), author and writer/producer for television and film * Margaret Lloyd, soprano * George R.R. Martin (B.S.J. 1970, M.S.J. 1971), author, ''A Game of Thrones'' * Luke Matheny (B.S.J. 1997), director and star of 2011

-winning short film ''God of Love'' * Joy McCullough, author * Robert McHenry, encyclopedist and author * Sherrill Milnes, baritone * Audrey Niffenegger (M.F.A. 1991), novelist and artist; author of ''The Time Traveller's Wife'' * Bruce Norris (playwright), Bruce Norris (B.A. 1982), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ''Clybourne Park'' * Tawni O'Dell (B.S.J. 1986), novelist, ''Sister Mine,'' ''Coal Run (novel), Coal Run,'' ''Back Roads (novel), Back Roads'' * Karen A. Page, writer * John Park (musician), John Park, singer * Marge Piercy, novelist and poet * Leslie Pietrzyk, writer * Neal Pollack (B.S.J. 1992), satirical author and journalist * Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter * Kathy Reichs, author * Steve Rodby, jazz bassist * Ned Rorem, composer * Tina Rosenberg (B.A. 1981, M.S.J.), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist * Veronica Roth, ''New York Times'' best-selling author of ''Divergent (book), Divergent'' * William M. Runyan, Christian songwriter who composed "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" * Karen Russell (B.A. 2003), author of ''St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves'' and ''Swamplandia!'' * Thom Russo (B.A 1988), Grammy-winning record producer, mixer, musician * David Sanborn, saxophonist * Joseph Schwantner, composer * Sandra Seacat, actress and acting teacher/coach; director of ''In the Spirit (film), In the Spirit'' * Michael J. Shannon, actor * Sidney Sheldon, author (never graduated) * Nana Shineflug, American dancer and choreographer and founder of the Chicago Moving Company * Philip Skinner, opera singer * Jon Solomon, DJ and record label owner * Warren Spector, game designer * Michael Sprinker, late literary theorist * Peter Stuart (B.A. Film, 1989), singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Dog's Eye View * Frederick Swann, concert organist, composer, and past president of the American Guild of Organists * Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, composer *

(B.M. 1987), composer * Trevanian, author * Gil Trythall (M.M. 1952), composer and pianist * Thomas Tyra (B.A. 1954, M.A. 1955), composer, music educator, bandmaster * Mildred Lund Tyson, composer * Walter Wager, author * Nike Wagner, author * Kate Walbert (B.A. 1983), National Book Award-nominated writer, author of ''A Short History of Women'' * Britt Walford, Drummer and Guitarist (Did not graduate) * Margaret Walker (B.A. 1935), poet and author * Doug Wamble (M.M. 1997), musician and composer * Joshua Weiner (B.A. 1985), poet, author of ''The World's Room'' * Claude Porter White, composer * Paul Winter, musician * Rachael Yamagata (B.S. 1997), musician * Kate Zambreno (B.S. 1999), novelist, essayist, critic, and professor * Claire Zulkey, author

Politics, government, and public policy

United States executive branch

* Michael Bakalis (B.A. 1959, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1966), former Deputy Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education * George Wildman Ball, George Ball, former Undersecretary of State * William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State and three-time Democratic presidential nominee * Wendy Chamberlin (B.S. 1970), former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan; former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East * James L. Connaughton, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality * D. Cameron Findlay (B.A. 1982), former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, former Deputy Assistant to President George H. W. Bush at the White House * Wendy Lee Gramm, former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission * Robert Hanssen (M.B.A. 1971), former FBI agent who engaged in spying for the Soviet Union and Russia against the United States * Loy W. Henderson (B.A. 1915), former United States Foreign Service Officer * Edwin M. Martin, former United States Foreign Service Officer * Lowell B. Mason (LL.B., 1916), Chair of the Federal Trade Commission * Allan I. Mendelowitz (Ph.D., 1971), Chair of the Federal Housing Finance Board * Newton Minow, former director of the Federal Communications Commission * Phyllis Oakley (B.A. 1956), former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, the State Department * Steven C. Preston (B.A. 1982), former U.S Secretary of Housing and Urban Development * J. Leonard Reinsch, former White House Press Secretary * Alec Ross (government official), Alec Ross (B.A. 1994), Senior Adviser on Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton * Mel Sembler (B.S. 1952), former U.S. ambassador to Italy * Richard E. Wiley (B.S. 1955, J.D.), former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

United States Senate

* Dale Bumpers (J.D. 1951), former U.S. Senator and Governor of Arkansas * Francis H. Case, former U.S. Senator * John Hoeven (M.B.A. 1981), U.S. Senator from North Dakota; former Governor of North Dakota * George McGovern, South Dakota Senator and 1972 Democratic candidate for president

United States House of Representatives

* Cindy Axne, Democratic Congresswoman, Iowa * Judy Biggert, Republican congresswoman * Cardiss Collins, former U.S. Representative from Illinois * Dick Gephardt, former U.S. House of Representatives, House Democratic leader * Earl Dewitt Hutto, former U.S. Representative from Florida * Steve Kagen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * Scott L. Klug (M.S.J. 1976), former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * Jim Kolbe, former U.S. Representative from Arizona * Dan Lipinski (B.S. 1988), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Blake Moore (MS 2018), U.S. Representative from Utah * George M. O'Brien (B.A. 1939), former U.S. Representative from Illinois * John Porter (Illinois politician), John Edward Porter (B.S. and B.A 1957), former U.S. Representative from Illinois * Brad Schneider (MBA 1988), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Mike Synar (M.A. 1974), former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma

Statewide officeholders

* Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illinois (2003–2009) former prisoner; commuted by President Trump ((February 2020)) * Dennis Daugaard (J.D. 1978), Governor of South Dakota; former Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota * Frank Orren Lowden, former Governor of Illinois * Dawn Clark Netsch (B.A. 1948), Illinois Comptroller and Democratic nominee for governor in 1994 * Pat Quinn (politician), Pat Quinn, former Governor of Illinois * Adlai Stevenson II, Adlai Stevenson, Illinois Governor and two-time Democratic presidential nominee * James R. Thompson, former Governor of Illinois * Judy Baar Topinka, former State Treasurer of Illinois; Republican Gubernatorial candidate, 2006 election * Dan Walker (politician), Dan Walker, former Governor of Illinois * Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts

State legislators

* William M. Bray, former Wisconsin State Senate, Wisconsin State Senator * John A. Cade (M.B.A. 1954), former Maryland State Senator * Emery Crosby, Wisconsin State Assembly * Eric Fingerhut Ohio States Senator, and nominee for 2004 Ohio Senate Election * Warren A. Grady, Wisconsin State Assembly * Corwin C. Guell, Wisconsin State Assembly * Liz Krueger (B.A.), New York State Senator * Steve Litzow (B.A.), Washington State Senator from Mercer Island * John L. McEwen, Wisconsin State Assembly * Carroll Metzner, Wisconsin State Assembly * John J. Nimrod, Illinois State Senator * Ora R. Rice, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Barbara Ulichny, former Wisconsin State Senator

Local officeholders

* Matthew Bogusz (B.A. 2008), Mayor of Des Plaines, Illinois * Dan Cronin, DuPage County Board Chairman and former State Senator * Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago, former aide to Bill Clinton, former Democratic congressman of Illinois's 5th congressional district and former White House Chief of Staff of President Barack Obama * Stanley Kusper (J.D.), Cook County clerk * Ruth U. Keeton, Maryland politician * Harold Washington, first black mayor of Chicago * Lois Weisberg (B.S. 1946), commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Activists

* Mary A. Ahrens, social reformer and suffragist * Nathan Daschle, former Democratic Governors Association executive director * Karen DeCrow (B.S. 1959), former president of the National Organization for Women * Al From, founder and current CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council * Chrissy Gephardt, prominent LGBT-rights political advocate, daughter of Dick Gephardt * Barbara Gittings, LGBT activist * Catherine Waugh McCulloch, suffragist * Terry O'Neill (feminist), Terry O'Neill (B.A.), president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) * Gary Rader, Green Beret Army Reservist who burned his draft card in 1967 * Atour Sargon (MA), Assyrian American activist, first ethnic Assyrian people, Assyrian elected to the Lincolnwood, Illinois, Lincolnwood board of trustees * Lee Weiner (Ph.D), defendant, Chicago Seven

International figures

* Ingvar Carlsson, prime minister of Sweden * Eduardo Stein, vice president of Guatemala * Armida Alisjahbana (M.A. 1987), State Minister of National Development Planning, head of National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Republic of Indonesia * Artidjo Alkostar (LLM 2002), Supreme Court Justice, Republic of Indonesia * Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian lawyer and politician * Ali Babacan (M.B.A. 1992), deputy prime minister of Turkey * Salem Chalabi, ex-general director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal * Cheddi Jagan, dentist, former president of Guyana * Eduardo Mondlane, revolutionary leader of Mozambique * Amos Sawyer, former president of Liberia * Claudia López Hernández, Mayor-elect of Bogotá, Colombia * Tung Hsiang-lung, Minister of Veterans Affairs Council, and former Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Navy * Flávio Arns, Brazilian Brazilian Senate, senator from Paraná (state), Paraná * Alexander De Croo, prime minister of Belgium

Sports

Baseball

* Jerry Doggett, former broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers * Eddie Einhorn (J.D. 1960), vice chairman of the Chicago White Sox * Luke Farrell (baseball), Luke Farrell, pitcher for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers * Joe Girardi, former baseball player and Philadelphia Phillies manager * J. A. Happ, baseball player * Mike Huff, former baseball player * Eric Jokisch, pitcher for the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League, KBO * George Kontos, 2012 World Series champion with the San Francisco Giants * Mike Koplove, Major League Baseball pitcher * Kenesaw Mountain Landis (J.D. 1891), first Commissioner of Baseball * Mark Loretta, baseball player * Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls * Mark Walter, founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners, chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Basketball

* Don Adams (basketball), Don Adams, former NBA and American Basketball Association, ABA player * Pat Baldwin (basketball), college basketball coach for the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee * Jim Burns (basketball), Jim Burns, former NBA and ABA player * Nia Coffey (born 1995), WNBA player * Drew Crawford (born 1990), basketball player who last played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Israeli Basketball Premier League, Ligat HaAl * Frank Ehmann, All-American basketball player * Evan Eschmeyer, former basketball player * Jake Fendley, former NBA player for the Fort Wayne Pistons * Glen Grunwald (J.D. 1984), executive for the New York Knicks * Willie Jones (basketball player), Willie Jones, former NBA player * Vic Law, NBA player for Orlando Magic * Billy McKinney (basketball), Billy McKinney, former NBA player, current director of scouting for the Milwaukee Bucks * Daryl Morey (B.S. 1996), general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers * Max Morris, All-American football and basketball player * Dererk Pardon (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C., Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Dan Peterson, basketball coach * Kevin Rankin (basketball), Kevin Rankin, basketball player and insurance underwriter * Joe Reiff, American basketball player and referee * Jerry Reinsdorf (J.D. 1960), owner of the Chicago Bulls and the Chicago White Sox * Joe Ruklick, former NBA player for the Philadelphia Warriors, gave Wilt Chamberlain the final assist in his Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, 100 point game * Anucha Browne Sanders (B.S. 1985), former executive for New York Knicks * John Shurna (born 1990), former basketball player * Rick Sund, former general manager for the Atlanta Hawks

Figure skating

* Ronald Joseph, figure skater and long jumper * Debi Thomas (M.D. 1997), figure skater

Football

* Mike Adamle, football player and sportscaster * Dick Alban, football player * Frank Aschenbrenner, football player * Darryl Ashmore, football player * Darnell Autry, football player and actor * Frank Baker (American football), Frank Baker, football player * Cas Banaszek, football player * Brett Basanez, football player * D'Wayne Bates, football player * Sid Bennett, football player * George Benson (American football), George Benson, football player * Kevin Bentley, football player * Earnest Brown IV, defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams * Hank Bruder, football player * Corbin Bryant, football player * Ron Burton, football player, Boston Patriots (now known as New England Patriots) * Woody Campbell (American football), Woody Campbell, football player * Ibraheim Campbell, football player * Austin Carr (American football), Austin Carr, football player, New Orleans Saints * Luis Castillo (football player), Luis Castillo, football player, San Diego Chargers * Bob Christian, football player, Atlanta Falcons * Barry Cofield, football player, Washington Redskins * Joe Collier, football head coach, Buffalo Bills * Irv Cross, football player * Andy Cvercko, football player * Bill DeCorrevont, football player for four NFL teams * Garrett Dickerson, football player * Paddy Driscoll, John L. "Paddy" Driscoll, football player * Curtis Duncan, football player, Houston Oilers * Tiny Engebretsen, football player * Trai Essex, football player, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts * Paddy Fisher, linebacker for the Carolina Panthers * Pat Fitzgerald, two-time All-American player, current Northwestern head football coach * Barry Gardner, football player * Joe Gaziano, football player * Otto Graham, football player * Nate Hall, football player * Blake Hance, football player * Napoleon Harris, football player, Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings * Montre Hartage, football player * Noah Herron, football player, Green Bay Packers * Chris Hinton, seven-time Pro Bowl player, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings * Godwin Igwebuike, football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles * Justin Jackson (American football), Justin Jackson, football player, Los Angeles Chargers * Paul Janus (American football), Paul Janus, football player * Luke Johnsos, football player * Joe Jones, football player, Denver Broncos * Mike Kafka, football player, Philadelphia Eagles * Jim Keane, football player * Doc Kelley, football player * John Kidd (American football), John Kidd, NFL punter for five teams * Elbert Kimbrough, football player * Bob Koehler, football player * Tyler Lancaster, football player * Dean Lowry, football player * Sherrick McManis, football player, Chicago Bears * Alex Moyer, football player * Greg Newsome II, cornerback for the Cleveland Browns * Hunter Niswander, NFL punter * Brian Peters, football player * Matt O'Dwyer, football player * Ifeadi Odenigbo, football player * Ted Phillips, Chicago Bears president and CEO * Kyle Prater, NFL wide receiver * Nick Roach, football player, Chicago Bears * Jack Rudnay, football player * Pete Shaw (American football), Pete Shaw, football player * Trevor Siemian, football player, Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings * Ben Skowronek, football player * Rashawn Slater, offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers * Zach Strief, football player * Tyrell Sutton, football player, Carolina Panthers * Clayton Thorson, football player, Dallas Cowboys * Steve Tasker, football player, sports announcer, Buffalo Bills * Rob Taylor (American football), Rob Taylor, football player and head coach * Danny Vitale, football player * Anthony Walker Jr., football player * Ray Wietecha, football player * George Wilson (American football coach), George Wilson, football player and head coach * Fred Williamson, football player * Eric Wilson (linebacker, born 1994), Eric Wilson, football player * Corey Wootton, football player, Chicago Bears * Jason Wright, running back and business executive

Golf

* Jim Benepe, golfer * Luke Donald, golfer * Matt Fitzpatrick, golfer * David Lipsky (golfer), David Lipsky, golfer * David Merkow, golfer

Hockey

* Rocky Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks

Horse racing

* David Israel (B.S.J. 1973), former chair of the California Horse Racing Board, former president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission

Race car driving

* Paul Dana, former race car driver in the Indy Racing League

Soccer

* Tyler Miller (soccer), Tyler Miller, professional soccer player

Swimming

* Federico Burdisso, bronze medalist in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics * Matt Grevers, winner of four gold and two silver Olympic medals in multiple events in 2008 and 2012 * Bob Skelton (swimmer), Bob Skelton, 1924 Olympic gold medalist in 200-meter breaststroke * Jordan Wilimovsky, 2015 World Champion in the 10 km open water race

Tennis

* Katrina Adams, tennis player, president of the USTA * Audra Cohen, 2007 NCAA women's singles champion (never graduated) * Grant Golden (1929–2018), tennis player * Clark Graebner, tennis player * Seymour Greenberg (1920–2006), tennis player * Judy Ade Levering, first woman President of the United States Tennis Association (USTA 1999–2000) * Todd Martin, tennis player * Marty Riessen, tennis player

Track and field

* Jim Golliday, track * Annette Rogers, sprinter

Professional softball

* Tammy Williams, shortstop, won world championship with United States women's national softball team, Team USA in 2010 and National Pro Fastpitch championship with Chicago Bandits in 2011

Wrestling

* Jake Herbert, Olympian

Curling

* Andrew Stopera, curler

Other

* Susan Thompson Buffett, philanthropist; wife of Warren Buffett * Laurie Dann, mass shooter who attacked elementary school children in Winnetka, Illinois * Patti Davis (attended, never graduated), daughter of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis Reagan * Vernard Eller, author and Christian pacifism, Christian pacifist * John L. Jerstad (B.A., 1940), Medal of Honor recipient (awarded posthumously), Operation Tidal Wave * Vergel L. Lattimore, Air National Guard Brigadier General * Robert W. Parker (general), Robert W. Parker, U.S. Air Force Major General * Davis C. Rohr, U.S. Air Force Major General * David N. Senty, U.S. Air Force Major General * Claudius B. Spencer, pastor and editor

References

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