List of University of Connecticut people

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This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Connecticut.

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Contents

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Arts & entertainment

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Authors and journalists

[edit] Business & industry

  • Robert Diamond - president, Barclays Bank
  • George Harrison - senior vice president at Nintendo
  • John Klein - chairman, CEO, and president of People's Bank
  • Stewart Rosenberg - CEO and president of Bio-Investigations Ltd.
  • David Schreff entertainment and sports executive, former President, Marketing and Media for the National Basketball Association, former President, COO of Marvel Entertainment
  • Dona D. Young - chairman, CEO, and president of The Phoenix Companies

[edit] Diplomacy, government & politics

[edit] Education

[edit] Law

[edit] Military

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Science

[edit] Faculty

[edit] Current

  • Robert L. Birmingham - Professor of Law
  • Ann Charters - Beat scholar who worked with Jack Kerouac to write his biography (Professor of English)
  • Cornelia Hughes Dayton - historian, author of Women Before the Bar
  • Kenneth Fuchs - Grammy-nominated composer and head of the Department of Music (School of Fine Arts)
  • Robert A. Gross - historian, author The Minutemen and their World
  • John Edward Kaminski - turfgrass pathologist
  • Wally Lamb - best-selling author (Associate Professor of Creative Writing; also a UConn graduate)
  • Richard Normand Langlois - economist (Professor of Economics)
  • Nicholas Leadbeater - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Dr. Lester Lipsky' - Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, also a UConn graduate
  • Dr. Robert Mc Cartney' - Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduates, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Ronald Mallett - researcher in time travel (Professor of Physics)
  • Ruth Mason - international tax scholar
  • Ruth Millikan - philosopher of language (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy)
  • Sam Pickering - teacher portrayed by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (Professor of English)
  • Michael Pikal - Pfizer Distinguished Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology & Professor of Pharmaceutics
  • Joseph Renzulli gifted education theorist
  • Carolyn D. Runowicz - president of the American Cancer Society and director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center (UConn Health Center)
  • Charles Schlueter - trumpter
  • Wayne Worcester - author and journalist (Professor of Journalism)
  • Maureen Croteau - author and journalist (Professor of Journalism)
  • Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang - world animal cloning leader and director of the Center for Regenerative Biology (Professor of Animal Science)

[edit] Former

Note: Years and official titles are given when possible.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Asjha Jones profile, Women's National Basketball Association. Accessed September 6, 2007.