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

. It includes alumni and faculty of the institution.

Administration and faculty

Academia, past and present

* Debby Applegate – former faculty, American history, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

; pioneer, utilization of respiration calorimeter *

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

– former professor of government; former

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

, to Spain, to Lebanon *

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

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

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

and

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

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

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

– faculty 1984–86; philosopher and

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

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

– faculty 1902–46; professor of physics;

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

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

– faculty 2008–12; political scientist, expert on

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

movements,

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

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

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

; interim president,

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

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

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

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

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

– former faculty; professor of government; acting

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

(2004–05) *

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

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

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

– faculty 1964–67, department of history;

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

; director of project that produced the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and

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

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

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

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

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

– emeritus professor, historian and professor of religion *

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

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

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

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

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

, under President

Dwight Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War I ...

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

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

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

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

– scholar-in-residence 1982, 1983; two

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

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

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

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

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

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

in philosophy of history *

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

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

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and power ...

, New York *

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. presidency The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United ...

and U.S. Congress *

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

– former faculty, department of classics; later president of

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

and 24th President of

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and

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

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

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

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

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

– faculty 1970–89, professor, chemistry;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

, historian and biologist *

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

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

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

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

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

; 13th president,

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

; 28th President, United States;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

; co-recipient, 2007

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

– faculty 1974–c. 1995; biographer and

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

Arts and letters, past and present

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

– visiting writer 2008;

(2008) *

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

– Millet Writing Fellow 2010;

; 1976

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

;

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

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

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

– current faculty, poet,

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

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

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

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

– John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, retired 2013;

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

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

program at Wesleyan *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– Millet Writing Fellow 2009; 2008

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

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

(2012) *

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

– English faculty for 21 years; 1975

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

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

–

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

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(1948),

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– visiting writer 1986–1989,

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

; Chairman,

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

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

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

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

– 14th

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

, 2006–07;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– professor of dance *

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

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

(1955 and 1976);

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

; ''

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

'', ''

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

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

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

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

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

in fiction (2001);

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

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

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

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

of the

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

* S. Ramanathan (Wesleyan PhD,

) – faculty, singer (

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

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

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

– artist in residence, 1972–76 *

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

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

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

– visiting writer,

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

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

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

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

– current faculty, professor of music *

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

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

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

and

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

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

– former visiting professor; fourth

, 1990–91;

; 1999

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

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

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

* Marcus Thompson – former faculty, violist and

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

player, recording artist and educator *

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

– faculty 1969–75, jazz composer and musician,

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

counsellor on African-American education 1976–87,

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

Minister of Art *

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

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

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

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

1975) – former professor of music,

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

virtuoso, 1992

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

recipient *

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

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

; twice winner,

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made ...

(1957, 1989);

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

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

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

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

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

– artist in residence, Japanese

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

(vertical bamboo flute) virtuoso *

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

, India playback singer

Alumni

Balzan Prize winners

* Charles Coulston Gillispie (1940) – 1997

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

;

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

;

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

; professor, history of science, Emeritus,

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

(with

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

); Director,

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

;

Pulitzer prizes

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

(1976) –

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

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

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

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

(1999); finalist, Pulitzer (2007);

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

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

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

(1994); former Bureau Chief, ''

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

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

(2004) *

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

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

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

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

* Alan C. Miller (1976) –

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

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

(1996) *

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

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

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

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

(1998);

(1995) * Barbara Roessner (1975) –

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

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

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

(1972) – journalist; finalist,

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

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

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

(2013)

MacArthur Fellows

The following alumni are fellows of the

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

(known as the "genius grant") from the

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

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

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

; poet, writer *

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

1984–2005 MacArthur Fellow;

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

advocate; urban revitalization strategist; public radio host; 2011

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

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

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

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

'', ''

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

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

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

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual c ...

winner for Best Musical and Best Original Score, 2008

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

for

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

, 2016

winner.

Academy, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy awards

Academy awards and nominations

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

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

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

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

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

'') *

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

(1985) –

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

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

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

'' *

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

(1983) –

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

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

);

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

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

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

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

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

nomination;

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

, Best Documentary, 2010

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

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

– playwright, screenwriter, director; nominated for two

s (2002, ''

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

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

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

, Best Drama, 2000

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

-nominated ''

'' (2007),

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

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

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

(1971) – producer, nominated for three

s: ''

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

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

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

''; ''

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

'' (won

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

);

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

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

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-nominated director, '' American Pie''; '' About a Boy'', ''Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'', ''Little Fockers'' * Joss Whedon (1987) –

-nominated screenwriter, ''Toy Story''; ''Speed (1994 film), Speed''; director, screenwriter, ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Serenity (2005 film), Serenity'', ''The Cabin in the Woods'', ''The Avengers (2012 film), The Avengers'' * Allie Wrubel –

-winning composer, songwriter, ''Song of the South'', song, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (1947, Academy Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song); Songwriters Hall of Fame * Benh Zeitlin (2004) – filmmaker, composer, director; his ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' garnered four 2012 List of accolades received by Beasts of the Southern Wild, Academy Award nominations; 2012 Caméra d'Or award, Cannes Film Festival; 2012 List of Sundance Film Festival award winners, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic,

Emmy awards

=Emmy awards in journalism

= * David Brancaccio (1982) – Emmy Award-winning newscaster and host, ''NOW on PBS''; DuPont-Columbia Award; Peabody Award * Dina Kaplan (1993) – 2007 Emmy Award for Spot News * Randall Pinkston (1972) – three-time Emmy Award-winning television journalist; RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award * Stephen Talbot (1970) – television reporter, writer, producer for PBS "Frontline"; two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards; Edward Murrow Award (OPC), Edward Murrow Award; DuPont-Columbia Award; Edgar Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award

=Emmy awards in film and television

= * Phil Abraham – Emmy Award-winning film and television cinematographer, director * Dana Delany (1978) – two Emmy Awards; actress; television shows ''China Beach'', ''Presidio Med'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Body of Proof''; films ''Tombstone (film), Tombstone'', ''Fly Away Home'' * Janet Grillo (1980) – Emmy Award-winning producer; writer and director * Evan Katz – Emmy Award-winning writer, executive producer of television series ''24 (TV series), 24'' * David Kohan (1986) – Emmy Award-winning co-creator, executive producer, ''Will & Grace'' and ''Good Morning, Miami'' * Diane Kolyer – Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Children's Program (2004); director, writer, producer * Michael E. Knight (1980) – three Emmy Awards; actor, best known for his role as Tad Martin (All My Children), Tad Martin on ''All My Children'' * Jeffrey Lane – five Emmy Awards, Golden Globe, two Peabody Awards, three Writers Guild of America Awards; author, television scriptwriter, film producer * Alan Levin (filmmaker), Alan Levin (1946) – three Emmy Awards; maker of documentaries * Marc Levin (1973) – three Emmy Awards (1988, 1989, 1999), documentary filmmaker; 1998 Caméra d'Or award, Cannes Film Festival; 1998 List of Sundance Film Festival award winners, Grand Jury Prize,

; 1997 DuPont-Columbia Award; founder Blowback Productions (1988) * Bruce McKenna (1984) – Emmy Award-winning television and movie producer, writer; Writers Guild Award; ''The Pacific (TV miniseries), The Pacific'' * Jim Margolis – six Emmy Awards (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007), writer, producer, co-executive producer, ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' * Mary McDonagh Murphy – six Emmy Awards; independent documentary film director, writer and producer * Owen Renfroe – three Emmy Awards; three Directors Guild of America Awards, television soap opera director; former film editor * Matthew Senreich (1996) – Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, director; producer, ''Robot Chicken'' * Bill Sherman (composer), Bill Sherman (2002) – Emmy Award-winning composer (2011); currently Musical Director of ''Sesame Street'' * Matthew Weiner (1987) – 2011 Time 100, ''Time'''s "100 Most Influential People in the World"; ''The Atlantic'', one of 21 ''Brave Thinkers 2011''; nine Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes; creator, executive producer, writer, ''Mad Men''; screenwriter, supervising producer, ''The Sopranos'' * Roger Weisberg (1975) – documentarian; Emmy Award–winning series ''Help Yourself''; Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, Dupont-Columbia Award * Joss Whedon (1987) – Emmy Award, Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards; writer, creator, producer, director, ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series), Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'', ''Firefly (TV series), Firefly'', ''Dollhouse (TV series), Dollhouse'', ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'' * Bradley Whitford (1981) – Emmy Award-winning actor; television dramas, ''The West Wing (TV series), The West Wing'', ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''; films, ''Billy Madison'', ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' * Bill Wrubel (1985) – three Emmy Awards (2010, 2011, 2012); co-executive producer, writer ''Modern Family'', ''Ugly Betty'', ''Will & Grace''

Tony and Grammy awards

* Bill Cunliffe (1978) – jazz pianist, composer, arranger; 2009 Grammy Award; won 1989 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Award; won several Down Beat, Down Beat Awards; 2 Emmy Award, Emmy nominations; 4 Grammy Award, Grammy nominations * Thomas Kail (1999) – director; Tony Awards, Tony Award winner for ''

'' and nominee for ''In the Heights'' * Jorge Arevalo Mateus (PhD) – 2008 Grammy Award (Best Historical Recording); Curator/Archivist, Woody Guthrie Foundation, Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives (1996–) *

(2002) – creator, composer, lyricist, actor: ''In the Heights'' (two

s, 2008, Best Musical and Best Original Score; Grammy Award, 2009) and ''

'' (three

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

s; including 2012

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

, five Tony Awards); co-producer, ''Spring Awakening (musical), Spring Awakening'' (three

s, Grammy Award) * L. Shankar (PhD) – Tamil people, Tamil Indian virtuoso violinist, composer; professor of music; 1994 Grammy Award; 1996 Grammy Award, Grammy nomination * Bill Sherman (2002) – orchestrator, arranger; 2008

, Best Orchestration (In the Heights), 2009 Grammy Award * Frank Wood (actor), Frank Wood (1984) –

-winning actor (''Side Man''); ''Angels in America''

Academia

Presidents, chancellors, founders

See also: Religion, below, for listing of additional college presidents * Samuel Rogers Adams (B.A. 1851, M.A. 1856) – president, predecessor of the University of Evansville (1856–61) * David Allison (college president), David Allison (B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862) – president, Mount Allison University, Canada (1891–1911); 2nd president, Mount Allison University, Mount Allison College, Canada (1869–78) * John W. Beach (1845) – 7th president, Wesleyan University (1880–87) * Joseph Beech (1899) – co-founder, 1st president, West China Union University in Chengtu, China * Douglas J. Bennet (1959) – 15th president, Wesleyan (1995–07) * Katherine Bergeron (1980) – 11th president, Connecticut College (2014–) * Anthony S. Caprio (1967) – 5th president, Western New England College (since 1996) * Hiram Chodosh (1985) – 5th president elect of Claremont McKenna College (2013–) * Charles Collins (1837) – 1st president Emory and Henry College (1832–52); 11th president, Dickinson College (1852–60) * Edward Cooke (1838) – 1st president,

(1853–59); 2nd President, Claflin Universityb (HBCU) (1872–84); Board of Examiners,

* Joseph Cummings (1840) – 5th president, Wesleyan (1857–75); 5th president, Northwestern University (1881–90); president, predecessor of Syracuse University (Genesee College) * Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (Rhode Island), W. H. Daniels – interim president, Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (Rhode Island), Pentecostal Collegiate Institute, antecedent of Eastern Nazarene College * Joseph Denison (pastor), Joseph Denison (1840) – co-founder, 1st president, Kansas State University (1863–73); president, Baker University (1874–79); 1st president, Blue Mont Central College * Nicholas Dirks (1972) – 10th chancellor-designate, University of California, Berkeley (effective June 1, 2013); professor, anthropology, history, and dean, faculty of arts and sciences, Columbia University * Paul Douglass – 6th president, American University (1941–52) * Gordon P. Eaton (1951) – 12th president, Iowa State University (1986–90) * Ignatius Alphonso Few (1838) – co-founder and first president, Emory University * Cyrus David Foss (1854) – 6th president, Wesleyan (1875–80) * E. K. Fretwell (1944) – president, University at Buffalo (1967–78); 2nd chancellor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1979–89); interim president, University of Massachusetts (1991–92); interim president, University of Florida (1998) * Charles Wesley Gallagher (A.B. 1870, A.M. 1873) – 6th president,

(1889–93) * Bishop John W. Gowdy (1897) – president, Anglo-Chinese College (Fuzhou), Anglo-Chinese College, in Fuzhou, China (1904–23); president, Fukien Christian University (1923–27) * A. LeRoy Greason (1944) – 12th president, Bowdoin College (1981–90) * Bill Greiner, William R. Greiner (1955) – 13th president, University at Buffalo (1991–03); also professor, dean, and provost of the University at Buffalo Law School * Burton Crosby Hallowell – 9th president, Tufts University (1967–76) * Abram W. Harris – 14th president, Northwestern University (1906–16); 1st president, University of Maine (1896–06); president, Maine State College (1893–96) * Bishop Erastus Otis Haven (1842) – 2nd president,

(1863–69); 6th president, Northwestern University; 2nd Chancellor, Syracuse University; overseer,

* Clark T. Hinman – 1st president, Northwestern University (1853–54 (death)); president, Albion College (1846–53) * Francis S. Hoyt (1844) – 1st president, Willamette University (1853–60) * Harry Burns Hutchins (1870) – 4th president,

(1910–20), twice acting president; dean, University of Michigan Law School; organized law department, Cornell University * Isaac J. Lansing (B.A. 1872, graduate student 1872–73, M.A. 1875) – president, predecessor, Clark Atlanta University (HBCU) (1874–76) * Gregory Mandel - Dean at Temple University Beasley School of Law * Oliver Marcy (1846) – twice acting president, Northwestern University (1876–81, 1890); established the Northwestern University Museum of Natural History, served as its curator * Anthony Marx (1981, attended 1977–79) – 18th president, Amherst College (2003–11); president, New York Public Library (2011–) * Russell Zelotes Mason (B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847) – 2nd president,

(1861–65); acting president, (1859–61); mayor, Appleton, Wisconsin * William Williams Mather (A.M. 1834) – acting president, Ohio University (1845) * Bishop Samuel Sobieski Nelles (1846) – 1st chancellor, president, Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1884–87); president, Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Victoria College * John McClintock (theologian), John McClintock (1834) – 1st president, Drew Theological Seminary (later, Drew University) * Frank L. McVey (B.A.) – 4th president, University of North Dakota (1909–17); 3rd president, University of Kentucky (1917–40); economist * John W. North – co-founder, University of Minnesota; founding member of its board of regents (1851–60); wrote university's charter * Henry S. Noyes (1848) – twice interim president, Northwestern University (1854–56, 1860–67) * Holy Cross College (Indiana), Brother John R. Paige (M.A.) – president, Holy Cross College (Indiana), Holy Cross College (2010–); prior vicar general, the Congregation of Holy Cross in Rome * Bishop Charles Payne (clergyman), Charles Henry Payne (A.B. 1856, A.M. 1859) – 3rd president, Ohio Wesleyan University (1876–88) * Humphrey Pickard (B.A. 1839) – 1st president, Mount Allison Wesleyan College, Canada (later known as Mount Allison University) (1862–1869) * Matias Perez y Ponce (B.A.) – founder and first president, List of Kappa Alpha Society members, Cagayan Teachers College (Philippine Islands) (1948–1968) * John A. Randall (1881) – 4th president, Rochester Institute of Technology (1922–36) * George Edward Reed (1869) – 15th president, Dickinson College (1889–1911); with William Tickett, re-established Dickinson School of Law in 1890 * School of Visual Arts, David Rhodes (1968) – 2nd president, School of Visual Arts (incumbent as of 2010) * Edward Loranus Rice (A.B. 1892, Sc.D. 1927) – acting president, Ohio Wesleyan University (1938–39); biologist; scientific consultant to Clarence Darrow before Scopes Trial *

(1865) – thrice acting president, Wesleyan University (1907, 1908–09, 1918); geologist, earned first PhD. in geology granted by Yale University * B. T. Roberts – founder, predecessor of Roberts Wesleyan College (named in his honor) * Michael S. Roth (1978) – 16th president, Wesleyan University (since 2007); 8th president, California College of the Arts (2000–07) * Richard S. Rust (1841) – co-founder, 1st president, Wilberforce University (HBCU); co-founder, Rust College (HBCU) (named in his honor) * Norwich University, Richard W. Schneider (M.A. 1973) – 23rd president, Norwich University (since 1992) * Edwin O. Smith (1893) – acting president, Connecticut Agricultural College (now the University of Connecticut) (1908) * George Mckendree Steele (B.A. 1850, M.A. 1853) 3rd president

(1865–79) * Samuel Nowell Stevens (1921) – 9th president, Grinnell College (1940–54) * Harold Syrett (1935) – President of Brooklyn College * Beverly Daniel Tatum (1975) – 9th president, Spelman College (HBCU) (2002–); acting president,

(2002) * John Hanson Twombly (1843) – 5th president, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1871–74); co-founder, Boston University; overseer,

* Joseph Urgo (M.A.) – president, St. Mary's College of Maryland (since 2010); former acting president, Hamilton College (New York), Hamilton College (2009) * Daniel C. Van Norman (1838) — educator, clergyman, and school founder *

(1850) – twice acting president, Wesleyan (1872–73, 1887–89); astronomer, mathematician * New England Culinary Institute, Francis Voigt (1962) – co-founder, president, New England Culinary Institute (incumbent as of 2010) * Clarence Abiathar Waldo (A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878) – twice acting president, Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (1885–86, 1888–89); mathematician * Henry White Warren (1853) – co-founder, Iliff School of Theology * William Fairfield Warren (1853) – co-founder, Wellesley College in 1870; 1st President, Boston University (1873–03); acting president, Boston University School of Theology (1866–73) * Robert Weisbuch (1968) – 11th president, Drew University (since 2005); former president, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation * Herbert George Welch (B.A. 1887, M.A. 1890) – 5th president, Ohio Wesleyan University (1905–16) * Bishop Erastus Wentworth (B.A. 1837) – 7th president, McKendree College (1846–50) * George Whitaker (Oregon educator), Georg Whitaker (1861) – 4th president, Wiley College (1888–91) (HBCU); 7th president, Willamette University (1891–93); president, Portland University * Alexander Winchell (B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850) – 1st chancellor, Syracuse University (1872–74) * Elizabeth C. Wright (1897) – principal co-counder and secretary, registrar, and later 1st bursar, Connecticut College * Henry Wriston, Henry Merritt Wriston (B.A. 1911, M.A.) – 11th president, Brown University (1937–55); 8th president,

(1925–37); father of Walter B. Wriston (see below) * Kennedy Odede (2012); founder; Shining Hope for Communities, Nairobi, Kenya

Professors and scholars

* David Abram (1980) – philosopher, cultural ecologist * Kenneth R. Andrews (M.A. 1932) – academic credited with foundational role (at Harvard Business School) in introducing, popularizing concept of business strategy * Elliot Aronson (M.A. 1956) – among 100 most eminent psychologist of 20th century * John William Atkinson (1947) – psychologist, pioneered the scientific study of human motivation, achievement, and behavior *

(1865) – chemist, leader in development of agricultural chemistry * Adam J. Berinsky (1992) – professor of political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Albert Francis Blakeslee (1896) – botanist, director of the

; professor, Smith College * George Hubbard Blakeslee (A.B. 1893, A.M. 1897) – professor of history, Clark University; founded the first American journal devoted to international relations * Jennifer Finney Boylan (1980) – author, professor of English, Colby College (1988–) * Lael Brainard – former professor of applied economics, MIT Sloan School of Management * Kenneth Bruffee – emeritus professor of English; wrote first peer tutoring handbook * Leonard Burman (1975) – economist, tax-policy expert; Professor of Outline of public affairs, public affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University * Leslie Cannold (1987) – academic ethicist; Australian public intellectual * John Bissell Carroll (1937) – psychologist; known for his contributions to psychology, educational linguistics and psychometrics * John C. Cavadini (B.A. 1975) – professor and chair, Theology Department, University of Notre Dame; Holy See, Vatican adviser; Order of St. Gregory the Great * KC Chan – former professor of finance and dean, business management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (since 2007); * Arthur W. Chickering (1950) – educational researcher; known for contributions to student development theories * John H. Coatsworth (1963) – historian of Latin America; provost (education), provost, Columbia University; dean, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (2007–12) * Marion Cohen (PhD in mathematics (distribution (mathematics), distribution theory)) – mathematician and poet * Kate Cooper – Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester, England * Jeffrey N. Cox (1975) – professor of English literature; leading scholar of late-18th to early-19th-century theater and drama * Norm Daniels, Norman Daniels (1964) – philosopher, ethicist, and bioethicist,

* Ram Dass (M.A.) – former professor of psychology,

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

* Daniel Dennett (attended) – professor of philosophy, Tufts University; Jean Nicod Prize * Henrik Dohlman (1982) – professor and chair of pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Raymond D. Fogelson – anthropologist; a founder of the subdiscipline of ethnohistory; professor, University of Chicago * Virginia Page Fortna (1990) – professor of political science at Columbia University * Michael Foster (academic), Michael Foster – professor of Japanese literature, culture, and folklore; author * Daniel Z. Freedman – physicist, professor of physics and applied mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; co-discovered supergravity *

(1975) – Pulitzer Prize for Biography; fellow,

* Mark H. Gelber (1972) – American-Israeli scholar of comparative literature and German-Jewish literature and culture * Gayatri Gopinath (1994) – scholar of social and cultural analysis; director, Asian studies, Asian/Pacific studies, Pacific/American Studies, New York University * Adolf Grünbaum (1943) – philosopher of science and critic of psychoanalysis and Karl Popper * Saidiya Hartman – professor of African-American literature and history, Columbia University (as of 2010) * Robert H. Hayes (1958) – Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration (1966–2000), Emeritus (since 2001), Harvard Business School * Ole Holsti (MAT 1956) – political scientist, Duke University (1974–1998), emeritus chair (since 1998); creator, inherent bad faith model * Gerald Holton (1941) – emeritus professor of physics and professor of the History of Physics,

* William G. Howell (1993) – Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Chicago Harris and a professor in the Department of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago * Shelly Kagan – Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University; former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics, Yale University * Douglas Kahn (M.A. 1987) – Professor of Media and Innovation, National Institute for Experimental Arts, University of New South Wales; Professor Emeritus in Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis; 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship * Edwin W. Kemmerer – economist; economic adviser to foreign governments worldwide; professor,

* William L. Lane – New Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies * Seth Lerer (1976) – professor of English and comparative literature, Stanford University * Peter Lipton (1976) – Hans Rausing professor and head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge * Richard M. Locke (1981)- Provost, Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University; former deputy dean, MIT Sloan School of Management * Silas Laurence Loomis (1844) – professor of chemistry, physiology, and toxicology, Georgetown University * Delmar R. Lowell – historian and genealogist * Saree Makdisi (1987) – professor of English and comparative literature, University of California, Los Angeles; also literary critic * Harold Marcuse (physics, 1979) – professor of modern and contemporary German history * Harold Marks – British educator *

(1938) – noted for his work on achievement motivation; co-creator of scoring system for Thematic Apperception Test; professor,

* Lee C. McIntyre – philosopher of science * Elmer Truesdell Merrill (1881) – Latin scholar; professor of Latin, University of Chicago * Joseph C. Miller (1961) – professor of history, University of Virginia (since 1972) * Indiana Neidell (1989) – historian, host and lead writer of The Great War (YouTube Channel), The Great War YouTube channel * Eugene Allen Noble (1891) – president of Centenary University 1902–1908, 3rd president of Goucher College from 1908–1911, 16th president of Dickinson College from 1911–1914 * Tavia Nyong'o (B.A.) – historian, Kenyan-American cultural critic; professor, New York University; Marshall Scholarship * Thomas Pickard (politician), Thomas Pickard – Canadian professor of mathematics, Mount Allison University (1848–1869) * Edward Bennett Rosa (1886) – Elliott Cresson Medal, Franklin Institute; professor of physics (1891–1901) * Horace Jacobs Rice (1905) – lawyer, Associate Dean, Northeastern University School of Law, Dean of the Western New England University School of Law, College of Western New England School of Law from * Paul North Rice (1910) – librarian, Director of Reference at the New York Public Library, Director of NYU libraries, Director of the Wesleyan University Library 1953-56 * Juliet Schor – professor, sociology, Boston College; professor, economics (for 17 years),

* Sanford Lee, Sanford L. Segal (1958) mathematician, professor of mathematics, historian of science and mathematics * Ira Sharkansky (1960) professor emeritus, political science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; fellow National Academy of Public Administration (United States), National Academy of Public Administration * Steven M. Sheffrin (1972) economist and expert on property tax limitations in the U.S. * Horst Siebert – Demographics of Germany, German economist; chair, economic theory, University of Kiel (1989–2003), University of Konstanz (1984–89), University of Mannheim (1969–84) * Neil Asher Silberman – archaeologist and historian * Richard Slotkin (MAEE) – professor of American studies (appears above), published by

* Charles H. Smith (historian of science), Charles H. Smith (1972) – historian of science * Stephen M. Engel, political scientist, professor at Bates College (1998) * Robert Stalnaker – Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; delivered the 2006–2007 John Locke Lectures at Oxford University * H. Eugene Stanley (1962) – recipient, 2004 Boltzmann Medal; professor of physics, Boston University * John Stauffer (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, MALS 1991) historian, 2002 Frederick Douglass Prize; chair, History of American Civilization and professor of English, Harvard * Leland Stowe (1921) – 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence; recipient, Légion d'honneur; professor and journalist,

in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor (1955–1970), emeritus (1970) * Mark C. Taylor (philosopher), Mark C. Taylor (1968) – philosopher of religion, professor and chair of religion, Columbia University * Lawrence Rogers Thompson (B.A.) – 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Biography; professor of English,

* Edward Thorndike (1895) – psychologist; work led to theory of connectionism in artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy of mind * Lynn Thorndike (1902) –

; historian; former professor, Columbia University * Robert L. Thorndike (1941) – psychometrician and educational psychologist * Robert M. Thorndike (1965) – professor of psychology known for several definitive textbooks on research procedures and psychometrics * Charles Tiebout (1950) – economist; known for his development of Tiebout model; free rider problem; feet voting * Aaron Louis Treadwell (B.S. 1888, M.S. 1890) – professor, biology and zoology, Vassar College * Albert E. Van Dusen (MA, PhD) – historian, professor of history, University of Connecticut (1949–1983); Connecticut State Historian (1952–1985) * Edward Burr Van Vleck (1884) – mathematician; professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison * Christian K. Wedemeyer (1991) – history of religions faculty, University of Chicago Divinity School * William Stone Weedon (M.S.) – University Professor, University of Virginia (philosophy, mathematics, logic, linguistic analysis) * Kenneth D. West (1973) – professor of economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison; developed (with Whitney K. Newey) the Newey-West estimator * Alexander Winchell (1847) – professor of physics and civil engineering, professor of geology and paleontology at

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

Art and architecture

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

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

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

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

Business

* Robert Allbritton (1992) – chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), Allbritton Communications; publisher, Politico * Kenneth R. Andrews (M.A. 1932) – credited with foundational role (at Harvard Business School) in introducing, popularizing concept of business strategy * Douglas J. Bennet – former CEO, National Public Radio (1983–93) * William Nanda Bissell, William Bissell – sole managing director, Fabindia (1993–) * Joshua Boger (1973) – founder (1989), chairman (1997–2006), CEO (1992-09), member of board (as of 2012), Vertex Pharmaceuticals * Jonathan S. Bush – co-founder, president, CEO, athenahealth (as of 2012) * Marc N. Casper (1990) – president, CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific (2009–) * KC Chan – ex-officio chairman, Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (2007–11); former director, Hong Kong Futures Exchange * Chirathivat family, Tos Chirathivat (1985) – CEO, Central Group, Central Retail * Robert Crispin (1968) – former president, CEO, ING Group Investment Management Americas (2001–07) * Ron Daniel (businessman), D. Ronald Daniel (1952) – managing partner (1976–88), McKinsey & Company; developed concept, critical success factors * David S. Daniel – CEO, Spencer Stuart (as of 2012); former president, Louis Vuitton (N.A.); former CEO, Evian Waters of France (U.S.) * Charles W. Denny III (1958) – president, chairman (2001–03), CEO (1992–03), Square D * Stuart J. Ellman (B.A. 1988) -Co-founder and Managing Partner at RRE Ventures. President of Board at 92nd Street Y. Adjunct Professor Columbia Business School * Edwin Deacon Etherington (1948) – former president, CEO, American Stock Exchange; 12th president,

* Charles E. Exley, Jr. (1951) – president (1976–91), chairman (1984–91), CEO (1983–91), NCR Corporation * Mallory Factor – merchant banker * John B. Frank (B.A.) – managing principal (since 2007), general counsel (2001–06), Oaktree Capital Management * Mansfield Freeman (1916) – one of original founders, AIG; philanthropist * Jim Friedlich – media executive, Dow Jones & Company (1990–00); founding partner, ZelnickMedia (2001–11); founding partner, Empirical Media Advisors (since 2011) * Stephen K. Friedman (1991) – president, MTV (since 2011) * Michael Fries (1985) – president, vice chairman, CEO, Liberty Global (since 2005); former president, CEO, UnitedGlobalCom (2004–05) * Pete Ganbarg (1988) – executive vice president/head of A&R, Atlantic Records (as of 2008) * Walter B. Gerken (1948) – former president, CEO, Pacific Life, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance; senior adviser, Boston Consulting Group * Peter Glusker (1984) – CEO, Gilt Groupe, Gilt Groupe Japan (since 2010); CEO, Gilt Groupe, Gilt City Japan (since 2010) * Christopher Graves (1981) – president, CEO, Ogilvy & Mather, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (since 2010); one of founders, The Wall Street Journal, ''Wall Street Journal'' Television * Daniel Gregory (1951) – co-founder, former chairman, Greylock Partners * John Hagel III (1972) – co-chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation (as of 2012); coined the term "infomediary" * Henry I. Harriman – co-founder, New England Power Company * Charles James (attorney), Charles James (1976) – vice president and general counsel, ChevronTexaco * Dina Kaplan (1993) – co-founder and chief operating officer, blip.tv; ''Fortune (magazine), Fortunes 2010 list, ten "Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs" * Herb Kelleher (1953) – founder, chairman, president, CEO, Southwest Airlines; chair, board of governors, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2011–13) * Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. (1983) – co-founder, president (as of 2012), Marwood Group (Wall Street investment firm); attorney (disability law) * George M. La Monte (1884) – chairman, Prudential Insurance Company * FICO, William J. Lansing (1980) – president, CEO, FICO (2012–); president, CEO, InfoSpace (2009–10); president, CEO, ValueVision Media (2004–07); partner, General Atlantic Partners (2001–03); CEO, NBC Internet (2000–01) * Caroline Little (1981) – president, CEO, Newspaper Association of America (2011–); former CEO, Guardian News and Media (N.A.); former CEO, publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive * Gary Loveman (1982) – president of the Aetna Inc. subsidiary Healthagen (since 2015); former chairman and former CEO of Caesars Entertainment Corporation; former professor, Harvard School of Business * John Macy – president, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1969–72); ran the Better Business Bureaus, Council of Better Business Bureau (1972–1979) * Tom Matlack (1986) – entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author * Mary O. McWilliams – chair, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Seattle Branch (term ending 2013); former president, CEO, Regence Blue Shield (2000–08) * Nick Meyer – president, Paramount Vantage (until December 2008); former president, Lionsgate International, a division of Lionsgate Studios * Donna Morea (1976) – president U.S., Europe, Asia, CGI Group (2004–) * Candace Nelson – founder, Sprinkles Cupcakes (2005); pastry chef; judge, television series ''Cupcake Wars'' (since 2010) * Chuck Pagano (ESPN), Chuck Pagano (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, MALS) – chief technology officer, executive vice president of technology, ESPN; ''Sporting News'' "Power 100" list (2003 and 2006) Wailgum, Thomas (May 1, 2006)
"Game On"
''CIO magazine, CIO''. Retrieved November 15, 2012. * Robert Pruzan (1985) – co-founding partner and principal, Centerview Partners; former CEO, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Dresdner Kleinwort; former president, Wasserstein Perella & Co., Wasserstein Perella * Gregg Ribatt – president, CEO, Collective Brands Performance Group (as of 2012); former president, CEO, Stride Rite * John Rice (1974) – former president, CEO, Lever Brothers; former president, CEO, Unilever, Unilever Foods, NA (2004–06) * Grand Prix of America, Dennis R. Robinson (1979) – former president, CEO, New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (2007–2012); chief operating officer, Grand Prix of America (2012–) * Tom Rogers (executive), Tom Rogers (1976) – president, CEO, TiVo (since 2005); former chairman, CEO, Primedia; former president, NBC Universal Cable, NBC Cable; founded CNBC, established MSNBC * Free Range Studios, Jonah Sachs (1997) – Founder, CEO, Free Range Studios (1999–) * Amy Schulman (1982) – senior vice president and general counsel, Pfizer; ''Forbes'' magazine 2009 list, "The World's Most Powerful Women"; ''National Law Journal's'' 2009 list, "20 Most Influential General Counsels" * Jonathan I. Schwartz (1987) – president (2004–10), CEO (2006–10), Sun Microsystems; founder, CEO, Lighthouse Design (1989–96) * Marc Shmuger (1980) – chairman, Universal Pictures (until October 2009) * Frank V. Sica (1973) – vice-chairman, JetBlue Airways; president, Soros Fund Management (2000–03); Co-CEO, merchant banking (1997–98), managing director (1988–98), Morgan Stanley; managing partner, Tailwind Capital (since 2006) * Jonathan Soros (1992) – hedge fund manager and political donor; son of George Soros. * Gideon Stein – founder, former CEO, Omnipod, Inc. (now a division of NortonLifeLock, Symantec) * Steve Spinner – business executive, known for his work as an angel investor and advisor to Silicon Valley startups * Gerald Tsai (1947–48) – founder, CEO, Primerica; pioneered use of performance funds * Laura Ruth Walker (1979) – president, CEO, WNYC, WNYC Public Radio Station, largest public-radio station in nation; named one of NYC's Most Powerful Women by ''Crain Communications, Crain's New York Business'' (2009) * Jeffrey Weitzen (1978) – former president, CEO, Gateway 2000 * Dan Wolf (1979) – founder, president, CEO, Cape Air (since 1988) * Luke Wood (1991) – president, chief operating officer, Beats Electronics * John F. Woodhouse (1953) – former president, CEO (1982–95), chairman (1985–99), senior chairman (1999–?), Sysco, Sysco Corp. p * Walter B. Wriston (1941) – commercial banker; former chairman (1979–84), CEO (1967–84), Citibank and Citicorp * Strauss Zelnick (1979) – CEO (2011–), chairman (2007–), Take-Two Interactive; founder, managing partner, ZelnickMedia (2001–); president, chief operating officer (1989–93), 20th Century Fox; CEO, Sony BMG, BMG Entertainment (1998–2000)

Film, television, acting

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

Writers

* Carter Bays (1997) – writer, creator, executive producer, ''How I Met Your Mother'' * Mark Bomback – screenwriter * Jennifer Crittenden (1992) – writer, producer; two Humanitas Prizes, ''Seinfeld'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' * Ed Decter (1979) – screenwriter, ''There's Something About Mary'', ''The Santa Clause 2'', ''The Santa Clause 3'' * Jennifer Flackett (1986) – screen/television writer, film director; ''Madeline (1998 film), Madeline'', ''Wimbledon (film), Wimbledon'', ''Little Manhattan'', ''Nim's Island'' and ''Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Hollywood film), Journey to the Center of the Earth'' * Liz Friedman – writer, producer; ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''Hack (American TV series), Hack'', ''The O.C.'', ''Numbers (TV series), Numb3rs'', ''House (TV series), House''; co-creator, writer, executive producer, ''Young Hercules'' * Liz W. Garcia (1999) – Television writer, writer and producer; ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Wonderfalls'', ''Cold Case (TV series), Cold Case''; co-created Turner Network Television, TNT series ''Memphis Beat'' * David H. Goodman (1995) – television writer and producer, ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'', ''Without a Trace'' * Willy Holtzman – screenwriter, playwright; Humanitas Prize, Writers Guild Award, Peabody Award * Alex Kurtzman – film, television screenwriter, producer; film: ''The Legend of Zorro'', ''Mission: Impossible III'', ''Transformers (film), Transformers'', ''Cowboys & Aliens'', ''Star Trek (film), Star Trek'', ''Star Trek Into Darkness''; television: ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'' * Catie Lazarus – writer, storyteller and talk show host * Brett Matthews (1999) – writer, TV shows and comics * Craig Thomas (screenwriter), Craig Thomas (1997) – writer, creator, executive producer ''How I Met Your Mother'' * Joss Whedon (1987) – creator of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Firefly (TV series), Firefly'' and screenwriter & director ''The Avengers (2012 film), The Avengers'' * Zack Whedon (2002) – screenwriter * Mike White (scriptwriter), Mike White (1992) – two Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Awards; co-creator, screenwriter, ''Enlightened (TV series), Enlightened''; '' The Good Girl'', ''Orange County (film), Orange County'', ''

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

Directors

* Phil Abraham – television director, cinematographer (''The Sopranos'', ''Mad Men'', ''Orange is the New Black'') * Michael Arias (attended from age 16 to 18) – film director, producer, visual effects artist; filmmaker active primarily in Japan *

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

'') * Michael Bay (1986) – film director (''The Rock (film), The Rock'', ''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'', ''Pearl Harbor (film), Pearl Harbor'', ''Bad Boys II, Bad Boys Series'', ''Transformers (film series), Transformers'' film series) * Eric Byler (1994) – film director (''Charlotte Sometimes (film), Charlotte Sometimes'', ''My Life Disoriented'', ''Americanese'', ''TRE'') * Jan Eliasberg (1974) – director (television, theatre, and film) * Michael Fields (director), Michael Fields – director * Ruben Fleischer (1997) – director; ''Zombieland'', ''30 Minutes or Less'' * Thomas Kail (1999) – film and theatre director * David Kendall (director), David Kendall – television and film director, producer, and writer; ''Growing Pains'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''Smart Guy'', ''Hannah Montana'', ''Dirty Deeds (2005 film), Dirty Deeds'', ''The New Guy'' * Daisy von Scherler Mayer (1988) – film director (''Party Girl (1995 film), Party Girl'', ''Madeline'', ''The Guru (2002 film), The Guru'', ''Woo (film), Woo'') * Matthew Penn (1980) – director and producer of television and theatre; ''NYPD Blue'', ''Law & Order'', ''The Sopranos'', ''House (TV series), House'', ''Damages (TV series), Damages'', ''The Closer'', and ''Royal Pains'' * Ray Tintori (2006) – director (film and music videos) * Jon Turteltaub (1985) – film director (''Cool Runnings'', ''Phenomenon (film), Phenomenon'', ''While You Were Sleeping (film), While You Were Sleeping'', ''National Treasure (film), National Treasure'', ''3 Ninjas (film), 3 Ninjas'') * Matt Tyrnauer – director and journalist; ''Valentino: The Last Emperor'' (2009), short listed for an

nomination (2010) * Alex Horwitz (2002) – director; "Hamilton's America" * Benh Zeitlin (2004) – film director (''Beasts of the Southern Wild'')

Actors and others

* Bradley Whitford (1981) – actor, ''The West Wing (TV series), The West Wing'', ''Get Out'' * Edoardo Ballerini – actor, writer, director * Jordan Belfi (2000) – actor * Rob Belushi (2004) - actor, comedian and host of ''Get a Clue'' on Game Show Network. * Amy Bloom (1975) – creator, ''State of Mind (TV series), State of Mind'' * Peter Cambor (2001) – film and television actor; NCIS: Los Angeles * Rob Campbell – actor (film, television, and stage) * Hunter Carson (1998) – actor, screenwriter, producer, director * Philip Casnoff (1971) – Golden Globe-nominated Broadway, television, and film actor (''Chess (musical), Chess, Shogun: The Musical'', ''North and South (TV miniseries), North and South'', ''Sinatra (miniseries), Sinatra'') * Lynn Chen (1998) – actress, ''Saving Face (2004 film), Saving Face'' * William Christopher (1954) – actor, Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy, ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'' * Jem Cohen (1984) –

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

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

* Sarah Schaub (2006) – two Young Artist Awards, actress (''Promised Land (1996 TV series), Promised Land'') * Paul Schiff (1981) – film producer (''My Cousin Vinny'', ''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'', ''Mona Lisa Smile'', ''Solitary Man (film), Solitary Man'') * Lawrence Sher (1992) – cinematographer and producer, ''The Dukes of Hazzard (film), The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Garden State (film), Garden State'' * Wendy Spero – actress, comedian, writer * Kim Stolz (2005) – ''America's Next Top Model'' Cycle 5 finalist * Stephen Talbot (1970) – former TV child actor of the 1950s, 1960s; portrayed Gilbert Bates on ''Leave it to Beaver'' * Kim Wayans – actress; member of the Wayans brothers, Wayans family * Henry Willson – Hollywood talent agent; clients included Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Robert Wagner, Clint Walker; discovered Lana Turner; a large role in popularizing the beefcake craze of the 1950s * Scott Wiper (1992) – director, screenwriter, actor * Angela Yee (1997) – radio personality * Alexander Yellen (2003) – cinematographer

Law

Non-U.S. government judicial figures

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

Supreme Court of the United States

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

U.S. Federal appellate and trial courts

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

U.S. State courts

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

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

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

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

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

Government and other lawyers

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

Legal academia

* Gabriel J. Chin (1985) – UC Davis School of Law (2011–); "Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 00–07", "50 Most Cited Law Profs Who entered Teaching Since 92" * S.J. Quinney College of Law, Hiram Chodosh (1985) – dean, S.J. Quinney College of Law (2006–) * Ward Farnsworth (1989) – dean, University of Texas School of Law, University of Texas School of Law at Austin (2012–); former List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6), law clerk, Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court * Shad Saleem Faruqi (B.A., age 19) – Professor of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (1971–); constitutional consultant to Maldives, Fiji, Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Iraq * University of San Diego School of Law, Stephen C. Ferruolo (CSS 1971) – dean, University of San Diego School of Law (2011–); Rhodes Scholar; former faculty, Stanford University * John C.P. Goldberg (CSS 1983) – Eli Goldston Professorship, Harvard Law School (2008–); former List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6), law clerk, Byron White, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; expert in tort law and theory, political theory, jurisprudence * Robert J. Harris (mayor), Robert J. Harris – attorney and professor, University of Michigan Law School (1959–1974; adjunct faculty member, 1974–2005); Rhodes Scholar * Naomi Mezey (1987) – professor, Georgetown University Law Center (civil procedure, legislation, nationalism and cultural identity) (1997–); Watson Fellow * William Callyhan Robinson (1850–1852) – academician, jurist; professor, Yale Law School, Yale Law (1869–95); dean, Columbus School of Law (1898–1911) * NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Theodore Shaw (1979) – professor, Columbia Law School, Columbia Law (2011–); 5th President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (2004–08) * Rutgers School of Law–Camden, Raymond L. Solomon (1968) – dean, Rutgers Law School-Camden (since 1998); professor, University of Chicago Law School, Northwestern University Law School * Barbara A. Spellman (1979) – professor, University of Virginia Law School (2008–); professor of psychology, University of Virginia (since 2007); editor-in-chief of ''Perspectives on Psychological Science'' * Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1910) – dean, New York University Law School (1943–48); professor, New York University School of Law, NYU Law (1914–43) * Charles Alan Wright (1947) – long-time professor, University of Texas School of Law, University of Texas School of Law at Austin; was foremost authority in U.S. on constitutional law and federal procedure

Literature

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

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

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

(2001), Best American Essays, Cohen Awards (Ploughshares), Cohen Awards * Daniel Handler (1992) – author (under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket) of ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (children's book series) * Rust Hills (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949) – author and fiction editor * Adina Hoffman (B.A. 1989) – essayist, critic, biography in literature, literary biographer; 2013 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize; 2010 Wingate Prize * Albert Harrison Hoyt (1850) – editor and author * Christianne Meneses Jacobs – writer, editor, and teacher * Kaylie Jones – novelist * Sebastian Junger (1984) – author of ''The Perfect Storm (film), The Perfect Storm'', ''War''; DuPont-Columbia Award; ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine Top Ten Non-fiction Books of 2010; National Magazine Award * James Kaplan – novelist, biographer, journalist; 1999 ''The New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year; ''NYT'' Top 10 Books of 2010; ''Best American Short Stories'' * Pagan Kennedy (1984) – author, short listed for Orange Prize; pioneer of the 1990s Zine Movement * Brad Kessler (1986) – novelist, Whiting Writers' Award (fiction, 2007), Dayton Literary Peace Prize; 2008 Rome Prize *Gerard Koeppel (1979) - writer, historian * Christopher Krovatin (2007) – author, musician * Alisa Kwitney – novelist, ''Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold'' * Brett Laidlaw (1983) – author, ''Trout Caviar'' and ''Blue Bel Air'' * Seth Lerer (1976) –medievalist and literary critic; 2009

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

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

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

2003, 2010 * Delphine Red Shirt (MALS) – Oglala Lakota writer, adjunct professor at Yale University and Connecticut College * Spencer Reece – writer and poet, 2009

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

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

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

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

Medicine

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

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

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

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

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

Military

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

Music

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

) – alto saxophonist, composer * Darius Brubeck (1969) – pianist, composer, band leader, professor of music * Kit Clayton – musician and programmer * Tim Cohen (B.A.) – San Francisco-based musician and visual artist * Bill Cole (musician), Bill Cole (PhD) – musician; professor of music, Dartmouth College, Amherst College, professor of African-American Studies, Syracuse University * Nicolas Collins (B.A., M.A.) – composer, mostly electronic music; Watson Fellow * Amy Crawford (musician), Amy Crawford (B.A. 2005) – songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist and producer * Douglas J. Cuomo (attended) – composer * Nathan Davis (saxophonist), Nathan Davis (PhD) – musician; professor of music, University of Pittsburgh * Stanton Davis (M.A.) – trumpeter, educator * Santi Debriano (M.A.) – double bassist, bandleader * Frank Denyer (PhD) – professor of composition, Dartington College of Arts, South West England * Le1f, Khalif "Le1f" Diouf (2011) – musician; rapper * Arnold Dreyblatt (M.A. 1982) – composer, based in Berlin, Germany; elected to Akademie der Künste, German Academy of Art * Judy Dunaway (M.A.) – avant-garde composer; creator, sound installations * S. A. K. Durga (PhD) – musicologist, ethnomusicologist, professor of music * Tim Eriksen (M.A. 1993, PhD) – multi-instrumentalist; musicologist; performer, consultant for soundtrack of film ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'' * James Fei (M.A. 1999) – composer and performer, contemporary classical music * Dave Fisher (1962) – lead singer, arranger, The Highwaymen (folk band), The Highwaymen; composer * William Galison – multi-instrumentalist, most famous as harmonica player, composer * Kiff Gallagher (1991) – musician, songwriter, helped create AmeriCorps * Alexis Gideon – composer, multi-media artist * Ben Goldwasser – founding member of Grammy Award-nominated MGMT * Adam Goren (1996) – sole member of synth-punk band Atom and His Package *

(2002) – guitarist * Jon B. Higgins (B.A., M.A., PhD) – musician; scholar,

(1976) – current faculty, Wesleyan; vibraphonist; recorded often * Ashenafi Kebede (1969 M.A., 1971 PhD) – Ethiopian ethnomusicologist * Ron Kuivila (1977) – current faculty, Wesleyan; co-creator, software language Formula * Steve Lehman (composer), Steve Lehman (2000 B.A.; 2002 M.A.) – composer, saxophonist; Fulbright scholar * David Leisner – classical guitarist, composer; teacher, Manhattan School of Music * Charlie Looker (2003) – musician * MC Frontalot (Damian Hess) (1996) – rapper; innovator of phrase nerdcore * Mladen Milicevic (M.A. 1988) – composer, experimental music, film music * Justin Moyer (1998) – musician and journalist * Dennis Murphy (musician), Dennis Murphy (PhD) – composer, one of the fathers of the American gamelan * Hankus Netsky (PhD) – Klezmer musician, composer * Amanda Palmer (1998) – composer/singer/pianist, The Dresden Dolls * Hewitt Pantaleoni (PhD) – 20th-century ethnomusicologist; known for work in African music * Sriram Parasuram (PhD) – Hindustani people, Hindustani classical vocalist; also a violinist * Brandon Patton (1995) – songwriter, bassplayer * Andrew Pergiovanni (B.A.) – composer of "modern classical" and "popular" idioms * Chris Pureka – singer-songwriter * John Rapson (PhD) – jazz trombonist and music educator * Gregory Rogove (2002) – songwriter, indie-music drummer * Steve Roslonek – children's music performer and composer * Santigold (Santi White) – electropop/hip-hop artist * Sarah Kirkland Snider – composer of instrumental music and art songs; co-founder, co-director, New Amsterdam Records * Tyshawn Sorey – musician and composer *

(M.A.) – Indian Carnatic music, carnatic singer; also, as playback singer, in more than 90 Tamil films, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films * Carl Sturken (1978 B.A.) – musician, Rhythm Syndicate; songwriter and record producer with Evan Rogers, Syndicated Rhythm Productions *

(1976 M.A.) – current faculty, Wesleyan; Javanese musician; virtuoso and scholar of Gamelan * Himanshu Suri (2007 B.A.) – rapper; writer; alternative hip hop group Das Racist * Tierney Sutton (1986) – thrice Grammy Award nominated jazz singer; ''Jazzweek'' 2005 Vocalist of the Year * Laxmi Ganesh Tewari (PhD) – Hindustani music, Hindustani virtuoso vocalist, professor of music * Stephen Trask (1989) – composer (stage, screen); Obie Award; Grammy Award, Grammy nomination * Stephen S. Trott (1962) – early member, The Highwaymen (folk band), The Highwaymen, which originated at Wesleyan; #1 single ("Michael Row the Boat Ashore" 1961) * Andrew VanWyngarden – founding member of Grammy Award nominated MGMT * Victor Vazquez (musician), Victor Vazquez (2006) – musician; rapper; alternative hip hop group Das Racist * T. Viswanathan (1975 PhD) – Carnatic flute virtuoso, professor of music * Dennis Waring (1982 PhD) – ethnomusicologist and Estay Organ historian * Dar Williams (1989) – folksinger * Daniel James Wolf (M.A., PhD) – composer of modern classical music * Peter Zummo (1970, B.A.; 1975, M.A., PhD) – composer, musician (postminimalist) * Karaikudi S. Subramanian – (1985, M.A., PhD) – musician; educationist,

News

See also: Pulitzer Prizes, Emmy Awards, above * Eric Asimov (1979) – restaurant columnist, editor, ''The New York Times'' (nephew of Isaac Asimov) * Doug Berman (1984) – Peabody Award-winning producer, launched NPR's ''Car Talk''; creator, other news radio shows * Robert A. Bertsche – two-time winner, National Magazine Award; journalist, editor, media lawyer; * William Blakemore (1965) – correspondent, ABC News, DuPont-Columbia Award * Dominique Browning (1977) – former editor-in-chief, ''House & Garden (magazine), House & Garden'' * Katy Butler (1971) – journalist, The Best American Essays, Best American Essays, The Best American Science Writing, Best American Science Writing, finalist for 2004 National Magazine Award * Marysol Castro (1996) – weather forecaster, CBS ''The Early Show'' (2011); weather anchor, contributing writer, American Broadcasting Company, ABC ''Good Morning America Weekend Edition'' (2004–10) * Jonathan Dube – pioneer, online journalism; print journalist * E.V. Durling – nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and one of the first Hollywood reporters * Jane Eisner (1977) – editor, ''The Forward'', paper's first female editor; former editor, reporter, columnist, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' * Smokey Fontaine (1993) – editor-in-chief, writer, music critic, ''Giant (magazine), Giant'' (2006–); Chief Content Officer, Interactive One (2007–) * Steven Greenhouse (1973) – reporter, ''The New York Times''; 2010 New York Press Club Awards For Journalism; 2009 The Hillman Prize, Hillman Prize * Ferris Greenslet (1897) – editor, writer; associate editor, ''Atlantic Monthly''; director, literary adviser, Houghton Mifflin Co. * Vanessa Grigoriadis (1995) – National Magazine Award; writer * Peter Gutmann (journalist), Peter Gutmann (1971) – journalist, attorney * William Henry Huntington – journalist * Alberto Ibargüen (1966) – CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; former publisher, ''The Miami Herald'' * David Karp (pomologist), David Karp – pomologist, culinary journalist * Alex Kotlowitz (1977) –

; Peabody Award, ''There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America''
Jake Lahut
(2017) — campaign reporter, The Daily Beast * Dave Lindorff (1972) – Project Censored Award (2004); investigative reporter, columnist * Stephen Metcalf (writer), Stephen Metcalf – critic-at-large and columnist, ''Slate magazine, Slate'' magazine * Kyrie O'Connor (1976) – journalist, writer, editor * Gail O'Neill – television journalist; former elite African-American fashion model * Charles Bennett Ray – journalist; owner, editor, ''The Colored American (New York City), The Colored American'', first black student at Wesleyan in 1832 * Jake Silverstein – 4th editor-in-chief (2008–), ''Texas Monthly'', ten-time winner, National Magazine Award; 2007 Pen/Journalism Award;

; * Chuck Stone (1948) – journalist; professor of journalism, University of North Carolina; former editor, ''Philadelphia Daily News'' * Vin Suprynowicz (1972) – Libertarianism, libertarian columnist * Laura Ruth Walker (1979) – 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB), Edward R. Murrow Award; Peabody Award * Ulrich Wickert (

at Wesleyan in 1962) – broadcast journalist in Germany * Michael Yamashita (1971) – award-winning photographer, photojournalist, ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' * John Yang (journalist), John Yang (1980) – Peabody Award-winning journalist; two-time winner, DuPont-Columbia Award; NBC News correspondent, commentator (2007–)

Politics and government

Religion

* Edward Gayer Andrews (Bachelor of Arts, BA 1847) – president, Cazenovia Seminary; later bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Osman Cleander Baker (1830–33) – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church; biblical scholar; namesake of Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, Baldwin City, Kansas * Lawrence Aloysius Burke (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, MALS 1970) – 4th archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica; 1st archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau * James Wm. Chichetto – Catholic priest, Congregation of Holy Cross, poet, critic * Davis Wasgatt Clark (1836) – 1st president, Freedman's Aid Society; predecessor, namesake of Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia; bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York), Shira Koch Epstein (1998) – rabbi, Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York), Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, New York * James Midwinter Freeman – clergyman, writer * William Henry Gilder (clergyman), William Henry Giler – founder of a seminary and a college; chaplain during the American Civil War * Debra W. Haffner (1985) – Unitarian Universalist minister; director, The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing * Gilbert Haven (1846) – 2nd president, Freedman's Aid Society; early proponent of equality of the sexes; bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Robert T. Hoshibata (1973) – Native Hawaiians, Hawaiian bishop, United Methodist Church * Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (1864) – clergyman, author * John Christian Keener (1835) – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * Daniel Parish Kidder (1836) – theologian, missionary to Brazil * Isaac J. Lansing (B.A. 1872, M.A. 1875) – Methodist Episcopal minister of Park Street Church; college president, author * Delmar R. Lowell (1873) – minister, American Civil War veteran, historian, genealogist * Willard Francis Mallalieu – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church * James Mudge (1865) – clergyman, author, missionary to India * Thomas H. Mudge (1840) – clergyman * Zachariah A. Mudge, Zachariah Atwell Mudge (1813–88) – pastor, author * Frederick Buckley Newell (Bachelor of Arts, AB 1913) – bishop, The Methodist Church (USA), The Methodist Church (elected 1952) * William Xavier Ninde (A.B. 1855, D.D. 1874) – bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church (now the United Methodist Church); president, Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, Evanston, Illinois * Spencer Reece (1985) – Episcopal priest; chaplain to the Bishop of Spain for the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal) * Charles Francis Rice (B.A. 1872, M.A. 1875, D.D. 1893) – Methodist minister * William Rice (Methodist minister), William Rice (M.A. 1853, D.D. 1876) – Methodist Minister and librarian * Matthew Richey (M.A. 1836, D.D. 1847) – Canadian minister, educator, and leader in Nova Scotia, Canada * B. T. Roberts (university honors) – co-founder, Free Methodist Church of North America * A. James Rudin (1955) – rabbi, Senior Interreligious Adviser, The American Jewish Committee * James Strong (theologian), James Strong (A.B. 1844, D.D. 1856, LL.D 1881) – creator of ''Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible'' (1890); acting president Troy University (New York), Troy University, Troy, New York, Troy, New York; mayor *Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and civil rights activist * Moses Clark White (1845) – pioneering missionary in China and physician; first linguistic study of Fuzhou dialect

Royalty

* Prince Carlos, Prince of Piacenza, Carlos, Duke of Parma, Duke of Parma (B.A. government) – House of Bourbon-Parma, Head of ''Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma''; member, Dutch Royal Family

Science, technology, engineering, mathematics

* David P. Anderson (1977) – mathematician, computer scientist (as of 2012); Space Sciences Laboratory; Presidential Young Investigator Award * Taft Armandroff (1982) – astronomer; director, W. M. Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea (July 1, 2006–) * Harold DeForest Arnold (Ph.B. 1906, M.S. 1907) – physicist; research led to development of transcontinental telephony *

(1865) – chemist, agricultural chemistry; known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism * Oliver L. Austin – ornithologist; wrote the definitive study ''Birds of the World'' * Susan R. Barry (1976) – neurobiologist, specializing in neuroplasticity, neuronal plasticity (as of 2012) * Albert Francis Blakeslee (1896) – botanist; leading figure in the genetics; known for research on jimsonweed and fungi * Everitt P. Blizard (1938) – Canadian-born American nuclear physicist, nuclear engineer; known for his work on nuclear reactor physics and shielding; 1966 Elliott Cresson Medal * Earth Revisited, Byron Alden Brooks (1871) – inventor; author of ''Earth Revisited'' * Samuel Botsford Buckley (1836) – botanist, geologist, naturalist * Henry Smith Carhart (1869) – physicist, specializing in electricity; devised a voltaic cell, the Carhart-Clark cell, among other inventions * Kenneth G. Carpenter (1976, M.A. 1977) – astrophysicist (as of 2012); Project Scientist and Principal Investigator, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope Operations * David Carroll (physicist), David Carroll (PhD 1993) – physicist, nanotechnology, nanotechnologist (as of 2012); director, Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University * Jennifer Tour Chayes (1979) – mathematician, mathematical physicist (as of 2012);

; Head, Microsoft Research New England * Charles Manning Child (A.B. 1890, M.S. 1892) – zoologist;

; noted for his work on regeneration (biology), regeneration at the University of Chicago * John Coffin (scientist), John M. Coffin (1966) – virologist, geneticist, molecular microbiology, molecular microbiologist (as of 2012);

; Director, HIV Program, National Cancer Institute * Richard Dansky – software developer of computer games and designer of role-playing games (as of 2012) * Henrik Dohlman (1982) – pharmacologist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Russell Doolittle (1951) – biochemist (as of 2012); co-developed the hydropathy index;

; 2006 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science; 1989 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize * Clay Dreslough (1993) – software developer (as of 2012); creator, ''Baseball Mogul'' and ''Football Mogul'' computer sports games; co-founder, president, Sports Mogul * Gordon P. Eaton (1951) – geologist (as of 2012); 12th Director, United States Geological Service; Director, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University (1990–94) * Charles Alton Ellis – mathematician, structural engineer; chiefly responsible for the design of the Golden Gate Bridge * John Wells Foster (1834) – geologist, paleontologist * Daniel Z. Freedman – physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (as of 2012); co-discovered supergravity; (2006) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics; 1993 Dirac Prize * George Brown Goode – ichthyologist;

* 3D Virtual Creature Evolution, Lee Graham (postdoc study, research) – artificial intelligence, machine learning, evolutionary computation, artificial life; created 3D Virtual Creature Evolution, an artificial evolution simulation program * Leslie Greengard (B.A. 1979) – physician, mathematician, computer scientist; co-inventor, fast multipole method, one of top-ten algorithms of 20th century; Leroy P. Steele Prize; Presidential Young Investigator Award;

; National Academy of Engineering * Frederick Grover (1901) – physicist, National Bureau of Standards, precision measurements; electrical engineer * Henry I. Harriman (B.A. 1898) – inventor, patents for many automatic looms; builder, hydroelectric dams * Gerald Holton (1941) – physicist, Emeritus,

(as of 2012); 10th Jefferson Lecture;

; Abraham Pais Prize; Andrew Gemant Award * Orange Judd (1847) – agricultural chemist * George Kellogg (inventor), George Kellogg (1837) – inventor, patent expert; improved surgical instruments * Jim Kurose – computer scientist (as of 2012); 2001 Taylor Booth (mathematician), Taylor L. Booth Education Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers * Oscar Lanford (B.S.) – mathematician, mathematical physicist, dynamical systems theory (as of 2012); Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle equations * Albert L. Lehninger (B.A. 1939) – pioneering research in biological thermodynamics, bioenergetics;

* Silas Laurence Loomis, Doctor of Medicine, MD (1844) – mathematician, physiologist, inventor; astronomer, United States Coast Survey (1857); dean, Howard University * Emilie Marcus (1982) – Executive Editor, Cell Press; editor-in-chief, the scientific journal ''Cell (journal), Cell''; CEO, ''Neuron (journal), Neuron'' (each as of 2012) * Julia L. Marcus (A.M. 2003) – epidemiologist, science communicator, Harvard Medical School * William Williams Mather (A.M. 1834) – geologist, inventor; acting president, Ohio University (1845) * Jerry M. Melillo (B.A. 1965, M.A.T. 1968) – biogeochemist; Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (1996–2000) * George Perkins Merrill (post-graduate study and research) – geologist;

(1922) * Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1840) – geologist, paleontologist; discovered at least 80 new species of extinct plants and animals * Frank W. Putnam (B.A. 1939, M.A. 1940) – biochemist;

* Fremont Rider (M.A. 1937) – inventor, librarian, genealogist; named one of the 100 Most Important Leaders of Library Science and the Library Profession in the twentieth century * William Robinson (inventor), William Robinson (B.A. 1865, M.A. 1868) – inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer; invented first track circuit used in railway signaling, among other inventions * Edward Bennett Rosa (1886) – physicist; specialising in measurement science;

(1913); Elliott Cresson Medal * Richard Alfred Rossiter (1914) – astronomer, known for the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect * H. Eugene Stanley (1962) – physicist, statistical physics (as of 2012);

; 2008 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize; 2004 Boltzmann Medal * Carl Leo Stearns (B.A. 1917) – astronomer; namesake of asteroid 2035 Stearns, (2035) Stearns and crater Stearns (crater), Stearns (far side of the Moon) * John Stephenson (coachbuilder), John Stephenson – invented, patented the first street car to run on rails; remembered as the creator of the tramway * Charles Wardell Stiles (attended) – parasitologist; groundbreaking work, trichinosis, hookworm; 1921 Public Welfare Medal by

* Lewis B. Stillwell (1882–1884) – electrical engineer; 1933 AIEE Lamme Medal, 1935 IEEE Edison Medal; IEEE's Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame * Alfred Charles True (1873) – agriculturalist; director, Office of Agricultural Experiment Station, U. S. Department of Agriculture * Mark Trueblood (candidate for PhD in physics) – engineer and astronomer (as of 2012); noted for early pioneering work in development of robotic telescopes; 15522 Trueblood * George Tucker (luger), George Tucker (PhD) – Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican physicist (as of 2012); former Olympic sports, Olympic luger * Nicholas Turro (1960) – chemist, Columbia University (as of 2012);

; 2011 Arthur C. Cope Award; Willard Gibbs Award *

(1850) – astronomer, mathematician; namesake of Van Vleck (crater), Van Vleck crater on the Moon * Jesse Vincent (1998) – software developer (as of 2012); developed Request Tracker while a student at Wesleyan; author, ''Request Tracker, Request Tracker for Incident Response'' * Christopher Weaver (dual MAs and CAS) – software developer; founder, Bethesda Softworks; spearheaded creation, John Madden Football physics engine; visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Henry Seely White (1882) – mathematician;

; geometry of curves and surfaces, algebraic twisted curves

Activists

* Cliff Arnebeck – chair, Legal Affairs Committee, Common Cause, Common Cause Ohio; national co-chair and attorney, Alliance for Democracy (USA), Alliance for Democracy * Mansoor Alam – humanitarian * John Emory Andrus (1862) – founder, SURDNA Foundation (1917) * Gerald L. Baliles (1987) – director, Miller Center of Public Affairs (since 2005) * Jeannie Baliles (M.A.T.) – founder and chair, Virginia Literacy Foundation (since 1987); First Lady of Virginia (1986–90) * John Perry Barlow (1969) – co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Fellow,

's Berkman Center for Internet and Society (since 1998) * Andrew Bridge (1984) – advocate for foster children; The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' best-selling author;

* Ted Brown (attended) – Libertarianism, libertarian politician, speaker * Eric Byler (1994) – political activist; co-founder, Coffee Party USA * Sasha Chanoff (1994) – founder, Executive Director, RefugePoint (2005–) * Jaclyn Friedman (1993) – feminist writer and activist * Jon Grepstad – Norwegian people, Norwegian peace activist, photographer and journalist * Amir Alexander Hasson (1998) – social entrepreneur; 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology's ''Technology Reviews TR35 award; founder, United Villages * David Jay – asexual activist and founder of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network * Marc Kasky – consumer activist; co-director, Green Center Institute * Matt Kelley (2002) – founder, Mavin Foundation * Harry W. Laidler (1907) – socialist, writer and politician * Melody Moezzi (2001) – founder, Hooping for Peace, a human rights, human-rights organization * Sandy Newman (1974) – non-profit executive, founder of three successful non-profit organizations * Robert Carter Pitman (1845) – temperance movement, temperance advocate * Do Something, Jessica Posner – 2010 Do Something, Do Something Award; co-founded Shining Hope to combat gender inequality and poverty in Kibera, Nairobi Area, Kenya * Charles Bennett Ray – first black student, Wesleyan in 1832; Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist; promoter, the Underground Railroad * Richard S. Rust (1841) – Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist; co-founder, Freedman's Aid Society * Juliet Schor – 2005 Leontief Prize (Wassily Leontief) by the Global Development and Environment Institute * Ted Smith (environmentalist), Ted Smith (1967) – environmental activist; founder and former executive director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition * Chuck Stone – associated with the civil rights, civil-rights and Black Power movements; first president, National Association of Black Journalists * Vin Suprynowicz (1972) – Libertarianism, libertarian activist, 2000 United States presidential election, 2000 U.S. vice presidential candidate, Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party in Arizona *Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and civil rights activist * Arthur T. Vanderbilt – proponent of U.S. court modernization and reform * Evan Weber – Co-founder, Sunrise Movement

Sports

* Everett Bacon (1913) – football quarterback, pioneer of the forward pass, College Football Hall of Fame * Bill Belichick (1975) – head coach, New England Patriots; 2004 Time 100, ''Time'''s "100 Most Influential People in the World"; Nine-time Super Bowl participant as head coach, won in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2018 (lost in Super Bowl XLII (2007), Super Bowl XLVI (2011), and Super Bowl LII (2017)); first NFL coach to win three Super Bowls in four years; NFL Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2007, 2010) * Ambrose Burfoot (1968) – first collegian to win the Boston Marathon; won Manchester Road Race nine times; executive editor, ''Runner's World'' Magazine * Mike Carlson (1972) – National Football League and NFL Europe pundit (for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom) * Eudice Chong (2016) - professional tennis player, reached #366 in the WTA rankings, WTA singles rankings and #153 in the WTA rankings, WTA singles rankings * Logan Cunningham (coach), Logan Cunningham (1907–09) – football player and coach * Wink Davenport (1964) – former volleyball Olympic player, coach, and official; father, tennis champion Lindsay Davenport * Richard E. Eustis (1914) – football player and coach * Jeff Galloway (1967) – former American Olympian, runner and author of ''Galloway's Book on Running'' * Frank Hauser (American football), Frank Hauser (1979) – football coach * Jed Hoyer (1996) – executive vice president and general manager, Chicago Cubs; former general manager (2009–11), San Diego Padres; former assistant general manager (2003–09), interim co-manager (2005–06), Boston Red Sox * Kathy Keeler (1978) – Olympic gold medalist, rowing (List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women), member of the women's eight) in the 1984 Olympics; Olympics coach in 1996 * Dan Kenan (1915) – football player and coach * Red Lanning – Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder; played for Philadelphia Athletics * Amos Magee (1993) – professional soccer player, coach; former head coach, Minnesota Thunder, and is Thunder's all-time scoring leader, United Soccer Leagues Hall of Fame * Jeffrey Maier (2006) – college baseball player; notable for an instance of interference (baseball)#Cases of possible spectator interference, spectator interference at age 12; Wesleyan's all-time leader in hits * Eric Mangini (1994) – former head coach, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets; National Football League, NFL analyst * Vince Pazzetti (1908–10) – elected to the College Football Hall of Fame * Bill Rodgers (athlete), Bill Rodgers (1970) – winner, four New York City Marathons, four Boston Marathons, one Fukuoka Marathon; only runner to hold championship of all three major marathons at same time * Henri Salaun (squash player), Henri Salaun (1949) – squash player; four-time winner, Men's National Champions (squash), U.S. Squash National Championships (1955, 1957, 1958 and 1961); won, inaugural United States Open (squash), U.S. Open (1954) * Harry Van Surdam (1905) – elected to the College Football Hall of Fame * Mike Whalen (1983) – athlete and coach * James Wendell (1913) – Olympic silver medalist, 110-meter hurdles, 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm; one of teammates, General George S. Patton * Jeff Wilner (1994) – National Football League player * Bert Wilson (American football), Bert Wilson (1897) – football player and coach * Field Yates (2009) - sportswriter and analyst for ESPN

Fictional characters

Notes

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