The following is a list of

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

people, which includes alumni, current and former faculty, and recipients of honorary degrees.

Alumni

Business

Kurt Akeley Kurt Akeley (born June 8, 1958) is an American computer graphics engineer. Akeley was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for contributions to the architecture of 3-D graphics systems and the definition of Open GL, now the in ...

(b. 1958), computer graphics engineer *

Mary Pat Christie Mary Pat Christie (née Foster; born September 15, 1963) is an American investment banker who was the First Lady of New Jersey between 2010 and 2018. She is the wife of former New Jersey Governor and 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie. E ...

(b. 1963), investment banker * John P. Costas (b. 1957), CEO,

UBS Investment Bank UBS Group AG is a multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. Co-headquartered in the cities of Zürich and Basel, it maintains a presence in all major financial centres as the largest Sw ...

* Michael F. Koehler, Chief Executive Officer,

Teradata Teradata Corporation is an American software company that provides cloud database and analytics-related software, products, and services. The company was formed in 1979 in Brentwood, California, as a collaboration between researchers at Caltech ...

Michael Mignano Michael Mignano is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a venture capitalist at Lightspeed, the co-founder of the podcasting platform Anchor, and former head of Spotify's talk audio (podcasts, live, and video) business. In 2019, ...

, American businessperson *

Adam Osborne Adam Osborne (March 6, 1939 – March 18, 2003) was a British author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially su ...

(1939–2003), computing pioneer *

Larry Probst Lawrence Francis Probst III (born June 3, 1950) is an American businessman who is best known for his work with the video game publisher Electronic Arts, including acting as CEO from 1991 until 2007 and as executive chairman from 2013–14. He re ...

(b. 1950), Chairman of the Board, Electronic Arts (formerly CEO); Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee and member of the International Olympic Committee *

Ömer Sabancı Ömer Sabancı (born 1959) is a Turkish businessman and a member of the Turkey's second-wealthiest Sabancı family in third generation. He is the ex-chairman of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD). Due to the share ...

(b. 1959), Turkish businessman *

Carl Truscott Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush, a position he held from 2004 to 2006. Education T ...

, Senior Vice President, ASERO Worldwide *

Wang Xing Wang Xing (; born 18 February 1979) is a Chinese billionaire businessman and the CEO of Meituan-Dianping. ''Fortune'' listed Wang as number three on its 2018 "40 under 40" list. ''Forbes'' estimates his net worth at US$8.9 billion as of Novemb ...

(b. 1979), CEO,

Meituan-Dianping Meituan (, literally "beautiful group"), formerly Meituan-Dianping, is a Chinese shopping platform for locally found consumer products and retail services including entertainment, dining, delivery, travel and other services. The company is headqu ...

Authors

* Steve Alten (b. 1959), science fiction author * Peter Bailey (b. 1980), author *

Jarret Brachman Jarret Brachman is an American terrorism expert, the author of ''Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice'' and a consultant to several government agencies about terrorism. Education and career Brachman graduated from Augustana College (BA, 2000) ...

, terrorism author *

Siobhan Carroll Siobhan Carroll (born 1980) is a Canadian writer and professor of English at University of Delaware. She specializes in British literature from 1750 to 1850. Early years Carroll was raised in Vancouver and moved to the United States in 2005, whe ...

(b. 1980), professor, scholar, writer * Paul Cherry, business author *

Edward Ezell Edward Clinton Ezell (7 Nov 1939, Indianapolis, Indiana – 23 Dec 1993, Northern Virginia)https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRKK-VY4 was an American author and professor who served as National Firearms Collection curator at the National M ...

(1939–1993), author * Morrison Heckscher (b. 1940), art historian, curator *

Maureen Johnson Maureen Johnson (born February 16, 1973) is an American author of young adult fiction. Her published novels include series leading titles such as ''13 Little Blue Envelopes'', ''The Name of the Star'', ''Truly Devious,'' and ''Suite Scarlett''. ...

(b. 1973), author * Thomas Leitch (b. 1951), author, academic * Esther Tuttle Pritchard (1840–1900), minister, editor

Artists

* Michael Barone, art photographer * Craig Cutler, photographer * Linda Day Clark, photographer * Tim Kreider (b. 1967), cartoonist

Politics

* Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928–2009) Democratic member of the

Delaware Senate The Delaware Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs, at whi ...

L. Heisler Ball Lewis Heisler Ball (September 21, 1861 – October 18, 1932) was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware a ...

(1861–1932),

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

and

U.S. Congressman The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

Jo Anne B. Barnhart Jo Anne Bryant Barnhart (born January 1, 1950) was the 14th Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, filling a six-year term of office that ran through January 19, 2007. Biography She was nominated by President George W. Bush on July ...

(b. 1950), Commissioner of Social Security *

Jill Biden Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator and the current first lady of the United States since 2021, as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her hus ...

(b. 1951), educator and

First Lady of the United States The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...

as the wife of

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

Joe Biden * Joe Biden (b. 1942),

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...

, former

, former chair of the

Senate Foreign Relations Committee The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. It is generally responsible for overseeing and funding foreign aid p ...

and

Senate Judiciary Committee The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, a ...

J. Caleb Boggs James Caleb Boggs (May 15, 1909 – March 26, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont in New Castle County, Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, he was commonly known by his middle name, Caleb, frequently shortened ...

(1909–1993), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman,

Governor of Delaware A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

* John F. Brady (b. 1959), Delaware politician * David P. Buckson (1920–2017), veteran of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and a member of the Republican Party, who served as the 15th

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following ...

, for nineteen days the 63rd Governor of Delaware and the 37th

Attorney General of Delaware The attorney general of Delaware is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Delaware, and is the chief law officer and the head of the State Department of Justice. On January 1, 2019, Kathy Jennings was sworn in as the 46th attorney general o ...

* Eric Buckson, Commissioner, Kent County Levy Court * Daniel E. Button (1917–2009), U.S. Congressman * Theophilus C. Callicot (1826–1920), politician * John Carney (b. 1956), U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware * Thomas R. Carper (b. 1947), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Delaware * Christopher Christie (b. 1962),

Governor of New Jersey The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The official res ...

Thomas Clayton Thomas Clayton (July 1777 – August 21, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delawa ...

(1777–1854), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman * Carl Danberg (b. 1964), Delaware Attorney General and Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction * Reha Denemeç (b. 1961), co-founder and deputy chairman (research and development) of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) in Turkey * Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich (b. 1961), First Lady of Maryland *

Lütfi Elvan Lütfi Elvan (born 12 March 1962) is a Turkish politician. Elvan has served as the Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey from November 2020 to December 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication f ...

(b. 1962), Minister of Finance and Treasury, Turkey * J. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903–1993), U.S. Senator *

Don B. Hughes Don B. Hughes (born September 22, 1940) in Salisbury in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 37A, which covers portions of Dorchester and Wicomico Counties Background Delegate ...

(b. 1940), Maryland State Delegate * Horace G. Knowles (1863–1937), diplomat *

John G. McCullough John Griffith McCullough (September 16, 1835 – May 29, 1915) was an American state legislator, businessperson and attorney. He served as Attorney General of California during the Civil War, and the 49th governor of Vermont from 1902 to 190 ...

(1835–1915), Attorney General of California and Governor of Vermont *

Thomas McKean Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734June 24, 1817) was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution, he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, the United ...

(1734–1817),

Founding Father The following list of national founding figures is a record, by country, of people who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, (i.e. ...

, signer of the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the ...

Louis McLane Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later th ...

(1786–1857), veteran of the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

, U.S. Senator,

U.S. Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

Louise Mushikiwabo Louise Mushikiwabo (born 22 May 1961) is the fourth and current Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018. She also se ...

(b. 1961), Rwandan Foreign Minister *

David Plouffe David Plouffe (; born May 27, 1967) is an American political and business strategist best known as the campaign manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign. A long-time Democratic Party campaign consultant, he was a partn ...

(b. 1967), campaign manager of the

Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 The 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama began on February 10, 2007, when Barack Obama, then junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for President of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. After winning a ...

, political consultant, senior advisor to the president *

Mike Purzycki Michael S. Purzycki (born 1945) is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the 56th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. Prior to serving as Mayor, Purzycki served as the executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation ...

(b. 1945), 56th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware *

George Read George Read may refer to: * George Reade (colonial governor) (1608–1671), politician, judge, and Acting Governor of Virginia Colony * George Read (American politician, born 1733) (1733–1798), lawyer, signer of Declaration of Independence and U ...

(1733–1798),

, signer of the

George R. Riddle George Read Riddle (1817 – March 28, 1867) was an American engineer, lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Representative and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. Early life a ...

(1817–1867), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman * Janet Rzewnicki (born 1953), Delaware State Treasurer * Steve Schmidt (b. 1970), campaign manager of the

John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, the longtime senior United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Arizona, was launched with an informal announcement on February 28, 2007, during a live taping of the ''Late Show with David Letterman' ...

, co-founder of

The Lincoln Project The Lincoln Project is an American political action committee (PAC) formed in late 2019 by former and current moderate Republicans. During the 2020 presidential election, it aimed to prevent the re-election of Donald Trump and defeat all Rep ...

, graduated in 2013 * James Smith (1719–1806),

, signer of the

* Nick Smith (b. 1934), U.S.

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

Congressman from Michigan

Entertainment

* Susan Barnett (b. 1972),

KYW-TV KYW-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW affiliate WPSG (channel 57 ...

news anchor *

Colleen Broomall Colleen Broomall (born August 30, 1983 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American journalist and former child actor. Colleen grew up in Norwood, New Jersey and was cast to play the role of Meg Ryan's daughter on the soap opera ''As the World Turns' ...

(b. 1983), actress * Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (b. 1984), Miss Delaware USA 2008, Miss Delaware United States 2014 *

Neil Casey Neil Casey (born July 28, 1981) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He served as a writer on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2012 to 2013 and '' Inside Amy Schumer'' in 2014, receiving Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writi ...

(b. 1981), actor, comedian, writer * Tommy Conwell (b. 1962), rock musician * Antje Duvekot (b. 1976), singer/songwriter * John Faye (b. 1966), rock musician * Bryan Gordon, television and film director * Suzanne Graff, actress * Steve Harris (b. 1965), actor * Vicki Hirsch, theater instructor and actress *

Page Kennedy Page Kennedy (born November 23, 1976) is an American actor and rapper. In television, he is known for portraying Radon Randell in the Spike sports comedy series, '' Blue Mountain State'', and "U-Turn" in the Showtime series, '' Weeds''. He has al ...

, actor * Amanda Longacre (b. 1989), Miss Delaware 2014 *

Mark McClafferty Mark McClafferty is an American film producer, television producer/writer, and Chairman of Spellbound Pictures. Early life Mark McClafferty was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the Alexis I. Du Pont School in Greenville, Delaware and ...

, film and television producer, writer * Matt O'Donnell (b. 1972),

WPVI WPVI-TV (channel 6), branded on-air as 6 ABC, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station ...

morning anchorman * Marvell Scott (b. 1973), sports reporter for

WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighbor ...

* Susan Stroman (b. 1954), Broadway director, choreographer, performer * Scott Swift, father of singer/songwriter

Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...

* Caroline Murphy (b.1998), performer, legendary host of Kilimanjaro Safari

Education

John L. Anderson John Leonard Anderson (born 1945) is the current President of the National Academy of Engineering. He was a professor of chemical engineering, who served as the eighth president of Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to his appointment at IIT, ...

(b. 1945), President of

Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has prog ...

* David L. Chicoine, President of

South Dakota State University South Dakota State University is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest and most comprehensive university and the oldest continually-operating university in South Dakota. The ...

* Lawrence A. Cunningham (b. 1962), scholar, author, and the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

* Charles F. Hummel (b. 1932), curator and deputy director at the

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Pronounced “winter-tour," Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. The museum and estate were the home o ...

* Rakesh Jain (b. 1950), professor of tumor biology at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

Dwight Lanmon Dwight Pierson Lanmon (born July 28, 1938) is an American art historian and retired curator and museum director. An expert in ceramics and glass, he served as director of the Corning Museum of Glass (1981–1992) and the Winterthur Museum, Garde ...

(b. 1938), director of

Corning Museum of Glass The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York in the United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass obje ...

and Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library *

Steven Leath Steven Leath (born 1957) is an American academic administrator. He was president of Iowa State University from 2012 to 2017, when he became president of Auburn University. He resigned from his position at Auburn in 2019. Early life and educatio ...

(b. 1957), President of

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

Brian Lukacher Brian Lukacher is an American art historian and educator. Lukacher is currently Professor of Art History at Vassar College. Career A native of York, Pennsylvania, York, Lukacher received three degrees in Art History: a Bachelor of Arts from the ...

, professor of art history at

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...

* Mary Patterson McPherson (c. 1935), former President of

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...

* John A. H. Sweeney (1930–2007), curator and administrator at the Winterthur Museum * James W. Wagner (b. 1953), President of

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

Judicial

* William B. Chandler, III, Chancellor,

Delaware Court of Chancery The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the American state of Delaware. It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the Supreme Court and Superior Court. Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges. The chi ...

* Hugh M. Morris (1878–1966), Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware * Leonard Stark (b. 1969), Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware * Leo E. Strine, Jr. (b. 1964), Chancellor,

* John E. Wallace, Jr. (b. 1942),

Associate Justice Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some state ...

of the

New Jersey Supreme Court The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases challenging the ...

Journalism

* Peter Bailey (b. 1980), journalist * Rod Beaton (1951–2011), sports journalist for ''USA Today'' *

Katherine Boehret Katherine "Katie" A. Boehret (born 1980) works in internal communications for the Devices team at Amazon, an e-commerce and cloud-computing firm. Biography A native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Katie Boehret is a graduate of the University of Del ...

(b. 1980), journalist *

(b. 1983), journalist * David E. Hoffman, writer. journalist, and

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winner *

Jeff Pearlman Jeff Pearlman (born 1972) is an American sports writer. He has written nine books that have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list: four about football, three on baseball and two about basketball. He was the author of the infamous 1999 Jo ...

(b. 1972), journalist

Military

* Charles Craig Cannon (1914–1992),

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

officer who served as Aide-de-camp to

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, ...

after

* John M. Custer III, United States Army officer * Joseph H. Harper (1901–1990), World War II airborne officer, who later commanded the

United States Army Infantry School The United States Army Infantry School is a school located at Fort Benning, Georgia that is dedicated to training infantrymen for service in the United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United State ...

* Robert W. Kirkwood (1756–1791),

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

officer; died in 1791 during the battle of St. Clair's Defeat * Julian Smith (1885–1975), World War II

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

Science

* Rakesh Agrawal,

National Medal of Technology and Innovation The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development ...

Laureate and Professor of Chemical Engineering at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

* Brian Atwater (b. 1951), geologist *

Terrell Ward Bynum Terrell Ward Bynum (born 1941) is an American philosopher, writer and editor. Bynum is currently director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University, where he is also a professor of philosophy, and vi ...

(b. 1941), Director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at

Southern Connecticut State University Southern Connecticut State University (Southern Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State, SCSU, or simply Southern) is a public university in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Connecticut State University System, it was founded in 1893 and is g ...

, Professor of Philosophy *

Carole Chaski Carole Elisabeth Chaski (born 1955) is a forensic linguist who is considered one of the leading experts in the field. Her research has led to improvements in the methodology and reliability of stylometric analysis and inspired further research o ...

(b. 1955), forensic linguist * Roger Craig (c. 1977), computer scientist and ''

Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given genera ...

'' champion *

Robert W. Gore Robert W. Gore (April 15, 1937 – September 17, 2020) was an American engineer and scientist, inventor and businessman. Gore led his family's company, W. L. Gore & Associates, in developing applications of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) ...

(1937–2020), inventor of

Gore-Tex Gore-Tex is a waterproof, breathable fabric membrane and registered trademark of W. L. Gore & Associates. Invented in 1969, Gore-Tex can repel liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterpr ...

fabrics *

Walter Lafferty Abraham Walter Lafferty (June 10, 1875 – January 15, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Oregon. Lafferty spent the majority of his career both as a legislator and as an attorney attempting to have millions of acres of land previ ...

(1875–1964), optical physicist * Holly Michael, hydrogeologist *

David L. Mills David L. Mills (born June 3, 1938) is an American computer engineer and Internet pioneer. Education Mills earned his PhD in Computer and Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan in 1971. While at Michigan he worked on the ARPA ...

(b. 1938), Internet pioneer *

Daniel Nathans Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping. Early life a ...

(1928–1999), biologist and

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

winner * G. Raymond Rettew (1903–1973), chemist and pioneer of mass production of penicillin * Siddhartha Roy (b. 1954), structural biologist,

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Indust ...

laureate * Mohsen Shahinpoor (b. 1943), engineer *

Peter Thejll Peter Andreas Thejll (born 1956) is a Danish people, Danish astrophysicist and climate researcher. His research in solar variation helped provide evidence of the greenhouse effect on the Earth's climate in the late 20th century. In particular, hi ...

(b. 1956), astrophysicist, climate expert *

Lodewijk van den Berg Lodewijk van den Berg (; March 24, 1932 – October 16, 2022) was a Dutch-born American chemical engineer. He studied crystal growth and flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' mission as a payload specialist. Van den Berg was born in t ...

(b. 1932), astronaut * Lynn M. Walker, fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Sports

* Mike Adams (b. 1981), professional football player * Nasir Adderley (b. 1997), professional football player * Robbie Agnone (b. 1985), football player *

Matt Alrich Matt Alrich (born August 28, 1981) is a professional lacrosse player for the Baltimore Bombers in the North American Lacrosse League, and the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse. Alrich is a graduate of University of Delaware. As a se ...

(b. 1981), lacrosse player *

Dawn Aponte Dawn Marie DiFortuna-Aponte (born c. 1971) is an American football executive, accountant, and attorney. She is the chief administrator of football operations for the National Football League (NFL), having served in the position since June 2017. ...

(c. 1971), football executive * Petar Arsić (b. 1973), basketball player *

Josh Baker Joshua Stevenson Baker (born December 25, 1986) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Northwest Missouri State and the University of Delaware. He played high school football at Western Branch High School. ...

(b. 1986), football player * Bryan Barrett (b. 1977), Lacrosse player *

Nate Beasley Nathan Wayne Beasley (June 11, 1953 – March 10, 2010) was an American football running back. He played college football for Delaware State and Delaware before being selected in the 1976 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders, though he did not play ...

(1953–2010), football player *

Urban Bowman Urban M. Bowman Jr. (November 16, 1937 – February 25, 2018) was an American-Canadian gridiron football player and coach who served as the interim head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Early life Bowman was born on No ...

(1937–2018), American football and Canadian football coach *

Cliff Brumbaugh Clifford Michael Brumbaugh (born April 21, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Texas Rangers and Colorado Rockies in 2001. Amateur career A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Brumbaugh attended William ...

(b. 1974), MLB player * Scott Brunner (b. 1957), football player *

Nick Bucci Nicholas B. Bucci (born July 16, 1990) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. Bucci competed for the Canadian national baseball team in international competition. Career Bucci attended St. Patrick's High School in Sarnia, Ontario. ...

(1932–2019), football player * Michael Byrne (b. 1986), football player * Bob Carpenter, Jr. (1915–1990), former owner of the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

Brennan Carroll Brennan Carroll (born March 20, 1979) is the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Wildcats. His nickname is BC.Mike SagerBig Balls Pete Carroll ''Esquire'', September 11, 2009, Accessed September 22, 2009. His father is NFL coach Pete Carroll ...

(b. 1979), football coach * Larry Catuzzi (c. 1935), football coach * Chris Collins (b. 1982), lacrosse player *

Bill Cubit William John Cubit (; born October 14, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. Cubit was the head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, first on an interim basis in the 2015 season and then promoted t ...

(b. 1953), football coach * Mondoe Davis (b. 1982), football and Canadian football player * Richard Dean (1956–2006), fashion and advertising photographer, former player for

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

Elena Delle Donne Elena Delle Donne (born September 5, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 ...

(b. 1989), WNBA player with the

Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...

; played basketball and volleyball at Delaware * Pat Devlin (b. 1988), quarterback for the NFL

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

* Anthony DiMarzo, lacrosse player *

Leon Dombrowski Leon Raymond Dombrowski (April 9, 1938 – September 5, 1998) was an American football linebacker who played for one season in the American Football League (AFL). He played in one game for the New York Titans in 1960 after playing college footba ...

(1938–1998), football player * Marc Egerson (b. 1986), basketball player *

Jamin Elliott Jamin Elliott (born October 5, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round in 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Delaware. With the New England Patriots, he won Super Bowl ...

(b. 1979), football player * Joe Flacco (b. 1985), football player *

Eric Fromm Eric Fromm (born June 27, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Tennis career Fromm's best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the fourth round of the French Open in 1983 in singles, where he lost in straight se ...

(b. 1958), tennis player * Keevin Galbraith (b. 1979), lacrosse player *

Rich Gannon Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20, 1965) is an American former football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Subsequently, he was a sports commentator with CBS Sports for 16 years. Gannon was born in ...

(b. 1965), football player / NFL analyst

CBS Sports CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television network CBS. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on W 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on W 5 ...

* Brian Gorman (b. 1959), MLB umpire *

Gino Gradkowski Gino Gradkowski (born November 5, 1988) is a former American football Center (American football), center. He played college football at the University of Delaware. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. ...

(b. 1988), football player * John Grant, Jr. (b. 1974), lacrosse player * Dallas Green (1934–2017), MLB player and manager * Scott Green (b. 1951), NFL referee *

Bob Greene Robert Bernard Greene Jr. (born March 10, 1947) is an American journalist and author. He worked for 24 years for the ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper, where he was a columnist. Greene has written books on subjects including Michael Jordan, Alice C ...

(b. 1958), fitness guru * Andy Hall (b. 1980), football player *

Jordan Hall Jordan Hall is a 1,051-seat concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory. It is one block from Boston's Symphony Hall. It is the only conservatory building in the United States to be de ...

(b. 1984), lacrosse player *

Conway Hayman Conway Holmes Hayman (January 9, 1949 – March 7, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He played as a guard in college and professionally and later became a collegiate head football coach. Playing career University of Delaware Hayma ...

(1949–2020), football player *

Mickey Heinecken Michael G. "Mickey" Heinecken (born January 25, 1939) is a former American football, lacrosse, and tennis coach. He served as the head football coach at Middlebury College from 1973 to 2000, compiling a record of 126–96–2. He has the most w ...

(b. 1939), football coach * Tim Jacobs (b. 1970), football player * Cindy A. Johnson, basketball player *

Dennis Johnson Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a c ...

(b. 1951), football player * Greg Justice (b. 1972), football player *

Gardy Kahoe Richard Gardner "Gardy" Kahoe III (c. 1950 – September 17, 2010) was an American football running back. He played for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team 1969 to 1971 and led the 1971 team to the small-college national championship wit ...

(1950–2010), football player *

K. C. Keeler Kurt Charles Keeler (born July 26, 1959) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Sam Houston State University, a position he had held since 2014. Previously, Keeler was the head coach at his alma mater, th ...

(b. 1959), football coach *

Jeff Komlo William Jeffrey "Jeff" Komlo (July 30, 1956 – March 14, 2009) was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was born in Cheverly, Maryland ...

(1956–2009), football player * Mike Koplove (b. 1976), MLB player *

Chad Kuhl Chad Michael Kuhl (born September 10, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies. High school and co ...

(b. 1992), MLB player *

Peter Maestrales Peter Maestrales (born 4 July 1979) is CEO and founder of Airstream Jets, a Worldwide On-Demand Air Charter & Aircraft Management Company founded in 2008 with headquarters at (KBCT) Boca Raton Airport in Boca Raton, Florida. Maestrales attended th ...

(b. 1979), baseball player and Olympian (2004) *

Kęstutis Marčiulionis Kęstutis Marčiulionis (born April 4, 1977) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He is a 6'2" (1.88 m) point guard. Kęstutis Marčiulionis played NCAA collegiate basketball at the University of Delaware in the United States. He has represented ...

(b. 1977), basketball player * Joe McGrail (b. 1964), football player * Joe McHale (b. 1963), football player *

Tom Mees Thomas E. Mees (October 13, 1949 – August 14, 1996) was an American sportscaster best known for his role in hosting professional and collegiate ice hockey and for being a prominent personality on ESPN during that network's early years. Early ...

(1949–1996), ESPN anchor *

Kevin Mench Kevin Ford Mench (born January 7, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played eight years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Texas Rangers (2002–2006), Milwaukee Brewers (2006–2007), Toronto Blue Jays ...

(b. 1978), baseball player *

Joe Minucci Joe Minucci (born November 6, 1981) is a former American football defensive lineman who played four seasons in the Arena Football League with the Nashville Kats and Cleveland Gladiators. He played college football at University of Delaware. He w ...

(b. 1981), football player *

Jeff Modesitt Jeffrey A. Modesitt (January 1, 1964 – August 3, 1990) was an American football tight end who played for one season in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, he was signed by the ...

(1964–1990), football player *

Matt Nagy Matthew Nagy ( or ; born April 24, 1978) is an American football coach, and former arena football quarterback, who is the senior assistant and quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head ...

(b. 1978), football player and coach *

Harding Nana Harding Ngueyep Nana (born January 17, 1981) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player currently playing as a power forward for Swiss Central of the Swiss Basketball League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national basketball team. ...

(b. 1981), basketball player * Al Neiger (b. 1939), baseball player *

Mohamed Niang Mohamed Niang (born 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a retired professional basketball player, who lastly played for British Basketball League rookies Everton Tigers, with whom he signed for in 2007. His cousin Assane Niang Faye played for Universi ...

(b. 1976), basketball player *

Ben Patrick Ben Patrick (born August 23, 1984) is an American football tight end who is currently a coach at Gilbert high school AZ. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Duke a ...

(b. 1984), football player * Bob Patton (b. 1954), football player *

Mike Pegues Mike Pegues (born January 13, 1978) is an American men's basketball coach who is currently an assistant for the Butler University men's basketball team. He previously served as an assistant and then interim head coach for the University of Louisv ...

(b. 1978), basketball player and coach * Jim Quirk (b. 1940), football official *

Raven A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus ''Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned t ...

(b. 1964), a.k.a. Scott Levy, professional wrestler * Dan Reeder (b. 1961), football player * Steve Schlachter (b. 1954), American-Israeli basketball player *

George Schmitt George Paul Schmitt (born March 6, 1961) is a former American football defensive back who played for one season in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, he was drafted by the St. ...

(b. 1961), football player * Tyresa Smith (b. 1985), basketball player *

Tony Storti Anthony Wayne Storti (June 19, 1922 – January 23, 2009) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Stout Institute—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stout–f ...

(1922–2009), football coach and college athletics administrator * Jon Striefsky (b. 1986), football player * Ivory Sully (b. 1957), football player *

Joe Susan Joseph Susan (born September 18, 1955) is an American football coach and former player. He is presently the Special Assistant to The Head Football Coach at Rutgers University. He was previously the head football coach for the Bucknell Bison of th ...

(b. 1955), football coach *

Ronald Talley Ronald Talley (born February 21, 1986) is a former American football defensive end. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football for the University of Delaware and University of Notre Dame. ...

(b. 1986), football player * Hal Thompson (1922–2006), football player * Anthony Walters (b. 1988), football player *

Richard Washington Richard Lee Washington (born July 15, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. Early life A 6'11" center born in Portland, Oregon, Washington played high school ball at Portland's Benson Tech. An all-around athlete and agile ...

(b. 1985), football player *

Vic Willis Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): ...

(1876–1947), Hall of Fame baseball player * Paul Worrilow (b. 1990), football player

Honorary degree recipients

* Byong Man Ahn (born 1941), 2004 – academic *

Robert Ballard Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of ...

(b. 1942), 2001 –

oceanographer Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics ...

, discoverer of the RMS ''Titanic'' * Joe Biden (b. 1942), 2004 –

, former

United States Senator The United States Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives being the Lower house, lower chamber. Together they compose the national Bica ...

(D-

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

) *

John C. Bogle John Clifton "Jack" Bogle (May 8, 1929 – January 16, 2019) was an American investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group, and is credited with creating the index fund. An avid inve ...

(1929–2019), 1999 – founder and

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

The Vanguard Group The Vanguard Group, Inc. is an American registered investment advisor based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with about $7 trillion in global assets under management, as of January 13, 2021. It is the largest provider of mutual funds and the second-lar ...

Ben Carson Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he ...

(b. 1951), M.D., 1997 –

neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. (September 15, 1918 – May 9, 2007) was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale and the management structures of modern corporatio ...

(1918–2007), 2002 – business historian * Rita R. Colwell (b. 1934), 2003 – former Director of the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...

Louis Freeh Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950) is an American attorney and former judge who served as the fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001. Graduated from Rutgers University and New York Univers ...

(b. 1950), 1999 – former Director of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...

(FBI) * Adrian Hall (b. 1959), 2007 – British

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, thespian *

Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Ikeda is the founding pre ...

(b. 1928), 2000 –

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

religious leader, President of

Soka Gakkai International Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international Nichiren Buddhist organisation founded in 1975 by Daisaku Ikeda, as an umbrella organization of Soka Gakkai, which declares approximately 12 million adherents in 192 countries and territorie ...

* Paul R. Jones (1928–2010), 2004 –

art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...

, Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art * Audrey F. Manley (b. 1934), 2002 – former

United States Surgeon General The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. Th ...

; President of

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 re ...

Geoffrey Marcy Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and characterization. Marcy was a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berk ...

(b. 1954), 2004 –

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

, discoverer of the first

extrasolar planet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...

51 Pegasi b 51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium , and formerly unofficially dubbed Bellerophon , is an extrasolar planet approximately away in the constellation of Pegasus. It was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, the S ...

* J. W. Marriott, Jr. (b. 1932), 2005 –

Marriott International Marriott International, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging including hotel, residential, and timeshare properties. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. T ...

Mary McAleese Mary Patricia McAleese ( ; ga, Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; ; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish activist lawyer and former politician who served as the eighth president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. She is an academic ...

(b. 1951), 2002 –

President of Ireland The president of Ireland ( ga, Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of Republic of Ireland, Ireland and the supreme commander of the Defence Forces (Ireland), Irish Defence Forces. The president holds office for seven years, and can ...

George J. Mitchell George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 19 ...

(b. 1933), 2003 – Former

(D-

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

) *

Joseph Neubauer Joseph Neubauer (born October 19, 1941 in Mandatory Palestine) is an American businessman and the former CEO of Aramark Corporation. Before joining Aramark, he served as vice-president at PepsiCo and Chase Manhattan Bank. Neubauer is listed at #82 ...

(b. 1941), 2006 –

ARAMARK Aramark Corporation, known commonly as Aramark, is an American food service, facilities, and uniform services provider to clients in areas including education, healthcare, business, prisons, and leisure. It operates in North America (United St ...

Russell W. Peterson Russell Wilbur Peterson (October 3, 1916 – February 21, 2011) was an American scientist and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as Governor of Delaware as a member of the Republican Party. An influential environmentalist, he serve ...

(1916–2011), 2006 – former

, scientist * Martin A. Pomerantz (1916–2008), 2001 –

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

and

Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...

(b. 1960), 2008 – baseball player * William V. Roth (1921–2003), 2003 – former

(R-

) * W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009), 2005 –

-winning

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

Walter K. Stapleton Walter King Stapleton (born June 2, 1934) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delawa ...

(b. 1934), 1998 – Federal Judge on the

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts: * District of Delaware * District of New Jersey * Ea ...

* Susan Stroman (b. 1954), 2005 –

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...

-winning

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

, and performer. * E. Norman Veasey (b. 1933), 2003 – Chief Justice of the

Delaware Supreme Court The Delaware Supreme Court is the sole appellate court in the United States state of Delaware. Because Delaware is a popular haven for corporations, the Court has developed a worldwide reputation as a respected source of corporate law decision ...

Craig Venter John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946) is an American biotechnologist and businessman. He is known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and assembled the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. ...

(b. 1946), 2004 –

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

, founder of

The Institute for Genomic Research The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) is a non-profit genomics research institute founded by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. in October 2006. The institute was the result of consolidating four organizations: the Center for the Advancement of ...

* Paul A. Volcker (1927–2019), 2001 – former

Chairman of the Federal Reserve The chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the Federal Reserve, and is the active executive officer of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The chair shal ...

* John J. Williams (1904–1988), 1975 – former

(R-

) *

Jamie Wyeth James Browning Wyeth (born July 6, 1946) is an American Realism (arts), realist painter, son of Andrew Wyeth, and grandson of N.C. Wyeth. He was raised in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, and is artistic heir to the Brandywine School traditio ...

(b. 1946), 2002 – realist

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

Faculty

Gene Ball Gene Ball is a computer science researcher and computer programmer. Ball obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma, and attended graduate school at the University of Rochester, completing a master's degree and finishing his doct ...

, Computer Science *

Allen Barnett Allen M. Barnett (born June 20, 1940) was a research professor of electrical engineering at the University of Delaware. He was the principal investigator of the DARPA-funded Consortium for Very High Efficiency Solar cells. Barnett was the founde ...

(b. 1940), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science *

Ralph Begleiter Ralph J. Begleiter (born 1949 in New York City) is a retired American journalist and educator who taught courses in communication, political science and journalism at the University of Delaware. Career He holds an Honors B.A. in political scienc ...

(b. 1949), Communications & Political Science, Distinguished Journalist in Residence *

Mark Bowden Mark Robert Bowden (; born July 17, 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a national correspondent for ''The Atlantic''. He is best known for his book '' Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War'' (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military r ...

(b. 1951), Distinguished Writer in Residence * E. Wayne Craven (1930–2020), Art History *

Bill Fleischman William R. Fleischman Jr. (April 8, 1939May 1, 2019) was an American sports journalist. During the 1960s, he worked at ''The News Journal'' and the ''Burlington County Times'' after graduating from Gettysburg College. He reported for the ''Phil ...

(1939–2019), sports journalist and adjunct professor in journalism (1981–2009) * Xiang Gao, world-class violinist *

Linda Gottfredson Linda Susanne Gottfredson (née Howarth; born 1947) is an American psychologist and writer. She is professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of Delaware and co-director of the Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of I ...

(b. 1947), Educational Psychology * Richard Hanley, Philosophy *

Donald West Harward Donald West "Don" Harward is an American philosopher who served as the sixth President of Bates College from March 1989 to November 2002, where he was succeeded by the first female president, Elaine Tuttle Hansen. Early life and career Harwa ...

, Philosophy, former president of

Bates College Bates College () is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature p ...

* Richard F. Heck (1931–2015), Chemistry, discoverer of

Heck reaction The Heck reaction (also called the Mizoroki–Heck reaction) is the chemical reaction of an unsaturated halide (or triflate) with an alkene in the presence of a base and a palladium catalyst (or palladium nanomaterial-based catalyst) to form a s ...

, 2010

Nobel Prize in Chemistry ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then "M ...

Laureate * Christine Leigh Heyrman, History * William Innes Homer (1929–2012), Art History *

Muqtedar Khan Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan (Urdu: ) ( hi, मोहम्मद अब्दुल मुक्तेदार ख़ान) (born 1966) is an Indian American academic and a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Re ...

(b. 1966), Political Science *

Peter Kolchin Peter Robert Kolchin (born June 3, 1943) is an American historian. He has specialized in slavery and labor in the American South before and after the Civil War, and in comparisons with Russian serfdom and other forms of labor. He won the Bancroft P ...

(b. 1943), History * Mark Samuels Lasner (b. 1952), Senior Research Fellow * David Legates, Climatology *

Leo Lemay J. A. Leo Lemay (January 17, 1935 – October 15, 2008) was du Pont Winterthur Professor of English at the University of Delaware. He was most renowned for his lifelong fascination with Benjamin Franklin, although he wrote on many topics, including ...

(1935–2008), English *

(b. 1938), Electrical and Computer Engineering * Frederick Nelson (1932–2009), Professor of Geography and Director of University of Delaware's Permafrost Group *

David L. Norton David Lloyd Norton (March 27, 1930 – July 24, 1995) was an American philosopher. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, March 27, 1930, to Cecil V. Norton and (Adelene) Ruth Essick Norton. He was the brother of Douglas C. Nor ...

(1930–1995), Philosophy * R. Byron Pipes (b. 1941), Mechanical Engineering *

William Poole William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement ...

(b. 1937), Economics; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; scholar in residence; former professor at Brown University and Johns Hopkins University *

Martin Postle Martin Postle is a British art historian who is deputy director for collections and publications at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, and a leading expert on the art of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He is a former curator at the ...

, Art History *

Ramnarayan Rawat Ramnarayan Rawat (also spelled Ram Narayan Rawat and Ram Rawat) is a professor at the University of Delaware and a historian of the Indian subcontinent and has also had appointments at the University of Pennsylvania (as a postdoctoral scholar) and ...

, History * Arnold L. Rheingold (b. 1940), Chemistry * W. David Sincoskie (1954–2010), Computer Engineering * David Smith (b. 1948), Biology * Elaine Salo (1962–2016), Anthropology and gender studies *

Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1884–1937) born in Safed, Palestine on October 20, 1884, was Chief of the Division of Plant Pathology and Physiology of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Te ...

(1884–1937), Plant Pathology (1909 to 1916) *

Charles Tilly Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was a professor of history, sociology, and social science at the Univ ...

(1929–2008), social scientist *

Don A. J. Upham Don Alonzo Joshua Upham (May 1, 1809July 19, 1877) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as the 4th Mayor of Milwaukee and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in the 1851 election. ...

(1809–1877), Mathematics; owner and editor of ''

The Delaware Gazette ''The Delaware Gazette'' is an American daily newspaper published in Delaware, Ohio. It is owned by AIM Media Midwest. The newspaper is published on weekday and Saturday mornings and is the only daily newspaper in Delaware County, Ohio. The pape ...

'' for three years * Barbara A. Williams, Astrophysics *

Shien Biau Woo Shien Biau Woo (born August 13, 1937) is a Chinese American professor and politician from Newark, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Delaware. Early life and family Woo's ancestral h ...

(b. 1937), Physics and Astronomy, former

Ben Yagoda Ben Yagoda (born 22 February 1954) is an American writer and educator. He is a professor of journalism and English at the University of Delaware. Early life Born in New York City to Louis Yagoda (1909-1990), a labor mediator and arbitrator with ...

(b. 1954), English

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