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This is a list of notable current and former faculty members, alumni, and non-graduating attendees of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Unless otherwise noted, attendees listed graduated with baccalaureate degrees. Names with an asterisk (*) graduated from Peabody College prior to its merger with Vanderbilt.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Academia
- Hazo William Carter, Jr., 9th President, West Virginia State University
- Sheldon Hackney, President, University of Pennsylvania; President, Tulane University; Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., 12th President, Wake Forest University
- J. Bernard Machen, 11th President, University of Florida
- The Rev. Edward A. Malloy, 16th President, University of Notre Dame
- Thomas W. Ogletree, Dean, Yale University Divinity School (1990-1996)
- Walter "Jack" Pratt, Dean, University of South Carolina Law School (2006-Current)
- John James Tigert, U.S. Commissioner of Education; President, University of Florida, Kentucky Wesleyan College
[edit] Art and humanities
- Cleanth Brooks, literary critic
- Donald Davidson, poet
- James Dickey, author and poet, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, author of the novel Deliverance
- Ellen Gilchrist, National Book Award-winning author
- Kelsie B. Harder, Leading onomastician
- Ross Hassig (M.A. 1974), anthropologist, author and Mesoamerica scholar
- Randall Jarrell, United States Poet Laureate
- Delbert Mann, Academy Award-winning director
- Merrill Moore, poet
- James Patterson, bestselling contemporary writer of thrillers
- John Crowe Ransom, poet, essayist, and social commentator
- Tom Schulman, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the film Dead Poets Society
- Allen Tate, United States Poet Laureate
- Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, United States Poet Laureate
[edit] Athletics
- Chantelle Anderson, women's basketball player (1999-2003), three-time All-American (2001-03); WNBA San Antonio Silver Stars (2005-current), Sacramento Monarchs (2003-04)
- Lynn Bomar, linebacker/receiver (1921-24), College Football Hall of Fame (1956); later became warden of Tennessee State Prison and executed several men
- Mack Brown, head football coach at University of Texas. Transferred to Florida State University
- Watson Brown, quarterback (1969-72); head football coach at Austin Peay (1979-1980), Cincinnati (1983), Rice (1984-1985), Vanderbilt (1986-1990), UAB (1995-2006), Tennessee Tech (2007- )
- Derrick Byars, men's basketball player (attended 2004-07, played 2005-07); SEC Player of the Year (2007)
- Corey Chavous, safety (1994-98); St. Louis Rams (2006-present), Minnesota Vikings (2002-05), Arizona Cardinals (1998-2001)
- Josh Cody, tackle (1914-1916, 1919), College Football Hall of Fame (1970)
- Joey Cora, second baseman, Cleveland Indians (1998), Seattle Mariners (1995-1998/ All-Star in 1997), Chicago White Sox (1991-1994), first-round draft pick (1985, 23rd overall) by the San Diego Padres (1987, 1989-1990), third base coach for the White Sox (2004-current)
- Jay Cutler, quarterback (2002-2005); first-round draft pick (11th overall) by the Denver Broncos (2006-current)
- Jamie Duncan, linebacker (1995-97), All-American (1997); Atlanta Falcons (2004), St. Louis Rams (2002-03), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1998-2001)
- Lewie Hardage, football player; Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team.
- Corey Harris, safety/kick returner (1988-91); Detroit Lions (2002-03), Baltimore Ravens (1998-2001), Miami Dolphins (1997), Seattle Seahawks (1995-96), Green Bay Packers (1992-94)
- Matt Freije, men's basketball player (2000-04), Wooden Award finalist (2003-04); Atlanta Hawks (2006), New Orleans Hornets (2004-05), originally a second-round draft pick of the Miami Heat (2004)
- Arthur Guepe, quarterback, football coach at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt. First commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference.
- Hunter Hillenmeyer, linebacker (1999-02); Chicago Bears (2003-current)
- Carl Hinkle, center (1935-1937), Southeastern Conference MVP (1937), College Football Hall of Fame (1959)
- Roy Kramer, athletics director (1978-1990); Southeastern Conference commissioner (1990-2002), credited with being instrumental in creating the BCS (Division I-A's national championship game); as SEC commissioner, presided over expanision which brought in Arkansas and South Carolina, creating the first collegiate mega-conference
- Dan Langhi, men's basketball player (1996-2000); Houston Rockets (2000-02), Phoenix Suns (2002-03), Golden State Warriors (2003), Milwaukee Bucks (2003)
- Clyde Lee, men's basketball player (1963-66); SEC Player of the Year (1965-66), All-American (1966); third overall pick of the San Francisco/Golden State Warriors (1966-74); also played for the Atlanta Hawks (1975) and Philadelphia 76ers (1975-76)
- Charles Martin "C. M." Newton, men's basketball coach (1982-89); chairman of the NCAA Rules Committee (1979-1985) during which time the 45-second shot clock, three-point shot and coaches box were implemented; Basketball Hall of Fame (2000), President of USA Basketball (1992-1996) credited with putting together the first Olympic "Dream Team"; chair of first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Selection Committee (2006)
- Josh Paul, catcher; Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006-current) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-2005), Chicago White Sox (1999-2003)
- Will Perdue, four-time NBA champion; Portland Trail Blazers (2000-01), San Antonio Spurs (1995-99), first-round draft pick (1988, 11th overall) of the Chicago Bulls (1988-95)
- David Price, first overall draft pick in 2007 Major League Baseball draft by Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
- Mark Prior, pitcher (1999; transferred to USC after freshman year); Chicago Cubs (2002-current)
- Shelton Quarles, middle linebacker (1990-93); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997-current)
- Bobby Reynolds, tennis player; ranked No. 1 in NCAA and led Vanderbilt to NCAA team finals (2003), won 2006 RCA Championships (doubles) with Andy Roddick
- Sheri Sam, women's basketball player (1992-96); WNBA Charlotte Sting (2005-06), Seattle Storm (2004), Minnesota Lynx (2003), Miami Sol (2000-02), Orlando Miracle (1999)
- Henry Russell Sanders, football and baseball player. Football coach at Vanderbilt and UCLA, where he won a national championship.
- Jeremy Sowers, pitcher (2002-04), college All-American (2004); first-round pick (sixth overall) in 2004 draft of the Cleveland Indians (2006-current)
- Bill Spears, quarterback (1925-27), College Football Hall of Fame (1925-1927)
- Matt Stewart, linebacker (1997-2000); Cleveland Browns (2005-current), Atlanta Falcons (2001-2004)
- Bill Wade, quarterback (1949-51), Southeastern Conference MVP (1951); first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams (1954-60), Chicago Bears (1961-66)
- Pat Toomay, NFL defensive end and author.
- Perry Wallace, first African American basketball player in the Southeastern Conference; law professor at American University
- Jimmy Williams, defensive back (1997-2000); Seattle Seahawks (2005-current), San Francisco 49ers (2001-2004)
- Jamie Winborn, linebacker (1998-2000); Denver Broncos (2007-Current), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2006-2007), Jacksonville Jaguars (2005-2006), San Francisco 49ers (2001-2005)
- Todd Yoder, tight end (1996-99); Washington Redskins (2006-current), Jacksonville Jaguars (2004-2005), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2000-2003)
- Brandt Snedeker. professional golfer, made notable appearance in 2008 Masters Tournament
[edit] Business and economics
- John D. Arnold, founder of Centaurus Energy
- Monroe J. Carell, Jr., former Chairman and CEO of Central Parking Corporation
- David N. Farr, Chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric
- Thomas Frist, Jr., Co-founder and former CEO of Hospital Corporation of America
- Matthew J. Hart, President and COO of Hilton Hotels
- Allan Hubbard, Director of the National Economic Council
- R. Brad Martin, Chairman and CEO of Saks Incorporated
- Mark P. Mays, President and CEO of Clear Channel Communications
- W. Douglas Parker, Jr., Chairman, President, and CEO of US Airways
- H. Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman of Perot Systems, real estate investor
- Charlie Soong, missionary, businessman, father of the Soong sisters
- Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, pioneer of microcredit, 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace
[edit] Entertainment and fashion
- Dierks Bentley, country musician, [dropped out to pursue music career]
- Joe Bob Briggs, B-movie critic
- Paula Cale, actress, transferred to DePaul
- Rosanne Cash, singer and songwriter
- George Ducas, country music artist
- Cliff Ennico, Vanderbilt Law School, host of PBS' business and finance show Money Hunt
- M.J. Garrett, cast member, The Real World: Philadelphia [played football from 1999-2002]
- Amy Grant, Contemporary Christian music artist [dropped out to pursue music career]
- Jill King, country music artist
- Richard Kyanka, creator of humor website Something Awful
- Bettie Page*, model
- Amy Ray, singer/songwriter/member of the Indigo Girls [attended Vanderbilt before transferring to Emory University, where she graduated]
- Dinah Shore, singer, actress, and television host
- Scott Siman, artist manager Tim McGraw, former Chairman Academy of Country Music
- Molly Sims, model, actress [dropped out to pursue modeling]
- Brooklyn Sudano, model, actress, and singer
- Robert Louis Takacs, singer/songwriter/member of Congress
[edit] Government, politics, and activism
- Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas
- Lamar Alexander, Governor of Tennessee (1979-1987), United States Secretary of Education (1991-1993), United States Senator from Tennessee (2003- )
- Jim Bacchus, former U.S. Representative from the 11th and 15th districts of Florida, former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization
- Theodore Bilbo, U.S. Senator and Governor, Mississippi. Attended Peabody College and Law School but did not graduate from either.
- David Boaz, Executive Vice-President, Cato Institute, leading libertarian thinker.
- Bill Boner, former Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
- Beverly Briley, former Mayor of Nashville
- Bill Campbell, former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Brian Carlson, Ambassador to Latvia (2001-2004)
- Frank G. Clement, former Governor of Tennessee
- William Prentice Cooper, former Governor of Tennessee and Ambassador to Peru
- Terry Dornbush, former Ambassador to the Netherlands
- James Oliver Eastland, former U.S. Senator
- Vince Foster, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff
- John Nance Garner, former Vice President and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Representative, environmental activist, [did not complete graduate degrees]
- Tipper Gore*, activist, former Second Lady of the United States
- John Jay Hooker, political figure
- Bill Lacy, political operative, business executive, and Director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
- James Lawson, Civil Rights pioneer
- Mickey Kantor, United States Trade Representative and Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration
- Ric Keller, U.S. Representative
- John N. Kennedy, Louisiana State Treasurer
- Marshall Fletcher McCallie, former Ambassador to Namibia
- Harlan Mathews, former U.S. Senator
- Roy Neel, Campaign Manager for Howard Dean, Deputy Chief of Staff for former President Bill Clinton and Chief of Staff for Al Gore
- Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville
- Woodall Rodgers, Mayor of Dallas, Texas
- James Sasser, former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to China
- John R. Steelman, White House Chief of Staff under President Harry Truman
- Fred Dalton Thompson, former U.S. Senator, actor
- Jack Watson, Chief of Staff under President Jimmy Carter
- Don West, Civil Rights activist, labor organizer, poet, educator
- James Clark McReynolds, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1914-1941)
- Justin P. Wilson, former deputy governor of Tennessee.
[edit] Journalism and media
- Skip Bayless, ESPN personality and nationally syndicated columnist
- Roy Blount Jr., humorist, sportswriter, and author
- David Brinkley, broadcast journalist
- Chris Crain, former editor of the Washington Blade
- Terry Eastland, publisher of The Weekly Standard
- Eric Etheridge, first managing editor of George magazine
- Samuel Feist, CNN senior executive producer for political programming
- Willie Geist, humorist and MSNBC commentator
- Alex Heard (journalist), editorial director of Outside magazine and an author
- Molly Henneberg, correspondent, Fox News
- Tyler Kepner, New York Times baseball beat writer
- Ralph McGill, former Atlanta Constitution editor and publisher [did not graduate due to suspension related to an article he wrote]
- Buster Olney, ESPN baseball writer, former sportswriter for the New York Times
- Richard Quest, Reporter for CNN International
- Grantland Rice, celebrated sportswriter
- Wendell Rawls, Jr., journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Fred Russell, celebrated sportswriter
- Jim Squires, former editor of the Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel, author, horse breeder
- E. Thomas Wood, author and Nashville journalist
- Cornelia Clark, Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court (2005-current)
- James Clark McReynolds, Supreme Court Justice (1914-1941), Assistant Attorney General (1903-1907)
- Walter "Jack" Pratt, Dean, University of South Carolina law school, (2006-Current)
- Eugene Siler, Federal Circuit Court Judge, 6th Circuit
- Fred Dalton Thompson, Vanderbilt Law School, former U.S. Senator, actor on NBC's Law & Order (2002-Current)
- Jack Thompson, Vanderbilt Law School, attorney and activist against obscenity and violence in media and entertainment
[edit] Ministry and religion
[edit] Science and medicine
[edit] Notable faculty
- Camilla Benbow, Dean of Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, noted scholar on education of gifted youth
- Rick Chappell, astronaut
- Bill Christie, Research lead to sweeping reform of NASDAQ trading practices
- Stanley Cohen, biochemist, discoverer of cellular growth factors, Nobel prize winner (1986)
- Alain Connes, mathematician, Fields Medal Winner (1982)
- Dewey Daane, Federal Reserve Board member, Professor Daane was a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the principal policymaking body in the Federal Reserve System, from 1963 to 1974.
- Max Delbruck, pioneering molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner
- Arthur Demarest, Ingram Professor of Anthropology, Mesoamerican scholar
- Tony Earley, Noted American novelist
- Charlotte Froese Fischer, prominent chemist and mathematician responsible for the development of the multi-configurational self-consistent field of computational chemistry
- Jim Foglesong, Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
- Harold Ford, Jr., Former U.S. Congressman, candidate for Senate
- Bill Frist, Majority Leader (2002-2007), U.S. Senate (1995-2007), former transplant surgeon
- Luke Froeb, Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (2003-2005); Professor of Management (1993-Current)
- Sam Girgus, noted film scholar
- Ellen Goldring, education scholar
- Ernest William Goodpasture, pioneering virologist
- F. Peter Guengerich, Director of the Center in Molecular Toxicology
- Elijah Embree Hoss, Chair of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity and Pastoral Theology (1885-90), later a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
- Bill Ivey, Director of the National Endowment for the Arts during the Clinton Administration, director of the Curb Center at Vanderbilt
- John Lachs, noted philosopher and pragmatist
- Richard C. McCarty, professor of psychology and dean of the College of Arts and Science
- Roy Neel, Campaign Manager for Howard Dean, Deputy Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton and Chief of Staff for Al Gore
- Julia Sears, mathematician, pioneering feminist
- Margaret Rhea Seddon, astronaut
- Ronald Spores, archaeologist, ethnohistorian and Mesoamerican scholar
- Hans Stoll, Research revolutionized the field of financial derivatives and market microstructures.
- Earl Sutherland, physiologist, discoverer of hormonal second messengers, Nobel Prize winner
- W. Kip Viscusi, leading scholar in Law and Economics
- John Vrooman, Notable Sports Economist
- Susan F. Wiltshire, Clinton Administration National Endowment for the Humanities appointee
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