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University of Michigan

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Ann Arbor, MI

Founding Date:
1817

Motto:
Artes, Scientia, Veritas

Team:
Wolverines

Enrollment:
39,000

Official Website:
http://www.umich.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Abbott
Baseball
19-Sep-1967   One-handed MLB pitcher
Wallace Calvin Abbott
Doctor
12-Oct-1857 4-Jul-1921 Founder of Abbott Laboratories
H. Gardner Ackley
Economist
30-Jun-1915 12-Feb-1998 US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69
A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.
Business
c. 1940   AMA Investment Counsel
Ephraim Douglass Adams
Historian
18-Dec-1865 1-Sep-1930 The Power of Ideals in American History
Terence E. Adderley
Business
1-Sep-1933   Chairman of Kelly Services
Roberta Green Ahmanson
Relative
1949   Wife of Howard Ahmanson
Charles H. Aldrich
Attorney
28-Aug-1850 13-Apr-1929 US Solicitor General, 1892-93
Darryl F. Allen
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Aeroquip-Vickers, 1986-99
George Allen
Football
29-Apr-1918 31-Dec-1990 The Future is Now
Ann Althouse
Blogger
12-Jan-1951   Political blogger, legal scholar
Justin Amash
Politician
18-Apr-1980   Congressman, Michigan 3rd
Clinton P. Anderson
Politician
23-Oct-1895 11-Nov-1975 US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73
Natalie Angier
Journalist
16-Feb-1958   Science reporter
Max Apple
Author
22-Oct-1941   I Love Gootie
George Ariyoshi
Politician
12-Mar-1926   Governor of Hawaii, 1974-86
Henry F. Ashurst
Politician
13-Sep-1874 31-May-1962 US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41
Robert Asprin
Author
28-Jun-1946 22-May-2008 Thieves World
Robert Atkins
Doctor
17-Oct-1930 17-Apr-2003 Atkins Diet doctor
Bill Ayers
Activist
26-Dec-1944   Weather Underground
Ralph M. Bahna
Business
23-Aug-1942 24-Feb-2014 CEO of Cunard Line, 1980-89
Dean Baker
Economist
13-Jul-1958   Center for Economic and Policy Research
Ray Stannard Baker
Journalist
17-Apr-1870 12-Jul-1946 Biographer of Woodrow Wilson
Lillian Bauder
Business
c. 1939   Former VP at Masco
Rand Beers
Government
c. 1942   Kerry foreign policy advisor
Dan Benishek
Politician
20-Apr-1952   Congressman, Michigan 1st
Mary Frances Berry
Government
17-Feb-1938   Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004
J. Robert Beyster
Business
26-Jul-1924 22-Dec-2014 Founder of SAIC
Kenneth Bialkin
Attorney
9-Sep-1929   Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer
Bruce P. Bickner
Business
c. 1943   DEKALB Genetics Corporation
Theodore Bilbo
Government
13-Oct-1877 21-Aug-1947 Archangel of white supremacy
Jean S. Blackwell
Business
c. 1954   EVP at Cummins
James Blinn
Computer Programmer
c. 1948   3D computer imaging pioneer
Henry Bloch
Business
30-Jul-1922   Co-Founder of H&R Bloch
Paul H. Boeker
Diplomat
2-May-1938 29-Mar-2003 US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87
David Bohnett
Business
2-Apr-1956   GeoCities cofounder
Stephen G. Bradbury
Government
1958   Acting head, Office of Legal Counsel, 2004-09
Tom Brady
Football
3-Aug-1977   New England Patriots QB
David A. Brandon
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Domino's Pizza
Joseph Brodsky
Poet
24-May-1940 28-Jan-1996 "Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
Arthur Brown
Politician
8-Mar-1843 13-Dec-1906 US Senator from Utah, 1896-97
John Seely Brown
Business
c. 1940   Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000
Charles F. Brush
Inventor
17-Mar-1849 15-Jun-1929 Street lights
Philip W. Buchen
Government
17-Feb-1916 21-May-2001 White House Counsel, 1974-77
William Bulow
Politician
13-Jan-1869 26-Feb-1960 US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43
Anson Burlingame
Diplomat
14-Nov-1820 23-Feb-1870 US Ambassador to China, 1861-70
Leo Burnett
Business
21-Oct-1891 7-Jun-1971 American advertising pioneer
Charles W. Burson
Attorney
c. 1944   Al Gore's Chief of Staff, 1999-2001
David Burtka
Actor
29-May-1975   American theater actor
Lawrence E. Butler
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Macedonia, 2002-05
Gaylen J. Byker
Business
10-Apr-1948   President of Calvin College
Caroline Bynum
Historian
1941   Medieval historian
Michael J. Callahan
Business
c. 1938   CEO of Material Sciences, 2003-04
William W. Campbell
Astronomer
11-Apr-1862 14-Jun-1938 Stellar Motions
David F. Cargo
Politician
13-Jan-1929 5-Jul-2013 Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71
Edmund M. Carpenter
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Barnes Group
Benjamin S. Carson
Doctor
18-Sep-1951   Pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins
Anthony Carter
Football
17-Sep-1960   Former NFL wide receiver
Pamela L. Carter
Business
c. 1948   EVP at Cummins
Zev Chafets
Author
1947   Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One
Napoleon Chagnon
Anthropologist
27-Aug-1938   Yanomamö: The Fierce People
Jonathan Chait
Journalist
1972   Senior Editor, The New Republic
Roy D. Chapin, Sr.
Government
23-Feb-1880 16-Feb-1936 US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33
John D. Cherry
Politician
5-May-1951   Lt. Governor of Michigan, 2003-11
Harold G. Christensen
Attorney
25-Jun-1926 14-Nov-2012 Deputy US Attorney General, 1988-89
John Ciardi
Poet
24-Jun-1916 30-Mar-1986 How Does a Poem Mean?
Chase A. Clark
Politician
20-Aug-1883 30-Dec-1966 Governor of Idaho, 1941-43
Frederick Coffin
Actor
16-Jan-1943 31-Jul-2003 Character actor
Jeff Cohen
Pundit
?   Fox News Watch
Stanley Cohen
Scientist
17-Nov-1922   Nerve and skin cell growth factors
Cindy Cohn
Attorney
c. 1963   EFF lawyer
Charles Cooley
Educator
17-Aug-1864 8-May-1929 Looking-glass self
Royal S. Copeland
Politician
7-Nov-1868 17-Jul-1938 US Senator from New York, 1923-38
Ann Coulter
Pundit
8-Dec-1961   Rightwing bombthrower
Richard L. Crandall
Business
c. 1942   Founder of Comshare, Inc.
Daniel Crane
Politician
10-Jan-1936   Congressman from Illinois, 1979-85
Phil Crane
Politician
3-Nov-1930 8-Nov-2014 Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005
Santiago Creel
Politician
11-Dec-1954   President of the PAN Senate Delegation
Darren Criss
Actor
5-Feb-1987   Blaine Anderson on Glee
George Crumb
Composer
24-Oct-1929   1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Disco D
Music Producer
21-Sep-1980 23-Jan-2007 Ghetto-tech DJ
Lloyd Dangle
Cartoonist
13-May-1961   Troubletown
William J. Danhof
Attorney
c. 1949   Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone
Marc Dann
Politician
12-Mar-1962   Attorney General of Ohio, 2007-08
Clarence Darrow
Attorney
18-Apr-1857 13-Mar-1938 Scopes Monkey Trial (monkey side)
Harry M. Daugherty
Government
26-Jan-1860 12-Oct-1941 US Attorney General, 1921-24
James A. Davidson
Business
c. 1959   Silver Lake Partners
Ann B. Davis
Actor
5-May-1926 1-Jun-2014 Alice from The Brady Bunch
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Politician
16-Jun-1838 27-Nov-1900 Governor and Senator from Minnesota
John R. Dawson
Diplomat
1950 1-Aug-2003 US Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03
William R. Day
Judge
17-Apr-1849 9-Jul-1923 US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22
John DeLorean
Business
6-Jan-1925 19-Mar-2005 Automobile designer and entepreneur
William S. Demchak
Business
c. 1963   CFO of PNC Financial
Dorothy Denning
Scientist
12-Aug-1945   Professor, interest in encryption
Theodore E. Deutch
Politician
7-May-1966   Congressman, Florida 21st
John M. Devine
Business
13-May-1944   Vice Chairman of GM, 2001-06
Laura Devon
Actor
23-May-1931 19-Jul-2007 Red Line 7000
Thomas E. Dewey
Politician
24-Mar-1902 16-Mar-1971 Did not defeat Truman
Dan Dierdorf
Football
29-Jun-1949   NFL Hall of Famer, commentator
Charles Diggs, Jr.
Politician
2-Dec-1922 24-Aug-1998 Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80
Dixon R. Doll
Business
c. 1942   Doll Capital Management
David F. Dougherty
Business
c. 1956   CEO of Convergys
Sheridan Downey
Politician
11-Mar-1884 25-Oct-1961 US Senator from California, 1939-50
James S. Duesenberry
Economist
18-Jul-1918 5-Oct-2009 Council of Economic Advisers, 1966-68
Michael Dunn
Actor
20-Oct-1934 30-Aug-1973 Dr. Miguelito Loveless
Wayne Dyer
Religion
10-May-1940 29-Aug-2015 The father of motivation
Robert L. Eastaugh
Judge
1943   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
David M. Ebel
Judge
3-Jun-1940   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2006
Gerald G. Eggert
Historian
12-Apr-1926 27-Dec-2012 Railroad Labor Disputes
Larry Elder
Radio Personality
27-Apr-1952   Republitarian radio talk show host
Robert F. Ellsworth
Politician
11-Jun-1926 9-May-2011 Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Frank C. Emerson
Politician
26-May-1882 18-Feb-1931 Governor of Wyoming, 1927-31
Jon Entine
Author
30-Apr-1952   Taboo
John Fahey
Business
c. 1953   CEO of National Geographic Society
John V. Faraci
Business
16-Feb-1950   CEO of International Paper
Homer S. Ferguson
Politician
25-Feb-1889 17-Dec-1982 US Senator from Michigan, 1943-55
Peter Fitzgerald
Politician
20-Oct-1960   US Senator from Illinois, 1999-2005
Gerald Ford
Head of State
14-Jul-1913 26-Dec-2006 38th US President, 1974-77
Harold Ford
Politician
11-May-1970   Congressman from Tennessee, 1997-2007
Stephen E. Frank
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Southern California Edison, 1995-2002
Dan Froomkin
Columnist
c. 1963   Huffington Post writer and media critic
Frederick P. Furth
Attorney
12-Apr-1934   Partner, The Furth Firm
Ralph F. Gates
Politician
24-Feb-1893 28-Jul-1978 Governor of Indiana, 1945-49
Charlie Gehringer
Baseball
11-May-1903 21-Jan-1993 Detroit Tigers 2nd Baseman, Hall-of-Famer
Dick Gephardt
Politician
31-Jan-1941   Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
Charles Gibson
Journalist
9-Mar-1943   Good Morning America
Paul Gillmor
Politician
1-Feb-1939 5-Sep-2007 Congressman from Ohio, 1989-2007
Allan D. Gilmour
Business
1934   Twice Vice Chairman of Ford
Arnold Gingrich
Journalist
5-Dec-1903 9-Jul-1976 Founder of Esquire magazine
Todd Gitlin
Educator
6-Jan-1943   Journalism professor, social critic
Donald A. Glaser
Physicist
21-Sep-1926 28-Feb-2013 Inventor of the bubble chamber
Jon Glaser
Actor
20-Jun-1968   Delocated
Dan Glickman
Politician
24-Nov-1944   Former Congressman, President of the MPAA
Stephen Goldsmith
Politician
12-Dec-1946   Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99
James Goodby
Diplomat
20-Dec-1929   US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81
Linda A. Goodspeed
Business
c. 1962   Former EVP, Lennox International
David F. Gordon
Government
?   State Dept. Dir. Policy Planning, 2007-08
Jay Gorney
Composer
12-Dec-1896 14-Jun-1990 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Ronald M. Gould
Judge
17-Oct-1946   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael W. Grebe
Attorney
c. 1941   President of the Bradley Foundation
Mark N. Greene
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Fair Isaac
Roger L. Gregory
Judge
17-Jul-1953   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
David Alan Grier
Comic
30-Jun-1955   In Living Color
Brian Griese
Football
18-Mar-1975   Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB
Richard A. Griffin
Judge
15-Apr-1952   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert P. Griffin
Politician
6-Nov-1923 16-Apr-2015 US Senator from Michigan, 1966-79
Morley Griswold
Politician
10-Oct-1890 3-Oct-1951 Governor of Nevada, 1934-35
Michael S. Gross
Business
c. 1961   Partner, Apollo Management, 1990-2006
Patrick W. Gross
Business
15-May-1944   Co-Founder, American Management Systems
Judith Guest
Novelist
29-Mar-1963   Ordinary People
Cathy Guisewite
Cartoonist
5-Sep-1950   Cathy
Charles Guiteau
Assassin
8-Sep-1841 30-Jun-1882 Assassin of President Garfield
Sanjay Gupta
TV Personality
23-Oct-1969   CNN's resident neurosurgeon
Anne Gust
Attorney
15-Mar-1958   Wife of Jerry Brown
James P. Hackett
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Steelcase
Asaph Hall
Astronomer
15-Oct-1829 22-Nov-1907 Discovered the moons of Mars
William K. Hall
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Procyon Technologies, 2000-03
Michael R. Hallman
Business
c. 1944   President and COO of Microsoft, 1990-92
Steven K. Hamp
Business
c. 1948   President, The Henry Ford, 1996-2005
Tom Harmon
Football
28-Sep-1919 15-Mar-1990 Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy
Martin Harwit
Astronomer
9-Mar-1931   Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy
Robert Hayden
Poet
4-Aug-1913 25-Feb-1980 Words in the Mourning Time
Tom Hayden
Activist
11-Dec-1939   Jane Fonda's ex
David W. Heleniak
Business
c. 1946   Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley
Fritz Henderson
Business
29-Nov-1958   CEO of General Motors, 2009-10
Hugh Hewitt
Radio Personality
22-Feb-1956   Conservative talk radio show
Roger W. Heyns
Educator
27-Jan-1918 11-Sep-1995 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
Kurt J. Hilzinger
Business
c. 1961   President of Amerisource Bergen, 2002-07
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
Football
17-Jun-1923 28-Jan-2004 LA Rams halfback 1949-57
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Business
12-Aug-1936   CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001
Thomas R. Hodgson
Business
c. 1941   President of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-98
Pete Hoekstra
Politician
30-Oct-1953   Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011
James P. Hoffa
Labor Leader
19-May-1941   Jimmy Hoffa's son
Aubrey Hooks
Diplomat
18-May-1948   US Ambassador to Ivory Coast
Avery Hopwood
Playwright
28-May-1882 1-Jul-1928 The Bat
Craig Hosmer
Politician
6-May-1915 11-Oct-1982 Congressman from California, 1953-74
Desmond Howard
Football
15-May-1970   Winner, 1991 Heisman Trophy
Steve Howe
Baseball
10-Mar-1958 28-Apr-2006 MLB pitcher
Charles B. Huggins
Scientist
22-Sep-1901 12-Jan-1997 Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers
Clark L. Hull
Psychologist
24-May-1884 10-May-1952 Principles of Behavior
George M. Humphrey
Government
8-Mar-1890 20-Jan-1970 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57
William L. Hungate
Politician
14-Dec-1922 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Missouri, 1964-77
Ruth Hussey
Actor
30-Oct-1911 19-Apr-2005 The Philadelphia Story
Arthur M. Hyde
Politician
12-Jul-1877 17-Oct-1947 Governor of Missouri, 1921-25
James Irwin
Astronaut
17-Mar-1930 8-Aug-1991 8th to walk on the Moon
Verne G. Istock
Business
c. 1940   President of Bank One, 1999-2000
Merit E. Janow
Educator
13-May-1958   Professor of Int'l Affairs, Columbia University
Valerie B. Jarrett
Business
14-Nov-1956   White House Office of Public Liaison
Holman Jenkins
Columnist
c. 1960   Wall Street Journal
Derek Jeter
Baseball
26-Jun-1974   New York Yankees shortstop
Sue Johanson
Talk Show Host
29-Jul-1930   Talk Sex With Sue Johanson
Kelly Johnson
Engineer
27-Feb-1910 21-Dec-1990 Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer
Robert M. Johnson
Publisher
14-Jul-1945   Publisher of Newsday, 1986-94
James Earl Jones
Actor
17-Jan-1931   Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
Bill Joy
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1954   BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java
Ted Kaczynski
Criminal
22-May-1942   The Unabomber
Paul Kangas
Journalist
1937   Nightly Business Report
Arnold Kanter
Government
27-Feb-1945 10-Apr-2010 Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93
Marcy Kaptur
Politician
17-Jun-1946   Congresswoman, Ohio 9th
Jerome Karle
Chemist
18-Jun-1918 6-Jun-2013 X-Ray diffraction studies
Lawrence Kasdan
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1949   The Big Chill
Nancy Kassebaum
Politician
29-Jul-1932   US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97
Thomas F. Keller
Educator
22-Sep-1931   Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96
David B. Kellerman
Business
c. 1968 22-Apr-2009 CFO of Freddie Mac, 2008-09
Mark Kennedy
Politician
11-Apr-1957   Congressman, Minnesota 6th
X. J. Kennedy
Poet
21-Aug-1929   Juvenile poet, Brats
John W. Kern
Politician
20-Dec-1849 17-Aug-1917 US Senator from Indiana, 1911-17
Raymond M. Kethledge
Judge
11-Dec-1966   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jack Kevorkian
Doctor
26-May-1928 3-Jun-2011 Euthanasia enthusiast
Keegan Michael Key
Actor
22-Mar-1971   MADtv
Bradley A. Keywell
Business
27-Oct-1969   Co-Founder of Groupon
C. Robert Kidder
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002
Dale Kildee
Politician
16-Sep-1929   Congressman, Michigan 5th
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Politician
25-Jun-1945   Congresswoman from Michigan, 1997-2011
Roger King
Business
c. 1940   Sa Sa International Holdings
Lawrence R. Klein
Economist
14-Sep-1920 20-Oct-2013 Macroeconometric modeling
Donald L. Kohn
Economist
7-Nov-1942   Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Nancy Kovack
Actor
11-Mar-1935   Jason and the Argonauts
Robert E. Kramek
Military
15-Dec-1939   US Coast Guard Commandant, 1994-98
Philip Lader
Government
1946   US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001
Christine Lahti
Actor
4-Apr-1950   Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope
Celinda Lake
Government
?   Lake Research Partners
Robert P. Lamont
Politician
1-Dec-1867 20-Feb-1948 US Commerce Secretary, 1929-32
Chris Langton
Biologist
1948   Father of Artificial Life
Nicholas R. Lardy
Economist
c. 1946   Senior fellow, Institute for International Economics
Melvin J. Lasky
Journalist
15-Jan-1920 19-May-2004 Editor of journal Encounter
Steven LaTourette
Politician
22-Jul-1954 3-Aug-2016 Congressman from Ohio, 1995-2013
Mark Lenard
Actor
15-Oct-1924 22-Nov-1996 Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek
Jill Lepore
Historian
27-Aug-1966   The Name of War
Pierre E. Leroy
Business
c. 1948   Retired executive, Deere
Matt Letscher
Actor
26-Jun-1970   Good Morning, Miami
Armin O. Leuschner
Astronomer
16-Jan-1868 22-Apr-1953 Astronomer at Berkeley
Leon J. Level
Business
c. 1942   CFO of Computer Sciences Corp, 1989-2006
Jerry W. Levin
Business
c. 1944   CEO of American Household, 1998-2005
Elliott H. Levitas
Politician
26-Dec-1930   Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85
Melvyn Levitsky
Diplomat
19-Mar-1938   US Ambassador to Brazil, 1994-98
David B. Lewis
Business
9-Jun-1944   Partner, Lewis & Munday
Sandra Beach Lin
Business
c. 1958   EVP at Celanese
Lucy Liu
Actor
2-Dec-1968   Ling on Ally McBeal
James A. Locke III
Attorney
1942   Of Counsel at Nixon Peabody
Oren E. Long
Politician
4-Mar-1889 6-May-1965 US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62
Ross Macdonald
Novelist
13-Dec-1915 11-Jul-1983 Creator of P.I. Lew Archer
Tom Mack
Football
1-Nov-1943   LA Rams, Hall of Famer
John W. Madigan
Business
7-Jun-1937   CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002
Madonna
Singer/Songwriter
16-Aug-1958   Like a Virgin
Janet Malcolm
Journalist
1934   The Journalist and the Murderer
Timothy M. Manganello
Business
c. 1950   CEO of BorgWarner
Thomas E. Mann
Government
10-Sep-1944   Brookings Institution
Frederick W. Marks III
Historian
13-Nov-1940   Independence on Trial
E. W. Marland
Politician
8-May-1874 3-Oct-1941 Governor of Oklahoma, 1935-39
Strother Martin
Actor
26-Mar-1919 1-Aug-1980 Cool Hand Luke
Margo Martindale
Actor
18-Jul-1951   Rita Perkins-Hall on A Gifted Man
Jeff Masters
Blogger
c. 1960   Meteorologist, Weather Underground
Phillip D. Matthews
Business
c. 1938   Former Dart Industries executive
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.
Attorney
4-May-1853 18-Feb-1927 US Solicitor General, 1893-95
William James Mayo
Doctor
29-Jun-1861 28-Jul-1939 Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic
Charles G. McClure
Business
c. 1953   CEO of ArvinMeritor
John P. McDaniel
Business
c. 1942   MedStar Health
James A. McDivitt
Astronaut
10-Jun-1929   Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9
Larry McDonald
Politician
1-Apr-1935 1-Sep-1983 Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83
Douglas L. McElhaney
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2004-07
Thomas McGuane
Novelist
11-Dec-1939   The Sporting Club
David W. McKeague
Judge
5-Nov-1946   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
George Meader
Politician
13-Sep-1907 15-Oct-1994 Congressman from Michigan, 1951-65
Carrie P. Meek
Politician
29-Apr-1926   Congresswoman from Florida, 1993-2003
Sid Meier
Computer Programmer
1954   Father of Computer Gaming
Hendrick G. Meijer
Business
c. 1951   CEO of Meijer, Inc.
Ari Melber
Journalist
c. 1980   The Nation
James R. Mellor
Business
3-May-1930   CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97
Grace Meng
Politician
1-Oct-1975   Congresswoman, New York 6th
Marian Mercer
Actor
26-Nov-1935 27-Apr-2011 Nancy Beebe on It's a Living
Charles E. Merrill
Business
19-Oct-1885 6-Oct-1956 Founder of Merrill Lynch
William Milam
Diplomat
24-Jul-1936   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1998-2001
Les Miles
Football
10-Nov-1953   Head Coach, LSU Football
Eric Millegan
Actor
25-Aug-1974   Zack Addy on Bones
Arthur Miller
Playwright
17-Oct-1915 10-Feb-2005 Death of a Salesman
David C. Miller
Diplomat
15-Jul-1942   US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1984-86
Jody Miller
Business
c. 1959   The Business Talent Group
Thomas J. Miller
Diplomat
1948   US Ambassador to Greece, 2001-04
Raymond D. Mindlin
Engineer
17-Sep-1906 22-Nov-1987 Mindlin's problem
Martha L. Minow
Attorney
6-Dec-1954   Dean of Harvard Law School
Jeffrey H. Miro
Attorney
1942   Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
William E. Mitchell
Business
13-Mar-1944   CEO of Arrow Electronics
James Moeser
Educator
1939   Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill
Thomas Monaghan
Business
25-Mar-1937   Domino's Pizza founder, pro-life activist
Michael T. Monahan
Business
c. 1939   President of Comerica, 1993-99
Michael Moore
Film Director
23-Apr-1954   Fahrenheit 9/11
J. Sterling Morton
Government
22-Apr-1832 27-Apr-1902 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97
Mary O. Mundinger
Educator
c. 1937   Dean, Columbia School of Nursing
Charles T. Munger
Business
1-Jan-1924   Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Frank Murphy
Judge
13-Apr-1890 19-Jul-1949 US Supreme Court Justice, 1940-49
Homer A. Neal
Physicist
13-Jun-1942   Director of the ATLAS Project
Robert D. Neary
Business
c. 1933   Co-Chairman of Ernst & Young, 1984-93
John M. Nehra
Business
c. 1948   New Enterprise Associates
Duane A. Nelles
Business
c. 1942   Former Partner, Coopers & Lybrand
Robert G. Neumann
Diplomat
2-Jan-1916 18-Jun-1999 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73
Michael Newdow
Activist
24-Jun-1953   Waged war against "under God"
Pamela J. Newman
Business
c. 1948   EVP at Aon Risk Services, Inc.
David G. Newton
Diplomat
13-Nov-1935   US Ambassador to Iraq, 1984-88
Denise Nicholas
Actor
12-Jul-1944   A Piece of the Action
J. Larry Nichols
Business
6-Jul-1942   CEO of Devon Energy
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Scientist
10-Apr-1927 15-Jan-2010 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Jay Nordlinger
Columnist
1963   Senior Editor, National Review
Jessye Norman
Singer
15-Sep-1945   Operatic soprano
Frank O'Hara
Poet
27-Jun-1926 25-Jul-1966 Meditations in an Emergency
William L. O'Neill
Historian
18-Apr-1935 29-Mar-2016 Coming Apart
Daniel Okrent
Author
2-Apr-1948   Former public editor, New York Times
Marvin Olasky
Pundit
12-Jun-1950   The Tragedy of American Compassion
Culbert L. Olson
Politician
7-Nov-1876 13-Apr-1962 Governor of California, 1939-43
Ronald L. Olson
Attorney
1941   Munger Tolles & Olson
Susan Orlean
Author
31-Oct-1955   The Orchid Thief
Norman Ornstein
Author
14-Oct-1948   American Enterprise Institute
Marina Oswald
Relative
17-Jul-1941   Widow of Lee Harvey Oswald
Larry Page
Business
26-Mar-1973   Co-Founder of Google
Donald R. Parfet
Business
c. 1952   Former Senior VP, Pharmacia
William U. Parfet
Business
c. 1947   MPI Research
Robert E. Park
Sociologist
14-Feb-1864 7-Feb-1944 Race and Culture
David J. Paterson
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Bowater
David Paymer
Actor
30-Aug-1954   Mr. Saturday Night
Roslyn B. Payne
Business
c. 1946   Jackson Street Partners
Raymond Pearl
Biologist
3-Jun-1879 17-Nov-1940 Biogerontology
Jorge M. Pérez
Business
1950   The Related Group
Ramiro G. Peru
Business
c. 1956   CFO of Phelps Dodge, 1999-2007
Bart Peterson
Politician
15-Jun-1958   Mayor of Indianapolis
Michael Phelps
Swimmer
30-Jun-1985   Swimmer, won 8 gold medals at Beijing
Walter M. Pierce
Politician
30-May-1861 27-Mar-1954 Governor of Oregon, 1923-27
Marge Piercy
Novelist
31-Mar-1936   Gone to Soldiers
Walter B. Pitkin
Psychologist
6-Feb-1878 25-Jan-1953 Life Begins at Forty
H. David Politzer
Physicist
31-Aug-1949   Deep structure of matter
Rosemary S. Pooler
Judge
21-Jun-1938   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Iggy Pop
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1947   Iggy and the Stooges
John Edward Porter
Politician
1-Jun-1935   Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001
Rob Portman
Politician
19-Dec-1955   US Senator from Ohio
Tom Price
Politician
8-Oct-1954   Congressman, Georgia 6th
Gilda Radner
Comic
28-Jun-1946 20-May-1989 Saturday Night Live
Ted Raimi
Actor
14-Dec-1965   Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess
Clark T. Randt
Diplomat
1945   US Ambassador to China
Ruth Reichl
Critic
16-Jan-1948   Editor-in-Chief, Gourmet magazine
W. Robert Reum
Business
22-Jul-1942   CEO of Amsted Industries
Walden C. Rhines
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Mentor Graphics
John J. Riccardo
Business
2-Jul-1924 13-Feb-2016 CEO of Chrysler, 1975-79
Branch Rickey
Baseball
20-Dec-1881 9-Dec-1965 Longtime Baseball GM
Tony Ridder
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Knight Ridder, 1995-2006
Don Riegle
Politician
4-Feb-1938   US Senator from Michigan, 1976-95
Jay Riemersma
Football
17-May-1973   Former NFL tight end
Barbara K. Rimer
Doctor
c. 1949   Dean, UNC School of Public Health
Dick Riordan
Politician
1-May-1930   Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001
Lynn N. Rivers
Politician
19-Dec-1956   Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003
Dana Robbins
Musician
?   R&B saxophonist
Eugene H. Robinson
Journalist
12-Mar-1954   Associate Editor, Washington Post
Theodore Roethke
Poet
25-May-1908 1-Aug-1963 The Waking
John M. Rogers
Judge
26-Jun-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Mike Rogers
Politician
2-Jun-1963   Congressman, Michigan 8th
Ian M. Rolland
Business
3-Jun-1933   CEO of Lincoln National, 1977-98
Harvey S. Rosen
Economist
29-Mar-1949   Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05
Robert Rosenblum
Art Historian
24-Jul-1927 6-Dec-2006 Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art
Tony Rosenthal
Sculptor
9-Aug-1914 28-Jul-2009 Abstract sculptor, Alamo
Joseph Ruben
Film Director
10-May-1950   The Forgotten
Aviel Rubin
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1967   Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins
Joaquin Ruiz
Educator
1951   Science Dean, University of Arizona
Jon Runyan
Politician
27-Nov-1973   Congressman, New Jersey 3rd
William Russ
Actor
20-Oct-1950   Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy
Donald S. Russell
Politician
22-Feb-1906 22-Feb-1998 Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71
Ken Salazar
Politician
2-Mar-1955   US Secretary of the Interior
Jonas Salk
Scientist
28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Richard Samp
Activist
c. 1952   Chief counsel, Washington Legal Foundation
Stephen W. Sanger
Business
10-Apr-1946   CEO of General Mills, 1995-2007
Gloria Santona
Business
c. 1948   General Counsel for McDonald's
Michael Schaller
Historian
2-Jun-1947   The American Occupation of Japan
Richard O. Schaum
Business
c. 1947   EVP at DaimlerChrysler, 2000-03
Debbie Schlussel
Radio Personality
9-Apr-1969   Conservative pundit
Donald H. Schmude
Business
c. 1936   Former Texaco executive
Mark A. Schulz
Business
c. 1952   Former Ford International EVP
Alan E. Schwartz
Attorney
21-Dec-1925   Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Joe Schwarz
Politician
15-Nov-1937   Congressman from Michigan, 2005-07
Anthony J. Scirica
Judge
16-Dec-1940   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Margaret Scobey
Diplomat
c. 1949   US Ambassador to Syria, 2004-05
Martha Scott
Actor
22-Sep-1912 28-May-2003 Our Town
Martha R. Seger
Government
17-Feb-1932   Federal Reserve Governor, 1984-91
L. William Seidman
Economist
29-Apr-1921 13-May-2009 CNBC chief commentator
Wilfrid Sellars
Philosopher
20-May-1912 2-Jul-1989 Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Claude Shannon
Scientist
30-Apr-1916 24-Feb-2001 Pioneer in information theory
Benson P. Shapiro
Business
c. 1941   Marketing Professor at HBS
William Shawn
Journalist
31-Aug-1907 8-Dec-1992 Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Robert Shaye
Business
3-Mar-1949   Co-CEO of New Line Cinema
Robert J. Shiller
Economist
29-Mar-1946   Irrational Exuberance
Alvin V. Shoemaker
Business
c. 1938   Chairman of First Boston, 1983-89
Miriam Shor
Actor
25-Jul-1971   Cricket Caruth-Reilly on GCB
K. Ram Shriram
Business
?   Sherpalo Ventures
David Shuster
Journalist
18-Apr-1967   Former MSNBC anchor
Laurie A. Siegel
Business
c. 1957   Senior VP HR at Tyco
Isadore Singer
Mathematician
3-May-1924   Atiyah-Singer index theorem
George Sisler
Baseball
24-Mar-1893 26-Mar-1973 Batted .420 in 1921
Richard E. Smalley
Chemist
6-Jun-1943 28-Oct-2005 Co-Discovered fullerines
Betty Smith
Novelist
15-Dec-1896 17-Jan-1972 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Cece Smith
Business
c. 1944   Phillips-Smith-Machens Venture Partners
Hamilton O. Smith
Scientist
23-Aug-1931   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Roger Smith
Business
12-Jul-1925 29-Nov-2007 CEO of General Motors, 1980-90
Rick Snyder
Politician
19-Aug-1958   Governor of Michigan
David Sobel
Attorney
?   EFF Senior Counsel
Morton Sobell
Spy
11-Apr-1917   Rosenbergs' co-conspirator
Andrew A. Sorensen
Educator
20-Jul-1938 17-Apr-2011 President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08
William Spoelhof
Educator
8-Dec-1909 3-Dec-2008 President of Calvin College, 1951-76
Robert T. Stafford
Politician
8-Aug-1913 23-Dec-2006 Governor and Senator from Vermont
Christopher Stasheff
Novelist
1944   The Warlock In Spite of Himself
Donald J. Stebbins
Business
c. 1958   President and COO of Visteon
H. Michael Stevenson
Educator
1953   President of Simon Fraser University, 2000-10
Louis B. Susman
Diplomat
19-Nov-1937   US Ambassador to the UK
George Sutherland
Judge
25-Mar-1862 18-Jul-1942 US Supreme Court Justice, 1922-38
Glendon Swarthout
Novelist
8-Apr-1918 23-Sep-1992 Bless the Beasts and Children
David S. Tatel
Judge
16-Mar-1942   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Clifford W. Taylor
Judge
9-Nov-1942   Michigan Chief Justice
Ruy Teixeira
Author
15-Dec-1951   The Emerging Democratic Majority
Jerald F. ter Horst
Government
11-Jul-1922 31-Mar-2010 Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary
Larry D. Thompson
Attorney
15-Nov-1945   General Counsel of Pepsi
Samuel C. C. Ting
Physicist
27-Jan-1936   Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson
Bob Tisch
Business
29-Apr-1926 15-Nov-2005 CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants
John L. Tishman
Business
24-Jan-1926 6-Feb-2016 Built the World Trade Center
John F. Turner
Government
3-Mar-1942   Asst. Secy. of State for Oceans, 2001-05
Reginald M. Turner, Jr.
Attorney
1960   Partner, Clark Hill
Cheryl N. Turpin
Business
c. 1948   CEO of The Limited Stores, 1994-97
Amos Tversky
Psychologist
16-Mar-1937 2-Jun-1996 Cognitive psychologist, studied risks
Elaine S. Ullian
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Boston Medical Center
Fred Upton
Politician
23-Apr-1953   Congressman, Michigan 6th
Arthur Vandenberg
Politician
22-Mar-1884 18-Apr-1951 US Senator from Michigan, 1928-51
Guy Vander Jagt
Politician
26-Aug-1931 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93
Martinus J.G. Veltman
Physicist
27-Jun-1931   Quantum physicist
Charles Vest
Educator
9-Sep-1941 12-Dec-2013 President of MIT, 1990-2004
John G. Vlazny
Religion
22-Feb-1937   Catholic Archbishop of Portland
Timothy Wadhams
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Masco
Charles R. Walgreen
Business
11-Nov-1935   Former CEO, Walgreen's drugstores
John M. Walker, Jr.
Judge
26-Dec-1940   2nd Circuit Appeals Court, 1992-2006
Mike Wallace
Journalist
9-May-1918 7-Apr-2012 Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
Richard P. Wallace
Business
c. 1960   CEO of KLA-Tencor
Raoul Wallenberg
Activist
4-Aug-1912 16-Jul-1947 Worked to save Hungarian Jews
Martha Lee Walters
Judge
1950   Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Herbert S. Wander
Attorney
c. 1935   Katten Muchin Rosenman
James Craig Watson
Astronomer
28-Jan-1838 23-Nov-1880 Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan
Chris Webber
Basketball
1-Mar-1973   2003 NBA All-star, Sacramento Kings
David N. Weidman
Business
23-May-1955   CEO of Celanese
Mark Weisbrot
Economist
1954   Center for Economic and Policy Research
Ronald Weiser
Diplomat
7-Jul-1945   US Ambassador to Slovakia, 2001-04
Thomas H. Weller
Scientist
15-Jun-1915 23-Aug-2008 Cultured the polio virus
Steven M. West
Business
c. 1957   COO of nCUBE, 2001-03
David Westin
Business
c. 1952   President of ABC News
Burton K. Wheeler
Politician
27-Feb-1882 6-Jan-1975 US Senator from Montana, 1923-47
B. Joseph White
Educator
6-Apr-1947   President, University of Illinois
Ed White
Astronaut
14-Nov-1930 27-Jan-1967 First American to walk in space
Edmund White
Author
13-Jan-1940   The Joy of Gay Sex
Charles Z. Wick
Government
12-Oct-1917 20-Jul-2008 Director of the USIA, 1981-89
Gail R. Wilensky
Activist
14-Jun-1943   Health care official
Roger Wilkins
Educator
25-Mar-1932   Author, blackademic
Ann C. Williams
Judge
16-Aug-1949   7th Circuit Court of Appeals
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
Fred Wilpon
Business
c. 1936   New York Mets owner
Ralph Wilson, Jr.
Football
17-Oct-1918 25-Mar-2014 Founding Owner, Buffalo Bills
Thomas J. Wilson
Business
c. 1957   CEO of Allstate
Sherwin T. Wine
Religion
25-Jan-1928 21-Jul-2007 Humanistic Judaism
Philip D. Winn
Criminal
1-Feb-1925   HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton
Donald C. Winter
Government
c. 1947   US Secretary of the Navy, 2006-09
James Wolk
Actor
22-Mar-1985   Front of the Class
Robert L. Wood
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Chemtura
Bob Woodruff
Journalist
18-Aug-1961   Co-Anchor, World News Tonight
Charles Woodson
Football
7-Oct-1976   Winner, 1997 Heisman Trophy
Hubert Work
Government
3-Jul-1860 14-Dec-1942 US Interior Secretary, 1923-28
Kathryn D. Wriston
Attorney
c. 1939   Wife of Walter B. Wriston
Sam Wyly
Business
1934   Early computer entrepreneur
Jack Yellen
Songwriter
6-Jul-1892 17-Apr-1991 Happy Days Are Here Again
Francis Parker Yockey
Author
18-Sep-1917 16-Jun-1960 Imperium
Jerry York
Business
22-Jun-1938 16-Mar-2010 CFO of IBM, 1993-95
Samuel Zell
Business
28-Sep-1941   Equity Office Properties billionaire

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cleveland Abbe
Physicist
3-Dec-1838 28-Oct-1916 America's first weatherman
H. Gardner Ackley
Economist
30-Jun-1915 12-Feb-1998 US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69
Henry Carter Adams
Economist
31-Dec-1851 11-Aug-1921 Public Debts
Rebecca M. Blank
Economist
19-Sep-1955   Council of Economic Advisers, 1998-99
William Bolcom
Composer
26-May-1938   Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Lee C. Bollinger
Educator
c. 1946   President of Columbia University
Kenneth E. Boulding
Economist
18-Jan-1910 18-Mar-1993 The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
William W. Campbell
Astronomer
11-Apr-1862 14-Jun-1938 Stellar Motions
Nancy Cantor
Educator
c. 1952   Chancellor, Syracuse University
Napoleon Chagnon
Anthropologist
27-Aug-1938   Yanomamö: The Fierce People
Wilbur J. Cohen
Government
10-Jun-1913 17-May-1987 HEW Secretary, 1968-69
Juan Cole
Historian
1952   Sacred Space and Holy War
Mary Sue Coleman
Educator
2-Oct-1943   President, University of Michigan
Francis Collins
Scientist
14-Apr-1950   Human Genome Project
Charles Cooley
Educator
17-Aug-1864 8-May-1929 Looking-glass self
Royal S. Copeland
Politician
7-Nov-1868 17-Jul-1938 US Senator from New York, 1923-38
John Patrick Crecine
Educator
22-Aug-1939 28-Apr-2008 President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94
Paul Danos
Educator
c. 1942   Dean, Tuck School of Business
Alexander DeConde
Historian
13-Nov-1920   Entangling Alliance
John Dewey
Educator
20-Oct-1859 1-Jun-1952 Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer
Lloyd H. Donnell
Engineer
20-May-1895 7-Nov-1997 Donnell's thin shell theory
James J. Duderstadt
Educator
5-Dec-1942   President, University of Michigan, 1988-96
Jane E. Dutton
Educator
c. 1951   UMich Business Psychologist
Alexander Eckstein
Economist
9-Dec-1915 4-Dec-1976 Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution
Samuel Eilenberg
Mathematician
30-Sep-1913 30-Jan-1998 Category theory
Geoff Eley
Historian
14-May-1949   Forging Democracy
Stephen G. Emerson
Educator
c. 1952   President, Haverford College
Jeffrey A. Frankel
Economist
5-Nov-1952   Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99
William W. Freehling
Historian
26-Dec-1935   Prelude to Civil War
Donald A. Glaser
Physicist
21-Sep-1926 28-Feb-2013 Inventor of the bubble chamber
David F. Gordon
Government
?   State Dept. Dir. Policy Planning, 2007-08
Samuel Goudsmit
Physicist
11-Jul-1902 4-Dec-1978 Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Edward M. Gramlich
Economist
18-Jun-1939 5-Sep-2007 Federal Reserve Governor, 1997-2005
Sanjay Gupta
TV Personality
23-Oct-1969   CNN's resident neurosurgeon
David M. Halperin
Scholar
2-Apr-1952   One Hundred Years of Homosexuality
Arthur G. Hansen
Educator
28-Feb-1925 5-Jul-2010 President of Purdue University, 1971-82
Robert Hayden
Poet
4-Aug-1913 25-Feb-1980 Words in the Mourning Time
Roger W. Heyns
Educator
27-Jan-1918 11-Sep-1995 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
Charles B. Huggins
Scientist
22-Sep-1901 12-Jan-1997 Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers
Howard P. Jones
Diplomat
2-Jan-1899 18-Sep-1973 US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65
Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist
5-Mar-1934   The psychology of economics
Arnold Kanter
Government
27-Feb-1945 10-Apr-2010 Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93
Jerome Karle
Chemist
18-Jun-1918 6-Jun-2013 X-Ray diffraction studies
William N. Kelley
Doctor
23-Jun-1939   Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
Marvin Krislov
Educator
c. 1960   President, Oberlin College
Jeffrey M. Leiden
Doctor
c. 1953   Clarus Ventures
Flynt Leverett
Government
6-Mar-1958   Former National Security Council staffer
Gerald F. Linderman
Historian
13-Sep-1934   Embattled Courage
Debra A. Livingston
Judge
15-Apr-1959   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross Macdonald
Novelist
13-Dec-1915 11-Jul-1983 Creator of P.I. Lew Archer
Catharine MacKinnon
Activist
7-Oct-1946   Anti-pornography activist
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.
Attorney
4-May-1853 18-Feb-1927 US Solicitor General, 1893-95
Paul W. McCracken
Economist
29-Dec-1915 3-Aug-2012 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Wade H. McCree
Judge
3-Jul-1920 30-Aug-1987 US Solicitor General, 1977-81
George Herbert Mead
Philosopher
27-Feb-1863 26-Apr-1931 Pragmatist, social behaviorist
Jeffrey H. Miro
Attorney
1942   Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
Cynthia A. Montgomery
Educator
c. 1952   Professor at Harvard Business School
Homer A. Neal
Physicist
13-Jun-1942   Director of the ATLAS Project
Nicholas Negroponte
Educator
1-Dec-1943   Founder, MIT Media Lab
Michel Oksenberg
Scholar
12-Oct-1938 22-Feb-2001 Leading sinologist
Gilbert S. Omenn
Business
30-Aug-1941   Professor, University of Michigan
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
Raymond Pearl
Biologist
3-Jun-1879 17-Nov-1940 Biogerontology
Merton J. Peck
Economist
17-Dec-1925 1-Mar-2013 Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69
Bradford Perkins
Historian
6-Mar-1925 29-Jun-2008 Castlereagh and Adams
Martin L. Perl
Physicist
24-Jun-1927 30-Sep-2014 Discovered the tau lepton
Katherine Anne Porter
Author
15-May-1890 18-Sep-1980 Ship of Fools
C. K. Prahalad
Educator
8-Aug-1941 16-Apr-2010 Management guru
Peter Railton
Philosopher
23-May-1950   Facts, Values, and Norms
Jehuda Reinharz
Educator
1944   President, Brandeis University
Lynn N. Rivers
Politician
19-Dec-1956   Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003
Peyton Rous
Scientist
5-Oct-1879 16-Feb-1970 Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses
Aviel Rubin
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1967   Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins
Artur Schnabel
Pianist
17-Apr-1882 15-Aug-1951 Pianist and classical composer
Joel Seligman
Educator
11-Jan-1950   President, University of Rochester
Harold T. Shapiro
Educator
8-Jun-1935   President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Warren L. Smith
Economist
23-Mar-1914 20-Apr-1972 Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69
Rick Snyder
Politician
19-Aug-1958   Governor of Michigan
Richard H. Solomon
Diplomat
1937   President of US Institute For Peace
Walter W. Stewart
Economist
1885 Mar-1958 Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55
Deanell Reece Tacha
Judge
26-Jan-1946   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Raymond Tanter
Scholar
?   Iran Policy Committee founder
David S. Tatel
Judge
16-Mar-1942   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Craig B. Thompson
Doctor
c. 1952   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Stephen Timoshenko
Engineer
23-Dec-1878 29-May-1972 Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford
George Uhlenbeck
Physicist
6-Dec-1900 31-Oct-1988 Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Shirley Verrett
Singer
31-May-1931 5-Nov-2010 Mezzo-soprano at the Met
Charles Vest
Educator
9-Sep-1941 12-Dec-2013 President of MIT, 1990-2004
Elizabeth Warren
Educator
22-Jun-1949   US Senator from Massachusetts
James Craig Watson
Astronomer
28-Jan-1838 23-Nov-1880 Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan
Gerhard L. Weinberg
Historian
1-Jan-1928   The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany
B. Joseph White
Educator
6-Apr-1947   President, University of Illinois
Leslie A. White
Anthropologist
19-Jan-1900 31-Mar-1975 The Science of Culture
Marina v.N. Whitman
Economist
6-Mar-1935   Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73
Carl E. Wieman
Physicist
26-Mar-1951   Bose-Einstein Condensates
Ernest J. Wilson III
Educator
c. 1948   Dean, Annenberg School for Communication
Howard Wolpe
Government
2-Nov-1939 25-Oct-2011 Congressman from Michigan, 1979-83
Gordon S. Wood
Historian
27-Nov-1933   The Creation of the American Republic

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bruce P. Bickner
Business
c. 1943   DEKALB Genetics Corporation
Lee C. Bollinger
Educator
c. 1946   President of Columbia University
David A. Brandon
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Domino's Pizza
Nancy Cantor
Educator
c. 1952   Chancellor, Syracuse University
William Castell
Business
10-Apr-1947   CEO of GE Healthcare
Wilbur J. Cohen
Government
10-Jun-1913 17-May-1987 HEW Secretary, 1968-69
Mary Sue Coleman
Educator
2-Oct-1943   President, University of Michigan
Paul Danos
Educator
c. 1942   Dean, Tuck School of Business
James J. Duderstadt
Educator
5-Dec-1942   President, University of Michigan, 1988-96
Alexander Eckstein
Economist
9-Dec-1915 4-Dec-1976 Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution
Geoff Eley
Historian
14-May-1949   Forging Democracy
Robben W. Fleming
Educator
18-Dec-1916 10-Jan-2010 President, University of Michigan, 1968-78
Roger W. Heyns
Educator
27-Jan-1918 11-Sep-1995 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
William N. Kelley
Doctor
23-Jun-1939   Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
Marvin Krislov
Educator
c. 1960   President, Oberlin College
J. Bernard Machen
Educator
26-Mar-1944   President, University of Florida
Leslie A. Murphy
Business
c. 1951   Plante & Moran, PLLC
Homer A. Neal
Physicist
13-Jun-1942   Director of the ATLAS Project
Michel Oksenberg
Scholar
12-Oct-1938 22-Feb-2001 Leading sinologist
Peter Railton
Philosopher
23-May-1950   Facts, Values, and Norms
Harold T. Shapiro
Educator
8-Jun-1935   President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Teresa A. Sullivan
Educator
9-Jul-1949   President, University of Virginia
Charles Vest
Educator
9-Sep-1941 12-Dec-2013 President of MIT, 1990-2004
James Craig Watson
Astronomer
28-Jan-1838 23-Nov-1880 Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan
B. Joseph White
Educator
6-Apr-1947   President, University of Illinois
Ernest J. Wilson III
Educator
c. 1948   Dean, Annenberg School for Communication

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Beilein
Basketball
5-Feb-1953   Head Coach, University of Michigan
Cam Cameron
Football
6-Feb-1961   Miami Dolphins Head Coach, 2007
Lloyd Carr
Football
30-Jul-1945   UMich Football Coach, 1995-2007
Don James
Football
31-Dec-1932 20-Oct-2013 Huskies Head Coach, 1975-92
Bill McCartney
Football
22-Aug-1940   Colorado Coach, Promise Keeper
Les Miles
Football
10-Nov-1953   Head Coach, LSU Football
Don Nehlen
Football
1936   Mountaineers Head Coach, 1980-2000
Rich Rodriguez
Football
24-May-1963   Head Coach, University of Michigan
Bo Schembechler
Football
1-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Larry Smith
Football
12-Sep-1939 28-Jan-2008 Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000
Fielding H. Yost
Football
30-Apr-1871 20-Apr-1946 Legendary UMich Head Coach


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