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Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...

. It includes alumni and faculty of the institution.

Administration and faculty

Academia, past and present

* Debby Applegate – former faculty, American history, 2007

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography The Pulitzer Prize for Biography is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography, autobiography or memoir by an American author o ...

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

– fellow 1961–1963, Center for Advanced Studies (now the Center for the Humanities),

political theorist A political theorist is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy. Theorists may be Academia, academics or independent scholars. Here the most notable political theorists are categorized b ...

Wilbur Olin Atwater Wilbur Olin Atwater (May 3, 1844 – September 22, 1907) was an American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism, and is considered the father of modern nutrition research and education. He is credited with developing ...

(1865 Wesleyan B.S.) – first professor of chemistry; first to quantify the

calorie The calorie is a unit of energy. For historical reasons, two main definitions of "calorie" are in wide use. The large calorie, food calorie, or kilogram calorie was originally defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of o ...

; pioneer, utilization of respiration calorimeter *

Reginald Bartholomew Reginald Stanley Bartholomew (February 17, 1936 – August 26, 2012) was an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon (1983–1986), Spain (1986–1989), and Italy (1993–1997). He was also a member of the American Academy of ...

– former professor of government; former

U.S. Ambassador to Italy Since 1840, the United States has had diplomacy, diplomatic representation in the Italian Republic and its predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Kingdom of Italy, with a break in relations from 1941 to 1944 while Italy and the U ...

, to Spain, to Lebanon *

Edgar S. Brightman Edgar Sheffield Brightman (September 20, 1884 – February 25, 1953) was an American philosopher and Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition, associated with Boston University and liberal theology, and promulgated the philosophy know ...

– faculty 1915–19, philosopher, promulgated the philosophy known as '' Boston personalism'' * Nathan Brody – emeritus professor of psychology; known for his work on

intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can ...

and

personality Personality is the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that are formed from biological and environmental factors, and which change over time. While there is no generally agreed-upon definition of personality, ...

* Norman O. Brown – faculty 1946-196?; professor of classics; wrote "Love's Body" and ''Life Against Death'' *

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler b ...

– faculty 1984–86; philosopher and

gender theorist Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The f ...

Walter Guyton Cady Walter Guyton Cady (December 10, 1874 – December 9, 1974) was a noted American physicist and electrical engineer. He was a pioneer in piezoelectricity, and in 1921 developed the first quartz crystal oscillator. Cady was born in Providence, Rho ...

– faculty 1902–46; professor of physics;

Duddell Medal and Prize The Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (previously the Duddell Medal and Prize until 2008) is a prize awarded biannually by the Institute of Physics for distinguished contributions to the application of physics in an industrial, commercial or busines ...

Erica Chenoweth Erica Chenoweth (born April 22, 1980) is an American political scientist, professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. They are known for their research work on non-violent civil resist ...

– faculty 2008–12; political scientist, expert on

civil resistance Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by ordinary people to challenge a particular power, force, policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary, pressure and coercion: it ...

movements,

Grawemeyer Award The Grawemeyer Awards () are five awards given annually by the University of Louisville. The prizes are presented to individuals in the fields of education, ideas improving world order, music composition, religion, and psychology. The religion awa ...

winner * Joanne V. Creighton – faculty 1990–94; professor of English; interim president, Wesleyan; 17th president,

Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. ...

; interim president,

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducationa ...

* Raymond Dodge – former professor of psychology; experimental psychologist * Henry Duckworth – faculty 1946–51; professor of physics; president,

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

(1971–72) * John Price Durbin - professor of natural science; Chaplain of the Senate, president of Dickinson College *

Luigi R. Einaudi Luigi Roberto Einaudi (born March 1, 1936) is an American career diplomat. He assumed the post of Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríg ...

– former faculty; professor of government; acting

Secretary General of the Organization of American States The Secretary General of the Organization of American States is the highest position within the Organization of American States. According to the Charter of the Organization of American States: Secretaries General of the OAS Assistant S ...

(2004–05) *

Max Farrand Max Farrand (March 29, 1869 – June 17, 1945) was an American historian who taught at several universities and was the first director of the Huntington Library. Early life He was born in Newark, New Jersey, United States. He graduated from ...

– former professor of history * Stephen O. Garrison – founder of the Vineland Training School *

Leslie H. Gelb Leslie Howard "Les" Gelb (March 4, 1937 – August 31, 2019) was an American academic, correspondent and columnist for ''The New York Times'' who served as a senior Defense and State Department official and later the President Emeritus of the Coun ...

– faculty 1964–67, department of history;

Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear pr ...

; director of project that produced the

Pentagon Papers The ''Pentagon Papers'', officially titled ''Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force'', is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 ...

* Richard N. Goodwin – fellow 1965–67, Center for Advanced Studies; advisor, speech writer to U.S. Presidents Kennedy,

Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...

, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy * Lori Gruen – current faculty, professor of philosophy, working at the intersections of ethical theory and ethical practice *

Philip Hallie Philip Paul Hallie (1922–1994) was an author, philosopher and professor at Wesleyan University for 32 years. During World War II he served in the US Army. His degrees were from Harvard, Oxford (where he was a Fulbright Scholar at Jesus Colle ...

– faculty for 32 years, philosopher; developed the model of institutional cruelty * Gustav Hedlund – mathematician, one of the founders of

symbolic Symbolic may refer to: * Symbol, something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity Mathematics, logic, and computing * Symbolic computation, a scientific area concerned with computing with mathematical formulas * Symbolic dynam ...

and

topological dynamics In mathematics, topological dynamics is a branch of the theory of dynamical systems in which qualitative, asymptotic properties of dynamical systems are studied from the viewpoint of general topology. Scope The central object of study in topolo ...

; visiting professor of mathematics * Masami Imai – current faculty, economist *

Karl William Kapp Karl William Kapp (October 27, 1910 – April 4, 1976) was a German-American economist and Professor of Economics at the City University of New York and later the University of Basel. Kapp's main contribution was the development of a theory of s ...

– faculty 1945–50; professor of economics; one of the leading 20th-century institutional economists *

Eugene Marion Klaaren Eugene Marion Klaaren (1937-October 17, 2015) was a historian and professor of religion. He held a BA from Hope College, an MA from Emory University, a BD from Western Theological Seminary, and a PHD from Harvard University. He then became an Emer ...

– emeritus professor, historian and professor of religion *

Stanley Lebergott Stanley Lebergott (July 22, 1918 – July 24, 2009) was a prominent American government economist and professor emeritus of economics at Wesleyan University. Early life and family Lebergott was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 22, 1918, and ...

– emeritus professor, American-government economist and professor of economics; noted for historical unemployment statistics *

Charles Lemert Charles Lemert (born 1937) is an American born social theorist and sociologist. He has written extensively on social theory, globalization and culture. He has contributed to many key debates in social thought, authoring dozens of books including h ...

– emeritus professor, social theorist and sociologist * Clarence D. Long – former professor of economics; former member, U.S.

Council of Economic Advisers The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a United States agency within the Executive Office of the President established in 1946, which advises the President of the United States on economic policy. The CEA provides much of the empirical rese ...

, under President

Dwight 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 I ...

(1953–54, 1956–57) * Andrei Markovits – professor of comparative politics and German studies (1977–83) *

David McClelland David Clarence McClelland (May 20, 1917 – March 27, 1998) was an American psychologist, noted for his work on motivation Need Theory. He published a number of works between the 1950s and the 1990s and developed new scoring systems for t ...

(1938 Wesleyan B.S.) – professor of psychology in the early 1950s *

David McCullough David Gaub McCullough (; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States ...

– scholar-in-residence 1982, 1983; two

National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

s (1978, 1982); two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography or Autobiography (1993, 2002);

Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, along with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially merit ...

Louis Mink Louis O. Mink Jr. (September 3, 1921 – January 19, 1983) was a philosopher of history whose works challenged early philosopher of history R. G. Collingwood and were part of a postmodern dialogue on history and historical narrative with other p ...

– faculty 1952–1983; philosopher of history; responsible for what would later be called the

linguistic turn The linguistic turn was a major development in Western philosophy during the early 20th century, the most important characteristic of which is the focusing of philosophy and the other humanities primarily on the relations between language, langua ...

in philosophy of history *

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 and served as a ...

– fellow 1964–67, Center for Advanced Studies; later

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 power ...

, New York *

Lawrence Olson Lawrence Olson (May 7, 1918 – March 17, 1992) was an American historian specializing in Japan who served as the professor of history at Wesleyan University. In 1987, the Government of Japan honored him with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, t ...

– faculty 1966–1988; historian specializing in Japan; developed the Asian-studies program at Wesleyan *

Satoshi Omura is a generally masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings *哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear" *悟, "bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension" *敏, "quick, sharp" *智, "knowledge, wisdom" *聡, "intelligent, clever, bright" *慧, "bright ...

– visiting faculty in the early 1970s, honorary Max Tishler Professor of Chemistry, 2005; awarded honorary Doctor of Science, 1994; 2015 recipient of the

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accordi ...

* Scott Plous – current faculty, professor of psychology * Nelson W. Polsby – former faculty, political scientist; known for study of

U.S. presidency 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 ...

and U.S. Congress *

Nathan Pusey Nathan Marsh Pusey (; April 4, 1907 – November 14, 2001) was an American academic. Originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pusey won a scholarship to Harvard University out of high school and went on to earn bachelor's, master's, and doctor ...

– former faculty, department of classics; later president of

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeduca ...

and 24th President of

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 highe ...

William North Rice William North Rice (1845–1928) was an American geologist, educator, and Methodist minister and theologian concerned with reconciliation of science and religious faith. Early life and education William North Rice was born November 21, 1845 in ...

(1865 Wesleyan graduate) – professor of geology * Francisco Rodríguez – former professor of economics and Latin American studies * Dana Royer – current faculty, professor of earth & environmental sciences * Walter Warwick Sawyer – faculty 1958–65, professor of mathematics * Hon. Barry R. Schaller – current faculty, teaches

bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, me ...

and public-health law, ethics and policy; associate justice,

Connecticut Supreme Court The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, a ...

Elmer Eric Schattschneider Elmer Eric Schattschneider (August 11, 1892 – March 4, 1971) was an American political scientist. Life and career Schattschneider was born in Bethany, Minnesota. He received his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. at ...

– faculty, 1930–60, political scientist, namesake for award for best dissertation in U. S. in field of American politics * Carl E. Schorske – professor of history in the 1950s;

Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...

and

MacArthur Fellowship The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

* Frederick Slocum – first professor of astronomy, director of the Van Vleck Observatory (1915–44) * Richard Slotkin (MAAE Wesleyan graduate) – Olin Professor of English and American Studies, emeritus;

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...

* William L. Storrs – faculty 1841–46, professor of law; also Congressman from Connecticut; Chief Justice of the

Max Tishler Max Tishler (October 30, 1906 – March 18, 1989) was president of Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories where he led the research teams that synthesized ascorbic acid, riboflavin, cortisone, pyridoxine, pantothenic acid, nicotinamide, m ...

– faculty 1970–89, professor, chemistry;

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...

Priestley Medal The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry. Established in 1922, the award is named after Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen ...

National Inventors Hall of Fame The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. Besides the Hall of Fame, it also oper ...

Hing Tong Hing Tong (16 February 1922 – 4 March 2007) was an American mathematician. He is well known for providing the original proof of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem. Life Hing Tong was born in Canton, China. He received his bachelor's degree ...

– former chairman, mathematics department; known for providing the original proof of the Katětov–Tong insertion theorem *

Charles Kittredge True Charles Kittredge True (August 14, 1809June 20, 1878) was a United States Methodist Episcopal clergyman, educator, and author. Biography He was born in Portland, Maine. He graduated at Harvard in 1832, and was subsequently pastor of several Meth ...

– faculty 1849–60, professor of intellectual and moral science *

Jennifer Tucker Jennifer Tucker is Associate Professor of History and Science in Society at Wesleyan University. She is a Fulbright Scholar, founding director of Wesleyan's Center for the Study of Guns and Society, and a vice president of the Connecticut Academy of ...

, historian and biologist *

John Monroe Van Vleck John Monroe Van Vleck (March 4, 1833 – November 4, 1912) was an American mathematician and astronomer. He taught astronomy and mathematics at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut for more than 50 years (1853-1912), and served as act ...

(1850 Wesleyan graduate) – faculty 1853–1904, emeritus 1904–12, professor of mathematics and astronomy * Clarence E. Walker - associate professor of history * Jan Willis – emeritus professor of religion and East Asian Studies *

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

– faculty 1888–90; professor, chair, history and

political economy Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour ...

; 13th president,

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 ...

; 28th President, United States;

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...

Robert Coldwell Wood Robert Coldwell Wood (September 16, 1923 – April 1, 2005) was an American political scientist, academic and government administrator, and professor of political science at MIT. From 1965 to 1969, Wood served as the Under Secretary of the D ...

– former faculty, political scientist; former 1st Undersecretary and 2nd

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development The United States secretary of housing and urban development (or HUD secretary) is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the president's Cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furnitur ...

(1963–69) * John Wrench – former professor of mathematics, pioneer in using computers for mathematical calculations;

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nat ...

* Gary Yohe – current faculty, professor of economics; senior member, coordinating lead author,

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ...

; co-recipient, 2007

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (born Elisabeth Bulkley Young; March 3, 1946 – December 1, 2011) was an American academic and psychotherapist, who from 2007 until her death resided in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She published a wide range of books, most ...

– faculty 1974–c. 1995; biographer and

psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome prob ...

Arts and letters, past and present

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( ; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction. She was described in ''The Times Literary Supplement'' as "the most prominent" of a "procession of criticall ...

– visiting writer 2008;

(2008) *

John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in ...

– Millet Writing Fellow 2010;

; 1976

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

;

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Jeanine Basinger Jeanine Basinger (born 3 February 1936, in Ravenden, AR), a film historian, retired in 2020 as the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Founder and Curator of The Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Education B ...

– current faculty, c. 1970–present, film scholar *

Anselm Berrigan Anselm Berrigan (born 1972) is an American poet and teacher. Life and work Anselm Berrigan grew up in New York City, where he currently resides with his wife, poet Karen Weiser. From 2003 to 2007, he served as artistic director at the St. Mar ...

– current faculty, poet,

Best American Poetry ''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems. Background The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the general ...

of 2002, 2004 * Ed Blackwell – artist in residence, late 1970s; recorded extensively with

Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Coll ...

Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Ch ...

– John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, retired 2013;

; 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master * Robert E. Brown – faculty 1962–1979, professor of music, founded

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

program at Wesleyan *

Neely Bruce (Frank) Neely Bruce (born January 21, 1944) is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and scholar of American music. He is the composer of over 800 works including three full-length operas. Currently, he is John Spencer Camp Professor of Music ...

– current faculty, professor of music; composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music *

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading f ...

– faculty 1961, 1968, composer; affiliated with Wesleyan and collaborated with members of its Music Department from 1950s until his death in 1992 *

Tony Connor John Anthony Connor (born 1930) is an English poet and playwright. Biography Tony Connor was born in Manchester, England. After leaving school at 14, he served in the British Army as a tank gunner, and worked as a textile designer between 1944 a ...

– current faculty, British poet and playwright, Fellow of the

Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the RSL has about 600 Fellows, ele ...

Junot Díaz Junot Díaz (; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican-American writer, creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and was fiction editor at '' Boston Review''. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freed ...

– Millet Writing Fellow 2009; 2008

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published durin ...

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".MacArthur Fellowship The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

(2012) *

Annie Dillard Annie Dillard (born April 30, 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 19 ...

– English faculty for 21 years; 1975

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are awarded annually for the "Letters, Drama, and Music" category. The award is given to a nonfiction book written by an American author and published duri ...

Eiko & Koma Eiko Otake and Takashi Koma Otake, generally known as Eiko & Koma, are a Japanese performance duo. Since 1972, Eiko & Koma have worked as co-artistic directors, choreographers, and performers, creating a unique theater of movement out of stillness ...

–

; Japanese performance duo; Eiko is current faculty * T. S. Eliot –

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(1948),

(1964); in the 1960s, special editorial consultant to

Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present form ...

Jimmy Garrison James Emory Garrison (March 3, 1934 – April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist. He is best remembered for his association with John Coltrane from 1961 to 1967. Career Garrison was raised in both Miami and Philadelphia where he ...

– artist in residence, ?–1976, bassist; long association with

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

Angel Gil-Ordoñez Ángel Gil-Ordóñez is a Spanish-born American conductor who co-founded the PostClassical Ensemble with music historian Joseph Horowitz and serves as its Music Director. He is also the Principal Guest Conductor of New York’s Perspectives Ensemb ...

– former professor of music and Director of Orchestra Studies; Spanish conductor *

Dana Gioia Michael Dana Gioia (; born December 24, 1950) is an American poet, literary critic, literary translator, and essayist. Since the early 1980s, Gioia has been considered part of the literary movements within American poetry known as New Forma ...

– visiting writer 1986–1989,

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

; Chairman,

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...

(2003–2009) * Roger Mathew Grant – current faculty, expert in

music theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the " rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (k ...

Donald Hall Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. He was the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and includin ...

– 14th

United States Poet Laureate The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national cons ...

, 2006–07;

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present form ...

(1958–64) * Jon B. Higgins (Wesleyan B.A., M.A., PhD) – faculty 1978–84, scholar and performer of

Carnatic Music Carnatic music, known as or in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It ...

Fulbright Scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people o ...

Jay Hoggard Jay Hoggard (born September 24, 1954) is an American jazz vibraphonist. Biography Jay Hoggard was raised in a religious family. He was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. His mother taught him how to play piano at ...

(Wesleyan B.A. 1976) – current faculty, vibraphonist *

Ana Paula Höfling Ana Paula Höfling is an American dancer, dance scholar, academic, and capoeirista. Education and training Höfling began dancing as a child and trained in classical ballet at the Royal Academy of Dance. She has a bachelor of arts in linguistic ...

– professor of dance *

Paul Horgan Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan (August 1, 1903 – March 8, 1995) was an American writer of historical fiction and non-fiction who mainly wrote about the Southwestern United States. He was the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes for Histo ...

– adjunct professor of English, 1961–71; professor emeritus and permanent author-in-residence, 1971–95; twice winner,

(1955 and 1976);

Bancroft Prize The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, ...

for History * Susan Howe – distinguished visiting writer and faculty 2010–11, 2011

Bollingen Prize The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement.

Quiara Alegría Hudes Quiara Alegría Hudes (born 1977) is an American playwright, producer, lyricist and essayist. She is best known for writing the book for the musical ''In the Heights,'' and screenplay for its film adaptation. Hudes' first play in her ''Elliot Tri ...

– Shapiro Distinguished Professor of Writing and Theater 2014–2016, visiting writer 2011–12; 2012

Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were a ...

* Paul LaFarge – writer, English faculty as of 2010; taught writing at the university on and off since 2002 *

Alvin Lucier Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in ...

– John Spencer Camp Professor of Music 1970–2010; pioneering experimental composer *

William Manchester William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the ...

– faculty 1955–2004; former emeritus professor of history; 2001

National Humanities Medal The National Humanities Medal is an American award that annually recognizes several individuals, groups, or institutions for work that has "deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the huma ...

; ''

The Death of a President ''The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963'' is historian William Manchester's 1967 account of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The book gained public attention before it was published when Kennedy' ...

'', ''

American Caesar ''American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'' is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general fo ...

'' * David P. McAllester – faculty 1947–86; professor, anthropology and music; co-founded

Society for Ethnomusicology The Society for Ethnomusicology is, with the International Council for Traditional Music and thBritish Forum for Ethnomusicology one of three major international associations for ethnomusicology. Its mission is "to promote the research, study, an ...

Makanda Ken McIntyre Makanda Ken McIntyre (born Kenneth Arthur McIntyre; also known as Ken McIntyre) (September 7, 1931 – June 13, 2001) was an American jazz musician, composer and educator. In addition to his primary instrument, the alto saxophone, he played flu ...

– former professor of music * Lisa Moore – current faculty, international classical and jazz pianist * V. S. Naipaul – former visiting professor;

in fiction (2001);

Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...

(1971) * Palghat Kollengode Viswanatha Narayanaswamy – artist in residence; considered to be among the finest Carnatic vocalists of the 20th century * Ramnad Raghavan – faculty for many years,

South Indian South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territ ...

virtuoso A virtuoso (from Italian ''virtuoso'' or , "virtuous", Late Latin ''virtuosus'', Latin ''virtus'', "virtue", "excellence" or "skill") is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such a ...

of the

mridangam The mridangam is a percussion instrument of ancient origin. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is th ...

* S. Ramanathan (Wesleyan PhD,

) – faculty, singer (

Carnatic music Carnatic music, known as or in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It ...

), and musicologist * T. Ranganathan – first artist in residence, beginning in 1963; Carnatic virtuoso of the

Jean Redpath Jean Redpath MBE (28 April 1937 – 21 August 2014) was a Scottish folk singer, educator and musician. Career Jean Redpath was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to musical parents. Her mother knew many Scots songs and passed them on to Jean and her ...

– artist in residence, 1972–76 *

Kit Reed Kit Reed, born Lillian Hyde Craig or Lil(l)ian Craig Reed (June 7, 1932 – September 24, 2017), was an American author of both speculative fiction and literary fiction, as well as psychological thrillers under the pseudonym Kit Craig. Bio ...

– science- and speculative-fiction writer, resident writer and creative writing faculty, 2008-2017 * F.D. Reeve – faculty 1962–2002 (English and Russian literature), emeritus professor of letters (2002–2013); poet, translator * Phyllis Rose – faculty 1969–2005, professor of English; literary critic, essayist, biographer *

George Saunders George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Harper's'', ''McSweeney's'', and '' GQ''. He also contributed a w ...

– visiting writer,

(2006) * Jonathan Schell – journalist, author, visiting professor in writing 2000–02 * Dani Shapiro – current faculty, professor of creative writing * Paula Sharp – former writer in residence in the College of Letters (2003–12) *

Joseph Siry Joseph M. Siry is a leading American architectural historian and professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Wesleyan University. Siry's publications have focused particularly on the architecture of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and ...

– current faculty, leading architectural historian, professor of art and art history *

Mark Slobin Mark Slobin is an American scholar and ethnomusicologist who has written extensively on the subject of East European Jewish music and klezmer music, as well as the music of Afghanistan, where he conducted research beginning in 1967. He is Winslow ...

– current faculty, professor of music *

Charles Wilbert Snow Charles Wilbert "Bill" Snow (April 6, 1884 – September 28, 1977) was an American poet, educator and politician. He served as the List of Governors of Connecticut, 75th Governor of Connecticut. He generally went by the name Wilbert or Bill Snow ...

– faculty 1921–1952; poet, professor of English; coach, debate team; founder, ''The Cardinal'' (literary magazine);

Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

and

Governor of Connecticut The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connec ...

Mark Strand Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 – November 29, 2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 and received the Wallace Stevens Award in 2004 ...

– former visiting professor; fourth

, 1990–91;

; 1999

Sumarsam Sumarsam (born 27 July 1944) is a Javanese musician and scholar of the gamelan. Life Sumarsam was born in Dander, Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia. He first performed gamelan at the age of seven. He began his formal gamelan education in 1961 a ...

(Wesleyan M.A. 1976) – current faculty, former artist in residence; Javanese virtuoso, scholar of the

gamelan Gamelan () ( jv, ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀, su, ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪, ban, ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄) is the traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. T ...

* Marcus Thompson – former faculty, violist and

viola d'amore The viola d'amore (; Italian for " viol of love") is a 7- or 6- stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin. Structure and sound The ...

player, recording artist and educator *

Clifford Thornton Clifford Edward Thornton III (September 6, 1936 – November 25, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, trombonist, activist, and educator. He played free jazz and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s and '70s. Career Clifford was born in Philadelphia. ...

– faculty 1969–75, jazz composer and musician,

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international coope ...

counsellor on African-American education 1976–87,

Black Panther A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical rosettes are also present. They have been ...

Minister of Art *

Deb Olin Unferth Deb Olin Unferth (born November 19, 1968) is an American short story writer, novelist, and memoirist. She is the author of the collection of stories ''Minor Robberies'', the novel ''Vacation'', both published by ''McSweeney's'', and the memoir, ...

– former professor of English and creative writing; nominee, 2012

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

s 2005, 2011 * T. Viswanathan (Wesleyan PhD,

1975) – former professor of music,

Carnatic flute The ''venu'' (Sanskrit: ; /मुरळि; ''muraļi'') is one of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music. It is an aerophone typically made from bamboo, that is a side blown wind instrument. It continues to be in use in the S ...

virtuoso, 1992

National Heritage Fellowship The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Similar to Japan's Living National Treasure award, the Fellowship is the United States government's ...

recipient *

Richard Wilbur Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentle ...

– faculty c. 1950–80; professor of English; second

; twice winner,

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 ...

(1957, 1989);

Bollingen Prize The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement.

* Elizabeth Willis – current faculty, poet; teaches creative writing and literature *

Michiyo Yagi , a Japanese musician who studied koto under Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990, during her tenure as visiting professor of m ...

– visiting professor in late 1980s; Japanese musician, koto virtuoso *

Gorō Yamaguchi Gorō Yamaguchi (山口五郎; February 26, 1933 – January 3, 1999) was a Japanese shakuhachi player who worked in both solo and ensemble performances. He was noted for his influential recordings of Traditional Japanese music and one of his ...

– artist in residence, Japanese

shakuhachi A is a Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo. The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the .

(vertical bamboo flute) virtuoso *

Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer and child actress who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 700 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi f ...

, India playback singer

Alumni

Balzan Prize winners

* Charles Coulston Gillispie (1940) – 1997

Balzan Prize The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the br ...

;

George Sarton Medal The George Sarton Medal is the most prestigious award given by the History of Science Society. It has been awarded annually since 1955. It is awarded to an historian of science from the international community who became distinguished for "a lifet ...

;

Pfizer Award The Pfizer Award is awarded annually by the History of Science Society "in recognition of an outstanding book dealing with the history of science" Recipients * 1959 Marie Boas Hall, ''Robert Boyle and Seventeenth-Century Chemistry'' (New Yor ...

; professor, history of science, Emeritus,

* Russell J. Hemley (1977) – physicist; 2005

(with

Ho-Kwang Mao Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao (; born June 18, 1941) is a Chinese-American geologist. He is the director of the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research in Shanghai, China. He was a staff scientist at Geophysical Laboratory of the ...

); Director,

Carnegie Institution for Science The Carnegie Institution of Washington (the organization's legal name), known also for public purposes as the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS), is an organization in the United States established to fund and perform scientific research. Th ...

;

Pulitzer prizes

Ethan Bronner Ethan Bronner (born 1954) is a senior editor at Bloomberg News following 17 years at ''The New York Times'', most recently as deputy national editor. Biography Bronner is a graduate of Wesleyan University's College of Letters and the Columbia U ...

(1976) –

(Explanatory Journalism, 2001); ''Battle for Justice'' (

The New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress) ...

, one of the 25 best books of 1989) * Lisa Chedekel (1982) –

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names: *From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Priz ...

(1999); finalist, Pulitzer (2007);

George Polk Award The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the awar ...

; Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting; Worth Bingham Prize * Seth Faison (1981) – journalist,

Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names: *From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Pri ...

(1994); former Bureau Chief, ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' (1995–2000); author * Sue Fox (B.A. high honors 1993?) –

(2004) *

David Garrow David Jeffries Garrow (born May 11, 1953) is an American author and historian. He wrote the book ''Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference'' (1986), which won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biogr ...

(1975) – Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1987); Fellow,

Homerton College Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894, the co ...

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

* Alan C. Miller (1976) –

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

(2003), Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting (1997),

(1996) *

Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, playwright and filmmaker. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals ''Hamilton'' (2015) and '' In the Heights'' (2005), and the soundtracks for the Disney animat ...

(2002) – playwright, winner of Pulitzer Prize in Drama (2016) for ''

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilto ...

'' * Lucille Renwick (1987) – 2 Pulitzers:

(1998);

(1995) * Barbara Roessner (1975) –

(1999); finalist, Pulitzer (2007, 2003, 2001); Executive Editor, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers (2012–), Managing Editor (2006–09) * Leland Stowe (1921) –

(Correspondence, 1930); runner-up for second Pulitzer (Correspondence, 1940) * Lawrence Rogers Thompson (B.A.) – Pulitzer Prize for Biography of Robert Frost (1971); professor of English,

Stephen Schiff {{Infobox person , name = Stephen Schiff , image = , image_size = , alt = , caption = , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Detroit, Michiga ...

(1972) – journalist; finalist,

Pulitzer Prize for Criticism The Pulitzer Prize for Criticism has been presented since 1970 to a newspaper writer in the United States who has demonstrated 'distinguished criticism'. Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board and officially administered by ...

(1983) * Wadada Leo Smith composer, musician; finalist,

Pulitzer Prize for music The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of seven Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually in Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first given in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year, and this was eventually converted ...

(2013)

MacArthur Fellows

The following alumni are fellows of the

MacArthur Fellows Program The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

(known as the "genius grant") from the

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 50 countries around the world. It has an endowment of $7.0 billion and ...

. As this is an interdisciplinary award, recipients are listed here in addition to their listing in their field of accomplishment. * Ruth Behar 1977–88 (first Latin woman named a) MacArthur Fellow; professor, anthropology,

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 ...

; poet, writer *

Majora Carter Majora Carter (born October 27, 1966) is an American urban revitalization strategist and public radio host from the South Bronx area of New York City. Carter founded and led the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainab ...

1984–2005 MacArthur Fellow;

environmental justice Environmental justice is a social movement to address the unfair exposure of poor and marginalized communities to harms from hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses.Schlosberg, David. (2007) ''Defining Environmental Justi ...

advocate; urban revitalization strategist; public radio host; 2011

Peabody award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

Mary Halvorson Mary Halvorson (born October 16, 1980) is an American avant-garde jazz composer and guitarist from Brookline, Massachusetts. Among her many collaborations, she has: led a trio with and Ches Smith, and a quintet with the addition of Jon Irabag ...

2019 MacArthur Fellow; avant-garde jazz composer and guitarist * James Longley 1994–2009 MacArthur Fellow; documentarian, including ''

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...

'', ''

Iraq in Fragments ''Iraq in Fragments'' is a documentary film directed by James Longley. Longley shot the film in Digital Video on a Panasonic DVX100 miniDV camcorder. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it won three awards: "Directing Award ...

'', '' Sari's Mother'' *

2015 MacArthur Fellow; Broadway actor, composer, playwright, and lyricist ( ''In the Heights'', ''Hamilton''); 2008

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 c ...

winner for Best Musical and Best Original Score, 2008

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

for

Best Musical Show Album The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award is generally given to the album producer, principal vocalist(s), and the composer and lyricist if they have written a new score which comprises 51% or more pla ...

, 2016

winner.

Academy, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy awards

Academy awards and nominations

Miguel Arteta Miguel Arteta (born 1965) is a Puerto Rican director of film and television, known for his independent film ''Chuck & Buck'' (2000), for which he received the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, and for the films '' The Good Girl'' (2002 ...

(1989) – Student Academy Award, Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award; film director (''

Chuck & Buck ''Chuck & Buck'' is a 2000 American black comedy drama film directed by Miguel Arteta. It was written by and starred Mike White in the leading role. Plot Buck O'Brien is a 27-year-old amateur playwright with the maturity level of an adolescent. W ...

'', '' The Good Girl'', '' Youth in Revolt'', ''

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. I ...

'') *

Shari Springer Berman Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers. Biographies Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York. Springer Berman graduated from Wesleyan Univ ...

(1985) –

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-nominated screenwriter, director, '' American Splendor'' (Best Adapted Screenplay); '' The Extra Man'', ''

Cinema Verite ''Cinema Verite'' is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of th ...

'' *

Akiva Goldsman Akiva J. Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making motion pictures and adaptations of popular novels. Goldsman's filmography as a screenwriter includes '' The Client''; '' Batman Forever'' and its sequel '' ...

(1983) –

-winning screenwriter, '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001,

Best Adapted Screenplay This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress# ...

);

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of ...

; '' The Client'', '' A Time to Kill'' * Michael Gottwald (2006) – producer; 2012 nomination,

Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only categ ...

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best of New Orleans. Paragraph 10. By Ken Korman. Retrieved January 16, 2013. * Dan Janvey (2006) – director, producer; 2012 nomination,

* Sebastian Junger (1984) – documentarian; '' Restrepo''; 2011

nomination;

Grand Jury Prize A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

, Best Documentary, 2010

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,6 ...

Kenneth Lonergan Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and ' ...

– playwright, screenwriter, director; nominated for two

s (2002, ''

Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book '' The Gangs of New York''. The film stars Le ...

''; 2000, '' You Can Count on Me'') and

(2001, ''The Waverley Gallery'');

, Best Drama, 2000

('' You Can Count on Me'') * James Longley (1994) – documentarian; Student Academy Award (1994);

-nominated ''

'' (2007),

-nominated '' Sari's Mother'' (2008); three jury awards,

2006 Sundance Film Festival The 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 19, to January 29, 2006. It was held in Park City, with screenings in Salt Lake City; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival, and the ...

Laurence Mark Laurence Mark is an American film and television producer. His works include ''The Greatest Showman'' (2017), ''Julie & Julia'' (2009), ''Dreamgirls'' (2006), ''I, Robot'' (2004), ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997), and ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996). ...

(1971) – producer, nominated for three

s: ''

Jerry Maguire ''Jerry Maguire'' is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama sports film written, produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe; it stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, and Regina King. Produced in part by James L. Brooks, it was ins ...

'', '' As Good as It Gets'', ''

Working Girl ''Working Girl'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island who t ...

''; ''

Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others,G ...

'' (won

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Eligibility Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in ...

);

Independent Spirit Award The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glas ...

; '' Julie & Julia'' * Roger Weisberg (1975) – documentarian; nominated for two Academy Awards (2000, ''

Sound and Fury "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" is the beginning of the second sentence of one of the most famous soliloquy, soliloquies in William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Macbeth''. It takes place in the beginning of the fifth scene of Act 5, during the ti ...

''; 2002, '' Why Can't We Be a Family Again'') 1994 Peabody Award (''Road Scholar'');Staff (undated)
"About the Film"
PBS. Retrieved November 16, 2012. 100 other awards * Paul Weitz (1988) –

-nominated director, '' American Pie''; '' About a Boy'', '' Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'', ''

Little Fockers ''Little Fockers'' (known as ''Meet the Parents: Little Fockers'' in the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia) is a 2010 American comedy film and the third and final film in the ''Meet the Parents'' film series, serving as a sequel to '' Meet the Pa ...

'' *

Joss Whedon Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American filmmaker, composer, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series: ...

(1987) –

-nominated screenwriter, ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the '' Toy Story ...

''; ''

Speed In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...

''; director, screenwriter, ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

'', ''

Serenity Serenity may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Serenity'' (2019 film), a thriller starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Diane Lane * Sailor Moon (character), also known as Princess Serenity and Neo-Queen Serenity, in the ' ...

'', ''

The Cabin in the Woods ''The Cabin in the Woods'' is a 2011 science fiction horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard. It stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, ...

'', '' The Avengers'' *

Allie Wrubel Elias Paul "Allie" Wrubel (January 15, 1905 – December 13, 1973) was an American composer and songwriter. Biography Wrubel was born to a Jewish family in Middletown, Connecticut, United States, the son of Regina (née Glasscheib) and Isaac ...

–

-winning composer, songwriter, ''

Song of the South ''Song of the South'' is a 1946 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated musical film, musical drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson; produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. ...

'', song, "

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie '' Song of the South'', sung by James Baskett. For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best ...

" (1947,

Best Original Song This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

);

Songwriters Hall of Fame The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work, represent, and maintain, the her ...

Benh Zeitlin Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (; born October 14, 1982) is an American filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the 2012 film ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', for which he received two Academy Award nominations. Early life Zeitlin was born in M ...

(2004) – filmmaker, composer, director; his ''

Beasts of the Southern Wild ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' is a 2012 American fantasy-drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin. It was adapted by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar from Alibar's one-act play ''Juicy and Delicious''. The film stars Quvenzhané W ...

'' garnered four 2012 Academy Award nominations; 2012

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week The International ...

award,

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

; 2012

, Dramatic,

Emmy awards

=Emmy awards in journalism

= *

David Brancaccio David A. Brancaccio (; born May 17, 1960) is an American radio and television journalist. He is the host of the public radio business program ''Marketplace (radio program), Marketplace Morning Report'' and the PBS newsmagazine ''Now on PBS, Now' ...

(1982) –

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

-winning newscaster and host, '' NOW on PBS''; DuPont-Columbia Award;

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

* Dina Kaplan (1993) – 2007

for Spot News *

Randall Pinkston Randall Pinkston was a correspondent/anchor for Al Jazeera America. Previously he was with CBS News. After a stint as a White House Correspondent in CBS's Washington Bureau, Pinkston became a general assignment reporter, contributing to CBS bro ...

(1972) – three-time

-winning television journalist;

RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award The Radio Television Digital News Association (formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association) has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Among the most prestigious ...

* Stephen Talbot (1970) – television reporter, writer, producer for PBS "Frontline"; two

s, two

s; Edward Murrow Award; DuPont-Columbia Award;

Edgar Allan Poe Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...

=Emmy awards in film and television

= *

Phil Abraham Phil Abraham is an American cinematographer and television director. He worked on all six seasons of ''The Sopranos'', initially as a camera operator, then as a cinematographer and eventually as an episodic director. He won the 2008 Primetime Emm ...

–

-winning film and television

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

, director *

Dana Delany Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama ''China Beach'' (1988–1991), for which s ...

(1978) – two

s; actress; television shows ''

China Beach ''China Beach'' is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by American and Australia ...

'', ''

Presidio Med ''Presidio Med'' is an American medical drama television series created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, that aired on CBS from September 24, 2002 to January 24, 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells ...

'', ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry, Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from Octobe ...

'', ''

Body of Proof ''Body of Proof'' is an American medical/crime comedy-drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011, to May 28, 2013, and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Christopher Murphey and p ...

''; films '' Tombstone'', ''

Fly Away Home ''Fly Away Home'' ( ''Flying Wild'' and ''Father Goose'') is a 1996 family drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delany. ''Fly Away Home'' was released on September 13, 1996, by Columbia Pic ...

'' * Janet Grillo (1980) –

-winning producer; writer and director *

Evan Katz Evan Katz is a television writer and television producer. He is best known for his work as executive producer of the hit television series '' 24''. Career Katz is the executive producer of the hit television series '' 24'', which aired original ...

–

-winning writer, executive producer of television series '' 24'' *

David Kohan David Sanford Kohan (born April 16, 1964) is an American television producer and writer. After writing for ''The Wonder Years'' and ''The Dennis Miller Show'', Kohan co-created and produced ''Will & Grace'', ''Boston Common'', ''Good Morning, M ...

(1986) –

-winning co-creator, executive producer, ''

Will & Grace ''Will & Grace'' is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing), ...

'' and ''

Good Morning, Miami ''Good Morning, Miami'' is an American sitcom created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. The series ran on NBC from September 26, 2002, to December 18, 2003, and centered around the personal and professional life of Jake (Mark Feuerstein), the exec ...

'' * Diane Kolyer –

winner for Outstanding Children's Program (2004); director, writer, producer *

Michael E. Knight Michael Edward Knight (born May 7, 1959) is an American actor, best known for his role as Tad Martin on ABC soap opera '' All My Children''. Biography Knight was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He was educated at The Thacher School in Ojai, Cal ...

(1980) – three

s; actor, best known for his role as

Tad Martin Tad Martin is a fictional character from the American daytime drama, ''All My Children''. Tad was played by three actors, according to the age of the character: Matthew Anton, John E. Dunn, and Michael E. Knight. Knight has portrayed the role on a ...

on ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...

'' *

Jeffrey Lane Jeffrey Lane is an author, television scriptwriter, film producer and actor. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University. Career Broadway Lane wrote the book for the musical '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'', which ran on Broadway in 2005 and was nominate ...

– five

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

, two

s, three

Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is the joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers: * The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), headquartered in New York City and affiliated with the AFL–CIO * The Writers Guil ...

Awards; author, television scriptwriter, film producer * Alan Levin (1946) – three

s; maker of documentaries *

Marc Levin Marc Levin is an American independent film producer and director. He is best known for his '' Brick City'' TV series, which won the 2010 Peabody award and was nominated for an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking and his dramat ...

(1973) – three

s (1988, 1989, 1999), documentary filmmaker; 1998

award,

; 1998

; 1997 DuPont-Columbia Award; founder

Blowback Productions Blowback Productions is an independent film and television production company founded in 1988 by Marc Levin. Levin and his producing partner Daphne Pinkerson have made over 30 films and won numerous awards. For over 20 years, Blowback Productions ...

(1988) *

Bruce McKenna Bruce C. McKenna (born March 14, 1962) is an American writer for television and film. He was the co-executive producer, creator, principal writer and researcher on the 2010 HBO 10 part mini-series, ''The Pacific (miniseries), The Pacific'', which ...

(1984) –

-winning television and movie producer, writer;

Writers Guild Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility The ...

; '' The Pacific'' * Jim Margolis – six

s (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007), writer, producer, co-executive producer, ''

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' * Mary McDonagh Murphy – six

s; independent documentary film director, writer and producer * Owen Renfroe – three

s; three

Directors Guild of America Award The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards. Catego ...

s, television soap opera director; former film editor *

Matthew Senreich Matthew Ian Senreich (; born June 17, 1974) is an American screenwriter, television producer, director, and voice actor best known for his work with animated television series ''Robot Chicken'', which he co-created with business partner and close ...

(1996) –

-winning screenwriter, director; producer, ''

Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...

'' *

Bill Sherman Bill Sherman is an American composer, producer, arranger, and orchestrator. He is known for his work on ''In the Heights'', ''Hamilton'', and ''Sesame Street''. Sherman was born in New York to Susan B. Sherman and Dr. Fredrick T. Sherman. Sherma ...

(2002) –

-winning composer (2011); currently Musical Director of ''Sesame Street'' *

Matthew Weiner Matthew Hoffman Weiner () (born June 29, 1965) is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series ''Mad Men'', and as a writer and executive producer on ''The Sopranos''. ...

(1987) – 2011 ''Time'''s "100 Most Influential People in the World"; ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'', one of 21 ''Brave Thinkers 2011''; nine

s, three

s; creator, executive producer, writer, ''

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 fict ...

''; screenwriter, supervising producer, ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...

'' * Roger Weisberg (1975) – documentarian;

–winning series ''Help Yourself''; Dupont-Columbia Award *

(1987) –

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of profe ...

, two

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...

s; writer, creator, producer, director, ''

'', ''

Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...

'', ''

Firefly The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...

'', ''

Dollhouse A dollhouse or doll's house is a toy home made in miniature. Since the early 20th century dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children, but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults. English-speakers in North America ...

'', ''

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'' is a 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries in three acts, produced exclusively for Internet distribution. Filmed and set in Los Angeles, the show tells the story of Dr. Horrible (played by Neil Patrick Harris) ...

'' *

Bradley Whitford Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which he w ...

(1981) –

-winning actor; television dramas, ''

The West Wing ''The West Wing'' is an American serial (radio and television), serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the ...

'', ''

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' is an American comedy-drama television series created and primarily written by Aaron Sorkin. The series was about the production of a live comedy series, similar to ''Saturday Night Live''. Produced by Warner B ...

''; films, ''

Billy Madison ''Billy Madison'' is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald, Darren McGavin, Mark Beltzman, and Larry Hankin. The film was written by Sandler ...

'', ''

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' ''The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Foreve ...

'' * Bill Wrubel (1985) – three

s (2010, 2011, 2012); co-executive producer, writer ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of thr ...

'', ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian t ...

'', ''

Tony and Grammy awards

Bill Cunliffe William Henry Cunliffe Jr. (born June 26, 1956), is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Cunliffe was born in Andover, Massachusetts. He discovered music at an early age, with particular emphasis on classical music as well as jaz ...

(1978) – jazz pianist, composer, arranger; 2009

; won 1989

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "B ...

International Jazz Piano Award; won several Down Beat Awards; 2

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

nominations; 4

Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

nominations *

Thomas Kail Thomas Kail (born January 30, 1978) is an American theatre director, known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals ''In the Heights'' and ''Hamilton'', garnering the 2016 Tony Award for Best Dir ...

(1999) – director;

winner for ''

'' and nominee for ''

In the Heights ''In the Heights'' is a musical theatre, musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a Book (musical theatre), book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the larg ...

'' * Jorge Arevalo Mateus (PhD) – 2008

(Best Historical Recording); Curator/Archivist, Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives (1996–) *

(2002) – creator, composer, lyricist, actor: ''

'' (two

s, 2008, Best Musical and Best Original Score;

, 2009) and ''

'' (three

s, 2016, Best Musical, Best Book of A Musical, Best Original Score; Grammy Award, 2016) * Jeffrey Richards (producer) (1969) – producer; six

s; including 2012

for Best Revival of a Musical, '' 2011 The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Paulus adaptation)''; '' August: Osage County'' (

, five

Tony Awards 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 ...

); co-producer, '' Spring Awakening'' (three

) *

L. Shankar Lakshminarayana Shankar (born 26 April 1950), better known as L. Shankar, Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian violinist, singer and composer. Early life, family and education Shankar was born in Madras, India, and raised in Ceylon (current- ...

(PhD) –

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

Indian virtuoso violinist, composer; professor of music; 1994

; 1996

nomination * Bill Sherman (2002) – orchestrator, arranger; 2008

, Best Orchestration (

), 2009

* Frank Wood (1984) –

-winning actor (''

Side Man ''Side Man'' is a memory play by Warren Leight. His inspiration was his father Donald, who worked as a sideman, in jazz parlance a musician for hire who can blend in with the band or star as a solo performer, according to what is required by the g ...

''); ''

Angels in America ''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'' is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for O ...

Academia

Presidents, chancellors, founders

See also: Religion, below, for listing of additional college presidents * Samuel Rogers Adams (B.A. 1851, M.A. 1856) – president, predecessor of the

University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton College, in Grantham, England. UE offers more than 80 differ ...

(1856–61) * David Allison (B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862) – president,

Mount Allison University Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839. Like other liberal arts colleges in North America, Mount Allison does not parti ...

, Canada (1891–1911); 2nd president, Mount Allison College, Canada (1869–78) * John W. Beach (1845) – 7th president, Wesleyan University (1880–87) * Joseph Beech (1899) – co-founder, 1st president,

West China Union University The West China Union University ( zh, t=華西協合大學), also called West China University or Huaxi University, was a private university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It was the product of the collective efforts of four Protestant, denominational ...

Chengtu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese province ...

, China *

Douglas J. Bennet Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (June 23, 1938 – June 10, 2018) was an American political official and college president. He was the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007. Before that, he served as ...

(1959) – 15th president, Wesleyan (1995–07) * Katherine Bergeron (1980) – 11th president,

Connecticut College Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut. It is a residential, four-year undergraduate institution with nearly all of its approximately 1,815 students living on campus. The college w ...

(2014–) * Anthony S. Caprio (1967) – 5th president,

Western New England College Western New England University is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts. Academic programs are provided through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Engineering, School of Law, and College of Pharmacy and ...

(since 1996) * Hiram Chodosh (1985) – 5th president elect of

Claremont McKenna College Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It has a curricular emphasis on government, economics, public affairs, finance, and internat ...

(2013–) * Charles Collins (1837) – 1st president

Emory and Henry College Emory & Henry College (E&H or Emory) is a private liberal arts college in Emory, Virginia. The campus comprises of Washington County, which is part of the Appalachian highlands of Southwest Virginia. Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry College is ...

(1832–52); 11th president,

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

(1852–60) * Edward Cooke (1838) – 1st president,

(1853–59); 2nd President,

Claflin University Claflin University is a private historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Founded in 1869 after the American Civil War by northern missionaries for the education of freedmen and their children, it offers bachelor's and master's ...

b (

HBCU Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Mo ...

) (1872–84); Board of Examiners,

Joseph Cummings Joseph Cummings (March 3, 1817 – May 7, 1890) was an American academic who served as the 5th president of Wesleyan University from 1857 to 1875, the 5th president of Northwestern University from 1881 to 1890, and the president of Genesee Colleg ...

(1840) – 5th president, Wesleyan (1857–75); 5th president,

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 ...

(1881–90); president, predecessor of

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

(

Genesee College Genesee College was founded as the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, in 1831, by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The college was located in Lima, New York, and eventually relocated to Syracuse, becoming Syracuse University. Genesee Wesleyan Seminary ...

) * W. H. Daniels – interim president, Pentecostal Collegiate Institute, antecedent of

Eastern Nazarene College The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a private, Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established as a holiness college in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1900, the college moved to Rhode Island for several years. With its expansion to a four-y ...

* Joseph Denison (1840) – co-founder, 1st president,

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

(1863–73); president,

Baker University Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas. Founded in 1858, it was the first four-year university in Kansas and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Baker University is made up of four schools. The College of Art ...

(1874–79); 1st president,

Blue Mont Central College Blue Mont Central College was a private, Methodist institute of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. The college was incorporated in February 1858, and was the forerunner of Kansas State University. After Kansas became ...

Nicholas Dirks Nicholas B. Dirks is an American academic and the former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Dirks is the author of numerous books on South Asian history and culture, primarily concerned with the impact of British colonial rule. ...

(1972) – 10th chancellor-designate,

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 ...

(effective June 1, 2013); professor, anthropology, history, and dean, faculty of arts and sciences,

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Paul Douglass Paul Douglass (1905–1988) was president of American University from 1941 until 1952. His ascent to the office marked a change in the title from Chancellor to President. Douglass was a graduate of Wesleyan University and received masters and docto ...

– 6th president,

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was charte ...

(1941–52) * Gordon P. Eaton (1951) – 12th president,

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 ...

(1986–90) *

Ignatius Alphonso Few Ignatius Alphonso Few was an attorney, farmer, and preacher who was selected to lead "a school for manual labor", which subsequently failed and was replaced by a program for “sub-freshmen” at the newly established Emory College. Few became the ...

(1838) – co-founder and first president,

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 ...

* Cyrus David Foss (1854) – 6th president, Wesleyan (1875–80) * E. K. Fretwell (1944) – president,

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 1846 ...

(1967–78); 2nd chancellor,

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colle ...

(1979–89); interim president,

University of Massachusetts The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and a medica ...

(1991–92); interim president,

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

(1998) * Charles Wesley Gallagher (A.B. 1870, A.M. 1873) – 6th president,

(1889–93) * Bishop

John W. Gowdy John W. Gowdy (Chinese: 高智約翰; Pinyin: ''Gāozhì Yuēhàn''; Foochow Romanized: ''Gŏ̤-dé Iók-hâng''; 7 December 1869 – 1963) was a Scottish American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church (USA), The Method ...

(1897) – president, Anglo-Chinese College, in

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

, China (1904–23); president,

Fukien Christian University Fujian Normal University () is a public university in Fuzhou, Fujian Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the ...

(1923–27) * A. LeRoy Greason (1944) – 12th president,

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

(1981–90) * William R. Greiner (1955) – 13th president,

(1991–03); also professor, dean, and provost of the

University at Buffalo Law School The University at Buffalo School of Law (also known as State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, or SUNY Buffalo Law School) is a graduate professional school at the University at Buffalo. Founded in 1887 and affiliate with Niagara Univ ...

* Burton Crosby Hallowell – 9th president,

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. ...

(1967–76) *

Abram W. Harris Abram Winegardner Harris (November 7, 1858 – February 21, 1935) was the fourteenth president of Northwestern University, serving from 1906 to 1916. He was also the first President of the University of Maine from 1896 to 1906. Biography Abram W. ...

– 14th president,

(1906–16); 1st president,

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universities, flagshi ...

(1896–06); president,

Maine State College The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classified ...

(1893–96) * Bishop

Erastus Otis Haven Erastus Otis Haven (November 1, 1820 – August 2, 1881) was an American academic administrator, serving as president or chancellor of three universities in succession from 1863-1880. He was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1880 u ...

(1842) – 2nd president,

(1863–69); 6th president,

; 2nd Chancellor,

; overseer,

Clark T. Hinman Clark Titus Hinman (August 3, 1819 – October 21, 1854) was the first president of Northwestern University. Hinman was born in Delaware County, New York into a Methodist family. He attended Wesleyan University, and after graduation served as an i ...

– 1st president,

(1853–54 (death)); president,

Albion College Albion College is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan. The college was founded in 1835 and its undergraduate population was approximately 1,500 students in 2014. They participate in NCAA Division III and the Michigan Intercolle ...

(1846–53) *

Francis S. Hoyt Francis Southack Hoyt (November 5, 1822 – January 21, 1912) was an American educator from the state of Vermont. A minister and the son of a minister, he served as the first President of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he and his wif ...

(1844) – 1st president,

Willamette University Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated ...

(1853–60) *

Harry Burns Hutchins Harry Burns Hutchins (April 8, 1847 – January 25, 1930) was the fourth president of the University of Michigan (1909–1920). Biography On April 8, 1847, Harry B. Hutchins was born in Lisbon, New Hampshire. Hutchins got his education at New Ham ...

(1870) – 4th president,

(1910–20), twice acting president; dean,

University of Michigan Law School The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a Public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1859, the school offers Master of Laws (LLM), Master of C ...

; organized law department,

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 teach an ...

Isaac J. Lansing Isaac J. Lansing (1846–1920) was the president of Clark Atlanta University from 1874 to 1876, and the pastor at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts from 1893 to 1897. Isaac Lansing was born in 1846 in Watervliet, New York. He grad ...

(B.A. 1872, graduate student 1872–73, M.A. 1875) – president, predecessor,

Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Found ...

(

) (1874–76) * Gregory Mandel - Dean at

Temple University Beasley School of Law The Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law is the law school of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and enrolls about 530 students. Student body Admission for fall 2019 entering class was highly compe ...

* Oliver Marcy (1846) – twice acting president,

(1876–81, 1890); established the Northwestern University Museum of Natural History, served as its curator *

Anthony Marx Anthony William "Tony" Marx (born February 28, 1959) is an American academic. He became the current president and CEO of the New York Public Library in July 2011, succeeding Paul LeClerc. Marx is the former president of Amherst College, in A ...

(1981, attended 1977–79) – 18th president,

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

(2003–11); president,

New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress ...

(2011–) * Russell Zelotes Mason (B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847) – 2nd president,

(1861–65); acting president, (1859–61); mayor,

Appleton, Wisconsin Appleton ( mez, Ahkōnemeh) is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. One of the Fox Cities, it is situated on the Fox River, southwest of Green Bay and north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the c ...

William Williams Mather William Williams Mather (24 May 1804 – 26 February 1859) was an American geologist. Biography He was a lineal descendant of Richard Mather's son Timothy. He was admitted to the U.S. Military Academy in 1823. In 1826 and 1827 he led his class in ...

(A.M. 1834) – acting president,

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

(1845) * Bishop

Samuel Sobieski Nelles Samuel Sobieski Nelles (October 17, 1823 – October 17, 1887) was a Canadian Methodist minister and academic. Born in Mount Pleasant in what was then Upper Canada, Nelles was the eldest son of William Nelles and Mary Hardy who had immigrate ...

(1846) – 1st chancellor, president,

Victoria University in the University of Toronto Victoria University is a federated university forming part of the wider University of Toronto, and was founded in 1836. The undergraduate section of the university is Victoria College, informally ''Vic'', after the original name of the univers ...

, Ontario, Canada (1884–87); president, Victoria College * John McClintock (1834) – 1st president,

Drew Theological Seminary Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey. Drew has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three scho ...

(later,

Drew University Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey. Drew has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three scho ...

) * Frank L. McVey (B.A.) – 4th president,

University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of ...

(1909–17); 3rd president,

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

(1917–40); economist *

John W. North John Wesley North (January 4, 1815 – February 22, 1890) was an American abolitionist, lawyer, and politician. A founder of the Republican Party of Minnesota, North also served in Minnesota's constitutional convention. As a legislator in the Mi ...

– co-founder,

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

; founding member of its board of regents (1851–60); wrote university's

charter A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...

* Henry S. Noyes (1848) – twice interim president,

(1854–56, 1860–67) * Brother John R. Paige (M.A.) – president, Holy Cross College (2010–); prior vicar general, the

Congregation of Holy Cross , image = Congregation of Holy Cross.svg , image_size = 150px , abbreviation = CSC , formation = , founder = Blessed Fr. Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau, C.S.C. , founding_location = ...

in Rome * Bishop Charles Henry Payne (A.B. 1856, A.M. 1859) – 3rd president,

Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842 by methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium ...

(1876–88) * Humphrey Pickard (B.A. 1839) – 1st president, Mount Allison Wesleyan College, Canada (later known as

) (1862–1869) * Matias Perez y Ponce (B.A.) – founder and first president, Cagayan Teachers College (Philippine Islands) (1948–1968) * John A. Randall (1881) – 4th president,

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in the town of Henrietta, New York, Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree ...

(1922–36) * George Edward Reed (1869) – 15th president,

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

(1889–1911); with William Tickett, re-established

Dickinson School of Law Penn State Dickinson Law, formerly Dickinson School of Law, is a public law school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is one of two separately accredited law schools of The Pennsylvania State University. According to Penn State Dickinson Law's 2019 ...

in 1890 * David Rhodes (1968) – 2nd president,

School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by ...

(incumbent as of 2010) *

Edward Loranus Rice Edward Loranus Rice (1871-1960) was a biologist and educator who served as the acting president of Ohio Wesleyan University. He was best known for his 1924 debate with William Jennings Bryan on the topic of biological evolution and serving as a s ...

(A.B. 1892, Sc.D. 1927) – acting president,

(1938–39); biologist; scientific consultant to

Clarence Darrow Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of t ...

before Scopes Trial *

(1865) – thrice acting president, Wesleyan University (1907, 1908–09, 1918); geologist, earned first PhD. in geology granted by

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

* B. T. Roberts – founder, predecessor of

Roberts Wesleyan College Roberts Wesleyan University is a private Christian university offering liberal arts and professional programs in Rochester, New York. It was the first educational institution established for Free Methodists in North America. Roberts is accredit ...

(named in his honor) *

Michael S. Roth Michael Scott Roth (born April 8, 1957) is an American academic and university administrator. He became the 16th president of Wesleyan University in 2007. Formerly, he was the 8th president of the California College of the Arts (2000–2007), ass ...

(1978) – 16th president, Wesleyan University (since 2007); 8th president,

California College of the Arts California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996 it opened a second campus in San ...

(2000–07) *

Richard S. Rust Richard Sutton Rust (September 12, 1815 – December 22, 1906) was an American Methodist preacher, abolitionist, educator, writer, lecturer, secretary of the Freedmen's Bureau, and founder of the Freedmen's Aid Society. He also helped found mul ...

(1841) – co-founder, 1st president,

Wilberforce University Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. It participates in t ...

(

); co-founder,

Rust College Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is one of ten historically black colleges ...

(HBCU) (named in his honor) * Richard W. Schneider (M.A. 1973) – 23rd president,

Norwich University Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont is a private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private and senior military college in the United States and offers bachelor's and master's degrees on-campus ...

(since 1992) * Edwin O. Smith (1893) – acting president, Connecticut Agricultural College (now the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

) (1908) * George Mckendree Steele (B.A. 1850, M.A. 1853) 3rd president

(1865–79) * Samuel Nowell Stevens (1921) – 9th president,

Grinnell College Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-st ...

(1940–54) *

Harold Syrett Harold Coffin Syrett (October 22, 1913 – July 29, 1984) was an American historian. He served as the executive editor of ''The Papers of Alexander Hamilton'' and as the fourth president of Brooklyn College. Biography Syrett was born on Presiden ...

(1935) – President of

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus. Being New York City's first publ ...

Beverly Daniel Tatum Beverly Christine Daniel Tatum (born September 27, 1954) is a psychologist, administrator, and educator who has conducted research and written books on the topic of racism. Focusing specifically on race in education, racial identity development in ...

(1975) – 9th president,

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 ...

(

) (2002–); acting president,

(2002) *

John Hanson Twombly John Hanson Twombly (July 19, 1814 – January 1, 1893) was a Methodist minister and the fourth president of the University of Wisconsin. He was known as an advocate for co-education and women's education, which led to tensions with the universit ...

(1843) – 5th president,

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

(1871–74); co-founder,

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a 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 its original campu ...

; overseer,

* Joseph Urgo (M.A.) – president,

St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) is a public liberal arts college in St. Mary's City, Maryland.Maryland State Archives, Online Manual, "St. Mary's College Of Maryland: Origin & Functions" http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/25univ/stmarys ...

(since 2010); former acting president,

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

(2009) *

Daniel C. Van Norman Daniel C. Van Norman (August 17, 1815 - June 24, 1886) was a Canadian-born American educator, clergyman, and school founder. Early life and education Daniel Cummings Van Norman was born in Nelson, Canada West, August 17, 1815. After a thoro ...

(1838) — educator, clergyman, and school founder *

(1850) – twice acting president, Wesleyan (1872–73, 1887–89); astronomer, mathematician * Francis Voigt (1962) – co-founder, president,

New England Culinary Institute The New England Culinary Institute (NECI) was a private for-profit culinary school in Montpelier, Vermont. It was founded on June 15, 1980, by Fran Voigt and John Dranow. The first NECI class, conducted by Chef Michel LeBorgne, had seven st ...

(incumbent as of 2010) *

Clarence Abiathar Waldo Clarence Abiathar Waldo (January 21, 1852 – October 1, 1926) was an United States of America, American mathematician, author and educator, most famous, today, for the role he played in the Indiana Pi Bill affair. Life and career Born in Ha ...

(A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878) – twice acting president,

Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) is a private university in Terre Haute, Indiana. Founded in 1874 in Terre Haute, Rose-Hulman is one of the United States' few undergraduate focused engineering and technology universities. Though it sta ...

(1885–86, 1888–89); mathematician * Henry White Warren (1853) – co-founder,

Iliff School of Theology Iliff School of Theology is a graduate Methodist theological school in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1892, the school's campus is adjacent to the University of Denver. Fewer than 200 students attend the school. Iliff is one of thirteen United ...

William Fairfield Warren William Fairfield Warren (March 13, 1833 – December 7, 1929) was the first president of Boston University. Biography Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, he graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (1853), and there beca ...

(1853) – co-founder,

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

in 1870; 1st President,

(1873–03); acting president,

Boston University School of Theology Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is the oldest theological seminary of American Methodism and the founding school of Boston University, the largest private research university in New England. It is one of thirteen theological school ...

(1866–73) *

Robert Weisbuch Robert Weisbuch is an American academic administrator and professor. He served as the eleventh President of Drew University from 2005 to 2012. Biography Weisbuch received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He spent ...

(1968) – 11th president,

(since 2005); former president,

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation The Institute for Citizens & Scholars (formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation) is a nonpartisan, non-profit based in Princeton, New Jersey that aims to strengthen American democracy by “cultivating the talent, ideas, ...

* Herbert George Welch (B.A. 1887, M.A. 1890) – 5th president,

(1905–16) * Bishop

Erastus Wentworth Erastus Wentworth (; Pinyin: ''Wànwéi''; Foochow Romanized: ''Uâng-ùi''; August 5, 1813 – May 26, 1886) was an educator, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and a missionary to Fuzhou, China. Life Dr. Wentworth was born in Stonington, Conn ...

(B.A. 1837) – 7th president,

McKendree College McKendree University (McK) is a private university in Lebanon, Illinois. Founded in 1828 as the Lebanon Seminary, it is the oldest college or university in Illinois. McKendree enrolls approximately 2,300 undergraduates and nearly 700 graduate ...

(1846–50) * Georg Whitaker (1861) – 4th president,

Wiley College Wiley College is a private historically black college in Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is one of the oldest predominantly black col ...

(1888–91) (

); 7th president,

(1891–93); president,

Portland University Portland University was a private, Methodist post-secondary school in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1891 in a split from Willamette University, the school closed in 1900. The campus was located in what is now the University Park ne ...

Alexander Winchell Alexander Winchell (December 31, 1824, in North East, New York – February 19, 1891, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a United States geologist who contributed to this field mainly as an educator and a popular lecturer and author. His views on evol ...

(B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850) – 1st chancellor,

(1872–74) * Elizabeth C. Wright (1897) – principal co-counder and secretary, registrar, and later 1st bursar,

Henry Merritt Wriston Henry Merritt Wriston (July 4, 1889 – March 8, 1978) was an American educator, presidential advisor, and served as president at both Brown University and Lawrence University. Early life Henry Merritt Wriston was born in Laramie, Wyoming, the s ...

(B.A. 1911, M.A.) – 11th president,

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

(1937–55); 8th president,

(1925–37); father of

Walter B. Wriston Walter Bigelow Wriston (August 3, 1919 – January 19, 2005) was a banker and former chairman and CEO of Citicorp. As chief executive of Citibank / Citicorp (later Citigroup) from 1967 to 1984, Wriston was widely regarded as the single most influe ...

(see below) *

Kennedy Odede Kennedy Odede is a Kenyan social entrepreneur and author. Odede is the co-founder and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a movement based in Nairobi, Kenya, and New York, USA. Odede was awarded the 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship and ...

(2012); founder;

Shining Hope for Communities Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) is a grassroots movement based in Nairobi, Kenya in urban slums providing services, community advocacy platforms, and education and leadership development for women and girls. SHOFCO serves more than 350,000 ...

, Nairobi, Kenya

Professors and scholars

David Abram David Abram (born June 24, 1957) is an American ecologist and philosopher best known for his work bridging the philosophical tradition of phenomenology with environmental and ecological issues. He is the author of ''Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cos ...

(1980) – philosopher, cultural ecologist *

Kenneth R. Andrews Kenneth Richmond Andrews (May 24, 1916 – September 4, 2005), was an American academic who, along with H. Igor Ansoff and Alfred D. Chandler, was credited with the foundational role in introducing and popularizing the concept of business strategy ...

(M.A. 1932) – academic credited with foundational role (at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

) in introducing, popularizing concept of

business strategy In the field of management, strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by an organization's managers on behalf of stakeholders, based on consideration of resources and an assessmen ...

Elliot Aronson Elliot Aronson (born January 9, 1932) is an American psychologist who has carried out experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance, and invented the Jigsaw Classroom, a cooperative teaching technique which facilitates learning while reducing ...

(M.A. 1956) – among 100 most eminent psychologist of 20th century *

John William Atkinson John William Atkinson (December 31, 1923 – October 27, 2003), also known as Jack Atkinson, was an American psychologist who pioneered the scientific study of human motivation, achievement and behavior. He was a World War II veteran, teacher, ...

(1947) – psychologist, pioneered the scientific study of human

motivation Motivation is the reason for which humans and other animals initiate, continue, or terminate a behavior at a given time. Motivational states are commonly understood as forces acting within the agent that create a disposition to engage in goal-dire ...

, achievement, and behavior *

(1865) – chemist, leader in development of agricultural chemistry * Adam J. Berinsky (1992) – professor of political science,

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 ...

Albert Francis Blakeslee Albert Francis Blakeslee (November 9, 1874 – November 16, 1954) was an American botanist. He is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi. He was the brother of the Far East scholar George Hubbard B ...

(1896) – botanist, director of the

; professor,

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College ...

George Hubbard Blakeslee George Hubbard Blakeslee (August 27, 1871 – May 5, 1954) was an academic, professor of history and international relations at Clark University, and a founder (along with G. Stanley Hall) of the '' Journal of Race Development'', the first America ...

(A.B. 1893, A.M. 1897) – professor of history,

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...

; founded the first American journal devoted to international relations *

Jennifer Finney Boylan Jennifer Finney Boylan (born June 22, 1958) is a bestselling author, transgender activist, professor at Barnard College, and a contributing opinion writer for the ''New York Times''. Early life and education Boylan was born in Valley Forge, Pen ...

(1980) – author, professor of English,

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthr ...

(1988–) *

Lael Brainard Lael Brainard (born January 1, 1962) is an American economist serving as the 22nd Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve since May 23, 2022. Prior to her term as vice chair, Brainard served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2 ...

– former professor of applied economics,

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, ...

Kenneth Bruffee Kenneth Bruffee (September 1, 1934–January 20, 2019) was an American writing center administrator and professor emeritus in the department of English at Brooklyn College. Background Bruffee published the first peer tutoring handbook, ''A Short ...

– emeritus professor of English; wrote first peer tutoring handbook * Leonard Burman (1975) – economist, tax-policy expert; Professor of public affairs,

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Maxwell School) is the professional public policy school of Syracuse University, a private research university in Syracuse, New York. The school is organized in 11 academic departments and 13 ...

Leslie Cannold Leslie Cannold (born in Port Chester, NY) is an Australian philosopher, ethicist, educationalist, writer, activist, and public intellectual. Education and career Born and raised in Armonk and Scarsdale, New York, Leslie Cannold migrated to ...

(1987) – academic ethicist; Australian

public intellectual An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or a ...

John Bissell Carroll John Bissell Carroll (June 5, 1916 – July 1, 2003) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, linguistics and psychometrics.Stansfield, Charles W. “Carroll, John Bissell.” ''Concise Encyclopedia of Educatio ...

(1937) – psychologist; known for his contributions to psychology, educational

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

and

psychometrics Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and ...

* John C. Cavadini (B.A. 1975) – professor and chair, Theology Department,

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

;

Vatican Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum The Holy See * The Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized ...

adviser;

Order of St. Gregory the Great The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great ( la, Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni; it, Ordine di San Gregorio Magno) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of ...

KC Chan Ceajer Chan Ka-keung (Traditional Chinese: 陳家強) GBS JP (born 1957), also referred to as KC Chan, is the former Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in the Government of Hong Kong. He is also the ''ex officio'' chairman of t ...

– former professor of finance and dean, business management,

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution ...

; Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (since 2007); *

Arthur W. Chickering Arthur W. Chickering was an educational researcher in the field of student affairs. He was known for his contribution to student development theories. In 1990 he was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. He ...

(1950) – educational researcher; known for contributions to student development theories * John H. Coatsworth (1963) – historian of Latin America; provost,

; dean,

School of International and Public Affairs The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. It ...

(2007–12) * Marion Cohen (PhD in mathematics ( distribution theory)) – mathematician and poet * Kate Cooper – Professor of Ancient History at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, England * Jeffrey N. Cox (1975) – professor of English literature; leading scholar of late-18th to early-19th-century theater and drama *

Norman Daniels thumb Norman Daniels (born 1942) is an American political philosopher and philosopher of science, political theorist, ethicist, and bioethicist at Harvard University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Before his career at Harvard ...

(1964) – philosopher, ethicist, and bioethicist,

Ram Dass Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and author. His best-selling 1971 book '' Be Here Now'', which has been d ...

(M.A.) – former professor of psychology,

; spiritual teacher; wrote book '' Be Here Now'' * Marc Davis (1989) – founding director, Yahoo! Research Berkeley * Walter Dearborn (B.A. 1900, M.A.) – pioneering educator, experimental psychologist; helped establish field of

reading education Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling ...

; longtime professor,

Daniel Dennett Daniel Clement Dennett III (born March 28, 1942) is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relat ...

(attended) – professor of philosophy,

;

Jean Nicod Prize The Jean Nicod Prize is awarded annually in Paris to a leading philosopher of mind or philosophically oriented cognitive scientist. The lectures are organized by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique as part of its effort to promote in ...

* Henrik Dohlman (1982) – professor and chair of pharmacology,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

* Raymond D. Fogelson –

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

; a founder of the subdiscipline of

ethnohistory Ethnohistory is the study of cultures and indigenous peoples customs by examining historical records as well as other sources of information on their lives and history. It is also the study of the history of various ethnic groups that may or may n ...

; professor,

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

Virginia Page Fortna Virginia Page Fortna is an American political scientist, a specialist in the study of peace negotiations. She is currently the Harold Brown Professor of U.S. Foreign and Security Policy at Columbia University. She is the recipient of the 2010 Kar ...

(1990) – professor of political science at

* Michael Foster – professor of Japanese literature, culture, and folklore; author *

Daniel Z. Freedman Daniel Zissel Freedman (born 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American theoretical physicist. He is an Emeritus Professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is currently a visiting profe ...

– physicist, professor of physics and

applied mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a combination of mathematical s ...

; co-discovered

supergravity In theoretical physics, supergravity (supergravity theory; SUGRA for short) is a modern field theory that combines the principles of supersymmetry and general relativity; this is in contrast to non-gravitational supersymmetric theories such as ...

(1975) – Pulitzer Prize for Biography; fellow,

* Mark H. Gelber (1972) – American-Israeli scholar of comparative literature and German-Jewish literature and culture * Gayatri Gopinath (1994) – scholar of social and cultural analysis; director,

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

American Studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, history, society, and culture. It traditionally incorporates literary criticism, historiography and critical theory. Sch ...

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, the ...

Adolf Grünbaum Adolf Grünbaum (; May 15, 1923 – November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher of science and a critic of psychoanalysis, as well as Karl Popper's philosophy of science. He was the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the Unive ...

(1943) –

philosopher of science A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

and critic of

psychoanalysis PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might b ...

and

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the cl ...

Saidiya Hartman Saidiya Hartman (born ) is an American writer and academic focusing on African-American studies. She is currently a University Professor at Columbia University. Early life Hartman was born in and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She earned a B. ...

– professor of African-American literature and history,

(as of 2010) * Robert H. Hayes (1958) –

Philip Caldwell Philip Caldwell (January 27, 1920 – July 10, 2013) was the first person to run the Ford Motor Company (after John S. Gray) who was not a member of the Ford family. He orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in busin ...

Professor of Business Administration (1966–2000), Emeritus (since 2001),

Ole Holsti Olavi Rudolf Holsti (August 7, 1933 – July 2, 2020) was an American political scientist and academic. He held the position of George V. Allen Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Duke University. He was noted for his writings on internation ...

(MAT 1956) – political scientist,

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

(1974–1998), emeritus chair (since 1998); creator,

inherent bad faith model The inherent bad faith model of information processing is a theory in political psychology that was first put forth by Ole Holsti to explain the relationship between John Foster Dulles' beliefs and his model of information processing. It is the m ...

Gerald Holton Gerald James Holton (born May 23, 1922) is an American physicist, historian of science, and educator, whose professional interests also include philosophy of science and the fostering of careers of young men and women. He is Mallinckrodt Profes ...

(1941) – emeritus professor of physics and professor of the

History of Physics Physics is a branch of science whose primary objects of study are matter and energy. Discoveries of physics find applications throughout the natural sciences and in technology. Physics today may be divided loosely into classical physics and mode ...

William G. Howell William G. Howell (born September 18, 1971) is an American political scientist and author. He is the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Chicago Harris and a professor in the Department of Politic ...

(1993) – Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at Chicago Harris and a professor in the Department of Political Science and the College at

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

Shelly Kagan Shelly Kagan () (born 1956) is Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, where he has taught since 1995. He is best known for his writings about moral philosophy and normative ethics. In 2007, Kagan's course about death was offered for fr ...

– Clark Professor of Philosophy,

; former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics, Yale University *

Douglas Kahn Douglas Kahn (born 1951 in Bremerton, Washington, USA) is known for his historical and theoretical writings on the use of sound in the avant-garde and experimental arts and music, energies in the arts, and history and theory of the media arts. Hi ...

(M.A. 1987) – Professor of Media and Innovation, National Institute for Experimental Arts,

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

; Professor Emeritus in Science and Technology Studies,

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 institut ...

; 2006

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

* Edwin W. Kemmerer – economist; economic adviser to foreign governments worldwide; professor,

William L. Lane William L. Lane (1931– March 8, 1999) was an American New Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies. Background and education Lane earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University, his M.Div. from Gordon Divinity School (1955), his Th.M. ...

–

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

theologian and professor of biblical studies *

Seth Lerer Seth Lerer (born 1955) is an American scholar who specializes in historical analyses of the English language, in addition to critical analyses of the works of several authors, particularly Geoffrey Chaucer. He is a Distinguished Professor of Liter ...

(1976) – professor of English and comparative literature,

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

Peter Lipton Peter Lipton (October 9, 1954 – November 25, 2007) was the Hans Rausing Professor and Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, King's College, until his ...

(1976) –

Hans Rausing Hans Anders Rausing, KBE (25 March 1926 – 30 August 2019) was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak, a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing, and ...

professor and head of the Department of

History and Philosophy of Science The history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an Discipline (academia), academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the History of science and technology, history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained ...

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

Richard M. Locke Richard Michael Locke (born April 22, 1959) is Dean of Apple University. Locke joined Apple after serving as the 13th provost of Brown University. He served as provost for 7.5 years, one of the longest serving provosts of Brown University. Biog ...

(1981)- Provost, Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at

; former deputy dean,

* Silas Laurence Loomis (1844) – professor of chemistry, physiology, and toxicology,

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Delmar R. Lowell Rev. Delmar Rial Lowell (November 29, 1844 – 1912) was a minister, Civil War veteran, American historian, and genealogist. Delmar was born in South Valley, NY to Reuben and Catherine Seeber Lowell. He used the spelling "Delm''e''r" for a fe ...

– historian and

genealogist Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinsh ...

Saree Makdisi Saree Makdisi (born 1964) is an American literary critic and professor; specializing in eighteenth and nineteenth century British literature. He is of Palestinian and Lebanese descent. He also writes on contemporary Arab politics and culture. M ...

(1987) – professor of English and comparative literature,

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

; also literary critic *

Harold Marcuse Harold Marcuse (born November 15, 1957 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is an American professor of modern and contemporary German history and public history. He teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Pat Dowell"German Filmmaker Tackle ...

(physics, 1979) – professor of modern and contemporary

German history The Germani tribes i.e. Germanic tribes are now considered to be related to the Jastorf culture before expanding and interacting with the other peoples. The concept of a region for Germanic tribes is traced to time of Julius Caesar, a Roman gen ...

* Harold Marks – British educator *

(1938) – noted for his work on achievement motivation; co-creator of scoring system for

Thematic Apperception Test Thematic apperception test (TAT) is a projective psychological test developed during the 1930s by Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan at Harvard University. Proponents of the technique assert that subjects' responses, in the narratives they ...

; professor,

Lee C. McIntyre Lee Cameron McIntyre is a research fellow at the Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He has pu ...

–

* Elmer Truesdell Merrill (1881) – Latin scholar; professor of Latin,

Joseph C. Miller Joseph Calder Miller (April 30, 1939 – March 12, 2019) was an American historian and academic. He served at the University of Virginia from 1972 to 2014 as T. Cary Johnson Jr. professor of history, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Art ...

(1961) – professor of history,

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

(since 1972) *

Indiana Neidell Indiana "Indy" Neidell (born 28 September 1967) is an American-Swedish documentarian, historian, actor, voice actor, musician and YouTube personality, best known for presenting the video series, ''The Great War'' on '' The Great War Channel'' whi ...

(1989) – historian, host and lead writer of The Great War YouTube channel * Eugene Allen Noble (1891) – president of

Centenary University Centenary University is a private liberal arts university in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Founded as a preparatory school by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1867, Centenary evolved into a Junior College for women and later ...

1902–1908, 3rd president of

Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church.https://archive.org/details/h ...

from 1908–1911, 16th president of

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

from 1911–1914 * Tavia Nyong'o (B.A.) – historian,

Kenyan ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

-American cultural critic; professor,

;

Marshall Scholarship The Marshall Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for "intellectually distinguished young Americans ndtheir country's future leaders" to study at any university in the United Kingdom. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious sc ...

* Thomas Pickard – Canadian professor of mathematics,

(1848–1869) *

Edward Bennett Rosa Edward Bennett Rosa (4 October 1873, Rogersville, Steuben County – 17 May 1921, Washington, D. C.) was an American physicist, specialising in measurement science. He received B.S. at Wesleyan University (1886) and taught physics at a school i ...

(1886) –

Elliott Cresson Medal The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute. The award was established by Elliott Cresson, life member of the Franklin Institute, with $1,000 granted in 1848. The ...

Franklin Institute The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named after the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin. It houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memori ...

; professor of physics (1891–1901) *

Horace Jacobs Rice Horace Jacobs Rice (September 25, 1882 – April 29, 1964) was an American attorney, legal instructor, and academic dean. Early life and education He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to the Rev. Charles Francis Rice and Miriam Owen Jacobs. He ...

(1905) – lawyer, Associate Dean,

Northeastern University School of Law Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) is the law school of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as an evening program to meet the needs of its local community, NUSL is nationally recognized for its cooperative legal ed ...

, Dean of the College of Western New England School of Law from *

Paul North Rice Paul North Rice (February 9, 1888 – April 16, 1967) was an American librarian who served as Chief of the Reference Department of the New York Public Library, Executive Secretary of the Association of Research Libraries and President of the Ameri ...

(1910) – librarian, Director of Reference at the

, Director of NYU libraries, Director of the Wesleyan University Library 1953-56 *

Juliet Schor Juliet B. Schor (born 1955) is an economist and Sociology Professor at Boston College. She has studied trends in working time, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic inequality, and concerns about climat ...

– professor, sociology,

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

; professor, economics (for 17 years),

Sanford L. Segal Sanford Leonard Segal ( – ) was a mathematician and historian of science and mathematics at the University of Rochester. Mathematically he specialized in analytic number theory, and complex analysis. He wrote the textbook ''Nine Introductions i ...

(1958) mathematician, professor of mathematics, historian of science and mathematics * Ira Sharkansky (1960) professor emeritus, political science,

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

; fellow National Academy of Public Administration *

Steven M. Sheffrin Steven M. Sheffrin is an economist who focuses on property tax limitations in the United States. He is the Director Emeritus of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and a professor of economics.

(1972) economist and expert on property tax limitations in the U.S. *

Horst Siebert Horst Siebert (20 March 1938 – 2 June 2009) was a German economist. He was a member of the German Council of Economic Experts from 1990 to 2003. Siebert also served as a member of both the Group of Economic Analysis (GEA) and the Group of Econom ...

– German economist; chair,

economic theory Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

(1989–2003),

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...

(1984–89),

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...

(1969–84) *

Neil Asher Silberman Neil Asher Silberman (born June 19, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American archaeologist and historian with a special interest in biblical archaeology. He is the author of several books, including ''The Hidden Scrolls'', '' The Message an ...

–

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and historian * Richard Slotkin (MAEE) – professor of American studies (appears above), published by

* Charles H. Smith (1972) – historian of science * Stephen M. Engel, political scientist, professor at

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 ...

(1998) *

Robert Stalnaker Robert Culp Stalnaker (born 1940) is an American philosopher who is Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Correspond ...

– Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy,

; delivered the 2006–2007

John Locke Lectures The John Locke Lectures are a series of annual lectures in philosophy given at the University of Oxford. Named for British philosopher John Locke, the Locke Lectures are the world's most prestigious lectures in philosophy, and are among the world' ...

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

H. Eugene Stanley Harry Eugene Stanley (born March 28, 1941) is an American physicist and University Professor at Boston University. He has made seminal contributions to statistical physics and is one of the pioneers of interdisciplinary science. His current r ...

(1962) – recipient, 2004

Boltzmann Medal The Boltzmann Medal (or Boltzmann Award) is a prize awarded to physicists that obtain new results concerning statistical mechanics; it is named after the celebrated physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. The Boltzmann Medal is awarded once every three years ...

; professor of physics,

* John Stauffer (

MALS Mals (; it, Malles Venosta ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland and Austria. History Coat-of-arms The emblem is party per fess: the upper of gul ...

1991) historian, 2002

Frederick Douglass Prize The Frederick Douglass Book Prize is awarded annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University Yale University is a Private unive ...

; chair, History of American Civilization and professor of English,

Harvard 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 higher le ...

* Leland Stowe (1921) – 1930

Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence {{Pulitzer The Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence was awarded from 1929 to 1947. Winners *1929: Paul Scott Mowrer of the ''Chicago Daily News'', for his coverage of international affairs including the Franco-British Naval Pact and Germany's campai ...

; recipient,

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

; professor and journalist,

Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...

(1955–1970), emeritus (1970) *

Mark C. Taylor Mark Taylor may refer to: Entertainment * Mark Taylor (animation director) (born 1961), creator of ''Rubbish, King of the Jumble'' * Mark Taylor (Canadian actor) (born 1977), Canadian television actor * Mark Taylor (drummer) (born 1962), English ...

(1968) – philosopher of religion, professor and chair of religion,

* Lawrence Rogers Thompson (B.A.) – 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Biography; professor of English,

Edward Thorndike Edward Lee Thorndike (August 31, 1874 – August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University. His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to the theory o ...

(1895) – psychologist; work led to theory of

connectionism Connectionism refers to both an approach in the field of cognitive science that hopes to explain mental phenomena using artificial neural networks (ANN) and to a wide range of techniques and algorithms using ANNs in the context of artificial in ...

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are addre ...

Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (24 July 1882, in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA – 28 December 1965, Columbia University Club, New York City) was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy. He was the son of a clergyman, Edward R. Thorndike, and the younge ...

(1902) –

; historian; former professor,

Robert L. Thorndike Robert Ladd Thorndike (September 22, 1910 – September 21, 1990) was an American psychometrician and educational psychologist who made significant contributions to the analysis of reliability, the interpretation of error, cognitive ability, and ...

(1941) –

psychometrician Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and ...

and

educational psychologist An educational psychologist is a psychologist whose differentiating functions may include diagnostic and psycho-educational Psychological evaluation, assessment, psychological counseling in educational communities (students, teachers, parents, ...

* Robert M. Thorndike (1965) – professor of psychology known for several definitive textbooks on research procedures and

Charles Tiebout Charles Mills Tiebout ( "TEE-bow") (1924–1968) was an American economist and geographer most known for his development of the Tiebout model, which suggested that there were actually non-political solutions to the free rider problem in local gov ...

(1950) – economist; known for his development of

Tiebout model The Tiebout model, also known as Tiebout sorting, Tiebout migration, or Tiebout hypothesis, is a positive political theory model first described by economist Charles Tiebout in his article "A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures" (1956). The essence ...

;

free rider problem In the social sciences, the free-rider problem is a type of market failure that occurs when those who benefit from resources, public goods (such as public roads or public library), or services of a communal nature do not pay for them or under-p ...

; feet voting * Aaron Louis Treadwell (B.S. 1888, M.S. 1890) – professor, biology and zoology,

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 ...

Albert E. Van Dusen Albert Edward Van Dusen (May 14, 1916 – November 26, 1999) was an Americans, American historian who served as Professor of History at the University of Connecticut from 1949 to 1983. He also served in the unpaid honorary position of Connecticut ...

(MA, PhD) – historian, professor of history,

(1949–1983); Connecticut State Historian (1952–1985) *

Edward Burr Van Vleck Edward Burr Van Vleck (June 7, 1863, Middletown, Connecticut – June 3, 1943, Madison, Wisconsin) was an American mathematician. Early life Van Vleck was born June 7, 1863, Middletown, Connecticut. He was the son of astronomer John Monroe Van ...

(1884) – mathematician; professor,

* Christian K. Wedemeyer (1991) – history of religions faculty,

University of Chicago Divinity School The University of Chicago Divinity School is a private graduate institution at the University of Chicago dedicated to the training of academics and clergy across religious boundaries. Formed under Baptist auspices, the school today lacks any s ...

* William Stone Weedon (M.S.) – University Professor,

(philosophy, mathematics, logic, linguistic analysis) *

Kenneth D. West Kenneth David West (born 1953) is the John D. MacArthur and Ragnar Frisch Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin. He is currently co-editor of the ''Journal of Money, Credit and Banking'', and has p ...

(1973) – professor of economics,

; developed (with Whitney K. Newey) the Newey-West estimator *

(1847) – professor of physics and civil engineering, professor of geology and paleontology at

* Caleb Thomas Winchester (1869) – scholar of English literature

Art and architecture

* Natalia Alonso (economics 2000) – professional dancer, Complexions Contemporary Ballet; former dancer, Ballet Hispanico * Steven Badanes (1967) – architect; known for his practice, teaching of design/build * I Made Bandem (PhD,

) – Balinese people, Balinese dancer, author; rector, Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta * Meredith Bergmann (1976) – sculptor, ''Women's Memorial'' (Boston) * Lisa Brown (artist), Lisa Brown (1993) – illustrator, author * Momodou Ceesay (artist), Momodou Ceesay (1970) – African fine artist and writer * George Fisk Comfort – founder, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Everson Museum of Art * Bradshaw Crandell – artist and illustrator; known as the "artist of the stars" * Jeffrey Deitch (1974) – art dealer, curator, and, since 2010, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) * Vincent Fecteau (1992) – sculptor; work in permanent collections, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art * Ralph Carlin Flewelling – architect * Ellen Forney (1989) – cartoonist; nomination, 2007 Eisner Award; illustrated winner, 2007

* Danny Forster (1999) – architect; host, ''Extreme Engineering'' and ''Build It Bigger'' * Renée Green – artist, sculptor; professor, MIT School of Architecture and Planning * Lyle Ashton Harris (1988) – artist; collage, installation art, performance art * Rachel Harrison (1989) – contemporary sculptor; multimedia artist; Alexander Calder, Calder Prize * Morrison Heckscher (1962) – art historian and retired curator of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art * Dana Hoey (1989) – visual artist working with photography * Jonathan Horowitz (1987) – multimedia artist; sculptor, sound installations * Wayne Howard (1971) – graphic artist; created ''Midnight Tales'' * Bruce Eric Kaplan – cartoonist (''The New Yorker''); television writer, (''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under''; ''Seinfeld'') * Stephan Koplowitz (1979) – choreographer, director; 2004 Alpert Awards in the Arts, Alpert Award in the Arts * Abigail Levine – choreographer, dancer * C. Stanley Lewis – artist, professor of art * Paul Lewis (architect), Paul Lewis 1998 – Rome Prize; director, Graduate Studies,

School of Architecture; principal, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL Architects), LTL Architects * Glenn Ligon – contemporary conceptual artist; work in collection of the White House * Nava Lubelski (1990) – contemporary artist * Thomas McKnight (artist) – artist; work commissioned by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton and in the permanent collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smithsonian Institution * Alix Olson (1997) – performance artist, award-winning slam poet * Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Jill Snyder (1979) – executive director, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland * John Spike (1973) – art historian of Italian Renaissance; contemporary art critic * Thomas Bangs Thorpe (1834–1837) – antebellum humorist, painter, illustrator, author * Lori Verderame (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, MLS) – best known as "Dr. Lor"; appraiser, American TV show ''Auction Kings'' * Robert Vickrey – artist and author; collections in Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art * Ben Weiner (2003) – contemporary artist; oil painting, video * Chris Wink – co-founder, Blue Man Group and Blue Man Creativity Center

Business

* Robert Allbritton (1992) – chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), Allbritton Communications; publisher, Politico *

(M.A. 1932) – credited with foundational role (at

) in introducing, popularizing concept of

– former CEO, National Public Radio (1983–93) * William Nanda Bissell, William Bissell – sole managing director, Fabindia (1993–) * Joshua Boger (1973) – founder (1989), chairman (1997–2006), CEO (1992-09), member of board (as of 2012), Vertex Pharmaceuticals * Jonathan S. Bush – co-founder, president, CEO, athenahealth (as of 2012) * Marc N. Casper (1990) – president, CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific (2009–) *

– ex-officio chairman, Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (2007–11); former director, Hong Kong Futures Exchange * Chirathivat family, Tos Chirathivat (1985) – CEO, Central Group, Central Retail * Robert Crispin (1968) – former president, CEO, ING Group Investment Management Americas (2001–07) * Ron Daniel (businessman), D. Ronald Daniel (1952) – managing partner (1976–88), McKinsey & Company; developed concept, critical success factors * David S. Daniel – CEO, Spencer Stuart (as of 2012); former president, Louis Vuitton (N.A.); former CEO, Evian Waters of France (U.S.) * Charles W. Denny III (1958) – president, chairman (2001–03), CEO (1992–03), Square D * Stuart J. Ellman (B.A. 1988) -Co-founder and Managing Partner at RRE Ventures. President of Board at 92nd Street Y. Adjunct Professor Columbia Business School * Edwin Deacon Etherington (1948) – former president, CEO, American Stock Exchange; 12th president,

* Charles E. Exley, Jr. (1951) – president (1976–91), chairman (1984–91), CEO (1983–91), NCR Corporation * Mallory Factor – merchant banker * John B. Frank (B.A.) – managing principal (since 2007), general counsel (2001–06), Oaktree Capital Management * Mansfield Freeman (1916) – one of original founders, AIG; philanthropist * Jim Friedlich – media executive, Dow Jones & Company (1990–00); founding partner, ZelnickMedia (2001–11); founding partner, Empirical Media Advisors (since 2011) * Stephen K. Friedman (1991) – president, MTV (since 2011) * Michael Fries (1985) – president, vice chairman, CEO, Liberty Global (since 2005); former president, CEO, UnitedGlobalCom (2004–05) * Pete Ganbarg (1988) – executive vice president/head of A&R, Atlantic Records (as of 2008) * Walter B. Gerken (1948) – former president, CEO, Pacific Life, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance; senior adviser, Boston Consulting Group * Peter Glusker (1984) – CEO, Gilt Groupe, Gilt Groupe Japan (since 2010); CEO, Gilt Groupe, Gilt City Japan (since 2010) * Christopher Graves (1981) – president, CEO, Ogilvy & Mather, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (since 2010); one of founders, The Wall Street Journal, ''Wall Street Journal'' Television * Daniel Gregory (1951) – co-founder, former chairman, Greylock Partners * John Hagel III (1972) – co-chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation (as of 2012); coined the term "infomediary" * Henry I. Harriman – co-founder, New England Power Company * Charles James (attorney), Charles James (1976) – vice president and general counsel, ChevronTexaco * Dina Kaplan (1993) – co-founder and chief operating officer, blip.tv; ''Fortune (magazine), Fortunes 2010 list, ten "Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs" * Herb Kelleher (1953) – founder, chairman, president, CEO, Southwest Airlines; chair, board of governors, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2011–13) * Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. (1983) – co-founder, president (as of 2012), Marwood Group (Wall Street investment firm); attorney (disability law) * George M. La Monte (1884) – chairman, Prudential Insurance Company * FICO, William J. Lansing (1980) – president, CEO, FICO (2012–); president, CEO, InfoSpace (2009–10); president, CEO, ValueVision Media (2004–07); partner, General Atlantic Partners (2001–03); CEO, NBC Internet (2000–01) * Caroline Little (1981) – president, CEO, Newspaper Association of America (2011–); former CEO, Guardian News and Media (N.A.); former CEO, publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive * Gary Loveman (1982) – president of the Aetna Inc. subsidiary Healthagen (since 2015); former chairman and former CEO of Caesars Entertainment Corporation; former professor, Harvard School of Business * John Macy – president, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1969–72); ran the Better Business Bureaus, Council of Better Business Bureau (1972–1979) * Tom Matlack (1986) – entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author * Mary O. McWilliams – chair, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Seattle Branch (term ending 2013); former president, CEO, Regence Blue Shield (2000–08) * Nick Meyer – president, Paramount Vantage (until December 2008); former president, Lionsgate International, a division of Lionsgate Studios * Donna Morea (1976) – president U.S., Europe, Asia, CGI Group (2004–) * Candace Nelson – founder, Sprinkles Cupcakes (2005); pastry chef; judge, television series ''Cupcake Wars'' (since 2010) * Chuck Pagano (ESPN), Chuck Pagano (

) – chief technology officer, executive vice president of technology, ESPN; ''Sporting News'' "Power 100" list (2003 and 2006) Wailgum, Thomas (May 1, 2006)
"Game On"
''CIO magazine, CIO''. Retrieved November 15, 2012. * Robert Pruzan (1985) – co-founding partner and principal, Centerview Partners; former CEO, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Dresdner Kleinwort; former president, Wasserstein Perella & Co., Wasserstein Perella * Gregg Ribatt – president, CEO, Collective Brands Performance Group (as of 2012); former president, CEO, Stride Rite * John Rice (1974) – former president, CEO, Lever Brothers; former president, CEO, Unilever, Unilever Foods, NA (2004–06) * Grand Prix of America, Dennis R. Robinson (1979) – former president, CEO, New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (2007–2012); chief operating officer, Grand Prix of America (2012–) * Tom Rogers (executive), Tom Rogers (1976) – president, CEO, TiVo (since 2005); former chairman, CEO, Primedia; former president, NBC Universal Cable, NBC Cable; founded CNBC, established MSNBC * Free Range Studios, Jonah Sachs (1997) – Founder, CEO, Free Range Studios (1999–) * Amy Schulman (1982) – senior vice president and general counsel, Pfizer; ''Forbes'' magazine 2009 list, "The World's Most Powerful Women"; ''National Law Journal's'' 2009 list, "20 Most Influential General Counsels" * Jonathan I. Schwartz (1987) – president (2004–10), CEO (2006–10), Sun Microsystems; founder, CEO, Lighthouse Design (1989–96) * Marc Shmuger (1980) – chairman, Universal Pictures (until October 2009) * Frank V. Sica (1973) – vice-chairman, JetBlue Airways; president, Soros Fund Management (2000–03); Co-CEO, merchant banking (1997–98), managing director (1988–98), Morgan Stanley; managing partner, Tailwind Capital (since 2006) * Jonathan Soros (1992) – hedge fund manager and political donor; son of George Soros. * Gideon Stein – founder, former CEO, Omnipod, Inc. (now a division of NortonLifeLock, Symantec) * Steve Spinner – business executive, known for his work as an angel investor and advisor to Silicon Valley startups * Gerald Tsai (1947–48) – founder, CEO, Primerica; pioneered use of performance funds * Laura Ruth Walker (1979) – president, CEO, WNYC, WNYC Public Radio Station, largest public-radio station in nation; named one of NYC's Most Powerful Women by ''Crain Communications, Crain's New York Business'' (2009) * Jeffrey Weitzen (1978) – former president, CEO, Gateway 2000 * Dan Wolf (1979) – founder, president, CEO, Cape Air (since 1988) * Luke Wood (1991) – president, chief operating officer, Beats Electronics * John F. Woodhouse (1953) – former president, CEO (1982–95), chairman (1985–99), senior chairman (1999–?), Sysco, Sysco Corp. p *

(1941) – commercial banker; former chairman (1979–84), CEO (1967–84), Citibank and Citicorp * Strauss Zelnick (1979) – CEO (2011–), chairman (2007–), Take-Two Interactive; founder, managing partner, ZelnickMedia (2001–); president, chief operating officer (1989–93), 20th Century Fox; CEO, Sony BMG, BMG Entertainment (1998–2000)

Film, television, acting

See also: Academy, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy awards, above

Writers

* Carter Bays (1997) – writer, creator, executive producer, ''How I Met Your Mother'' * Mark Bomback – screenwriter * Jennifer Crittenden (1992) – writer, producer; two Humanitas Prizes, ''Seinfeld'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' * Ed Decter (1979) – screenwriter, ''There's Something About Mary'', ''The Santa Clause 2'', ''The Santa Clause 3'' * Jennifer Flackett (1986) – screen/television writer, film director; ''Madeline (1998 film), Madeline'', ''Wimbledon (film), Wimbledon'', ''Little Manhattan'', ''Nim's Island'' and ''Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Hollywood film), Journey to the Center of the Earth'' * Liz Friedman – writer, producer; ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''Hack (American TV series), Hack'', ''The O.C.'', ''Numbers (TV series), Numb3rs'', ''House (TV series), House''; co-creator, writer, executive producer, ''Young Hercules'' * Liz W. Garcia (1999) – Television writer, writer and producer; ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Wonderfalls'', ''Cold Case (TV series), Cold Case''; co-created Turner Network Television, TNT series ''Memphis Beat'' * David H. Goodman (1995) – television writer and producer, ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'', ''Without a Trace'' * Willy Holtzman – screenwriter, playwright; Humanitas Prize,

* Alex Kurtzman – film, television screenwriter, producer; film: ''The Legend of Zorro'', ''Mission: Impossible III'', ''Transformers (film), Transformers'', ''Cowboys & Aliens'', ''Star Trek (film), Star Trek'', ''Star Trek Into Darkness''; television: ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'' * Catie Lazarus – writer, storyteller and talk show host * Brett Matthews (1999) – writer, TV shows and comics * Craig Thomas (screenwriter), Craig Thomas (1997) – writer, creator, executive producer ''How I Met Your Mother'' *

(1987) – creator of ''

'', ''

'' and screenwriter & director '' The Avengers'' * Zack Whedon (2002) – screenwriter * Mike White (scriptwriter), Mike White (1992) – two Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Awards; co-creator, screenwriter, ''Enlightened (TV series), Enlightened''; '' The Good Girl'', ''Orange County (film), Orange County'', ''

'', and the HBO satire comedy miniseries ''The White Lotus''.

Directors

– television director, cinematographer (''

'', ''

'', ''Orange is the New Black'') * Michael Arias (attended from age 16 to 18) – film director, producer, visual effects artist; filmmaker active primarily in Japan *

(1989) – film director ('' The Good Girl'', ''

'') * Michael Bay (1986) – film director (''The Rock (film), The Rock'', ''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'', ''Pearl Harbor (film), Pearl Harbor'', ''Bad Boys II, Bad Boys Series'', ''Transformers (film series), Transformers'' film series) * Eric Byler (1994) – film director (''Charlotte Sometimes (film), Charlotte Sometimes'', ''My Life Disoriented'', ''Americanese'', ''TRE'') * Jan Eliasberg (1974) – director (television, theatre, and film) * Michael Fields (director), Michael Fields – director * Ruben Fleischer (1997) – director; ''Zombieland'', ''30 Minutes or Less'' *

(1999) – film and theatre director * David Kendall (director), David Kendall – television and film director, producer, and writer; ''Growing Pains'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''Smart Guy'', ''Hannah Montana'', ''Dirty Deeds (2005 film), Dirty Deeds'', ''The New Guy'' * Daisy von Scherler Mayer (1988) – film director (''Party Girl (1995 film), Party Girl'', ''Madeline'', ''The Guru (2002 film), The Guru'', ''Woo (film), Woo'') * Matthew Penn (1980) – director and producer of television and theatre; ''NYPD Blue'', ''Law & Order'', ''

'', ''House (TV series), House'', ''Damages (TV series), Damages'', ''The Closer'', and ''Royal Pains'' * Ray Tintori (2006) – director (film and music videos) * Jon Turteltaub (1985) – film director (''Cool Runnings'', ''Phenomenon (film), Phenomenon'', ''While You Were Sleeping (film), While You Were Sleeping'', ''National Treasure (film), National Treasure'', ''3 Ninjas (film), 3 Ninjas'') * Matt Tyrnauer – director and journalist; ''Valentino: The Last Emperor'' (2009), short listed for an

nomination (2010) * Alex Horwitz (2002) – director; "Hamilton's America" *

(2004) – film director (''

'')

Actors and others

(1981) – actor, ''

'', ''Get Out'' * Edoardo Ballerini – actor, writer, director * Jordan Belfi (2000) – actor * Rob Belushi (2004) - actor, comedian and host of ''Get a Clue'' on Game Show Network. * Amy Bloom (1975) – creator, ''State of Mind (TV series), State of Mind'' * Peter Cambor (2001) – film and television actor; NCIS: Los Angeles * Rob Campbell – actor (film, television, and stage) * Hunter Carson (1998) – actor, screenwriter, producer, director * Philip Casnoff (1971) – Golden Globe-nominated Broadway, television, and film actor (''Chess (musical), Chess, Shogun: The Musical'', ''North and South (TV miniseries), North and South'', ''Sinatra (miniseries), Sinatra'') * Lynn Chen (1998) – actress, ''Saving Face (2004 film), Saving Face'' * William Christopher (1954) – actor, Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy, ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'' * Jem Cohen (1984) –

, feature filmmaker and video artist * Sarah Elmaleh (2007) - voice actor * Toby Emmerich – producer, film executive, screenwriter; head, New Line Cinema (as of 2008) * Halley Feiffer (2007) – actress, playwright * Beanie Feldstein (2015) – actress * Jo Firestone (2009) actress and comedian * Sam Fleischner (2006) – filmmaker * Bradley Fuller – producer, co-owner of Platinum Dunes * Bobbito García (1988) – hip hop DJ, writer * Willie Garson, William "Willie" Garson – actor, ''White Collar (TV series), White Collar''; most known for his portrayal of Stanford on ''Sex and the City'' * Max Goldblatt (2005) – actor, writer, director * Matthew Greenfield – Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, producer of independent films * Adam Hann-Byrd (2004) – actor, ''Little Man Tate'', ''The Ice Storm (film), The Ice Storm'', ''Jumanji (film), Jumanji'' * Elisabeth Harnois (2001) – actress, Young Artist Award (1993); ''Adventures in Wonderland'', ''Pretty Persuasion'' * Jack Johnson (actor), Jack Johnson (2009) – actor, best known for performance in ''Lost in Space (film), Lost in Space'' * Warren Keith – stage and film actor, director * Chrishaunda Lee – television host, actress * Jieho Lee (1995) – filmmaker * Tembi Locke – actress, has appeared on more than 40 television shows * Lauren LoGiudice – actress and writer * Monica Louwerens (1995) – actress, beauty queen from Canada, competed in 1996 Miss America Pageant * Barton MacLane – actor, playwright, screenwriter; appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s *

(2002)-Tony-Award-winning Broadway actor, librettist, and composer * Becky Mode – playwright, actress, television producer * William R. Moses (attended) – television and film actor * Julius Onah – filmmaker of Nigerian descent * Amanda Palmer (1998) – director ''Hotel Blanc'' (2002); playwright, actress, ''The Onion Cellar'' (2006); producer, actress in American Repertory Theater, ART's ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'' (2010) * Benjamin Parrillo (1992) – actor, ''Cold Case (TV series), Cold Case'', '' 24'', ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'', ''Boston Legal'' * Leszek Pawlowicz (1979) – Ultimate Tournament of Champions, 2005; won Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, 1992; won Win Ben Stein's Money, Ben Stein's Money, 1999 * Zak Penn (1990) – screenwriter (''Fantastic Four (2005 film), Fantastic Four'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''PCU (film), PCU'', ''The Incredible Hulk (film), The Incredible Hulk''); director (''Incident at Loch Ness'', ''The Grand (film), The Grand''); co-creator, ''Alphas'' * John Rothman (1971) – film, stage, and television actor * Stefan Schaefer (1994) – director, screenwriter, producer, independent films; ''Confess (film), Confess'' and ''Arranged (film), Arranged'';

* Sarah Schaub (2006) – two Young Artist Awards, actress (''Promised Land (1996 TV series), Promised Land'') * Paul Schiff (1981) – film producer (''My Cousin Vinny'', ''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'', ''Mona Lisa Smile'', ''Solitary Man (film), Solitary Man'') * Lawrence Sher (1992) –

and producer, ''The Dukes of Hazzard (film), The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Garden State (film), Garden State'' * Wendy Spero – actress, comedian, writer * Kim Stolz (2005) – ''America's Next Top Model'' Cycle 5 finalist * Stephen Talbot (1970) – former TV child actor of the 1950s, 1960s; portrayed Gilbert Bates on ''Leave it to Beaver'' * Kim Wayans – actress; member of the Wayans brothers, Wayans family * Henry Willson – Hollywood talent agent; clients included Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Robert Wagner, Clint Walker; discovered Lana Turner; a large role in popularizing the beefcake craze of the 1950s * Scott Wiper (1992) – director, screenwriter, actor * Angela Yee (1997) – radio personality * Alexander Yellen (2003) –

Law

Non-U.S. government judicial figures

* George Edwin King (B.A. 1859, M.A. 1861) – 10th Puisne Justice, Supreme Court of Canada (1893–01); Attorney General of New Brunswick (1870–78); Premier of New Brunswick (1870-1871 & 1872-1878); Supreme Court of New Brunswick (1880–93)

Supreme Court of the United States

* David Josiah Brewer (1851–54) – 51st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1890–1910); major contributor to doctrine of substantive due process and to minority rights; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1884–90); U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (1865–69); Kansas Supreme Court (1870–1884)

U.S. Federal appellate and trial courts

* Frank R. Alley, III – judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon (as of 2011). * John Baker (Indiana politician), John Baker (A.M. 1879) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Indiana * John D. Bates (1968) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2001–); judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (2006–) * Edward G. Biester, Jr. (1952) – judge, United States Court of Military Commission Review (2004–07); Attorney General for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1979–80) * Denise Jefferson Casper (B.A. 1990) – judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2010–); 1st black, female judge to serve on federal bench in Massachusetts * Alonzo J. Edgerton (1850) – judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (1889–96); Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Dakota Territory * Katherine B. Forrest (1986) – judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2011–) * Frederick E. Fuller – federal judge for interior Alaska; appointed in 1912; early champion for the credibility of Alaska natives as witnesses in federal court * Steven Gold (1977) – chief United States magistrate judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1993–) * Terry J. Hatter (1954) – judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles (as of 2011); chief judge, 1998; senior status, 2005 * Andrew Kleinfeld (1966) – judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1991–); judge, United States District Court for the District of Alaska (1986–91) * Martin A. Knapp (1868) – judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1916–23); judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1910–16); judge, United States Commerce Court (1910–13) * Mark R. Kravitz (1972) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (2003–2012) * Arthur MacArthur Sr. – judge, predecessor, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1870–87) * James Rogers Miller Jr. (1953) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland (1970–86) * Patricia Head Minaldi (1980) – judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (2003–2018) * J. Frederick Motz (1964) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland (1985–), chief judge (1994–01); U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland * Michael S. Nachmanoff, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2021–present), Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2015-2021)"President Biden Names Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees", White House, June 30, 2021
* John Wesley North – judge, by Presidential appointment, predecessor, United States District Court for the District of Nevada; founder, Northfield, Minnesota and Riverside, California * High Court of American Samoa, Lyle L. Richmond (1952) – associate justice, High Court of American Samoa (in American Samoa, the highest appellate court below U.S. Supreme Court) (1991–); attorney general, American Samoa. * Rachel A. Ruane (1997) – judge, Immigration court, United States Los Angeles Immigration Court (2010–) * Anthony Scirica (1962) – chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia) (1987–); judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1984–87) * Dominic J. Squatrito (1961) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (1994–2021); Fulbright scholar * Stephen S. Trott (1962) – judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1988–); United States Attorney for the Central District of California * Ronald M. Whyte (mathematics 1964) – judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1992–) * John Simson Woolson (A.B. 1860, A.M. 1863) – judge, United States District Court for the District of Iowa

U.S. State courts

* Raymond E. Baldwin – Chief Justice (1959–63), associate justice (1949–59),

* New Mexico Court of Appeals, Richard C. Bosson (1966) – Chief Justice (2002–06), associate justice (2002–), New Mexico Supreme Court; Chief judge (United States), chief judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals (01–02) * John Currey, John Moore Currey – eighth Chief Justice (1866–68), associate justice (1864–66), Supreme Court of California * Charles Douglas III (1960–62) – associate justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court (1977–85) * Miles T. Granger (1842) – associate justice,

* Ernest A. Inglis (1908) – Chief Justice (1853–57), associate justice (1850–53),

(1950–57) * Fred C. Norton (1950) – associate judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals * James McMillan Shafter – judge, California Superior Court and state legislator in California, Vermont, and Wisconsin * List of justices of the Supreme Court of California, Oscar L. Shafter (1834) – associate justice, Supreme Court of California (1864–1867) * Connecticut Supreme Court, David M. Shea (1944) – associate justice,

(1981–1992) * David K. Thomson, Associate Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (2019–present) * Arthur T. Vanderbilt – Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court; twice declined nomination, United States Supreme Court * Josiah O. Wolcott – Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; Attorney General of Delaware

Government and other lawyers

* Gerald L. Baliles (1963) – Attorney General of Virginia (1982–1985) and Governor of Virginia (1986-1990). * Tristram J. Coffin, Tristram Coffin (1985) – U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont (2009–2015) * Connecticut Attorney General, George C. Conway (1923) – Connecticut Attorney General (1951–1953) * Edmund Pearson Dole (1874) – first Attorney General of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii * Brian E. Frosh (1968) – Attorney General of Maryland (2015-present) Maryland State Senate, Maryland State Senator (1995-2015); Maryland House of Delegates (1987–1995) * Theodore E. Hancock (1871) – New York State Attorney General (1894–1898) * Rusty Hardin (1965) – trial attorney, efforts resulted in Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturning Arthur Andersen's conviction of obstruction of justice * Eddie Jordan (attorney), Eddie Jordan (1974) – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1994–2001); District Attorney of Orléans Parish (2003–2007) * Edward J. C. Kewen (1843) – first List of Attorneys General of California, Attorney General of California; also Los Angeles County District Attorney (1859–1861) * Theodore I. Koskoff (1913–89) A.B. – trial lawyer * John Gage Marvin (1815–55) A.B. – lawyer; legal bibliographer (''Marvin's Legal Bibliography, Marvin's Legal Bibliography, or A thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch law books''); figure in history of California; first California State Superintendent of Public Instruction * Connecticut Attorney General, Charles Phelps (B.A. 1875, M.A.) – first Connecticut Attorney General (1899–1903); Secretary of the State of Connecticut (1897–1899) * Michele A. Roberts (1977) – trial lawyer; named "one of Washington's 100 Most Powerful Women"; partner, Skadden, Arps (2011–) * Abner W. Sibal (1943) – General Counsel, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (1975–1978)

Legal academia

* Gabriel J. Chin (1985) – UC Davis School of Law (2011–); "Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 00–07", "50 Most Cited Law Profs Who entered Teaching Since 92" * S.J. Quinney College of Law, Hiram Chodosh (1985) – dean, S.J. Quinney College of Law (2006–) * Ward Farnsworth (1989) – dean, University of Texas School of Law, University of Texas School of Law at Austin (2012–); former List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6), law clerk, Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court * Shad Saleem Faruqi (B.A., age 19) – Professor of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (1971–); constitutional consultant to Maldives, Fiji, Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Iraq * University of San Diego School of Law, Stephen C. Ferruolo (CSS 1971) – dean, University of San Diego School of Law (2011–); Rhodes Scholar; former faculty,

* John C.P. Goldberg (CSS 1983) – Eli Goldston Professorship, Harvard Law School (2008–); former List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6), law clerk, Byron White, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; expert in tort law and theory, political theory, jurisprudence * Robert J. Harris (mayor), Robert J. Harris – attorney and professor,

(1959–1974; adjunct faculty member, 1974–2005); Rhodes Scholar * Naomi Mezey (1987) – professor, Georgetown University Law Center (civil procedure, legislation, nationalism and cultural identity) (1997–); Watson Fellow * William Callyhan Robinson (1850–1852) – academician, jurist; professor, Yale Law School, Yale Law (1869–95); dean, Columbus School of Law (1898–1911) * NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Theodore Shaw (1979) – professor, Columbia Law School, Columbia Law (2011–); 5th President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (2004–08) * Rutgers School of Law–Camden, Raymond L. Solomon (1968) – dean, Rutgers Law School-Camden (since 1998); professor, University of Chicago Law School, Northwestern University Law School * Barbara A. Spellman (1979) – professor, University of Virginia Law School (2008–); professor of psychology,

(since 2007); editor-in-chief of ''Perspectives on Psychological Science'' * Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1910) – dean, New York University Law School (1943–48); professor, New York University School of Law, NYU Law (1914–43) * Charles Alan Wright (1947) – long-time professor, University of Texas School of Law, University of Texas School of Law at Austin; was foremost authority in U.S. on constitutional law and federal procedure

Literature

See also: Pulitzer Prizes, above * Becky Albertalli (2004) – writer, ''Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda'' and other best-selling works * Steve Almond (1988) – writer, ''The Best American Short Stories'' 2010 * Stephen Alter – author * Suzanne Berne – novelist, winner of Great Britain's prestigious Orange Prize; professor of English * Kate Bernheimer – author, scholar, editor * Nicholas Birns (1987, attended but did not graduate); literary critic and editor. * Peter Blauner – novelist; Edgar Award, The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, * Amy Bloom (1975) – author, ''Away'' (''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, 2007); National Magazine Award, ''The Best American Short Stories'', O. Henry Award, O. Henry Prize Stories * John Briggs (author), John Briggs (1968) – author, scholar, editor * Andrew Bridge (lawyer), Andrew Bridge – author, Hope's Boy, New York Times Bestseller, Washington Post Best Book of the Year *

– his novel ''Battle for Justice'' was selected by

as one of the "Best Books of 1989" * Alexander Chee – writer, 2003 Whiting Writers' Award; former Visiting Writer at Amherst College * James Wm. Chichetto – poet, novelist, critic, lecturer, Catholic priest * Mei Chin – fiction writer, food critic * Kate Colby (1996) – poet, editor, Norma Farber First Book Award * Robin Cook (American novelist), Robin Cook, Doctor of Medicine, MD (1962) – medical mystery writer; books have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, including ''Coma'', ''Critical (novel), Critical'', ''Outbreak (novel), Outbreak'', and 29 others * Michelle Regalado Deatrick – author, poet * Anna Dewdney (1987) – children’s author and illustrator * Paul Dickson (writer), Paul Dickson (1961) – writer, American English language and popular culture * Melvin Dixon (1971) – author, poet, translator * Beverly Donofrio (1978) – author, ''Riding in Cars with Boys'' * Steve Englehart (1969) – comic book writer * Edward B. Fiske (1959) – educational writer; creator of ''The Fiske Guide to Colleges''; former education editor for ''The New York Times'' * Laura Jane Fraser (1982) – journalist, essayist, memoirist, and travel writer * Glen David Gold (1966) – author of ''Carter Beats the Devil'', ''Sunnyside (novel), Sunnyside'' * Amanda Davis (writer), Amanda Davis (1993) – writer; author of "Wonder When You'll Miss Me" * Elizabeth Graver (1986) – writer; Drue Heinz Literature Prize, O. Henry Award,

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

(2001), Best American Essays, Cohen Awards (Ploughshares), Cohen Awards * Daniel Handler (1992) – author (under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket) of ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (children's book series) * Rust Hills (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949) – author and fiction editor * Adina Hoffman (B.A. 1989) – essayist, critic, biography in literature, literary biographer; 2013 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize; 2010 Wingate Prize * Albert Harrison Hoyt (1850) – editor and author * Christianne Meneses Jacobs – writer, editor, and teacher * Kaylie Jones – novelist * Sebastian Junger (1984) – author of ''The Perfect Storm (film), The Perfect Storm'', ''War''; DuPont-Columbia Award; ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine Top Ten Non-fiction Books of 2010; National Magazine Award * James Kaplan – novelist, biographer, journalist; 1999 ''The New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year; ''NYT'' Top 10 Books of 2010; ''Best American Short Stories'' * Pagan Kennedy (1984) – author, short listed for Orange Prize; pioneer of the 1990s Zine Movement * Brad Kessler (1986) – novelist, Whiting Writers' Award (fiction, 2007), Dayton Literary Peace Prize; 2008 Rome Prize *Gerard Koeppel (1979) - writer, historian * Christopher Krovatin (2007) – author, musician * Alisa Kwitney – novelist, ''Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold'' * Brett Laidlaw (1983) – author, ''Trout Caviar'' and ''Blue Bel Air'' *

(1976) –medievalist and literary critic; 2009

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Best American Poetry ''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems. Background The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the general ...

, 2008 Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award, 2003 Kate Tufts Discovery Award * John Buffalo Mailer – author, playwright, and journalist * William J. Mann (M.A.) – novelist, biographer; ''Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn'', named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006 by ''The New York Times'' * Lew McCreary – editor, author, Senior Editor of the Harvard Business Review * Jack McDevitt – science fiction author; 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel (fifteen-time nominee), 2004 Campbell award (best novel), Campbell Award * Leslie McGrath (M.A.) – poet * John P. McKay (1961) – author, Herbert Baxter Adams Prize, professor of history * Scott Mebus – novelist, playwright, composer * Melody Moezzi (2001) – author of ''War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims'' * Gorham Munson (1917) – literary critic * Blake Nelson (1984) – author; Grinzane Cavour Prize; novels ''Girl (Nelson novel), Girl'', ''Paranoid Park (novel), Paranoid Park'' * Charles Olson (B.A. 1932, M.A.) – modernist poet, crucial link between such poets as Ezra Pound and the The New American Poetry 1945–1960, New American poets, one of thinkers who coined the term postmodernism * Michael Palmer (novelist), Michael Palmer, Doctor of Medicine, MD (1964) – medical mystery writer, ''Side Effects (Palmer book), Side Effects'', ''Extreme Measures''; all of his 16 books have made The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list * Carolyn Parkhurst (1992) – author of ''The Dogs of Babel'' (a

Notable Book) and ''Lost and Found (novel), Lost and Found'' (both on the New York Times Bestseller List) * Peter Pezzelli – author, including ''Francesca's Kitchen'', ''Italian Lessons'' * Daniel Pinchbeck – author * Jason Pinter – novelist and thriller writer * Craig Pospisil – playwright * Michael Prescott (1981) – crime writer, many of whose novels have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list * Kevin Prufer (1992) – poet, essayist, editor; ''winner of four''

2003, 2010 * Delphine Red Shirt (MALS) – Oglala Lakota writer, adjunct professor at

and

* Spencer Reece – writer and poet, 2009

, 2005 Whiting Writers' Award for poetry * Jean Rikhoff – writer and editor * Mary Roach – The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' Best Selling author; ''New York Times'' Notable Books pick (2005); ''New York Times'' Book Review Editor's Choice (2008) * Carlo Rotella (1986) – writer, Whiting Writers' Award (nonfiction, 2007), L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award * Ruth L. Schwartz – poet * Sadia Shepard – author,

(2001) * Joyce Sidman (B.A. German) – children's writer; 2011 Newbery Honor Award * Maya Sonenberg (1982) – short story writer, 1989 Drue Heinz Literature Prize * Tristan Taormino (1993) – author and sex educator * Jonathan Thirkield – poet, 2008 Walt Whitman Award * Wells Tower (1996) – writer, two

s, Best American Short Stories 2010 * Ayelet Waldman (1986) – author of ''Love and Other Impossible Pursuits'', ''Daughter's Keeper'', and the Mommy-Track Mysteries * David Rains Wallace – author of ''The Monkey's Bridge'' (a 1997

Notable Book) and ''The Klamath Knot'' (1984 John Burroughs Medal) * Austin Warren (scholar), Austin Warren (1929) – literary critic, author, and professor of English * Sam Wasson (2003) – author, film historian, publisher * D.B. Weiss – author and screenwriter * Michael Wolfe – author, poet * Paul Yoon (2002) – writer; 2009 John C. Zacharis First Book Award; O. Henry Award; Best American Short Stories 2006 * Lizabeth Zindel – author, working primarily in the young adult (teen) genre

Medicine

* Malcolm Bagshaw, Doctor of Medicine, MD (B.A. 1946) – 1996 Kettering Prize; "one of the world's foremost experts in radiation therapy" * Andrea Barthwell, MD (B.A.) – named one of "Best Doctors in America" in 1997; Betty Ford Award in 2003 * Herbert Benson, MD (1957) – cardiologist; founding president, Mind-Body Medical Institute; professor, Harvard Medical School (as of 2012) * John Benson, Jr., MD (B.A.) – fellow, Institute of Medicine,

(1991); IOM named Fellowship in his honor ('10); Abraham Flexner Award ('10) * Charles Brenner (biochemist), Charles Brenner (B.A. 1983) – professor, head of biochemistry, University of Iowa (as of 2012); leader, fields of tumor suppressor gene function and metabolism * Thomas Broker (B.A. 1966) – expert, human papilloma viruses; professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham (as of 2012); played central role, discovery of RNA splicing * William H. Dietz, MD (B.A. 1996) – Director, Division of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1997–); fellow, Institute of Medicine,

* Joseph Fins, MD (B.A. 1982) – chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medical College (as of 2012); fellow, Institute of Medicine,

* Michael Fossel, MD (B.A., M.A.) – professor, clinical medicine (as of 2012), known for his views on telomerase therapy * Laman Gray, Jr., MD (1963) – cardiologist; leader, field of cardiovascular surgery; redesigned, implanted world's 1st self-contained AbioCor artificial heart * Scott Gottlieb, MD (1994) – Commissioner of Foods and Drugs (2017-2019), Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services * Michael E. Greenberg (B.A. 1976) – neuroscientist;

; chair, neurobiology, Harvard Medical School (as of 2012) * Allan Hobson, MD (B.A. 1955) – psychiatrist, dream researcher; professor, psychiatry, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School (as of 2012) * Alex L. Kolodkin (B.A. 1980) – neuroscientist; professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; :Howard Hughes Medical Investigators, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (2005–) * Jay A. Levy, MD (B.A. 1960) – co-discoverer, AIDS virus (1983); professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (as of 2012); editor-in-chief, ''AIDS (journal), AIDS'' journal * Joseph L. Melnick (B.A.) – epidemiologist, known as "a founder of modern virology"; Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal *Anne L. Peters, MD (B.A. 1979) – physician, diabetes expert, and professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC * Ralph Pomeroy (gynecologist), Ralph Pomeroy, MD (B.A.) – gynecologist, famous for creation of "Pomeroy" tubal ligation; co-founder, the Williamsburg Hospital in Brooklyn, New York * David J. Sencer, MD (B.A. 1946) – Director, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Disease Control (1966–77); Head, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City Department of Health ('81–85) * Theodore Shapiro (psychiatrist), Theodore Shapiro, MD (B.A. 1936) – psychiatrist * Harry Tiebout, MD (B.A. 1917) – psychiatrist, promoted Alcoholics Anonymous approach to patients, fellow professionals, and the public * Peter Tontonoz, MD (B.A. 1989) – professor of pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; :Howard Hughes Medical Investigators, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (2000–)

Military

* Brigadier General Allen Fraser Clark, Jr. (1910–90) (B.A.) – United States Army (in the 1960s) * Admiral Thomas H. Collins (four-star rank) (M.A.) – Retired 22nd Commandant, United States Coast Guard (2002–08) (guided Coast Guard after 9/11) * Major General Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, Myron C. Cramer (two-star rank) (B.A. 1904) – 20th Judge Advocate General of the United States Army (1941–45); judge, The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Tokyo, Japan (1946–49) * Rear Admiral Marshall E. Cusic Jr. Doctor of Medicine, MD (two-star rank) (B.A. 1965) – Medical Corps (United States Navy), Medical Corps U.S. Naval Reserve; Chief, Medical Reserve Corps, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery * Brigadier General Alonzo Jay Edgerton (B.A. 1850) – American Civil War, Union Army, List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units, 67th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops (Brevet (military), Bvt. March 13, 1865) * Lieutenant General William H. Ginn Jr. (three-star rank) (1946–48) – United States Air Force; Commander, United States Forces Japan, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, U.S. Fifth Air Force * Brigadier General John E. Hutton Doctor of Medicine, MD (B.A. 1953) – United States Army, U.S. Army; Director, White House Medical Unit; Physician to the President, Physician to President Ronald Reagan * Brigadier General Levin Major Lewis (class of 1852) – Confederate States Army, American Civil War; assigned to duty as Brigadier General (CSA), Brig. General; president of several colleges * Admiral James Loy (four-star rank) (M.A.) – Retired 21st Commandant, United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard (1998–2002); Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2005) * Brigadier General Robert Shuter Macrum (B.A. 1927) – United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force * Brigadier General Samuel Mather Mansfield (1858–60, B.A. 1911) – United States Army, U.S. Army; engineer * Rear Admiral (Ret.) Dr. Richard W. Schneider (two-star rank) (M.A. 1973) – United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard; significant role in the transformation of the Coast Guard * Lieutenant General Adolph G. Schwenk (three-star rank) (B.A. 1963) – United States Marine Corps; Commanding Gen., Fleet Marine Force, U.S.FMF (Atl.) and Fleet Marine Force, U.S. FMF (Eur.) * Rear Admiral (Ret.) R. Dennis Sirois (two-star rank) (M.A. physics) – United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard; Assistant Commander for Operations * Rear Admiral (Ret.) Patrick M. Stillman (two-star rank) (M.A.) – United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, founding father of the Integrated Deepwater System Program * Tuskegee Airman Chuck Stone (B.A. 1948) – Congressional Gold Medal (March 29, 2007); United States Army Air Forces * Brigadier General John B. Van Petten (B.A. 1850, M.A. '53) – Union Army; his American Civil War, Civil War reminiscences became basis for ''The Red Badge of Courage''

Music

See also: Academy Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, Emmy, Tony, Grammy Awards, above * Adolovni Acosta – graduate student; classical and concert pianist * Bill Anschell (1982) – pianist, composer; recorded with Lionel Hampton, Ron Carter * John Perry Barlow (1969) – lyricist for the Grateful Dead * Bob Becker (composer), Robert Becker – composer and percussionist * Paul Berliner (ethnomusicologist), Paul Berliner (PhD) – professor of music,

* Marion Brown (M.A.

) – alto saxophonist, composer * Darius Brubeck (1969) – pianist, composer, band leader, professor of music * Kit Clayton – musician and programmer * Tim Cohen (B.A.) – San Francisco-based musician and visual artist * Bill Cole (musician), Bill Cole (PhD) – musician; professor of music, Dartmouth College,

, professor of African-American Studies,

* Nicolas Collins (B.A., M.A.) – composer, mostly electronic music; Watson Fellow * Amy Crawford (musician), Amy Crawford (B.A. 2005) – songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist and producer * Douglas J. Cuomo (attended) – composer * Nathan Davis (saxophonist), Nathan Davis (PhD) – musician; professor of music, University of Pittsburgh * Stanton Davis (M.A.) – trumpeter, educator * Santi Debriano (M.A.) – double bassist, bandleader * Frank Denyer (PhD) – professor of composition, Dartington College of Arts, South West England * Le1f, Khalif "Le1f" Diouf (2011) – musician; rapper * Arnold Dreyblatt (M.A. 1982) – composer, based in Berlin, Germany; elected to Akademie der Künste, German Academy of Art * Judy Dunaway (M.A.) – avant-garde composer; creator, sound installations * S. A. K. Durga (PhD) – musicologist, ethnomusicologist, professor of music * Tim Eriksen (M.A. 1993, PhD) – multi-instrumentalist; musicologist; performer, consultant for soundtrack of film ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'' * James Fei (M.A. 1999) – composer and performer, contemporary classical music * Dave Fisher (1962) – lead singer, arranger, The Highwaymen (folk band), The Highwaymen; composer * William Galison – multi-instrumentalist, most famous as harmonica player, composer * Kiff Gallagher (1991) – musician, songwriter, helped create AmeriCorps * Alexis Gideon – composer, multi-media artist * Ben Goldwasser – founding member of

-nominated MGMT * Adam Goren (1996) – sole member of synth-punk band Atom and His Package *

(2002) – guitarist * Jon B. Higgins (B.A., M.A., PhD) – musician; scholar,

(1976) – current faculty, Wesleyan; vibraphonist; recorded often * Ashenafi Kebede (1969 M.A., 1971 PhD) – Ethiopian ethnomusicologist * Ron Kuivila (1977) – current faculty, Wesleyan; co-creator, software language Formula * Steve Lehman (composer), Steve Lehman (2000 B.A.; 2002 M.A.) – composer, saxophonist; Fulbright scholar * David Leisner – classical guitarist, composer; teacher, Manhattan School of Music * Charlie Looker (2003) – musician * MC Frontalot (Damian Hess) (1996) – rapper; innovator of phrase nerdcore * Mladen Milicevic (M.A. 1988) – composer, experimental music, film music * Justin Moyer (1998) – musician and journalist * Dennis Murphy (musician), Dennis Murphy (PhD) – composer, one of the fathers of the American gamelan * Hankus Netsky (PhD) – Klezmer musician, composer * Amanda Palmer (1998) – composer/singer/pianist, The Dresden Dolls * Hewitt Pantaleoni (PhD) – 20th-century ethnomusicologist; known for work in African music * Sriram Parasuram (PhD) – Hindustani people, Hindustani classical vocalist; also a violinist * Brandon Patton (1995) – songwriter, bassplayer * Andrew Pergiovanni (B.A.) – composer of "modern classical" and "popular" idioms * Chris Pureka – singer-songwriter * John Rapson (PhD) – jazz trombonist and music educator * Gregory Rogove (2002) – songwriter, indie-music drummer * Steve Roslonek – children's music performer and composer * Santigold (Santi White) – electropop/hip-hop artist * Sarah Kirkland Snider – composer of instrumental music and art songs; co-founder, co-director, New Amsterdam Records * Tyshawn Sorey – musician and composer *

(M.A.) – Indian Carnatic music, carnatic singer; also, as playback singer, in more than 90 Tamil films, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films * Carl Sturken (1978 B.A.) – musician, Rhythm Syndicate; songwriter and record producer with Evan Rogers, Syndicated Rhythm Productions *

(1976 M.A.) – current faculty, Wesleyan; Javanese musician; virtuoso and scholar of Gamelan * Himanshu Suri (2007 B.A.) – rapper; writer; alternative hip hop group Das Racist * Tierney Sutton (1986) – thrice

nominated jazz singer; ''Jazzweek'' 2005 Vocalist of the Year * Laxmi Ganesh Tewari (PhD) – Hindustani music, Hindustani virtuoso vocalist, professor of music * Stephen Trask (1989) – composer (stage, screen); Obie Award;

nomination * Stephen S. Trott (1962) – early member, The Highwaymen (folk band), The Highwaymen, which originated at Wesleyan; #1 single ("Michael Row the Boat Ashore" 1961) * Andrew VanWyngarden – founding member of

nominated MGMT * Victor Vazquez (musician), Victor Vazquez (2006) – musician; rapper; alternative hip hop group Das Racist * T. Viswanathan (1975 PhD) – Carnatic flute virtuoso, professor of music * Dennis Waring (1982 PhD) – ethnomusicologist and Estay Organ historian * Dar Williams (1989) – folksinger * Daniel James Wolf (M.A., PhD) – composer of modern classical music * Peter Zummo (1970, B.A.; 1975, M.A., PhD) – composer, musician (postminimalist) * Karaikudi S. Subramanian – (1985, M.A., PhD) – musician; educationist,

News

See also: Pulitzer Prizes, Emmy Awards, above * Eric Asimov (1979) – restaurant columnist, editor, ''The New York Times'' (nephew of Isaac Asimov) * Doug Berman (1984) –

-winning producer, launched NPR's ''Car Talk''; creator, other news radio shows * Robert A. Bertsche – two-time winner, National Magazine Award; journalist, editor, media lawyer; * William Blakemore (1965) – correspondent, ABC News, DuPont-Columbia Award * Dominique Browning (1977) – former editor-in-chief, ''House & Garden (magazine), House & Garden'' * Katy Butler (1971) – journalist, The Best American Essays, Best American Essays, The Best American Science Writing, Best American Science Writing, finalist for 2004 National Magazine Award * Marysol Castro (1996) – weather forecaster, CBS ''The Early Show'' (2011); weather anchor, contributing writer, American Broadcasting Company, ABC ''Good Morning America Weekend Edition'' (2004–10) * Jonathan Dube – pioneer, online journalism; print journalist * E.V. Durling – nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and one of the first Hollywood reporters * Jane Eisner (1977) – editor, ''The Forward'', paper's first female editor; former editor, reporter, columnist, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' * Smokey Fontaine (1993) – editor-in-chief, writer, music critic, ''Giant (magazine), Giant'' (2006–); Chief Content Officer, Interactive One (2007–) * Steven Greenhouse (1973) – reporter, ''The New York Times''; 2010 New York Press Club Awards For Journalism; 2009 The Hillman Prize, Hillman Prize * Ferris Greenslet (1897) – editor, writer; associate editor, ''Atlantic Monthly''; director, literary adviser, Houghton Mifflin Co. * Vanessa Grigoriadis (1995) – National Magazine Award; writer * Peter Gutmann (journalist), Peter Gutmann (1971) – journalist, attorney * William Henry Huntington – journalist * Alberto Ibargüen (1966) – CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; former publisher, ''The Miami Herald'' * David Karp (pomologist), David Karp – pomologist, culinary journalist * Alex Kotlowitz (1977) –

;

, ''There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America''
Jake Lahut
(2017) — campaign reporter, The Daily Beast * Dave Lindorff (1972) – Project Censored Award (2004); investigative reporter, columnist * Stephen Metcalf (writer), Stephen Metcalf – critic-at-large and columnist, ''Slate magazine, Slate'' magazine * Kyrie O'Connor (1976) – journalist, writer, editor * Gail O'Neill – television journalist; former elite African-American fashion model * Charles Bennett Ray – journalist; owner, editor, ''The Colored American (New York City), The Colored American'', first black student at Wesleyan in 1832 * Jake Silverstein – 4th editor-in-chief (2008–), ''Texas Monthly'', ten-time winner, National Magazine Award; 2007 Pen/Journalism Award;

; * Chuck Stone (1948) – journalist; professor of journalism, University of North Carolina; former editor, ''Philadelphia Daily News'' * Vin Suprynowicz (1972) – Libertarianism, libertarian columnist * Laura Ruth Walker (1979) – 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB), Edward R. Murrow Award;

* Ulrich Wickert (

at Wesleyan in 1962) – broadcast journalist in Germany * Michael Yamashita (1971) – award-winning photographer, photojournalist, ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' * John Yang (journalist), John Yang (1980) –

-winning journalist; two-time winner, DuPont-Columbia Award; NBC News correspondent, commentator (2007–)

Politics and government

Religion

* Edward Gayer Andrews (Bachelor of Arts, BA 1847) – president, Cazenovia Seminary; later bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Osman Cleander Baker (1830–33) – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church; biblical scholar; namesake of

, Baldwin City, Kansas, Baldwin City, Kansas * Lawrence Aloysius Burke (

1970) – 4th archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica; 1st archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau * James Wm. Chichetto – Catholic priest,

, poet, critic * Davis Wasgatt Clark (1836) – 1st president, Freedman's Aid Society; predecessor, namesake of

, Atlanta, Georgia; bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York), Shira Koch Epstein (1998) – rabbi, Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York), Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, New York * James Midwinter Freeman – clergyman, writer * William Henry Gilder (clergyman), William Henry Giler – founder of a seminary and a college; chaplain during the American Civil War * Debra W. Haffner (1985) – Unitarian Universalist minister; director, The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing * Gilbert Haven (1846) – 2nd president, Freedman's Aid Society; early proponent of equality of the sexes; bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Robert T. Hoshibata (1973) – Native Hawaiians, Hawaiian bishop, United Methodist Church * Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (1864) – clergyman, author * John Christian Keener (1835) – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Daniel Parish Kidder (1836) – theologian, missionary to Brazil *

(B.A. 1872, M.A. 1875) – Methodist Episcopal minister of Park Street Church; college president, author *

(1873) – minister, American Civil War veteran, historian,

* Willard Francis Mallalieu – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * James Mudge (1865) – clergyman, author, missionary to India * Thomas H. Mudge (1840) – clergyman * Zachariah A. Mudge, Zachariah Atwell Mudge (1813–88) – pastor, author * Frederick Buckley Newell (Bachelor of Arts, AB 1913) – bishop, The Methodist Church (USA), The Methodist Church (elected 1952) * William Xavier Ninde (A.B. 1855, D.D. 1874) – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church (now the United Methodist Church); president, Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, Evanston, Illinois * Spencer Reece (1985) – Episcopal priest; chaplain to the Bishop of Spain for the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal) * Charles Francis Rice (B.A. 1872, M.A. 1875, D.D. 1893) – Methodist minister * William Rice (Methodist minister), William Rice (M.A. 1853, D.D. 1876) – Methodist Minister and librarian * Matthew Richey (M.A. 1836, D.D. 1847) – Canadian minister, educator, and leader in Nova Scotia, Canada * B. T. Roberts (university honors) – co-founder, Free Methodist Church of North America * A. James Rudin (1955) – rabbi, Senior Interreligious Adviser, The American Jewish Committee * James Strong (theologian), James Strong (A.B. 1844, D.D. 1856, LL.D 1881) – creator of ''Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible'' (1890); acting president Troy University (New York), Troy University, Troy, New York, Troy, New York; mayor *Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and civil rights activist * Moses Clark White (1845) – pioneering missionary in China and physician; first linguistic study of Fuzhou dialect

Royalty

* Prince Carlos, Prince of Piacenza, Carlos, Duke of Parma, Duke of Parma (B.A. government) – House of Bourbon-Parma, Head of ''Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma''; member, Dutch Royal Family

Science, technology, engineering, mathematics

* David P. Anderson (1977) – mathematician, computer scientist (as of 2012); Space Sciences Laboratory; Presidential Young Investigator Award * Taft Armandroff (1982) – astronomer; director, W. M. Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea (July 1, 2006–) * Harold DeForest Arnold (Ph.B. 1906, M.S. 1907) – physicist; research led to development of transcontinental telephony *

(1865) – chemist, agricultural chemistry; known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism * Oliver L. Austin – ornithologist; wrote the definitive study ''Birds of the World'' * Susan R. Barry (1976) – neurobiologist, specializing in neuroplasticity, neuronal plasticity (as of 2012) *

(1896) – botanist; leading figure in the genetics; known for research on jimsonweed and fungi * Everitt P. Blizard (1938) – Canadian-born American nuclear physicist, nuclear engineer; known for his work on nuclear reactor physics and shielding; 1966

* Earth Revisited, Byron Alden Brooks (1871) – inventor; author of ''Earth Revisited'' * Samuel Botsford Buckley (1836) – botanist, geologist, naturalist * Henry Smith Carhart (1869) – physicist, specializing in electricity; devised a voltaic cell, the Carhart-Clark cell, among other inventions * Kenneth G. Carpenter (1976, M.A. 1977) – astrophysicist (as of 2012); Project Scientist and Principal Investigator, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope Operations * David Carroll (physicist), David Carroll (PhD 1993) – physicist, nanotechnology, nanotechnologist (as of 2012); director, Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University * Jennifer Tour Chayes (1979) – mathematician, mathematical physicist (as of 2012);

; Head, Microsoft Research New England * Charles Manning Child (A.B. 1890, M.S. 1892) – zoologist;

; noted for his work on regeneration (biology), regeneration at the

* John Coffin (scientist), John M. Coffin (1966) – virologist, geneticist, molecular microbiology, molecular microbiologist (as of 2012);

; Director, HIV Program, National Cancer Institute * Richard Dansky – software developer of computer games and designer of role-playing games (as of 2012) * Henrik Dohlman (1982) – pharmacologist,

* Russell Doolittle (1951) – biochemist (as of 2012); co-developed the hydropathy index;

; 2006 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science; 1989 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize * Clay Dreslough (1993) – software developer (as of 2012); creator, ''Baseball Mogul'' and ''Football Mogul'' computer sports games; co-founder, president, Sports Mogul * Gordon P. Eaton (1951) – geologist (as of 2012); 12th Director, United States Geological Service; Director, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University (1990–94) * Charles Alton Ellis – mathematician, structural engineer; chiefly responsible for the design of the Golden Gate Bridge * John Wells Foster (1834) – geologist, paleontologist *

– physicist,

(as of 2012); co-discovered

; (2006) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics; 1993 Dirac Prize * George Brown Goode – ichthyologist;

* 3D Virtual Creature Evolution, Lee Graham (postdoc study, research) – artificial intelligence, machine learning, evolutionary computation, artificial life; created 3D Virtual Creature Evolution, an artificial evolution simulation program * Leslie Greengard (B.A. 1979) – physician, mathematician, computer scientist; co-inventor, fast multipole method, one of top-ten algorithms of 20th century; Leroy P. Steele Prize; Presidential Young Investigator Award;

; National Academy of Engineering * Frederick Grover (1901) – physicist, National Bureau of Standards, precision measurements; electrical engineer * Henry I. Harriman (B.A. 1898) – inventor, patents for many automatic looms; builder, hydroelectric dams *

(1941) – physicist, Emeritus,

(as of 2012); 10th Jefferson Lecture;

; Abraham Pais Prize; Andrew Gemant Award * Orange Judd (1847) – agricultural chemist * George Kellogg (inventor), George Kellogg (1837) – inventor, patent expert; improved surgical instruments * Jim Kurose – computer scientist (as of 2012); 2001 Taylor Booth (mathematician), Taylor L. Booth Education Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers * Oscar Lanford (B.S.) – mathematician, mathematical physicist, dynamical systems theory (as of 2012); Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle equations * Albert L. Lehninger (B.A. 1939) – pioneering research in biological thermodynamics, bioenergetics;

* Silas Laurence Loomis, Doctor of Medicine, MD (1844) – mathematician, physiologist, inventor; astronomer, United States Coast Survey (1857); dean, Howard University * Emilie Marcus (1982) – Executive Editor, Cell Press; editor-in-chief, the scientific journal ''Cell (journal), Cell''; CEO, ''Neuron (journal), Neuron'' (each as of 2012) * Julia L. Marcus (A.M. 2003) – epidemiologist, science communicator, Harvard Medical School *

(A.M. 1834) – geologist, inventor; acting president,

(1845) * Jerry M. Melillo (B.A. 1965, M.A.T. 1968) – biogeochemist; Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (1996–2000) * George Perkins Merrill (post-graduate study and research) – geologist;

(1922) * Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1840) – geologist, paleontologist; discovered at least 80 new species of extinct plants and animals * Frank W. Putnam (B.A. 1939, M.A. 1940) – biochemist;

* Fremont Rider (M.A. 1937) – inventor, librarian, genealogist; named one of the 100 Most Important Leaders of Library Science and the Library Profession in the twentieth century * William Robinson (inventor), William Robinson (B.A. 1865, M.A. 1868) – inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer; invented first track circuit used in railway signaling, among other inventions *

(1886) – physicist; specialising in measurement science;

(1913);

* Richard Alfred Rossiter (1914) – astronomer, known for the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect *

(1962) – physicist, statistical physics (as of 2012);

; 2008 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize; 2004

* Carl Leo Stearns (B.A. 1917) – astronomer; namesake of asteroid 2035 Stearns, (2035) Stearns and crater Stearns (crater), Stearns (far side of the Moon) * John Stephenson (coachbuilder), John Stephenson – invented, patented the first street car to run on rails; remembered as the creator of the tramway * Charles Wardell Stiles (attended) – parasitologist; groundbreaking work, trichinosis, hookworm; 1921 Public Welfare Medal by

* Lewis B. Stillwell (1882–1884) – electrical engineer; 1933 AIEE Lamme Medal, 1935 IEEE Edison Medal; IEEE's Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame * Alfred Charles True (1873) – agriculturalist; director, Office of Agricultural Experiment Station, U. S. Department of Agriculture * Mark Trueblood (candidate for PhD in physics) – engineer and astronomer (as of 2012); noted for early pioneering work in development of robotic telescopes; 15522 Trueblood * George Tucker (luger), George Tucker (PhD) – Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican physicist (as of 2012); former Olympic sports, Olympic luger * Nicholas Turro (1960) – chemist,

(as of 2012);

; 2011 Arthur C. Cope Award; Willard Gibbs Award *

(1850) – astronomer, mathematician; namesake of Van Vleck (crater), Van Vleck crater on the Moon * Jesse Vincent (1998) – software developer (as of 2012); developed Request Tracker while a student at Wesleyan; author, ''Request Tracker, Request Tracker for Incident Response'' * Christopher Weaver (dual MAs and CAS) – software developer; founder, Bethesda Softworks; spearheaded creation, John Madden Football physics engine; visiting scholar,

* Henry Seely White (1882) – mathematician;

; geometry of curves and surfaces, algebraic twisted curves

Activists

* Cliff Arnebeck – chair, Legal Affairs Committee, Common Cause, Common Cause Ohio; national co-chair and attorney, Alliance for Democracy (USA), Alliance for Democracy * Mansoor Alam – humanitarian * John Emory Andrus (1862) – founder, SURDNA Foundation (1917) * Gerald L. Baliles (1987) – director, Miller Center of Public Affairs (since 2005) * Jeannie Baliles (M.A.T.) – founder and chair, Virginia Literacy Foundation (since 1987); First Lady of Virginia (1986–90) * John Perry Barlow (1969) – co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Fellow,

's Berkman Center for Internet and Society (since 1998) * Andrew Bridge (1984) – advocate for foster children; The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' best-selling author;

* Ted Brown (attended) – Libertarianism, libertarian politician, speaker * Eric Byler (1994) – political activist; co-founder, Coffee Party USA * Sasha Chanoff (1994) – founder, Executive Director, RefugePoint (2005–) * Jaclyn Friedman (1993) – feminist writer and activist * Jon Grepstad – Norwegian people, Norwegian peace activist, photographer and journalist * Amir Alexander Hasson (1998) – social entrepreneur; 2010

's ''Technology Reviews TR35 award; founder, United Villages * David Jay – asexual activist and founder of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network * Marc Kasky – consumer activist; co-director, Green Center Institute * Matt Kelley (2002) – founder, Mavin Foundation * Harry W. Laidler (1907) – socialist, writer and politician * Melody Moezzi (2001) – founder, Hooping for Peace, a human rights, human-rights organization * Sandy Newman (1974) – non-profit executive, founder of three successful non-profit organizations * Robert Carter Pitman (1845) – temperance movement, temperance advocate * Do Something, Jessica Posner – 2010 Do Something, Do Something Award; co-founded Shining Hope to combat gender inequality and poverty in Kibera, Nairobi Area, Kenya * Charles Bennett Ray – first black student, Wesleyan in 1832; Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist; promoter, the Underground Railroad * Richard S. Rust (1841) – Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist; co-founder, Freedman's Aid Society *

– 2005 Leontief Prize (Wassily Leontief) by the Global Development and Environment Institute * Ted Smith (environmentalist), Ted Smith (1967) – environmental activist; founder and former executive director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition * Chuck Stone – associated with the civil rights, civil-rights and Black Power movements; first president, National Association of Black Journalists * Vin Suprynowicz (1972) – Libertarianism, libertarian activist, 2000 United States presidential election, 2000 U.S. vice presidential candidate, Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party in Arizona *Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and civil rights activist * Arthur T. Vanderbilt – proponent of U.S. court modernization and reform * Evan Weber – Co-founder, Sunrise Movement

Sports

* Everett Bacon (1913) – football quarterback, pioneer of the forward pass, College Football Hall of Fame * Bill Belichick (1975) – head coach, New England Patriots; 2004 ''Time'''s "100 Most Influential People in the World"; Nine-time Super Bowl participant as head coach, won in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2018 (lost in Super Bowl XLII (2007), Super Bowl XLVI (2011), and Super Bowl LII (2017)); first NFL coach to win three Super Bowls in four years; NFL Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2007, 2010) * Ambrose Burfoot (1968) – first collegian to win the Boston Marathon; won Manchester Road Race nine times; executive editor, ''Runner's World'' Magazine * Mike Carlson (1972) – National Football League and NFL Europe pundit (for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom) * Eudice Chong (2016) - professional tennis player, reached #366 in the WTA rankings, WTA singles rankings and #153 in the WTA rankings, WTA singles rankings * Logan Cunningham (coach), Logan Cunningham (1907–09) – football player and coach * Wink Davenport (1964) – former volleyball Olympic player, coach, and official; father, tennis champion Lindsay Davenport * Richard E. Eustis (1914) – football player and coach * Jeff Galloway (1967) – former American Olympian, runner and author of ''Galloway's Book on Running'' * Frank Hauser (American football), Frank Hauser (1979) – football coach * Jed Hoyer (1996) – executive vice president and general manager, Chicago Cubs; former general manager (2009–11), San Diego Padres; former assistant general manager (2003–09), interim co-manager (2005–06), Boston Red Sox * Kathy Keeler (1978) – Olympic gold medalist, rowing (List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women), member of the women's eight) in the 1984 Olympics; Olympics coach in 1996 * Dan Kenan (1915) – football player and coach * Red Lanning – Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder; played for Philadelphia Athletics * Amos Magee (1993) – professional soccer player, coach; former head coach, Minnesota Thunder, and is Thunder's all-time scoring leader, United Soccer Leagues Hall of Fame * Jeffrey Maier (2006) – college baseball player; notable for an instance of interference (baseball)#Cases of possible spectator interference, spectator interference at age 12; Wesleyan's all-time leader in hits * Eric Mangini (1994) – former head coach, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets; National Football League, NFL analyst * Vince Pazzetti (1908–10) – elected to the College Football Hall of Fame * Bill Rodgers (athlete), Bill Rodgers (1970) – winner, four New York City Marathons, four Boston Marathons, one Fukuoka Marathon; only runner to hold championship of all three major marathons at same time * Henri Salaun (squash player), Henri Salaun (1949) – squash player; four-time winner, Men's National Champions (squash), U.S. Squash National Championships (1955, 1957, 1958 and 1961); won, inaugural United States Open (squash), U.S. Open (1954) * Harry Van Surdam (1905) – elected to the College Football Hall of Fame * Mike Whalen (1983) – athlete and coach * James Wendell (1913) – Olympic silver medalist, 110-meter hurdles, 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm; one of teammates, General George S. Patton * Jeff Wilner (1994) – National Football League player * Bert Wilson (American football), Bert Wilson (1897) – football player and coach * Field Yates (2009) - sportswriter and analyst for ESPN

Fictional characters

Notes

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