List of University of Chicago alumni

Nobel laureates

Luis Alvarez (S.B.’32, S.M.’34, Ph.D.’36) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1968)

Gary Becker (A.M.’53, Ph.D.’55) University Professor in Economics and Sociology; Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1992); John Bates Clark Medalist (1967), National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science (2002)

Saul Bellow (X.’39) Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and in English (1962-93); Nobel Laureate in Literature (1976); winner of the Pulitzer Prize for the novel Humboldt's Gift (1976); National Medal of Arts (1988)

Herbert Brown (S.B.’36, Ph.D.’38) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1979)

James Buchanan (Ph.D.’48) Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1986)

Owen Chamberlain (Ph.D.’49) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1959)

James Cronin (S.M.’53, Ph.D.’55) University Professor Emeritus in Physics; Nobel Laureate in Physics (1980); National Medal of Science for Physical Sciences (1999)

Clinton Davisson (S.B.’09) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1937)

Jerome Friedman (A.B.’50, S.M.’53, Ph.D.’56) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1990)

Milton Friedman (A.M.’33) Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics; Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1976); John Bates Clark Medalist (1951)

Ernest Lawrence (X.’23) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1939)

Tsung-Dao Lee (Ph.D.’50) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1957)

Robert Lucas Jr (A.B.’59, Ph.D.’64) John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College; Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1995)

Harry Markowitz (Ph.B.’47, A.M.’50, Ph.D.’55) Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1990)

Robert Millikan (X'1894) Nobel Laureate in Physics, (1923)

Robert Mulliken (Ph.D.’21) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1966)

Irwin Rose (S.B.'48, Ph.D.'52) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)

F. Sherwood Rowland (S.M.’51, Ph.D.’52) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1995)

Paul Samuelson (A.B.’35) Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1970); John Bates Clark Medalist (1947)

Myron Scholes (M.B.A.’64, Ph.D.’70) Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1997)

Herbert Simon (A.B.’36, Ph.D.’43) Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1978)

Roger Sperry (Ph.D.’41) Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1981)

Jack Steinberger (S.B.’42; Ph.D.’49) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1988

George Stigler (S.B.’42, Ph.D.’49) Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1982); National Medal of Science for Behavioral & Social Science (1987)

Edward Lawrie Tatum (X.’31) Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1958)

Daniel Tsui (S.M.’63; Ph.D.’67) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1998)

James Dewey Watson (Ph.B.’46, S.B.’47) Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1962)

Frank Wilczek (A.B. '70) Nobel Laureate in Physics (2004)

Chen Ning Yang (Ph.D.’48) Nobel Laureate in Physics (1957)

Pulitzer Prize winners

David Auburn (A.B.’91) Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award winner for the play Proof (2001)

David Broder (A.B.’47, A.M.’51) Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary (1973); political correspondent and columnist for the Washington Post

Roger Ebert (X’70) Pulitzer Prize winner for film criticism (1975); columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times

Katharine Graham (A.B.’38) Chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize winner for her memoir Personal History (1998)

Seymour Hersh (A.B.’58) Pulitzer Prize winner for international reporting (1970)

Dan Hertzberg (A.B.’68) Pulitzer Prize winner (1988) for reporting on the 1987 stock market crash; Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal

Philip Roth (A.M.’55) Author; Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel American Pastoral (1998); National Medal of Arts (1998)

Studs Terkel (Ph.B.’32, J.D.’34) Oral historian and radio host; Pulitzer Prize winner for The Good War: An Oral History of World War II (1985); National Humanities Medal (1997)

MacArthur Fellows

Robert Axelrod (A.B.'64) MacArthur Fellow and “genius grant” winner (1990). Professor of Public Policy (Michigan).

Bette Howland (A.B.'55) MacArthur Fellow and “genius grant” winner (1984), Writer

Robert W. Kates (A.M.'60, Ph.D. '62) MacArthur Fellow and “genius grant” winner (1981). Professor Emeritus of Geography and Director Emeritus, World Hunger Program (Brown)

Stephen Lee (Ph.D. '86) MacArthur Fellow and “genius grant” winner (1983). Professor of Chemistry (Michigan)

Richard Rorty (A.B.'49, A.M.'52) MacArthur Fellow and “genius grant” winner (1981). Professor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature (Stanford)

Michael Woodford (A.B.'77) MacArthur Fellow and “genius grant” winner (1981). Professor of Economics (Princeton)

Henry Tutwiler Wright (A.M.'65, Ph.D. '67) MacArthur Fellow and "genius grant" winner (1983). Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology (Michigan)

Government, Social Service, Politics

John Ashcroft (J.D.’67) Attorney General of the United States (2000 - 2004)

Hastings Kamuzu Banda (Ph.B. '31) Primer Minister of Malawi (1963-1966). President of Malawi(1966-1971). Life President of Malawi (1971-1997).

Marek Belka (Studied on scholarship), Prime Minister of Poland since March 2004

Robert H. Bork (A.B.’48, J.D.’53) Attorney General of the United States (1973-1974); U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (1982-88); nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan (1987)

Barbara Bowman (A.M. ’52) President and founder of Chicago’s Erickson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development (1966); President of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (1980-82)

William Holmes Brown (J.D. ’54) House Parliamentarian, House of Representatives (1974-94)

Ramsey Clark (A.M.’50, J.D.’51) Human rights activist; former U.S. Attorney General (1967-69)

Jon S. Corzine (M.B.A.’73) U.S. Senator (D, NJ); former CEO of Goldman Sachs; University trustee

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr (X.’33) First African American General of the Air Force (1954); Commander of the Tuskegee Airmen; Assistant Secretary of Transportation under Richard Nixon

Gonzalo S�nchez de Lozada (A.B.’52) Former President of the Republic of Bolivia

Andrew M. Greeley (A.M.’61, Ph.D.’62) Senior Study Director at the National Opinion Research Center; Priest

Charles V. Hamilton (A.M. ’57, Ph.D. ’64) Civil rights leader; Author, with Stokley Carmichael, of Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America (1967); Professor of Political Science (Columbia)

Donald Hopkins (M.D. ’66) Deputy Director of International Health, Centers for Disease Control; recipient of the MacArthur fellowship award

James Hormel (J.D.’58) First openly gay U.S. ambassador

Patricia Kabbah (A.M’63) Former first lady of Sierra Leone

Jewel Lafontant (J.D. ’46) First African-American woman to receive a degree from the University of Chicago Law School; United Nations delegate

Edward Levi (A.B.’32, J.D.’35) President of the University of Chicago (1968-75); U.S. Attorney General (1975-77)

Omar Ramadhan Mapuri (A.M.’85) Minister of Education and Minister for Home Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania

Ulysses G. Mason (M.D. ’36) Founder of first integrated hospital in Cleveland during the 1950's

Abner J. Mikva (J.D.’51) Visiting Professor in Law; Illinois Congressman (1956-66); U.S. Congressman (1969-73, 1975-79); U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (1979-94)

Patsy Mink (J.D.’51) First Asian-American woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives (D, HI) (1965-77 and 1990-2002)

Carol Moseley-Braun(J.D.’72) First African-American woman elected to U.S. Senate (D, Il) (1992-1998); U.S. Ambassador (1999-2001); Democratic Presidential Primary Cantidate (2004)

John Paul Stevens (A.B.’41) U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Paul Wolfowitz (Ph.D.’72) Deputy Secretary of Defense

Journalism

David Brooks (A.B.’83) Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times

Ana Marie Cox (A.B.’94) Editor of Wonkette weblog

Thomas Frank (A.M.’89, Ph.D. ’94) Editor-in-chief of The Baffler

Nathan Hare (A.M. ’57, Ph.D. ’62) Author, activist, and sociologist; founding publisher of The Black Scholar, later cited as, "the most important journal devoted to black issues since the Crisis," by the New York Times

Joshua Cooper Ramo (A.B.’92) Senior Editor of Time magazine

Brent Staples (A.M.’76, Ph.D.’82) Editorial writer for the New York Times (1990-present); winner of the Anisfield Wolff Book Award for his memoir Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White (1994)

Ray Suarez (A.M.’93) Senior Correspondent on PBS news program The_NewsHour_with_Jim_Lehrer

Academia

Richard C. Atkinson (Ph.B.’48) Former President of the University of California

Marguerite Ross Barnett (A.M.’66, Ph.D.’72) First African-American, female President of the University of Houston (1990-92); first African-American Chancellor of the University of Missouri (1986-90)

Henry Bienen (A.M.’62, Ph.D.’66) President of Northwestern University

Leon Botstein (A.B.’67) President of Bard College; Principal Conductor of American Symphony Orchestra

Marvin L. Goldberger (Ph.D.’48) Former President of Caltech (1978-87); Physicist

Dennis Keller (M.B.A.’68) Chairman and CEO of DeVry Inc.; University trustee

Benjamin E. Mays (A.M ’25, Ph.D. ’35) President of Morehouse College (1940-1967); Recipient of the American Educator Award (1980); Civil Rights Activist

Chimere Ikoku (S.M.’52, Ph.D.’64) Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria

Science and Technology

Robert McCormick Adams (Ph.B.’47, A.M.’52, Ph.D.’56) Archeologist; Secretary Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution

Robert Bell (S.M. ’73) Research Scientist at AT&T Research Labs and AT&T Science and Technology Medalist (2003)

George Birkhoff (Ph.D.’07) Mathematician; winner of the first B�cher Memorial Prize for his memoir Dynamical Systems with Two Degrees of Freedom (1917)

Martin Gardner(A.B.’36) Author and columnist of “Mathematical ” in the magazine Scientific American

Mack Gipson, Jr (S.M. ’61, Ph.D. ’63) First African American to obtain a Ph.D. in Geology; Founding advisor of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (1981)

Warren E. Henry (Ph.D. ’41) Physicist and Professor in magnetism and superconductivity; developed video amplifiers used in portable radar systems on warships in World War II for the Allies; his demonstration of the proof of non-interacting paramagnetic ions is used in a number of physics texts

Edwin Hubble (S.B.’10, Ph.D.’17) Astronomer who found first evidence for the big bang theory

Donald Johanson (A.M.’70, Ph.D.’74) Paleoanthropologist who discovered “Lucy,” a link between primates and humans

Jason Jones, (X 1997) Co-founder of Bungie Studios, the company behind .

Ernest Everett Just (Ph.D. ’16) Zoologist, Biologist, Physiologist, Research Scientist

Carl Sagan (A.B.’54, S.B.’55, S.M.’56, Ph.D.’60) Astronomer; author of Contact; famous public television educator and personality

Alex Seropian, (S.B. 1991) Co-founder of Bungie Studios, the company behind Halo.

Isadore Singer (Ph.D' 1955 ) Winner of the 2004 Abel Prize in Mathematics.

Business

Casey Cowell (A.B.’75) Co-founder of U.S. Robotics Corporation; Chairman and President of Durandal Inc.; University trustee

Larry Ellison (X.’66) Founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation.

John H. Johnson (X.’42) Founder of Johnson Publishing Company; publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines

Karen Katen (A.B.’70, M.B.A.’74) President of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group; University trustee

Michael Klingensmith (A.B.’75, M.B.A.’76) Executive Vice President of Time Inc.; University trustee

Sherry Lansing (LAB’62) Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures

John Meriwether (M.B.A.’73) CEO and Principal of JWM Partners, Former CEO of Long Term Capital Management

James B. Parsons (A.M.’46, J.D.’49) First African-American Federal District Court Judge (1991-92)

Peter G. Peterson (M.B.A.’51) Chairman of merchant banking firm The Blackstone Group; U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1972-73)

David Rockefeller (Ph.D.’40) Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank (1969-81); University trustee

John Rogers (LAB’76) Chairman and CEO of Ariel Capital Management; University trustee

Dean Valentine (A.B.’76) Former President of Walt Disney Television and UPN

B. Kenneth West (M.B.A.’60) Former Chairman and CEO of Harris Bankcorp

Clifford R. Wharton, Jr (Ph.D. ’58) Chairman and chief executive officer of TIAA CREF (1987-93); President of Michigan State University (1970-78); Chancellor of the State University of New York System (1978-87); Deputy Secretary of State under President Clinton (1993)

Historians

Henry Steele Commager (Ph.B.’23, A.M.’24, Ph.D.’28) U.S. historian

Luther H. Foster (A.M. ’41, Ph.D. ’51) Former President of the Tuskegee Institute (1953-1981)

Carter G. Woodson (A.B. ’08, A.M. ’08) Historian and founder of Negro History Week (1926), which evolved into Black History Month

Literature

Allan Bloom (Ph.B.’49, A.M.’53, Ph.D.’55) Charles Frankel Prize (1992); Professor in the Committee on Social Thought (1979-92); author of The Closing of the American Mind

Jackson Mac Low (A.A.’43) Wallace Stevens award 1999, Sound poet

Norman Maclean (Ph.D.'40), William Rainey Harper Professor of English, University of Chicago, author of A River Runs Through It and Young Men and Fire

Mu Dan (A.M.’51), Chinese poet and literary translator

Thomas Sterling North, Author of Rascal, The Wolfing, and So Dear to My Heart

Susan Sontag (A.B.’51) Social critic and author

George Steiner (A.B.’48) Literary critic

Kurt Vonnegut Jr (A.M.’71) Author of Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions

National Humanities Medallists

Luis Leal (A.M.’41; Ph.D.’50) National Humanities Medal (1997); Literary scholar

Martin Marty (Ph.D.’56) National Humanities Medal (1997); national figure in non-sectarian religous studies

Thomas Sowell (Ph.D. ’68) Economist; Winner of the National Humanities Medal (2003); Senior Fellow in the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (1980-present)

Eileen Southern (A.B. ’40, Ph.D. ’41) First African-American female professor at Harvard University; National Humanities Medal (2001)

Arts and entertainment

Ed Asner (X.’48) Actor and social activist

Katherine Dunham (Ph.B.’36) National Medal of Arts ((1989); Dancer and choreographer

Philip Glass (A.B.’56) Composer and musician

Mark Hollmann (A.B.’85) Composer of the score of Tony-award winning musical Urinetown

Philip Kaufman (A.B.’58) Director of films The Right Stuff, Quills and The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Greg Kotis (A.B.’88) Playwright of Tony-award winning musical Urinetown

Eliot Ness (X’25) Co-author and inspiration of The Untouchables

Mike Nichols (X.’53) Director of films Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate; co-founder of comedy troupe Second City

Sara Paretsky (A.M.’69, M.B.A.’77, Ph.D.’77) Author of V.I. Warshawski detective novels

Kimberly Peirce (A.B.’90) Director of Boys Don’t Cry (1999)

John Bates Clark Medallists

Zvi Griliches (A.M.'55; Ph.D.'57) John Bates Clark Medalist (1965)

Sanford J. Grossman (A.B.'73, M.A.'74, Ph.D.'75). John Bates Clark Medalist (1987).

Kevin M. Murphy (Ph.D.'86) John Bates Clark Medalist (1997). George J. Stigler Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Graduate School of Business

Marc Leon Nerlove (A.B.'52) John Bates Clark Medalist (1969)

Athletics

Jay Berwanger (A.B.’36) First Heisman Trophy winner (1935)

Willie D. Davis (M.B.A.’68) Pro Football Hall of Fame member (1981); President of All Pro Broadcasting; University trustee

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