List of Carnegie Mellon University people
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This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States of America.
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[edit] Notable students and alumni
[edit] Nobel laureates
- John L. Hall (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1961), 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, Faculty member), 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
- Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, Faculty member 1971–1980), 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
- Clifford Shull (B.S. 1937), 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics
- John Forbes Nash (B.S. 1948, M.S. 1948), 1994 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, the subject of A Beautiful Mind
[edit] Turing Award recipients
- Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), compiler construction, 1966 - first Turing Award winner
- Allen Newell (Professor) and Herbert Simon (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1975
- Dana S. Scott (Professor), nondeterministic machines, 1976
- Robert Floyd (Professor), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978
- Ivan Sutherland (B.S.) Computer graphics, 1988
- Raj Reddy (Professor) and Edward Feigenbaum (Ph.D), artificial intelligence, 1994
- Manuel Blum (Professor), computational complexity theory, 1995
- Edmund M. Clarke (Professor), model checking, 2007
[edit] Enrico Fermi Award winners
- George Cowan (Ph.D. 1950), nuclear scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, the U.S. atomic initiative during World War II
[edit] Business
- Paul Allaire (MBA 1966), former Xerox director (1986–1990) CEO (1990–2000) and Chairman (1991–2000)
- Keith G. Block (B.S., M.S.), Executive Vice President of North America Consulting and Executive Vice President of North America Sales, Oracle Corporation
- Robert Cochran (1992) president, CEO, and owner of #1 Cochran automotive dealership in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. #1 Cochran is the largest dealership in the northeastern United States.
- David A. Coulter (BS 1971, MSIA 1971), retired Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase (early 2000s); former Chairman and CEO of Bank of America (late 1990s) and engineered the largest financial merger of all time (Nations & BofA).
- Erroll Davis (1965), retired CEO and Chairman of Alliant Energy, board member of BP, General Motors, and PPG Industries (See also: Academia section)
- Jean-Pierre Durant des Aulnois (MSIA), Head of Operational Control, Capgemini
- Dina Dublon (MBA 1979), former EVP and CFO of JP Morgan Chase; board member of Microsoft, Accenture, PepsiCo, and Carnegie Mellon University
- Marc Ewing (B.S. 1992), Founder of Red Hat Inc. maker of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. (MSIA 1963), President and CEO, Sun-Times Media Group (November 2006-present); President and CEO, Chiquita Brands International (2002–2004)
- Yoshiaki Fujimori (MBA 1981), President and CEO of General Electric Asia
- Larry Kurzweil (B.S. 1977, MBA 1978), President and COO of Universal Studios Hollywood
- Per Lofberg (MSIA 1973), President and CEO of Merck Capital Ventures, a subsidiary of Merck & Co.
- Edward E. Lucente, former Chairman, CEO, QMS-Minolta; former EVP, Nortel; former Corporate Vice President, IBM
- Howard Pien (MBA 1981), former CEO and Chairman of Chiron Corporation (2003–2006), President, Pharmaceuticals International Division of GlaxoSmithKline (mid-90's-2003).
- Les Silverman, (B.S., MSIA, Ph.D.), a director of McKinsey & Company, co-founder and head of McKinsey's Nonprofit Practice group
- David Tepper (MBA 1982), hedge fund manager at Appaloosa Management
- Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), CEO of General Motors (1946–1953), President of General Motors (1941–1953) (See also: Government and politics section)
- Raymond W. Smith (1959), Chairman of Rothschild North America, and the Chairman of Arlington Capital Partners, former CEO of Verizon and Bell Atlantic
[edit] Science and technology
- Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S. 1976), co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Managing Director of Cisco 1996–2002, Chief Architech of Sun Microsystems 2003–2005. One of the original investors in Google, being the first person ever to document the company name.
- Mark Canepa (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1977), Executive Vice President, Network Storage Products Group and then Data Management for Sun Microsystems.
- Bob Colwell (Ph.D.), Chief Architect of Intel Pentium Pro
- Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), inventor of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), awarded the IBM Fellow and proved the theories leading to Moore's Law.
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1960), computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
- Edward H. Frank (Ph.D. 1985), Vice President R&D, Broadcom
- Charles Geschke (Ph.D. 1973), co-founder of Adobe Systems
- James J. Gillogly (Ph.D. 1978), cryptographer who was the first to publicly solve parts 1-3 of Kryptos
- James Gosling (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1983), creator of Java programming language
- Scott Fahlman (M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1977) Creator of the Emoticon
- Feng-hsiung Hsu (Ph.D. 1990), co-creator of ChipTest (while at CMU), which was the predecessor of Deep Thought, which in turn evolved into Deep Blue at IBM
- Vinod Khosla (M.S. 1978), co-founder of Sun Microsystems, venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
- Stephanie Kwolek (1946), inventor of Kevlar
- Kai-Fu Lee (Ph.D. 1988), president of Google China
- Edgar Mitchell (1952), astronaut, 6th man to walk on the moon
- James G. Mitchell (Ph.D), computer scientist, developer of WATFOR compiler
- Michael Montemerlo (B.S. and M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2003), software lead for Stanley, the robotic car that won the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005
- John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), inventor of the Tcl scripting language
- David Parnas (Ph.D.), early pioneer of software engineering
- Randy Pausch, founder of Alice (software), and man behind the Last Lecture
- Drew D. Perkins (1985), author of Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Alan Perlis (1943), computer scientist
- Judith Resnik (1970), astronaut who died in the Challenger accident during the launch of the mission STS-51-L.
- Barb Samardzich (M.S. 1985), Vice President, Powertrain Operations, Ford Motor Company
- Joshua Schachter (1996), founder of del.icio.us
- Jonathan I. Schwartz (transferred to Wesleyan University) - CEO of Sun Microsystems
- Pradeep Sindhu (Ph.D.), cofounder and CTO of Juniper Networks
- Ivan Sutherland (1959), computer programmer and Internet pioneer
- Avie Tevanian (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1988), former Apple CTO
- Hau Thai-Tang (1988), former Director of Advanced Product Creation and Special Vehicle Team at Ford Motor Company, Chief Engineer of the 2005 Ford Mustang
- Red Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979), professor at CMU; led CMU teams that won second and third place in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 and first place in 2007
[edit] Performing arts, film, and television
Carnegie Mellon is affiliated with 4 Academy Award recipients, 9 Emmy Award recipients, and 6 Tony Award recipients.
- Sonni Abatta, news anchor at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh
- René Auberjonois (1962), actor, best known for Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Boston Legal
- Shari Belafonte, actress, singer, Cane River
- Natalie Venetia Belcon, actress, singer, originated the role of Gary Coleman in the Broadway musical Avenue Q
- Paul Ben-Victor, actor who has appeared on many shows, such as The Wire, The Shield and Entourage.
- Lourdes Benedicto, actress, NYPD Blue, ER, Dawson's Creek, and 24
- Steven Bochco (1966), writer, producer, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue; ten-time Emmy Award winner
- Christian Borle, Tony Award nominated actor, "Legally Blonde (musical)", briefly attended
- Barbara Bosson, actress, Hill Street Blues and Murder One
- Abby Brammell, actress (The Unit)
- Albert Brooks, actor, attend for two years, Finding Nemo, Broadcast News
- Lori Cardille, actress
- Jean Carson, actress (The Andy Griffith Show)
- Gaius Charles (2005), actor, Friday Night Lights
- Rhys Coiro, actor, best known for his role as Billy Walsh on the HBO program Entourage
- Frank Converse, actor, The Rowdyman
- Ellen Crawford, actress, Boston Legal
- James Cromwell, actor, best known for L.A. Confidential, The General's Daughter, The Sum of All Fears and Babe
- Bob Cummings, actor, best know for Love That Bob
- Ted Danson (1972), actor, best known as "Sam," the bartender on Cheers; two-time Emmy Award winner; three-time Golden Globe Award winner
- Nicole DeHuff, actress, Meet The Parents, Unbeatable Harold
- Kim Director, actress
- Dagmara Dominczyk, actress, The Count of Monte Cristo
- Peggy Eisenhauer (1983), Tony Award-winning lighting designer
- Esteban, flamenco guitarist
- Barbara Feldon, actress, Get Smart
- Dennis Ferry (1966), Principal Trumpet (1977 to present), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Jules Fisher (1960), Tony Award-winning lighting designer
- Kermin Fleming, 2004 Jeopardy! College Champion
- Sutton Foster, Tony Award nominated actress, Thoroughly Modern Millie, left after freshman year
- Renee Elise Goldsberry, actress
- Frank Gorshin, actor, best know as "The Riddler" in the Batman live action television series
- Javier Grillo-Marxuach, television screenwriter, producer, best known for his work on the first two seasons of Lost
- Josh Groban, singer, left after freshman year
- Charles Haid, actor and director
- Van Hansis, actor, Luke Snyder of As the World Turns
- Mariette Hartley (attended), actress
- Lisa Hartman-Black, actress Tabatha
- Ethan Hawke, actor, briefly attended
- Megan Hilty, Broadway Actress, Currently playing Glinda in Broadway's Wicked
- Leonard "Hub" Hubbard, Bassist, The Roots
- Holly Hunter (1980), Academy Award winning actress who also won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award
- Cherry Jones (1978), film and Tony Award winning actress
- James Jacks, producer, Raising Arizona, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Mallrats, Michael, Tombstone
- Caren Kaye, lead actress, "My Tutor," M.S. Ph.D. Psychology
- Jack Klugman, Emmy Award winning actor, best known for The Odd Couple, Quincy, M.E.
- David Lander, actor, best known for his portrayal of Squiggy on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley
- Eugene Lee, two-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer
- Judith Light (1970), Daytime Emmy Award winning actress, best known for One Life to Live and Who's the Boss?
- Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
- Gabriel Macht, actor
- Mark Malmberg, artist, two Emmy awards for MTV's "Liquid Television" and MSNBC ID package. Also national People's Choice award for NBC "Particle Peacock" ID, New York Festivals Gold Award, Prix Ars Electronica Silver Award and others.
- Henry Mancini, composer, nominated for an unprecedented 72 Grammys, winning 20. Additionally he was nominated for 18 Academy Awards, winning four Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses
- Sonia Manzano (attended), actress, writer, Maria Rodriguez on Sesame Street
- Nancy Marchand, actress, played Livia Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos
- Rob Marshall, Academy Award nominated director Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha
- Michael McKean, actor & ensemble comedian (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, This Is Spinal Tap); played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley
- Ming-Na, actress, ER, The Joy Luck Club, Annie Award winner for the voice of "Mulan" in Mulan, voice of Aki Ross in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- Greg Mottola (BFA, Art) - director Superbad, The Daytrippers, and several episodes of Undeclared and Arrested Development
- John Pasquin, Emmy-winning director
- George Peppard, actor, best known for Breakfast at Tiffany's and as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith on The A-Team
- Billy Price (M.A.), blues singer
- Derek Stephen Prince, voice actor, Bleach, Naruto, Love Hina, Cowboy Bebop and Digimon
- Zachary Quinto, actor, best known for his character Sylar on TV show Heroes
- Sally Jessy Raphaël (briefly attended), talk show host
- Norman René, theatre and film director; Obie Award-winner
- Kali Rocha, actress
- Lori Rom, actress
- George A. Romero, film director, best known for Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead
- Ann Roth, Academy Award winning costumer designer
- Laura San Giacomo (1984), actress, Just Shoot Me!
- Pablo Schreiber, actor
- Stephen Schwartz, composer of shows including Wicked, Godspell and Pippin. Pippin, in fact, was originally a Carnegie Mellon production, presented by the Scotch'n'Soda theatrical club on campus under the title Pippin Pippin
- Emily Skinner, Tony Award-nominated musical theater actress
- Jack Smith, Emmy Award-winning correspondent with ABC News
- John-Michael Tebelak (MFA), playwright and director (Godspell)
- Patricia Tallman (1979), actress and stunt woman, played Lyta Alexander on "Babylon 5", Barbara in the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead
- Jughed, master of dice.
- Sada Thompson, actress Family
- Michael Tucker, actor, L.A. Law
- Tamara Tunie, actress
- William J. G. Turner, composer, director, dramatist, producer and actor
- Blair Underwood, actor, L.A. Law, LAX, Gattaca, Sex and the City
- Paula Wagner, film producer and executive
- Loudon Wainwright III (withdrew in 1967), musician
- John Wells, Emmy Award-winning writer/producer, China Beach, ER, The West Wing, Third Watch
- Patrick Wilson, Tony Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award nominated actor
- Bud Yorkin, producer, director, writer and actor All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, and Diff'rent Strokes
- Randy Pausch, founder of Alice_(software), and man behind the Last Lecture
[edit] Visual arts
- Mel Bochner (1962), a pioneer of postminimal arts and conceptual art
- Jonathan Borofsky (1964), 20th-Century Conceptual artist and sculptor
- John Currin (1984), contemporary figure and portrait painter
- Raymond Kaskey (1967), sculptor
- Richard Rappaport (1966) painter
- Burton Morris (1986), pop artist
- Philip Pearlstein (1949), American figure painter
- Andy Warhol (1949), American painter and major figure in the pop art movement
- Bill Blenko, glassmaker
[edit] Architecture and design
- Roger Duffy, architect
- Dahlen Ritchey (1932), architect (Three Rivers Stadium, Wean Hall, Doherty Hall among others)
- David Kelley (1973), founder of IDEO
- Gela Nash-Taylor, fashion designer, co-founder Juicy Couture
[edit] Government and politics
- Gust Avrakotos (attended for two years), Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
- Glenn Cannon (MPM 1988), Director of the Response Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (2006–2008)
- Mary Ann Chiulli (MBA 1975), chief of systems support for the United Nations
- Peter J. De Muth, (BS 1914), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- A.J. Eggenberger (1961, Ph.D. 1967), chairman of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- Charles L. Evans (M.S., Ph.D. in Economics), President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2007 - present
- Larry Giammo (MBA 1992), mayor of Rockville, Maryland
- Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) under President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Yarone Zober (MPM 2000), Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office, City of Pittsburgh (September 2006 - present); formerly Deputy Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh (August to September 2006)
[edit] Academia
- Stacy G. Birmingham (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), Dean for the Albert A. Hopeman, Jr., School of Science and Engineering, Grove City College
- Erroll Davis (B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1965), Chancellor of the University System of Georgia (2006 - present) (See also: Business section)
- Stanley J. Garstka (MSIA 1968, Ph.D. 1970), Deputy Dean, Yale School of Management, Yale University
- Marvin L. Goldberger (B.S.), former president of the California Institute of Technology
- John Graham (Ph.D.), Former Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School and current Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
- Suzanne J. Kessler (1968), Dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences, Purchase College, 2004-present
- Pradeep Khosla (M.S. 1984, Ph.D. 1986), Dean, Carnegie Institute of Technology (College of Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University
- Stephen Landowne (Ph.D.), Associate Dean for Academic Research, United States Military Academy
- Richard L. Van Horn (M.S., Ph.D.), Former President of the University of Houston and the University of Oklahoma
[edit] Literature
- Iris Rainer Dart (1966), author of Beaches
- E. L. Konigsburg (1952), author of children's books
- Jewell Parker Rhodes (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, D.A. 1979), African-American novelist
- Manil Suri (Ph.D. 1983), mathematician and writer
- Astro Teller (Ph.D. 1998), author of Exegesis
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (briefly attended), author of several fictional works including Slaughterhouse Five.
- Elizabeth Currid (B.A. 2000, M.A. 2002), author of The Warhol Economy.
[edit] Sports
- Dwight "Dike" Beede, college football coach who created and introduced the penalty flag
- Rich Lackner (1979), current Carnegie Mellon head football coach
- Hans Lobert, Major League Baseball player, manager
- John McGraw (born Roy Elmer Hoar), Major League Baseball player, not to be confused with hall-of-famer John McGraw
- Aron Ralston (1997), mountain climber
- Herb Sendek (1985), head men's basketball coach at Arizona State University, and former head coach at North Carolina State University
[edit] NFL
- Don Campbell, Tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers (1939 - 1940)[1]
- Merl Condit, End, Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), Pittsburgh Steelers (1940 - 1946)[1]
- Bull Karcis, Fullback, Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), New York Giants (1932 - 1943)[1]
- Saul Mielziner, Center Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), New York Giants (1929 - 1934)[1]
- Joe Mills, Center Akron Pros (1922 - 1926)
- Hap Moran, End, Frankford Yellow Jackets, New York Giants (1926 - 1933)[1]
- Maury Patt, Cleveland Rams (1938 - 1942)[1]
- Bill Rieth, Center, Cleveland Rams (1941 - 1945)[1]
- Jimmy Robertson, Fullback, Halfback Akron Pros (1924 - 1925)[1]
- Hugh Sprinkle, Tackle, Akron Pros (1923 - 1925)[1]
[edit] Notable faculty
[edit] Nobel laureates
- Clinton Davisson (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1937
- Otto Stern (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1943
- Paul Flory (Research Associate, Mellon Institute), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1974
- Herbert Simon (Professor, 1949–2001), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1978
- Franco Modigliani (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1985
- Merton Miller (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990
- Robert Lucas Jr (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1995
- John Pople (Professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
- Walter Kohn (Professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
- Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate, Mellon Institute), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2003
- Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
- Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, Professor 1971–1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
[edit] Turing Award recipients
- Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), compiler construction, 1966 - first Turing Award winner
- Allen Newell (Professor) and Herbert Simon (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1975
- Dana S. Scott (Professor), nondeterministic machines, 1976
- Robert Floyd (Professor), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978
- Ivan Sutherland (B.S.) Computer graphics, 1988
- Raj Reddy (Professor) and Edward Feigenbaum (PH.D), artificial intelligence, 1994
- Manuel Blum (Professor), computational complexity theory, 1995
- Edmund M. Clarke (Professor), model checking, 2007
[edit] MacArthur Fellows
- Luis von Ahn assistant professor of computer science, 2006
[edit] Other prominent faculty
- David Farber (Professor, 2003-Present), co-creator of ARPANET and former Chief Technologist for the FCC
- Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979–1991), computer scientist, Microsoft Research SVP
- Jeffrey Hunker (Professor), Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure for the United States National Security Council (1999-2001), Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce (1996-1998), senior Department of Commerce official for environmental policy (1996-1998), former Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce (1993-1996), former Dean of the Heinz School
- Alfred Blumstein (Professor), One of the nation's top criminologists and winner of the 2007 Stockholm Prize in Criminology. Former Dean of the Heinz School
- Lenore Blum (Professor), wife of Manuel Blum, renown for being a National Science Foundation Career Advancement Award winner and for her contributions to Computer Science
- Jerome Apt (Professor), Former NASA astronaut and now professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy
- George Loewenstein (Professor), Pioneer in the field of Behavioural Economics and faculty in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences
- Allan Meltzer (Professor), chairperson of a special U.S. congressional commission that studied how the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund operated; it made its recommendations for changes in March 2000 in its report to the U.S. Congress
- Kathryn Shaw (Professor 1981-2003), member of the Council of Economic Advisors, Executive Office of the President (1999–2001)
- Golan Levin, internationally renowned new media artist and current faculty member of the School of Art
- Clarence Zener (Professor, 1968–1993), theoretical physicist, namesake of the Zener diode, Zener voltage, and Zener pinning
- Mel Shapiro (Head of Drama Department), Tony Award-winning writer and director
- Richard Florida (Professor, 1987–2005), economist and author of Rise of the Creative Class
- Robyn Dawes (Professor), pioneer in the field of mathematical psychology
- Kathleen Carley (Professor), Computational sociologist and pioneer of dynamic network analysis
[edit] Fictional alumni
- Will Bailey, White House Communications Director in The West Wing
- Harry Q. Bovik, legendary computer scientist.
- Dr. Abe Butterfield, from "Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series)", who gets teased by his colleagues about his days playing college basketball at Carnegie Mellon
- Taz "Rat" Finch, computer hacker from The Core (2003)
- Dr. Colette Green, research associate from the PC game Half-Life: Decay
- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, scientist from The Muppet Show who graduated from "Carnegie-Melonhead University"
- Janet Hartigan, doctor from Smart People
- Dr. Gus Partenza, medical officer from Deep Impact (1998)
- Sebastian Shaw, the Black King of the Hellfire Club of the Marvel Universe (Earth-616)
- Jaime Sommers, title character of The Bionic Woman
- Keepon, dancing robot and YouTube star
- Brian Kinney, main character in Queer As Folk
