List of Tulane University people

A list of notable people affiliated with Tulane University, including alumni of non-matriculating and graduates, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.

Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.

Academia

• William Balée, professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Tulane
• Elizabeth Hill Boone, professor of Latin American art history at Tulane (1994–)
• Christian M. M. Brady, targumist
• Ian Bremmer, political scientist
• Douglas Brinkley, historian
• Cleanth Brooks, literary critic
• William Craft Brumfield, professor and historian of Russian art and architecture
• Florian Cajori, historian
• James Carville, faculty, political science
• Winston Chang, president of Soochow University
• Scott Cowen, president of Tulane, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Henry E. Chambers, historian and educator, Tulane alumnus and faculty
• John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator who served as president of Louisiana Tech University from 1926 to 1928^[1]
• Charles E. Dunbar (B.A, 1910), law professor, 1916–1941; civil service reformer
• Edward F. Fischer, (M.A. and Ph.D.) Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University
• Kenneth W. Harl, historian
• Melissa Harris-Perry, Professor of Political Science and anchor for MSNBC
• James (Mac) Hyman, applied mathematician at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States
• Walter Isaacson, author and former CEO of CNN, member of the Board of Tulane
• T.R. Kidder, archaeologist
• Adrienne Koch, historian
• John S. Kyser, president of Northwestern State University from 1954–1966, taught at Tulane in the early 1920s^[2]
• Joseph Lakanal, president of the University (of Louisiana) in the early decades of the 19th century
• Kris Lane, historian and author, Tulane University and University of Minnesota faculty
• Sang-don Lee, South Korean legal scholar
• Robert K. Merton, sociologist, former head of the Sociology Department
• Claire Messud, faculty, novelist
• John Mosier, historian
• Charles P. Roland, historian of the American Civil War and the American South, professor at Tulane from 1952-1970
• Robert C. Snyder, professor of English at Louisiana Tech University, 1947 to 1989
• F. Jay Taylor, Ph.D., president of Louisiana Tech University, 1962 to 1987
• Frank J. Tipler, mathematical physicist and cosmologist
• Linda Wilson, 1957, former president of Radcliffe College
• Frank Vandiver, Civil War scholar, acting president of Rice University 1969–1970, president of Texas A&M University 1981-1988
• Light Townsend Cummins, Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and former official State Historian of Texas^[3]

Architecture

• John Desmond, designer of many public buildings in Baton Rouge
• Robert Ivy, CEO AIA
• Edward F. Neild, architect of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum and many buildings in his native Shreveport and Louisiana
• Henry Hobson Richardson, inventor of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
• A. Hays Town, architect
• Leon C. Weiss, architect of the Louisiana State Capitol

Arts and literature

• Lynda Benglis, sculptor; N’64
• Andrew Breitbart, publisher and author; 91'
• Edmund Graves Brown, newspaper executive, Monroe News-Star; member of Ewing newspaper family
• John Gregory Brown, novelist, 1982
• Amy Carter, G’96, children’s book author; daughter of former President Jimmy Carter
• Hodding Carter, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Rich Cohen, writer, 1990
• Nicole Cooley, poet; Walt Whitman Award recipient
• Peter Cooley, poet
• Mignon Faget, Newcomb 1955, artist, jewelry designer
• William Harry Fitzpatrick, Winner of 1951 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing ^[4]
• Alcée Fortier, folklorist and recorder of the story of Br'er Rabbit
• Whitney Gaskell (Law 1997), novelist
• Mary Garrard, 1958, art historian
• Bryan Nash Gill (1984), artist
• Shirley Ann Grau, 1950, author
• Robert Lane Greene, magazine journalist
• Jennifer Grotz, poet
• Ira B. Harkey Jr., Pulitzer Prize winner
• Jonathan Hensleigh, Law, writer of "Die Hard: With a Vengeance," "Jumanji" and "Armageddon"
• May Lesser Hyman, medical illustrator
• Harnett Kane (Class of 1931), author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction^[5]
• Ida Kohlmeyer, artist and associate on faculty 1950s
• Nate Lee, writer, senior editor for Chicago's Newcity, B.A. 1978^[6]
• Odaline de la Martinez, composer and conductor. First woman to conduct in a BBC Proms concert.
• Bill Monroe (journalist), A&S’42, broadcast journalist, former host of “Meet The Press”
• John Reed, author, Snowball's Chance
• Frank Relle, photographer
• Mark Rothko, artist
• Mike Sacks, editor, writer, 1990
• Tom Sancton, journalist/ musician; Andrew W. Mellon Professor
• Hunt Slonem, B.A., 1973, artist,
• Meredith Stern, B.F.A. 1998, artist
• John Kennedy Toole, author, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Cora Kelley Ward, painter
• Dede Wilson, poet and author
• Lawrence Wright, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and journalist

Business and economics

• Matt Battiata, CEO, real estate economics expert
• Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer
• David Bonderman, faculty, founder of TPG Capital
• Richard Brennan, Sr., restaurateur, owner of Commander's Palace in New Orleans^[7]
• Neil Bush, B.A., M.B.A., 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive
• Philip J. Carroll, M.S., 1961, former CEO, Shell Oil Company and Fluor Corporation
• James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and WebMD
• Samuel Dunbar, B.S., 1953, businessman and landowner in Alexandria, Louisiana^[8]
• David Filo, 1988, co-founder of Yahoo!
• Alfred Ford, great grandson of Henry Ford
• C. Jackson Grayson, Professor at Harvard, Stanford and Tulane; member of the Nixon Cabinet
• Samuel Israel III, fraudulent hedge fund manager
• Roger Jenkins, CEO of Murphy Oil
• Dean Lombardi, J.D., President and GM of the Los Angeles Kings
• Peter McNamara, B.S. CEO, McNamara Enterprises Underground Casino & Book Broker
• Ricardo Salinas Pliego, M.B.A., 1979, Forbes World's Richest People
• Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian-American businessperson
• Peter Schloss, Chief Executive Officer, Broadwebasia, Director, Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA)
• Aaron Selber, Jr. B.B.A., 1950, businessman and philanthropist in Shreveport^[9]
• Fred L. Smith, president and founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Paul Tulane, (benefactor), philanthropist
• Sam Zemurray (benefactor), president, United Fruit Company

Entertainment

• Bryan Batt, actor
• Al Bolton, television and radio metereologist in Shreveport; attended Tulane prior to entry into World War II
• Jordan Bratman, music marketer
• Marshall Colt (Class of 1970), psychologist and former actor
• Les Crane, pioneer in interactive broadcasting, co-creator of pop music "Top 40"
• John Doheny, jazz saxophonist, band-leader, and historian
• Doug Ellin, A&S 1990, television writer/director, creator of HBO's series Entourage
• Evan Farmer, American actor
• Paul Michael Glaser, actor, TV's "Starsky and Hutch"
• Carlin Glynn, NG-N’61, actress, Tony award winner
• Lawrence Gordon, 1958, film producer, current films include: "Lara Croft" (2 movies), "Mystery Men", "Die Hard" (2 movies).
• Scott Greenstein, A&S’81, president, Sirus XM Radio
• Robert Harling, movie screenwriter, producer and director.^[10]
• Melissa Harris-Perry, Professor of Political Science and anchor for MSNBC
• Courtney Hazlett, A&S'99, columnist and Celebrity Correspondent for MSNBC
• Sherrell Hoffman, (NC '60), Six-time Emmy nominated director
• Rick Hurst, actor; A&S’68
• Lauren Hutton, 1964, actress; model
• Anthony Jeselnik, comedian
• Dave Jeser, co-creator of Comedy Central's Drawn Together
• Anthony Laciura (G '79), actor
• Christian LeBlanc, 1980, actor
• Shannon Lee, daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee
• Elyse Luray, NC ’89, star of PBS’ “History Detectives”
• Olga Merediz, NC '78, actress
• Linda Taylor Miller, 1976, actress
• Enrique Murciano, TC’95, actor, TV’s “Without a Trace”
• Ed Nelson, A&S’53, UC’00, actor, “Peyton Place”;
• Bruce Paltrow, 1965, television and film producer
• Jake Paltrow, director and brother of Gwyneth Paltrow
• Michael Price, Emmy award-winning writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons
• Zachary Richard, A&S’72, Cajun singer/songwriter and poet
• Emily Saliers, (attended), singer
• Terry Schnuck, A&S’75, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer
• Howard K. Smith, television journalist
• Jerry Springer, B.A., 1965, talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, OH
• Harold Sylvester, actor/director
• Ian Terry, winner of Big Brother 14 (U.S.)
• Sonia Tetlow, musician/ bass player in rock band Cowboy Mouth
• Howard Scott Warshaw, video game programmer/designer and documentary filmmaker.
• Michael White, jazz historian and musician

Law and politics

• William L. Armstrong (B 1958), former US Representative and U.S. senator from Colorado; president of Colorado Christian University (R)^[11]
• Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (1945), U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R)^[12]
• Sidney Barthelemy, mayor of New Orleans (D)^[13]
• Thornton F. Bell (B 1899), judge of the 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish 1912-1919 and 1921-1938 (D)^[14]
• Sean M. Berkowitz, 1989, chief prosecutor, Enron Task Force
• Harry Blackmun, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court
• Newton C. Blanchard, former governor of Louisiana (D)^[15]
• Jean Boese, Newcomb 1945, Louisiana poet laureate and Republican national committeewoman from Alexandria, La. (R)
• Hale Boggs, Law, 1937, U.S. representative, 1941–1943, 1946–1972; house majority leader (D)^[16]
• Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. representative 1941-1943, 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor (D)^[17]
• Joseph Bouie, Jr. (Master of Social Work), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish since 2014 (D)^[18]
• Stephen Breyer, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court (D)
• Edwin S. Broussard, U.S. senator from Louisiana (D)^[19]
• James H. "Jim" Brown, Law, 1966, former Louisiana state senator, secretary of state, and insurance commissioner (D)
• Timothy G. Burns, B.A. 1979, M.B.A. 1980, J.D. 1983, Louisiana state representative from St. Tammany Parish since 2004 (R)
• Donelson Caffery, Law, U.S. Senator, 1892-1900 (D)
• Buddy Caldwell, attorney general of Louisiana; former district attorney in Tallulah (D)-turned-(R)
• Paul Capdevielle, Law, mayor of New Orleans^[20]
• Amy Carter, '96, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; children's book author (D)
• Edith Brown Clement, Law, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (R)^[21]
• John Elton Coon, state representative from Ouachita Parish; the mayor of Monroe from 1949 to 1956, and state fire marshal from 1956 to 1964 (D)^[22]
• Jan Crull Jr., Law, 1990, former Native American Rights advocate, Hill staffer, international investment banker; multi Marquis Who's Who biographee^[23]
• William Tharp Cunningham, preparatory curriculum, Law, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1912 (D)^[24]
• W. Eugene Davis, Law, 1960, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit^[25]
• James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, Law, Lafayette congressman and Cajun cultural spokesman (D)^[26]
• Jack Donahue, Graduate study, building contractor and state senator (R)
• John Malcolm Duhé, Jr., Law, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (R)^[27]
• Terry Michael Duncan, lawyer killed in 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
• William T. Dzurilla, Law, 1981, international attorney and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White (1982–1983).
• Allen J. Ellender, Law 1913, U.S. senator, agriculture committee chair (D)^[28]
• Donald Ensenat, Law, 1973, White House chief of protocol
• Martin Leach-Cross Feldman, B.A. 1955, J.D. 1957 Federal Judge (R)^[29]
• C.B. Forgotston, fellow of Tulane Institute of Politics, lecturer in law, political activist, state government watchdog
• Garey Forster, B.A., 1972, state representative from New Orleans and state labor secretary (R)
• Murphy J. Foster, Sr., governor of Louisiana (D)^[30]
• Rufus E. Foster, Law, 1895, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit^[31]
• Frank Fulco, state representative from Shreveport; leader of Italian American community in Louisiana (D)^[32]
• Juan Manuel García Passalacqua, 1967, late leading political analyst in Puerto Rico (D)
• Jim Garrison, Law, New Orleans district attorney (D)^[33]
• Pedro A. Gelabert, 1956, Puerto Rico Secretary of Natural Resources
• Newt Gingrich, U.S. representative, 1979–1998 and Speaker of the House, 1995-1998 (R)^[34]
• Howard B. Gist, Jr., city attorney in Alexandria, Louisiana, for three mayoral administrations prior to 1973 (D)^[35]
• John Grenier, Birmingham, Alabama, lawyer and leader of the Alabama Republican Party (R)
• Tim Griffin, (L '94), U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas (R)^[36]
• Michael Hahn, governor of Louisiana (D)^[37]
• Luther E. Hall, governor of Louisiana (D)^[38]
• Felix Edward Hébert, U.S. representatives, 1940-1977 (D)^[39]
• Cameron Henry, member of Louisiana House (R)
• John S. Hunt, II, Monroe lawyer and member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, 1964-1972 (D)
• Nita Rusich Hutter (M. Ed. 1978), state representative from St. Bernard Parish (R)^[40]
• Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (D)^[41] (2009-2013)
• Supriya Jindal (E '93 B '96) first lady of Louisiana (R)
• Stephen Douglas Johnson (A.B.'85, L '88) U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit(1995–98) and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight (2001–03)^[42]
• Kristie Kenney, G'79 US ambassador to Thailand, former ambassador to the Philippines and Ecuador ^[43]
• Alvin Olin King, former governor of Louisiana (D)^[44]
• Adolphe Lafargue, newspaper publisher, state legislator, and judge from Marksville (D)^[45]
• Richard W. Leche, former governor of Louisiana (D)^[46]
• Jim Letten, L'79, U.S. attorney
• F.A. Little, Jr., Class of 1958, former judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (R)^[47]
• Bob Livingston, former U.S. representative, 1977-1999 (R)^[48]
• Edwin Lombard, judge, U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Huey Long, Law, former governor of Louisiana (D)^[49]
• Charlton Lyons, "Father of the modern Republican Party in Louisiana" (R)
• Angel Martín, Law, former associate justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
• Enos C. McClendon, Jr., B.A. and Law, judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court from 1960 to 1978 (D)^[50]
• Kenneth McClintock, Law, 1980, Puerto Rico's fmr Senate President (2005-2008) & fmr Secretary of State/Lt. Governor (D) (2009-2013)^[51]
• John McEnery, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Tucker L. Melancon, Law, 1973, justice, 5th Circuit since 1994 (D)^[52]
• Judge Henry Mentz, U.S. federal district judge 1982-2005^[53]
• Mildred Methvin (Class of 1974), United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Louisiana 1983 to 2009, based in Lafayette (D)^[54]
• John Willard "Jack" Montgomery, Sr., State senator, 1968-1972 (D)
• A. Brown Moore (Class of 1934), lawyer, politician, businessman (D)^[55]
• Paul Morphy, L.L.B., April 7, 1857, chess prodigy
• Jaime Morgan Stubbe, 1980, president, Palmas del Mar Inc., former Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development
• Ray Nagin, M.B.A. 1994, mayor of New Orleans (D)
• Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana (D)
• Elwyn Nicholson, state senator from Jefferson Parish from 1972 to 1988 (D)^[56]
• Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• John H. Overton, Law, 1897, former U.S. senator from Louisiana (D)
• Charles B. Peatross, BBA 1963, judge from 1996 to 2011 of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport (D)
• Leander Perez, Law, judge and district attorney of Plaquemines Parish in first half of twentieth century (D)
• Karen Carter Peterson, state representative and candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana (D)
• Pedro Pierluisi, B.A., 1980, Puerto Rico's member of Congress (D) former Attorney General and President, New Party for Progress
• David W. Pipes, Jr., Law, Terrebonne Parish planter and lawyer, congressional candidate (R)
• Odell Pollard, attorney from Searcy, Arkansas; former Arkansas Republican Party chairman and national committeeman (R)
• Lawrence Ponoroff, dean of the Tulane University Law School
• Robert Poydasheff, Law, former mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003–2007) (R)
• Bill Pryor, Law, 1987, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (R)
• George W. Reese, Jr., New Orleans lawyer and Louisiana Republican political figure
• William Rehnquist, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court (R)
• Cedric Richmond, (L '98), U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (D)
• Beth Rickey, entered but did not complete Ph.D. program in political science; political activist who opposed David Duke (R)
• Christian Roselius, 1857, chief justice, Louisiana Supreme Court (D)
• Arnold Jack Rosenthal, B.A., 1944, Law, 1946, Alexandria politician (D)
• Weldon Russell, state representative from Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes from 1984 to 1988; Realtor in Amite (D)
• Jared Y. Sanders, Jr., U.S. representative (D), later States Rights Party
• Jared Y. Sanders, Sr., former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Antonin Scalia, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court (R)
• Alvin A. Schall, Law, 1969, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Jock Scott, former state representative from Alexandria (D)-turned-(R)
• Nauman S. Scott, one of the first Louisiana U.S. District Court Judges to advocate desegregation (D)-turned-(R)
• Edward F. Sherman, former dean and current professor at the Tulane University Law School
• Scott M. Simon, architect and state representative (R)
• Oramel H. Simpson, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Luis Guillermo Solis, President of Costa Rica
• Ira Sorkin, BA 1965, attorney for Bernard Madoff
• William Suter, Law 1962, clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court 1991–present
• Lawson Swearingen, Law 1969, state senator and president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe (D)
• Gene Taylor, U.S. representative, 1989-2011 (D)-turned-(R)
• Roy R. Theriot, Law, former Louisiana comptroller, 1960-1973 (D)
• Michael F. "Mike" Thompson, Law, former Louisiana state representative from Lafayette (R)
• Tom Thornhill, Postgraduate study, Slidell attorney and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996-2000 (R)^[57]
• Joseph F. Toomy, B.A. and M.B.A., former state representative from Jefferson Parish (R)^[58]
• Mario Torres-Marin, Ll.M., Assistant D.A. in Puerto Rico who died in helicopter crash during drug-war operation^[59]
• David C. Treen, former governor of Louisiana (R)
• Chris Ullo, member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from 1972 to 2008 (D)
• David Vitter, Law, U.S. senator from Louisiana (R)
• T. Semmes Walmsley, Law, mayor of New Orleans (D)
• Elizabeth Weaver, N’62; L’65, Michigan Supreme Court justice
• John Giffen Weinmann, (A&S ’50, L ’52), former U.S. ambassador to Finland and chief of protocol in the White House
• Edward Douglass White, Jr., Law, 1868, 9th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (D)
• Jacques Loeb Wiener, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Pinkie C. Wilkerson, L.L.M., state representative (D)
• John Clint Williamson, U.S. ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues
• Stephen J. Windhorst, B.A., Law, district court judge, former state representative (R)
• John Minor Wisdom, Law, judge, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (R)
• Bob Wise, Law, 1975, former governor of West Virginia (D)
• Henry L. Yelverton, Latin, 1951, district and appellate judge based in Lake Charles (D)
• Adam Kwasman, (B.A. Economics, 2003), Member of Arizona House of Representatives District 11, and 2014 candidate for U.S. Congress (R)

Math, science and technology

• Jon-Erik Beckjord, paranormal investigator and photographer
• Ruth Benerito, Newcomb alumna and inventor of wrinkle-free cotton
• Alfred H. Clifford, faculty, mathematician
• Willey Glover Denis (1879–1929), Newcomb A.B. 1899, Tulane M.A. 1902. Biochemist; her appointment as assistant professor at Tulane Medical School has been identified as the first appointment of a woman as a faculty member of a major medical institution in the U.S.
• David Filo, B.S.C.E, co-founder, Yahoo!
• Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., faculty (1968–1975), developer of the mirror test for self-awareness (1970)
• Jan Hamer (1927–2008), faculty (1960–1992), organic chemist
• Kurt Mislow, 1944, Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University
• John Leonard Riddell, faculty (1836–1865), microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope (1851)
• Harold Rosen, B.S.E.E, 1947, engineer/inventor, famous for inventing the geostationary communications satellite
• J. Lawrence Smith, faculty, chemist and inventor of the inverted microscope (1850)
• Frank J. Tipler, faculty, physicist and author
• Dave Winer, B.A, Mathematics, 1976, Weblog and RSS pioneer, former Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellow
• A. Baldwin Wood, B.S.M.E., 1899, (December 1, 1879 - May 10, 1956) engineer and inventor of the wood screw pump (1913) and the wood trash pump (1915)
• Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989-2011), student, co-founder of the social network Diaspora

Medicine

• James Andrews (physician), M.D., orthopedic surgeon
• Dale Archer, B.A., 1978, M.D., doctor and television personality
• Jim C. Barnett, physician and surgeon from Brookhaven, Mississippi, member of Mississippi House of Representatives from 1992 to 2008.^[60]
• Charles C. Bass, MD, Tulane Medical School dean (1922 - 1940), researcher in tropical medicine, inventor of modern dental floss
• Regina Benjamin, M.B.A., 1991, U.S. Surgeon General under President Barack Obama and the first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees
• Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher
• George E. Burch, M.D., 1933, internationally known cardiologist
• Jay Cavanaugh, Ph.D, 1994, member, California State Board of Pharmacy (1980–90), director, American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, 2001
• Wallace H. Clark, Jr., B.S. 1944, M.D. 1947, pathologist, cancer researcher
• Paul M. Davis, Jr., M.D., orthopedic surgeon, medical author, and real estate developer in Alexandria, Louisiana
• Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., 1932, pioneer of modern medicine and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
• Thomas Farley New York City Health Commissioner
• Robert I. Grossman, B.S., dean of NYU School of Medicine
• Louis J. Ignarro, faculty (1973–1985), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998)
• Thomas Naum James, M.D., 1949, director, World Health Organization cardiovascular center
• Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., 1951, director, National Institutes of Health, for whom the Kirschstein NRSA grant program is named
• James A. Knight, M.D., former faculty, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist
• Abraham L. Levin, M.D., 1907, inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still used for duodenal drainage after surgery.
• Rudolph Matas, M.D., 1880, "father of vascular surgery"
• William Larimer Mellon, Jr., M.D., M’53, founder, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti
• Alton Ochsner, faculty, founder of Ochsner Clinic, pioneer anti-smoking advocate
• Kelly Overton, animal rights activist
• Imperato Pascal,MPH&TM, Author
• Andrew V. Schally, faculty (1962-2006), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977), French Legion of Honor
• Harry V. Sims, M.D., 1915, American College of Surgeons
• Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., 1935, U.S. surgeon general (1961–1965) and chair of the committee that produced Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States
• Lewis Thomas, faculty (1948–1950), physician, researcher, and essayist
• Paul Wehrle, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox
• Charles B. Wilson, pioneer in pituitary tumor treatment; Cushing Medal recipient

Military

• George K. Anderson, General in the United States Air Force
• Wayne Downing, General in the US Army
• Douglas G. Hurley, NASA astronaut
• Alexander Jackson III, TC'50, Rear Admiral US Navy
• Noah Long, TC'65, Rear Admiral US Navy
• John L. McLucas, G’43, Secretary of the Air Force
• Richard P. Snyder, TC'83, Admiral US Navy
• William Suter, Law 1962, General US Army
• James C. Yarbrough, General in the US Army

Royalty and religion

• Jorge Bolaños, son of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños
• Francis George, Ph.D., 1970, cardinal archbishop of Chicago

Sports

• Michael Aubrey, baseball player^[61]
• David Mark Berger, A&S'66, NCAA champion, member of '72 Israeli Olympic weightlifting team.^[62]
• Jim Boyle, NFL offensive tackle^[63]
• Bubby Brister, NG-UC’85, former NFL quarterback ^[64]
• Bobby Brown, Medicine 1950, baseball player, president of the American League^[65]
• Janell Burse, basketball player in the WNBA^[66]
• Chris Bush, 2004, NFL receiver^[67]
• Andy Cannizaro, MLB shortstop and baseball All American^[68]
• Jerry Dalrymple, football All-American^[69]
• JaJuan Dawson, 1999, NFL receiver^[70]
• Quincy Davis (2006), naturalised Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team player^[71][72]
• Corey Dowden, NFL defensive back^[73]
• Barbara Farris, UC’98, WNBA forward (New York Liberty)^[74]
• Steve Foley, football, quarterback in 1977 near-undefeated season when Tulane beat LSU for the first time in 25 years^[75]
• Matt Forté, NFL running back^[76]
• Nolan Franz, NFL wide receiver^[77]
• Lester Gatewood, NFL center^[78]
• Tony Giarratano, MLB, Detroit Tigers^[79]
• Fred Gloden, NFL player^[80]
• Brandon Gomes, MLB, Tampa Bay Rays^[81]
• Jim Gueno, NFL linebacker^[82]
• Charles Hal, NFL player^[83]
• Nickie Hall, gridiron football player^[84]
• Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker^[85]
• Phil Hicks, NBA basketball player^[86]
• Rodney Holman, 1981, NFL pro bowl tight end^[87]
• Shooter Hunt, MLB, Minnesota Twins^[88]
• Linton Johnson III, 2004, NBA player^[89]
• Shaun King, 1999, NFL quarterback^[90]
• Troy Kropog, 2009–present, NFL lineman Tennessee Titans^[91]
• Eric Laakso, 1976 Tulane Athlete of the year, NFL offensive tackle^[92]
• J. P. Losman, NFL quarterback^[93]
• Seth Marler, B’03, NFL kicker^[94]
• Lonnie Marts, 1990, NFL Linebacker (1991–2001)^[95]
• Tommy Mason, NFL running back^[96]
• Sylvester McGrew, NFL defensive end^[97]
• Mewelde Moore, NFL running back^[98]
• Max McGee, NFL wide receiver^[99]
• Ed Morgan, baseball player^[100]
• Kevin Mmahat, baseball player^[101]
• Steve Mura, baseball player^[102]
• Eddie Murray, UC’80, NFL kicker
• Phil Nugent, football player^[103]
• Micah Owings, MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds^[104]
• Richie Petitbon, NFL player and coach^[105]
• Eddie Price, football player^[106]
• Patrick Ramsey, NFL quarterback^[107]
• Ham Richardson (1955), tennis player
• Andy Sheets, baseball player^[108]
• Joe Silipo, football player in the CFL, USFL and NFL^[109]
• Jerald Sowell, NFL running back^[110]
• Mike Tannenbaum, former general manager, New York Jets (NFL)
• Eric Thomas (1987), NFL Defensive Back (1987–1995)^[111]
• Michael Thompson (golfer), PGA Tour golfer
• Paul Thompson, NBA player^[112]
• Dalton Truax, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders^[113]
• Linda Tuero, tennis, winner of Italian Open
• John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player^[114]
• Jeremy Williams, 2010, Wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles^[115]
• Roydell Williams, NFL wide receiver^[116]
• Frank Wills, baseball player^[117]

Tulane presidents

References

External links

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