List of Brandeis University people
Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Brandeis University.
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Notable alumni
Academia
- Eve Adler: Classicist, professor at Middlebury College
- Elliot Aronson: Social psychologist known for research on the theory of cognitive dissonance
- Bonnie Berger: Professor of applied mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ilan Berman: Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council
- David Bernstein: Law professor and blogger [1]
- Deborah Bial: Education strategist, founder and President of Posse Foundation, MacArthur Fellow
- Richard Burgin: Professor, fiction writer, critic, founder and editor of Boulevard literary magazine.
- Arthur L. Caplan: Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Donna Robinson Divine: Professor, Smith College
- Jean Bethke Elshtain: Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School, feminist, political philosopher
- Daniel A. Foss: Sociologist
- Perry A. Frey, professor of biochemistry at University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Robert Gallucci: Dean, Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, President of the MacArthur Foundation
- Robert Glennon: Author; Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Arizona
- John Hopps: Physicist, politician
- Robert Emmet Kennedy, Jr.: historian of France, Professor at the George Washington University.
- Barak Kushner: University Lecturer in Modern Japanese History, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Arthur Levine: President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation [2]; former president of Columbia University Teachers College
- Deborah Lipstadt: History professor, Emory University [3]
- Fatema Mernissi: Moroccan sociologist.[4]
- Elisa New: Professor, Harvard University, wife of Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard University [5]
- David Oshinsky: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, professor
- Alicia Ostriker: Poet, professor at Rutgers University
- Lawrence Rosen: Anthropologist and law professor
- Philip Rubin: Cognitive scientist, CEO and senior scientist, Haskins Laboratories
- Paul Sally: Professor of mathematics, University of Chicago
- Fr. Antonio S. Samson: President of Jesuit-run Ateneo de Davao University in the Philippines[6]
- Michael Sandel: Professor of political philosophy, Harvard University and former member of The President's Council on Bioethics
- Lawrence Schiffman: Historian of ancient Judaism and Vice-Provost of Undergraduate Education at Yeshiva University
- Joan Wallach Scott: Historian of France and pioneer in the field of gender history
- Judith Shapiro: Former President, Barnard College
- Alan Taylor: Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian, professor at UC Davis
- Fernando Torres-Gil: Associate Dean and professor of public policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs
- Karen Uhlenbeck: Mathematics professor, MacArthur Fellow, awarded Leroy P. Steele Prize for research
- Judith G. Voet: Professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Swarthmore College, author of biochemistry textbooks
- Michael Walzer: Professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey Walzer's CV (PDF)
- Rich Yampell: Grammarian, Klingon Language Institute
- Robert J. Zimmer: President, University of Chicago[7]
Arts and media
- Kathy Acker: Novelist
- Mitch Albom: Sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press, author of Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven[1]
- Paula Apsell: Executive Producer of Nova, the longest-running science documentary series and winner of eight Emmy Awards
- Stanley Bing (aka Gil Schwartz): Author, columnist for Fortune and Esquire, and Executive Vice President CBS Corporation.
- Ashley Boone, Jr.: Motion Picture Executive
- David Brudnoy: Talk radio host in Boston
- Samrat Chakrabarti: British-American actor
- Peter Child: Composer
- Joe Conason: Political columnist for The New York Observer
- David Crane: Co-creator, writer, and executive producer of television series Friends [8]
- Steven Culp : Actor
- Tyne Daly: Actress [9], co-starred in TV series Cagney & Lacey
- Stuart Damon (Stuart Michael Zonis): Actor, played Dr. Alan Quartermaine for thirty years on the TV soap opera General Hospital
- Loretta Devine: Actress in TV series Boston Public and Grey's Anatomy, and films, including Crash [10]
- Thomas Friedman: Foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times; winner of the National Book Award and three Pulitzer Prizes.[11]
- Gary David Goldberg: Television writer and producer
- Tony Goldwyn: Actor and director
- Debra Granik: Film director and screenwriter
- Mark Halliday: Poet
- Marshall Herskovitz: TV and film producer, director and screenwriter [12]
- Stanley M. Hoffman: Composer and arranger
- Kay Hymowitz: Conservative commentator, Manhattan Institute scholar
- Chuck Israels: Jazz musician, bassist
- Margo Jefferson: The New York Times theater critic, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
- Ha Jin: Novelist [13], winner of the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award
- Michael Kaiser: President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- Myq Kaplan: Comedian
- Marta Kauffman: Executive Producer and co-creator of the Emmy Award-winning television series Friends
- Jesse Kellerman: Novelist and playwright, son of novelists Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman
- Amanda Kelly: Miss Massachusetts 2009 [14]
- Jon Landau: Music critic, manager and record producer
- Louise Lasser: Actress, ex-wife of Woody Allen
- Abby Leigh: Artist
- Peter Lieberson: Composer
- Mark Leyner: Postmodern novelist
- Steven Mackey: Composer
- Michael McDowell: Novelist and script writer
- Gates McFadden: Actress, best known as Dr. Beverly Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation[15]
- Debra Messing: Actress in television series Will & Grace and The Starter Wife [16]
- Walter Mossberg: Wall Street Journal Technology Columnist [17]
- Josh Mostel: Actor in television shows and films, son of actor Zero Mostel
- Barry Newman: Actor [18]
- Anand Patwardhan: Documentary filmmaker
- Martin Peretz: Editor-in-chief of The New Republic[19]
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Author, journalist, social activist, a founding editor of Ms. Magazine
- Patrik-Ian Polk: Writer-producer of Noah's Arc.[20]
- Deborah Porter: Critic, non-profit director, founder of the Boston Book Festival
- Tom Rapp: Singer/songwriter, previously of Pearls Before Swine
- Guy Raz: Host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" weekend edition. See http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2009/july/raz-atcwehost.html
- Theresa Rebeck: Playwright and novelist.
- Burt Rosen: Founder of C/F International, television producer, winner of Emmy, Peabody and Christopher awards.[2]
- Jeff Rubens: Bridge player, writer and editor.
- Richard Rubin: Actor, television personality, and reality star of Beauty and the Geek.[3]
- David Ian Salter: Film editor of Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo[21]
- Bill Schneider: CNN's senior political analyst [22]
- Bob Simon: CBS Television correspondent for 60 Minutes
- Arunoday Singh: Bollywood actor; grandson of Indian politician Arjun Singh
- Christina Hoff Sommers: Author, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research [23]
- Karen Sosnoski: Author and filmmaker
- Jonathan Vankin: Senior Editor, Vertigo Comics
- Robin Weigert: Actress, played Calamity Jane in Deadwood on HBO
- Lois Zetter: Actress, singer and talent manager. [24]
Business
- Leonard Asper: Chief Operating Officer, CanWest [25]
- Mia Bauer: Co-founder of Crumbs Bake Shop, the largest cupcake chain in the United States
- Mitch Caplan: Former president and CEO, E*Trade Financial Corporation [26]
- Jeri Bloch Finard: Chief Marketing Officer, Kraft Foods, Inc.[27]
- Ellen Gordon: Chief Operating Officer, Tootsie Roll Industries [28]
- Christie Hefner: Former Chairman & CEO, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., daughter of Hugh Hefner [29] [30]
- Scott M. Herman: Co-Founder and Former Chief Operating Officer, iNNOVATIVE Debt Solutions, [Managing Director Lynch Lehman Fund [31]
- Myra Hiatt Kraft: Philanthropist and wife of Bob Kraft, owner of New England Patriots NFL football team
- Suk-Won Kim: Chair of Ssangyong Business Group, one of the largest companies in the Republic of Korea[32]
- Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson: Executive Vice President of Time Warner, former CEO and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, responsible for the introduction of PlayStation
- Bobby Sager: Philanthropist, photographer, former president of Gordon Brothers Group
- Robert F.X. Sillerman: Media entrepreneur; CEO of CKX, Inc. (owner of Elvis Presley Enterprises and American Idol) [33]
Government, law and politics
Baroness Ruth Deech, member of the House of Lords, UK http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/ruth-deech/46359
- Marc D. Falkoff: Professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law, co-counsel of Guantanamo Bay detainees
- Geir Haarde: Former Prime Minister of Iceland[4][5]
- Wakako Hironaka: Member of the Diet of Japan, State Minister, Director-General of the Environment Agency (1993–94)
- Abbie Hoffman: Social and political activist, co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies")[37]
- Otis Johnson : Mayor of Savannah, Georgia
- Marcel Kahan: Published legal pundit and corporate law professor at the New York University School of Law.
- Joette Katz: Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
- Osman Faruk Loğoğlu: Former Ambassador to the United States from the Republic of Turkey
- Vineeta Rai: Indian Administrative Service officer; Former Revenue Secretary, Government of India; Voted one of 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in India[6]
- Michael Ratner: President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit human rights litigation organization
- Stanley Roth: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1997–2001
- Dimitrij Rupel: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia[38]
- George Saitoti: Former Vice President of the Republic of Kenya
- Daniel B. Shapiro: Current United States Ambassador to Israel
- Ari Schwartz: Chief operating officer, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Eli J. Segal: Assistant to the President of the United States from 1993 – 1996 [39]
- Stephen J. Solarz: Former U.S. Representative from Brooklyn, New York [40]
- Beth Teper: Director of COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere)
- Shen Tong: Student leader in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989[41]
- Nikolai Vassilliev: Deputy prime minister of Bulgaria [42]
- Gerald Zerkin: Attorney for Zacarias Moussaoui.
Science
Sports
Crime, political crimes, and terrorism
Notable faculty and staff
- Alexander Altmann: Professor of Jewish Philosophy and History of Ideas
- Stuart Altman: Healthcare policy economist, member of the Institute of Medicine
- Teresa Amabile: Social and organizational psychologist
- Robert J. Art: International politics
- Leonard Bernstein: Composer and conductor
- Frank Bidart: Poet, awarded Bollingen Prize
- Egon Bittner: Sociologist and police science scholar
- Bernadette Brooten: Professor of Christian studies, member of the MacArthur Fellows Program.
- Olga Broumas: Poet
- Edgar H. Brown, Jr. (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- David Buchsbaum, (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Mary Baine Campbell: Poet and critic
- Stephen Cecchetti: Economist
- Carolyn Cohen, member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Jacob "Jerry" Cohen: Expert on conspiracy theories (particularly the assassination of JFK)
- Saul Cohen (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Frank Conroy: Memoirist, fiction writer, and director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
- Lewis A. Coser: Sociologist, one of the founders of Dissent magazine
- J.V. Cunningham: Poet and literary critic
- David DeRosier (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Stanley Deser, (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Thomas Doherty: Film studies expert, author of Pre-Code Hollywood
- Mark Feeney: Pulitzer Prize- winning arts critic for The Boston Globe
- Gordie Fellman: Peace Studies pioneer, author of Rambo and the Dalai Lama
- Irving Fine: Composer
- Nikolaus Grigorieff is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators.
- David Hackett Fischer: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
- Benny Friedman: Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback; Brandeis athletic director and last football coach
- Lawrence "Larry" Fuchs: Founder of the American Studies Department at Brandeis and immigration policy expert
- Gish Jen, member American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Ray Ginger: Historian noted for his biography of Eugene V. Debs
- Arthur Green: Jewish spirituality and thought
- Allen Grossman: Poet, awarded Bollingen Prize and MacArthur Fellowship "genius" grant
- James Haber, member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Jeff Hall (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Timothy J Hickey: Computer scientist
- Anita Hill: Lawyer and social policy expert
- Heisuke Hironaka: Mathematician, Fields Medal winner
- Irving Howe: Political theorist, editor and founder of Dissent
- Hugh Huxley, (emeritus), member of the National Academy of Science.
- Ray Jackendoff (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Paul Jankowski: Historian
- William E. Kapelle: Medieval historian
- Mickey Keller, member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Dorothee Kern: Biochemist, former basketball player for the German national team
- Jytte Klausen: European politics, author of The Cartoons that Shook the World
- Walter Laqueur: Historian and political commentator
- Max Lerner: Author, syndicated columnist, and editor
- Martin Levin: Public policy expert
- Henry Linschitz (emeritus), member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Kanan Makiya: Iraqi dissident, advocate of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Herbert Marcuse: Social theorist and member of the Frankfurt School
- Eve Marder: Neuroscientist
- Abraham Maslow: Psychologist noted for humanistic approach
- Eileen McNamara: Pulitzer Prize- winning columnist for the Boston Globe
- Chris Miller, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.
- Pauli Murray: Feminist, civil rights advocate, lawyer, and ordained priest
- Ulric Neisser: A pioneer in development of cognitive psychology
- Irene Pepperberg: Psychologist noted for research on cognition in animals, particularly for her work with Alex, an African Grey Parrot
- Gregory Petsko: Biochemist
- James Pustejovsky: Linguist, proposer of Generative Lexicon theory
- Philip Rahv: Literary and social critic, editor and founder of Partisan Review
- David Rakowski: Music, runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for Music (1999, 2002)
- Alfred Redfield (emeritus) member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Robert Reich: United States Secretary of Labor, 1993–1997, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 2002
- Philip Rieff: Sociologist and cultural critic
- Margret Rey: Author and illustrator of children's books, notably the Curious George series
- Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the United States
- Michael Rosbash, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.
- Dennis Ross: Special envoy/ambassador to Middle East under President Bill Clinton
- George Ross: Political sociology
- Jonathan Sarna: Historian of American Judaism
- Nahum Sarna: Biblical scholar, father of Jonathan Sarna
- Morrie Schwartz: Sociologist; subject of Mitch Albom's bestselling novel, Tuesdays with Morrie
- Sam Schweber (emeritus) member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Thomas M. Shapiro: Sociologist, author [45]
- Marion Smiley: J.P. Morgan Chase Chair in Ethics
- Thomas Sowell: Economist, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
- Andrew Szent-Györgyi (emeritus), member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Andreas Teuber: Chair, Department of Philosophy, Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Fulbright Scholar, actor in the movie Doctor Faustus
- Samuel O. Thier, health policy expert, and former president of both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brandeis University
- Gina G. Turrigiano: Neuroscientist, winner of the MacArthur "Genius" Award
- Claude Vigée: Poet
- Stephen J. Whitfield: Expert on American Jewish history
- Franz Wright: Poet, awarded Pulitzer Prize
- Yehudi Wyner: Composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
- Leslie Zebrowitz: Social psychologist
References
- ^ "Mitch Albom bio". Archived from the original on 2006-05-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20060511180708/http://www.albom.com/about_mitch.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-13.
- ^ See Profile of Burt Rosen; www.nobodyaskedme.com, "Who is Burt Rosen?", May 13, 2006. Accessed 09-01-23.
- ^ Stickgold, Emma (2005-07-10). "Brandeis's big geek on campus". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/10/brandeiss_big_geek_on_campus/.
- ^ Iceland Ministry for Foreign Affairs. "Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Geir H. Haarde". http://www.mfa.is/minister/. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
- ^ David E. Nathan (2006-05-25). "Two to receive Brandeis Alumni Achievement Awards". Brandeis University. http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id=105100. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
- ^ "Business Today: 25 Most Powerful Women in Business". http://www.india-today.com/btoday/20031123/cover1.html.
- ^ Hook, Sidney (1995). Letters of Sidney Hook: Democracy, Communism, and the Cold War. M. E. Sharpe. ISBN 1-56324-487-X. p. 297: "In 1970, Katherine Anne Power, then a senior at Brandeis University, took part in a robbery in Boston of the State Street Bank and Trust..."; "Q & A with Katherine Power's Parents," The Boston Globe, October 28, 1981: "Among the radical '60s activists still underground is Katherine Ann Power who, while a 22-year-old student at Brandeis University, allegedly participated in the robbery of a Boston bank during which a police officer was killed."
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