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Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Purdue University.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents 1 Notable alumni 1.1 Academia 1.1.1 College chancellors, presidents and vice-presidents 1.1.2 Deans 1.1.3 Professors 1.2 Science and technology 1.2.1 Astronauts 1.2.2 Researchers 1.3 Arts and entertainment 1.4 Business and industry 1.5 Government and law 1.6 Sports 1.6.1 Administration 1.6.2 Baseball 1.6.3 Basketball 1.6.4 Football 1.6.5 Olympics 1.6.6 Other 2 Notable faculty 2.1 Engineering 2.2 Science and mathematics 2.3 Other

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Academia

[edit] College chancellors, presidents and vice-presidents

• Peter Alfonso - Vice President for Research, University of North Dakota
• Diane M. Cook - Vice President and Treasurer, University of Miami, Florida
• C. J. Chang - President of Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Anthony Joseph DiGiorgio - President, Winthrop University
• Tony Frank - Senior Vice President and Provost, Colorado State University
• Arthur G. Hansen - former President of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University
• Edwin D. Harrison - former President of the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Blake Ragsdale Van Leer - former President of the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Kenneth L. Schwab - President of Centenary College of Louisiana
• Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw - Chancellor of Syracuse University
• James J. Stukel - former President of the University of Illinois
• Richard L. Mann - Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Renu Khator - Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston
• Dorothy Leland - President, Georgia College & State University
• Hugo F. Sonnenschein - American economist and educational administrator, President of the University of Chicago
• Robert T. Sumichrast - Dean of the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
• Sally Mason - President of the University of Iowa
• Larry N. Vanderhoef - Chancellor of the University of California, Davis
• Kim A. Wilcox - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michigan State University

[edit] Deans

• Arthur J. Bond - Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Alabama A&M University and civil rights activist
• Domenico Grasso - Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont
• Brig. Gen. David A. Wagie - Former Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Carolyn Y. Woo - Dean of the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

[edit] Professors

• Kevin Granata - Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech; victim of the Virginia Tech massacre
• Markus Kuhn - German computer scientist, researcher at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
• G. V. Loganathan - Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech; victim of the Virginia Tech massacre
• Dr. Donna J. Nelson - chemistry professor and scientific workforce scholar (Postdoctorate 1980-1983)
• John C. Reynolds - American computer scientist
• Thomas B. Sheridan - Professor of Mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pioneer of robotics and remote control technology

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Astronauts

• Neil Armstrong - first man to walk on the Moon
• John Blaha - flew on Mir in 1996
• Roy D. Bridges
• Mark N. Brown
• John H. Casper
• Eugene Cernan - last man to walk on the Moon
• Roger Chaffee - killed in Apollo 1 accident
• Richard O. Covey
• Andrew J. Feustel
• Guy S. Gardner
• Virgil I. Grissom - killed in Apollo 1 accident
• Gregory J. Harbaugh
• Michael J. McCulley
• Gary E. Payton
• Jerry L. Ross - holds the US record for spacewalks
• Mark L. Polansky
• Loren J. Shriver
• Janice E. Voss - aboard space shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2000
• Charles D. Walker - aboard Space Shuttle Discovery
• Mary E. Weber - aboard space shuttle Discovery in 1995
• Donald E. Williams
• David A. Wolf - flew on Mir in 1997

[edit] Researchers

• Edward Mills Purcell - Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1952
• Ben Roy Mottelson - Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1975
• Rita R. Colwell - environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator; Director National Science Foundation
• Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. - Physics, the first peacetime fatality of nuclear fission
• Ward Cunningham - inventor of the wiki concept
• Seymour Benzer - Physicist and Biologist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Medicine in 1991
• Elwood Mead - former Head, Bureau of Reclamation; oversaw the construction of Hoover Dam
• Ian Murdock - Founder of the Debian Project
• Russell Games Slayter - Chemical engineer, inventor of fiberglass

[edit] Arts and entertainment

• George Ade - humorist
• Ted Allen - one of the "Fab Five" on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Eric Dill - musician, member of the band The Click Five
• Jim Gaffigan - comedian and actor
• Mass Giorgini - punk rock bassist for Screeching Weasel
• Harold Gray - creator of Little Orphan Annie comic strip
• John T. McCutcheon - cartoonist, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1931
• Karen Marie Moning - novelist
• Mark O'Hare - writer and cartoonist who has worked on various Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network programs.
• George Peppard - actor, best known for his role as John "Hannibal" Smith on The A-Team and Paul Varjak in Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Booth Tarkington - novelist
• Jim Yukich- Grammy Award Winning Music Video and Television Director.

[edit] Business and industry

• Brett W. Able - Vice President and Chief Engineer, Dow Corning
• Stephen Bechtel, Jr. - Chairman Emeritus and Director of Bechtel Group, Inc.
• Michael J. Birck - Chairman and Founder of Tellabs, Inc.
• Anthony R. Bridge - Vice President-Engineering and Technology, United States Steel Corporation
• Susan Bulkeley Butler - first female partner at Accenture and author of Become the CEO of You, Inc.
• Stephen Brand - Vice President of Business Development and Exploration for ConocoPhillips
• John A. Edwardson - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CDW
• Thomas J. Engibous - Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, Texas Instruments
• Michael L. Eskew - Chairman and CEO, UPS
• Jeff Fisher - Senior Vice President, NVIDIA
• Jeffrey T. Foland - Senior Vice President, United Airlines
• Gen Fukunaga - President of FUNimation
• Patricia D. Galloway - Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Nielsen-Wurster
• Jack A. Hockema - President and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Aluminum
• William P. Jones, Jr. - Vice President, Raytheon
• Keith J. Krach - President of 3points LLC; Co-founder of Ariba Inc., served as Chairman and CEO
• Karl J. Krapek - President, Pratt & Whitney
• Brian Lamb - Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of C-SPAN
• John Landis - Senior Vice President, Schering-Plough
• Rita Lane - Senior Vice President, Motorola
• Frederick J. Palensky - Executive Vice President, Research and Development 3M
• John Purdue - Founder
• Orville Redenbacher - business leader and agriculturalist, of the popcorn fame
• George M. Scalise - President of the Semiconductor Industry Association
• Edmund Schweitzer - President of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
• S. Yvonne Scott - Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, GATX
• Ruth Siems - home economist with General Foods, inventor of Stovetop Stuffing
• Philippe Tartavull - President and Chief Operating Officer, Hypercom Corporation
• James A. Thomson - President and Chief Executive Officer, Rand Corporation
• Mark Wey - President and founder of the consulting company MW Global Solutions
• Jong Woo Park - President of Samsung Electronics, Digital Media Group

[edit] Government and law

• Joe L. Barton - U.S. Representative from 6th District of Texas (R)
• Birch Bayh - former United States Senator from Indiana (D)
• Brian Bosma - Speaker of the Indiana General Assembly
• Earl L. Butz - former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (R)
• Chuck Conner - Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture
• Harry Allison Estep - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (R)
• Kirk Fordice - former Governor of Mississippi (R)
• Harry G. Leslie - former Governor of Indiana (R)
• Sun Liren - Chinese Nationalist General who excelled in the Burma Campaign during World War II
• Marwan Muasher - Deputy Prime Minister, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Bart Peterson - former Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana (D)
• Wayne Townsend - member of both houses of the Indiana legislature and the Democratic candidate for governor in 1984 (D)

[edit] Sports

[edit] Administration

• Charles G. Armstrong - President and CEO of the Seattle Mariners

[edit] Baseball

• Jermaine Allensworth - former Major League Baseball player
• Bob Friend - former MLB pitcher
• Joe McCabe - Major League baseball player

[edit] Basketball

• Brian Cardinal - professional basketball player in the NBA
• Katie Douglas - basketball player in the WNBA
• Bob Kessler - two time All American, Big Ten Medal of Honor and went on to become head of Buick Motor Division, General Motors
• Brad Miller - two-time NBA All-Star, current center for the Sacramento Kings
• Rick Mount - basketball player
• Glenn Robinson - former NBA basketball player and 1994 NCAA Player of the Year
• Amy Ruley - North Dakota State University women's basketball coach
• John Wooden - Basketball Hall of Fame honoree as both player and coach
• Carl Landry - professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets

[edit] Football

• Mike Alstott - fullback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Purdue's all-time leading rusher
• Drew Brees - quarterback for the New Orleans Saints
• Dave Butz - 16 Year NFL Lineman with the Washington Redskins and selected to the all NFL 1980's Team
• Rosevelt Colvin - professional football player in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and NFL Champion New England Patriots
• Gary Danielson - former NFL quarterback
• Len Dawson - Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback with the Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl IV MVP
• Jim Everett - NFL quarterback
• Bob Griese - Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback with the Miami Dolphins
• Mark Herrmann - NFL quarterback with the Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers
• Kyle Orton - quarterback, drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2005
• Mike Phipps - College Football Hall of Fame former NFL Quarterback
• Darryl Stingley - Football player and NFL Wide Receiver with the New England Patriots
• Hank Stram - Pro Football Hall of Fame coach of the Kansas City Chiefs
• Taylor Stubblefield - NCAA Division 1 football career receptions leader
• Rod Woodson - 11-time Pro-Bowler and former NFL cornerback
• Anthony Spencer - linebacker drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2007.
• John Standeford - wide receiver of the Indianapolis Colts participated in Super Bowl XLI.
• Gilbert Gardner - linebacker of the Indianapolis Colts participated in Super Bowl XLI.
• Matt Light - left tackle of the New England Patriots from 1996-2000 participated in Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, and XLII

[edit] Olympics

• Ray Ewry - Ten-time Olympic champion

[edit] Other

• David A. Bednar - LDS Church Apostle; former President of BYU-Idaho
• Dick the Bruiser - Professional wrestling champion
• Ryan Newman - driver, Nascar Sprint Cup series; 2002 Nascar Winston Cup Rookie of the Year; 2008 Daytona 500 winner
• Chris Schenkel - American sportscaster: New York (football) Giants, NCAA college football, professional bowlers tour, professional boxing, horse racing, professional golf, and NBA basketball

[edit] Notable faculty

[edit] Engineering

• Arden L. Bement Jr. - Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Director of the National Science Foundation, former Director of NIST
• Reginald Fessenden - Professor of Electrical Engineering, first wireless voice transmission
• Lillian Gilbreth - Professor of Industrial Engineering, efficiency expert
• A. Alan Pritsker - Professor of Industrial Engineering, pioneer in Simulation Modeling and creator of GERT and SLAM programs
• Rusi Taleyarkhan - Professor of Nuclear Engineering
• Henry T. Yang - Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara

[edit] Science and mathematics

• Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar - Professor of Mathematics, known for his contributions to singularity theory
• Jeffrey Bennetzen - Professor of Genetics
• Carl R. de Boor - assistant professor at Purdue University, won the John Von Neumann Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 1996
• Louis de Branges de Bourcia - Professor of Mathematics, proved the Bieberbach conjecture
• Herbert C. Brown - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 1979
• Alok R. Chaturvedi is a professor at the Department of Computer Sciences; the Director of Purdue Homeland Security Institute; and the technical lead for the Sentient World Simulation project.
• Paul Erdos - Professor of Mathematics, winner of the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1983/4
• Bernard J. Liska - American food scientist
• Albert Overhauser - Professor of Physics, discovered the Overhauser Effect
• Alan Perlis - Professor of Mathematics, the first person to win the Turing Award in 1966
• Michael G. Rossmann - Professor of Biological Sciences, Member of National Academy of Sciences, mapped human common cold virus, pointed out the Rossmann fold
• Julian Schwinger - Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1965
• Eugene Spafford - Professor of Computer Science and Director of CERIAS, computer security expert
• Jeffrey Vitter - Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science
• Clarence Abiathar Waldo - Professor of Mathematics, noted for his role in defeating the Indiana Pi Bill of 1897

[edit] Other

• Louis Rene Beres - Professor of Political Science
• Robert X. Browning - Professor of Political Science
• Amelia Earhart - Women's career counselor, aviator
• William H. Gass - American novelist and short story writer
• Vernon L. Smith - Nobel Laureate in Economics in 2002
• Dorothy C. Stratton - First full-time dean of Women (1933 - 1942), Director of the SPARS during World War II
• Patricia Henley - American novelist and short story writer