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Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

, including alumni of non-matriculating and graduates, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.

Alumni

Academia

Ian Bremmer Ian Arthur Bremmer (born November 12, 1969) is an American political scientist and author with a focus on global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm with principal offi ...

, political scientist *

Cleanth Brooks Cleanth Brooks ( ; October 16, 1906 – May 10, 1994) was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher ...

, literary critic *

Winston Chang Winston Hsiao-tzu Chang (; 1 March 1942 - 24 February 1996) was a president of Soochow University in Taipei. Biography He and his identical twin brother, John Chang, were born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and Chang Ya-juo maybe at what is now ...

, president of Soochow University * John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator; president of

Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research acti ...

1926–1928 *

Light Townsend Cummins Light Townsend Cummins (born April 23, 1946) is an American educator and historian. He was the Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas prior to his retirement in 2018 and was the official State Historian of Texas from May 20 ...

, Bryan Professor of History at

Austin College Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.Sherman, Texas Sherman is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and it is part of the Texoma region ...

and former official State Historian of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

James H. Dillard James Hardy Dillard (October 24, 1856 – August 2, 1940), also known as J. H. Dillard, was an educator from Virginia. The son of slaveholders, Dillard was educated at Washington and Lee University and held a variety of teaching positions. In 1891 ...

, professor and early advocate for education of African-Americans * Edward F. Fischer, M.A. and Ph.D, Professor of Anthropology at

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

Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill (born 1964) is an American poet, writer and professor. Gasaway Hill is a professor and the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow at St. Mary’s University, Texas. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society ...

, American poet, writer, professor at St. Mary's University, Texas and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts *

James (Mac) Hyman James Macklin "Mac" Hyman (born 1950) is an applied mathematician formerly at Los Alamos National Laboratory and currently at Tulane University in the United States. He received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University and his PhD in 1976 ...

, applied mathematician at

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...

in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

* T.R. Kidder, archaeologist * Sang-don Lee, South Korean legal scholar *

John Mosier John Mosier is an American academic known for his work in English, film, and history. Mosier was formerly a professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans. Mosier received his Ph.D. in 1968, from Tulane University. He completed his disse ...

, historian *

Frank Vandiver Frank Everson Vandiver (December 9, 1925 in Austin, Texas – January 7, 2005 in College Station, Texas) was an American Civil War historian, and former president of Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas, as well as acting presid ...

, Civil War scholar, acting president of

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

1969–1970, president of

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

1981–1988 * Linda Wilson, 1957, former president of Radcliffe College

Arts and letters

Architecture

Robert Ivy Robert Ivy (FAIA) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) since 2011. Biography Robert Ivy holds a Master of Architecture from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Arts (''cum laude' ...

, CEO AIA * Albert C. Ledner, designer of National Maritime Buildings in New York City and many other commercial and residential projects * Edward F. Neild, architect of the

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and resting place of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States (1945–1953), his wife Bess and daughter Margaret, and is located on U.S. Highwa ...

and many buildings in his native Shreveport and Louisiana *

Henry Hobson Richardson Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...

, inventor of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture * A. Hays Town, architect

Film and television

Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...

, BA 2018, Jig Conductor ‘ *

Bryan Batt Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series ''Mad Men'' as Salvatore Romano, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in mo ...

, BA 1985, actor *

Les Blank Les Blank (November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. Life and career Leslie Harrod Blank Jr. was born November 27, 1935 in Tampa, Florida. He atten ...

, BA 1958, MFA 1960, documentary filmmaker *

Marshall Colt Marshall Colt (born October 26, 1948) is an American management consultant and combat-decorated, former captain in the United States Navy in San Diego, who was an actor in film and television from 1976 to 1995. He co-starred in the films '' Nor ...

, Class of 1970, psychologist and former actor *

Doug Ellin Douglas Reed Ellin (born April 6, 1968) is an American podcaster, screenwriter and film and TV director, known best for creating the HBO television series ''Entourage''. Ellin also served as executive producer, director, head writer and supp ...

, A&S 1990, television writer/director, creator of HBO's series ''Entourage'' *

Evan Farmer Evan Ragland Farmer, Jr. (born July 28, 1972) is an American business owner, television host, radio host, actor, musician, designer/customizer, and author. He is best known for his lead role as Jerry O'Keefe in the MTV Film and follow up televis ...

, actor *

Paul Michael Glaser Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970s television series, ''Starsky & Hutch''. In between his work writing and directing, Gla ...

, BA 1966, actor, TV's ''Starsky and Hutch'' * Carlin Glynn, NG-N ’61, actress, Tony award winner * Lawrence Gordon, 1958, producer of popular films such as ''Predator'' and ''Die Hard'' *

Karen Grassle Karen Grassle ( ; born February 25, 1942) is an American actress, known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in the NBC television drama series ''Little House on the Prairie''. Early life Karen Grassle was born in Berkeley, California to Frae Ella ...

, actress * Robert Harling, movie screenwriter, producer and director.Julia Reed
The Interview: Robert Harling
''

Garden & Gun ''Garden & Gun'' is a national magazine focusing on the American South. The magazine reports on the South's culture, food, music, art, literature, and its people and their ideas. It was created in 2007, published by the Evening Post Publishing Co ...

'', December 2012-January 2013 *

Courtney Hazlett Courtney Brooke Hazlett is the supervising entertainment editor for NBC News' digital properties, NBCNews.com and TODAY.com. Prior to that she was a columnist and Celebrity Correspondent for todayshow.com, the official site for NBC's ''The Today ...

, A&S '99, columnist and celebrity correspondent for

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and politi ...

Jonathan Hensleigh Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 13, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action-adventure genre, best known for writing films such as ''Jumanji'', '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'', and ''Armageddon' ...

, Law, writer of ''Die Hard: With a Vengeance'', ''Jumanji'', ''Armageddon'' *

Rick Hurst Richard Douglas Hurst (born January 1, 1946) is an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' as well as '' The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!'' in 1997 and '' The Du ...

, actor; A&S '68 * Lauren Hutton, 1964, actress; model *

Anthony Jeselnik Anthony Jeselnik ( ; born ) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes ironic misdirection, non sequiturs, biting insults, an arrogant demeanor, and a stage persona that freque ...

, comedian *

Dave Jeser David Mark Douglas Jeser (born September 25, 1977) is an American television writer and co-creator with Matt Silverstein of '' Drawn Together''. He has also written for other television shows including ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', '' The Man Show'' ...

, A&S 2001, co-creator of Comedy Central's ''Drawn Together'' *

Anthony Laciura Anthony Laciura (born September 27, 1951) is an American actor and operatic tenor. Laciura is often noted for his abilities as a comprimario, and actor. Born in New Orleans, he studied voice there with Charles Paddock, also the teacher of Ticho ...

, G '79, actor *

Christian LeBlanc Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958) is an American actor, best known for his role as Michael Baldwin on ''The Young and the Restless''. Career LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on ''The Young and the Restless''. He was born in F ...

, 1980, actor *

Shannon Lee Shannon Emery Lee Keasler (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the only living child of martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, the granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer L ...

, daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee *

Elyse Luray Elyse Luray is an American art historian and appraiser of historical objects who has become a television personality as a result of her appearances on a number of shows, most particularly as a member, since its premiere in 2003, of PBS's investig ...

, NC ’89, star of PBS' ''History Detectives'' *

Olga Merediz Olga Merediz (born February 15, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Merediz originated the role of Abuela Claudia in the Broadway musical ''In the Heights'', for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured ...

, NC '78, actress * Linda Taylor Miller, 1976, actress *

Enrique Murciano Enrique Ricardo Murciano (born July 9, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Danny Taylor in the CBS mystery drama series ''Without a Trace'' from 2002 to 2009. Early life and education Born and raised in Miami, Fl ...

, TC ’95, actor, TV's ''Without a Trace'' *

Ed Nelson Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Michael Rossi in the television series '' Peyton Place''. Nelson appeared in episodes of many TV programs, more than 50 mov ...

, A&S ’53, UC ’00, actor, ''Peyton Place'' *

Bruce Paltrow Bruce Weigert Paltrow (November 26, 1943 – October 3, 2002) was an American television and film director and producer. He was the husband of actress Blythe Danner, and the father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and screenwriter/director Jake Paltro ...

, 1965, television and film producer *

Meryl Poster Meryl Poster is the president and founder of Superb Entertainment. Until October 2014, she was president of television at The Weinstein Company. Poster was previously the co-president of production for Miramax Films, where she executive produced the ...

, Academy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated producer * Michael Price, Emmy award-winning writer and producer best known for his work on ''The Simpsons'' * Al Shea, actor and theatre critic *

Jerry Springer Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, former lawyer, and politician. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Jerry Springer'' between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018, an ...

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

, 1965, talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio *

Harold Sylvester Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor. Early life and education Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University. Turnin ...

, actor, director * Ian Terry, winner of the fourteenth season of ''Big Brother'' *

Ronald A. Weinberg Ronald Andrew Weinberg (born 1952) is an American-born Canadian fraudster and former television producer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the CINAR animation studio (later to be known as Cookie Jar Group, now renamed as WildBrain) ...

, American-born Canadian children's television producer (

Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...

)

Literature and poetry

John Gregory Brown John Gregory Brown (July 31, 1960 - ) is an American novelist. Background and education Brown was born on July 31, 1960 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1982, and his M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1 ...

, novelist, 1982 * Amy Carter, G ’96, children's book author; daughter of former President Jimmy Carter *

Rich Cohen Rich Cohen (born July 30, 1968) is an American non-fiction writer. He is a contributing editor at '' Vanity Fair'' and ''Rolling Stone''. He is co-creator, with Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, of the HBO series ''Vinyl''. His ...

, writer, 1990 * Nicole Cooley, poet; Walt Whitman Award recipient *

Peter Cooley Peter Cooley (born November 19, 1940) is an American poet and Professor of English in the Department of English at Tulane University. He also directs Tulane's Creative Writing Program. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he holds degrees from Shimer Colle ...

, poet *

Alcée Fortier Alcée Fortier (June 5, 1856 – February 14, 1914) was a renowned Professor of Romance Languages at Tulane University in New Orleans. In the late 19th and early 20th century, he published numerous works on language, literature, Louisiana histor ...

, folklorist and recorder of the story of Br'er Rabbit *

Whitney Gaskell Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books. Biography Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Bac ...

, Law 1997, novelist *

Shirley Ann Grau Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929August 3, 2020) was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender. In 1965 she ...

, 1950, Pulitzer Prize-winning author *

Jennifer Grotz Jennifer Grotz (born 1971) is an American poet and translator who teaches English, creative writing, and literary translation at the University of Rochester, where she is Professor of English. In 2017 she was named the seventh director of the Bread ...

, poet * N. K. Jemisin, science fiction and fantasy writer, three time Hugo Award recipient * Harnett Kane, Class of 1931, author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction * John Reed, author, ''Snowball's Chance'' *

John Kennedy Toole John Kennedy Toole (; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana whose posthumously published novel, ''A Confederacy of Dunces'', won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981; he also wrote '' The N ...

, BA 1958, author, Pulitzer Prize winner for ''

A Confederacy of Dunces ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) ...

'' *

Dede Wilson Dede Wilson (born Marilyn Marie Coco) is an American poet and writer. She has published short stories, essays, seven books of poetry, and a family memoir. Her fourth book of poetry, ''Eliza: The New Orleans Years'' has also been produced as a one- ...

, poet and author

Music

Les Crane Les Crane (born Lesley Stein; December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting who also scored a spoken word hit with his 1971 recording of the poem ''Desiderata'', w ...

, pioneer in interactive broadcasting, co-creator of pop music "Top 40" * Paul Crawford, jazz musician, music historian, and music arranger who served as associate curator of the

Hogan Jazz Archive The Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, and is one of the special collections of the Tulane University library. The archive specializes in Dixieland Jazz, gospel, blues, rhyt ...

Odaline de la Martinez Odaline de la Martinez (born 31 October 1949) is a Cuban-American composer and conductor, currently residing in the UK. She is the artistic director of Lontano, a London-based contemporary music ensemble which she co-founded in 1976 with New Zeala ...

, composer and conductor; first woman to conduct in a

BBC Proms The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...

concert *

John Doheny John Steven "Pip" Doheny (born December 17, 1953), is a jazz tenor saxophonist and band leader, who also plays flute, clarinet, and alto saxophone. Born in Seattle, Washington, Doheny studied with prominent Canadian saxophonist and bandleader Fra ...

, jazz saxophonist, band-leader, and historian *

Scott Greenstein Scott Greenstein (born 1959)Ross Johnson''New York Times'', October 11, 2004. is president and chief content officer of Sirius XM Radio. He leads the programming and advertising sales of a radio company and a subscription media company. Under Gr ...

, A&S ’81, president of Sirius XM Radio *

Zachary Richard Ralph Zachary Richard (born September 8, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and poet. His music is a combination of Cajun and Zydeco musical styles. Biography Zachary Richard began his musical career at the age of 8, as soprano in the Bish ...

, A&S ’72, Cajun singer/songwriter and poet *

Emily Saliers Emily Ann Saliers (born July 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls. Saliers sings soprano and plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments. Ear ...

(attended), singer *

Sonia Tetlow Sonia Tetlow is an American songwriter and musician. She fronts the band Herman Put Down The Gun and plays banjo in the alterna-grass group Roxie Watson. Formerly the singer/ guitarist for Atlanta punk rock trio, STB ''(Sonia Tetlow Band)'', wh ...

, bass player in rock band Cowboy Mouth *

Janice Torre Janice Renée Torre (August 17, 1914 – February 21, 1985) was a songwriter and lyricist best known for the song "Paper Roses", which she wrote with composer Fred Spielman. Early years Janice Torre was born in New Orleans, the daughter of Peter ...

, lyricist of the song "

Paper Roses "Paper Roses" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant. Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart. Anit ...

" * Michael White, jazz historian and musician

Non-fiction writing and journalism

Andrew Breitbart Andrew James Breitbart (; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist, and political commentator who was the founder of ''Breitbart News'' and a co-founder of ''HuffPost''. After helping in the early stages of '' ...

, '91, publisher and author * Hodding Carter, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner * Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945), writer, poet, artist *

Robert Lane Greene Robert Lane Greene is an American journalist, best known for his work for ''The Economist'' and his book about the politics of language, ''You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity'', published by Delaco ...

, magazine journalist *

Ira B. Harkey Jr. Ira B. Harkey Jr. (January 15, 1918 – October 8, 2006) was an American writer, professor of journalism, and editor and publisher of the '' Pascagoula Chronicle-Star'' in Mississippi from 1951 to 1963. Harkey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize ...

, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist *

Nate Lee Nate Lee is an American author and former senior editor at Chicago's ''Newcity'' weekly magazine who advocated passionately for live theater. At Newcity, Lee wrote features, a weekly column called ''Urbanitie'', theatre and film reviews as wel ...

, B.A. 1978, writer, senior editor for Chicago's ''

Newcity Newcity is a media company based in Chicago, founded in 1986 by Brian and Jan Hieggelke." It started as the ''Newcity'' independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago. Effective March 2017, the founders changed the newspaper into a glossy monthly ...

'' *

Bill Monroe William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre take ...

, A&S ’42, broadcast journalist, former host of ''

Meet The Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television news/interview program broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program on American television, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947. ' ...

'' * Mike Sacks, editor, writer, 1990 * Thomas Sancton, editor, writer, civil rights journalist, teacher, 1935 * Howard K. Smith, television journalist *

Lawrence Wright Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is an American writer and journalist, who is a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. Wright is best known as th ...

, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and journalist

Visual arts

Lynda Benglis Lynda Benglis (born October 25, 1941) is an American sculptor and visual artist known especially for her wax paintings and poured latex sculptures. She maintains residences in New York City, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Kastellorizo, Greece, and Ahmedaba ...

, N ’64, sculptor * Deborah Czeresko, M.A., 1992, glass blower, won first season of Blown Away *

Mignon Faget Mignon Faget (born November 1933) is a jewelry designer based in her native New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana. Faget has long been acknowledged as one of New Orleans' premier designers of fine jewelry. Her family settled in the city ...

, Newcomb 1955, artist, jewelry designer *

Mary Garrard Mary DuBose Garrard (born 1937) is an American art historian and emerita professor at American University. She is recognized as "one of the founders of feminist art theory" and is particularly known for her work on the Baroque painter Artemisia ...

, 1958, art historian * Bryan Nash Gill, 1984, artist * Gary Russell Libby, art historian, curator, museum director *

Sergio Rossetti Morosini Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born 1953) is a Brazilian-American Scholar, artist and author of Venetian extraction who served as Brazil's Cultural attaché in New Orleans and is dedicated to preserving the Atlantic Forest and restoring the art in st ...

, artist, conservator * Frank Relle, photographer *

Wendi Schneider Wendi Schneider (born 1955) is an American artist and photographer based in Denver, Colorado, known for her photographs of nature and wildlife that are often printed on vellum#paper vellum, paper vellum or kozo with hand-applied layers of gold l ...

, Newcomb 1977, artist, photographer *

Hunt Slonem Hunt Slonem (born Hunt Slonim, July 18, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of butterflies, bunnies, and his tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he ha ...

, B.A., 1973, artist * Meredith Stern, B.F.A. 1998, artist * Cora Kelley Ward, painter

Other

* Alice K. Bache (1903-1977), philanthropist and art collector *

May Hyman Lesser May Hyman Lesser (1927 – July 24, 2001) was an American artist and medical illustrator. Life and education Her father was a doctor. Growing up, she spent time looking through her father's medical books and this is when her fascination w ...

, medical illustrator *

Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw (born July 30, 1957), also known as HSW, is an American psychotherapist and former game designer. He worked at Atari in the early 1980s, where he designed and programmed the Atari 2600 games '' Yars' Revenge'', ''Raiders of t ...

, video game programmer/designer and documentary filmmaker

Business and economics

* Matt Battiata, CEO, real estate economics expert *

Geoffrey Beene Geoffrey Beene (born Samuel Albert Bozeman Jr.; August 30, 1924 – September 28, 2004) was an American fashion designer. Beene was one of New York's most famous fashion designers, recognized for his artistic and technical skills and for creati ...

, fashion designer * Richard Brennan Sr., restaurateur, owner of

Commander's Palace Commander's Palace is a Louisiana Creole restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. History Commander's Palace was established in 1893 in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans at 1403 Washington Ave. Emile Commander established a small sal ...

in New Orleans *

Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955) is an American businessman and investor. He is the fourth of six children of former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush (née Pierce). His five siblings are George W. Bush, the 43rd President o ...

, B.A., M.B.A., 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive * Philip J. Carroll, M.S., 1961, former CEO, Shell Oil Company and

Fluor Corporation Fluor Corporation is an American multinational engineering and construction firm headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through its subsidiaries in the following areas: oil and gas, industrial and infrastruc ...

James H. Clark James Henry Clark (born March 23, 1944) is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Netscape, myCFO, and Healtheon. His research work in comput ...

, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and WebMD * Charles E. Fenner, founder of Fenner & Beane, a forerunner of Merrill Lynch * David Filo, B.S. 1988, co-founder of Yahoo! *

Alfred Ford Alfred Brush Ford (born 1950), also known as Ambarish Jat (), is an American heir to the Ford fortune. He is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. Background Alfred Ford's father was Walter B. Ford II (1920– ...

, great-grandson of

Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...

* C. Jackson Grayson, professor at Harvard, Stanford and Tulane; member of the Nixon Cabinet *

Thomas M. Humphrey Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey (born 1935) is an American economist. Until 2005 he was a research advisor and senior economist in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and editor of the Bank's flagship publication, the ''E ...

, PhD. 1970, economist *

Samuel Israel III Samuel Israel III (born July 20, 1959) is an American fraudster and former hedge fund manager for the Bayou Hedge Fund Group, which he founded in 1996. In 2008, Israel was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $300 million for ...

, fraudulent hedge fund manager *

Jeff Klein Jeffrey Lawrence Klein is an American singer-songwriter of the band My Jerusalem from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three solo albums and another three albums with My Jerusalem. Jeff Klein has risen to ac ...

- hotelier and real estate developer *

Dean Lombardi Dean Lombardi (born March 5, 1958) is an American ice hockey executive with the Philadelphia Flyers. He most recently served as the president, general manager and alternate governor of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He ...

, J.D., President and GM of the Los Angeles Kings *

Peter McNamara Peter McNamara (5 July 1955 – 20 July 2019) was an Australian tennis player and coach. McNamara won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March ...

, B.S. CEO, McNamara Enterprises Underground Casino & Book Broker *

Ricardo Salinas Pliego Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego (born 19 October 1955) is a Mexican businessman, founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate with interests in telecommunications, media, financial services, and retail. He is the third rich ...

, M.B.A., 1979, ''Forbes'' ''World's Richest People'' *

Muhamed Sacirbey Muhamed "Mo" Sacirbey (born 20 July 1956), born as Muhamed Šaćirbegović, is a Bosnian-American lawyer, businessman, and diplomat. He rose to prominence in the 1990s when Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed him to be their ambassador to the United ...

, Bosnian-American businessperson * Peter Schloss, Chief Executive Officer, Broadwebasia, Director, Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) * Aaron Selber Jr. B.B.A., 1950, businessman and philanthropist in Shreveport * Fred L. Smith, president and founder of

Competitive Enterprise Institute The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit libertarian think tank founded by the political writer Fred L. Smith Jr. on March 9, 1984, in Washington, D.C., to advance principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individ ...

Paul Tulane Paul Tulane (May 10, 1801 – March 27, 1887) was an American philanthropist and donor. Born in Sherry Valley, near Princeton, New Jersey to a prominent French merchant family, Tulane made his fortune from a retail and dry goods company. Lat ...

(benefactor), philanthropist *

Sam Zemurray Samuel Zemurray (born Schmuel Zmurri; January 18, 1877 – November 30, 1961), nicknamed "Sam the Banana Man", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company and later became president o ...

(benefactor)

Government and politics

Heads of state

Luis Guillermo Solis Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

, M.A. 1981, President of Costa Rica

U.S. Senators and Congressmen

* William L. Armstrong, B 1958, former U.S. Representative and U.S. senator from Colorado; president of Colorado Christian University (R) * Howard Henry Baker Jr., 1945, U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R) *

Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...

, Law, 1937, U.S. Representative, 1941–1943, 1946–1972; house majority leader (D) *

Lindy Boggs Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Cong ...

, Newcomb 1935, U.S. Representative, 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997-2001, (D) * Edwin S. Broussard, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (D) *

Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner. Biography Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...

, Law, U.S. Senator, 1892–1900 (D) * James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, Law, Lafayette congressman and Cajun cultural spokesman (D) * Allen J. Ellender, Law 1913, U.S. Senator, agriculture committee chair (D) * Newt Gingrich, U.S. Representative, 1979–1998 and Speaker of the House, 1995–1998 (R) *

Tim Griffin John Timothy Griffin (born August 21, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 20th lieutenant governor of Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dist ...

, L '94, U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas (R) *

Felix Edward Hébert Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...

, U.S. Representatives, 1940–1977 (D) *

Bob Livingston Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. (born April 30, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999. A Republican, he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the U.S. ...

, former U.S. Representative, 1977–1999 (R) * John H. Overton, Law, 1897, former U.S. senator from Louisiana (D) *

Pedro Pierluisi Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting Secretary of State, i ...

, B.A., 1980, Puerto Rico's member of Congress (D) former Attorney General and President, New Party for Progress * Cedric Richmond, L '98, U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (D) * Jared Y. Sanders Jr., U.S. Representative (D), later States Rights Party *

Luther Strange Luther Johnson Strange III (born March 1, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Alabama from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed to fill that position after it was vacated by Sen. Jeff Sessions upon Ses ...

, B.A. 1975, Law 1978, U.S. Senator from Alabama, 2017–2018 (R) * Gene Taylor, U.S. Representative, 1989–2011 (D-turned-R) *

David Vitter David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and politician who served as United States Senator for Louisiana from 2005 to 2017. A Republican, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999. ...

, Law, former U.S. senator from Louisiana, 2005–2017 (R)

U.S. Governors

Newton C. Blanchard Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative, U.S. senator, and the 33rd governor of Louisiana. Personal life Born in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, he completed academic studies, ...

, former governor of Louisiana (D) * Murphy J. Foster Sr., governor of Louisiana (D) *

Michael Hahn George Michael Decker Hahn (November 24, 1830 – March 15, 1886), was an attorney, politician, publisher and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served twice in Congress during two widely separated periods, elected first as a Unionist Democr ...

, governor of Louisiana (D) * Luther E. Hall, governor of Louisiana (D) *

Alvin Olin King Alvin Olin King (June 21, 1890 – February 21, 1958) was an American politician allied with the Democratic faction of Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr. A state senator, he was President Pro Tempore in 1931, after Long had been elected in 1930 ...

, former governor of Louisiana (D) *

Richard W. Leche Richard Webster Leche (May 17, 1898 – February 22, 1965) was an American attorney, judge, and politician, elected as the 44th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. He served from 1936 until 1939, when he resigned. Convicted on federal ...

, former governor of Louisiana (D) *

Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...

, Law, former governor of Louisiana (D) *

John McEnery John McEnery (1 November 1943 – 12 April 2019) was an English actor and writer. Born in Birmingham, he trained (1962–1964) at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, playing, among others, Mosca in Ben Jonson's ''Volpone'' and Gaveston ...

, former governor of Louisiana (D) * Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana (D) * Jared Y. Sanders Sr., former governor of Louisiana (D) * Oramel H. Simpson, former governor of Louisiana (D) *

David C. Treen David Conner Treen Sr. (July 16, 1928 – October 29, 2009) was an American politician and attorney at law (United States), attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Treen served as United State ...

, former governor of Louisiana (R) *

Bob Wise Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Wise also served in the United States House of Representatives fro ...

, Law, 1975, former governor of West Virginia (D)

U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and other prominent federal officials

* Howard Henry Baker Jr., 1945, U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R) *

Regina Benjamin Regina Marcia Benjamin (born October 26, 1956) is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin previously directed a n ...

, MBA 1991, Surgeon General of the United States (2009–13) * Matt Coleman, U.S. Small Business Administration spokesman & Regional Communications Director * Donald Ensenat, Law, 1973, White House chief of protocol * Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (D) (2009–2013) * Stephen Douglas Johnson, AB '85, L '88, U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit(1995–98) and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight (2001–03)

Diplomats

* Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1945), U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R) *

, Newcomb 1935, U.S. Representative 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor (D), U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997-2001 *

Kristie Kenney Kristie Anne Kenney is a former senior U.S. diplomat who served as the 32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State from 2016 to 2017. She is a recipient of the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award and held the nation's h ...

, G '79, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, former ambassador to the Philippines and Ecuador * John Giffen Weinmann, (A&S ’50, L ’52), former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and chief of protocol in the White House * Clint Williamson, (L '86) U.S. Ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, UN envoy, White House policy official

Mayors

Sidney Barthelemy Sidney John Barthelemy (born March 17, 1942) is a former American political figure. The second African American to hold the New Orleans mayoral chair, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1974 to 1978 and a member at-large of the ...

, mayor of New Orleans (D) *

Ravinder Bhalla Ravinder Singh Bhalla (born January 13, 1974), often simply called Ravi Bhalla, is an American civil rights lawyer, politician, the 39th and current mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. Prior to becoming mayor, he served in the city council of Hoboken, N ...

, J.D., mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey *

Paul Capdevielle Paul Capdevielle (January 15, 1842 – August 14, 1922) was mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 9, 1900, to December 5, 1904. Biography Of French descent, he was educated at the Jesuit College of New Orleans, graduating in&n ...

, Law, mayor of New Orleans * Sandra Frankel (née Applebaum), 1963, Arts and Sciences, former mayor of the Town of Brighton, NY (D) *

Ray Nagin Clarence Raymond Joseph Nagin Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former politician who was the 60th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 2002 to 2010. A Democrat, Nagin became internationally known in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane K ...

, M.B.A. 1994, mayor of New Orleans (D) * Robert Poydasheff, Law, former mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003–2007) (R) *

, B.A. 1965, former mayor of

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...

and television personality * T. Semmes Walmsley, Law, mayor of New Orleans (D)

City and state officials

* Joseph Bouie Jr., Master of Social Work, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish since 2014 (D) *

Buddy Caldwell James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell (born May 20, 1946), is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana. He served as Attorney General of Louisiana. Caldwell lost his 2015 reelection bid to Jeff Landry. In 2018, ...

, attorney general of Louisiana since 2008; former district attorney in Tallulah (D)-turned-(R) * Philip Ciaccio, state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge 1982–1998 * John Elton Coon, state representative from

Ouachita Parish Ouachita Parish (French: ''Paroisse d'Ouachita'') is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368. The parish seat is Monroe. The parish was formed in 1807. Ouachita Parish i ...

; mayor of Monroe 1949–1956, and state fire marshal 1956–1964 (D) * Eddie Doucet, former state representative for Jefferson Parish * Grey Ferris, member of the Mississippi State Senate (D) *

Cameron Henry J. Cameron Henry Jr. is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana State Senate from the 9th district. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. He previously represented the 82nd district of the Louisiana House of Representative ...

, member of Louisiana House (R) * Adam Kwasman, B.A. Economics 2003, member of Arizona House of Representatives District 11; 2014 candidate for U.S. Congress (R) * Elwyn Nicholson, state senator from Jefferson Parish 1972–1988 (D) * Karen Carter Peterson, state representative and candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana (D) * Weldon Russell, state representative from Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes 1984–1988; realtor in Amite (D) * Jock Scott (politician), former state representative from Alexandria (D)-turned-(R) * Scott M. Simon, architect and state representative (R) *

Eric Skrmetta Eric Frederick Skrmetta (born October 1, 1958) is an American politician who represents District 1 (largely surburban New Orleans, eastern Florida Parishes, and River Parishes) on the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC), an influential reg ...

, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1 (R) * Chris Ullo, member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature 1972–2008 (D)

Other

* Hanan Al-Ahmadi, Assistant Speaker of the

Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia The Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia ( ar, مجلس الشورى السعودي, Maǧlis aš-Šūrā s-Saʿūdiyy), also known as ''Majlis ash-Shura'' or ''Shura Council,'' is the formal advisory body of Saudi Arabia. It is a deliberative as ...

* Ashley Biden, social worker, activist, and daughter of President Joe Biden * Amy Carter, '96, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; children's book author (D) * Matt Coleman, U.S. Small Business Administration spokesman & Regional Communications Director * Jan Crull Jr., Law, 1990, former Native American rights advocate,

Hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not a ...

staffer, international investment banker; multi

Marquis Who's Who Marquis Who's Who ( or ) is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in America'', ''Who's Who of American Wome ...

biographee * C. B. Forgotston, fellow of Tulane Institute of Politics, lecturer in law, political activist, state government watchdog *

Juan Manuel García Passalacqua Juan Manuel Garcia Passalacqua (February 22, 1937 – July 2, 2010) was a lawyer, writer and political analyst from Puerto Rico. Early years Garcia Passalacqua, who was born in the Hato Rey district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, showed interest in s ...

, 1967, late leading political analyst in Puerto Rico (D) * Pedro A. Gelabert, 1956, Puerto Rico Secretary of Natural Resources * Victor Gold, journalist and political consultant *

John Grenier John Edward Grenier (August 24, 1930 – November 6, 2007) was a figure in the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater. Grenier is one of the figures credited with using the Southern Strategy in that campaign and one of the figures responsib ...

, Birmingham, Alabama, lawyer and leader of the Alabama Republican Party (R) * Peter Elgie, BA ‘91 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Deputy Leader Green Party of Ontario, 2001-2004, National Campaign Chair Green Party of Canada, 2004 * Supriya Jindal, E '93, B '96, first lady of Louisiana (R) * Kenneth McClintock, Law, 1980, Puerto Rico's former Senate President (2005–2008); former Secretary of State/Lt. Governor (D) (2009–2013) *

Paul Morphy Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and is often considered the unofficial World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he was c ...

, L.L.B., April 7, 1857, chess prodigy and unofficial world chess champion * Jaime Morgan Stubbe, 1980, president, Palmas del Mar Inc., former Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development * Terry O'Neill, president of the

National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. It ...

(NOW) *

Martha Gilmore Robinson Martha Gilmore Robinson (August 18, 1888 – February 1981) was an American women's rights and civic activist, who founded the Silver Thimble Fund of America, the Woman Citizens' Union, co-founded the Louisiana Landmarks Society, and was presid ...

(1888–1981), women's rights and civic activist

Law

U.S. Supreme Court justices

* Edward Douglass White Jr., Law, 1868, 9th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (D)

Federal and state judges

Edith Brown Clement Edith "Joy" Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Background Clement was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daug ...

, Law, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (R) *

William Tharp Cunningham William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

, preparatory curriculum, Law, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1908–1912 (D) * W. Eugene Davis, Law, 1960, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * John Malcolm Duhé Jr., Law, Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (R) *

Martin Leach-Cross Feldman Martin Leach-Cross Feldman (January 28, 1934 – January 26, 2022) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Education and career Feldman was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the ...

, B.A. 1955, J.D. 1957 Federal Judge (R) * Rufus E. Foster, Law, 1895, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * F.A. Little Jr., Class of 1958, former judge of the

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (in case citations, W.D. La.) is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayett ...

(R) * Angel Martín, Law, former associate justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court * Tucker L. Melancon, Law, 1973, justice, 5th Circuit since 1994 (D) * Judge Henry Mentz, U.S. federal district judge 1982–2005 * Mildred Methvin, Class of 1974,

United States magistrate judge In United States federal courts, magistrate judges are judges appointed to assist U.S. district court judges in the performance of their duties. Magistrate judges generally oversee first appearances of criminal defendants, set bail, and conduc ...

for the Western District of Louisiana 1983–2009, based in

Lafayette Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...

(D) * Bill Pryor, Law, 1987, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (R) * Robert Reid, Law, 1875, Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court *

Christian Roselius Christian Roselius (10 August 1803 near Bremen, Germany – 5 September 1873 in New Orleans) was a Louisiana lawyer. Biography His early education was limited to the elementary schooling. In July 1820, he left Germany on board the bark ''Jupite ...

, 1857, chief justice, Louisiana Supreme Court (D) * Alvin A. Schall, Law, 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit * Nauman S. Scott, one of the first Louisiana U.S. District Court Judges to advocate desegregation (D)-turned-(R) * Elizabeth Weaver, N ’62; L ’65, Michigan Supreme Court justice * Jacques Loeb Wiener, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * Stephen J. Windhorst, B.A., Law, district court judge, former state representative (R) *

John Minor Wisdom John Minor Wisdom (May 17, 1905 – May 15, 1999), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four", and a Republican from Louisiana, was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit during the 1950s and 1960s, when t ...

, Law, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (R)

Attorneys

Dean Andrews Jr. Dean Adams Andrews Jr. (October 8, 1922 – April 15, 1981) was an attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana. During the trial of Clay Shaw, he was questioned by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison regarding his Warren Commission testimony in wh ...

, attorney convicted of perjury by Orleans District Attorney

Jim Garrison James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigat ...

* Sean M. Berkowitz, 1989, chief prosecutor, Enron Task Force * Terry Michael Duncan, lawyer killed in

1993 Russian constitutional crisis The 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, also known as the 1993 October Coup, Black October, the Shooting of the White House or Ukaz 1400, was a political stand-off and a constitutional crisis between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and t ...

* William T. Dzurilla, Law, 1981, international attorney and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White (1982–1983). *

, Law, New Orleans district attorney (D) * Marc Kligman, J.D. 1995, sports agent and criminal lawyer *

Jim Letten James B. Letten (born September 12, 1953) is an American attorney. A career prosecutor, Letten served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana for more than eleven years. By the time Letten resigned as U.S. Attorney in December 20 ...

, L '79, U.S. attorney * Leander Perez, Law, judge and district attorney of Plaquemines Parish in first half of twentieth century (D) * Ira Sorkin, BA 1965, attorney for Bernard Madoff

Other

* William Suter, Law 1962, clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court 1991–present

Math, science and technology

* Jon-Erik Beckjord, paranormal investigator and photographer * Ruth Benerito, Newcomb alumna and inventor of wrinkle-free cotton * Delzie Demaree, 1889 – 1987, botanist and plant collector who taught botany at Tulane from 1956 to 1958. * Willey Glover Denis, 1879–1929, Newcomb A.B. 1899, Tulane M.A. 1902. Biochemist; her appointment as assistant professor at Tulane Medical School has been identified as the first appointment of a woman as a faculty member of a major medical institution in the U.S. * Anna Epps, microbiologist; possibly the first African-American woman with a PhD to lead a medical school. * Joseph Fair, virologist * David Filo, B.S.C.E, co-founder of Yahoo! * Kurt Mislow, 1944, Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University * Harold Rosen, B.S.E.E, 1947, engineer/inventor, famous for inventing the geostationary communications satellite *

Dave Winer Dave Winer (born May 2, 1955, in Queens, New York City) is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and writer who resides in New York City. Winer is noted for his contributions to outliners, scripting, content management, and web servi ...

, B.A, Mathematics, 1976, Weblog and RSS pioneer, former Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellow * A. Baldwin Wood, B.S.M.E., 1899, engineer and inventor of the wood screw pump (1913) and the wood trash pump (1915) *

Ilya Zhitomirskiy Ilya Zhitomirskiy (12 October 1989 – 12 November 2011) was a Russian-American software developer and entrepreneur. Zhitomirskiy was a co-founder and developer of the Diaspora social network and the Diaspora free software that powers it. Biog ...

, 1989–2011, student, co-founder of the social network Diaspora

Medicine

* James Andrews, M.D., orthopedic surgeon *

Dale Archer Dewey Dale Archer, Jr. (born October 12, 1956) best known as Dr. Dale Archer, is an American medical doctor, board-certified psychiatrist, and radio and television personality. He hosted ''Taking Charge with Dr. Dale Archer, ''and the regional ...

, B.A., 1978, M.D., doctor and television personality * Jim C. Barnett, physician and surgeon from Brookhaven,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

, member of Mississippi House of Representatives 1992–2008 * Charles C. Bass, MD, Tulane Medical School dean 1922–1940, researcher in tropical medicine, inventor of modern

dental floss Dental floss is a cord of thin filaments used in interdental cleaning to remove food and dental plaque from between teeth or places a toothbrush has difficulty reaching or is unable to reach. Its regular use as part of oral cleaning is designed ...

, M.B.A., 1991, U.S. Surgeon General under President Barack Obama; first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees * Gerald Berenson, B.S. 1943, M.D. 1945, heart researcher, preventive medicine pioneer and founder of the Bogalusa Heart Study * Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher *

George E. Burch George Edward Burch, M.D. (1910–1986) was a shaper of modern cardiology during the middle part of the twentieth century, whose accomplishments included elucidating the fundamental physiological basis of important cardiovascular diseases, in add ...

, M.D., 1933, cardiologist *

Jay Cavanaugh Dr. Jay Cavanaugh (1949–2005) was a prominent supporter of medical marijuana. He was appointed to thCalifornia State Board of Pharmacyfor ten years by three Governors. He also worked in drug abuse recovery. In 2001 he became National Direct ...

, Ph.D, 1994, member of California State Board of Pharmacy 1980–90; director of American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, 2001 * Wallace H. Clark Jr., B.S. 1944, M.D. 1947, pathologist, cancer researcher * Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., 1932, pioneer of modern medicine and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal * E. Wesley Ely, B.S., 1985; M.P.H., 1989; M.D., 1989, physician researcher of delirium at

Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as clinics and facilities throughout Middle Tennessee. VUMC is an independent non-profit organization, but maintains acad ...

* Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner * Elizabeth Fontham, M.P.H, 1978, D.P.H., 1983, American cancer epidemiologist, public health researcher, and founding dean of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health. * Thomas Naum James, M.D., 1949, director, World Health Organization cardiovascular center * Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., 1951, director, National Institutes of Health, for whom the Kirschstein NRSA grant program is named * Abraham L. Levin, M.D., 1907, inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still used for duodenal drainage after surgery *

Rudolph Matas Rudolph Matas (September 12, 1860 – September 23, 1957) was an American surgeon. He was born outside New Orleans in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, and spent much of his childhood in his parents' native land of Spain. Matas returned to New Or ...

, M.D., 1880, "father of vascular surgery" * William Larimer Mellon Jr., M.D., M ’53, founder of Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti * José Gilberto Montoya, founder of the Immunocompromised Host Service and works at the Positive Care Clinic at Stanford *

Kelly Overton Kelly Overton is an American actress. She is known for portraying Vanessa Van Helsing in the 2016 Syfy fantasy drama series ''Van Helsing''. Early life Overton grew up in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and studied at the American Academy of Drama ...

, Activist * Imperato Pascal, MPH & TM, author * Steven M. Paul, B.S. 1972, M.D. 1975, neuroscientist and pharmaceutical executive * Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., 1935, U.S. surgeon general 1961–1965; chair of the committee that produced Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States * Paul Wehrle, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox *

Charles B. Wilson Charles Burnett "C.B." Wilson (4 July 1850 – 12 September 1926) was a British and Tahitian superintendent of the water works, fire chief under Kalākaua, King Kalākaua, and Marshal of the Kingdom under Liliuokalani, Queen Liliuokalani. Wilson w ...

, pioneer in pituitary tumor treatment; Cushing Medal recipient

Military

* George K. Anderson, General in the United States Air Force *

Wayne Downing Wayne Allan Downing (May 10, 1940 – July 18, 2007) was a four-star United States Army general born in Peoria, Illinois. He graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1962 and held a Master of Busin ...

, General in the US Army *

Douglas G. Hurley Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot and former NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle pro ...

, NASA astronaut *

John L. McLucas John Luther McLucas (August 22, 1920 – December 1, 2002) was United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1973 to 1975, becoming Secretary of the Air Force on July 19, 1973. He had been Acting Secretary of the Air Force since May 15, 1973, and U ...

, G ’43, Secretary of the Air Force * Richard I. Neal, General in the US Marine Corps *

Rick Snyder Richard Dale Snyder (born August 19, 1958) is an American business executive, venture capitalist, attorney, accountant, and politician who served as the 48th governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Snyder previo ...

, ‘84, Vice Admiral, US Navy * William Suter, Law 1962, General, US Army *

Tate Westbrook Michael Tate Westbrook is an officer in the United States Navy who served as commanding officer of the USS ''Spruance'' (DDG-111) from May 2010 to May 2012. Prior to this, he served in the Pentagon on the Naval Operations Staff's Programming Div ...

, Captain, US Navy * James C. Yarbrough, General in the US Army * David H. Berger E '81, The 38th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps * Christina Maria Rantetana, MPH '97, rear admiral in the

Indonesian Navy The Indonesian Navy ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, , Indonesian National Military-Naval Force, TNI-AL) is the naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol ...

Royalty and religion

Jorge Bolaños Jorge Alberto Bolaños Suarez (born 7 November 1936 in Las Tunas, Cuba) is a Cuban politician and diplomat. Bolanos graduated in Political Sciences and International Law from the University of Havana and did postgraduate courses in Foreign Rel ...

, son of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños *

Francis George Francis Eugene George (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the eighth Archbishop of Chicago in Illinois (1997–2014) and previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Yakima and A ...

, Ph.D., 1970, cardinal archbishop of Chicago * James G. Heller, rabbi and composer

Sports

* Stephen Alemais, baseball player *

Michael Aubrey Robert Michael Aubrey (born April 15, 1982) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. Baseball career Amateur He attended Southwood High S ...

, baseball player *

David Mark Berger David Mark Berger (May 24, 1944 – September 6, 1972) was an American and Israeli Olympic weightlifter, and one of the 11 Israeli Olympians taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian group Black September during the Munich massacre at the ...

, A&S '66, NCAA champion, member of 1972 Israeli Olympic weightlifting team * Jim Boyle, NFL offensive tackle *

Bubby Brister Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister III (born August 15, 1962) is a former American football quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Bronco ...

, NG-UC ’85, former NFL quarterback *

Bobby Brown Robert Barisford Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Brown started h ...

, Medicine 1950, baseball player, president of the American League * Janell Burse, basketball player in the WNBA * Chris Bush, 2004, NFL receiver *

Andy Cannizaro Andrew Lee Cannizaro (born December 19, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays between 2006 and 2008, and a former head baseball coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Playi ...

, MLB shortstop and baseball All American *

Jerry Dalrymple Gerald Richard Dalrymple (August 6, 1906 – September 25, 1962) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Dalrymple worked odd jobs at Ouachita Junior College in Arkadelphia for three years. He was a prominent end for coach Berni ...

, football All-American * Quincy Davis, 2006, naturalised Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team player *

JaJuan Dawson JaJuan Latroy Dawson (November 5, 1977 – July 12, 2015) was a wide receiver in the NFL from 2000 to 2002. He played for the Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans. He was drafted by the Browns in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft with the ...

, 1999, NFL receiver *

Burnell Dent Burnell Joseph Dent (born March 16, 1963) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Playing career High School career Dent from St. Rose, Louisiana played high school football at Destrehan High ...

, NFL linebacker * Corey Dowden, NFL defensive back *

Barbara Farris Barbara Farris, (born September 10, 1976), is a retired basketball player formerly of the WNBA. On May 29, 2009, Farris signed with the Detroit Shock. Farris previously played for the New York Liberty. In the 2007 season she played in 28 regula ...

, UC ’98, WNBA forward, New York Liberty * Steve Foley, football, quarterback in 1977 near-undefeated season when Tulane beat

LSU Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...

for the first time in 25 years *

Matt Forte Matthew Garrett Forte (born December 10, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave and was drafted ...

, NFL running back *

Nolan Franz Nolan Clarence Franz (born September 11, 1959) is a former American football wide receiver. After playing in the United States Football League (USFL) for the Boston/New Orleans/Portland Breakers from 1983 to 1985, Franz was a member of the Gr ...

, NFL wide receiver * Lester Gatewood, NFL center * Tony Giarratano, MLB, Detroit Tigers * Fred Gloden, NFL player * Brandon Gomes, MLB,

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home v ...

* William (Bill) Goss, Football, 1963-65 • UPI and AP First Team All-SEC linebacker as a senior in 1965 and was the final Tulane player ever chosen All-SEC • First Team SEC All-Academic in 1965 • Team captain, 1965; Started every game as a sophomore, junior and senior • Led Tulane in tackles as a junior and senior • Member of “Fighting 40” team that had just 40 players dressed out on the roster in a growing SEC • Selected Tulane's team MVP in 1965 • Played in Blue/Gray All-Star Game and started at linebacker in 1965 • Selected by Atlanta Falcons in eighth round of 1966 NFL Draft • Became SEC football referee, officiating over 200 games in 23-year career • Led Tulane with three interceptions in 1965 * Jim Gueno, NFL linebacker * Ryan Grant, NFL wide receiver who is currently a free agent *

Nickie Hall Carl "Nickie" Hall (born August 1, 1959) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the ...

, football player * Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker * Phil Hicks, NBA basketball player * Rodney Holman, 1981, NFL pro bowl tight end * Linton Johnson III, 2004, NBA player * Robert Kelley, NFL running back *

Shaun King Jeffery Shaun King (born September 17, 1979) is an American writer, civil rights activist and co-founder of Real Justice PAC. King uses social media to promote social justice causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement. King was raised ...

, 1999, NFL quarterback * Dominik Köpfer, German tennis player * Troy Kropog, 2009–present, NFL lineman Tennessee Titans *

Eric Laakso Eric Henry Laakso (November 29, 1956December 25, 2010) was an NFL offensive tackle and guard who played seven seasons with the Miami Dolphins, a tenure which included two Super Bowls. After high school at Killingly in Danielson, CT he attended ...

, 1976 Tulane Athlete of the year, NFL offensive tackle * J. P. Losman, NFL quarterback * Seth Marler, B ’03, NFL kicker * Lonnie Marts, 1990, NFL linebacker 1991–2001 *

Tommy Mason Thomas Cyril Mason (July 8, 1939 – January 22, 2015) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). College career Mason played college football for Tulane University. *1959: 10 Games – 81 carries for 336 yar ...

, NFL running back *

Max McGee William Max McGee (July 16, 1932 – October 20, 2007) was a professional football player, a wide receiver and punter for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL. He played from 1954 to 1967, and is best known for his seven receptions for 138 yards a ...

, NFL wide receiver * Sylvester McGrew, NFL defensive end *

Mewelde Moore Mewelde Jaem Cadere Moore (born July 24, 1982) is a former American football running back. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Moore also played with the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning a S ...

, NFL running back * Ed Morgan, baseball player * Kevin Mmahat, baseball player *

Steve Mura Stephen Andrew Mura (born February 12, 1955) is an American retired Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Mura played from - with the San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland Athletics. He was a member of the Card ...

, baseball player *

Eddie Murray Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "Steady Eddie," is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, designated hitter, and coach. Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, he ranks fourth ...

, UC ’80, NFL kicker * Herman Neugass, track & field athlete noted for his boycott of the 1936 Olympic trials * Phil Nugent, football player * Micah Owings, MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds * Richie Petitbon, NFL player and coach *

Eddie Price Edward J. Price (September 2, 1925 – July 21, 1979) was an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulane University and was drafted in the second round of ...

, football player *

Patrick Ramsey Patrick Allen Ramsey (born February 14, 1979) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Ramsey has also b ...

, NFL quarterback *

Ham Richardson Hamilton Farrar Richardson (August 24, 1933 – November 5, 2006)"Former tenni ...

, 1955, tennis player *

Taylor Rochestie Taylor Campbell Rochestie (born July 1, 1985) is an American-born naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player for the Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represents the senior Montenegrin nation ...

(born 1985) American-Montenegrin player for

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1 ...

of the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...

* Cairo Santos, NFL kicker * Andy Sheets, MLB shortstop * Joe Silipo, football player in the CFL, USFL and NFL *

Jerald Sowell Jerald Monye Sowell (born January 21, 1974) is a former American football fullback. He played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Tulane. Playing caree ...

, NFL running back *

Mike Tannenbaum Mike Tannenbaum (born February 14, 1969) is an American football reporter. He served as the executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the general manager for the New Yor ...

, former general manager, New York Jets (NFL) * Eric Thomas, 1987, NFL defensive back 1987–1995 * Michael Thompson, PGA Tour golfer * Paul Thompson, NBA player *

Dalton Truax Dalton Lloyd Truax Jr. (January 17, 1935 – August 15, 2019) was a professional American football player. After growing up in New Orleans and lettering in multiple sports for Holy Cross School (New Orleans) including becoming Louisiana State Wres ...

, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders *

Linda Tuero Linda Tuero (born October 21, 1950) is an American tennis player and paleoanthropologist. She won six U.S Junior Titles and three U.S. Women's Titles. She reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1971, and won the singles titles at the ...

, tennis, winner of Italian Open * John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player * Roydell Williams, NFL wide receiver * Frank Wills, MLB relief pitcher *

Josh Zeid Joshua Alexander Zeid ( ; born March 24, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher. He plays for Team Israel. He formerly played for the Houston Astros of MLB. Zeid played for the gold-medal-winning Team USA Youth Nati ...

, MLB pitcher *

Darnell Mooney Darnell Mooney (born October 29, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane. High School career Darnell Mooney went to Gadsden City High Scho ...

, NFL wide receiver * Thakarius “BoPete” Keyes, NFL cornerback

Faculty

Akira Arimura was a professor of medicine at Tulane University, and the founding Director of the university's Hébert Research Center, working on neuroendocrinology and biochemistry research. He died in 2007 of multiple myeloma. His books have been collected ...

, professor of endocrinology *

William Balée William Balée (born 1954) is a professor of anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and educated at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology bef ...

, professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies * Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court * David Bonderman, founder of

TPG Capital TPG Inc., previously known as Texas Pacific Group and TPG Capital, is an American investment company based in Fort Worth, Texas. The private equity firm is focused on leveraged buyouts and growth capital. TPG manages investment funds in growth c ...

Elizabeth Hill Boone Elizabeth Hill Boone (born September 6, 1948) is an American art historian, ethnohistorian and academic, specialising in the study of Latin American art and in particular the early colonial and pre-Columbian art, iconography and pictorial c ...

, professor of Latin American art history 1994– * Christian M. M. Brady, targumist *

, political scientist * Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court (D) * Douglas Brinkley, historian *

William Craft Brumfield __NOTOC__ William Craft Brumfield (born June 28, 1944) is a contemporary American historian of Russian architecture, a preservationist and an architectural photographer. Brumfield is currently Professor of Slavic studies at Tulane University ...

, professor and historian of Russian art and architecture *

Florian Cajori Florian Cajori (February 28, 1859 – August 14 or 15, 1930) was a Swiss-American historian of mathematics. Biography Florian Cajori was born in Zillis, Switzerland, as the son of Georg Cajori and Catherine Camenisch. He attended schools first ...

, historian *

James Carville Chester James Carville Jr. (born October 25, 1944) is an American political consultant, author, and occasional actor who has strategized for candidates for public office in the United States and in at least 23 nations abroad. A Democrat, he is a ...

, political science * Alfred H. Clifford, mathematician *

Harold Cummins Harold Cummins M.D. (May 28, 1893 – May 12, 1976) was an anatomist and dermatoglyphics specialist. He is considered to be the founder of dermatoglyphics. Early life and education A native of Markleville, Indiana, Cummins attended the Unive ...

, faculty 1919–1964, anatomist * David John Doukas, clinical ethicist and professionalism scholar * John Duffy, medical historian *

Gordon G. Gallup Gordon G. Gallup Jr. (; born 1941) is an American psychologist in the University at Albany's psychology department, researching biopsychology. Early life and education Gallup received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1968, after w ...

Jr., faculty 1968–1975, developer of the mirror test for self-awareness (1970) * Kenneth W. Harl, historian *

Melissa Harris-Perry Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry (born October 2, 1973), formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hoste ...

, former Professor of Political Science and anchor for MSNBC *

Maximilian Heller Maximilian Heller (January 31, 1860 – March 30, 1929) was a Czech-born American rabbi. Life Heller was born on January 31, 1860, in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire, the son of well-to-do wool merchant Simon Heller and Mathilde Kassowitz. He c ...

, rabbi, professor of Hebrew and Hebrew literature 1912–1928 *

Helmut Otto Hofer Helmut Otto Hofer (22 October 1912 in Mährisch Weisskirchen, Moravia - 26 July 1989 in Kassel) was an Austrian zoologist and anatomist. Hofer received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Vienna in 1937. From 1938 until 194 ...

, faculty 1965–1977, zoologist and comparative anatomist * Andy Horowitz, historian, winner of

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, ...

(2021) * Louis J. Ignarro, faculty 1973–1985; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998 *

Walter Isaacson Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, ...

, author and former CEO of CNN; member of the Board of Tulane * T.R. Kidder, archaeologist * James A. Knight, M.D., former faculty, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist * Adrienne Koch, historian *

Ida Kohlmeyer Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (3 November 1912 – 24 January 1997) was an American painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Louisiana. Kohlmeyer took up painting in her 30s and achieved wide recognition for her work in art museums and galleries ...

, artist and associate on faculty, 1950s * John S. Kyser, president of

Northwestern State University Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) is a public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the Univer ...

1954–1966, taught at Tulane in the early 1920s *

Kris Lane Kris Eugene Lane (born April 7, 1967) is a Canadian–American Fulbright scholar, researcher, professor, and author. His areas of academic teaching and research focus on colonial Latin American history. He has written and edited several books ...

, historian and author, Tulane University and University of Minnesota faculty *

Robert K. Merton Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology. He served as th ...

, sociologist, former head of the Sociology Department *

Claire Messud Claire Messud (born 1966) is an American novelist and literature and creative writing professor. She is best known as the author of the novel '' The Emperor's Children'' (2006). Early life Born in Greenwich, Connecticut,van Gelder, Lawrence. "Foo ...

, novelist *

Alton Ochsner Alton Ochsner Sr. (May 4, 1896 – September 24, 1981) was an American surgeon and medical researcher who worked at Tulane University and other New Orleans hospitals before he established The Ochsner Clinic. Now known as Ochsner Medical ...

, founder of Ochsner Clinic, pioneer anti-smoking advocate *

William Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist ( ; October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, first as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and then as the 16th chief justice from ...

, U.S. Supreme Court (R) *

John Leonard Riddell John Leonard Riddell (February 20, 1807 – October 7, 1865) was a science lecturer, botanist, geologist, medical doctor, chemist, microscopist, numismatist, politician, and science fiction author in the United States. He was born in Leyden, Massa ...

, faculty 1836–1865; microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope (1851) *

Charles P. Roland Charles Pierce Roland (April 8, 1918 – April 12, 2022) was an American historian and professor emeritus of the University of Kentucky who was known for his research field of the American South and the U.S. Civil War. Roland was a Captain in th ...

, historian of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

and the American South, professor at Tulane 1952–1970 * Tom Sancton, journalist, musician, Andrew W. Mellon Professor * Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court (R) * Andrew V. Schally, faculty 1962–2006, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977), French Legion of Honor * J. Lawrence Smith, chemist and inventor of the inverted microscope (1850) * Raymond Taras, faculty, political scientist * Royal D. Suttkus, faculty 1950–1990, founder of the largest ichthyology collection in the world * Lewis Thomas, faculty 1948–1950, physician, researcher, and essayist * Frank J. Tipler, physicist and author * Jesmyn Ward, novelist; two-time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction (2011 and 2017)

Tulane presidents

References

External links

Famous Alumni List
(PDF) at Alumni.tulane.edu
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Tulane University People Lists of people by university or college in Louisiana, Tulane University people Tulane University alumni,