List of University of Chicago people

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The following is a list of people affiliated with the University of Chicago, including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. The University of Chicago was founded in 1890 by American industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller. Since then, a large number of prominent individuals have been affiliated with the school, including 79 Nobel Prize laureates.

Notable people affiliated with the University of Chicago include renowned philosopher-king Urkle,current Supreme Court justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia; senator Barack Obama; Nobel Prize-winning economists Milton Friedman and Gary S. Becker; foreign policy architect Paul Wolfowitz; Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols; astronomer Edwin Hubble; writers Kurt Vonnegut, Saul Bellow, and Susan Sontag; philosophers Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, and Leo Strauss; and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists David Broder and Seymour Hersh.

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[edit] Notable Alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Chicago.

[edit] Nobel laureates

[edit] Arts and entertainment

[edit] Athletics

  • Jay Berwanger (A.B. 1936) - First Heisman Trophy winner (1935).
  • Willie D. Davis (M.B.A. 1968) - Professional Football Hall of Fame member (1981); President of All Pro Broadcasting; former University trustee.
  • Kimberly Ng (A.B. 1990) - Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the only two female assistant General Manager in Major League Baseball.

[edit] Business

[edit] Education

[edit] Government, Law, or Public Policy

[edit] Heads of State and Government

[edit] General

[edit] Historians

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Literature

[edit] Medicine

[edit] Religion

[edit] Social Sciences

[edit] Science and Technology

[edit] Notable Faculty

The following is a list of notable faculty who have taught at the University of Chicago.

[edit] Literature

[edit] Law School

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Philosophy

  • Hannah Arendt - Former Professor in the Committee on Social Thought.
  • Arnold Davidson - Professor of the Philosophy of Religion in the Divinity School; also in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Committee on Historical and Conceptual Studies of Science, and the College.
  • John Dewey - Former Professor of Philosophy.
  • Charles Hartshorne - Former Professor of Philosophy.
  • John Haugeland - David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy.
  • Jonathan Lear - John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy.
  • Jean-Luc Marion - Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Theology in the Divinity School; also in the Department of Philosophy and the Committee on Social Thought.
  • George Herbert Mead - Former Professor of Philosophy.
  • Martha Nussbaum - Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Divinity School; also in the Law School, the Department of Philosophy, and the College.
  • Paul Ricoeur - John Nuveen Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School (1971-1991).
  • Bertrand Russell - Visiting Professor of Philosophy (1938-1939).
  • Leo Strauss - Professor of Political Philosophy (1949-1967).

[edit] Science

[edit] Social Sciences

  • Arjun Appadurai (A.M. 1973, Ph.D. 1976) - Former Professor of Anthropology.
  • Gary Becker (A.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1955) - University Professor in Economics, Graduate School of Business, and Sociology.
  • Dipesh Chakrabarty - Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History and South Asian Languages & Civilizations.
  • Ronald Coase - Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics, The Law School.
  • Constantin Fasolt - Professor of Early Modern European History.
  • Robert Fogel - Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions.
  • John Hope Franklin - John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in History.
  • Milton Friedman - Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics.
  • Clifford Geertz - Professor of Anthropology (1960-1970).
  • Friedrich Hayek - Former Professor in the Committee on Social Thought.
  • Karin Knorr-Cetina - Professor of Anthropology and Sociology.
  • Lawrence Kohlberg (A.B. 1949, Ph.D. 1958) - Professor in the Committee on Human Development (1962-1968).
  • Steven Levitt - Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics.
  • Mark Lilla - Professor in the Committee on Social Thought.
  • Robert Lucas Jr. (A.B. 1959, Ph.D. 1964) - John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor in Economics.
  • John Mearsheimer - R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science.
  • Merton H. Miller - Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Business.
  • Robert Pape (Ph.D. 1988) - Professor of Political Science.
  • Robert E. Park - Professor of Sociology (1914-1936).
  • Robert Redfield - Professor of Anthropology (1927-1958).
  • Marshall Sahlins - Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology.
  • Saskia Sassen - Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology.
  • George Stigler - Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and Graduate School of Business.
  • William I. Thomas (Ph.D. 1896) - Professor of Sociology (1896-1918).
  • Victor Turner - Former Professor in the Committe on Social Thought.
  • Thorstein Veblen - Professor of Political Economy (1892-1906).
  • William Julius Wilson - Lucy Flower University Professor of Sociology (1972-1996).

[edit] History

[edit] Board of Trustees

  • Andrew M. Alper (A.B. 1980, M.B.A. 1981) - President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
  • David G. Booth (M.B.A. 1971) - Chairman and CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors.
  • John H. Bryan - Former Chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corporation.
  • Thomas A. Cole (J.D. 1975) - Chairman of the Executive Committee and Partner of Sidley Austin LLP, the sixth-largest law firm in the world.
  • E. David Coolidge III - Vice Chairman of William Blair & Company, LLC.
  • Jon Corzine (M.B.A. 1973) - Governor of New Jersey.
  • James S. Crown - President of Henry Crown and Company.
  • Katharine Darrow (A.B. 1965) - Former Senior Vice President of the New York Times Company.
  • Erroll B. Davis, Jr. (M.B.A. 1967) - Chancellor of the University of Georgia.
  • Jamie Dimon - President and COO of JPMorgan Chase & Co..
  • Strachan Donnelley - President of the Center for Humans and Nature.
  • Craig J. Duchossois - CEO of Duchossois Industries.
  • James S. Frank - President and CEO of Wheels, Inc.
  • Jack W. Fuller - Former president of the Tribune Company
  • Eric J. Gleacher (M.B.A. 1967) - Chairman of Gleacher Partners, LLC.
  • Stanford J. Goldblatt (Lab 1954, X. 1958) - Partner of Winston & Strawn.
  • Mary Louise Gorno (M.B.A. 1976) - Vice President and Global Account Director of A.T. Kearney.
  • Kathryn C. Gould (M.B.A. 1978) - Founder and General Partner of Foundation Capital.
  • Sanford J. Grossman (A.B. 1973, A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1975) - Chairman of Quantitative Financial Strategies, Inc.
  • King W. Harris - Chairman of Harris Holdings, Inc.
  • Kenneth M. Jacobs (A.B. 1980) - CEO of Lazard North America and Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Lazard LLC.
  • Valerie B. Jarrett - Managing Director and Executive Vice President of the Habitat Company.
  • Karen L. Katen (A.B. 1970, M.B.A. 1974) - Executive Vice President of Pfizer, Incorporated and President of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals.
  • Dennis J. Keller (M.B.A. 1968) - Chairman of DeVry Inc.
  • Arthur L. Kelly (M.B.A. 1964) - Managing Partner of KEL Enterprises, L.P.
  • James M. Kilts, Jr. (M.B.A. 1974) - Chairman, President, and CEO of Gillette Company.
  • Michael J. Klingensmith (A.B. 1975, M.B.A. 1976) - Executive Vice President of Time Inc.
  • Michael L. Klowden (A.B. 1967) - President and CEO of Milken Institute.
  • Sherry Lansing (Lab 1962) - CEO of the Sherry Lansing Foundation.
  • John Martin (S.M. 1975, Ph.D. 1978) - President and CEO of Gilead Sciences.
  • Walter E. Massey - President of Morehouse College.
  • Peter W. May (A.B. 1964, M.B.A. 1965) - President and COO of Triarc Companies, Inc.
  • John W. McCarter, Jr. - President and CEO of the Field Museum.
  • Joseph Neubauer (M.B.A. 1965) - Chairman and CEO of Aramark.
  • Emily Nicklin (A.B. 1975, J.D. 1977) - Partner of Kirkland & Ellis.
  • Harvey B. Plotnick (A.B. 1963) - President of Paradigm Holdings Inc.
  • Thomas J. Pritzker (M.B.A. 1976, J.D. 1976) - Chairman and CEO of Hyatt Corporation.
  • George A. Ranney, Jr. (J.D. 1966) - President and CEO of Chicago Metropolis 2020.
  • John W. Rogers, Jr. (Lab 1976) - Chairman and CEO of Ariel Capital Management.
  • Andrew M. Rosenfield (J.D. 1978) - President and CEO of Leaf Group LLC.
  • Steven G. Rothmeier (M.B.A. 1972) - Chairman and CEO of Great Northern Capital.
  • Richard P. Strubel - Vice Chairman of UNext, Inc.
  • Byron D. Trott (A.B. 1981, M.B.A. 1982) - Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs.
  • Marshall I. Wais, Jr. (A.B. 1963) - CEO of Marwais International L.L.C.
  • Paula Wolff (A.M. 1969, Ph.D. 1972) - Senior Executive of Chicago Metropolis 2020.
  • Paul G. Yovovich (A.B. 1974, M.B.A. 1975) - President of Lake Capital.
  • Francis T.F. Yuen (A.B. 1975) - Deputy Chairman of PCCW Limited.
  • Robert J. Zimmer - President of the University of Chicago.

[edit] Fictional characters

The following is a list of fictional characters associated with the University of Chicago. Only characters who are integral to their respective films or books are listed.

[edit] Resources