List of University at Buffalo people
This is a list of people connected to University at Buffalo.
Notable faculty
This list includes both present and former faculty members.
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald H. Coase | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1991) | Former Professor (1951-1958) |
| Michel Foucault | Historian and philosopher | Visiting Professor (early 1970s) |
| David Riesman | Law scholar and sociologist | Visiting Professor (1937-1941) |
| René Girard | historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science | Distinguished Professor (1971-1976) |
| J.M. Coetzee | South African author and Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2003) | Former Professor (1968-1971) |
| Craig Venter | American geneticist, founder Celera Genomics | Former Professor |
| Robert Creeley | poet | |
| Sir John Carew Eccles | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1963) for discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane. | Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Biophysics (1968-1975) |
| Herbert A. Hauptman | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985) | Research Professor of Biophysical Sciences, Director of the Medical Foundation of Buffalo |
| Charles Haynie | long-time faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Degree Programs. | An award is granted in his name after his death at age 65 in 2001. |
| Robert L. Ketter | Professor | first chairman of the Civil Engineering Department, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and President of the University from 1970 through 1981. |
| Paul Kurtz | Founder and chairman of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, formerly the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), the Council for Secular Humanism, the Center for Inquiry and Prometheus Books. | Professor Emeritus of Philosophy |
| Charles Mingus | American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader and pianist. | Slee Professor of Music (1971) |
| Jayant Patel | Nicknamed "Dr. Death" by the Australian media | Former Assistant Professor of Surgery in the 1980s |
| Albert R. Shadle | Professor | Chairman of Biology Department (1919–1953) and Professor of Biology |
| Bill Siemering | Manager, University-sponsored radio station WBFO | Founding Program Director, National Public Radio and recipient, MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 1993. |
| Leo Smit | Composer of contemporary classical music | Former professor |
| Esther S. Takeuchi | Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2009, holds more than 140 patents[1] | Professor of chemical and biological engineering |
| Ernst Witebsky | Former Professor and Department Chair of Bacteriology and Immunology (1941-1967), and Director of the Center for Immunology (1967 until his death in 1969). | |
| Ta-You Wu | Chinese physicist known as "Father of Chinese Physics" and President of Academia Sinica (1983-1994) | Former Professor and Department Chair of Physics (1968-1983) |
Notable alumni
This list is in alphabetic order.
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Alm | Former CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises | ||
| Ellen Shulman Baker | Astronaut on the Space Shuttle Atlantis and NASA medical officer | BA in Geology, 1974[1] | |
| Michael A. Battle | Former U.S. District Attorney | Buffalo Law, 1981[2] | |
| Jay Beckenstein | Saxophone player and founder of Spyro Gyra | ||
| Wolf Blitzer | Award-winning journalist for CNN | BA in history, 1970[3] | |
| Alan Brownstein | Former CEO of the American Cancer Society | ||
| Wade Carr | Professional Taskmaster and Financial Maven | co-founded the Eric Bradshaw Institute | |
| Chaisang Chaturon | Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | ||
| Maury Chaykin | Actor | BFA in theatre, 1972[4] | |
| Bram Cohen | Creator of the widely popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer client | ||
| Angelo F. Coniglio | Former Chief of Buffalo District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Planning Division; former long-time Adjunct Professor in Civil Engineering at UB | First graduate of the UB School of Civil Engineering, BSCE 1961. MSCE 1971. | |
| Millard S. Drexler | CEO of J. Crew | ||
| Jairo Estrada | CEO of Garden Way, Inc., a Troy-Bilt affiliate company | ||
| Ira Flatow | Science journalist, original host of the Emmy-winning Newton's Apple and current host of NPR's Science Friday | ||
| Charles M. Fried | President and CEO, TxMQ inc. | ||
| Shep Gordon | Producer of Oscar winning and nominated films | ||
| Wilson Greatbatch | Developer of improved versions of the cardiac pacemaker | ||
| Brad Grey | CEO of Paramount | ||
| Terry Gross | Peabody Award-winning host of the radio interview program Fresh Air | ||
| Orvan Hess | Medical Doctor noted for early use of Penicillin and developing the Cardiotocograph | ||
| John Hewitt | Co-founder of Jackson Hewitt and founder of Liberty Tax Service | ||
| Richard Hofstadter | Pulitzer Prize-winning historian; author of such landmark works as "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" and "The Age of Reform." | ||
| Mark Huddleston | President of the University of New Hampshire | ||
| Jeremy Jacobs | CEO of Delaware North Companies and owner of the Boston Bruins | ||
| Gregory Jarvis | Astronaut on the Space Shuttle Challenger | Namesake of Jarvis Hall | |
| Chris Kanyon [2] | American professional wrestler In World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Entertainment | bachelor's degree in physical therapy | |
| Howard Kurtz | Media reporter and columnist at the Washington Post | ||
| Robin Yanhong Li | Founder and CEO of Baidu.com, and he is ranked No.1 in 2008 Forbes in the area of IT with about RMB 14 billion[3] | ||
| Robert Lieberman | Director of Fire in the Sky and Table for Five | ||
| Ihechukwu Madubuike | Author of the Constitution for Nigeria | ||
| Robert G. Morris | Lord Abbett & Co. Partner and Chief Investment Officer | ||
| James Miesner | Professional Deathracer | ||
| Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett | Director National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) | ||
| Willie Nile | Singer/Songwriter - aka: Robert Noonan | BA in philosophy, 1971 | |
| Henry Panasci | Co-founder of Fay’s Drug Stores | ||
| Gerry Philbin | Member of the 1968 World Champion New York Jets | ||
| Jeanine Pirro | Westchester County, New York District Attorney | ||
| Mysore N. Prakash | Author, The Courtesan and the Sadhu | Ph.D in EE, 1982 | |
| Maynard Jack Ramsay | entomologist | ||
| Abbe Raven | CEO and President of A&E Television Networks, founder of The History Channel | BA in history, 1974[5] | |
| Robert Rich | Founder of Rich Products Corporation | ||
| Jamey Richard | Center for the Indianapolis Colts | Football team, 2004-2007. | |
| Richard M. Saullo | |||
| John Schiumo | Emmy-Winning Anchor on NY1 | ||
| Christopher Scolese | Chief Engineer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | BS 1974[6] | |
| Trevor Scott | Defensive end for the Oakland Raiders | Football team, 2004-2007. | |
| Parry Shen | A Chinese American actor | ||
| Ron Silver | Actor | ||
| Ellen Spiro | documentary filmmaker | ||
| John Stofa | Miami Dolphins (AFL, NFL) quarterback, first expansion draft selection of the Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) | ||
| Tom Toles | Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post | ||
| John Walsh | Host of America's Most Wanted | 1965[7] | |
| Farand C. Wasiak | Seen in Hitachi Commercials and the NBC Nightly News | Academic Maven and Professional Marvel | |
| Harvey Weinstein | Miramax Films founder and executive | Honorary PhD[8] | |
| Dave Weldon | Republican member of the United States House of Representatives | MD | |
| Jeffrey Wigand | tobacco industry executive to become a whistle-blower against the industry, subject of the feature film The Insider (1999), starring Russell Crowe | ||
| Zhou Ji | Minister of Education for the People's Republic of China | ||
| Alan Zweibel | Comedy writer and one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live | ||
| Jonathan Akpoborie | Nigerian Soccer Player | ||
| Keith Buckley | Vocalist and lyricist of Ferret Records recording artist Every Time I Die. | BA in English | |
| Dominic Oppong | Canadian Soccer Player | ||
| Mark Zmijewski | Leon Carroll Marshall Professor of Accounting; Deputy Dean of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business | BS '76, MBA '81, PhD '83 | |
| Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang | Chancellor of the University of California at Merced | MS '72 |
Chancellors and Presidents
From its inception until 1962, the private school was known as the University of Buffalo, and it was headed by a chancellor. Since it became the public State University of New York at Buffalo, it has been called the University at Buffalo, and the CEO is its president. [4]
- Millard Fillmore, 1846-1874, who was also the 13th President of the United States.
- Orsamus H. Marshall, 1882-1884
- E. Carleton Sprague, 1885-1895
- James O. Putnam, 1895-1902
- Wilson S. Bissell, 1902-1903
- Charles P. Norton, 1905-1920
- Samuel P. Capen, 1922-1950
- T. R. McConnell, 1950-1954
- Clifford C. Furnas, 1954-1966
- Claude E. Puffer (acting), 1955-1957
- Martin Meyerson, 1966-1970
- Robert L. Ketter, 1970-1982
- Steven Sample, 1982-1991
- William R. Greiner, 1991-2003
- John B. Simpson, 2004-Present
See also
References
- ^ Nelson, Libby (October 23, 2009). "U. at Buffalo Professor, a Prolific Inventor, Is Honored by White House". The Chronicle of Higher Education. LVI (9): A36.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kanyon
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/technology/companies/14baidu.html?hpw=&pagewanted=print
- ^ Office of the President
External links
- University at Buffalo – Official website