This is a list of people connected to the
University at Buffalo. There are more than 260,000 living alumni of UB. Notable alumni include the CEO's of
Paramount Pictures
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and
A+E Networks
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, two
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
astronauts, a recipient of the
Edward R. Murrow Award, and a former
prime minister
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. UB is one of the only two institutions of higher learning in the United States which were founded by a U.S. President (
Millard Fillmore
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), with the other one being the
University of Virginia
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.
Notable faculty
This list includes both present and former faculty members.
Nobel Laureates
Award recipients
Academia
Collegiate athletics
Notable alumni
Law, politics, and government
Science, technology, and engineering
Medicine
Business
News
Art, Film, theatre, and television
Academia
Literature
Music
Sports and athletics
Chancellors and presidents
From its inception until 1962, the private school was known as the University of Buffalo, and it was headed by a ''
chancellor
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''. Since it became the public State University of New York at Buffalo, it has been called the university ''at'' Buffalo, and the
CEO
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is its ''
president
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
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''.
*1846–1874:
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853; he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Represen ...
; 13th
President of the United States
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and 12th
Vice President of the United States
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*1882–1884:
Orsamus H. Marshall
*1885–1895:
E. Carleton Sprague
Eben Carleton Sprague (November 28, 1822 – February 14, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on November 28, 1822, in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire, the son of Noah Paul Sprague (1798–1879) and Ab ...
*1895–1902:
James O. Putnam; New York State Senator and Postmaster General of Buffalo
*1902–1903:
Wilson S. Bissell
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Early life
Bissell was born on December 31, 1847, ...
; 36th
United States Postmaster General
*1905–1920:
Charles Phelps Norton
Charles Phelps Norton (March 15, 1858 – July 11, 1923) was chancellor of the University of Buffalo from 1909 to 1920; and a founder of the University of Buffalo Law School, now known as the State University of New York at Buffalo
Biography
Nort ...
*1922–1950:
Samuel P. Capen
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; former Director of the American Council on Education.
*1950–1954:
T. R. McConnell; former
University of Minnesota
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Dean of the College of Sciences, Literature, and Arts.
*1954–1966:
Clifford C. Furnas; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for the United States.
*1955–1957:
Claude E. Puffer (acting)
*1966–1970:
Martin Meyerson
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; Interim Chancellor for the
University of California Berkeley
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, President of the
University of Pennsylvania
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*1970–1982:
Robert L. Ketter
*1982–1991:
Steven Sample; 10th President of the
University of Southern California
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*1991–2004:
Bill Greiner
William R. Greiner (June 9, 1934 – December 19, 2009) was President of the University at Buffalo (UB) in the State University of New York (SUNY) system from 1991 to 2004, where he worked for 42 years.
*2004–2011:
John B. Simpson; former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
*2011–present:
Satish K. Tripathi
See also
*
University at Buffalo
References
External links
University at Buffalo– Official website
Books by UB alumni
{{University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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