List of Case Western Reserve University people
This is a list of famous individuals associated with Case Western Reserve University, including students, alumni, and faculty.
Government and military
History
Education
Law
- See Notable Graduates section
Science/technology/medicine
- Herbert Henry Dow – founder of Dow Chemical
- H. Jack Geiger – founding member and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility (which shared the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as part of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) and Physicians for Human Rights (which shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as part of International Campaign to Ban Landmines)
- Julie L. Gerberding – first woman director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Alfred Gilman – co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for co-discovery of G Proteins
- Donald A. Glaser – winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics, for invention of the bubble chamber
- Corneille J.F. Heymans – winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on carotid sinus reflex
- Siegfried S. Hecker – director of Los Alamos National Laboratory (1986–1997)
- Samuel G. Hibben – pioneer in blacklight technology; designed the lighting displays for the Statue of Liberty and other national monuments
- George H. Hitchings – co-winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for research leading to development of drugs to treat leukemia, organ transplant rejection, gout, herpes virus, and AIDS-related bacterial and pulmonary infections
- Larry Hornbeck – developed Digital Light Processing technology at Texas Instruments
- Robert W. Kearns – the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles from 1969 to the present. Kearns won one of the best-known patent infringement cases against a major corporation.
- Lars Georg Svensson - instrumental in the development of minimally invasive keyhole surgery and leader in aortic valve surgery
- Donald Knuth – computer scientist and winner of the Turing Award (1974)[3]
- Polykarp Kusch – winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics, for determining the magnetic moment of the electron
- Lawrence M. Krauss – physicist in the field of dark energy, and a bestselling author (The Physics of Star Trek)
- George Trumbull Ladd (1842–1921) – American philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He was the first foreigner to receive the Second (conferred in 1907) and Third (conferred in 1899) Orders of the Rising Sun.
- Paul C. Lauterbur – co-winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries leading to creation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Zoltan Levay – prominent astronomer in the field of color visualization, most prominently used to convert Hubble Space Telescope images into colorful press photographs
- John J.R. Macleod – co-winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovery of insulin
- Albert A. Michelson – winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics, for disproving existence of "ether"; first American to receive a Nobel Prize
- Edward Morley – performed interferometry experiment with Michelson
- Ferid Murad – co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for role in the discovery of nitric oxide in cardiovascular signaling
- George A. Olah – winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for contributions to carbocation chemistry
- Amit Patel – stem cell surgeon who demonstrated stem cell transplantation can treat congestive heart failure
- M. Scott Peck – psychiatrist and author of The Road Less Traveled
- James Polshek – architect; designed William J. Clinton Presidential Library
- Edward C. Prescott – co-winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, for theory on business cycles and economic policies
- Frederick Reines – co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the detection of the neutrino
- Barry Richmond – developer of the iThink simulation environment.
- Frederick C. Robbins – co-winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for work on polio virus, which led to development of polio vaccines; past president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
- M. Frank Rudy – inventor of the Nike air sole
- John Ruhl – physicist currently studying cosmic microwave background radiation
- David Satcher – U.S. Surgeon General under President Bill Clinton, and first African-American director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld – U.S. Surgeon General (1969 to 1973), most noted for achieving widespread fluoridation of water, requiring prescription drugs to be effective, and strengthening the Surgeon General's Warning on cigarettes
- Earl W. Sutherland – winner of 1971 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for establishing identity and importance of cyclic AMP in regulation of cell metabolism
- Peter Tippett – developer of the first anti-virus software, "Vaccine" (later sold and renamed Norton AntiVirus)
- Hans Baumann, inventor and engineer[4]
Arts, journalism and entertainment
- Jasmine Cresswell – best-selling author of over 50 romance novels
- Franklin Cover – actor; most noted role, Tom Willis in The Jeffersons
- Susie Gharib – co-anchor of the Nightly Business Report
- Gregg Gillis – musician; performs as Girl Talk
- Jan Hopkins – journalist (CNN Financial News show "Street Sweep")
- John Howard – actor
- Brenda Miller Cooper – operatic soprano
- M. Scott Peck – author of The Road Less Traveled and other self-help books
- Jack Perkins – dubbed "America's most literate correspondent" by the Associated Press; reporter, commentator, war correspondent, anchorman; seen on NBC's Nightly News and The Today Show, and on A&E as host of Biography
- Tom Piatak – lawyer and columnist, notably for The American Conservative and Chronicles Magazine
- Alan Rosenberg – actor; most noted role, Ira Woodbine in Cybill; Emmy-nominated for guest appearance on ER, elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 2005
- Joe Russo and Anthony Russo – brothers, co-alumni, and directors of the films Pieces and Welcome to Collinwood, as well as the television series Arrested Development. They are also producers of NBC's Community.[5]
- Alix Kates Shulman – author of Memoir of an Ex-Prom Queen and To Love What Is.[6]
- Rich Sommer – MFA theater alumnus; appeared in The Devil Wears Prada, Mad Men, and in sketches by the Upright Citizens Brigade
- Thrity Umrigar – journalist and author of Bombay Time
- Andrew Vachss – lawyer and child protection consultant; author of the Burke series of novels.
- Buckley Jones - CEO and Founder of Doghound Records
- Roger Zelazny – science fiction and fantasy author; three-time Nebula Award winner and six-time Hugo Award winner; works include Lord of Light, Eye of Cat, and The Dream Master
- Tom Degnan - MFA theater alumnus, acted in As The World Turns before its cancellation.
- Charles Michener - Professor of English (specifically narrative journalism); former editor-in-chief of The New Yorker and senior editor of Newsweek
Business/philanthropy
Sports
See also
References