List Of Rutgers University People - College Board Rutgers

This is an enumeration of notable people affiliated with Rutgers University, including graduates of the undergraduate and graduate and professional programs at all three campuses, former students who did not graduate or receive their degree, presidents of the university, current and former professors, as well as members of the board of trustees and board of governors, and coaches affiliated with the university's athletic program. Also included are characters in works of fiction (books, films, television shows, et cetera) who have been mentioned or were depicted as having an affiliation with Rutgers, either as a student, alumnus, or member of the faculty.

Some noted alumni and faculty may be also listed in the main Rutgers University article or in some of the affiliated articles. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. Default campus for listings is the Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the systems' largest campus, with Camden and Newark campus affiliates noted in parenthesis.

Presidents of Rutgers University

Since 1785, twenty men have served as the institution's president, beginning with the Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1735â€"1790), a Dutch Reformed clergyman who was responsible for establishing the college. Before 1930, most of the university's presidents (eight of the twelve) were clergymen affiliated with Christian denominations in the Reformed tradition (either Dutch Reformed, Presbyterian, or German Reformed). Presidents Hasbrouck (1840â€"1850), Frelinghuysen (1850â€"1862), Gates (1882â€"1890), and Scott (1891â€"1906) were all laymen. Two presidents were alumni of Rutgers Collegeâ€"the Rev. William H. S. Demarest (Class of 1883) and Philip Milledoler Brett (Class of 1892). The current president is Dr. Robert L. Barchi (b. 1946), a neuroscientist and board-certified physician who has served in this position since 2012.

The president serves in an ex officio capacity as a presiding officer within the University's 59-member Board of Trustees and its eleven-member Board of Governors, and is appointed by these boards to oversee day-to-day operations of the University across its three campuses. He is charged with implementing "board policies with the help and advice of senior administrators and other members of the university community." The president is responsible only to those two governing boardsâ€"there is no oversight by state officials. Frequently, the president also occupies a professorship in his academic discipline and engages in instructing students.

Nobel laureates

Milton Friedman, 1912â€"2006, A.B. 1932 â€" economist, public intellectual, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1976)
Toni Morrison (honorary doctorate) â€" novelist (Beloved, Song of Solomon), Nobel Prize in Literature (1993), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1988)
Heinrich Rohrer, 1961â€"1963 â€" physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1986)
Selman Waksman 1918â€"1958 â€" professor of microbiology; discovered 22 antibiotics (including Streptomycin); winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952)

Major benefactors

Notable trustees

Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756â€"1831), lawyer, Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court, trustee 1782â€"1809
Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797â€"1859), attorney and politician, trustee 1841â€"1859

Notable alumni

Architecture

Louis Ayres â€" Medievalist architect best known for designing the United States Memorial Chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial and the Herbert C. Hoover U.S. Department of Commerce Building
Frank Townsend Lent

Arts and entertainment

Art

Brad Ascalon, Class of 1999 â€" industrial designer
Alice Aycock, Class of 1968 â€" sculptor
Marc Ecko â€" fashion designer
George Segal, GSNB 1963 â€" sculptor

Entertainment

Joanna Angel, Class of 2002 â€" alt-porn star
Roger Bart â€" actor (Desperate Housewives, The Producers; Tony Award for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Mario Batali, Class of 1982 â€" chef, restaurateur, television host (Molto Mario, Iron Chef America)
Bill Bellamy, Class of 1989 â€" comedian, actor
Avery Brooks, Class of 1973 â€" actor, educator
John Carpenter, Class of 1990 â€" first-ever champion of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire television quiz show
Asia Carrera (born Jessica Steinhauser), Class of 1995 (did not graduate) â€" porn star; majored in Business and Japanese
Kevin Chamberlin â€" actor (Tony Award nominations for Dirty Blonde and Seussical)
Jim Coane, Class of 1970 â€" Emmy award-winning television executive producer, writer and director (Dragon Tales)
Kristin Davis, Class of 1987 â€" actress (Sex and the City)
Tim DeKay, Class of 1990 (Mason Gross School of the Arts) â€" actor (White Collar)
John DiMaggio â€" voice actor
Katie Dippold â€" television and film writer (Parks and Recreation, The Heat)
Wheeler Winston Dixon â€" filmmaker, critic, author
Simon Feil, Class of 2000 â€" actor (Julie & Julia, House of Cards)
Jon Finkel, Class of 2003 â€" professional Magic: The Gathering player; inducted into the MTG Hall of Fame
Calista Flockhart, Class of 1988 â€" actress (stage, television, and motion pictures) (The Birdcage, Ally McBeal), Emmy winner
James Gandolfini, Class of 1983 â€" actor (The Sopranos), Emmy winner, voice actor (Where the Wild Things Are)
Chris Gethard â€" comedian, actor
Judy Gold, B.A. 1984 â€" comedian, actress
Dan Green â€" voice actor (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Bakhtiyaar Irani, Class of 1999 â€" Indian television actor, participant in the Indian version of Big Brother, Bigg Boss
Bill Jemas, Class of 1980 â€" writer, creative director, publisher for Marvel Comics Group
Jason Kaplan â€" associate producer of The Howard Stern Show
Jane Krakowski, Class of 1988 â€" actress (Ally McBeal, 30 Rock)
William Mastrosimone, Class of 1980 â€" playwright, Golden Globe Award winner
Christopher McCulloch â€" creator of The Venture Bros.
Paolo Montalban â€" Broadway, television and film actor
Luis Moro, Class of 1987 â€" actor, comic, filmmaker, writer, Independent Spirit Award Nominee, Best Actor Nominee ABFF (Love and Suicide)
Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, Class of 1927 â€" musician and actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
Matt Pinfield â€" radio DJ, host of MTV's 120 Minutes
Randal Pinkett, Class of 1994 â€" winner of The Apprentice 4; President and CEO of BCT Partners
Molly Price â€" actress
Robert Pulcini, Class of 1989 (Camden) - Academy Award nominated documentary and feature filmmaker, co-director of American Splendor
Sheryl Lee Ralph, English Lit/Theatre degree, 1975 â€" original Deena Jones in the Broadway smash hit musical Dreamgirls, winner of six Tony Awards
Sebastian Stan, Class of 2005 â€" actor (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Covenant)
Aaron Stanford, Class of 2000, â€" actor (X2, Tadpole)
Kurt Sutter, Class of 1986 â€" writer (The Shield), creator of Sons of Anarchy
Cary Woodworth, Class of 1999 â€" actor (Mary and Rhoda),songwriter
Karen Young â€" actress (The Sopranos, Law & Order)

Journalism

Spencer Ackerman, Class of 2002 â€" journalist for the Washington Independent
Joan Acocella, Class of 1984 â€" journalist, author, dance critic for The New Yorker
Martin Agronsky, Class of 1936 â€" pioneering TV journalist
Amanda Alcantara, Class of 2012 â€" writer and activist
Rich Edson, Class of 2003 â€" Washington correspondent, Fox News Channel
Mike Emanuel â€" journalist, Chief Congressional Correspondent and former White House Correspondent for Fox News Channel
Nick Gillespie, Class of 1985 â€" journalist, editor
Bernard Goldberg, Class of 1967 â€" journalist
Steven Goldman, Class of 1994 â€" journalist for Baseball Prospectus and Major League Baseball Advanced Media
Jerry Izenberg, Class of 1952 â€" Emmy-winning sports journalist
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Class of 2014 â€" author and tech entrepreneur
Jeff Koyen, Class of 1991 â€" journalist and entrepreneur
Gene Lyons, Class of 1952 â€" political columnist
Natalie Morales, Class of 1994 â€" journalist and correspondent for The Today Show
David Morgan, Class of 1982 â€" journalist and producer for CBS Sunday Morning and author, Monty Python Speaks
Lisa Murphy â€" Bloomberg journalist
Richard Newcomb, Class of 1962 â€" journalist and author, best-selling author of Iwo Jima! and Abandon Ship!
James O'Keefe, Class of 2006 â€" journalist for Breitbart.com
Rebecca Quick, Class of 1993 â€" journalist and anchor (CNBC Squawk Box)
Larry Stark, Class of 1956 â€" Boston journalist and theater critic, Theater Mirror
Mike Taibbi, Class of 1971 â€" journalist and correspondent for NBC Nightly News
Milton Viorst, Class of 1951 â€" journalist, author, Middle East scholar
Cathy Young, Class of 1988 â€" journalist and non-fiction author

Music

Kenny Barron â€" jazz pianist in Dizzie Gillespie quartet
Laurie Berkner â€" children's musician; Jack's Big Music Show
Just Blaze â€" Grammy Award-nominated hip-hop producer
Jim Conti â€" tenor saxophonist for the third wave ska band Streetlight Manifesto
Mike Glita â€" musician, producer, songwriter, manager, and former bassist for New Jersey post-hardcore band Senses Fail
Roger Lee Hall â€" music preservationist, composer
Mark Helias â€" bassist, composer
Frank Iero â€" guitarist and backup vocals for the band My Chemical Romance; lead singer of post-hardcore/screamo band Leathermouth; co-founder of the Skeleton Crew company (dropped out, was on a scholarship)
Ben Jelen â€" musician
Brian Joo â€" Korean R&B singer; half of Fly to the Sky
Tomas Kalnoky â€" lead singer/songwriter and lead guitarist of third wave ska band Streetlight Manifesto; formed Catch 22 and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
Kenneth Lampl â€" Juilliard School faculty, film composer and professor
Dan Lavery â€" Grammy-nominated bass player for rock group Tonic and occasionally The Fray
Looking Glass â€" 1970s band, one-hit wonder with the song "Brandy"
Earl MacDonald, Class of 1995 (M. Mus.) â€" Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Connecticut; former musical director; pianist with Maynard Ferguson
Marissa Paternoster â€" artist; lead singer/songwriter and lead guitarist of independent rock band Screaming Females and solo project Noun
Cristina Pato â€" Galician bagpiper
Pras â€" Grammy-winning rapper from the Fugees
James Romig, Class of 2000 (Ph.D) â€" composer
Gabe Saporta â€" musician with Midtown, Cobra Starship, and Humble Beginnings
Sister Souljah, born Lisa Williamson, Class of 1986 â€" rapper
Daniel Smith â€" lead singer of Danielson Famile
Soraya â€" Colombian-American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer

Athletics

Baseball

Jason Bergmann â€" starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals
Joe Borowski â€" relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians; played for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
David DeJesus â€" center fielder for the Oakland Athletics
Tom Emanski â€" creator of Tom Emanski Instructional Videos
Jeff Frazier â€" plays for the Washington Nationals organization; brother of Todd Frazier
Todd Frazier â€" plays for the Cincinnati Reds; member of the 1998 LLWS champions, Toms River, New Jersey
Jeff Torborg, Class of 1963 â€" Major League Baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels); manager of several teams
Eric Young, Class of 1992 â€" former Major League Baseball player

Basketball

James Bailey, Class of 1978 â€" NBA: 1979â€"1987
John Battle â€" guard for the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers, 1985â€"1995
Hollis Copeland â€" NBA: 1979â€"1981
Waliyy Dixon â€" AND1 Mixtape Tour streetball legend
Quincy Douby â€" guard for the Toronto Raptors
Brian Ellerbe, Class of 1985 â€" head coach of the Michigan Wolverines
Bob Greacen â€" NBA: 1969â€"1971
Art Hillhouse â€" NBA: 1946â€"1947
Roy Hinson, Class of 1983 â€" NBA: 1983â€"1990
Charles Jones â€" NBA: 1999â€"1999
Dahntay Jones â€" NBA: 2003â€"2006
Eddie Jordan, Class of 1977 â€" head coach of the Rutgers Men's Basketball team; former head coach of the Washington Wizards
Herve Lamizana, Class of 2004 â€" power forward, Indios MayagÃ¼ez
Bob Lloyd â€" NBA: 1967â€"1968 professional player with the New York Nets; CEO of Mindscape; Chairman of the V Foundation for Cancer Research which honors the memory of his former Rutgers backcourt teammate, Jim "Jimmy V." Valvano
Hamady N'Diaye, Class of 2010 â€" 26th pick of the second round (56th selection overall) in the 2010 NBA Draft to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves; his draft rights have been traded to the Washington Wizards
Chelsea Newton, Class of 2004 â€" Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA
Cappie Pondexter, Class of 2006 â€" 2nd overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury; 2008 Summer Olympic gold medalist for United States Women's Basketball in Beijing
Phil Sellers â€" NBA: 1976â€"1976
David Stern, Class of 1963 â€" Commissioner of the National Basketball Association
Tammy Sutton-Brown, Class of 2001 â€" Charlotte Sting of the WNBA
Jim Valvano, Class of 1967 â€" won NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship at N.C. State
Sue Wicks, Class of 1988 â€" member of the 1988 Olympic team and New York Liberty (1997â€"2002) of the WNBA
Heather Zurich, Class of 2009 â€" player; assistant coach of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos team

Football

Mike Barr, Class of 2004 â€" NFL punter (Pittsburgh Steelers, Frankfurt Galaxy)
Marco Battaglia, Class of 1996 â€" NFL tight end (Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers)
Jay Bellamy, Class of 1994 â€" NFL safety (New Orleans Saints)
Brandon Bing, Class of 2011 â€" safety for the New York Giants
Gary Brackett, Class of 2003 â€" NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
Chris Brantley, Class of 1992 â€" NFL player (Rams, Bills)
Kenny Britt, Class of 2010 (did not graduate) â€" NFL player (Titans)
Frank Burns, Class of 1949 â€" NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles), Head Coach at Rutgers 1973â€"1983
Michael Burton, Class of 2010 â€" fullback for the Detroit Lions
Deron Cherry, Class of 1980 â€" safety with the Kansas City Chiefs; member of the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
Anthony Davis, Class of 2010 â€" NFL offensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
Jack Emmer, Class of 1967 - NFL wide receiver (New York Jets); Hall of Fame college lacrosse coach; head coach of 2002 U.S. Lacrosse World Champions
Eric Foster, Class of 2008 â€" NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
Gary Gibson, Class of 2005 â€" NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers)
Clark Harris, Class of 2007 â€" NFL tight end (Houston Texans)
Homer Hazel, "Pop Hazel" â€" All-American football star and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Carl Howard, Class of 1984 â€" NFL cornerback (New York Jets)
Jeremy Ito â€" Class of 2008
James Jenkins, Class of 1991 â€" NFL tight end (Washington Redskins)
Ed Jones, Class of 1974 â€" CFL All-Star
Nate Jones, Class of 2004 â€" NFL cornerback Miami Dolphins)
Rashod Kent, Class of 2003 â€" NFL tight end (Houston Texans)
Alex Kroll, Class of 1962 â€" AFL center (New York Titans), CEO of Young & Rubicam
Brian Leonard, Class of 2007 â€" NFL running back (Cincinnati Bengals)
Steve Longa â€" linebacker (Detroit Lions)
Ray Lucas, Class of 1996 â€" NFL quarterback 1996â€"2002 (New York Jets, Miami Dolphins), TV Football commentator
Dino Mangiero, Class of 1980 â€" NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
Devin McCourty, Class of 2010 â€" Pro Bowl NFL cornerback ( New England Patriots)
Jason McCourty, Class of 2009 â€" NFL cornerback (Tennessee Titans)
Mike McMahon, Class of 2001 â€" NFL quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
Robert Nash, "Nasty Nash" â€" first football player traded in the NFL and first Captain of the New York Giants
Ryan Neill, Class of 2006 â€" NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
Shaun O'Hara, Class of 2000 â€" NFL center (New York Giants)
Raheem Orr, Class of 2004 â€" NFL defensive end, AFL DL/OL (Houston Texans, Philadelphia Soul)
J'Vonne Parker, Class of 2004 â€" NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland Browns)
Bill Pickel, Class of 1982 â€" NFL defensive tackle (Los Angeles Raiders)
Joe Porter, Class of 2007 â€" NFL cornerback (Green Bay Packers)
Nick Prisco â€" NFL player
Ray Rice â€" NFL running back (Baltimore Ravens)
Paul Robeson, Class of 1919 â€" athlete, actor, singer, political activist, NFL guard 1920â€"1922 (Akron Pros, Milwaukee Badgers)
Mohamed Sanu, Class of 2012 â€" wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals)
L.J. Smith, Class of 2003 â€" NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
Pedro Sosa, Class of 2008 â€" offensive lineman (Miami Dolphins)
Darnell Stapleton, Class of 2007 â€" NFL Guard (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Reggie Stephens, Class of 1999 â€" cornerback (New York Giants)
Cameron Stephenson, Class of 2007 â€" NFL Guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Tyronne Stowe, Class of 1987 â€" linebacker (Phoenix Cardinals)
Harry Swayne, Class of 1986 â€" NFL lineman 1987â€"2001
Rashod Swinger â€" NFL DT 1997â€"1999 (Arizona Cardinals)
Mike Teel, Class of 2009 â€" NFL quarterback 2009â€"2011 (Seattle Seahawks), quarterbacks coach (Kean University, Wagner College)
Lou Tepper, Class of 1967 â€" former head coach of Illinois
Tiquan Underwood, Class of 2009 â€" wide receiver (New England Patriots)
Elnardo Webster, Class of 1992 â€" NFL player, Pittsburgh Steelers
Sonny Werblin, Class of 1932 â€" founder of the New York Jets; President and CEO Madison Square Garden Corporation; President of Music Corporation of America-TV
Jamaal Westerman, Class of 2009 â€" NFL player, linebacker and defensive end (Jets)
Jeremy Zuttah, Class of 2008 â€" offensive lineman (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Powerlifting

Lev Susany, Class of 2011 â€" Australian powerlifter and Commonwealth record holder

Soccer

Jon Conway, Class of 1999 â€" goalkeeper for Chicago Fire
Josh Gros, Class of 2003 â€" midfielder for D.C. United
Nick LaBrocca, Class of 2006 â€" midfielder for Colorado Rapids
Alexi Lalas, Class of 1991 â€" former U.S. Soccer National Team member, former President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy
Carli Lloyd â€" midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team and the Manchester City W.F.C.
Steve Mokone â€" player for FC Barcelona and South Africa
Peter Vermes, Class of 1987 â€" former U.S. Soccer National Team member, former professional player in Major League Soccer

Swimming

George Kojac â€" member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame; gold medalist in swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Walter Spence â€" member of International Swimming Hall of Fame; broke five world records in his first year of competitive swimming (1925)

Wrestling

Nick Catone â€" professional mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC

MMA

Mickey Gall â€" professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently fighting in the Welterweight Division of the UFC

Hockey

Andrew Barroway - Majority owner and chairman of the Arizona Coyotes.

Business

Greg Brown, Class of 1982 â€" President and Co-CEO of Motorola; CEO of the Broadband Mobility Solutions Business Unit
John Joseph "Jack" Byrne, Jr. â€" Chairman and GEO of GEICO which he pulled from the brink of insolvency in the mid-1970s; Chairman and CEO of White Mountains Insurance Group, formerly (Fund American Enterprises, Inc.); Chairman of the Board of Overstock.com 2005â€"06
Stephen Chazen â€" CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Morton Jay Chiat, Class of 1953 â€" founder of TBWA\Chiat\Day advertising
David Cole, Class of 1978 â€" CEO of Data Management Services
Nick Corcodilos â€" professional headhunter
Sergio Alonso FernÃ¡ndez de CÃ³rdova â€" founder of Fuel Outdoor
Alvaro de Molina, Class of 1988, MBA â€" retired CFO of Bank of America
Marc Ecko â€" CEO and founder of Marc Ecko Enterprises
Mark Fields, B.A. Economics â€" President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company
Michael H. Fleischner â€" SEO consultant
Sharon Fordham, Class of 1975 â€" CEO of WeightWatchers.com, Inc.
Maryann Keller, Class of 1966, B.S. â€" former President of Priceline.com automotive services division
William Freeman, Class of 1983 MBA â€" President of Verizon Public Communications Group
Otto Hermann Kahn â€" financier, patron of the arts
Leonor F. Loree, Class of 1877 â€" President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Walt MacDonald, Class of 1974 (Camden) â€" CEO of Educational Testing Services
Duncan MacMillan, B.S. 1966 â€" co-founder of Bloomberg L.P.
Bernard Marcus, Class of 1951 â€" founder of Home Depot
Ernest Mario, Class of 1961 â€" former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
Sherilyn McCoy, Class of 1988, MBA â€" CEO of Avon Products
Gene Muller, Class of 1977 (Camden) â€" founder and CEO of Flying Fish Brewing
Edward H. Murphy â€" Ph.D., retired from American Petroleum Institute
Robert C. Pruyn, Class of 1869 â€" President of the Embossing Company, and the National Commercial Bank of Albany
Bill Rasmussen, Class of 1960 MBA â€" Managing Director at CSFBdirect; founder of ESPN
Tom Renyi, Class of 1968 (BA) and 1969 (MBA) â€" Former Chairman and CEO of Bank of New York
Barry Schuler, Class of 1976 â€" former Chairman and CEO of AOL
Bill Schultz, Class of 1971, MBA â€" former CEO of Fender Musical Instruments
Harvey Schwartz, Class of 1987 â€" CFO of Goldman Sachs
Steve Temaras â€" CEO of Bed Bath and Beyond
William Bernard Ziff, Jr. â€" Ziff Davis Inc. publishing executive

Education

Philip Milledoler Brett, A.B. 1892 â€" Acting President of Rutgers University (1930â€"1931); corporate attorney
Carol T. Christ, A.B. 1966 â€" President of Smith College
Alvin S. Felzenberg â€" historian, political commentator, member of 9/11 Commission
Charles Ferster, B.S. 1947 â€" behavioral psychologist, author and professor (deceased 1981)
Richard H. Fink â€" founder of Mercatus Center, current executive vice president at Koch Industries
Milton Friedman, A.B. 1932 â€" economist; public intellectual; winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1976)
William H. S. Demarest, A.B. 1883 â€" Professor of Theology and Church Government; President of Rutgers University (1906â€"1924), President of New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Jerome Kagan, B.S. 1950 â€" psychologist
William English Kirwan, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1964 â€" mathematician; Chancellor of the University System of Maryland (2002â€"present); former President of Ohio State University (1998â€"2002)
Earl MacDonald, Class of 1995 (M.Mus.) â€" Associate Professor of Music at the University of Connecticut
Richard P. McCormick, A.B. 1938, M.A. 1940 â€" historian; Professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Rutgers University; President of New Jersey Historical Society
John McWhorter, B.A. 1985 â€" historian; author of books on linguistics and race relations; former professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley; Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute
Roy Franklin Nichols, A.B. 1918, M.A. 1919 â€" historian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1949)
John C. Norcross, B.S. 1980 (Camden) â€" psychiatrist, university professor
Selman Waksman, B.Sc. 1915 M.Sc. 1916 â€" professor of microbiology, discovered 22 antibiotics (including Streptomycin) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952)
Carl R. Woodward, B.Sc. 1914 â€" President of the University of Rhode Island

Government, law, and public policy

Curt Anderson â€" member of Maryland House of Delegates (1983 -); chair of Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (1989â€"1991)
Stewart H. Appleby 1913 â€" represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district 1925â€"1927
Adam Leitman Bailey â€" lawyer, defended the Ground Zero Mosque and other prominent cases
Joseph P. Bradley, A.B. 1836 â€" Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (1870â€"1891)
Sam Brown, M.A. 1966 â€" organiser of the Vietnam Moratorium and former state treasurer of Colorado
Wayne R. Bryant, J.D. 1972 (Camden) â€" New Jersey Senator; Deputy Majority Leader; arrested for corruption
Donald Burdick, B.S. 1956, M.S., 1958 â€" United States Army Major General who served as Director of the Army National Guard
Clifford P. Case, A.B. 1925 â€" U.S. House of Representatives (1945â€"1953), United States Senate (1955â€"1979)
Simeon De Witt, A.B. 1776 â€" Surveyor-General for the Continental Army, 1776â€"1783, and the State of New York, 1784â€"1834
Michael DuHaime, B.A., 1995 â€" Campaign Manager, Rudy Giuliani for President, 2008; Political Director, Republican National Committee, 2005â€"2006; Regional Political Director, Bush-Cheney '04, 2003â€"2004
Michael Embrich, B.A., 2010 â€" lobbied in favor of reformed veterans affairs policies
James J. Florio, J.D. 1967 (Camden) â€" former Governor of New Jersey (1990â€"1994)
Louis Freeh, Class of 1971 â€" Director of the FBI (1993â€"2001)
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, A.B. 1836 â€" United States Senate (1866â€"1869, 1871â€"1877); Secretary of State (1881â€"1885)
E. Scott Garrett, J.D. 1984 (Newark) â€" U.S. House of Representatives (2003â€"present)
Scott Gration â€" Obama nominee for NASA Administrator
Ron S. Geffner, B.A., 1988 - lawyer, former SEC enforcement attorney, Partner at Sadis & Goldberg
Garret A. Hobart, A.B. 1863 â€" industrialist, Vice President of the United States (1897â€"1899)
James J. Howard, M.Ed. 1958 â€" represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 1965â€"1988
Richard J. Hughes, J.D. 1931 â€" New Jersey Governor, Chief State Supreme Court Justice
William Hughes, Class of 1955 â€" Congressman, Ambassador to Panama
Jack H. Jacobs, Class of 1966, M.A. 1972 â€" Medal of Honor recipient, military analyst for MSNBC
Robert E. Kelley â€" highly decorated and youngest Lieutenant General in USAF history; Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, 1981â€"83
Herbert Klein â€" member, United States House of Representatives
Joseph Lazarow â€" Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey 1976â€"1982
Kenneth LeFevre â€" member of the New Jersey General Assembly 1996â€"2002
Gail D. Mathieu, J.D â€" current United States Ambassador to Namibia and former United States Ambassador to Niger
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri â€" South African Minister of Communications (1999 -)
D. Bennett Mazur (c. 1925â€"1994) â€" member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Bob Menendez, J.D. (Newark) â€" U.S. House of Representatives (1992â€"2005); United States Senator (2006â€"present)
Anne Milgram â€" Attorney General of New Jersey and First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey
David A. Morse, A.B. 1929 â€" Director-General of ILO who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969 on behalf of the ILO
Joseph A. Mussomeli, J.D. 1978 (Camden), former ambassador to Slovenia and Cambodia
William A. Newell, A.B. 1836 â€" physician; Governor of New Jersey (1857â€"1860)
George Norcross (Camden, attended) â€" Democratic Party fundraiser, insurance and media executive
Hazel O'Leary J.D. â€" U.S. Secretary of Energy (1993â€"1997)
Edward J. Patten, J.D. 1927 (Newark) â€" U.S. House of Representatives (1963â€"1980)
Clark V. Poling, A.B. 1933 â€" one of the Four Chaplains killed on the troop transport Dorchester
Robert H. Pruyn, A.B. 1833, A.M. 1836 â€" second United States Ambassador to Japan
Dana Redd, B.A. 1989 (Camden), Mayor of Camden, New Jersey.
Matthew John Rinaldo, B.S. 1953 â€" represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for twenty years, in the 12th congressional district (1973â€"1983) and in the 7th congressional district (1983â€"1993)
Norman M. Robertson â€" New Jersey State Senator
Eduardo Robreno, J.D. 1978 (Camden) â€" Federal Judge for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Peter W. Rodino, Jr., J.D. 1937 â€" Congressman
Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, B.A. 2013 (Camden) â€" member of the New Jersey General Assembly
David Samson, B.A. 1961 â€" New Jersey Attorney General from 2002 to 2003
Mike Schofield, B.A. â€" Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives; former policy advisors to then Governor Rick Perry
James Schureman, A.B. 1775 â€" Continental Congress, Senator
Martin J. Silverstein â€" United States Ambassador to Uruguay from 2001 to 2005
Gregory M. Sleet, J.D. 1976 (Camden) â€" Federal Judge for the United States District Court, District of Delaware
Mark Sokolich, B.A. â€" Mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey
Gary Stuhltrager B.A., J.D. â€" eight-term member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Robert Torricelli, Class of 1974 â€" United States Senator, Congressman
Foster M. Voorhees, A.B. 1876 â€" Governor of New Jersey (1898, 1899â€"1902)
Elizabeth Warren (Newark) â€" Harvard Law School professor; member of United States Senate (D-MA); Chair of the Congressional Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) oversight panel; author, contributing editor to the Huffington Post
Jacob R. Wortendyke, 1839 â€" represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 1857â€"1859
Barbara Wright, M.Ed. â€" member of the New Jersey General Assembly

Library and information science

William B. Brahms B.A. 1989, M.L.S. 2003 â€" librarian and reference book writer
Ted Hines, M.L.S. 1958, Ph.D 1960 â€" librarian, pioneer in computer information cataloging systems

Literature

Rick Bayan, Class of 1971 â€" humorist and essayist
Janine Benyus â€" natural sciences writer
James Blish, Class of 1942 â€" science fiction and fantasy author; wrote A Case of Conscience, winner of 1959 Hugo Award for Best Novel and 2004 Retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novella
Lester Brown, Class of 1955 â€" environmental analyst and author
Marian Calabro â€" author and publisher of history books; founder and president of CorporateHistory.net
Jonathan Carroll, Class of 1971 â€" author
Junot DÃaz, Class of 1991 â€" author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao', winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award
Janet Evanovich, Class of 1965 â€" best-selling author
Richard Florida â€" author and public intellectual
Alfred Joyce Kilmer, Class of 1908 (did not graduate) â€" poet, died in France during World War I; author of "Trees"
Lawrence Millman, Ph.D. â€" travel writer and mycologist
Ira B. Nadel, Class of 1965, M.A. in 1967 â€" biographer, literary critic, distinguished professor at University of British Columbia
Daniel Nester, Class of 1991 (Camden) â€" poet and essayist
Fabian Nicieza, Class of 1983 â€" comic book writer and editor; X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, Thunderbolts
Daniel O'Brien, Class of 2008 â€" humorist and novelist
Gregory Pardlo, Class of 1999 (Camden) â€" poet, recipient of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Robert Pinsky, Class of 1962 â€" Poet Laureate of the United States, Pulitzer Prize nominee
Nina Raginsky, Class of 1962 â€" photographer
Katherine Ramsland â€" true-crime author, professor of forensics psychology at DeSales University
Rudy Rucker, Masters and PHD in mathematics â€" author of science fiction as well as non-fiction books on mathematics, computer programming, and the future of technology
Michael Shaara, Class of 1951 â€" author of The Killer Angels, winner of 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Judith Viorst â€" children's literature author; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Medicine

Michael S. Gottlieb, Class of 1969 â€" first physician to identify acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease
Sandra Saouaf â€" immunologist
Albert Schatz â€" graduate assistant to Selman Waksman, co-discovered Streptomycin
Selman Waksman, Class of 1915 â€" discovered 22 antibiotics, best known for streptomycin; Nobel laureate. Waksman Institute of Microbiology and Waksman Hall are named in his honor

Religion

Eugene Augustus Hoffman (A.Bz. 1847) â€" Dean and "Our Most Munificent Benefactor" of The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (New York City)
Matthew Leydt (A.B. 1774) â€" Rutgers' first alumnus and Dutch-Reformed Minister
William P. Merrill (D.D. 1904) â€" first president on the Church Peace Union, writer of "Rise Up, O Men of God"
Clark V. Poling â€" Dutch-Reformed Army Chaplain among the "Four Chaplains" on the troop transport Dorchester during World War II
Vernon Grounds (B.A. 1937) â€" theologian, Christian educator, Chancellor of Denver Seminary, one of the founders of American Evangelicalism

Royalty

Ewuare II - Oba of Benin

Science and technology

Stanley N. Cohen, Class of 1956 â€" geneticist, pioneer in gene splicing
Robert Cooke â€" first researcher to identify antihistamines
Simeon De Witt, A.B. 1776 â€" geographer for George Washington and Continental Army during the American Revolution
Louis Gluck, Class of 1930 â€" engineer; considered the father of neonatology, the science of caring for newborn infants
Terry Hart, Class of 1978 â€" astronaut, president of LORAL Skynet
George William Hill, Class of 1859 â€" mathematician and astronomer, first President of the American Mathematical Society
George Duryea Hulst â€" clergyman, botanist, entomologist
Mir Imran â€" Class of 1976, BS Electrical Engineering (1976), MS Bio Engineering (1978) â€" winner of 2005 Rutgers University Distinguished Engineer Award
George Willard Martin â€" mycologist and academic
Charles Molnar â€" inventor of personal computer LINC (acknowledged as the 1st personal computer by IEEE)
Nathan M. Newmark, Class of 1948 â€" inventor of the Newmark-beta method of numerical integration used to solve differential equations; winner of the National Medal of Science
Eva J. Pell, Class of 1972 â€" plant pathologist
Peter C. Schultz, Class of 1964 â€" co-inventor of fiber optics
John Scudder â€" physician; research pioneer in the field of blood storage and replacement
Raymond Seeger, Class of 1926 â€" physicist, fluid dynamics researcher, winner of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award
Harold Hill Smith â€" geneticist, responsible for fusing human and plant cells
Evelyn M. Witkin â€" geneticist, 2015 Lasker Prize winner, awarded National Medal of Science in 2002

Social sciences

Dorothy Cantor, Psy.D. 1976 â€" former president of the American Psychological Association

Notable faculty

Arts

Emma Amos â€" professor of fine arts; postmodernist painter and printmaker; member of Spiral; editorial board member of feminist journal Heresies; member of Fantastic Women in the Arts
Julianne Baird - professor of music (Camden), soprano
Vivian E. Browne â€" painter, professor of art
Angelin Chang â€" former associate professor of music; Grammy Award-winning classical pianist
Leon Golub (deceased) â€" professor of fine arts
Al Hansen (deceased) â€" professor of finer arts; a founder of Fluxus
Allan Kaprow (deceased) â€" professor of fine arts
Roy Lichtenstein (deceased) â€" professor of fine arts
Robert Moevs â€" professor of music
George Segal â€" professor of fine arts; Fluxus artist
Robert Watts â€" professor of fine arts
Charles Wuorinen â€" professor of music; Pulitzer Prizeâ€"winning composer and MacArthur fellow

Library and information science

Nicholas J. Belkin â€" Professor of Library and Information science
Paul S. Dunkin â€" Professor Emeritus of Library Services
Elizabeth Futas â€" Professor of Library and Information Science
Peggy Sullivan â€" lecturer

Literature

Miguel AlgarÃn â€" Professor of English
John Ciardi â€" Professor of English, poet, translator of Dante's The Divine Comedy
Mark Doty â€" Professor of English, poet
William C. Dowling â€" Professor of English
Ralph Ellison (deceased) â€" author of Invisible Man
Francis Fergusson â€" Professor of English, literary critic
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Class of 1983 â€" film studies
H. Bruce Franklin â€" John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies (Newark); expert on Herman Melville, science fiction, and prison literature
Joanna Fuhrman â€" poetry
Paul Fussell â€" Professor of English, author, literary critic, social commentator
Rafey Habib â€" Professor of Literature (Camden), poet
Gregory Pardlo â€" Professor of English (Camden), poet
David S. Reynolds â€" Professor of Literature (Camden), cultural critic

Medicine

Sidney Pestka â€" Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; the "father of interferon"; received the National Medal of Technology
Robert A. Schwartz â€" Professor and Head of Dermatology at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; co-discoverer of AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma and the Schwartz-Burgess syndrome

Law

Robert E. Andrews â€" adjunct professor at the School of Law in Camden, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
Ruth Bader Ginsburg â€" professor at the School of Law in Newark, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Arthur Kinoy (deceased) â€" professor at the School of Law in Newark; civil rights litigator for leftist causes

Mathematics

Abbas Bahri (1955â€"2016) â€" professor of mathematics
JÃ³zsef Beck â€" professor of mathematics
Haim Brezis â€" professor of mathematics
Israel Gelfand (1913â€"2009) â€" professor of mathematics
Daniel Gorenstein (1923â€"1992) â€" professor of mathematics
Samuel L. Greitzer (1905â€"1988) â€" professor of mathematics, founding chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
AndrÃ¡s Hajnal â€" professor of mathematics
Henryk Iwaniec â€" professor of mathematics
Jeffry Ned Kahn â€" professor of mathematics
Michael Saks â€" professor of mathematics, winner of the GÃ¶del Prize (2004)
Saharon Shelah â€" professor of mathematics
Doron Zeilberger â€" professor of mathematics; winner of the Steele Prize for Seminal Contributions to Research (1998)

Philosophy

Elisabeth Camp â€" associate professor of philosophy
Ruth Chang â€" professor of philosophy
Frances Egan â€" professor of philosophy
Jerry Fodor â€" professor of philosophy and cognitive science
Alvin Goldman â€" professor of philosophy
Peter D. Klein â€" professor of philosophy
Ernest Lepore â€" professor of philosophy
Alan Prince â€" professor of linguistics and cognitive science, founder of Optimality Theory (OT)
Zenon Pylyshyn â€" professor of philosophy and cognitive science
Holly Martin Smith â€" Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Stephen Stich â€" professor of philosophy
Robert Weinberg â€" professor of philosophy
Samuel Merrill Woodbridge (1819â€"1905) â€" professor of metaphysics and philosophy of the human mind (1857â€"1864)

Physics

Thomas Banks â€" professor of physics
Girsh Blumberg â€" professor of physics
Herman Carr â€" professor of physics, pioneer of magnetic resonance imaging
Piers Coleman â€" professor of physics
Michael R. Douglas â€" former professor of physics (now at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook)
Daniel Friedan â€" professor of physics
Gabriel Kotliar â€" professor of physics
Joel Lebowitz â€" professor of mathematical physics
Gregory Moore â€" professor of physics
Nathan Seiberg â€" former professor of physics (now at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Stephen Shenker â€" former professor of physics(now at Stanford University)
Rachel Somerville â€" professor of physics and astronomy
David Vanderbilt â€" professor of physics
Alexander Zamolodchikov â€" professor of physics

Science and engineering

C. Olin Ball (deceased) â€" professor of food engineering, chair of the Department of Food Science
Richard Bartha â€" professor of microbiology and biochemistry; discoverer of "oil eating bacteria"
Helen M. Berman â€" chemistry professor, former Director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank
Stephen K. Burley â€" Director of RCSB Protein Data Bank and the Center for Integrative Proteomics Research
Stephen S. Chang (deceased) â€" professor of food science and Nicholas Appert Award winner
Albert Huntington Chester â€" mining engineer, professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and metallurgy, explorer, and namesake of Chester Peak
VaÅ¡ek ChvÃ¡tal â€" former professor of computer science
George Hammell Cook (deceased) â€" State Geologist of New Jersey and Vice President of Rutgers College
Michael R. Douglas â€" Director of New High Energy Theory Center; Sackler Prize winner
Richard H. Ebright â€" professor of chemistry
Helen Fisher â€" research professor of anthropology
Robin Fox â€" professor of anthropology
Apostolos Gerasoulis â€" professor of computer science; creator of the Teoma/Ask search engine
Chi-Tang Ho â€" professor of food science and Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science winner
Tomasz Imielinski â€" professor of computer science
Paul B. Kantor â€" professor of information science
Leonid Khachiyan (deceased) â€" professor of computer science; creator of the first polynomial time algorithm for linear programming
Alan Leslie â€" professor of cognitive science and psychology
Jing Li â€" chemist
Paul J. Lioy â€" Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ â€" Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Michael L. Littman â€" professor of computer science
Wilma Olson â€" professor of chemistry and physics, BioMAPS Institute for Quantitative Biology
Lawrence Rabiner â€" professor of electrical and computer engineering
Robert Schommer (deceased) â€" astronomer, professor of physics
Myron Solberg (deceased) â€" professor of food science; founding director of the Center for Advanced Food Technology at Rutgers; Nicholas Appert Award winner
Mario Szegedy â€" professor of computer science; two-time winner of Godel Prize
Lionel Tiger â€" professor of anthropology
Jay Tischfield â€" professor of genetics
Robert Trivers â€" professor of anthropology and biological sciences and winner of the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences (2007)
Kathryn Uhrich â€" professor of chemistry, Area Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Selman Waksman (deceased) â€" professor of microbiology and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952)
Martin Yarmush â€" professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, Fellow: US National Academy of Inventors and US National Academy of Engineering

Social sciences

Stephen Bronner â€" professor of political science, comparative literature and German studies
Charlotte Bunch â€" founder and Director the Center for Women's Global Leadership, activist and author
Arthur F. Burns â€" professor of economics, 10th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Mason W. Gross (deceased) â€" professor of classics, President of Rutgers University (1959â€"1971)
Paul Lazarsfeld (deceased) â€" prominent sociologist and pioneering communication theorist (Rutgers University-Newark)
William D. Lutz â€" Professor of linguistics (Camden), leading theorist on doublespeak

History

Peter Charanis â€" Voorhees Professor of History; Byzantine historian
Lloyd Gardner â€" Mary and Charles Beard Professor of History and distinguished diplomatic historian
Annette Gordon-Reed â€" Professor of History (Newark), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History 1999
Michael Kulikowski â€" Professor of History at the University of Tennessee and author of Late Roman Spain and Its Cities (Johns Hopkins University Press), 2004, and Rome's Gothic Wars from the Third Century to Alaric (Cambridge University Press)
David Levering Lewis â€" former Professor of History; twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1994 and 2001)
TomÃ¡s Eloy MartÃnez â€" Professor of Latin American studies; Argentinian journalist and writer
Phillip S. Paludan â€" Professor of History (Camden)
Said Sheikh Samatar â€" Professor of History (Newark)
Jacob Soll â€" Professor of History (Camden), MacArthur Fellow 2011
Traian Stoianovich â€" Professor of History

Athletic coaches and staff

Dick Anderson â€" football coach (1984â€"1989); assistant coach at Lafayette College, University of Pennsylvania and Penn State
George Case â€" baseball coach (1950â€"1960), including 1950 College World Series berth; former Major League Baseball player with the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians; four-time All-Star and six-time American League leader in stolen bases
Robert E. Mulcahy â€" athletic director
Mike Rice
George Sanford â€" football coach (1913â€"1923)
Greg Schiano â€" football coach (2001â€"2011), now defensive coordinator of the Ohio State Buckeyes
Terry Shea â€" football coach (1996â€"2000); later a coach with Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, and St. Louis Rams
C. Vivian Stringer
Dick Vitale â€" assistant basketball coach (1970â€"72); coach of the Detroit Pistons; sports commentator

Fictional characters

Todd Anderson â€" The Cookout
Jackie Aprile, Jr., The Sopranos
Richard Cooper â€" I Think I Love My Wife
Jason Gervasi â€" The Sopranos (Newark)
Harriet Hayes â€" Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Rufus Humphrey â€" Gossip Girl
Neil Klugman â€" protagonist and narrator of Philip Roth's novel Goodbye Columbus, winner of the 1960 National Book Award
Liz Lemler â€" 30 Rock
Mr. Magoo, 1950s cartoon character
Lucy McClane â€" Live Free or Die Hard (Camden)
OSS Agent / German Mole Bill O'Connor â€" played by Richard Conte in the film 13 Rue Madeleine
Jason Parisi â€" The Sopranos (Newark)
Agent Dylan Rhodes â€" in the film Now You See Me
Agent Shavers â€" in the film Runner Runner
Oscar Wao â€" The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Navy Lt. Tony Willett â€" played by Joseph Cotten in the film Since You Went Away

Notes and references

Online resources

Rutgers notable alumni
Rutgers Business School distinguished alumni
Scarlet Knights History Hall of Fame

Minggu, 30 April 2017