Talk:List of University of Michigan alumni

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[edit] Another alum or two

John Koza, computer scientist. See existing Wikipedia entry. Was in grad school in '66-??. Andy Stein, violinist/arranger/versatile musician; see www.andysteinmusic.com. '69 I think.

[edit] Correction offered

Entry under Rhodes scholars misspells the name of Mark Killingsworth, as "Mark Killingswor".

Please note, I am unfamiliar with how to edit articles, so, offering the above suggestions hoping that someone else will pick up on them. Thanks.

I am unfamiliar with the editing process, but perhaps someone can do this for me. Charles Gibson (of ABC News) did not get his BA from the university. He was awarded a fellowship in 1973, but got his Bachelor's degree from Princeton. This can be confirmed on the ABC News website. mhuddleston(1/31/07)

[edit] One More Alumnus-- Perhaps Two Alumni

Hal Simms ('39?) - Broadcaster. "The Voice" of CBS and CBS NYC-based soaps (i.e., "This is The Edge of Night....) from 1950-1980 (?) Anyone over 45 will remember the "CBS eye" and the announcer, exuding in his "less is more" persona (lest the eye icon fails), the reminder that Italic text"THIS...is CBS"...and THAT was the voice of Hal Sims....(Email Mike Wallace for confirm).

Jeff Daniels - ('77) Prolific Screen Actor - he was there at Michigan in '74-'76. Please confirm.

[edit] divide into two pages

Could this page be divided into an alumni page and a faculty page? It is 95 kilobytes, which is larger than preferred. -- Gmosaki 06:47, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Done. Also, I've inserted a key for academic units. This will clarify to which academic unit each alumnus is associated with, as well as discard the need to create separate alumni list for each academic unit article. PentawingTalk 21:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


I've added designation of "SPH" for the school of public health. For some reason "MPH" for masters in public health keeps getting converted (perhaps by some sort of bot?) into "mph" which is probably for miles per hour. I've put in periods: M.P.H. to make distinction more apparent. Many graduates are probably from LS&A, but I don't have the patience to sort out and designate to whom the designation might apply, but I would be nice if someone ground through that process. 66.65.76.15 17:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Does it make sense to create a breakout for not-for-profit? There are a number of graduates working for substantial foundations. For example, I added a graduate today who is now CIO (investments) for the Mott foundation. 66.65.76.15 17:50, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recommendation

This list is over 200kB. One way to cut it back to a more manageabkle size is to reduce ALL comments to a single line. There are many listed graduates with descriptions that are more than 10 lines, even though the same graduate already has an article with full details. This is unnecessary duplication.

Syrenab 13:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I've made a start at chopping out some extraneous stuff. There's plenty more to do. --Spondoolicks 10:16, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
And I just cut the article in half by splitting it based on occupation, since there's already sections based on that criterion. Perhaps other sections could be split off in a similar manner. Bryan 09:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Split off

I have split off four articles from this main one. The four sub articles can be found at:

Hope this is better. The main article's now down to 50k, from 175 or so. The articles could still do with some assertive editing (for example, expunging all the red links and waffle, but it's a start. Proto::type 15:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Which Phil Power?

I don't think that the Phil Power linked from the Marshall Scholarship list is the right one. See http://www.giving.umich.edu/leadersbest/spring2006/difference.htm for the right one. Parkerdr 04:52, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

i'm changing the link by using his full name. Parkerdr (talk) 16:48, 20 February 2008 (UTC)