Here follows a list of notable alumni, non-graduate attendees, faculty, and presidents of the University of Rochester. The institution has more than 120,000 living alumni as of 2022.[1]
Note: Some individuals are listed in multiple categories (e.g., alumni who were also members of the faculty). In such cases, a parenthetical note identifies the second relevant category. Recipients of honorary degrees from the university are not included. All degree years are for bachelor's degrees unless otherwise noted. For a list of alumni of the Eastman School of Music, see List of Eastman School of Music people.
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference | |
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1956; 1960 (MD) | 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [2] | ||
1970 | 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, 12th United States Secretary of Energy | [3] | ||
1943 | 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [4] | ||
1941 (MD) | 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [5] | ||
1955 (PhD) | 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics | [6] | ||
1989 (PhD) | 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics | [7] | ||
1970 (MA), 1974 (PhD) | 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics (see also under 'Notable faculty') | [8] | ||
1927 (PhD) | 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | [9] |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference | |
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1911 | National Medal of Arts, writer and director | [10] | ||
1967 | National Humanities Medal, educator | [11] | ||
1952 (PhD) | National Medal of Science, physicist | [12] | ||
1945 (MS) | National Medal of Science, chemist and physicist (see also under 'Notable faculty') | [13] | ||
1939 (PhD) | National Medal of Science, astrophysicist | [14] | ||
1983 (MM) | National Medal of Arts, singer | [15] | ||
1954 (MD) | National Medal of Science, Presidential Medal of Freedom, epidemiologist | [16] | ||
1984 (PhD) | National Humanities Medal, historian | [17] | ||
1939 (PhD); 1944 (MD) | National Medal of Science, geneticist | [18] | ||
1951 (MS) | National Medal of Science, chemist | [19] | ||
1920 | National Medal of Science, physicist | [20] | ||
1949 (PhD) | National Medal of Technology, biotechnology entrepreneur | [21] |
Alumni listed here were elected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, or national academies outside the United States.
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
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1969 (PhD) | The Royal Society, Indian National Science Academy, physicist | [22] | |
1994 (MD) | National Academy of Medicine, physician | [23] [24] | |
1975 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [25] | |
1977 (PhD) | National Academy of Medicine, psychiatrist | [26] [27] | |
1958 (DMA) | American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | [28] | |
1967 | National Academy of Medicine, microbiologist | [29] [30] | |
1973 | The Royal Society of Canada, psychologist and sexologist | [31] | |
1978 | National Academy of Medicine, psychologist | [32] | |
1995 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist, 9th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University | [33] | |
1957 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, geneticist | [34] | |
1979 (PhD) | National Academy of Engineering, optical engineer | [35] | |
1993 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [36] [37] | |
1941 (MD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, hematologist | [38] [39] | |
1972 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [40] | |
1955 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher | [41] [42] | |
1974 (PhD) | The Royal Society of Canada, astrophysicist | [43] | |
1978 (MBA), 1981 (MS), 1983 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist | [44] | |
1862 | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, geologist, 1st Chief Geologist of the United States Geological Survey | [45] | |
1949 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist and physicist | [46] | |
1988 (MS), 1991 (PhD) | National Academy of Engineering, engineer | [47] | |
1967, 1970 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist | [48] | |
1972 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, anthropologist | [49] [50] | |
1977 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, literary scholar | [51] | |
1973 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, neuroscientist, 16th President of MIT | [52] [53] | |
1991 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [54] [55] | |
1969 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher | [56] | |
1978 (PhD) | The Royal Society of Canada, historian | [57] [58] | |
1952 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1st U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, Chairman and CEO of Xerox | [59] | |
1990 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physicist | [60] | |
1977 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, physicist | [61] | |
1949 (MA) | American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, poet, MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award | [62] [63] | |
1980 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist | [64] | |
1969 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, lawyer, Chair of the Legal Services Corporation | [65] | |
1976 (MD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, immunologist | [66] | |
1980 | National Academy of Sciences, astrophysicist | [67] | |
1986 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [68] [69] | |
2000 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, biologist | [70] | |
1968 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, The Royal Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, geophysicist | [71] | |
1978 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, hematologist | [72] [73] | |
1992 (PhD) | National Academy of Medicine, nurse | [74] | |
1973 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [75] | |
1966 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, literary scholar | [76] | |
1953 | National Academy of Sciences, immunologist | [77] | |
1968 (MD) | National Academy of Medicine, anesthesiologist, Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | [78] [79] | |
1982 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [80] | |
1961 (MD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychiatrist | [81] | |
1952 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, scientist and governmental advisor | [82] | |
1968 (MD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, neuroscientist | [83] [84] | |
1969 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [85] [86] | |
1961 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher | [87] [88] | |
1867 | American Academy of Arts and Letters, historian, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | [89] | |
1978 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [90] | |
1948 | National Academy of Medicine, pathologist, Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute | [91] [92] | |
1938 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physiologist | [93] | |
1977 (MS), 1980 (PhD) | National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, computer scientist, founder of Microsoft Research | [94] | |
1971 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [95] | |
1973 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, legal scholar | [96] | |
1968 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist and ecologist | [97] | |
1971 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, linguist and cognitive scientist | [98] | |
1974 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist | [99] | |
1945 (MD) | National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, nutritionist, recipient of the World Food Prize | [100] | |
1964 | National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, atmospheric scientist, recipient of the Tyler Prize | [101] | |
1970 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [102] | |
1969 (PhD) | Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, mathematician | [103] | |
1961 | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist, 11th President of the University of Chicago | [104] | |
1966 (MS) | National Academy of Engineering, engineer, inventor of the laser printer, elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame | [105] | |
1956 (PhD) | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, molecular biologist, MacArthur Fellow | [106] | |
1955 | National Academy of Sciences, chemist | [107] | |
1997 (PhD) | National Academy of Medicine, nurse | [108] [109] | |
1988 | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist and virologist | [110] | |
1997 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [111] [112] | |
1992 (MS), 1999 (MPH), 2001 (PhD) | National Academy of Medicine, public health scientist | [113] [114] | |
1956 (DMA) | American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | [115] | |
1986 (PhD) | The Royal Society, optical physicist, Provost of Imperial College London | [116] | |
1939 | American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | [117] [118] | |
1938 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychologist, 8th President of Tufts University | [119] | |
1957 (PhD) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, historian | [120] [121] | |
1969 (PhD) | National Academy of Engineering, optical scientist, 1st Dean of the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences | [122] | |
1942 (BS, MS) | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, nuclear physicist, 1st Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, 1st Chief Scientist at DARPA | [123] [124] | |
1978 (PhD) | Pakistan Academy of Sciences, optical physicist | [125] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
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1858 | 8th President of Denison University, 5th President of the Old University of Chicago | [126] | |
1965 | President (interim), Dean of the College, Brown University | [127] | |
1967 (PhD) | 4th President of the NCAA, 16th President of Indiana University, 14th President of the University of Oregon | [128] | |
1976 | 9th President of the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University | [129] | |
1965 | Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park | [130] | |
1977 (PhD) | Dean of the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | [131] | |
1970, 1974 (MD) | 2nd Dean of the Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University | [132] | |
1870 | 6th President of Amherst College, 9th President of Rutgers University | [133] | |
1997 (PhD) | 19th President of Ursinus College | [134] | |
1955 (PhD) | 9th President of City College of New York | [135] | |
1969 (PhD) | 18th Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen's University, 16th President of the University at Albany | [136] | |
1966 | 1st Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University | [137] | |
1884 | 10th President of Denison University, 6th President of Bucknell University | [138] | |
1980 (EdD) | 10th President of Gallaudet University | [139] | |
1859 | 1st Chancellor of McMaster University | [140] | |
1985 (PhD) | 52nd Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta | [141] | |
1971 (PhD) | 6th Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, former Dean of Harvard Medical School and the UCSF School of Medicine | [142] | |
1975 (PhD) | Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Niagara University | [143] | |
1939 (PhD) | Acting President of Tufts University | [144] | |
1947 (PhD) | 5th President of the Juilliard School | [145] | |
1868 | 8th President of the University at Albany, President of the State University of New York at Geneseo | [146] | |
1981 (PhD) | 16th President of Bucknell University, 11th President of Washington & Jefferson College | [147] [148] | |
1858 | 6th President of Indiana University, 2nd President of the Old University of Chicago | [149] | |
1981 (MD) | 1st Dean of the College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University | [150] | |
1873 | 9th President of Amherst College | [151] | |
1962 (PhD) | 8th President of Bowling Green State University | [152] | |
1943 | 2nd Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University | [153] | |
(MBA) | President of Utrecht University | [154] | |
1977, 1982 (MD) | Dean of the College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University | [155] | |
1970 (MD) | Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine | [156] | |
1937 | 8th President of Claremont Graduate University, 1st President of Harvey Mudd College | [157] | |
1970 (MD) | Dean of the Colorado School of Public Health | [158] | |
1971 (PhD) | President (interim), Provost of the Georgia Institute of Technology | [159] | |
1980 (MS) | Dean of the Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University | [160] | |
1868 | 4th President of Vassar College | [161] | |
1941 (PhD) | 1st President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1st Chancellor of the University of Alabama System | [162] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference | |
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1969 | political scientist | [163] | ||
1959, 1962 (MS), 1965 (EdS), 1967 (EdD) | education scholar | [164] | ||
1932 (MD) | gynecologist, co-discoverer of progesterone | [165] | ||
1976 (MS) | medical geneticist | [166] | ||
1939 | historian | [167] | ||
2001 (MA), 2005 (PhD) | physicist | [168] | ||
1982 (MS) | professor of dentistry | style=text-align:center;" | [169] [170] | |
1890, 1893 (MA) | ornithologist | [171] | ||
1988 (PhD) | political scientist | [172] | ||
1988 | computer scientist | [173] | ||
1965 | linguist | [174] | ||
1970, 1981 (MA), 1984 (PhD) | philosopher | [175] [176] | ||
1978 | historian, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | [177] | ||
1981 (PhD) | business scholar | [178] | ||
1980 (PhD) | economist | [179] | ||
1962 (PhD) | psychologist, civil rights pioneer | [180] | ||
1961 (MD) | psychologist | [181] | ||
1994 | economist | [182] | ||
1880 | philologist and archeologist | [183] | ||
1989 (PhD) | economist | [184] | ||
1981 | historian | [185] | ||
1891 | Shakespearian scholar and elocutionist | [186] | ||
1987 | economist | [187] | ||
1956 | legal scholar | [188] | ||
1962 | surgeon | [189] | ||
1993 | historian, MacArthur Fellow | [190] | ||
1884 | Social Gospel theologian | [191] | ||
1943, 1944 (MS) | psychologist | [192] | ||
1981 (PhD) | psychologist, co-founder of self-determination theory (see also under 'Notable faculty') | [193] | ||
1886, 1889 (AM) | economist | [194] | ||
1973 | neuroscientist, recipient of the PAESMEM | [195] | ||
1958 (PhD) | physicist | [196] | ||
1980 | neurologist | [197] | ||
1967 (PhD) | chemist | [198] | ||
1971 | biologist | [199] | ||
Alumni listed here are notable for their work in the performing arts, visual arts, or arts administration.
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
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1985 | composer, Emmy Award winner | [200] | |
1985 | orchestrator, Tony Award winner | [201] | |
2009 | singer and actor, Grammy Award winner | [202] | |
1959 | jazz musician, Grammy Award winner | [203] | |
1941 | composer, Emmy Award winner | [204] | |
1954 | singer | [205] | |
1937, 1939 (MA) | conductor | [206] | |
1962 | composer | [207] | |
1964 | actor | [208] | |
1968 | drummer | [209] | |
2001 (MM) | singer, Grammy Award winner | [210] | |
1980 | visual effects artist, Academy Award winner | [211] | |
1990 | arts administrator | [212] | |
1940 (MM) | composer | [213] | |
1975 | visual artist | [214] | |
1942 | composer, Pulitzer Prize winner | [215] | |
1968 | bass player | [216] | |
1966, 2001 (MM) | mastering engineer, Grammy Award winner | [217] | |
1963 | jazz musician, Grammy Award winner | [218] | |
2002 | singer, Grammy Award winner | [219] | |
1994, 1999 (DMA) | composer, Pulitzer Prize winner | [220] | |
1984 | actor and musician | [221] | |
1974 | actress | [222] | |
1985 (MM) | composer and conductor, Grammy Award winner | [223] | |
1947 | composer, Grammy, Emmy, Tony Award winner | [224] | |
1942, 1946 (MM) | singer and actor, Grammy Award winner | [225] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1991 (MBA) | Chairman and CEO of Sweetwater Energy | [226] | |
1873 | Chairman and President of the Studebaker Corporation | [227] | |
1968 (MBA) | Chairman and CEO of Trans World Airlines | [228] | |
1960 | Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Blyth, Inc. | [229] | |
1986 (MA) | CEO of Zurich Insurance | [230] | |
1983 | Chairman and CEO of Jefferies Group | [231] | |
1979 | Executive Vice President of Jacobs | [232] | |
1970 (MS), 1976 (MA) | Founder, Chairman, and co-CEO of Synnex | [233] | |
1975 | Chief Communications Officer of News Corp | [234] | |
1999, 2000 (MBA) | CEO of Papa John's Pizza | [235] | |
1855 | Owner and Editor of the New York World | [236] | |
1937 | Chairman and CEO of American Can Company | [237] | |
1964 | Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. | [238] | |
1970 (MD) | Chairman and CEO of Aetna | [239] | |
1936 | Chairman and CEO of Clorox | [240] | |
1966 | Founder and CEO of Elliott Management Corporation | [241] | |
1973 | Founder and CEO of Stark Enterprises | [242] | |
1854 | President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | [243] | |
1988 | Founder and CEO of BLADE | [244] | |
1931 | Founder and CEO of Xerox | [245] | |
1962 | Founder and President of Wyser-Pratte Management Co. Inc. | [246] | |
1937 | Chairman and President of Eastman Kodak | [247] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1974 | Acting Prime Minister of South Korea (2002) | [248] | |
1858 | 2nd American Military Governor of the Philippines | [249] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1875 | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | [250] | |
1919 | United States Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, United States Ambassador to India and Israel | [251] | |
1987 | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | [252] | |
1885 | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, Speaker of the New York State Assembly | [253] | |
1864 | 1st House Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives | [254] | |
1937 | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, Mayor of Schenectady, New York | [255] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1972 | United States Ambassador to Ghana and Libya | [256] | |
1986 | United States Ambassador to Eswatini | [257] | |
1975 | United States Ambassador to Portugal | [258] | |
1965 | United States Ambassador to Namibia | [259] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
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1972 (MBA), 1974 (PhD) | 2nd Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia | [282] | |
1986 (PhD) | 5th Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy | [283] | |
2004 (PhD) | Chairman of the Federal Savings Bank, Brazil | [284] | |
1967 (MA), 1970 (PhD) | Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development and Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan | [285] | |
1973 (MS) | 17th Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda | [286] | |
1973 (MA) | Federal Minister of Health, Nigeria | [287] | |
1994 | Minister for Power, Pakistan | [288] | |
2004 (MBA) | 38th Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, Liberia | [289] | |
1948 | Member of the Norwegian Parliament | [290] | |
1977 (MA), 1979 (PhD) | 63rd Minister of Economy and Trade, Lebanon | [291] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference | |
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1980 | lawyer, environmental activist | [316] | ||
2002 | 71st Mayor of Rochester, New York | [317] | ||
1930 | Executive Director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency | [318] | ||
1862 | lawyer and judge, argued Plessy v. Ferguson | [319] | ||
1989 | lawyer | [320] |
Alumni listed here are notable for their journalism in newspapers, television, radio, or other media.
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1938 | journalist | [321] | |
1889 | Managing Editor of the New York Tribune | [322] | |
1991 (MBA) | business journalist | [323] | |
1952 | sports journalist | [324] | |
1942 | sports journalist | [325] | |
1981 | political journalist and author | [326] | |
1946 | journalist | [327] | |
1937, 1939 (MA) | journalist | [328] | |
2004 (MBA) | journalist | [329] | |
1970 | film and literary critic | [330] | |
1961 | journalist and newspaper publisher | [331] | |
2016 (PhD) | science journalist | [332] | |
1940 | journalist | [333] | |
Alumni listed here are notable as authors of drama, fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1966, 1975 (PhD) | poet | [334] | |
1991 | novelist | [335] | |
1965 | author, activist | [336] | |
1969 | author | [337] | |
1969 (MA) | author | [338] | |
1876 | author of the Pledge of Allegiance | [339] | |
1987 | novelist | [340] | |
1998 (PhD) | novelist | [341] | |
1985 | novelist, Carnegie Medal winner | [342] | |
1863 | author and editor | [343] | |
1972 | author, Nebula Award winner | [344] | |
1989 (PhD) | poet | [345] | |
1973 (PhD) | author | [346] | |
1940 | author, Newbery Medal winner | [347] | |
1974 (PhD) | novelist | [348] | |
1967 | author | [349] | |
1891 | editor, author, pioneer of urban planning | [350] | |
1969 (MA) | poet | [351] | |
1858 | author | [352] | |
1976 | author, National Book Critics Circle Award winner | [353] | |
1857 | poet and literary critic | [354] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Commander of the United States Navy Cyber Forces | [355] | |
1997 (MBA) | Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs | [356] | |
1979 | Vice Admiral, United States Navy, Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command | [357] | |
1958 (MD) | Major General, United States Army, Commander of the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command | [358] | |
1980 (MBA) | Lieutenant General, United States Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army | [359] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1982 | Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [360] | |
1867 | Baptist minister and author | [361] | |
1980 (PhD) | Catholic activist, founder of the Ruth Institute | [362] | |
1875 | Baptist minister, hymn writer, animal welfare activist | [363] | |
1873 | church historian | [364] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1960 (MS) | inventor of the Bayer filter | [365] | |
1995 | developer of trading software | [366] | |
2000 (PhD) | astronaut | [367] | |
1965 (MD) | pharmacologist, drug testing expert | [368] | |
1950 (PhD) | inventor of tetracycline, elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame | [369] | |
1957 (PhD) | research scientist | [370] | |
1993 (PhD) | computer scientist | [371] | |
2001, 2002 (MS) | astrobiologist | [372] | |
1966 (MS) | Director of the NASA Glenn Research Center | [373] | |
1942 (PhD) | Manhattan Project scientist and computer designer | [374] | |
1959 | astronaut who set a record for space travel | [375] | |
1973 (MD) | immunologist, first to identify AIDS as a new disease | [376] | |
1858 | astronomer, director at the U.S. Naval Observatory | [377] | |
1875 | pediatrician | [378] | |
1953 | pioneer of color photography | [379] | |
1951 | physicist and entrepreneur | [380] | |
1942 (PhD) | computer science pioneer | [381] | |
1943 (MD) | sexologist | [382] | |
1969 (PhD) | optical engineer | [383] | |
1970 (PhD) | astronomer, identified the first known black hole | [384] | |
1977 (MD) | Head of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic | [385] | |
1982 | astronaut | [386] | |
1947 | pediatrician, discoverer of Sanfilippo syndrome | ||
1984 | computer security expert | [387] | |
1983 | software engineer | [388] | |
1979 (MD) | pioneering cardiologist | [389] | |
1898 | medical researcher | [390] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
MBA | judoka | [391] | |
1997 | NFL coach | [392] | |
2013 | basketball player | [393] | |
1977 | soccer coach | [394] | |
1959 (MD) | tennis player | [395] | |
2005 (MBA) | rower, Olympic gold medalist | [396] | |
1955 | soccer player | [397] | |
Name | Class Year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1939 (MD) | founder of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States | [398] | |
1993 | passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 | [399] | |
1979 (MPH,MD) | family physician and public health management specialist | [400] | |
1931 | birth control activist | [401] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
student (transferred) | composer, Grammy Award winner | [402] | |
student (withdrew) | composer | [403] | |
student (transferred) | composer, recipient of the National Medal of Arts | [404] | |
student (transferred) | author | [405] | |
student (withdrew) | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | [406] | |
student (transferred) | poet | [407] | |
student (withdrew) | comedy writer, Emmy Award winner | [408] | |
medical resident | 16th Surgeon General of the United States | [409] | |
student (withdrew) | inventor | [410] | |
postdoctoral fellow | physicist, recipient of the National Medal of Technology | [411] | |
student (withdrew) | poet | [412] | |
student (transferred) | Minister of Finance, Bulgaria | [413] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty (1942-1945) | 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [414] | |
Faculty (1960-1965; 1968-1975) | 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics | [415] | |
Faculty | 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics | [416] | |
Faculty (1986-1990) | 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics | [417] | |
Faculty (1974-1978) | 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics (see also under 'Notable alumni') | [418] | |
Faculty (1914-1976) | 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [419] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty | National Medal of Science, chemist and physicist (see also under 'Notable alumni') | [420] | |
Faculty | National Humanities Medal, historian | [421] | |
Faculty | National Medal of Arts, poet | [422] [423] | |
Faculty | National Medal of Science, physicist | [424] | |
Faculty listed here were elected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, or national academies outside the United States.
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, molecular biologist, winner of a Lasker Award | [425] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, molecular biologist, winner of a Lasker Award | [426] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychologist | [427] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher | [428] [429] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Medicine, toxicologist | [430] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal | [431] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, physician | [432] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [433] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physicist | [434] [435] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economic historian, recipient of the Bancroft Prize | [436] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, physiologist | [437] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [438] | |
Dean, Faculty | National Academy of Medicine, nurse | [439] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist | [440] [441] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, historian, recipient of the Bancroft Prize | [442] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | [443] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist | [444] [445] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physicist | [446] [447] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist | [448] [449] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, classicist | [450] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, philosopher | [451] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physicist | [452] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biochemist, recipient of the Wolf Prize in Medicine | [453] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physicist | [454] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Medicine, pediatrician | [455] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist | [456] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, mathematician | [457] [458] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Engineering, optical engineer | [459] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist and physicist | [460] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, cognitive scientist | [461] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, chemist, recipient of the Priestley Medal | [462] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, optical physicist | [463] [464] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, economist | [465] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, biologist, recipient of the Darwin–Wallace Medal | [466] | |
Provost, Faculty | National Academy of Medicine, economist | [467] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, political scientist | [468] [469] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, psychologist | [470] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, physician | [471] [472] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | [473] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Medicine, surgeon | [474] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, novelist, MacArthur Fellow | [475] [476] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, biochemist | [477] | |
Faculty | The Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, botanist | [478] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, cognitive scientist, recipient of the Rumelhart Prize | [479] [480] | |
Faculty | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chemist | [481] | |
Faculty | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, historian | [482] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty | computer scientist, former AAAI President | [483] | |
Faculty | mathematician | [484] | |
Faculty | mathematician | [485] | |
Faculty | mathematician, winner of the Veblen Prize | [486] | |
Faculty | computer scientist, winner of the Dijkstra Prize | [487] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty | art historian | [488] | |
Faculty | art historian | [489] | |
Faculty | art historian | [490] | |
Faculty | philosopher | [491] | |
Faculty | Islamic Studies scholar | [492] | |
Faculty | literary scholar and poet | [493] | |
Faculty | musician, Grammy Award winner | [494] | |
Faculty | poet | [495] | |
Faculty | audio engineer, Grammy Award winner | [496] | |
Faculty | literary scholar | [497] | |
Faculty | philosopher | [498] | |
Faculty | philosopher | [499] | |
Faculty | historian | [500] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty | cognitive scientist | [501] | |
Faculty | bacteriologist | [502] | |
Faculty | optical physicist | [503] | |
Faculty | optical physicist, winner of a Townes Award | [504] | |
Faculty | geologist | [505] | |
Faculty | physicist, winner of the Sakurai Prize | [506] | |
Faculty | toxicologist | [507] | |
Faculty | physicist, winner of the Sakurai Prize | [508] | |
Faculty | biologist | [509] | |
Faculty | optical physicist | [510] | |
Faculty | chemist, inventor of the organic light-emitting diode, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry | [511] | |
Faculty | microbiologist | [512] | |
Faculty | radiologist, inventor of the mammogram, recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award | [513] | |
Faculty | physicist | [514] | |
Dean, Faculty | geneticist | [515] | |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty | psychologist, co-founder of self-determination theory | [516] | |
Dean, Faculty | psychiatrist | [517] | |
Faculty | economist | [518] | |
Faculty | economist | [519] | |
Faculty | political scientist | [520] | |
Faculty | economist | [521] | |
Faculty | psychologist, co-founder of self-determination theory (see also under 'Notable alumni') | [522] | |
Dean, Faculty | economist | [523] | |
Name[524] | Birth-Death | Years as President | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | (1815–1890) | (1853–1888) | ||
2 | (1850–1932) | (1889–1896) | ||
3 | (1860–1939) | (1900–1935) | ||
4 | (1901–1980) | (1935–1950) | ||
5 | (1902–1986) | (1951–1961) | ||
6 | (1912–1998) | (1962–1970) | ||
7 | (1918–2014) | (1970–1984) | ||
8 | (1931–) | (1984–1994) | ||
9 | (1950–) | (1994–2005) | ||
10 | (1950–) | (2005–2018) | ||
11 | Sarah C. Mangelsdorf[525] | (1958–) | (2019–Present) |