List of University of Delaware people

The following is a list of University of Delaware people, which includes UD alumni, current and former UD faculty, and recipients of UD honorary degrees.

Alumni

Business

• Jerry Sheridan - CEO AmeriGas Propane LP
• Kurt Akeley - computer graphics engineer
• Mary Pat Christie - investment banker
• John P. Costas – CEO, UBS Investment Bank
• Michael F. Koehler - Chief Executive Officer, Teradata
• Arthur Gray Magness – real estate developer
• Adam Osborne - computing pioneer
• Larry Probst - Chairman of the Board, Electronic Arts (Formerly CEO); Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee and member of the International Olympic Committee
• Ömer Sabancı - Turkish businessman
• Carl Truscott - Senior Vice President, ASERO Worldwide

Authors

• Steve Alten – science fiction author
• Peter Bailey – author
• Jarret Brachman – terrorism author
• Paul Cherry - business author
• Edward Ezell – author
• Maureen Johnson - author

Artists

• Michael Barone - art photographer
• Craig Cutler - photographer
• Tim Kreider - cartoonist

Politics

• Thurman Adams, Jr. – Democratic member of the Delaware Senate^[1]
• L. Heisler Ball – U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
• Jo Anne B. Barnhart – Commissioner of Social Security
• Jill Biden (B.A. 1976, D.Ed. 2007) – educator and Second Lady of the United States as the wife of Vice President of the United States Joe Biden
• Joe Biden (B.A. 1965) – Vice President of the United States of America, former U.S. Senator, former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• J. Caleb Boggs – U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware
• John F. Brady – Delaware politician
• David P. Buckson – Delaware politician
• Eric Buckson – Commissioner, Kent County Levy Court
• Daniel E. Button – U.S. Congressman
• Theophilus C. Callicot – Politician
• Thomas R. Carper – U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Delaware
• Christopher Christie – Governor of New Jersey
• Thomas Clayton – U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
• Carl Danberg – Delaware Attorney General and Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction
• Reha Denemeç – co-founder and deputy chairman (research and development) of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) in Turkey
• Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich – First Lady of Maryland
• J. Allen Frear, Jr. – U.S. Senator
• Don B. Hughes – Maryland State Delegate
• Horace G. Knowles – diplomat
• Thomas McKean – signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Louis McLane – U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Louise Mushikiwabo – Rwandan Foreign Minister
• David Plouffe – campaign manager of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008, political consultant, senior advisor to the president
• George Read – signer of the Declaration of Independence
• George R. Riddle – U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
• Caesar Rodney – signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Steve Schmidt – campaign manager of the John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 (attended but did not graduate)
• James Smith – signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Nick Smith – U.S. Congressman from Michigan
• John Carney - U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware

Entertainment

• Susan Barnett – KYW-TV news anchor
• Colleen Broomall – actress
• Vincenza Carrieri-Russo - Miss Delaware USA 2008, Miss Delaware United States 2014
• Neil Casey - actor, comedian, writer
• Tommy Conwell - rock musician
• Antje Duvekot - singer/songwriter
• John Faye - rock musician
• Bryan Gordon - television and film director
• Suzanne Graff – actress
• Steve Harris -actor
• Page Kennedy - actor
• Amanda Longacre - Miss Delaware 2014
• Mark McClafferty - film and television producer and writer
• Matt O'Donnell - WPVI morning anchorman
• Marvell Scott - sports reporter for WABC-TV
• Susan Stroman - Broadway director, choreographer, performer

Education

• John L. Anderson - President of Illinois Institute of Technology
• Jill Tracy Biden - Professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College, Second Lady of the United States
• David L. Chicoine - President of South Dakota State University
• Lawrence A. Cunningham – scholar, author, and the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at George Washington University
• Rakesh Jain - professor of tumor biology at Harvard Medical School
• Steven Leath - President of Iowa State University
• Mary Patterson McPherson - former President of Bryn Mawr College
• James W. Wagner - President of Emory University

Judicial

• William B. Chandler, III - Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
• Hugh M. Morris - Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
• Leonard Stark - Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
• Leo E. Strine, Jr. - Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
• John E. Wallace, Jr. - Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court

Journalism

• Peter Bailey – journalist
• Katherine Boehret – journalist
• Colleen Broomall – journalist
• David E. Hoffman^[2] - writer. journalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Jeff Pearlman - journalist

Military

• Charles Craig Cannon – United States Army officer who served as Aide-de-camp to Dwight D. Eisenhower after World War II
• John M. Custer III – United States Army officer
• Joseph H. Harper - World War II airborne officer, who later commanded the United States Army Infantry School
• Robert W. Kirkwood - American Revolutionary War officer
• Julian Smith - World War II United States Marine Corps General

Science

• Rakesh Agrawal - National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureate and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
• Brian Atwater – geologist
• Terrell Ward Bynum – Director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University, Professor of Philosophy
• Carole Chaski – forensic linguist
• Roger Craig - computer scientist and Jeopardy! champion
• Robert W. Gore - inventor of Gore-Tex fabrics
• Walter Lafferty - optical physicist
• David L. Mills - Internet pioneer
• Daniel Nathans - biologist and Nobel Prize winner
• Siddhartha Roy, structural biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Peter Thejll - astrophysicist and climate expert
• Lodewijk van den Berg - astronaut

Sports

• Mike Adams - professional football player
• Robbie Agnone – football player
• Matt Alrich – lacrosse player
• Peter Maestrales - baseball player and Olympian (2004)
• Petar Arsić – basketball player
• Josh Baker – football player
• Bryan Barrett – Lacrosse player
• Urban Bowman – American football and Canadian football coach
• Scott Brunner - football player
• Michael Byrne – football player
• Bob Carpenter, Jr. - former owner of the Philadelphia Phillies
• Brennan Carroll – football coach
• Larry Catuzzi – football coach
• Chris Collins – lacrosse player
• Bill Cubit - football Coach
• Mondoe Davis – football and Canadian football player
• Richard Dean - fashion and advertising photographer, former player for Canadian Football League
• Elena Delle Donne – WNBA player with the Chicago Sky; played basketball and volleyball at Delaware
• Pat Devlin - quarterback for the NFL Miami Dolphins
• Anthony DiMarzo – lacrosse player
• Leon Dombrowski - football player
• Marc Egerson – basketball player
• Jamin Elliott – football player
• Joe Flacco - football player
• Eric Fromm – tennis player
• Keevin Galbraith – lacrosse player
• Rich Gannon - football player / NFL analyst CBS Sports
• Gino Gradkowski – football player
• John Grant, Jr. - lacrosse player
• Dallas Green - MLB player and manager
• Scott Green - NFL referee
• Bob Greene - fitness guru
• Andy Hall - football player
• Jordan Hall – lacrosse player
• Conway Hayman - football player
• Mickey Heinecken – football coach
• Tim Jacobs – football player
• Cindy A. Johnson – basketball player
• Dennis Johnson – football player
• Greg Justice – football player
• K. C. Keeler – football coach
• Jeff Komlo - football player
• Mike Koplove - MLB player
• Kęstutis Marčiulionis – basketball player
• Joe McGrail – football player
• Joe McHale – football player
• Tom Mees - ESPN anchor
• Kevin Mench - baseball player
• Joe Minucci – football player
• Jeff Modesitt – football player
• Matt Nagy – football player and coach
• Harding Nana –basketball player
• Al Neiger – baseball player
• Mohamed Niang – basketball player
• Ben Patrick - football player
• Bob Patton – football player
• Mike Pegues – basketball player and coach
• Jim Quirk – football official
• Raven (born Scott Levy) - professional wrestler
• David Raymond - original Phillie Phanatic
• Dan Reeder – football player
• George Schmitt – football player
• Alex Smith - lacrosse player
• Tyresa Smith – basketball player
• Tony Storti – football coach and college athletics administrator
• Jon Striefsky – football player
• Ivory Sully – football player
• Joe Susan – football coach
• Sobhan Tadjalli – soccer player
• Ronald Talley – football player
• Hal Thompson - football player
• Anthony Walters – football player
• Richard Washington – football player
• Vic Willis - Hall of Fame baseball player
• Paul Worrilow - football player

Honorary degree recipients

• Byong Man Ahn – 2004 – academic^[3]
• Robert Ballard - 2001 - oceanographer, discoverer of the RMS Titanic^[3]
• Joseph Biden - 2004 - Vice President of the United States, former United States Senator (D-Delaware)^[4]
• Edward G. Boehne - 2001 - President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia^[3]
• John C. Bogle - 1999 - founder and CEO of The Vanguard Group^[3]
• Ben Carson, M.D. - 1997 - neurosurgeon^[3]
• Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. - 2002 - business historian^[3]
• Rita R. Colwell - 2003 - former Director of the National Science Foundation^[3]
• William B. DeLauder - 2005 - former president of Delaware State University^[5]
• Louis Freeh - 1999 - former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)^[3]
• Adrian Hall - 2007 - British actor, thespian^[6]
• Daisaku Ikeda - 2000 - Buddhist religious leader, President of Soka Gakkai International^[3]
• Paul R. Jones - 2004 - art collector, Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art^[7]
• Audrey F. Manley - 2002 - former United States Surgeon General; President of Spelman College^[3]
• Geoffrey Marcy - 2004 - astronomer, discoverer of the first extrasolar planet, 51 Pegasi b^[8]
• J. W. Marriott, Jr. - 2005 - Marriott International^[9]
• Mary McAleese - 2002 - President of Ireland^[10]
• George J. Mitchell - 2003 - Former United States Senator (D-Maine)^[3]
• Joseph Neubauer - 2006 - CEO of ARAMARK ^[11]
• Russell W. Peterson - 2006 - former Governor of Delaware, scientist ^[12]
• Martin A. Pomerantz - 2001 - physicist and astronomer^[3]
• Cal Ripken Jr. - 2008 - baseball player ^[13]
• William V. Roth - 2003 - former United States Senator (R-Delaware)^[3]
• W.D. Snodgrass - 2005 - poet^[14]
• Walter K. Stapleton - 1998 - Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ^[3]
• Susan Stroman - 2005 - Tony Award-winning Broadway director, choreographer, film director, and performer.^[15]
• E. Norman Veasey - 2003 - Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court^[3]
• Craig Venter - 2004 - biologist, founder of The Institute for Genomic Research^[16]
• Paul A. Volcker - 2001 - former Chairman of the Federal Reserve^[3]
• John J. Williams - 1975 - former United States Senator (R-Delaware)^[3]
• Jamie Wyeth - 2002 - realist painter^[3]

Faculty

• Gene Ball - Computer Science
• Allen Barnett - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Ralph Begleiter - Communications & Political Science, Distinguished Journalist in Residence
• Mark Bowden - Distinguished Writer in Residence
• John Byrne - Distinguished Professor of Energy & Climate Policy and director of UD's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
• Emma Johnson - Senior credit analyst
• Xiang Gao - world-class violinist
• Linda Gottfredson - Educational Psychology
• Richard Hanley - Philosophy
• Donald West Harward - Philosophy, former president of Bates College
• Richard F. Heck - Chemistry, discoverer of Heck reaction, 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureate
• William Innes Homer - Art History
• Muqtedar Khan - Political Science
• Mark Samuels Lasner - Senior Research Fellow
• David Legates - Climatology
• Leo Lemay - English
• David L. Mills - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Frederick Nelson - Professor of Geography and Director of University of Delaware's Permafrost Group
• David L. Norton - Philosophy
• R. Byron Pipes - Mechanical Engineering
• William Poole - Economics; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; scholar in residence; former professor at Brown University and Johns Hopkins University
• Martin Postle - Art History
• Ramnarayan Rawat - History
• Arnold L. Rheingold - Chemistry
• W. David Sincoskie - Computer Engineering
• David Smith - Biology
• Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus - Plant Pathology (1909 to 1916)
• Charles Tilly - social scientist
• Don A. J. Upham - Mathematics; owner and editor of the The Delaware Gazette for three years^[17]
• Shien Biau Woo - Physics and Astronomy, former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
• Ben Yagoda - English
• Charles Elson - Professor Emeritus The Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance ^[18]

References