List of Michigan State University people

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Michigan State University alumni number has 389,000 worldwide. Famous former Spartans include NBA stars Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Steve Smith, former Michigan governors James Blanchard and John Engler, actors James Caan and Robert Urich, billionaire Eli Broad, and Spider-Man trilogy director Sam Raimi. Michigan State's faculty has developed hybrid corn, milk homogenization, and cancer fighting drug cisplatin.

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Arts, literature, and media

• Verna Aardema (B.A. 1934), award-winning author of children’s novels using an African motif
• Amy Astley (B.A. 1989), Editor-in-Chief, Teen Vogue Magazine
• Ray Stannard Baker^[1] (B.S. 1889), early 20th Century “muckraker” journalist, later (1940) won Pulitzer Prize for last two volumes of biography of U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson
• Dee Dee Bridgewater^[2] (did not graduate), Grammy & Tony Award winning jazz singer, actress
• William Brohn^[3], Tony Award winning (for Ragtime) Broadway musical arranger; also won Drama Desk Award for Miss Saigon orchestration
• Sue Burzynski (B.A.), managing editor, The Detroit News
• Bonnie Cardone, prolific writer (nonfiction and fiction) and editor of books and magazines on skin diving; Women Divers’ Hall of Fame
• Kristin Clark Taylor, Director, White House Media Relations in Pres. George H.W. Bush (41) Admin; founding editorial board member, USA Today
• Richard Cooper, shared 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Attica (N.Y.) prison riot coverage
• Dorothy DeLay (B.Mus 1936), violin teacher; trained superstars: Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, and Sarah Chang
• Clare Fischer (B.M. 1951), Grammy Award winning composer, arranger, and pianist; Latin Jazz motif
• Carolyn Forche (B.A. 1972), noted poet, editor, and human rights advocate
• Richard Ford (B.A. 1966), novelist; first to win both a Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award for the same book: Independence Day
• Gary Gildner (B.A. 1960, M.A. 1961), poet and writer, Senior Fulbright Lecturer to Poland and Czechoslovakia, National Magazine Award for Fiction, Pushcart Prize winner
• Susan Goldberg (B.A. 1984), VP-executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News; co-chair, Board of Visitors, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
• Don Gonyea (B.A. 1978), White House correspondent, National Public Radio; won Peabody Award
• Jim Harrison (B.A. 1960, M.A. 1966), noted writer, Guggenheim Fellowship recipient; novel, Legends of the Fall, basis for Hollywood film of same name
• N. Katherine Hayles, critical theorist
• Jemele Hill, among the youngest and only African-American female sports columnists at a major US news outlet: ESPN.com
• Carole Leigh Hutton, publisher & editor of The Detroit Free Press
• Milt Jackson (did not graduate), jazz (vibraphonist); was member of ground-breaking Modern Jazz Quartet
• Beverly Jenkins, novelist, African-American historical romance
• Maurice G. Kains, best-selling author on farm management
• Josh Kilmer-Purcell (B.A. 1991), author of best-selling, groundbreaking novelized memoir, I Am Not My self These Days
• Dave Kirchgessner, singer (Mustard Plug)
• Michael P. Kube-McDowell (B.A. 1976), award-winning science fiction writer, compared to Arthur C. Clarke (by Newsday); author of more than 500 nonfiction articles
• Angela Lanza^[4] - singer, toured overseas with USO
• Mary M. Mathews (B.A.. 1970), named Artist Laureate for New Hampshire
• Tom McGuane (B.A., 1962), novelist
• Gregory Myrick (B.A. 1996), Regional Sales Manager, Forbes.com
• Michael P. Price (B.A. 1969), executive director of Goodspeed Musicals, the major producer of American musical theatre
• Lev Raphael, essayist, short story writer
• James P. Sterba, senior correspondent in New York bureau of The Wall Street Journal
• Robin Stone, former editor, Essence Magazine; published No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse (2004)
• Noel Paul Stookey, the “Paul” of the 60s folk-singing group, Peter, Paul and Mary
• Vernor S. Vinge, noted science fiction writer, retired math and computer science professor (at San Diego State University)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Baseball

• Anson Carter, hockey player
• Steve Garvey, former Major League Baseball player(1st base/3rd base/OF)
• Kirk Gibson, baseball player.
• Mike Marshall (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.), former closer for several Major League teams
• Mark Mulder, St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher
• Robin Roberts, former Major League Baseball player and hall of fame member (Pitcher)

[edit] Basketball

• Mateen Cleaves, basketball player
• Earvin "Magic" Johnson, businessman and former LA Lakers basketball player
• Morris Peterson, Toronto Raptors basketball player
• Zach Randolph, current professional basketball player with the Portland Trailblazers.
• Jason Richardson, current professional basketball player with the Golden State Warriors.
• Scott Skiles, former professional basketball player, current coach of the Chicago Bulls.
• Steve Smith, NBA player; philanthropist
• Eric Snow, current professional basketball player with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
• Kevin Willis, former professional basketball player.

[edit] Football

• Flozell Adams, current professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys.
• Herb Adderley, former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys cornerback, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980
• Morten Andersen, former professional football player.
• Fred Arbanas, former Kansas City Chief
• Tony Banks, quarterback, Houston Texans
• Ed Budde, former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman
• Plaxico Burress, New York Giants wide receiver
• Joe DeLamielleure, former Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns guard, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003
• T.J. Duckett, Washington Redskins running back.
• Paul Edinger, Minnesota Vikings kicker
• Mark Ingram, wide receiver, Philadelphia Eagles.
• Derrick Mason, wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens.
• Jim Miller, quarterback, New York Giants
• Earl Morrall, former NFL quarterback
• Muhsin Muhammad, wide receiver, Chicago Bears
• Domata Peko, defensive tackle, Cincinnati Bengals.
• Julian Peterson, current professional football player with the Seattle Seahawks.
• Andre Rison, former NFL wide receiver
• Bubba Smith, former NFL star, actor and pitch-man
• George Webster, former NFL linebacker

[edit] Ice hockey

• Anson Carter, hockey player
• Adam Hall, current professional hockey player with the Nashville Predators.
• Kelly Miller, former NHL hockey player
• Kevin Miller, former NHL hockey player
• Kip Miller, former NHL hockey player and 1990 Hobey Baker Award winner
• Ryan Miller, current professional hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres.

[edit] Figure skating

• Claire Waters Ferguson, first woman president of the United States Figure Skating Association.

[edit] Business

• Frederick S. Addy (B.B.A, M.A.), retired CFO/Director, BP Amoco Corp; philanthropist in arts & education including endowing MSU professorships and an MSU scholarship @ Boston Latin School, America’s oldest HS and his alma mater
• Julie Aigner-Clark (B.A. 1988), founder, The Baby Einstein Company
• Thomas Bailey (B.A. 1961), founder and former CEO, The Janus Fund, (now Janus Capital Group, helmed by fellow alum Steven L. Scheid, (q.v.)), the nation's 10th largest mutual fund
• Eli Broad (B.B.A. 1954), billionaire industrialist and philanthropist: formerly CEO of Sun America/AIG; has given hundreds of millions to education and the arts, among them, endowments to MSU, including $20M to the College of Business which changed its name to honor him, and $millions for an MSU-Detroit Public Schools partnership (both of which he attended); has also given $100 million MIT to create the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
• Kevin Brown (B.A. 1977), president & CEO of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) a $200 million Chicago culinary empire
• Michael Budman (B.A. 1968), co-founder and president of Roots, an international clothing company based in Canada
• Clark Bunting, president Discovery Networks Productions
• Gary L. Convis, president/CEO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.
• James Cornelius (B.B.A. 1965, M.B.A. 1967), managing partner, Twilight Ventures, an Indianapolis life sciences investment partnership he helped start, also director at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York (among other Fortune 500 corporations he similarly serves); formerly chairman of Guidant Corp., a $2 billion cardiovascular medical device manufacturer until Guidant’s April 2006 merger and sale with/to Boston Scientific Corp, and Abbott Laboratories, respectively
• Randy Cowen (B.A. 1974), co-Chief Operating Officer, Technology Division and a Managing Director, Goldman Sachs; recently gave MSU $1.5M to endow a chair in experimental physics to memorialize his father (Jerry) who taught in the Physics and Astronomy Dept.
• Jack P. DeBoer, chairman & CEO, Candlewood Hotel Co., Inc.
• Julie Fasone Holder (B.B.A. 1975), Corporate VP, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion and Public Affairs, Dow Chemical Co.
• Dan Gilbert (B.B.A. 1982), Chairman and Founder of Quicken Loans Inc and Rock Financial, Inc.; owner, NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers
• Richard S. Golden (B.A. 1969), president & CEO of D.O.C. Optics Corp., the nation’s eighth largest optical chain
• Ernest Green (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964), Little Rock Nine member, Assistant Labor Secretary (Carter administration), and currently V.P./manager at Lehman Brothers (since 1985)
• Harold Henderson (B.A. 1969), National Football League Executive Vice President for Labor Relations and Chairman of the NFL Management Council Executive Committee (highest ranking African American in the NFL)
• Wanda Herndon (B.A. 1974, M.A. 1979), Senior V.P. of Worldwide Public Affairs, Starbucks Coffee Co.
• James P. Hoffa (B.A. 1963), president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• James S. Holden, early 20th Century real estate mogul, philanthropist; 38-year commissioner and donor (of over $2M) to the Detroit Zoo, and MSU
• Anthony J. Hopp (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1968), chair/CEO, Campbell-Ewald, Michigan's oldest and largest ad agency (nation's 11th largest)
• Rick Inatome, chairman of Inacom Corp., a venture capital firm, Fortune 500 company, and founder of Computer City -- leading computer superstore chain
• Surinder Kapur (B.S. 1964, M.S. 1965, PhD 1972), founder, chairman, and managing director of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd., one of India’s largest automobile suppliers for American (and others) auto makers
• Fred J. Kleisner, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wyndham (Hotel) International, Inc.
• Thomas LaTour (B.A. 1966) chair & CEO of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, LLC
• Joanne Maguire, V.P. Special Programs, Lockheed Martin Space & Strategic Missiles
• John H. McConnell (B.B.A. 1949), founder, chairman-emeritus, Worthington Industries, a premier steel manufacturer (named a ‘top 100 Compan[y] to Work For in America’); majority owner, chairman and governor of Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL hockey team)
• Drayton McLane, Jr., owner of Houston Astros and director of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
• Jim Miller, president of Mazda Motors Corp.
• Robert Olstein, chairman, founder/CFO, the $1.9 billion Olstein Financial Alert Fund (ranked in top 5% of stock funds); also, top Wall Street commentator
• Russell E. Palmer (B.A. 1954), former Dean, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Palmer Group (corporate investment firm); on board of directors of several Fortune 500 companies, among them: Honeywell International Inc.; The May Department Stores Company; and Verizon Communications
• Robin Richards (B.S. 1978), COO and a director of MP3.com, Inc
• Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior VP at Coca-Cola, chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation; highest ranking African American at company
• Glenn S. Schafer, president, Pacific Life Insurance Co.
• Steven L. Scheid, CEO, Janus Capital Group, Inc.
• Gary Seevers (B.S. 1959, M.A. 1966, PhD 1968), distinguished economist and financial market specialist; former professor; served on President Ғord's Council of Economic Advisers; appointed by Pres. Ford to Commodity Futures Trading Commission; retired, now a limited partner at Goldman Sachs
• Joan Sills, president, Colony Hotels and Resorts; New York Times hailed her as "the only woman to head a leading hotel company with worldwide operations"
• Bill Tiefel, retired vice chairman, Marriott International Inc.; chairman emeritus of Ritz-Carlton Hotels; Johnson & Wales University has named a chair and lectureship for him in its hospitality college
• Andrea Van de Kamp (B.A. 1966), chairman, Sotheby's North America, West Coast Div.
• Ana Mara Viscasillas (B.A. 1988), president & CEO, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau
• James Von Her – founder, chairman, and CEO of Zyvex Corp, nation's first nanotechnology company

[edit] Cinema

• James Caan^[1](did not graduate), actor (Las Vegas series, The Godfather, Mickey Blue Eyes)
• Jim Cash, Hollywood writer (Top Gun, Legal Eagles, Dick Tracy)
• Jack Epps, former Hollywood screenwriting partner of the late Jim Cash (q.v.)
• Greg Harrison (III) (B.A. 1991), film director of Groove (2000) and November (2004)
• Anthony Heald (B.A.), actor (The Silence of the Lambs)
• Walter Hill (B.A. 1962), producer, director (Last Man Standing, 48 Hrs.)
• Ed Feldman, major Hollywood producer, credits include (Witness)
• Mike Lobell, Universal Studios producer
• Bill Mechanic, former Fox Films CEO (produced Titanic, Speed, There's Something about Mary)
• Frank Price, former president of Columbia Pictures
• Sam Raimi, director, producer, actor (Spider-Man, Evil Dead series)
• Tom Sizemore (did not graduate), actor, noted for his appearance in Saving Private Ryan
• Leona Whitney Beatty (B.A. 2000), director/producer of Last Chair, winner of the Director's Guild of America award and selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

[edit] Education and academia

• Warren W. Brandt (B.A.), first president of Virginia Commonwealth University
• William H. Cunningham, former Chancellor, University of Texas System
• Eugene Davenport (B.S. 1878), founding President (1890-92), Agricultural College of the State of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil (the first agricultural college in South America)
• Karen Brown Dunlap (B.A. 1971), president and managing director of the The Poynter Institute of journalism
• Bernard C. Easterday, (D.V.M. 1952), founding dean, professor emeritus of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, (1966-94), and pioneering researcher in animal and bird influenza viruses
• Michael R. Ferrari, former chancellor of Texas Christian University, past president of Drake University; currently senior VP, EFL Associates, a consulting firm focusing on higher education
• Charles E. Ferris (B.S. 1890), first dean, University of Tennessee engineering school; organized East Tenn chapter of Amer Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Robert L. Green (Ph.D. 1963), nationally distinguished scholar on race, education and urban issues as long serving MSU professor, also served as president of the University of the District of Columbia
• Charles Ingersoll, second president (1882-91), Colorado State University
• Charles D. Johnson, director of Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University
• William K. Kedzie (B.S. 1871), introduced revolutionary laboratory method of teaching to Oberlin College as chemistry professor (1878 – 1880)
• William E. Lavery, former President, Virginia Tech
• Eduard C. Lindeman, pioneer/champion of adult education
• Barbara Ross-Lee, first African American woman dean of a U. S. medical school (College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University)
• Theodore J. Lowi (B.A. 1954), political science scholar, author of groundbreaking treatise: The End of Liberalism; distinguished professor, Cornell University; voted one of the most influential political thinkers of the modern era by the American Political Science Association
• Rollo May (college, did not graduate), renowned scholar, called the "Father of American Existential Psychology"
• Susan J. Schurman (B.A., M.A), president, National Labor College
• Theda Skocpol (B.A. 1969), dean, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, appointed senior adviser in the social sciences to Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
• James D. Spaniolo, President, University of Texas at Arlington
• Teresa A. Sullivan, Provost, University of Michigan
• Marta Tienda (B.A. 1972), director of the Office of Population Research, Maurice P. During ‘22 Professor of Demographic Studies, and professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University; she researches race and ethnic inequality and its impact sociology of economic life
• Marcellette G. Williams, former Chancellor (first African American, first woman), University of Massachusetts
• Frances Wilson (B.A. 1971), president, National Defense University, first female and first Marine to hold title; previously, 36th commandant of NDU’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces
• John D. Wilson (B.A. 1952), former president, Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar; inaugural dean, MSU Honors College

[edit] Law

• William L. Carpenter (B.S. 1876), justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1902-08)
• Patricia Geoghegan (B.A. 1969), partner Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (of NYC); trustee, Academy of the Holy Angels of NJ, (her high school alma mater); co-chair, MSU’s $1.2 billion Capital Campaign
• John D. Hutson, President and Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH; Rear Admiral (retired), U.S. Navy; former Staff Judge Advocate and Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Investigative Command
• Wallace B. Jefferson (B.A. 1985), first African American Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
• Carlotta Walls Lanier (undergrad, transferred), “Little Rock Nine” civil rights pioneer and (multiple) award winner; co-founder, Little Rock Nine Foundation; currently, a real estate entrepreneur in Englewood, Colorado
• Charlie Langton (J.D. 1987), plaintiff's lawyer and host of "Legally Speaking" and "Meet the Mayor" on Detroit cable television [1]
• Michael W. McConnell (B.A. 1976), judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
• Robert Ressler (B.S., M.S. 1972), noted criminologist, coined term “serial killer”
• Ronald J. Tenpas (B.A. 1985), Associate Deputy U.S. Attorney General

[edit] Politics and government

• Spencer Abraham^[1] (B.A. 1974), former U.S. Secretary of Energy and U.S. Senator from Michigan
• Dennis Archer (J.D. 1970), former president of the American Bar Association, the first African American elected to the position; former mayor of Detroit, and chairman of Detroit-based law firm, Dickinson Wright.
• George R. Ariyoshi (B.A. 1949), third Governor of Hawaii
• Adnan Badran (M.A., Ph.D.), former Prime Minister of Jordan
• James Blanchard (B.A. 1964), former Michigan governor (1983 - 1991) and former Ambassador to Canada (1993 - 1996; appointed by President Clinton)
• Gen. Donald G. Cook (B.S. 1969), commander of Air Education and Training Command at Randolph AFB, Texas; a Four-Star General training of American pilots; key strategist in Operation Desert Storm
• Richard Cordray (B.A. 1981), Treasurer of Franklin County (Columbus), OH, Rhodes Scholar
• Nancy Dick, Colorado's first woman Lieutenant Governor
• Tony Earl (B.A. 1958), former Wisconsin governor, (currently on governing board, Common Cause-Wisconsin)
• John Engler^[1], former Michigan governor (1991 - 2003)
• Robert A. Ficano (B.A. 1974), Wayne County (Michigan) Executive
• Emma Genevieve Gillette (B.S. 1920), called the “Mother of Michigan’s State Park system”; founder, president of Michigan Parks Association; appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to President’s Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty
• Rutherford P. Hayes (did not graduate), financier, scientific farmer, son of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President
• Donna J. Hrinak, U.S. ambassador to Venezuela
• Riina Kionka (B.A. 1983), Head of Unit in DGE IV, Directorate, Transatlantic Relations for the European Union; formerly Ambassador of Estonia to Germany
• Turner Isoun (B.S. 1963, D.V.M. 1965), Minister of Science and Technology, Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Steven M. Kaplan - appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to serve as a member of the State of Michigan’s Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
• Russell Kirk, National Review magazine co-founder, often called the “Father of the Modern Conservative Movement”
• John Kornblum, former ambassador to FDR Germany
• Roger A. Meece (B.S. 1971), U.S. ambassador, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Frederick H. Mueller, former Secretary of Commerce (under Pres. Eisenhower)
• Purachai Piumsombun (M.S. 1975), Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
• Peter F. Secchia, former U.S. Ambassador to Italy
• Debbie Stabenow (B.A. 1972, M.A. 1975), U.S. Senator from Michigan
• David A. Stockman (B.A. 1968), former Director, Office of Management and Budget under President Reagan
• Clay Tallman, former commissioner, General Land Office, U.S. Department of the Interior
• John P. Walters (B.A. 1974), head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Thomas G. Weston, (retired) U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus

[edit] Religion

• Lou Sheldon, (B.A. ), evangelical conservative activist, founder and chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition
• Douglas V. Steere, Quaker philosopher, religious leader, Rhodes Scholar
• Rev. Jim Wallis (B.A. 1972), liberal Christian evangalical activist; author, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It

[edit] Science

• Andrea Amalfitano (B.S., Ph.D 1989, M.D. 1990), pioneering gene therapist, formerly of Duke Medical School, Mayo Clinic, et al., recently returned to take newly-endowed chair in MSU’s Osteopathic Medical School
• Liberty Hyde Bailey (B.S. 1882), world famous botanist and horticulturist, often called the "Father of Modern Horticulture"; also, author and philosopher
• Horace L. Barnett, noted fungal physiologist and Chair of Department of Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
• Charles E. Bessey (B.S. 1869), pioneer 19th century botany educator; past president, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Lyman J. Briggs (B.S. 1893), physicist, chair, National Bureau of Standards, tabbed by FDR to head the Uranium Commission (precursor to the Manhattan Project)
• Louis G. (“L.G.”) Carpenter (B.S. 1879), irrigation engineering pioneer educator; organizer of department in Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State); founder and president, American Society of Irrigation Engineers
• Rolla C. Carpenter (B.S. 1873), pioneer in heating and ventilating buildings as engineering professor at Michigan State and Cornell; co-planned city that became East Lansing
• Michael J. Donoghue (B.S. 1976), director of Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History
• Myron Essex (B.S.), Chair, Harvard AIDS Institute
• Erich Fromm, psychologist and philosopher
• Martha L. Gray (B.S. 1978), MIT professor, Director of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology; groundbreaking researcher in preventing cartilage degeneration to slow affects of aging
• TA Heppenheimer (B.S. 1967, M.S. 1968), noted aeronautics and space scholar, researcher and author; researcher associate fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; has held research fellowships at Caltech and the Max Planck Institute
• Alfred D. Hershey (B.S. 1930, M.S. 1934), Nobel Laureate (1969) for physiology or medicine
• Perry G. Holden, first professor of agronomy in the US (1896)
• James H. Kimball, renowned meteorologist pioneering oceanic weather mapping facilitating early transatlantic aviation
• Ezra Kraus, early 20th Century botany chair, University of Chicago
• Harold H. McKinney, noted cereal virologist, USDA
• Eugene C. Ogden, former New York State Botanist
• Henry J. Oosting, eminent former ecologist, Duke University
• Eugene Parker (B.S. 1948), astrophysicist, developed concept of supersonic solar wind; Bruce Prize, Kyoto Prize winner
• Albert N. Prentiss (B.S. 1861), on inaugural Cornell University faculty as chair of botany & horticulture department
• John R. Reeder (B.S. 1939), former curator of herbarium and Chair of Botany Department, Yale
• Charles E. St. John (B.S. 1887), renowned early 20th Century astrophysicist at Mount Wilson observatory and associate of Albert Einstein; previously appointed first dean of arts and sciences at Oberlin College where he served as professor of physics & astronomy (1897-1908)
• Edward M. Shelton (B.S. 1871), agriculture professor; first teacher of American agricultural methods and systematic farming in Japan; agricultural adviser to the Governor of Queensland, Australia
• James H. Steele (D.V.M. 1941), world-renowned epidemiologist pioneering linkages between veterinary and human medicine, became the first Chief Veterinary Officer in the US Public Health Service (1950); former Assistant Surgeon General for Veterinary Affairs
• James W. Toumey, botanist, founder of Yale School of Forestry; honored in the cactus genus Toumeya, and in New Hampshire’s Yale-Toumey Forest
• Fay Gillis Wells (did not graduate), first woman to parachute from an aircraft; later, White House correspondent for Storer Broadcasting Co.
• Walter C. Willett (B.S. 1966), noted epidemiology professor, Harvard School of Public Health

[edit] Television and radio

• Chad Everett (did not graduate), actor, starred in Medical Center
• Tanya Hart, Emmy Award winning commentator, current host of Hollywood Live with Tanya Hart, syndicated on American Urban Radio Networks’ 500 stations; owns Tanya Hart Communications, Inc., a multimedia company
• Chris Hansen, NBC News correspondent
• Kay Koplovitz, founder of USA Network
• Jeff Krul (B.A. 1995), former production coordinator for Seinfeld
• Jackie Martling, Stand up comedian, member of Howard Stern show till 2001
• Carol Mechanic (B.A. 1973), senior VP of programming for Showtime Networks, Inc.
• James Moore, award winning writer (including an Emmy, the Edward R. Murrow Award, Dartmouth College National Media Award for Economic Understanding, etc.), and New York Times bestseller (as co-author) and Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential
• Michael Olman (B.A. 1990), TV/film audio recording specialist, won Emmys for 24 (2) and Dinosaur Planet
• Susan Packard (B.A. 1979), founding CEO of HGTV (1997 Cable TV "Woman of the Year"), currently president of Scripps Networks New Ventures
• James D. Quello (B.A. 1935), retired chairman of the FCC
• Susan Spencer, CBS News correspondent
• Robert Urich, actor (Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire)

[edit] Faculty and administration

[edit] Board of Trustees

As of 2006:

• Lou Anna Simon (ex officio member)
• David L. Porteous — Chairperson
• Joel I. Ferguson — Vice Chairperson
• Dolores M. Cook
• Melanie Foster
• Dorothy V. Gonzales
• Colleen M. McNamara
• Donald W. Nugent
• G. Scott Romney

[edit] Presidents past and present

• Joseph R. Williams (1857-1859)
• Lewis R. Fisk (1859-1862)
• Theophilus C. Abbot (1862-1884)
• Edwin Willits (1885-1889)
• Oscar Clute (1889-1893)
• Lewis B. Gorton (1893-1895)
• Jonathan L. Snyder (1896-1915)
• Frank S. Kedzie (1915-1921)
• David Friday (1921-1923)
• Kenyon L. Butterfield (1924-1928)
• Robert S. Shaw (1928-1941)
• John A. Hannah (1941-1969)
• Walter Adams (1969-1970)
• Clifton R. Wharton Jr. (1970-1978)
• Edgar L. Harden (1978-1979)
• Cecil Mackey (1979-1985)
• John DiBiaggio (1985-1992)
• Gordon Guyer (1992-1993)
• M. Peter McPherson (1993-2005)
• Lou Anna Simon (2005-)

[edit] Other

• Jud Heathcote, former MSU men's basketball coach
• Tom Izzo, current MSU men's basketball coach (As of 2006)
• Joanne P. McCallie, current MSU women's basketball coach (As of 2006)
• George Perles, former MSU football coach
• Aubrey Radcliffe, trustee emeritus
• Mark Dantonio, current MSU football coach (As of 2006)

[edit] References

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