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The following is a list of University of Delaware people , which includes alumni, current and former faculty, and recipients of honorary degrees.
Kurt Akeley (b. 1958), computer graphics engineerBarry J. Bentley , Co-Founder, Bentley Systems [ 1] Keith A. Bentley , Co-Founder, Bentley Systems [ 1] Mary Pat Christie (b. 1963), investment bankerJohn P. Costas (b. 1957), CEO, UBS Investment Bank Michael F. Koehler , Chief Executive Officer, Teradata Michael Mignano , American businesspersonAdam Osborne (1939–2003), computing pioneerLarry Probst (b. 1950), Chairman of the Board, Electronic Arts (formerly CEO); Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee and member of the International Olympic CommitteeÖmer Sabancı (b. 1959), Turkish businessmanCarl Truscott , Senior Vice President, ASERO WorldwideWilliam Wascher , economistWang Xing (b. 1979), CEO, Meituan-Dianping Steve Alten (b. 1959), science fiction authorJarret Brachman , terrorism authorSiobhan Carroll (b. 1980), professor, scholar, writerPaul Cherry , business authorEdward Ezell (1939–1993), authorMartha Gandy Fales (1930–2006), art historian, curatorMorrison Heckscher (b. 1940), art historian, curatorRonald B. Herzman (b. 1943), author, professorMaureen Johnson (b. 1973), authorThomas Leitch (b. 1951), author, academicJeff Pearlman (b. 1972), sports authorEsther Tuttle Pritchard (1840–1900), minister, editorThurman Adams, Jr. , (1928–2009) Democratic member of the Delaware Senate L. Heisler Ball (1861–1932), U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman Jo Anne B. Barnhart (b. 1950), Commissioner of Social SecurityJill Biden (b. 1951), educator, First Lady of the United States and Former Second Lady of the United States as the wife of President of the United States Joe Biden and the Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (b. 1942), President of the United States , Vice President of the United States , former U.S. Senator , former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee J. Caleb Boggs (1909–1993), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Delaware John F. Brady (b. 1959), Delaware politicianDavid P. Buckson (1920–2017), veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party , who served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware , for nineteen days the 63rd Governor of Delaware and the 37th Attorney General of Delaware Eric Buckson , Commissioner, Kent County Levy CourtDaniel E. Button (1917–2009), U.S. CongressmanTheophilus C. Callicot (1826–1920), politicianJohn Carney (b. 1956), U.S. Congressman, Governor of DelawareThomas R. Carper (b. 1947), U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of DelawareChristopher Christie (b. 1962), Governor of New Jersey Thomas Clayton (1777–1854), U.S. Senator, U.S. CongressmanCarl Danberg (b. 1964), Delaware Attorney General and Commissioner of the Delaware Department of CorrectionReha Denemeç (b. 1961), co-founder and deputy chairman (research and development) of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) in TurkeyKendel Sibiski Ehrlich (b. 1961), First Lady of MarylandLütfi Elvan (b. 1962), Minister of Finance and Treasury, TurkeyJ. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903–1993), U.S. SenatorDon B. Hughes (b. 1940), Maryland State DelegateHorace G. Knowles (1863–1937), diplomatJohn G. McCullough (1835–1915), Attorney General of California and Governor of VermontThomas McKean (1734–1817), Founding Father , signer of the Declaration of Independence Louis McLane (1786–1857), veteran of the War of 1812 , U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State , U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Louise Mushikiwabo (b. 1961), Rwandan Foreign MinisterDavid Plouffe (b. 1967), campaign manager of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 , political consultant, senior advisor to the presidentMike Purzycki (b. 1945), 56th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware[ 2] George Read (1733–1798), Founding Father , signer of the Declaration of Independence George R. Riddle (1817–1867), U.S. Senator, U.S. CongressmanJanet Rzewnicki (born 1953), Delaware State TreasurerSteve Schmidt (b. 1970), campaign manager of the John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 , co-founder of The Lincoln Project , graduated in 2013[ 3] James Smith (1719–1806), Founding Father , signer of the Declaration of Independence Nick Smith (b. 1934), U.S. Republican Congressman from MichiganSusan Barnett (b. 1972), KYW-TV news anchorColleen Broomall (b. 1983), actressVincenza Carrieri-Russo (b. 1984), Miss Delaware USA 2008, Miss Delaware United States 2014Neil Casey (b. 1981), actor, comedian, writerTommy Conwell (b. 1962), rock musicianAmanda Debus (b. 1992), Miss Delaware 2016Antje Duvekot (b. 1976), singer/songwriterJohn Faye (b. 1966), rock musicianBryan Gordon , television and film directorSuzanne Graff , actressSteve Harris (b. 1965), actorVicki Hirsch , theater instructor and actressPage Kennedy , actorAmanda Longacre (b. 1989), Miss Delaware 2014Mark McClafferty , film and television producer, writerMatt O'Donnell (b. 1972), WPVI morning anchormanMarvell Scott (b. 1973), sports reporter for WABC-TV Susan Stroman (b. 1954), Broadway director, choreographer, performerScott Swift , father of singer/songwriter Taylor Swift , played football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue HensCaroline Murphy (b. 1998), performer, legendary host of Kilimanjaro SafariJohn L. Anderson (b. 1945), President of Illinois Institute of Technology David L. Chicoine , President of South Dakota State University Lawrence A. Cunningham (b. 1962), scholar, author, and the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Charles F. Hummel (b. 1932), curator and deputy director at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library Rakesh Jain (b. 1950), professor of tumor biology at Harvard Medical School Dwight Lanmon (b. 1938), director of Corning Museum of Glass and Winterthur Museum, Garden and LibrarySteven Leath (b. 1957), President of Iowa State University Brian Lukacher , professor of art history at Vassar College Donald Mullett (1929–2013), interim president of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) , Lincoln University (Missouri) , and Cheyney University Mary Patterson McPherson (c. 1935), former President of Bryn Mawr College Milo Naeve (1931–2009), art historian and curator at the Art Institute of Chicago Jules Prown (b. 1930), art historian and professor of art history at Yale University John A. H. Sweeney (1930–2007), curator and administrator at the Winterthur MuseumJames W. Wagner (b. 1953), President of Emory University William B. Chandler, III , Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery Hugh M. Morris (1878–1966), Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Collins J. Seitz , Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery , Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit , issued the judgment in the Gebhart v. Belton Brown v. Board of Education Leonard Stark (b. 1969), Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Leo E. Strine, Jr. (b. 1964), Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery John E. Wallace, Jr. (b. 1942), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Rakesh Agrawal , National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureate and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University Brian Atwater (b. 1951), geologistDoreen Bogdan-Martin (b. 1966), Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union Terrell Ward Bynum (b. 1941), Director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University , Professor of PhilosophyCarole Chaski (b. 1955), forensic linguistRoger Craig (c. 1977), computer scientist and Jeopardy! Robert W. Gore (1937–2020), inventor of Gore-Tex fabricsWalter Lafferty (1875–1964), optical physicistHolly Michael , hydrogeologistDavid L. Mills (b. 1938), Internet pioneerDaniel Nathans (1928–1999), biologist and Nobel Prize winnerG. Raymond Rettew (1903–1973), chemist and pioneer of mass production of penicillinSiddhartha Roy (b. 1954), structural biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateMohsen Shahinpoor (b. 1943), engineerPeter Thejll (b. 1956), astrophysicist, climate expertLodewijk van den Berg (b. 1932), astronautLynn M. Walker , fellow of the American Institute of Chemical EngineersMike Adams (b. 1981), professional football playerNasir Adderley (b. 1997), professional football playerRobbie Agnone (b. 1985), football playerDawn Aponte (c. 1971), football executive[ 5] Petar Arsić (b. 1973), basketball playerJosh Baker (b. 1986), football playerBryan Barrett (b. 1977), Lacrosse playerNate Beasley (1953–2010), football playerUrban Bowman (1937–2018), American football and Canadian football coachCliff Brumbaugh (b. 1974), MLB playerScott Brunner (b. 1957), football playerNick Bucci (1932–2019), football playerMichael Byrne (b. 1986), football playerBob Carpenter, Jr. (1915–1990), former owner of the Philadelphia Phillies Brennan Carroll (b. 1979), football coachLarry Catuzzi (c. 1935), football coachChris Collins (b. 1982), lacrosse playerBill Cubit (b. 1953), football coachMondoe Davis (b. 1982), football and Canadian football playerRichard Dean (1956–2006), fashion and advertising photographer, former player for Canadian Football League Elena Delle Donne (b. 1989), WNBA player with the Washington Mystics ; played basketball and volleyball at DelawarePat Devlin (b. 1988), quarterback for the NFL Miami Dolphins Anthony DiMarzo , lacrosse playerLeon Dombrowski (1938–1998), football playerMarc Egerson (b. 1986), basketball playerJamin Elliott (b. 1979), football playerJoe Flacco (b. 1985), football playerEric Fromm (b. 1958), tennis playerKeevin Galbraith (b. 1979), lacrosse playerRich Gannon (b. 1965), football player / NFL analyst CBS Sports Brian Gorman (b. 1959), MLB umpireGino Gradkowski (b. 1988), football playerJohn Grant, Jr. (b. 1974), lacrosse playerDallas Green (1934–2017), MLB player and managerScott Green (b. 1951), NFL referee Bob Greene (b. 1958), fitness guruAndy Hall (b. 1980), football playerJordan Hall (b. 1984), lacrosse playerConway Hayman (1949–2020), football playerMickey Heinecken (b. 1939), football coachTim Jacobs (b. 1970), football playerCindy A. Johnson , basketball playerDennis Johnson (b. 1951), football playerGreg Justice (b. 1972), football playerGardy Kahoe (1950–2010), football playerK. C. Keeler (b. 1959), football coachJeff Komlo (1956–2009), football playerMike Koplove (b. 1976), MLB playerChad Kuhl (b. 1992), MLB playerPeter Maestrales (b. 1979), baseball player and Olympian (2004)Kęstutis Marčiulionis (b. 1977), basketball playerJoe McGrail (b. 1964), football playerJoe McHale (b. 1963), football playerTom Mees (1949–1996), ESPN anchorKevin Mench (b. 1978), baseball playerJoe Minucci (b. 1981), football playerJeff Modesitt (1964–1990), football playerMatt Nagy (b. 1978), football player and coachHarding Nana (b. 1981), basketball playerAl Neiger (b. 1939), baseball playerMohamed Niang (b. 1976), basketball playerBen Patrick (b. 1984), football playerBob Patton (b. 1954), football playerMike Pegues (b. 1978), basketball player and coachJim Quirk (b. 1940), football officialRaven (b. 1964), a.k.a. Scott Levy, professional wrestlerDan Reeder (b. 1961), football playerSteve Schlachter (b. 1954), American-Israeli basketball playerGeorge Schmitt (b. 1961), football playerTyresa Smith (b. 1985), basketball playerTony Storti (1922–2009), football coach and college athletics administratorJon Striefsky (b. 1986), football playerIvory Sully (b. 1957), football playerJoe Susan (b. 1955), football coachRonald Talley (b. 1986), football playerHal Thompson (1922–2006), football playerAnthony Walters (b. 1988), football playerRichard Washington (b. 1985), football playerVic Willis (1876–1947), Hall of Fame baseball playerPaul Worrilow (b. 1990), football playerHonorary degree recipients [ edit ] Byong Man Ahn (born 1941), 2004 – academic[ 6] Robert Ballard (b. 1942), 2001 – oceanographer , discoverer of the RMS Titanic [ 6] Joe Biden (b. 1942), 2004 – President of the United States , Vice President of the United States , former United States Senator (D-Delaware )[ 7] John C. Bogle (1929–2019), 1999 – founder and CEO of The Vanguard Group [ 6] Ben Carson (b. 1951), M.D., 1997 – neurosurgeon [ 6] Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), 2002 – business historian[ 6] Rita R. Colwell (b. 1934), 2003 – former Director of the National Science Foundation [ 6] Louis Freeh (b. 1950), 1999 – former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)[ 6] Adrian Hall (b. 1959), 2007 – British actor , thespian[ 8] Daisaku Ikeda (b. 1928), 2000 – Buddhist religious leader, President of Soka Gakkai International [ 6] Paul R. Jones (1928–2010), 2004 – art collector , Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art [ 9] Audrey F. Manley (b. 1934), 2002 – former United States Surgeon General ; President of Spelman College [ 6] Geoffrey Marcy (b. 1954), 2004 – astronomer , discoverer of the first extrasolar planet , 51 Pegasi b [ 10] J. W. Marriott, Jr. (b. 1932), 2005 – Marriott International [ 11] Mary McAleese (b. 1951), 2002 – President of Ireland [ 12] George J. Mitchell (b. 1933), 2003 – Former United States Senator (D-Maine )[ 6] Joseph Neubauer (b. 1941), 2006 – CEO of ARAMARK [ 13] Russell W. Peterson (1916–2011), 2006 – former Governor of Delaware , scientist[ 14] Martin A. Pomerantz (1916–2008), 2001 – physicist and astronomer [ 6] Cal Ripken Jr. (b. 1960), 2008 – baseball player[ 15] William V. Roth (1921–2003), 2003 – former United States Senator (R-Delaware )[ 6] W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009), 2005 – Pulitzer Prize -winning poet [ 16] Walter K. Stapleton (b. 1934), 1998 – Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [ 6] Susan Stroman (b. 1954), 2005 – Tony Award -winning Broadway director , choreographer , film director , and performer.[ 17] E. Norman Veasey (b. 1933), 2003 – Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court [ 6] Craig Venter (b. 1946), 2004 – biologist , founder of The Institute for Genomic Research [ 18] Paul A. Volcker (1927–2019), 2001 – former Chairman of the Federal Reserve [ 6] John J. Williams (1904–1988), 1975 – former United States Senator (R-Delaware )[ 6] Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946), 2002 – realist painter [ 6] Gene Ball , Computer ScienceAllen Barnett (b. 1940), Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceRalph Begleiter (b. 1949), Communications & Political Science, Distinguished Journalist in ResidenceJoel Best (b. 1946), Sociology & Criminal Justice, 2012 Francis Allison Faculty Award WinnerMark Bowden (b. 1951), Distinguished Writer in ResidenceE. Wayne Craven (1930–2020), Art HistoryBill Fleischman (1939–2019), sports journalist and adjunct professor in journalism (1981–2009)[ 19] [ 20] Xiang Gao , world-class violinistLinda Gottfredson (b. 1947), Educational PsychologyRichard Hanley , PhilosophyDonald West Harward , Philosophy, former president of Bates College Richard F. Heck (1931–2015), Chemistry, discoverer of Heck reaction , 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry LaureateChristine Leigh Heyrman , HistoryWilliam Innes Homer (1929–2012), Art HistoryMuqtedar Khan (b. 1966), Political SciencePeter Kolchin (b. 1943), HistoryMark Samuels Lasner (b. 1952), Senior Research FellowDavid Legates , ClimatologyLeo Lemay (1935–2008), EnglishDavid L. Mills (b. 1938), Electrical and Computer EngineeringFrederick Nelson (1932–2009), Professor of Geography and Director of University of Delaware's Permafrost GroupDebra Hess Norris , chair of the art conservation department and director of the Winterthur /University of Delaware Program in Art ConservationDavid L. Norton (1930–1995), PhilosophyR. Byron Pipes (b. 1941), Mechanical EngineeringWilliam Poole (b. 1937), Economics; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; scholar in residence; former professor at Brown University and Johns Hopkins UniversityMartin Postle , Art HistoryChristine Rawak , former athletic directorRamnarayan Rawat , HistoryArnold L. Rheingold (b. 1940), ChemistryW. David Sincoskie (1954–2010), Computer EngineeringDavid Smith (b. 1948), BiologyElaine Salo (1962–2016), Anthropology and gender studiesMillicent Sullivan , Professor of Biomedical Engineering[ 21] Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1884–1937), Plant Pathology (1909 to 1916)Charles Tilly (1929–2008), social scientistBahira Trask Anthropologist, academic and authorDon A. J. Upham (1809–1877), Mathematics; owner and editor of The Delaware Gazette [ 22] Barbara A. Williams , AstrophysicsShien Biau Woo (b. 1937), Physics and Astronomy, former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware Ben Yagoda (b. 1954), English
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