List of University of Delaware people
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The following is a list of University of Delaware graduates.
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[edit] Notable alumni/ae
[edit] Sports
- Mike Adams - Current professional football player
- Scott Brunner - Football player
- Bob Carpenter Jr - Former owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- Bill Cubit - Former wide receiver, Head Football Coach at Western Michigan University
- Richard Dean - fashion and advertising photographer, former player for Canadian Football League
- Rich Gannon - Football player / NFL Analyst CBS Sports
- John Grant, Jr. - Lacrosse Player
- Dallas Green - MLB player & manager
- Andy Hall - Football player
- Mike Koplove- MLB player
- Scott Levy (wrestler) (aka Raven) - Professional wrestler
- Joe McGrail - Football Player
- Kevin Mench - Baseball player
- Tom Mees - ESPN anchor
- Ben Patrick - American football player
- David Raymond - Original Phillie Phanatic
- Alex Smith - Lacrosse player
- Adam Scevola- Former Baseball Player and now Hitting Coach
- Vic Willis - Hall of Fame Baseball Player
- Joe Flacco - QB for the NFL Baltimore Ravens
[edit] Business
- Kurt Akeley - Computer graphics engineer
- Dave DeWalt - CEO, McAfee, Inc.
- Ken Whitney - Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
- Adam Osborne - Computing pioneer
- Larry Probst - Chairman of the Board - Electronic Arts (Formerly CEO)
- Ömer Sabancı - Turkish businessman
- LizAnn Sonders - Wall Street Investment Guru
- Marna C. Whittington - COO of Allianz Global Investors
[edit] Politics
- L. Heisler Ball - Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
- Joseph Biden - Current U.S. Senator and chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- J. Caleb Boggs - Former U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware
- Thomas R. Carper - Current U.S. Senator, former U.S. Congressman and Governor of Delaware
- Thomas Clayton - Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
- J. Allen Frear, Jr. - Former U.S. Senator
- Don B. Hughes, former Maryland State Delegate
- Thomas McKean - signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Louis McLane - Former U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- David Plouffe - Campaign Manager of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008, Political Consultant
- George Read - signer of the Declaration of Independence
- George R. Riddle - Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman
- James Smith - signer of the Declaration of Independence
[edit] Entertainment
- Clifford Brown- Jazz trumpeter - briefly attended
- Steve Harris - Actor
- Matt O'Donnell - WPVI morning achorman
- Susan Stroman - Broadway director, Choreographer, Performer
- George Thorogood - Blues-rock singer and guitarist
- Page Kennedy - Actor
- Dilshad Vadsaria - Actress
[edit] Education
- John L. Anderson - Current President of Illinois Institute of Technology
- John C. Cavanaugh - Psychology professor, president of University of West Florida
- John A. Munroe - Historian
- James W. Wagner - Current President of Emory University
[edit] Judicial
- Christopher Christie - Current U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
- Hugh M. Morris - Former Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Leonard Stark - Magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Leo E. Strine, Jr. -- Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
- John E. Wallace, Jr. - Current Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
[edit] Journalism
- Jeff Pearlman - Journalist
[edit] Military
- Robert W. Kirkwood - American Revolution officer
- Julian Smith - World War II United States Marine Corps general
[edit] Science
- Lodewijk van den Berg - Astronaut
[edit] Notable Current or Former Faculty
- Gene Ball- Computer Science
- Allen Barnett- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Ralph Begleiter- Communications & Political Science, Distinguished Journalist in Residence
- Linda Gottfredson- Educational Psychology
- Richard Hanley- Philosophy
- Donald West Harward- Philosophy, former president of Bates College
- Raymond W. Kirkbride- Organized the first in the nation study abroad program in 1928
- Muqtedar Khan- Political Science
- David Legates- Climatology
- Leo Lemay- English
- David L. Mills- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- David L. Norton- Philosophy
- Arnold L. Rheingold- Chemistry
- David Smith (baseball historian)- Biology
- Charles Tilly- Social scientist
- Shien Biau Woo- Physics and Astronomy, former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
[edit] Notable Honorary Degree recipients
- Robert Ballard- 2001 - Oceanographer, discoverer of the RMS Titanic [1]
- Sen. Joesph Biden- 2004 - United States Senator (D-Delaware) [2]
- Edward G. Boehne- 2001 - President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia [3]
- John C. Bogle- 1999 - Founder and CEO of the The Vanguard Group [4]
- Ben Carson, M.D.- 1997 - American neurosurgeon [5]
- Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.- 2002 - Business historian [6]
- Rita R. Colwell- 2003 - Former Director of the National Science Foundation [7]
- William B. DeLauder- 2005 - Former president of Delaware State University [8]
- Louis Freeh- 1999 - Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) [9]
- Adrian Hall- 2007 - British actor, thespian [10]
- Daisaku Ikeda- 2000 - Buddhist religious leader, President of Soka Gakkai International [11]
- Paul R. Jones- 2004 - Art collector, Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art [12]
- Audrey F. Manley- 2002 - Former United States Surgeon General, Current President of Spelman College [13]
- Geoffrey Marcy- 2004 - Astronomer, discoverer of the first extrasolar planet 51 Pegasi b [14]
- J. W. Marriott, Jr.- 2005 - Founder of Marriot International [15]
- Mary McAleese- 2002- Current President of Ireland [16]
- Sen. George J. Mitchell- 2003 - Former United States Senator (D-Maine) [17]
- Joseph Neubauer- 2006 - CEO of ARAMARK [18]
- Russell W. Peterson- 2006 - Former Governor of Delaware, scientist [19]
- Martin A. Pomerantz- 2001 - American physicist and astronomer [20]
- Sen. William V. Roth- 2003 - Former United States Senator (R-Delaware) [21]
- Walter K. Stapleton- 1998 - Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [22]
- Susan Stroman- 2005 - Tony Award-winning Broadway director, choreographer, film director, and performer. [23]
- W.D. Snodgrass- 2005 - American poet [24]
- Chief Justice E. Norman Veasey- 2003 - Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court [25]
- Craig Venter- 2004 - American biologist, Founder of the The Institute for Genomic Research [26]
- Paul A. Volcker- 2001 - Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve [27]
- Sen. John J. Williams- 1975 - Former United States Senator (R-Delaware) [28]
- Jamie Wyeth- 2002 - American realist painter [29]
