The following persons are notable alumni, living and deceased, of

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

Academia

College or university presidents

* James F. Barker (AM 1973): president of

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enr ...

* Rebecca Ehretsman (MA): eighteenth president of

Wartburg College Wartburg College is a private Lutheran liberal arts college in Waverly, Iowa. It has an additional campus, Wartburg West, in Denver, Colorado. History Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a nativ ...

* Thomas Lamb Eliot (AB 1862, AM 1866): founding board member and president of

Reed College Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...

* Deborah Freund (AB 1973): president of Claremont Graduate University * Song Ja (MBA 1962, DBA 1967): former president of

Yonsei University Yonsei University (; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. As a member of the " SKY" universities, Yonsei University is deemed one of the three most prestigious institutions in the country. It is particularly respected in th ...

and

Myongji University Myongji University () is a private, Christian university founded in 1948 in South Korea. It provides higher education in the fields of engineering, sciences and humanities. It has two campuses: the Social Science Campus is located in Seoul and ...

;

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

n Minister of Education * Nathan O. Hatch (AM 1972, PhD 1974): president emeritus of

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

* Edward S. Holden (SB 1866): fifth president of the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ...

; director of the Lick Observatory * Joyce Ladner (AM 1966, PhD 1968): sociologist, civil rights activist and interim president of

Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ...

*Horace Mitchell (AB 1968, MA 1969, PhD 1974): president of

California State University Bakersfield California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB, Cal State Bakersfield, or CSU Bakersfield) is a public university in Bakersfield, California. It was established in 1965 as Kern State College and officially in 1968 as California State College Bake ...

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

(MD 1954): former president of

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

* H. Richard Niebuhr (AM 1917): theologian, former president of

Elmhurst College Elmhurst University is a private university in Elmhurst, Illinois. It has a tradition of service-oriented learning and an affiliation with the United Church of Christ. The university changed its name from Elmhurst College on July 1, 2020. Hist ...

and professor at

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

Larry Robinson Larry Clark Robinson (born June 2, 1951) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, executive and player. His coaching career includes head coaching positions with the New Jersey Devils (which he held on two occasions), as well as the Los Angeles Ki ...

(PhD 1984): academic, administrator, chemist and the current President of

Florida A&M University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the Un ...

Abram L. Sachar Abram Leon Sachar (February 15, 1899 – July 24, 1993) was an American historian and founding president of Brandeis University. Early life and education He was born in New York City to Samuel Sachar, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, and Sa ...

(AB 1920, AM 1920): founding president of

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

Kim Schatzel Kim E. Schatzel is an American academic administrator who is the 14th president of Towson University. She joined Eastern Michigan University in January 2012 as provost and executive vice president of academic and student affairs, and became interi ...

(BS 1978): 19th President of

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one o ...

* Samuel Stanley (MD 1980): 5th President of Stony Brook University *

Woo Chia-wei Chia-Wei Woo (), , was the founding president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work included raising funding and recruiting outstanding faculty for the university. With Chung Sze Yuen, Woo created an institution, inc ...

(MA, PhD): founding president of

The 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 institutio ...

; first Asian American president of a major U.S. university (

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different ...

)

Professors

* Francis J. Beckwith (MJS): professor and associate director of the graduate program in philosophy at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...

* Jessie Bernard (PhD 1935): sociologist; feminist scholar, professor at Pennsylvania State University * Judson A. Brewer (PhD 2002, MD 2004): neuroscientist and psychiatrist, director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and professor at Brown University * Ewald W. Busse (M.D.): professor at Duke University and president of the

American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It has more than 37,000 members are involv ...

* Elizabeth A. Craig: biochemistry professor at

University of Wisconsin–Madison 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 Stat ...

; member of the National Academy of Sciences * Keith Crandall (PhD 1993): founding director of the Computational Biology Institute and professor at

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress, GWU is the largest Higher educat ...

Lorrie Cranor Lorrie Faith Cranor, D.Sc. is the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and is the director of the Carnegie Mellon Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory. She has served as Chi ...

(BS 1992, MS 1993, MS 1996, D.Sc 1996): Professor at Carnegie Mellon University; served as chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission * Carolyn S. Gordon (PhD 1979): Benjamin Cheney Professor of Mathematics at

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

Kenneth I. Gross Kenneth Irwin Gross (14 October 1938 – 10 September 2017) was an American mathematician. Born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1938, Gross received from Brandeis University his bachelor's degree in 1960 and his master's degree in 1962. He received h ...

(PhD 1966): mathematician, professor at

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

and

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 ...

* Raelynn Hillhouse (AB): novelist, political scientist, national security expert, professor at

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 ...

and

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawai'i, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Haw ...

* Barbara Krauthamer (MA 1994): African-American historian, professor at

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

and

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...

, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at

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 ...

* Richard Lischer (MA 1967) theologian and professor at

Duke Divinity School The Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is one of ten graduate or professional schools within Duke University. It is also one of thirteen seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church. It has 39 regular ...

Donald Livingston Donald Livingston is a former Professor of Philosophy at Emory University and a David Hume scholar. In 2003 he founded the Abbeville Institute, which is devoted to the study of Southern culture and political ideas. Early life and education Livin ...

(PhD 1965): Professor of Philosophy at

and constitutional scholar *

John L. Loos John Louis Loos (March 9, 1918 – September 25, 2011) was an American historian best known for his scholarship on the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806. A Nebraska native, for 34 years Loos was a faculty member at Louisiana State Univer ...

(PhD c. 1953): historian and professor at

Louisiana State University 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 nea ...

, researcher of the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...

Richard V. E. Lovelace Richard Van Evera Lovelace is an American astrophysicist and plasma physicist. He is best known for the discovery of the period of the pulsar in the Crab Nebula (Crab pulsar), which helped to prove that pulsars are rotating neutron stars, for d ...

(BS Physics 1964): astrophysicist and plasma physicist at

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

* Julius B. Maller (AB 1925): professor of psychology at

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City."About YU
on the Yeshiva Universi ...

Richard McKelvey Richard Drummond McKelvey (April 27, 1944 – April 22, 2002) was a political scientist, specializing in mathematical theories of voting. He received his BS in Mathematics from Oberlin College, MA in mathematics from Washington University in St. ...

(MA 1967): Political Scientist, specialized in mathematical theories of voting and Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of Political Science at the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

* William E. Moerner (BS, AB 1975): Nobel Prize winning chemical physicist, professor at Stanford University * Jonathan D. Moreno (PhD 1977): David and Lyn Silfen University Professor,

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

Eugene B. Redmond Eugene B. Redmond (born December 1, 1937, St. Louis)Burton, Jennifer"Eugene Redmond" ''Oxford Companion to African American Literature''. is an American poet, and academic. His poetry is closely connected to the Black Arts Movement and the city ...

(AM 1966): poet and professor emeritus at

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is a public university in Edwardsville, Illinois. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Butler 1976, p. 18 It is the younger of the two major inst ...

* Maurice H. Rees, Medical educator, professor at

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado sy ...

, and dean of

University of Colorado School of Medicine The University of Colorado School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Colorado system. It is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, one of the four University of Colorado campuses, six miles east of downtow ...

from 1925 to 1945 *

Bruce Rittmann Bruce E. Rittmann is Regents' Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University. He was also elected a member of the National Academy of ...

(B.S., M.S. 1974): Regents' Professor at Arizona State University * Elizabeth Scarlett (AB 1983): author of books on Spanish literature and film, professor at

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 18 ...

* Pepper Schwartz (AB 1967, MA 1969): sociologist, sexologist, and professor at the

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

* Hollis Taylor: author and musicologist at Macquarie University *

Thea Tlsty Thea D. Tlsty is an American pathologist and professor of pathology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is known for her research in cancer biology and her involvement in the discovery of cells that may be at the origin of ...

(PhD 1980), professor of

pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

at the

University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It con ...

* L. Randell Wray (MA, PhD): economist associated with

modern monetary theory Modern Monetary Theory or Modern Money Theory (MMT) is a heterodox * * * * * * macroeconomic theory that describes currency as a public monopoly and unemployment as evidence that a currency monopolist is overly restricting the supply of t ...

and professor of economics at

Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 1860, ...

* Ellen W. Zegura (BS 1987, MS 1990, D.Sc 1993): Professor at

Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

* Jacquelyn Zita (BA, PhD): former Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at

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 land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

Arts and literature

Ericka Beckman Ericka Beckman is an American filmmaker who began to make films in the 1970s as part of the Pictures Generation. Her films concern the relationship between people and images, and how images structure people's perception of themselves and of reality ...

(BFA 1974): filmmaker *

Deanne Bell Deanne Olivia Bell is an American television personality and engineer. Career Prior to her media career, Deanne designed optomechanics for military aircraft sensors in Los Angeles and worked as a senior application engineer for a software star ...

(BS 2002): host of Discovery Channel's ''

Smash Lab ''Smash Lab'' is a reality television series that premiered on December 26, 2007, on the Discovery Channel. The idea of the show is to take everyday technology and test it in "extraordinary ways". The show started broadcasting in the UK on 3 Mar ...

'' and PBS's ''

Design Squad ''Design Squad'' is an American reality competition television series targeted towards children ages 10–13. Contestants are high school students who design and build machines to compete for a $10,000 college scholarship from Intel. The series a ...

'' * Suessa Baldridge Blaine, writer of temperance pageants *

Morris Carnovsky Morris Carnovsky (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1992) was an American stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films un ...

(AB): stage and film actor * Steve Carver (MFA): film director *

Douglass Crockwell Spencer Douglass Crockwell (April 29, 1904, Columbus, Ohio – November 30, 1968, Glens Falls, New York) was an American commercial artist and experimental filmmaker. He was most famous for his illustrations and advertisements for ''The Saturday E ...

(BS 1926): commercial artist and experimental filmmaker * Larry Cuba (AB 1972): animator *

Robert Culp Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on ''I Spy'' (1965–1968), the espionage television se ...

(attended): television actor *

Patricia Degener Patricia “Patsy” Degener (1924–2008) was an American artist who specialized in ceramics. She helped found Craft Alliance, a St. Louis–based gallery and crafts cooperative, in 1964. Personal life Patricia Degener was born in Washington, ...

: artist *

David Dorfman David Dorfman (born February 7, 1993) is an American attorney and former actor. He portrayed Aidan Keller in the 2002 horror film remake '' The Ring'', and its 2005 sequel ''The Ring Two''. His other film roles include Sammy in ''Panic'', Joey ...

(BSBA 1977): Broadway choreographer, musician, dancer * Kyle DeWoody (BA 2007): gallery owner *

Anita Diamant Anita Diamant (born June 27, 1951) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books."Anita Diamant." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2015. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 2017-09-22. She has ...

(AB 1973): novelist *

Doug Dillard Douglas Flint Dillard (March 6, 1937 – May 16, 2012) was an American musician noted for his banjo proficiency and his pioneering participation in late-60s country rock. Biography Early life Dillard, who grew up on a farm near Salem, Missouri, ...

: bluegrass musician, banjo player for

the Dillards The Dillards are an American bluegrass and country rock band from Salem, Missouri. The band is best known for introducing bluegrass music into the popular mainstream with their appearance as " The Darlings" on '' The Andy Griffith Show''. B ...

* Sean Douglas (LA 2005): multi-platinum songwriter and producer *

Richard Eastham Richard Eastham (born Dickinson Swift Eastham; June 22, 1916 – July 10, 2005) was an American actor of stage, film, and television, a concert singer known for his deep baritone voice, and an inventor. Early years Eastham's birth name was ...

(studied prior to World War II): actor * Henry Ware Eliot (AB 1863): father of poet T. S. Eliot; former president of the

Academy of Sciences An academy of sciences is a type of learned society or academy (as special scientific institution) dedicated to sciences that may or may not be state funded. Some state funded academies are tuned into national or royal (in case of the Unit ...

of St. Louis *

George Pearse Ennis George Pearse Ennis (July 21, 1884 – August 1936) was an American artist. He is known for his watercolors and for the stained glass window he designed for Washington Hall, the cadet mess hall at West Point. Life Ennis studied at Washington Un ...

: painter and watercolorist * Lillie Rose Ernst: the leader of The Potters, an artistic group in early 20th Century St. Louis *

Jon Feltheimer Jon Feltheimer (born September 2, 1951) is the Chief Executive Officer of Lions Gate Entertainment and has held that position since 2000. Feltheimer has led Lionsgate to grow into the leading Canadian independent filmed entertainment studio. Bi ...

(AB 1972): CEO of

Lionsgate Films Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is an American film production and film distribution studio, headquartered in Santa Monica and founded in Canada, and is the flagship division of Lionsgate Entertainment. It is the la ...

Emily Fridlund Emily Fridlund is an author and academic best known for her novel ''History of Wolves.'' Personal life Fridlund grew up in Edina, Minnesota. She has a bachelor's degree from Principia College in Illinois, an MFA in fiction from Washington Univ ...

: author of ''History of Wolves'' * Tom Friedman (BFA 1988): conceptual sculptor * Bernie Fuchs (MFA 1954): painter and illustrator *

Richa Gangopadhyay Richa Gangopadhyay Langella ( Gangopadhyay ; born 20 March 1986) is an Indian-born American former actress and model who predominantly appeared in Telugu language films. She resides at Portland, Oregon. She was cast along with the prominent ...

(MBA 2017): actress * John Gardner (AB 1955): novelist Dave Garroway J Fred Muggs Today show 1954

Dave Garroway David Cunningham Garroway (July 13, 1913 – July 21, 1982) was an American television personality. He was the founding host and anchor of NBC's ''Today'' from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing and relaxing style belied a lifelong battle with depressi ...

(AB 1936): ''

Today Show ''Today'' (also called ''The Today Show'' or informally, ''NBC News Today'') is an American news and talk morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It w ...

'' host *

Cheryl Goldsleger Cheryl Goldsleger (born 1951) is an American artist and educator. She has resided in Athens, Georgia, since 1977. Early life and education Goldsleger was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began her formal education in art in 19 ...

(MFA 1975): artist * Alicia Graf Mack (MA): dancer *

Elizabeth Graver Elizabeth Graver (born 1964) is an American writer and academic. Early life and education Graver was born in Los Angeles on July 2, 1964, and grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She received her B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1986, and her ...

(MFA 1999): novelist * Robert Guillaume: stage and television actor * Gustave Haenschen: pianist, composer, recording director (

Brunswick Records Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916. History From 1916 Records under the Brunswick label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, a company based in Dubuque, Iowa which had been manufacturing prod ...

), orchestral conductor and radio executive *

Garth Risk Hallberg Garth Risk Hallberg (born November 1978) is an American author. His debut novel is '' City on Fire''.Brian Appleyard, "Manhattan Project", ''The Age'', "Good Weekend", pp. 20-22 Hallberg was born outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana and grew up in Gre ...

(MFA 2001): novelist *

Henry Hampton Henry Eugene Hampton Jr. (8 January 1940 – 22 November 1998) was an African-American filmmaker. His production company, Blackside, Inc., produced over 80 programs—the most recognizable being the documentary ''Eyes on the Prize,'' which w ...

(AB 1961): filmmaker; producer of

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

American civil rights documentary '' Eyes on the Prize'' *

John Hartford John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive kn ...

: bluegrass fiddler and banjo player * Veronica Helfensteller: painter and printer * Ann Hirsch (BFA 2007): artist *

Daniel Hirsh Daniel Hirsh (born May 18, 1982, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor, voice over artist, video editor, director, cinematographer, graphic designer, writer, and producer. Hirsh has acted in and directed several World Premiere theatrical ...

(AB 2005): actor and filmmaker * A. E. Hotchner (AB 1940, JD 1940): biographer and novelist (''Papa Hemingway'', ''King of the Hill'') *

Fannie Hurst Fannie Hurst (October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I era. Her work combined sentimental, romantic themes with social issues of the d ...

(AB 1909): writer and social activist *

Josephine Johnson Josephine Winslow Johnson (June 20, 1910 – February 27, 1990) was an American novelist, poet, and essayist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1935 at age 24 for her first novel, '' Now in November''. To this day she's the youngest ...

(student 1926–1931): Pulitzer Prize-winning author * Roland C. Jordan: composer and music theorist *

Stan Kann Stan Kann (December 9, 1924 – September 29, 2008) received national recognition in the 1960s when he was a frequent guest on ''The Tonight Show'' and daytime television talk shows, showcasing his collection of vacuum cleaners. Kann also was known ...

(AB 1946): theater organist *

Johnny Kastl Johnny Kastl is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Doug Murphy on the medical comedy '' Scrubs''. He has since made cameo appearances in several Hollywood productions and played other parts on television including the role of Tod ...

(AB, 1997): television actor ('' Scrubs'') * Hank Klibanoff (AB 1971): author and Pulitzer Prize winner * Zander Lehmann (AB 2009) creator, writer, and producer of the TV show, '' Casual.'' *

Caryn Mandabach Caryn Mandabach is a U.K.-based American television producer. Mandabach is responsible for producing US hits considered ground-breaking, such as ''The Cosby Show'', ''Roseanne'', ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1997–2001), ''That '70s Show'' (1998– ...

(AB 1970): Emmy award-winning television and film producer of the ''

Cosby Show ''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom co-created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired Thursday nights for eight seasons on NBC between September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on an upper middle-class African- ...

'' *Shepherd Mead (AB 1936): playwright (''How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'') *David Merrick (AB 1934): Broadway producer *Marvin Miller (actor), Marvin Miller: actor, voice actor, radio announcer, multiple time winner of Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album *Ian Monroe (BFA 1995): visual artist *Oliver Nelson (student 1954–1957): jazz musician and composer *David McCheyne Newell: naturalist, writer *Frank Nuderscher: American Impressionist painter and muralist *Al Parker (artist), Al Parker (student 1923-28): illustrator *J. D. Parran (AM 1971): jazz musician *Ebony Patterson (MFA 2006): visual artist *Sandra Payne (artist), Sandra Payne (BFA): visual artist *Mike Peters (cartoonist), Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist, creator of ''Mother Goose and Grimm'' *Judy Pfaff (BFA 1971): visual artist *Dan Piraro (dropped out): cartoonist of ''Bizarro'' *Robert Quine (JD 1968): rock guitarist *Harold Ramis (AB 1966): film actor, writer and director *

(MA 1966): poet, critic, civil-rights activist *Irma S. Rombauer (AB): co-author of ''The Joy of CookingPapers of the Rombauer–Becker Family, 1795–1992.Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.'' *Allen Rucker: television writer and novelist *Peter Sarsgaard (AB 1993): actor *Steven Sater: Broadway lyricist, playwright, and poet *Peter Saul (BFA 1956): painter *Michael Shamberg: video artist, producer *William Jay Smith (AB 1939; MA 1941): nineteenth United States Poet Laureate *Maxwell Stevens (MFA 1995): painter, visual artist *Dan Storper (AB ’73): founder and CEO of Putumayo World Music *Allan Trautman (AB 1976): actor, puppeteer *Jeff Tremaine (AB 1990): director, producer, and co-creator of MTV's ''Jackass (TV series), Jackass'' *Kristin Bauer van Straten: television actress on ''True Blood'' *Anne Valente (AB 2003): novelist, short story writer *Charles van Ravenswaay (AB 1933, AM 1934): historian, first paid director of the Missouri Historical Society *Lauren Weinstein (cartoonist), Lauren Weinstein (AB 1998): cartoonist *June Weybright, composer *Luke Whisnant (MFA 1982): novelist, short story writer *Mary Wickes (AB 1930): stage, film, and television actress *Tennessee Williams (student 1936-37): playwright *Olly Wilson (AB 1959): composer *Ben H. Winters (BA 1998): author, playwright, screenwriter *Qiu Xiaolong (MA 1993) (PhD 1995): crime novelist, English-language poet, literary translator, critic, and academic

Architecture and design

*Charles Eames: designer, architect, filmmaker. *Hugh Ferriss (B.Arch 1911, M.Arch 1928): architect * Tom Friedman (BFA 1988): conceptual sculptor, artist *Alan Goldberg (architect), Alan Goldberg (1954): architect *Walker Hancock: sculptor, 1989 National Medal of Arts winner *Gyo Obata (B.Arch 1945): architect; cofounder and chairman of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum *James F. O'Gorman (B.Arch 1956): architectural historian and author *Carlos Ott (M.Arch 1972): Uruguayan-Canadian architect of the Opéra Bastille *C. P. Wang (M.Arch 1973): architect for Taipei 101, the world's tallest building as of 2005

Business

*Fahd Al-Rasheed (BSBA): CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City *John H. Biggs (PhD): former CEO of TIAA-CREF *Nordahl Brue (JD): founder of Bruegger's Bagels and Board of Trustees member at Grinnell College *Donald L. Bryant Jr. (JD 1967): owner of Bryant Family Vineyard *William H. Danforth (AB 1892): founder of Ralston Purina *Arnold W. Donald (BSME 1977): CEO of Carnival Cruise Line; former CEO of Merisant *Yinka Faleti (JD): former executive director of the nonprofit Forward Through Ferguson and senior vice president of United Way Worldwide, United Way of Greater St. Louis *Aria Finger (BA 2005): CEO of nonprofit DoSomething, President of TMI Agency *Steve Fossett (MBA 1968): options trader, balloonist, and adventurer *Sam Fox (BSBA 1951): founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group Industries *Avram Glazer (BSBA 1982): president and CEO of the Zapata Corporation and joint chairman of Manchester United *[] (EMBA 1995): Chief Engineer at the [] and Program Director of Special Projects Dallas. Currently Corporate Treasurer at The Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club. *Robert Hernreich (AB 1967): Co-Owner Sacramento Kings, Swansea City A.F.C. *Sai Sam Htun (MBA 2008): Founder of Loi Hein Company, Owner of Yadanarbon FC *Bruce Levenson (AB 1971): Owner Atlanta Hawks *Doug Lowenstein (AB 1973): founder and former president of Entertainment Software Association, former president and CEO of American Investment Council *Jim McKelvey (AB 1987): co-founder and director of Block, Inc. *Wade Miquelon (MBA 1989): former executive vice president of Walgreens and former president and CEO of Jo-Ann Stores *Charles Nagel (JD 1872): United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor; founder of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce *Dave Peacock (businessman), Dave Peacock (MBA 2000): former CEO of Anheuser-Busch and former president of Schnucks *Andrew Puzder (JD 1978): CEO of CKE Restaurants *Michael L. Riordan (AB 1979): founder of Gilead Sciences *Aaron Selber Jr.: studied in the School of Retailing; businessman and philanthropist in Shreveport, Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana *William Shaw (businessman), William Shaw (MBA 1972): president and COO of Marriott International *Kevin Sheekey (BA 1988): Global Head of Communications, Government Relations and Marketing for Bloomberg L.P. *Karen Sheriff (BA 1979): president and CEO of Q9 Networks Inc. *Luther Ely Smith (JD 1897): founder of Gateway Arch National Park *George Fox Steedman (1871–1940), inventor and businessman *Louis Susman (JD 1962): vice chairman of Citigroup, Citigroup Global Markets *Jack C. Taylor (student through 1944): founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car; no. 14 on ''Forbes'' 400 Richest Americans in 2006 *James D. Weddle, Jim Weddle (AB 1977, MBA): managing partner at Edward Jones Investments *John B. Whyte (attended two years in 1950s): developer of Fire Island Pines, New York *Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): hotel developer and owner of the Oakland Athletics *George Zimmer (AB 1970): founder of Men's Wearhouse

Journalism and media

*Bill Dedman (student 1978–1981): Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of bestseller "Empty Mansions" *Lynne Cooper Harvey (AB, AM): producer of Paul Harvey, Paul Harvey News; inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame *William G. Hyland (BA): editor of ''Foreign Affairs'' (1984–1992), Deputy National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford (1975-1977) *Michael Isikoff (AB 1974): author and investigative journalist *Richard F. Janssen (BA 1954): journalist who received a Gerald Loeb Award in 1961 *Sarah Kendzior (PhD 2012): author and journalist * Hank Klibanoff (AB 1971): Pulitzer Prize-winning author, director of the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project, and former managing editor of ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' *Anthony Kuhn (AB 1985): NPR Correspondent in Beijing, China *Max Lerner (AM 1925): intellectual, critic, and author *Marguerite Martyn (ca. 1880-1948), reporter and artist *Condé Nast (businessman), Condé Nast (LLB 1897): publisher of ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' *Eric P. Newman (JD 1935): American numismatist *Mike Peters (cartoonist), Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist; creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm" *Ben H. Winters (BA 1998): author, playwright, screenwriter

Government

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U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and other prominent federal government officials

* Carl J. Artman (JD): U.S. Department of Interior#Operating units, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 2007–08 * John C. Bates (BA 1863): served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1906. * Brian Benczkowski (JD 1994): Former United States Department of Justice Criminal Division, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice * Clark Clifford (LLB 1928): United States Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968–69; former presidential advisor * Dwight F. Davis (LLB): founder of Davis Cup, and 49th U.S. Secretary of War * David R. Francis (AB 1870): mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, 1885–89; Governor of Missouri, 1889–93; United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1896–97; Ambassadors from the United States, U.S. Ambassador to Russia * William G. Hyland (BA): editor of ''Foreign Affairs'' (1984–1992), Deputy National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford (1975-1977) * Alphonso Jackson (JD 1972): United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2004–2008 * Jonathan Kanter (JD): Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. CDC Director Walensky

* Andrew McCabe (JD 1993): Deputy Director of the FBI * Charles Nagel (JD 1872): United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor; founder of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce * Kris Sarri (BA): nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs * Eric Schultz (BA 2002): Deputy White House Press Secretary, 2014–2017 * Rochelle Walensky (BA 1991): Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention * William H. Webster (JD 1949): 14th director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA and the 6th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI

U.S. Governors and Lieutenant Governors

* Henry S. Caulfield (JD 1895): Governor of Missouri, 1929–1933 * Alexander Monroe Dockery (MD 1865): Governor of Missouri, 1901–1905 * Ken Rothman (AB, JD): Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1981–1985 * James R. Thompson (AB 1956): Governor of Illinois, 1977–1991 * S. B. Woo, S.B. Woo (PhD 1964): Asian American political activist; former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

U.S. Senators

* Alan J. Dixon (LLB 1949): United States Senator, U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1981–93 * Harry B. Hawes (JD 1896): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1926–1933 * Chic Hecht (BS 1949): U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1983–89 *Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (JD 1926): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1951–1960 * Roscoe C. Patterson (JD 1897): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1929–1935 * Ralph T. Smith, Ralph Tyler Smith (JD 1940): U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1969–1970 *Selden P. Spencer (JD 1886): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1918–1925 * Jim Talent (AB 1978): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 2003–2007 * Xenophon P. Wilfley (JD 1899): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1918 *George H. Williams (Missouri politician), George H. Williams (JD 1897): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1925–1926

U.S. Representatives

* James Joseph Butler (JD): Member of the List of United States representatives from Missouri, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 12th congressional district * Tom Coleman (Missouri politician), Tom Coleman (JD 1969): Congressmen, U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1977–1993 * Thomas B. Curtis, Thomas Bradford Curtis (LLB 1935): Primary driver behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri * Hal Daub (BS 1963): Congressmen, U.S. congressman from Nebraska, 1981–1989; mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, 1995–2001 * Leonidas C. Dyer (JD 1893): Congressmen, U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1915–1933 * James F. Fulbright (born 1877): United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri * William L. Igoe (JD 1902): Congressmen, U.S. congressman from Missouri, 1913–1921 * Mike Simpson official portrait

Abner Mikva (BA 1948): Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-1994; U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district, 1975-1979; U.S. Representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district, 1969-1973 * Steve Rothman (JD 1977): Congressmen, U.S. Congressmen from New Jersey, 1997–2013 * Mike Simpson (DMD 1977): Congressmen, U.S. congressman from Idaho, 1999–present * Leonor Sullivan (1923): first female Congresswoman, U.S. congressional representative from Missouri, 1953–1977

State legislators and city officials

* Sherman Block (BS): List of Los Angeles County sheriffs, 29th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, 1982-1988 * Ben Cannon (AB 1999): State Representative to the Oregon House of Representatives, 2007–2011, and Rhodes Scholar * Charles L. Craig (1872-1935), New York City Comptroller * Ethan Corson (BS, JD): Member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district, 2021-Current * Daniel Draper (JD): Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1979-1983 * Rocky Fitzsimmons: member of the West Virginia Senate * John Hayden Jr. : Police Commissioner of the St. Louis Police Department * Tony Ribaudo (1962): majority leader of the Missouri House of Representatives, 1977–1997 * Jeff Smith (Missouri politician), Jeff Smith (PhD 2004): member of the Missouri Senate from the 4th district, 2007-2009

Mayors

* Albert I. Beach, Albert I Beach (JD 1907): 42nd Mayor of Kansas City, 1924-1930 * Quinton Lucas (BA): mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, 2019 to 2023 * Victor J. Miller (JD): Mayor of Saint Louis, mayor of St. Louis, 1925 to 1933 * Raymond Tucker (BS 1920): mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, 1953–1965

Diplomats

* Sam Fox (AB 1951): former United States Ambassador to Belgium * Louis Susman (JD): United States Ambassador to Great Britain, 2009-2013

Law

Judges

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/ref> * Robert E. Bacharach: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit * Marion T. Bennett (JD 1938): Senior status, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1986-2000 * David Bernhard (JD 1985): Judge on the 19th Judicial Circuit court, Circuit Court of Virginia (Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax), 2017-Current * Michael Cherry (judge), Michael Cherry (JD 1969): justice, Supreme Court of Nevada, 2006–present * Sharon Johnson Coleman (JD 1984): judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois * Irving Ben Cooper (LLB 1925): Senior status, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1972-1996) * Barbara Ann Crancer (JD): Associate Circuit Judge of the Missouri Circuit Courts, 21st Missouri Circuit Court from 1992-2008 * Joseph F. Cunningham (JD 1952): served on the Illinois Supreme Court. * Stephanie D. Davis (JD 1992): first Black woman from Michigan to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit * Conway Elder (JD 1905): Supreme Court of Missouri justice from 1921 to 1922 * Audrey G. Fleissig, Audrey Goldstein Fleissig (JD 1980): Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri *Joseph H. Goldenhersh (JD): Illinois Supreme Court judge from 1970-1987 *Raymond Gruender (JD/MBA 1987): current judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit *George F. Gunn Jr. (JD 1955): Supreme Court of Missouri justice, and later a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. *Jean Constance Hamilton (JD 1971): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri *Moses Harrison (JD): Illinois Appellate Court and Illinois Supreme Court judge *John Francis Nangle (JD 1948): former chief judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1983–1990 *Catherine D. Perry (JD 1981): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri *Rodney W. Sippel (JD 1980): current judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri *Richard B. Teitelman (JD 1973): justice, Supreme Court of Missouri (2002-2016)

Attorneys

* Vishal Amin: Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator * Lemma Barkeloo: First woman admitted to the Missouri bar and the first woman to try a case in an American court * Diane E. Beaver: lawyer for US Army and DoD who advocated for torture at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp * Chris Koster (MBA 2002): Attorney General of Missouri * Edward Coke Crow (LLB 1879): 23rd Attorney General of Missouri from 1897–1905, advisor to Missouri Governor Lloyd Crow Stark (1937–1941) * Phyllis Schlafly (AB 1944, JD 1978): author, lawyer, conservative and Antifeminism, antifeminist activist * David C. Weiss (1979): current U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware

Activists

* Phoebe Couzins (LLB 1871): first female United States Marshals Service, U.S. Marshal; Feminism, feminist; leader in the Women's suffrage, Women's Suffrage Movement * Phil Radford (BA 1998): environmental, clean energy and democracy leader; Executive Director, Greenpeace * Cecilia Razovsky: social worker and leader in Jewish immigration efforts during World War II as part of the National Refugee Service, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee * David Rubenstein (activist), David Rubenstein (BA 1981): advocate, founding executive director of Save Darfur Coalition * Adam Shapiro (activist), Adam Shapiro (AB 1993): co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement

Other

* Tayeb Bouzid (MSCE 1985): Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Algeria. * Edward Cranch Eliot of the Eliot family (America), Eliot family (AB 1878, LLB 1880, AM 1881): former president of the American Bar Association * Sukehiro Hasegawa (PhD 1974): former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor, May 2004 - September 2006 * Jasna Matić (MBA 2001): Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society of Serbia * Siniša Mali (MBA 1999): Minister of Finance of Serbia * Eben Swift: U.S. Army Major General * Jeffrey W. Talley (MLA 88): retired, 32nd Chief of Army Reserve (CAR) and 7th Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) 2012-2016 * Tarisa Watanagase (PhD): governor of the Bank of Thailand, 2006 * Chen Zhangliang (PhD 1987): Vice Governor of Guangxi, People's Republic of China

Science, engineering, and medicine

* Caroline Thomas Rumbold (1877 –1949), botanist *Richard Askey (BA 1955): mathematician known for his work on special functions *J. Michael Bailey (AB 1979): psychologist, professor, researcher on sexual orientation *Geoffrey Ballard (PhD 1963): developed Fuel cells; member of Order of Canada; founder of Ballard Power Systems *Bob Behnken (BSPhy 1992, BSME 1992): NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office *Jasmine Brown (BA 2018): author Clyde Cowan army pic

*Clyde Cowan (AM, PhD 1949): physicist and co-discoverer of the neutrino *Arnold W. Donald (BS): President and CEO of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation *Carl Eckart (BS, MS 1923): noted physicist; member of National Academy of Sciences; known for Wigner-Eckart theorem, Eckart-Young theorem *Thomas F. Frist Jr. (MD 1965): co-founder of HCA Healthcare, and the wealthiest person in Tennessee *Eric D. Green (MD PhD 1987): Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute *Philip Gressman (AB 2001): mathematician known for work on harmonic analysis *Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959): engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation *Albert G. Hill (BS 1930, MS 1934): professor of physics at MIT; head of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lincoln Lab and Draper Laboratory, Draper Lab; director of research at Institute for Defense Analyses *Julian W. Hill (BS 1924): chemist; co-inventor of nylon *Georg Jander (BS 1987): plant biologist at the Boyce Thompson Institute and

*Marc Kamionkowski (BA 1987): astrophysicist, particle theorist, and cosmologist *William Kincaid (artist), William Kincaid (BS 1988): costume manufacturer and artist *Edwin G. Krebs (MD 1943): winner of Nobel Prize, Nobel laureate in medicine for work with protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism *Robert C. Kolodny (MD 1969): author of books on human sexuality *Appu Kuttan: founder of the National Education Foundation *Alexander Langsdorf Jr., Alexander Langsdorf, Jr. (BS 1932): Manhattan project physicist; vocal critic of nuclear proliferation *J. C. R. Licklider (BS 1937): pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence *Stan London (MD 1949): St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Hawks team physician *Walter E. Massey (AM 1966, PhD 1966): physicist, director of the National Science Foundation, president of Morehouse College ADM Moreell

* William E. Moerner (BS 1975): Stanford University professor; winner of 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; pioneer in single molecule spectroscopy and member of the National Academy of Sciences *Robert H. Mohlenbrock (PhD 1957): botanist and author *Ben Moreell (BS 1913): United States Navy, U.S. Navy admiral; founder of the Navy's Seabee (US Navy), Seabees construction battalions *Benjamin Movsas (MD 1990): chairman of radiation oncology at the Henry Ford Hospital. *

(MD 1954): Nobel Prize, Nobel laureate in medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes; awarded National Medal of Science *Alton Ochsner (MD): surgeon and medical researcher at The Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans *Fred Olsen (PhD): inventor of the ball propellant manufacturing process *Michael E. Phelps (PhD 1970): developed PET scan *Rob B. Phillips, Rob Phillips (PhD 1989): noted biophysicist; professor at California Institute of Technology, Caltech *Dr. Miami, Michael Salzhauer "Dr. Miami" (MD 1996): celebrity plastic surgeon * Pejman Salimpour: physician who successfully challenged the legality of exclusivity agreements between hospitals and doctors' groups *Peter Shawhan (BS 1990): LIGO physicist; co-recipient of Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics *Joseph Edward Smadel (MD): inaugural recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research *Sol Spiegelman (PhD 1944): molecular biologist *Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Earl Sutherland (MD 1942): Nobel Prize, Nobel laureate in medicine for elucidating the mechanisms of the actions of hormones *T. Bill Sutherland (BA 1963): theoretical and mathematical physicist *Leana Wen (MD): former President of Planned Parenthood, former Baltimore City Health Commissioner *Michael J. Wendl (1958): engineering in Terrain-following radar, terrain following technology and Energy-Maneuverability theory, energy management theoryGregory, J. (1980) ''Who's Who in Engineering'', 4th ed., American Association of Engineering Societies. *Walter Wyman (MD 1873): 3rd US Surgeon General of the United States, Surgeon General *Ernst K. Zinner (PhD 1973): astrophysicist

Sports

*Bill Beckmann (born 1907): former professional baseball pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics *Amelia Boone (BA 2009): American Obstacle racing, obstacle racer *Joe Bukant (born 1915): professional football player; joined United States Navy *Kendall Gretsch (BS 2014): Three-time Paralympic gold medalist in Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Women's 6 kilometres, women's 6km sitting biathlon event, Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 kilometre free, women's 12km sitting event, and Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, paratriathlon event *Jimmy Conzelman (BS 1917): professional football player and coach; enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame *Dwight F. Davis (LLB): founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition *Bill DeWitt (born 1902): former General manager (baseball), general manager and owner of the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, chairman of the board of the Chicago White Sox, and President (corporate title), president of the Detroit Tigers *Bing Devine (born 1916): general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1957-1964 *Scott Garson (born 1976): American college basketball coach at Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball, Santa Clara University. Formerly was an assistant coach at University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA, University of Utah, Utah and head coach at College of Idaho *Warren Gill (born 1878): professional baseball player who played first base for the Pittsburgh Pirates *Robert Hernreich (AB 1967): Co-owner Sacramento Kings, Swansea City A.F.C. *Sai Sam Htun (MBA 2008): Founder of Loi Hein Company, Owner of Yadanarbon FC *Harvey Jablonsky: football player; U.S Army veteran; enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame *Bill Jennings (baseball), Bill Jennings: a shortstop in Major League Baseball *Shelby Jordan (BA 1974): professional football player; enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame *Bob Light: College basketball and tennis coach *Bruce Levenson (AB 1971): owner of Atlanta Hawks *Ryan Loutos (BA 2021): pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization *Kurt Krieger: List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player, first person born in Austria to play Major League Baseball *AnnMaria De Mars: 1984 Judo World Champion, mother of Ronda Rousey *Dal Maxvill (BS): professional baseball player, former St. Louis Cardinals general manager *Muddy Ruel (JD): professional baseball catcher; member of 1924 World Series, 1924 World Champion Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators *Julie Uhrman (BSBA 1996): President and Co-Founder of Angel City FC *George Herbert Walker (LLB 1897): founder of Walker Cup in golf; grandfather and great-grandfather of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, respectively *Charley Winner: longtime coach in the National Football League *Pete Wismann (born 1923): former center/linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers *Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): owner of the Oakland Athletics

References

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