Wesleyan University people

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This is a list of notable people affiliated with Wesleyan University.

Contents 1 Administration and Faculty 1.1 Academia 1.2 Arts and letters 2 Alumni 2.1 Academia 2.2 Art 2.3 Business 2.4 Film, Television, Acting 2.5 Law 2.6 Literature 2.7 Reference works 2.8 Medicine 2.9 Military 2.10 Music 2.11 News 2.12 Politics 2.13 Religion 2.14 Science 2.15 Sports 3 Notes

[edit] Administration and Faculty

[edit] Academia

• Norman O. Brown, Professor of Classics (1946-196?); wrote "Life Against Death"
• H. Bruce Franklin, known as a leftist activist and writer, visiting professor in the English Department mid-1970s.
• Dana Gioia, Current Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies (1964-1967), later U.S. Senator from New York
• Woodrow Wilson, faculty 1888–1890, later president of the United States
• Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, faculty 1974–c. 1995, prominent biographer and psychotherapist
• Judith Butler, faculty 1984-86, philosopher and gender/queer theorist
• Wilbur Olin Atwater, who in 1899 proved that alcohol had food value [1] [2]

[edit] Arts and letters

• Jeanine Basinger, faculty c. 1970–present, film scholar
• Anthony Braxton, faculty ?–present, composer, multi-reedist and pianist, best known as a jazz musician
• John Cage composer and fellow at Center for Advanced Studies (1961, 1968)
• Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, English faculty as of 2006
• Jimmy Garrison, artist in residence ?–1976, jazz bassist
• Leslie Gelb, faculty; dept. of history, 1965-1966
• Alvin Lucier, faculty; pioneering experimental composer
• William Manchester, non-fiction writer
• Becky Mode, 1986 - Playwright, Fully Committed
• V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Laureate in fiction, visiting prof. 1979
• Jean Redpath, artist in residence, 1972 to 1976
• Jonathan Schell, journalist, author, visiting professor in writing 2000-2002
• Richard Wilbur, faculty c. 1950–1980; poet

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Academia

• Ruth Behar 1977 - Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan; author of Translated Woman, Women Writing Culture, The Vulnerable Observer, and director/producer of Adio Kerida.
• Linda Brinen 1988 - Scientific and technical programs manager, Joint Center for Structural Genomics, Stanford University
• K.C. Chan 1979 - Dean, School of Business and Management, Chair Professor of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Norman Daniels - Philosopher at the Harvard school of public health, has written extensively on the concepts of equality, fairness and justice.
• Ram Dass, M.A. - born Richard Alpert, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and well-known LSD promoter.
• Joseph Denison 1840 - First President of Kansas State University; minister.
• Daniel Dennett (attended for one year, did not graduate) Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University author of "Consciousness Explained," "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," and "Freedom Evolves."
• Dr. Larry "Lightnin'" Dougherty 1969 - Headmaster of The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks
• Gerald Holton 1941 - Professor emeritus, Harvard University; world's leading authority on life of Albert Einstein.
• Shelly Kagan - Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics.
• Anthony Marx - 18th President of Amherst College; former professor of political science at Columbia University.
• David McClelland 1938 - behavioral psychologist, social psychologist, advocate of quantitative history. Also taught at Wesleyan in the early 1950s.
• Juliet Schor - Professor of Sociology at Boston College; works include The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure.
• Beverly Daniel Tatum 1975 - President, Spelman College; author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
• Mark C. Taylor 1945 - Cluett Professor of Humanities at Williams College
• Edward Thorndike 1895 - psychologist responsible for advancements in learning theory and psychometrics also wrote dictionaries for children and adults
• Robert Weisbuch 1968 - 11th President of Drew University; former President of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
• Henry Merritt Wriston 1911 - former President of Brown University (1937-1955)

[edit] Art

• Meredith Bergmann 1976 - Sculptor of Women's Memorial (Boston).
• Lyle Ashton Harris 1988 - Photographer, exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art
• Alan Shestack 1960 - Chief curator, National Gallery of Art
• John Spike 1973 - Noted art historian of the Italian Renaissance and contemporary art critic
• Mark Steinmetz 1982 - Photographer, recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship
• Philip Trager 1956 - Photographer whose books include Villas of Palladio, Dancers, Persephone, and Changing Paris: A Tour Along the Seine
• Paul Lewis - architect, principal of LewisTsurumakiLewis architects, which represented America at the 2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture. Identified as Design Vanguards for year 2000 by Architectural Record.
• Alix Olson 1997 - Performance artist and award-winning slam poet
• Christopher Wink 1983 - Founder of the Blue Man Group

[edit] Business

• Joshua Boger 1973 - President and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
• Jonathan S. Bush - Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Athenahealth Inc.
• Majora Carter 1988 - Founder and executive director, Sustainable South Bronx
• Richard Cavanagh 1968 - President and CEO, The Conference Board of New York
• Gilbert Clee - Former Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company
• Alan Dachs 1970 - President, The Fremont Group (investment arm of Bechtel Corporation)
• Ronald Daniel 1952 - Former Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company; Former Treasurer of the Harvard Corporation.
• Clay Dreslough 1993 - Founder and President, Sports Mogul Inc.
• Jim Dresser 1963 - Former COO, Boston Consulting Group; chairman of Wesleyan's board of trustees
• Stuart Ellman 1988 - Founding Partner, RRE Ventures
• Charles Exley, Jr. 1951 - Former chairman and CEO, NCR Corporation
• Houghton Freeman 1943 - Former Vice Chairman, AIG; Founder of AIU.
• Andrew R. Goldman 1985 - Executive Vice President, Instinet Group
• Charles James 1976 - Vice president and general counsel, ChevronTexaco Corp.
• Herb Kelleher 1953 - Founder, chairman, and former president and CEO, Southwest Airlines
• Matt Kelley 2001 - Founder, and former president, The Mavin Foundation
• Daphne Kwok 1984 - Executive director of the Asian Pacific Institute for Congressional Studies
• Eliza Leighton 1995 - Cofounder, Stand for Children
• Daniel Lynch 1980 - CEO, ImClone
• Gary Loveman 1982 - Chairman, President, and CEO, Harrah's Entertainment
• John Lipsky 1968 - Vice Chairman and Former Chief Economist, JP Morgan Chase
• David Olson 1978 - Former Head of Investment Banking, CSFB Asia Pacific; Former CEO of Guggenheim Merchant Banking.
• Robert Patricelli 1961 - President and CEO, Women's Health, USA
• Anthony Richter 1984 - director of Central Asia and Middle East Initiatives of the Open Society Institute
• Tom Rogers 1976 - Chairman and CEO, Primedia
• Jonathan I. Schwartz 1987 - President and CEO, Sun Microsystems
• David Skaggs 1964 - Executive director, Aspen Institute and former member of Congress
• Richard Valentino 1965- Chief Financial Officer of BSAF and U.S. Congress (1982-1984)
• Laura Walker 1979 - President and CEO, WNYC
• Jeff Weitzen 1978 - Former president and CEO, Gateway 2000
• John Woodhouse 1953 - Senior chairman, Sysco Corp.
• Walter Wriston 1941 - Retired chairman, Citicorp
• Strauss Zelnick 1979 - Founder and president, ZelnickMedia
• Ezra Zilkha 1947 - President, Zilkha and Sons
• Harold Bordwin 1982 - President, Keen Consultants LLC

[edit] Film, Television, Acting

• Miguel Arteta 1989 - Film director (Star Maps, Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl)
• Michael Bay 1986 - Film director (The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys)
• Eric Byler 1994 - Film director (charlotte sometimes, My Life Disoriented, Americanese, TRE)
• William Christopher 1954 - Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy on M*A*S*H (TV series)
• Lynn Chen 1998 - Actress, Saving Face
• Jennifer Crittenden 1992 - Writer and/or producer for Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, and Everybody Loves Raymond
• Ed Decter 1979 - Screenwriter: There's Something About Mary
• Dana Delany 1978 - Emmy Award-winning actress whose credits include the television shows China Beach and Presidio Med and the films Tombstone and Fly Away Home
• Halley Feiffer 2007 - Actress, The Squid and the Whale; playwright
• Jennifer Flackett 1986 - Screenwriter, Little Manhattan
• Conor Vincent Galvin 2006 - Film Writer/Director ("In Your Eyes")
• Bobbito Garcia 1988 - Renowned Hip Hop DJ, writer and streetball player
• William Garson - Actor, most known for his portrayal of Stanford on Sex and the City
• Akiva Goldsman 1983 - Screenwriter for The Client, A Time to Kill, A Beautiful Mind (Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar), and The Da Vinci Code
• Adam Hann-Byrd - Actor, Little Man Tate, The Ice Storm
• Elisabeth Harnois 2001 - Actress, Adventures in Wonderland, Pretty Persuasion
• Dan Kapelovitz - Writer, director, producer, The Three Geniuses.
• Michael E. Knight 1980 - Actor, best known for his role as Tad Martin on All My Children
• David Kohan 1986 - Co-creator and executive producer of Will & Grace and Good Morning, Miami
• Laurence Mark 1971 - Producer of the films Jerry Maguire, As Good as It Gets, Finding Forrester, Dreamgirls (film)
• Daisy von Scherler Mayer 1988 - Film director (Party Girl, Madeline, The Guru)
• Benjamin Parrillo 1992 - Actor with numerous film and television credits including Cold Case, 24, NCIS, Boston Legal
• Paul Schiff 1981 - Producer of the films My Cousin Vinny and Rushmore
• Stephen Schiff 1972 - Screenwriter for Lolita, True Crime, and Unfaithful
• Lawrence Sher 1992 - Cinematographer, Dukes of Hazzard, Garden State
• Marc Shmuger 1980 - Head of Universal Pictures as of 2006
• Kim Stolz 2005 - America's Next Top Model Cycle 5 finalist
• Jon Turteltaub 1985 - Film director (Cool Runnings, Phenomenon, While You Were Sleeping, National Treasure, 3 Ninjas)
• Lindsay Weber - Actress, "Anger Management".
• Matthew Weiner - Screenwriter, supervising producer of The Sopranos.
• Paul Weitz 1988 - Director (with brother Chris Weitz, American Pie, About a Boy)
• Joss Whedon 1987 - Creator, producer, director, and writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity; screenwriter for Speed and Toy Story
• Bradley Whitford 1981 - Emmy-winning actor in television drama The West Wing
• David White 1970 - Executive director, producer, and founder of the Dance Theater Workshop
• Mike White 1992 - Screenwriter for Chuck and Buck, Orange County, and The Good Girl
• Scott Wiper 1992 - Director, Screenwriter, Actor
• Frank Wood 1984 - Tony Award-winning actor (Side Man)
• Douglas Cannon 1992 - Travel Show Host

[edit] Law

• Peter Arenella 1969 - Professor, UCLA School of Law; expert in criminal law and criminal procedure
• Hon John D. Bates 1968 - Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Eric Blumenson 1968 - Professor, Suffolk Law School
• Hiram Chodosh 1985 - Dean, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
• John C.P. Goldberg 1983 - Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School
• Russell Hardin 1964 - Attorney, Hardin, Beers, Hagstette & Davidson, and lead Houston attorney for Arthur Andersen's defense against lawsuits brought by Enron shareholders
• Hon. Terry Hatter 1954 - Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles
• Hon. Andrew Kleinfeld 1966 - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Deborah Malamud 1977 - Professor, New York University (NYU) School of Law
• Daniel H. Pollitt 1943 - Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina School of Law
• Hon. Anthony Scirica 1962 - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia)
• Theodore Shaw 1976 - Associate director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Jordan Steiker 1984 - Cooper K. Ragan Regents Professor, University of Texas School of Law
• Hon. Stephen Trott 1962 - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Charles Alan Wright - long-time professor at University of Texas School of Law, president of the American Law Institute, and nation's foremost authority on U.S. federal courts and procedure

[edit] Literature

• Andy Behrman 198? - Author of Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania
• Amy Bloom 1975 - Author of Come to Me, Love Invents Us, and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
• Jennifer Finney Boylan 1980 - Author of The Planets, The Constellations, and the memoir She's Not There
• Robin Cook 1962 - Medical mystery writer whose books include Abduction, Chromosome 6, Coma, Shock, and many other bestsellers
• Ted Fiske 1959 - Educational writer, creator of The Fiske Guide to Colleges
• William H. Gass
• Daniel Handler 1992 - Author (under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket) of A Series of Unfortunate Events children's book series
• Albert Harrison Hoyt 1850 - writer
• Sebastian Junger 1984 - Author of The Perfect Storm and Fire
• Kevin Lohela 1972- Author of The Rhetoric of Evil in Political Discourse: Post WWII
• Robert Ludlum 1951 - The late writer whose books include The Bourne Identity, The Matarese Circle, and many others
• Ariel Levy - Author of Female Chauvinist Pigs
• C. Richard (Rick) Nicita 1967 - Cochairman, Creative Artists Agency
• Reid Offringa - mythopoetic biographer
• Charles Olson 1932 - modernist poet
• Dr. Michael Palmer 1964 - Medical mystery writer whose books include Side Effects, Flashback, Extreme Measures, and Natural Causes
• Daniel Pinchbeck - Author of "Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism" and "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl"
• Mary Roach - author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
• Sara Shandler 2002 - Author of Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self
• Tristan Taormino - author and sex educator
• David Rains Wallace - Author of The Monkey's Bridge and The Klamath Knot

[edit] Reference works

• Colleen Buyers 2004 and Jordan Goldman 2004 - Creators, Editors, Students' Guide to Colleges, Penguin Books [3]

[edit] Medicine

• Dr. Herbert Benson 1957 - Founding president of the Mind-Body Medical Institute; author of The Relaxation Response
• Dr. Laman Gray, Jr. 1963 - Artificial heart surgeon
• Dr. Jay Levy 1960 - AIDS researcher and educator; professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• Emelie Marcus 1982 - Editor of the scientific journal Cell.
• Dr. Trisha LaBronte 1977 - Head of ethnogynocological studies at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
• Dr. Grant V.S. Parr 1965 - Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Atlantic Health Systems
• Dr. Joseph J. Fins 1982 - Medical Ethicist; professor of medicine, Cornell University; author of "A Palliative Ethic of Care"

[edit] Military

• Thomas H. Collins - Retired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant

[edit] Music

• John Perry Barlow 1969 - Lyricist for Grateful Dead, cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• The Highwaymen (David Fisher 1962, Steve Trott '62, Chan Daniels '62 [dec.], Steve Butts '62, and Bob Burnett '62) -- folk group with #1 single ("Michael" 1961).
• Jay Hoggard 1976 - Renowned jazz musician, vibraphonist
• Amanda Palmer 1998 - singer/pianist of The Dresden Dolls
• Gregory Rogove 2002 - drummer/vocalist of Tarantula A.D.
• Wadada Leo Smith - Jazz trumpeter and composer
• Stephen Trask 1989 - Composer and lyricist for the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Dar Williams 1989 - Folksinger
• Allie Wrubel - Composer and songwriter, primarily for the Disney Corporation, known for writing Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.

[edit] News

• Eric Asimov 1979 - Restaurant columnist and editor, The New York Times; nephew of Isaac Asimov
• Doug Berman 1984 - National Public Radio producer, fundraiser and creator of Car Talk, subway fugitive, not a slave to fashion and bongo boy.[4]
• William Blakemore 1965 - Correspondent, ABC News
• David Brancaccio 1982 - Host, "Now", PBS
• Ethan Bronner 1976 - Assistant editorial page editor, The New York Times
• Dominique Browning 1977 - Editor-in-chief, House & Garden Magazine
• Jane Eisner 1977 - Columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Steven Greenhouse 1973 - Reporter, The New York Times
• Alberto Ibargüen 1966 - Publisher, The Miami Herald, Chair of PBS Board of Directors
• Brooks Kraft 1987 - Nationally recognized photojournalist whose pictures of the White House and President Bush have appeared in Time Magazine.
• Alex Kotlowitz 1977 - Journalist, activist, author of There Are No Children Here
• Caroline Little 1981 - COO of Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive
• Randall Pinkston 1972 - Emmy Award-winning television journalist
• C. Sumner (Chuck) Stone 1948 - Professor of journalism at University of North Carolina; former editor, Philadelphia Daily News
• Laura Walker 1979 - President and CEO, WNYC
• Michael Yamashita 1971 - Photographer, National Geographic
• John Yang 1980 - Correspondent, ABC News

[edit] Politics

• John E. Andrus 1862 - Former Congressman from Westchester, New York and Mayor of Yonkers, Republican
• Raymond Baldwin 1916 - Former Senator, Governor of Connecticut.
• Gerald Baliles 1963 - Former Governor of Virginia, Democrat.
• Edward G. Biester, Jr. 1952 - Former Congressman from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
• Douglas J. Bennet 1959 - Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs under President Bill Clinton
• Benjamin Biggs Former Congressman and Governor of Delaware.
• John Ransom Buck Former Congressman from Connecticut.
• Shah Chaudri 1987 - Revolutionary in Tristan da Cunha.
• William Citron 1918 - Former Congressman from Connecticut.
• Cornelius Cole 1847 - Congressman and Senator from California.
• Norris Cotton 1923 - Former Senator from New Hampshire.
• Clarence D. Coughlin - Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania.
• Emilio Daddario - 1939 - Former Democratic Congressman from Connecticut, Former co-chair of the American Bar Association.
• Frederick Davenport 1889 - Former Republican Congressman from New York, Progressive Party candidate for Governor, 1914.
• Stanley W. Davenport 1884 - Former Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania.
• Charles Douglas - Former Congressman from New Hampshire.
• Alonzo J. Edgerton 1850 - Former Senator from Minnesota.
• Enrique A. Garcia 1960 - General Director, Ministry of the Presidency, Bolivia
• Miles Granger 1842 - Former Congressman from Connecticut.
• Clarence E. Hancock 1906 - Former Congressman, Syracuse, New York.
• John Hickenlooper 1974 - Mayor of Denver, Colorado.
• Chester Hubbard 1840 - Former Congressman from West Virginia.
• William Hubbard 1863 - Former Congressman from West Virginia.
• Robert E. Hunter 1962 - Former United States Ambassador to NATO, now President of the Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Mitchell Jenkins 1919 - Former Congressman from Pennsylvania.
• Phyllis Lee 1962 - Secretary of the High-Level Committee on Programs, United Nations
• Nobutaka Machimura - Former Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs; Former Acting Secretary General of Japan's Liberal Demoratic Party (LDP).
• Edwin May 1948 - Former Congressman from Connecticut.
• Giulio M.T. Paunga 1987 - Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industries, Government of Tonga
• Frederick Walker Pitkin - Governor of Colorado
• George Washington Shonk 1873 - Former Congressman from Pennsylvania.
• Abner Sibal 1943 - Former Congressman from Connecticut.
• David Skaggs 1964 - Former Congressman (Democrat of Colorado)
• Watson Squire 1859 - Former Senator from Washington
• William Copeland Wallace 1879 - Former Congressman from New York.
• Josiah Wolcott 1901 - Former Congressman and Attorney General of Delaware.
• Stephen Young 1973 - Former United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.

[edit] Religion

• Edward Gayer Andrews (B.A., 1847) - President of Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, New York, later Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
• Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Erastus Otis Haven (1842) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, President of The University of Michigan and Northwestern University, Chancellor of Syracuse University and a Massachusetts State Senator.
• Robert T. Hoshibata (B.A., 1973) - Hawaiian Bishop of the United Methodist Church.
• Zachariah Atwell Mudge (1813-88) Pastor and author
• Frederick Buckley Newell (A.B., 1913) - Bishop of The Methodist Church

[edit] Science

• Taft Armandroff 1982 - director of the W.M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Loa [5]
• Kenneth G. Carpenter 1976, MA 1977, Project Scientist for Hubble Space Telescope Operations ^[1]
• Orange Judd 1847 - Agricultural chemist and publisher; funded Wesleyan's Orange Judd Hall of Natural Science
• Albert L. Lehninger BA 1939, Completed pioneering research in the field of bioenergetics; later affiliated with the University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins University. ^[2]

[edit] Sports

• Bill Belichick 1975 - Head coach, New England Patriots, winner of 2002, 2004, and 2005 Super Bowls
• Ambrose Burfoot 1968 - First collegian to win the Boston Marathon; executive editor, Runner's World Magazine
• Mike Carlson - NFL and NFL Europe pundit (Currently working for channel five in the UK)
• Jeff Galloway 1967 - Celebrated runner and author of Galloway's Book on Running
• Eric Mangini 1994 - Head Coach of the New York Jets and former defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots
• Jeffrey Maier 2006 - College baseball player famous for an instance of fan interference at age twelve and Wesleyan's all-time leader in hits
• Bill Rodgers 1970 - Renowned runner, winner of four New York and four Boston marathons
• Jed Hoyer 1996 - Briefly co-General Manager of the Boston Red Sox during 2005-6 off-season
• Amos Magee 1993 - Professional soccer player and coach
• Michael Goodman 2005 - Professional poker player

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Carpenter": Kenneth G. Carpenter, NASA bio. Archived from the original on 2004-09-30.
2. ^ Johns Hopkins Medical Archives, accessed 6 Feb 2006.