List of University of Delaware people
The following is a list of University of Delaware people, which includes alumni, current and former faculty, and recipients of honorary degrees.
Alumni
Business
- Kurt Akeley (b. 1958), computer graphics engineer
- Mary Pat Christie (b. 1963), investment banker
- John P. Costas (b. 1957), CEO, UBS Investment Bank
- Michael F. Koehler, Chief Executive Officer, Teradata
- Michael Mignano, American businessperson
- Adam Osborne (1939–2003), computing pioneer
- Larry Probst (b. 1950), Chairman of the Board, Electronic Arts (formerly CEO); Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee and member of the International Olympic Committee
- Ömer Sabancı (b. 1959), Turkish businessman
- Carl Truscott, Senior Vice President, ASERO Worldwide
- Wang Xing (b. 1979), CEO, Meituan-Dianping
Authors
- Steve Alten (b. 1959), science fiction author
- Jarret Brachman, terrorism author
- Siobhan Carroll (b. 1980), professor, scholar, writer
- Paul Cherry, business author
- Edward Ezell (1939–1993), author
- Martha Gandy Fales (1930–2006), art historian, curator
- Morrison Heckscher (b. 1940), art historian, curator
- Maureen Johnson (b. 1973), author
- Thomas Leitch (b. 1951), author, academic
- Esther Tuttle Pritchard (1840–1900), minister, editor
Artists
- Michael Barone, art photographer
- Craig Cutler, photographer
- Linda Day Clark, photographer
- Tim Kreider (b. 1967), cartoonist
Politics
- Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928–2009) Democratic member of the Delaware Senate
- L. Heisler Ball (1861–1932), U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
- Jo Anne B. Barnhart (b. 1950), Commissioner of Social Security
- Jill Biden (b. 1951), educator and First Lady of the United States as the wife of President of the United States Joe Biden
- Joe Biden (b. 1942), President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, former U.S. Senator, former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee
- J. Caleb Boggs (1909–1993), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware
- John F. Brady (b. 1959), Delaware politician
- David P. Buckson (1920–2017), veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party, who served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, for nineteen days the 63rd Governor of Delaware and the 37th Attorney General of Delaware
- Eric Buckson, Commissioner, Kent County Levy Court
- Daniel E. Button (1917–2009), U.S. Congressman
- Theophilus C. Callicot (1826–1920), politician
- John Carney (b. 1956), U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware
- Thomas R. Carper (b. 1947), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Delaware
- Christopher Christie (b. 1962), Governor of New Jersey
- Thomas Clayton (1777–1854), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman
- Carl Danberg (b. 1964), Delaware Attorney General and Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction
- Reha Denemeç (b. 1961), co-founder and deputy chairman (research and development) of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) in Turkey
- Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich (b. 1961), First Lady of Maryland
- Lütfi Elvan (b. 1962), Minister of Finance and Treasury, Turkey
- J. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903–1993), U.S. Senator
- Don B. Hughes (b. 1940), Maryland State Delegate
- Horace G. Knowles (1863–1937), diplomat
- John G. McCullough (1835–1915), Attorney General of California and Governor of Vermont
- Thomas McKean (1734–1817), Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Louis McLane (1786–1857), veteran of the War of 1812, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Louise Mushikiwabo (b. 1961), Rwandan Foreign Minister
- David Plouffe (b. 1967), campaign manager of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008, political consultant, senior advisor to the president
- Mike Purzycki (b. 1945), 56th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware[1]
- George Read (1733–1798), Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- George R. Riddle (1817–1867), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman
- Janet Rzewnicki (born 1953), Delaware State Treasurer
- Steve Schmidt (b. 1970), campaign manager of the John McCain presidential campaign, 2008, co-founder of The Lincoln Project, graduated in 2013[2]
- James Smith (1719–1806), Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Nick Smith (b. 1934), U.S. Republican Congressman from Michigan
Entertainment
- Susan Barnett (b. 1972), KYW-TV news anchor
- Colleen Broomall (b. 1983), actress
- Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (b. 1984), Miss Delaware USA 2008, Miss Delaware United States 2014
- Neil Casey (b. 1981), actor, comedian, writer
- Tommy Conwell (b. 1962), rock musician
- Antje Duvekot (b. 1976), singer/songwriter
- John Faye (b. 1966), rock musician
- Bryan Gordon, television and film director
- Suzanne Graff, actress
- Steve Harris (b. 1965), actor
- Vicki Hirsch, theater instructor and actress
- Page Kennedy, actor
- Amanda Longacre (b. 1989), Miss Delaware 2014
- Mark McClafferty, film and television producer, writer
- Matt O'Donnell (b. 1972), WPVI morning anchorman
- Marvell Scott (b. 1973), sports reporter for WABC-TV
- Susan Stroman (b. 1954), Broadway director, choreographer, performer
- Scott Swift, father of singer/songwriter Taylor Swift
- Caroline Murphy (b.1998), performer, legendary host of Kilimanjaro Safari
Education
- John L. Anderson (b. 1945), President of Illinois Institute of Technology
- David L. Chicoine, President of South Dakota State University
- Lawrence A. Cunningham (b. 1962), scholar, author, and the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at George Washington University
- Charles F. Hummel (b. 1932), curator and deputy director at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
- Rakesh Jain (b. 1950), professor of tumor biology at Harvard Medical School
- Dwight Lanmon (b. 1938), director of Corning Museum of Glass and Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
- Steven Leath (b. 1957), President of Iowa State University
- Brian Lukacher, professor of art history at Vassar College
- Mary Patterson McPherson (c. 1935), former President of Bryn Mawr College
- Milo Naeve (1931–2009), art historian and curator at the Art Institute of Chicago
- John A. H. Sweeney (1930–2007), curator and administrator at the Winterthur Museum
- James W. Wagner (b. 1953), President of Emory University
Judicial
- William B. Chandler, III, Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
- Hugh M. Morris (1878–1966), Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Leonard Stark (b. 1969), Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Leo E. Strine, Jr. (b. 1964), Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
- John E. Wallace, Jr. (b. 1942), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
Journalism
- Peter Bailey (b. 1980), journalist
- Rod Beaton (1951–2011), sports journalist for USA Today[3]
- Katherine Boehret (b. 1980), journalist
- Colleen Broomall (b. 1983), journalist
- David E. Hoffman, writer. journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-winner
- Jeff Pearlman (b. 1972), journalist
Military
- Charles Craig Cannon (1914–1992), United States Army officer who served as Aide-de-camp to Dwight D. Eisenhower after World War II
- John M. Custer III, United States Army officer
- Joseph H. Harper (1901–1990), World War II airborne officer, who later commanded the United States Army Infantry School
- Robert W. Kirkwood (1756–1791), American Revolutionary War officer; died in 1791 during the battle of St. Clair's Defeat
- Julian Smith (1885–1975), World War II United States Marine Corps General
Science
- Rakesh Agrawal, National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureate and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
- Brian Atwater (b. 1951), geologist
- Terrell Ward Bynum (b. 1941), Director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University, Professor of Philosophy
- Carole Chaski (b. 1955), forensic linguist
- Roger Craig (c. 1977), computer scientist and Jeopardy! champion
- Robert W. Gore (1937–2020), inventor of Gore-Tex fabrics
- Walter Lafferty (1875–1964), optical physicist
- Holly Michael, hydrogeologist
- David L. Mills (b. 1938), Internet pioneer
- Daniel Nathans (1928–1999), biologist and Nobel Prize winner
- G. Raymond Rettew (1903–1973), chemist and pioneer of mass production of penicillin
- Siddhartha Roy (b. 1954), structural biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Mohsen Shahinpoor (b. 1943), engineer
- Peter Thejll (b. 1956), astrophysicist, climate expert
- Lodewijk van den Berg (b. 1932), astronaut
- Lynn M. Walker, fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Sports
- Mike Adams (b. 1981), professional football player
- Nasir Adderley (b. 1997), professional football player
- Robbie Agnone (b. 1985), football player
- Matt Alrich (b. 1981), lacrosse player
- Dawn Aponte (c. 1971), football executive[4]
- Petar Arsić (b. 1973), basketball player
- Josh Baker (b. 1986), football player
- Bryan Barrett (b. 1977), Lacrosse player
- Nate Beasley (1953–2010), football player
- Urban Bowman (1937–2018), American football and Canadian football coach
- Cliff Brumbaugh (b. 1974), MLB player
- Scott Brunner (b. 1957), football player
- Nick Bucci (1932–2019), football player
- Michael Byrne (b. 1986), football player
- Bob Carpenter, Jr. (1915–1990), former owner of the Philadelphia Phillies
- Brennan Carroll (b. 1979), football coach
- Larry Catuzzi (c. 1935), football coach
- Chris Collins (b. 1982), lacrosse player
- Bill Cubit (b. 1953), football coach
- Mondoe Davis (b. 1982), football and Canadian football player
- Richard Dean (1956–2006), fashion and advertising photographer, former player for Canadian Football League
- Elena Delle Donne (b. 1989), WNBA player with the Washington Mystics; played basketball and volleyball at Delaware
- Pat Devlin (b. 1988), quarterback for the NFL Miami Dolphins
- Anthony DiMarzo, lacrosse player
- Leon Dombrowski (1938–1998), football player
- Marc Egerson (b. 1986), basketball player
- Jamin Elliott (b. 1979), football player
- Joe Flacco (b. 1985), football player
- Eric Fromm (b. 1958), tennis player
- Keevin Galbraith (b. 1979), lacrosse player
- Rich Gannon (b. 1965), football player / NFL analyst CBS Sports
- Brian Gorman (b. 1959), MLB umpire
- Gino Gradkowski (b. 1988), football player
- John Grant, Jr. (b. 1974), lacrosse player
- Dallas Green (1934–2017), MLB player and manager
- Scott Green (b. 1951), NFL referee
- Bob Greene (b. 1958), fitness guru
- Andy Hall (b. 1980), football player
- Jordan Hall (b. 1984), lacrosse player
- Conway Hayman (1949–2020), football player
- Mickey Heinecken (b. 1939), football coach
- Tim Jacobs (b. 1970), football player
- Cindy A. Johnson, basketball player
- Dennis Johnson (b. 1951), football player
- Greg Justice (b. 1972), football player
- Gardy Kahoe (1950–2010), football player
- K. C. Keeler (b. 1959), football coach
- Jeff Komlo (1956–2009), football player
- Mike Koplove (b. 1976), MLB player
- Chad Kuhl (b. 1992), MLB player
- Peter Maestrales (b. 1979), baseball player and Olympian (2004)
- Kęstutis Marčiulionis (b. 1977), basketball player
- Joe McGrail (b. 1964), football player
- Joe McHale (b. 1963), football player
- Tom Mees (1949–1996), ESPN anchor
- Kevin Mench (b. 1978), baseball player
- Joe Minucci (b. 1981), football player
- Jeff Modesitt (1964–1990), football player
- Matt Nagy (b. 1978), football player and coach
- Harding Nana (b. 1981), basketball player
- Al Neiger (b. 1939), baseball player
- Mohamed Niang (b. 1976), basketball player
- Ben Patrick (b. 1984), football player
- Bob Patton (b. 1954), football player
- Mike Pegues (b. 1978), basketball player and coach
- Jim Quirk (b. 1940), football official
- Raven (b. 1964), a.k.a. Scott Levy, professional wrestler
- Dan Reeder (b. 1961), football player
- Steve Schlachter (b. 1954), American-Israeli basketball player
- George Schmitt (b. 1961), football player
- Tyresa Smith (b. 1985), basketball player
- Tony Storti (1922–2009), football coach and college athletics administrator
- Jon Striefsky (b. 1986), football player
- Ivory Sully (b. 1957), football player
- Joe Susan (b. 1955), football coach
- Ronald Talley (b. 1986), football player
- Hal Thompson (1922–2006), football player
- Anthony Walters (b. 1988), football player
- Richard Washington (b. 1985), football player
- Vic Willis (1876–1947), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Paul Worrilow (b. 1990), football player
Honorary degree recipients
- Byong Man Ahn (born 1941), 2004 – academic[5]
- Robert Ballard (b. 1942), 2001 – oceanographer, discoverer of the RMS Titanic[5]
- Joe Biden (b. 1942), 2004 – President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, former United States Senator (D-Delaware)[6]
- John C. Bogle (1929–2019), 1999 – founder and CEO of The Vanguard Group[5]
- Ben Carson (b. 1951), M.D., 1997 – neurosurgeon[5]
- Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), 2002 – business historian[5]
- Rita R. Colwell (b. 1934), 2003 – former Director of the National Science Foundation[5]
- Louis Freeh (b. 1950), 1999 – former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)[5]
- Adrian Hall (b. 1959), 2007 – British actor, thespian[7]
- Daisaku Ikeda (b. 1928), 2000 – Buddhist religious leader, President of Soka Gakkai International[5]
- Paul R. Jones (1928–2010), 2004 – art collector, Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art[8]
- Audrey F. Manley (b. 1934), 2002 – former United States Surgeon General; President of Spelman College[5]
- Geoffrey Marcy (b. 1954), 2004 – astronomer, discoverer of the first extrasolar planet, 51 Pegasi b[9]
- J. W. Marriott, Jr. (b. 1932), 2005 – Marriott International[10]
- Mary McAleese (b. 1951), 2002 – President of Ireland[11]
- George J. Mitchell (b. 1933), 2003 – Former United States Senator (D-Maine)[5]
- Joseph Neubauer (b. 1941), 2006 – CEO of ARAMARK[12]
- Russell W. Peterson (1916–2011), 2006 – former Governor of Delaware, scientist[13]
- Martin A. Pomerantz (1916–2008), 2001 – physicist and astronomer[5]
- Cal Ripken Jr. (b. 1960), 2008 – baseball player[14]
- William V. Roth (1921–2003), 2003 – former United States Senator (R-Delaware)[5]
- W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009), 2005 – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet[15]
- Walter K. Stapleton (b. 1934), 1998 – Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit[5]
- Susan Stroman (b. 1954), 2005 – Tony Award-winning Broadway director, choreographer, film director, and performer.[16]
- E. Norman Veasey (b. 1933), 2003 – Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court[5]
- Craig Venter (b. 1946), 2004 – biologist, founder of The Institute for Genomic Research[17]
- Paul A. Volcker (1927–2019), 2001 – former Chairman of the Federal Reserve[5]
- John J. Williams (1904–1988), 1975 – former United States Senator (R-Delaware)[5]
- Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946), 2002 – realist painter[5]
Faculty
- Gene Ball, Computer Science
- Allen Barnett (b. 1940), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Ralph Begleiter (b. 1949), Communications & Political Science, Distinguished Journalist in Residence
- Mark Bowden (b. 1951), Distinguished Writer in Residence
- E. Wayne Craven (1930–2020), Art History
- Bill Fleischman (1939–2019), sports journalist and adjunct professor in journalism (1981–2009)[18][19]
- Xiang Gao, world-class violinist
- Linda Gottfredson (b. 1947), Educational Psychology
- Richard Hanley, Philosophy
- Donald West Harward, Philosophy, former president of Bates College
- Richard F. Heck (1931–2015), Chemistry, discoverer of Heck reaction, 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureate
- Christine Leigh Heyrman, History
- William Innes Homer (1929–2012), Art History
- Muqtedar Khan (b. 1966), Political Science
- Peter Kolchin (b. 1943), History
- Mark Samuels Lasner (b. 1952), Senior Research Fellow
- David Legates, Climatology
- Leo Lemay (1935–2008), English
- David L. Mills (b. 1938), Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Frederick Nelson (1932–2009), Professor of Geography and Director of University of Delaware's Permafrost Group
- David L. Norton (1930–1995), Philosophy
- R. Byron Pipes (b. 1941), Mechanical Engineering
- William Poole (b. 1937), Economics; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; scholar in residence; former professor at Brown University and Johns Hopkins University
- Martin Postle, Art History
- Ramnarayan Rawat, History
- Arnold L. Rheingold (b. 1940), Chemistry
- W. David Sincoskie (1954–2010), Computer Engineering
- David Smith (b. 1948), Biology
- Elaine Salo (1962–2016), Anthropology and gender studies
- Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1884–1937), Plant Pathology (1909 to 1916)
- Charles Tilly (1929–2008), social scientist
- Don A. J. Upham (1809–1877), Mathematics; owner and editor of The Delaware Gazette for three years[20]
- Barbara A. Williams, Astrophysics
- Shien Biau Woo (b. 1937), Physics and Astronomy, former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Ben Yagoda (b. 1954), English
References
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- ^ Volin, Ben (April 14, 2013). "Club's secret weapon is tough 'capologist'". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Honorary Degrees / UD Alumni Relations". UDConnection.com. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Biden urges grads to be informed participants in the world". Udel.edu. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Thespian Adrian Hall receives honorary degree". Udel.edu. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "UD welcomes Class of 2008". Udel.edu. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "UD trustees select nine individuals for special honors". Udel.edu. 2004-05-25. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ Johnson, Richard L. "The University of Delaware Conferrs [sic] Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree on J. Willard Marriott Jr. / February 2005". Hotel-online.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "President of Ireland receives honorary doctor of laws degree". Udel.edu. 2002-10-11. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "ARAMARK CEO awarded honorary degree". Udel.edu. 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Environmentalist Russell W. Peterson receives honorary degree". Udel.edu. 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Seven leaders, scholars receive honorary degrees". Udel.edu. 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "W.D. Snodgrass receives doctor of humane letters". Udel.edu. 2005-05-28. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Susan Stroman receives honorary doctorate". Udel.edu. 2005-10-31. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Human genome icon speaks at UD April 16". Udel.edu. 2004-04-08. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ Nails, Katie (2019). "In memoriam: William R. "Bill" Fleischman. Jr". The Review. University of Delaware. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Bies, Jessica; Tresolini, Kevin (May 2, 2019). "Bill Fleischman, former reporter for The News Journal and Philadelphia Daily News, dies". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Gilman, Marcus Davis (1897). The Bibliography of Vermont: Or, A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating in Any Way to the State. With Biographical and Other Notes. Free Press association. p. 290.
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