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has 6,200 faculty members and roughly 38,000 employees which include
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members, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. Several past presidents have gone on to become presidents of
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universities.


Notable faculty: Nobel Laureates

* Joseph Brodsky,
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, Literature 1987 * Donald A. Glaser professor of physics, developed in 1954 the world's first liquid bubble chamber to study high-energy subatomic particles and won the
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in physics for his invention in 1960 * Charles B. Huggins,
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in Physiology or Medicine, 1966 * Lawrence R. Klein, '30 alumnus; a member of the economics department and the Institute for Social Research. Won the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for his econometric models forecasting short-term economic trends and policies. * Gérard Mourou, co-winner of
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, Physics, 2018 *
Wolfgang Pauli Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (; ; 25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. In 1945, after having been nominated by Albert Einstein, Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics ...
, winner of
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, Physics, 1945 * Martin L. Perl, Physics
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1995 * Norman F. Ramsey, Physics
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1989 * Peyton Rous,
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in Physiology or Medicine, 1966 * Hamilton O. Smith
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, for
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, 1978 *
Charles H. Townes Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated wi ...
,
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for
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, 1964 *
Martinus Veltman Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (; 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory. Biogr ...
, professor emeritus, John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics. 1999
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for Physics. * Carl Wieman, one of three scientists who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics joined the U-M faculty immediately following his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1977 and was an assistant professor in the Department of Physics from 1979 to 1984. Now at Colorado.


Notable faculty: past and present

* Madeleine K. Albright, visiting scholar. Albright served as
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from 1997 to 2001 and at the time was the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997, Albright was the United States' Permanent Representative to the
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and a member of President Clinton's Cabinet and National Security Council. *
W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...
, poet * Charles Baxter, former director of the MFA program in creative writing; novelist, poet, and essayist; author of 2000 National Book Award finalist '' The Feast of Love''. *
Ruth Behar Ruth Behar (born 1956) is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer.Ruth Beh ...
(born
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,
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, 1956) is a
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Cuban American Cuban Americans ( es, cubanoestadounidenses or ''cubanoamericanos'') are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Cuban descent or t ...
anthropologist, poet, and writer who teaches at the
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.
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award winner. * Seymour Blinder, professor emeritus of chemistry and physics * R. Stephen Berry (born 1931 in
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,
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) is a U.S. professor of
physical chemistry Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistica ...
.
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award winner. He is the
James Franck James Franck (; 26 August 1882 – 21 May 1964) was a German physicist who won the 1925 Nobel Prize for Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom". He completed his doctorate i ...
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at The
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and special advisor to the Director for National Security, at Argonne National Laboratory. He joined the Chicago faculty in 1964, having been an assistant professor at
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and, between 1957 and 1960, an instructor at the
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. *
William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...
, composer. In 2006 he was awarded four Grammy Awards for his composition "Songs of Innocence and Experience": Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Contemporary Composition and Producer of the Year, Classical. *
Kenneth Boulding Kenneth Ewart Boulding (; January 18, 1910 – March 18, 1993) was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher.David LatzkoKenneth E. Boulding Commentsat personal.psu.edu. Accessed 24 April 200 ...
, noted economist and faculty member 1949–1967 *
Richard Brauer Richard Dagobert Brauer (February 10, 1901 – April 17, 1977) was a leading German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory. He was the founder of modular represent ...
Accepted a position at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1948. In 1949 Brauer was awarded the Cole Prize from the American Mathematical Society for his paper "On Artin's L-series with general group characters". * Henry Billings Brown, instructor in law, later US Supreme Court justice * Mark Burns, Carlos Mastrangelo, and David Burke invented a DNA analysis "lab on a microchip." * Evan H. Caminker: Dean of Law School *
Anne Carson Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across the Unit ...
(born
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June 21, 1950) is a
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poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
, essayist, and translator, as well as a
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
of classics and
comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...
at the
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.
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award winner. * Carl Cohen, notable for using Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1996 to identify U-M's policy of racial categorization in admissions, leading to the Grutter and Gratz v. Bollinger lawsuits. Professor of Philosophy specializing in ethics for 50 years as of 2006, civil rights activist, proponent and founder of Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, and author of books on affirmative action and animal rights issues. * Wilbur Joseph Cohen (June 10, 1913,
Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
,
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– May 17, 1987,
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,
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) was an American
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and
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civil servant. He was one of the key architects in the creation and expansion of the American
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and was involved in the creation of both the New Deal and
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programs. *
Juan Cole John Ricardo Irfan "Juan" Cole (born October 23, 1952) is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. Dead link; no archive located. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University ...
, notable for his weblog "Informed Comment", covering events in the Middle East * Thomas M. Cooley, law professor, celebrated 19th century legal scholar, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan *
Christopher Chetsanga Christopher J. Chetsanga (born 1935 in Murehwa, Rhodesia) is a prominent Zimbabwean scientist who is a member of the African Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He discovered two enzymes involved in DNA repair. He has also held ...
, (full professor 1979), discovered two enzymes that repair DNA after x-irradiation. Pro Vice Chancellor 1991–1992 and acting vice chancellor 1992–1993
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. * Arthur Copeland, mathematician * Brian Coppola, professor of chemistry, who was recognized as a 2009 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the
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, and as the 2012 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, administered by
Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...
. * Pierre Dansereau, Canadian
ecologist Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...
known as one of the "fathers of ecology". * Sheldon Danziger (born September 30, 1948) political scientist, President of the Russell Sage Foundation * Michael Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Michael Daugherty went home with three awards from the 2011 Grammys. His “Metropolis Symphony,” inspired by the Superman comics, won for best classical contemporary composition, best orchestral performance (along with the composer's “Deus ex Machina,” performed by the Nashville Symphony) and best engineering. * Michael Duff gained his PhD in theoretical physics in 1972 at Imperial College, London, under Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam. In September 1999 he moved to the University of Michigan, where he is Oskar Klein Professor of Physics. In 2001, he was elected first director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics and was re-elected in 2004. He has since become the principal of the Faculty of Physical Sciences at
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in Spring 2005. *
Francis Collins Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the former director of the National Institutes of Health (N ...
led the Human Genome Project and is the current director of the
National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...
. * John Dewey, co-founder of
pragmatism Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. ...
. During his time at Michigan, Dewey twice won the all-campus
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tournament. * Igor Dolgachev, mathematician * Sidney Fine and longest serving faculty member. Chief biographer of
Frank Murphy William Francis Murphy (April 13, 1890July 19, 1949) was an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving ...
. *
William Frankena William Klaas Frankena (June 21, 1908 – October 22, 1994) was an American moral philosopher. He was a member of the University of Michigan's department of philosophy for 41 years (1937–1978), and chair of the department for 14 years (1947 ...
, moral philosopher; Department of Philosophy 1937–78, chair 1947–61; "renowned for his learning in the history of ethics"; "played an especially critical role in defense of fundamental academic freedoms during the McCarthy era." * Erich Fromm, psychologist * Robert Frost Michigan Poet-in-Residence. * Alice Fulton, United States
poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
,
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, and feminist. She received her undergraduate degree in
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in 1976 from
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and her Master of Fine Arts degree from
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in 1982. In 1991, she was awarded a
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fellowship for her poetry. She taught creative writing at
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from 1983 to 2001. * William Gehring, professor of psychology * Susan Gelman, psychologist * Herman Heine Goldstine, a mathematician, a winner of the National Medal of Science, worked on the
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, as the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was code named. Taught at the University of Michigan but left when war broke out to become a ballistics officer in the Army. *
Samuel Goudsmit Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (July 11, 1902 – December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925. Life and career Goudsmit was born in The Hague, Nethe ...
also known as Samuel Abraham Goudsmit. Was a professor at the University of Michigan between 1927 and 1946. Conceived – with George Uhlenback – the idea of Quantum Spin. During WWII he performed research at the MIT Radiation Laboratory, but most importantly served as the chief of the ALSOS group for the
Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...
, charged with assessing the German ability to build an atomic bomb. *
Edward Gramlich Edward M. Gramlich (June 18, 1939 – September 5, 2007) was an American economist who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1997 to 2005. Gramlich was also an acting director of the Congressional Budget Office. G ...
, professor of economics and member,
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*
Linda Gregerson Linda Gregerson (born August 5, 1950) is an American poet and member of faculty at the University of Michigan. In 2014, she was named as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Life Linda Gregerson received a B.A. from Oberlin College in ...
is the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor at University of Michigan. Among her collections of poetry are ''Waterborne" (2002)'', ''The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep'' (1996) and ''Fire in the Conservatory'' (1982). She has won many awards and fellowships, among them Guggenheim, Mellon and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Isabel MacCaffrey Award. * Robert L. Griess is a
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working on
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s. He constructed the
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using the
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. * Kristin Ann Hass * William Donald "Bill" Hamilton, F.R.S. (August 1, 1936 – March 7, 2000) was a British evolutionary biologist, considered one of the greatest evolutionary theorists of the 20th century. Worked with
Robert Axelrod Robert Marshall Axelrod (born May 27, 1943) is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he has been since 1974. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work o ...
on the
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. *
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 ...
, English professor and United States Poet Laureate 2006–2007 * Thomas Hales solved a nearly four-century-old problem called the
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. Hales is now at the
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. *
Paul Halmos Paul Richard Halmos ( hu, Halmos Pál; March 3, 1916 – October 2, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and statistician who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator ...
, mathematician specializing in functional analysis. *
Eric J. Hill Eric J. Hill, Ph.D., FAIA, is a Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Michigan. He earned his bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1970 from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Architecture from Harvard in 1972, and a ...
, professor of practice in architecture. *
Melvin Hochster Melvin Hochster (born August 2, 1943) is an American mathematician working in commutative algebra. He is currently the Jack E. McLaughlin Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. Education Hochster attend ...
, commutative algebraist. Among his many honors, received the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra in 1980; received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1982. In 1992, he was elected to both the
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and the National Academy of Sciences. *
Andrew Hoffman Andrew J. Hoffman (born 1961) is a scholar of environmental issues and sustainable enterprise. He is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business anSchool for Environment and Sustaina ...
, an expert in environmental pollution and sustainable enterprise. Professor Hoffman is co-director of the MBA'MS Corporate Environmental Management Program. *
Daniel Hunt Janzen Daniel Hunt Janzen (born January 18, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American evolutionary ecologist, and conservationist. He divides his time between his professorship in biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the DiMaura ...
(born 1939 in
Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
,
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, US) is an evolutionary ecologist, naturalist, and conservationist. Before joining the faculty at the
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he taught at the
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(1965–1968), the
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(1969–72) and at the
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.
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award winner. *
William Le Baron Jenney William Le Baron Jenney (September 25, 1832 – June 14, 1907) was an American architect and engineer who is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. In 1998, Jenney was ranked number 89 in the book ''1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ran ...
(1832—1907) was an American
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
and
engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...
who is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884 and became known as the Father of the American skyscraper. * Gerome Kamrowski, worked in New York in the 1930s and early 1940s with such artists as William Baziotes, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock, and was at the forefront of the development of American Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. His work from this period is in the collections of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
, MOMA, The
Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ...
, the Whitney Museum of American Art and other major museums worldwide. Faculty, University of Michigan School of Art 1948–82 (Emeritus) * Gordon Kane, Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics * H. David Hume, inventor of the human nephron filter ("HNF"), or the artificial kidney. * Peter J. Khan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and as head of the Microwave Solid-State Circuits Group of the Cooley Electronics Laboratory. Now a member of the Universal House of Justice, the nine-person international elected body which coordinates the activities of the Baha'i Faith throughout the world. * Chihiro Kikuchi, professor of nuclear engineering, developed in 1957 the ruby maser, a device for amplifying electrical impulses by stimulated emission of radiation * Barry Klarberg, professional business and wealth manager for athletes, entertainers and high-net-worth individuals * Oskar Klein assumed a post at the University of Michigan, a post he won through the generosity and intervention of his friend
Niels Bohr Niels Henrik David Bohr (; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 ...
. His first work in Ann Arbor dealt with the anomalous
Zeeman effect The Zeeman effect (; ) is the effect of splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field. It is named after the Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman, who discovered it in 1896 and received a Nobel priz ...
. * Adrienne Koch, historian, specialist in American history of the 18th century * Yoram Koren – James J. Duderstadt University Professor of Manufacturing and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering, inventor of the Reconfigurable Manufacturing System and director of th
NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
*
Kenneth Lieberthal Kenneth Guy Lieberthal (; born September 9, 1943) is an American professor and politician known as an expert on China's elite politics, political economy, domestic and foreign policy decision making, and on the evolution of US-China relations. ...
, China expert and member of the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration. *
Emmett Leith Emmett Norman Leith (March 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of the University of Michigan, the co-inventor ...
and
Juris Upatnieks Juris Upatnieks (born 7 May 1936 in Riga) is a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, and pioneer in the field of holography. Upatnieks fled the Latvia with his parents at the close of World War II, seeking asylum in Germany. In 1951 the famil ...
(COE: MSE EE 1965) created the first working
hologram Holography is a technique that enables a wavefront to be recorded and later re-constructed. Holography is best known as a method of generating real three-dimensional images, but it also has a wide range of other applications. In principle, i ...
in 1962 *
Catharine MacKinnon Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born October 7, 1946) is an American radical feminist legal scholar, activist, and author. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she has been tenured since 1990, ...
, feminist legal theorist. * Jason Mars, conversational AI researcher, founder of ClincAI, author. * Paul McCracken, economist. Chairmen emeritus: President's Council of Economic Advisers * Lisa M. Meeks, is an American specialist in disabilities * George E. Mendenhall, professor emeritus: Department of Near Eastern Studies and author. * Gerald Meyers, professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business School, former chairman of American Motors Corporation * William Ian Miller, legal and social theorist; author of ''The Anatomy of Disgust''. * Hugh L. Montgomery, Number Theorist. In 1975, with Robert Charles Vaughan, showed that "most" even numbers were expressible as the sum of two primes. *
Thylias Moss Thylias Moss (born February 27, 1954, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet, writer, experimental filmmaker, sound artist and playwright of African-American, Native American, and European heritage. Her poetry has been published in a number of ...
developed Limited Fork Poetics, is Professor of English and Art & Design, author of ''Tokyo Butter'' (2006), ''Slave Moth'' (2004), and is a
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 p ...
award winner. * Professor Gérard A. Mourou, director of the National Science Foundation Center for Ultrafast Optical Science. With students D. Strickland, S. Williamson, P. Maine, and M. Pessot, demonstrated the technique known as
Chirped pulse amplification Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) is a technique for amplifying an ultrashort pulse, ultrashort laser pulse up to the petawatt level, with the laser pulse being stretched out temporally and spectrally, then amplified, and then compressed again. The ...
or ("CPA"). * James V. Neel professor of human genetics, in 1940s discovered that defective genes cause sickle cell anemia *
Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte ...
also known as Nicholas P Negroponte. Founder of MIT's Media Lab. * Reed M. Nesbit, urologist, pioneer of transurethral resection of the prostate *
Dirk Obbink Dirk D. Obbink (born 13 January 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American papyrologist and classicist. He was Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature in the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University until 6 February 2021, and was the head of the ...
, papyrologist, 2001 MacArthur Fellowship winner for his work at both Oxyrhynchus and Herculaneum. Holds appointments at both
Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...
and the University of Michigan * James Olds neuroscientist, co-discovered the Brain's Pleasure Center. * Will Potter, award-winning author, internationally recognized civil liberties advocate, and TED Senior Fellow. He is a Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Academic Innovation Fellow at the University of Michigan *
Anatol Rapoport Anatol Rapoport ( uk, Анатолій Борисович Рапопо́рт; russian: Анато́лий Бори́сович Рапопо́рт; May 22, 1911January 20, 2007) was an American mathematical psychologist. He contributed to genera ...
, From 1955 to 1970 Rapoport was Professor of Mathematical Biology and Senior Research Mathematician. He is the author of over 300 articles and of Two-Person Game Theory (1999) and N-Person Game Theory (2001), among many other well-known books on fights, games, violence and peace. His autobiography, Certainties and Doubts: A Philosophy of Life, was released in 2001. A founding member, in 1955, of the Mental Health Research Institute (MHRI) at the University of Michigan. * Arthur Rich, professor of physics, developed in 1988 with research investigator James C. Van House first positron microscope * Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen, Architect *
Jonas Salk Jonas Edward Salk (; born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New ...
, assistant professor of epidemiology (deceased)

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Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician, founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS); he was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal ...
,
Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
n political scientist and nationalist leader

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Anton Shammas Anton Shammas ( ar, أنطون شماس, he, אנטון שמאס; born 1950), is a Palestinian writer, poet and translator of Arabic, Hebrew and English. Biography Anton Shammas was one of six children born to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese ...
, professor of comparative literature and modern Middle Eastern literature; Poet, playwright, essayist, and translator of Arab-Christian descent; acclaimed author of the novel ''Arabesques''. * Marilyn Shatz, Professor Emerita of Psychology and Linguistics *
Lawrence Sklar Lawrence Sklar (born June 25, 1938) is an American philosopher. He is the Carl G. Hempel and William K. Frankena Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. Education and career Sklar was born in Baltimore, Maryl ...
, William K. Frankena Collegiate Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Guggenheim fellow 1974. * *
Elliot Soloway Elliot (also spelled Eliot, Elliotte, Elliott, Eliott and Elyot) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males, females have increasingly been given the name ...
, software teaching tools, founder of GoKnow * Kannan Soundararajan was awarded the 2004 Salem Prize, joint winner of the 2005 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize * Theodore J. St. Antoine, law school dean and labor arbitrator *
Stephen Timoshenko Stepan Prokofyevich Timoshenko (russian: Степан Прокофьевич Тимошенко, p=sʲtʲɪˈpan prɐˈkofʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪmɐˈʂɛnkə; uk, Степан Прокопович Тимошенко, Stepan Prokopovych Tymoshenko; ...
created the first US bachelor's and doctoral programs in engineering mechanics. His 18 textbooks have been published in 36 languages. * Amos Tversky Deceased. Behavioral economist and frequent co-author with Daniel Kahneman 2002
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...


* A. Galip Ulsoy – C.D. Mote, Jr. Distinguished University Professor and William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing in the College of Engineering, co-inventor of the Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, and deputy director of th
NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
* Douglas E. Van Houweling, president and CEO of
Internet2 Internet2 is a not-for-profit United States computer networking consortium led by members from the research and education communities, industry, and government. The Internet2 consortium administrative headquarters are located in Ann Arbor, Mi ...
* Raymond Louis Wilder, began teaching at the University of Michigan in 1926, where he remained until his retirement in 1967. Wilder's work focused on set-theoretic topology, manifolds and use of algebraic techniques. *
Milford H. Wolpoff Milford Howell Wolpoff is a paleoanthropologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and its museum of Anthropology. He is the leading proponent of the multiregional evolution hypothesis that explains the evolution of ''Ho ...
, professor of anthropology and adjunct associate research scientist, UM Museum of Anthropology; recognized globally as the leading proponent of the
multiregional hypothesis The multiregional hypothesis, multiregional evolution (MRE), or polycentric hypothesis is a scientific model that provides an alternative explanation to the more widely accepted "Out of Africa" model of monogenesis for the pattern of human evoluti ...
for human evolution. * Trevor D. Wooley Department Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan. Salem Prize, 1998. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1993–1995.


American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. * Sharon Glotzer, (2013). Ph.D., is an American chemical engineer and physicist and the Stuart W. Churchill Professor at the University of Michigan. * Huda Akil, (2000). Ph.D., Gardner C. Quarton Professor of Neurosciences in psychiatry, professor of psychiatry and co-director and senior research scientist of the U-M Mental Health Research Institute. * Bernard W. Agranoff, (1998). Director of the Neuroscience Lab, the Ralph Waldo Gerard Professor of Neurosciences, professor of biological chemistry and research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and the Mental Health Research Institute. * Sushil Atreya, Ph.D., (2005). Professor of atmospheric and space sciences. Atreya is honored for contributions to planetary atmosphere structure. * Laurence A. Boxer, (1998). Associate chair for research pediatrics and communicable diseases and professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases. * George J. Brewer, (2000) M.D., professor of genetics and internal medicine. * Charles M. Butter, (1992). Professor of psychology * Valerie Castle, M.D., (2005). Chair and Ravitz Foundation Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases. * Brian Coppola, Ph.D., (2001). Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry. * Dimitri Coucouvanis, Ph.D., (2005). Lawrence S. Bartell Collegiate Professor of Chemistry. * James Coward, (2004) Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry * Jack E. Dixon, (2000). Ph.D., Minor J. Coon Professor of Biological Chemistry, chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry and new co-director of UM"s Life Sciences Institute. * Rodney Ewing, (2004). Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor of Geological Sciences, professor of materials science and engineering, and professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences * William R. Farrand, (1992). Professor of geological sciences and curator, Museum of Anthropology. * Carol A. Fierke, Ph.D., (2006). Jerome and Isabella Karle collegiate Professor of Chemistry. Chair and Professor of Chemistry. * Daniel Fisher, (2004). Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, professor of geological sciences, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and curator of paleontology * Vincent L. Pecoraro, (2000). John T. Groves Collegiate Professor of Chemistry * James Penner-Hann, (2004). Professor of chemistry * H. David Humes, (1998). Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and the John G. Searle Professor of Internal Medicine. *
James S. Jackson James Streshly Jackson (September 27, 1823 – October 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, Jackson pursued c ...
, Ph.D., (2005). Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and director, Institute for Social Research. * Harold K. Jacobson, (2000). Jesse Siddal Reeves Professor of Political Science, and senior research scientist, Center for Political Studies. * George W. Kling, (1998). Assistant professor of biology and assistant research scientist in the Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences. *
Arthur Lupia Arthur Lupia is an American political scientist. He is the Gerald R. Ford University Professor at the University of Michigan and Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation. Prior to joining NSF, he was Chairperson of the Board of the Cen ...
, (2004). Professor of political science, research professor at the Institute for Social Research, and principal investigator of the American
National Election Studies National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
. * Anne McNeil, (2017) Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering * Miriam H. Meisler, (2001). Professor of human genetics and neurology, Myron Levine Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics. * Henry Mosberg, (2004). Professor of medicinal chemistry * Franco Nori, (2007). Elected AAAS Fellow for his contributions to condensed matter physics, nanoscience, quantum optics, and quantum information. *
Melanie Sanford Melanie Sarah Sanford (born June 16, 1975) is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow for the Ame ...
, (2016)
Moses Gomberg Moses Gomberg (February 8, 1866 – February 12, 1947) was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and served as president of the American Chemical Society. Early life and education ...
Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry * Kamal Sarabandi, (2016) Rufus S. Teesdale Professor of Engineering, director of Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Entering and Computer Science. *
Artur Schnabel Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th centur ...
Pianist and classical composer * Martin Sichel, (1998). Professor of aerospace engineering. * Nicholas H. Steneck, (1992). Professor of history and director, Medical Center Historical Center for the Health Sciences. *
Sarah Thomason Sarah Grey Thomason (known as "Sally") is an American scholar of linguistics. She is a prolific contributor to academic journals and publications specializing in the field of linguistics, as well as a guest lecturer at different universities arou ...
, (2010). William H. Gedney Professor of Linguistics *
George Uhlenbeck George Eugene Uhlenbeck (December 6, 1900 – October 31, 1988) was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist. Background and education George Uhlenbeck was the son of Eugenius and Anne Beeger Uhlenbeck. He attended the Hogere Burgerschool (High S ...
also known as George Eugene Uhlenbeck. With fellow student
Samuel Goudsmit Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (July 11, 1902 – December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925. Life and career Goudsmit was born in The Hague, Nethe ...
at Leiden, Uhlenbeck proposed the idea of electron spin in 1925, fulfilling Wolfgang Pauli's stated need for a "fourth quantum number.” Served as Professor: University of Michigan (1939–43). Max Planck Medal 1964 (with Samuel Goudsmit). * Stanley J. Watson, (2000). Ph.D., M.D., Raphael Professor of Neurosciences in Psychiatry and co-director and research scientist at MHRI. * Max S. Wicha, (2000). M.D., professor of internal medicine and director of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center. * Milford Wolpoff, ( ) who has been elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. * Youxue Zhang, Ph.D., (2005). Professor of geological sciences. Zhang was selected for making exceptional advances in a wide range of geological frontiers, including the origin and evolution of the Earth, explosive volcanism and gas-driven lake eruptions.


Business Week "Management Gurus"

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Gary Hamel Gary P. Hamel (born 1954) is an American management consultant. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago. Biography Hamel graduated from Andrews University in 1975, and from Ross School of Bus ...
, MBA PhD Co-Author "The Core Competence of the Corporation" * Dave Ulrich, Human Resources – Michigan (Ranked #1) * Noel Tichy, Leadership – Michigan, (Ranked #9) *
C.K. Prahalad Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (8 August 1941 – 16 April 2010) was an Indian-American entrepreneur and author. He was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Ste ...
, C.K. Prahalad, Strategy, International Business – Michigan/ PRAJA, (Ranked #10)


Institute of Medicine

* Bernard W. Agranoff (1991), professor of biological chemistry; professor of psychiatry, Medical School * Huda Akil (1994), Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences in Psychiatry, Medical School * William Barsan (2003), professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical School * John D. Birkmeyer, M.D., George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery, division of gastrointestinal surgery, department of surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor * Michael Boehnke, Ph.D., Richard G. Cornell Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics, department of biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor *
Edward Bove Edward Bove (b ca. 1947) is an American pediatric cardiac surgeon who has worked in the University of Michigan Health System most of his career. Bove was raised in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree at the College of the Holy Cro ...
(1985), head, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Medical School * Noreen M Clark (2000), dean, Marshall H. Becker Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health * Mary Sue Coleman (1997), president, professor of biochemistry, Medical School, & chemistry, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts * Francis S. Collins (1991), professor of internal medicine; professor of human genetics, Medical School * Jerome Conn (1970), Louis Harry Newburgh university Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Medical School * Minor J. Coon (1987), Victor C. Vaughn Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School * Jack Dixon (1993), Minor J. Coon Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School *
Avedis Donabedian Avedis Donabedian (7 January 1919 – 9 November 2000) was a physician and founder of the study of quality in health care and medical outcomes research, most famously as a creator of The Donabedian Model of care. Early life Avedis Donabedian ...
(1971), Sinai Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health, School of Public Health * Rhetaugh Dumas (1984), Dean Emerita, School of Nursing * Stefan Fajans (1985), professor emeritus of internal medicine, Medical School * Christopher R. Friese (2020), Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, & health management and policy, School of Public Health * Sid Gilman (1995), William J. Herdman Professor of Neurology, Medical School * David Ginsburg (1999), professor of internal medicine & human genetics, Medical School * Lazar Greenfield (1995), Frederick A. Coller Distinguished Professor, Surgery, Medical School *
Ada Sue Hinshaw Ada Sue Hinshaw (born May 20, 1939) is an American nurse best known for her research on quality of care, patient outcomes, and positive nurse working environments. Hinshaw was designated as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing in 201 ...
(1989), dean, School of Nursing * Julian Hoff (1999), professor of surgery, Medical School * James S. House (1999), professor of sociology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts * James Jackson (2002), professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts * Robert L. Kahn (2002), professor emeritus of psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts * George Kaplan (2001), professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health * David E. Kuhl (1989), professor of internal medicine; professor of radiology, Medical School * Allen S. Lichter (2001), dean, professor of radiation oncology, Medical School * Roderick Little (2011), professor of biostatistics, School of Public Health * Martha L. Ludwig, Ph.D., research biophysicist and J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished Professor, department of biological chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor * Howard Markel (1993), George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Center for the History of Medicine * Rowena Matthews elected to The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. * Catherine G. McLaughlin, Ph.D., professor, department of health management and policy, and director, Economic Research Institute on the Uninsured, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor * James V. Neel (1972), Lee R. Dice distinguished university professor emeritus of Human genetics, Medical School * Gilbert S. Omenn (1979), professor of internal medicine & Human genetics, Medical School, and of public health, School of Public Health * Nancy Reame (1996), professor of nursing, School of Nursing * June Osborn (1986), professor of epidemiology; professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, Medical School * Alan R. Saltiel, elected in 2005 to The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Saltiel is the John Jacob Abel Collegiate Professor in Life Sciences and Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology. He is the third LSI faculty member to be named to the Institute of Medicine. * Thomas L. Schwenk (2002), professor of family medicine, Medical School * Harold Shapiro (1989), former UM president * Peter Ward (1990), Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Pathology, Medical School *
Kenneth Warner Kenneth Charles Harman Warner (6 April 1891 – 18 March 1983) was Bishop of Edinburgh from 1947 to 1961. Biography Warner was born on 6 April 1891 and educated at Tonbridge School and Trinity College, Oxford. His first career as a solicitor w ...
(1996), Richard D. Remington Collegiate Professor of Public Health; professor of health management & policy, School of Public Health * Stanley J. Watson (1994), Theophile Raphael Collegiate Professor of Neurosciences, Medical School * Stephen J. Weiss (2001), Upjohn Professor of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Medical School * David R. Williams (2001), Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, and professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health * George Zuldema (1971), vice provost for medical affairs emeritus, and professor emeritus of surgery, Medical School


MacArthur Foundation award winners

, 41 MacArthur winners — 16 of them university alumni — have served as Michigan faculty * Elizabeth S. Anderson (born 5 December 1959) is an American philosopher. * William A. Christian, (Alumnus: 1986), religious studies scholar. * Philip DeVries, (Alumnus: 1988), 1962 alumnus who won as a biologist. * William H. Durham, (Alumnus: 1983), 1973 graduate, anthropologist. *
Aaron Dworkin Aaron Paul Dworkin (born September 11, 1970) is an American violinist and music educator. Early life Dworkin was born on September 11, 1970, in Monticello, New York, to Vaughn and Audeen Moore, but they were forced to give their son up for adopt ...
, (Alumnus: 2005) M.A. 1998, Fellow and founder and president of Detroit-based
Sphinx Organization The Sphinx Organization is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians. Based in Detroit, Michigan, it was founded by the American violinist Aaron Dworkin. The Sphinx was chosen to represe ...
, which strives to increase the number of African-Americans and Latinos having careers in classical music. * Steven Goodman, (Alumnus: 2005) A.B.D., Fellow is an adjunct research investigator in the U-M Museum of Zoology's bird division, and a conservation biologist in the Department of Zoology at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. *
David Green David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, (Alumnus: 2004), alumnus, executive director, Project Impact. * Ann Ellis Hanson, (Alumna: 1992), visiting associate professor of Greek and Latin. *
John Henry Holland John Henry Holland (February 2, 1929 – August 9, 2015) was an American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a pioneer in what became ...
,(Alumnus: 1992), professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering; professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. * Vonnie C. McLoyd, (Alumna: M.A. (1973) and Ph.D. (1975)), professor of psychology and research scientist at the Center for Human Growth and Development * Natalia Molina (Professor and Alumna) Molina received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Michigan. *
Cecilia Muñoz Cecilia Muñoz (born July 27, 1962) is an American political advisor who served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, a position she held for five years. Prior to that, she served as the White House Direct ...
, (Alumna: 2000), vice president of the National Council of La Raza. * Amos Tversky, (Alumnus: 1984), 1965 alumnus, psychologist. * Karen K. Uhlenbeck, (Alumna: 1983), 1964, mathematician. * Henry T. Wright, (Alumnus: 1993) Fellow, and Anthropologist. *
George Zweig George Zweig (; born May 30, 1937) is a Russian-American physicist. He was trained as a particle physicist under Richard Feynman. He introduced, independently of Murray Gell-Mann, the quark model (although he named it "aces"). He later turned his ...
, (Alumnus: 1981), 1959 alumnus, physicist. , 25 non-alumni MacArthur winners have served as Michigan faculty. * Susan Alcock, (Faculty: 2000), professor of classical anthropology and classics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. *
Robert Axelrod Robert Marshall Axelrod (born May 27, 1943) is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he has been since 1974. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work o ...
, (Faculty: 1987) Fellow for public policy. Dr. Axelrod is a game theoretician. Author of "The Evolution of Cooperation". *
Ruth Behar Ruth Behar (born 1956) is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer.Ruth Beh ...
, (Faculty: 1988) Fellow, and Anthropologist. * R. Stephen Berry (post-doctoral fellow) is a U.S. professor of physical chemistry. * Joseph Brodsky, (Faculty: 1981), professor of Slavic languages and literature. *Jason De León is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology who studies violence, materiality and the social process of migration between Latin America and the United States. * Alice Fulton, (Faculty: 1991) Fellow and Professor of English from 1983 to 2001, won the Library of Congress Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry in 2002. * Kun-Liang Guan, (Faculty: 1998) Fellow and biochemist and associate professor of biological chemistry and senior research associate at the Institute of Gerontology. * Thomas C. Holt, (Faculty: 1990) professor of history, director of Center for Afroamerican and African Studies. * Stephen Lee, (Faculty: 1993) Fellow, solid state chemistry. * Michael Marletta, (Faculty: 1995) Fellow, biochemist and John Gideon Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy in the College of Pharmacy and professor of biological chemistry in the Medical School. *
Khaled Mattawa Khaled Mattawa (born 1964) is a Libyan poet, and a renowned Arab-American writer, he is also a leading literary translator, focusing on translating Arabic poetry into English. He works as an Assistant professor of creative writing at the Univers ...
(born 1964) (Faculty: 2014) is a Libyan poet, and a renowned Arab-American writer and designated a fellow in 2014 * Tiya Miles, (Faculty: 2011) professor of American culture, Afroamerican & African studies, history, and Native American studies *
Thylias Moss Thylias Moss (born February 27, 1954, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet, writer, experimental filmmaker, sound artist and playwright of African-American, Native American, and European heritage. Her poetry has been published in a number of ...
, (Faculty: 1996), Fellow and Professor of English, also Professor of Art & Design (2006). * Erik Mueggler, (Faculty: 2002), Katherine Verdery Collegiate Professor of Anthropology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. * Margaret Murnane (born 1959) is Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, having moved there in 1999, with past positions at the University of Michigan (1996-1999) and Washington State University. *
Dirk Obbink Dirk D. Obbink (born 13 January 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American papyrologist and classicist. He was Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature in the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University until 6 February 2021, and was the head of the ...
(faculty) is an American-born
papyrologist Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...
and
Classicist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...
. * Sherry B. Ortner, (Faculty: 1990), professor of anthropology and women's studies * Derek Peterson, a professor in the departments of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, has done scholarly work about the intellectual and cultural history of eastern Africa. *
Melanie Sanford Melanie Sarah Sanford (born June 16, 1975) is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow for the Ame ...
, (Faculty: 2011), Moses Gomberg Collegiate professor of chemistry * Rebecca J. Scott, (Faculty: 1990) Fellow and Professor of History.won the 2006 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for ''Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery''. The $25,000 prize is awarded by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
. *
Bright Sheng Bright Sheng ( Chinese: 盛宗亮 pinyin: ''Shèng Zōngliàng''; born December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Sheng has earned many honors for his music and compositions, including a MacArthur Fellowship in ...
(Faculty: 2001), professor of composition and music theory, School of Music. *
Richard Wrangham Richard Walter Wrangham (born 1948) is an English anthropologist and primatologist; he is Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. His research and writing have involved ape behavior, human evolution, violence, and cooking. ...
, (Faculty: 1987) professor of anthropology. * Yukiko Yamashita, (Faculty: 2011) assistant professor of cell & developmental biology


United States National Academy of Engineering

* Linda M. Abriola (2003), professor of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering * Ellen Arruda (2017), professor and chair of mechanical engineering, College of Engineering *
Dennis Assanis Dennis N. Assanis is a Greek academic administrator, scientist, engineer and author. He is the 28th president of the University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research universit ...
(2008), former Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, College of Engineering * Peter Banks (1993), dean, College of Engineering * Pallab Bhattacharya (2008), Charles M. Vest Distinguished University Professor and James R. Mellor Professor of Electrical engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering * William Brown (1992), adjunct professor of electrical engineering, College of Engineering * Don B. Chaffin (1994), G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering, College of Engineering *
Lynn Conway Lynn Ann Conway (born January 2, 1938) is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and transgender activist. She worked at IBM in the 1960s and invented generalized dynamic instruction handling, a key advance used in out-of-or ...
(1989), professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering * James W. Daily (1975), professor emeritus of fluid mechanics and hydraulic engineering, College of Engineering * Stephen W. Director (1989), Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, College of Engineering * James J. Duderstadt (1987), president emeritus, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, College of Engineering * Gerard Faeth (1991), Arthur B. Modine Professor of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering * Elmer G. Gilbert (1994), professor of aerospace engineering and of electrical engineering & computer science, College of Engineering * Steven A. Goldstein (2005), Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering * George Haddad (1994), Robert J. Hiller professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering * Robert D. Hanson (1982), professor of civil engineering, College of Engineering * Bruce G. Johnston (1979), professor emeritus of structural engineering, College of Engineering * Donald Katz (1968), professor emeritus of chemical engineering, college * Glenn Knoll (1999), professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, College of Engineering * Yoram Koren (2004), James J. Duderstadt Distinguished University Professor and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering * Ronald G. Larson (2003), George Granger Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering *
Emmett Leith Emmett Norman Leith (March 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of the University of Michigan, the co-inventor ...
(1982), Schlumberger Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering * Jyoti Mazumder (2012), Robert H. Lurie Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering * Gerard A. Mourou (2002), A.D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering & and Computer Science, College of Engineering * Stephen M. Pollock (2002), Herrick Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering, College of Engineering * Tresa M. Pollock (2005), the L. H. and F. E. Van Vlack Professor of Materials Science and Engineering * Frank E. Richart, Jr. (1969), Walter Johnson Emmons Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering *
Albert Schultz Albert Hamilton Schultz (; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz bec ...
(1993), Vennema Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mathematics, College of Engineering * Chen-To Tai (1987), professor emeritus of electrical engineering & computer science, College of Engineering * Fawwaz Ulaby (1995), R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering * Galip Ulsoy (2006), C.D. Mote Jr. Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering and William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing, College of Engineering * Walter Weber (1985), Earnest Boyce professor of Civil & Environmental engineering, College of Engineering * Kensall D. Wise (1998), J. Reid & Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing Technology, College of Engineering * Richard D. Woods (2003), professor of civil & environmental engineering, College of Engineering * Ralph T. Yang (2005), Dwight T. Benton Professor of Chemical Engineering *
Chia-Shun Yih Chia-Shun Yih (; July 25, 1918 – April 25, 1997) was the Stephen P. Timoshenko Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He made many significant contributions to fluid mechanics. Yih was also a seal artist. B ...
(1980), Stephen P. Timoshenko Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Fluid Mechanics, College of Engineering


United States National Academy of Sciences

* Mathew Alpern (1991), professor emeritus of physiological optics, Medical School * Richard D. Alexander (1974), Theodore H. Hubell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts *
Robert Axelrod Robert Marshall Axelrod (born May 27, 1943) is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he has been since 1974. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work o ...
(1986), Arthur W. Bromage Distinguished University Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, School of Public Policy *
Hyman Bass Hyman Bass (; born October 5, 1932). The conjecture is named for Hyman Bass and Daniel Quillen, who formulated the c ... References External links *Directory page at University of MichiganAuthor profilein the database zbMATH {{DEFAUL ...
(1982), professor of education, School of Education, & mathematics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts * Philip Bucksbaum 2004 * Jerome Conn (1969), Louis Harry Newburgh University Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Medical School *
Philip Converse Philip Ernest Converse (November 17, 1928 – December 30, 2014) was an American political scientist. He was a professor in political science and sociology at the University of Michigan who conducted research on public opinion, survey research, an ...
(1973), Robert Cooley Angell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Political Science, College of Literature, Science & the Arts * Clyde Coombs (1982), professor emeritus of psychology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts * Minor J. Coon (1983), Victor C. Vaughn Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry, Medical School * H. Richard Crane (1966), George P. Williams Distinguished University, physicist * Horace W. Davenport (1974), William Beaumont Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Medical School * Thomas M. Donahue (1983), Edward H. White II Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Planetary Science, College of Engineering * Lennard A. Fisk (2003), Thomas M. Donahue Collegiate Professor of Space Science, College of Engineering *
Kent V. Flannery Kent Vaughn Flannery (born 1934) is a North American archaeologist who has conducted and published extensive research on the pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, and in particular those of central and southern Mexico. He has a ...
(1978), James B. Griffin Distinguished University Professor of Anthropological Archaeology, College of Literature Science & the Arts * Ronald Freedman (1974), Roderick D. McKenzie Professor Emeritus of Sociology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts, professor emeritus of physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts *
Katherine Freese Katherine Freese (born 8 February 1957) is a theoretical astrophysicist. She is currently a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the Jeff and Gail Kodosky Endowed Chair in Physics. She is known for her work ...
(2020), George E. Uhlenbeck Professor Emerita of Physics * William Fulton (1997), M. S. Keeler Professor, mathematics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts * Stanley M. Garn (1976), professor emeritus of nutrition, School of Public Health *
Frederick Gehring Frederick William Gehring (7 August 1925 – 29 May 2012) was an American mathematician who worked in the area of complex analysis (quasi-conformal mappings). Personal life Both of Fred Gehring's parents graduated from the University o ...
(1989), T.H. Hildebrandt Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics * Sharon Glotzer, (2014), Stuart W. Churchill Professor of Chemical Engineering. Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics and Macromolecular Science and Engineering. *
Melvin Hochster Melvin Hochster (born August 2, 1943) is an American mathematician working in commutative algebra. He is currently the Jack E. McLaughlin Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. Education Hochster attend ...
(1992), Raymond L. Wilder Professor of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts * Raymond Kelly 2004 * Martha L. Ludwig (2003), professor of biological chemistry, Medical School *
Joyce Marcus Joyce Marcus is a Latin American archaeologist and professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She also holds the position of Curator of Latin American Archaeo ...
(1997), professor of anthropology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts *
Vincent Massey Charles Vincent Massey (February 20, 1887December 30, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Confederation. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada after ...
(1995), professor of biological chemistry, Medical School * Rowena G. Matthews (2002), G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor, biological chemistry, Medical School * James N. Morgan (1975), professor emeritus of economics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts * James V. Neel (1963), Lee R. Dice Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics, Medical School *
Richard Nisbett __NOTOC__ Richard Eugene Nisbett (born June 1, 1941) is an American social psychologist and writer. He is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University ...
(2002), Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts * James Olds (1969), professor of psychology * J. Lawrence Oncley (1947), professor emeritus of biological chemistry, Medical School *
Kenneth Pike Kenneth Lee Pike (June 9, 1912 – December 31, 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics, the coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic" and the developer of the constructed language ...
(1985), professor emeritus of linguistics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts *
Melanie Sanford Melanie Sarah Sanford (born June 16, 1975) is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow for the Ame ...
(2016)
Moses Gomberg Moses Gomberg (February 8, 1866 – February 12, 1947) was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and served as president of the American Chemical Society. Early life and education ...
Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry *
Edward Smith Ed, Eddie, Edgar, Edward, Edwin, and similar, surnamed Smith, may refer to: Military * Edward H. Smith (sailor) (1889–1961), United States Coast Guard admiral, oceanographer and Arctic explorer * Edward Smith (VC) (1898–1940), English recipien ...
(1996), professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts *
Martinus Veltman Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (; 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory. Biogr ...
(2000), John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts * Warren Wagner (1985), Jr., professor emeritus of botany, School of Natural Resources & the Environment * Henry Wright (1994), professor of anthropology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts; curator, Museum of Anthropology * Robert D. Drennan (1975), professor of anthropology, school of arts and sciences


National Medal of Science

The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement. Five other Michigan researchers won the award between 1974 and 1986. Congress established the award program in 1959. It honors individuals for pioneering scientific research. *
Hyman Bass Hyman Bass (; born October 5, 1932). The conjecture is named for Hyman Bass and Daniel Quillen, who formulated the c ... References External links *Directory page at University of MichiganAuthor profilein the database zbMATH {{DEFAUL ...
honored by President Bush in a White House ceremony for the
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 ...
in 2006. * H. Richard Crane (1986), George P. Williams Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Physics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts *
Elizabeth Crosby Elizabeth Caroline Crosby (October 25, 1888 – July 28, 1983) was an American neuroanatomist. Crosby received the National Medal of Science from President Jimmy Carter in 1979 "for outstanding contributions to comparative and human neuroanatomy ...
(1979), professor of anatomy, Medical School * Donald Katz (1982), professor emeritus of chemical engineering, College of Engineering *
Emmett Leith Emmett Norman Leith (March 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of the University of Michigan, the co-inventor ...
(1979), Schlumberger Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering * James Neel (1974), Lee R. Dice Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics, Medical School


Pulitzer Prize-winning faculty

*
Leslie Bassett Leslie Raymond Bassett (22 January 1923 – 4 February 2016) was an American composer of classical music. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Bassett had a lifelong relationship with the University of Michigan School of Music. ...
(1966), professor of music; music, for Variations for Orchestra. *
William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...
(1988), professor of music composition; music, for Twelve New Etudes for Piano. *
Ross Lee Finney Ross Lee Finney Junior (December 23, 1906–February 4, 1997) was an American composer who taught for many years at the University of Michigan. Life and career Born in Wells, Minnesota, Finney received his early training at Carleton College ...
(1937), professor of music; music, for a string quartet. * Robert Frost, a former faculty member won four Pulitzer Prizes through the years. *
Percival Price Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale ''Perceval, the Story of the ...
(1934),
carillonneur A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmonio ...
and professor of
campanology Campanology () is the scientific and musical study of bells. It encompasses the technology of bells – how they are founded, tuned and rung – as well as the history, methods, and traditions of bellringing as an art. It is common to collect t ...
; music, for Saint Lawrence Symphony. *
Leland Stowe Leland Stowe (November 10, 1899 – January 16, 1994) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist noted for being one of the first to recognize the expansionist character of the German Nazi regime. Biography Stowe was born in Southbury, Conn ...
(1930), professor of journalism; correspondence, for his work as a reporter on the foreign staff of the New York Herald Tribune. * David C. Turnley (1990), professor of art and design; photography, for images of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe. * Claude H. Van Tyne (1930), professor and chairman of the history department; American History, for The War of Independence. *
Heather Ann Thompson Heather Ann Thompson is an American historian, author, activist, professor, and speaker from Detroit, Michigan. Thompson won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for History, the 2016 Bancroft Prize, and other awards for her work '' Blood in the Water: The A ...
(2017), professor of American history; for her book on the Attica Prison uprising of 1971.


University of Michigan-Ann Arbor faculty

* Alton L Becker, PhD, professor of linguistics *
Judith Becker Judith O. Becker (born September 3, 1932) is an American academic and educator. She is a scholar of the musical and religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia, the Islamic world and the Americas. Her work combines linguistic, musical, anthropo ...
, PhD, Glenn McGeoch Professor (emeritus) of Music * Cécile Fromont, assistant professor of art history * Lois Wladis Hoffman, PhD, professor emerita, Department of Psychology. * Lawrence W. Jones, PhD, professor emeritus, Department of Physics * Ralph Lydic, PhD, Bert La Du Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology. * William P. Malm, PhD, professor (emeritus) of music *
Ronni Reis Ronni Reis (sometimes spelled Ronnie Reis; also Ronni Reis-Bernstein) (born May 10, 1966) is an American former tennis player. Reis won three gold medals at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, ...
, tennis coach * Leopoldo Pando Zayas, PhD, professor of physics, specializing in string theory * Elizabeth Yakel, PhD, professor and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the
iSchool An information school (sometimes abbreviated I-school or iSchool) is a university-level institution committed to understanding the role of information in nature and human endeavors. Synonyms include school of information, department of informati ...
, specializing in digital archives and digital preservation * Weiping Zou, MD, PhD, Charles B de Nancrede Professor of Surgery, Immunology and Biology; director for translational research


Former administrators

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Erastus Otis Haven Erastus Otis Haven (November 1, 1820 – August 2, 1881) was an American academic administrator, serving as president or chancellor of three universities in succession from 1863-1880. He was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1880 u ...
(1820–1881), president (1863–69), later
Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
of the
Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...
*
Lee Bollinger Lee Carroll Bollinger (born April 30, 1946) is an American lawyer and educator who is serving as the 19th and current president of Columbia University, where he is also the Seth Low Professor of the University and a faculty member of Columbia La ...
, president, now president of
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
*
Nancy Cantor Nancy Ellen Cantor (born April 2, 1952) is an American academic administrator and the chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark, in Newark, New Jersey. A social psychologist, Cantor is recognized for her scholarly contributions to the understanding ...
, provost, now chancellor of Syracuse University * Paul Danos, UM associate dean, now dean at
Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
's Tuck School of Business * Steven Director UM engineering dean, now provost of Northeastern University * Walter Harrison, vice president, now at
University of Hartford The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The university and it ...
* Maureen Hartford, vice president, later president of
Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2021 Meredith enrolls approximately 1,500 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 men and women in its graduate ...
*
Harlan Hatcher Harlan Henthorne Hatcher (September 9, 1898 – February 25, 1998) served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967. Biography Harlan Henthorne Hatcher was born on September 9, 1898, in Ironton, Ohio. He received ...
(1898–1998), president (1951–1967) *
C. C. Little Clarence Cook Little (October 6, 1888 – December 22, 1971) was an Americans, American genetics, cancer, and tobacco researcher and academic administrator, as well as a eugenicist. Early life C. C. Little was born in Brookline, Massachusetts ...
, president (1925–1929), noted cancer researcher and tobacco industry scientist. * J. Bernard "Bernie" Machen, provost, later president of the
University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
* Frank H. T. Rhodes, vice president, later president of
Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
* Harold Shapiro, president; later president of
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 ...
* Edward A. Snyder, senior associate dean, later dean at
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...
Business School *
Andrew Dickson White Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator who cofounded Cornell University and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricu ...
, UM professor of literature, co-founder of
Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
*
B. Joseph White Bernard Joseph White (born April 6, 1947) is president emeritus of the University of Illinois and professor emeritus of business at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is dean emeritus of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business an ...
, dean, Ross School, later president of the
University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...
* Linda Wilson, UM vice president, later president of Radcliffe College


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