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Princeton University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Presbyterian school founded 1746 as the College of New Jersey in Elizabeth, NJ, relocated to Princeton, NJ in 1756, officially renamed Princeton in 1896. Not affiliated with Princeton Theological Seminary or Institute for Advanced Study.

Location:
Princeton, NJ

Founding Date:
1746

Motto:
Dei sub numine viget

Team:
Tigers

Mascot:
Tiger

Enrollment:
6610

Official Website:
http://www.princeton.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bob Abernethy
Journalist
5-Nov-1927   Former NBC News correspondent
William F. Achtmeyer
Business
c. 1955   Partner, The Parthenon Group
Herbert Agar
Journalist
29-Sep-1897 24-Nov-1980 The People's Choice
Samuel Alito
Judge
1-Apr-1950   US Supreme Court Justice
Arthur Glenn Andrews
Politician
15-Jan-1909 25-Sep-2008 Congressman from Alabama, 1965-67
Decker Anstrom
Business
2-Aug-1950   COO of Landmark Communications
John Armstrong
Politician
25-Nov-1758 1-Apr-1843 US Secretary of War, 1813-14
Thurman Arnold
Attorney
2-Jun-1891 7-Nov-1969 Trust-busting attorney
Charles Arnt
Actor
20-Aug-1906 6-Aug-1990 Remember the Night
Norman Augustine
Business
27-Jul-1935   CEO of Martin Marietta, 1987-97
Robert J. Aumann
Economist
8-Jun-1930   Game theorist
Milton Babbitt
Composer
10-May-1916 29-Jan-2011 Music for Synthesizer
Andrew J. Bacevich
Historian
5-Jul-1947   American Empire
Elizabeth E. Bailey
Educator
1938   Professor, the Wharton School
Kenneth Bainbridge
Physicist
27-Jul-1904 14-Jul-1996 Director of the Trinity atomic test
James Baker
Government
28-Apr-1930   US Secretary of State, 1989-92
John D. Baker II
Business
7-Aug-1948   CEO of Florida Rock Industries
John Bardeen
Physicist
23-May-1908 30-Jan-1991 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Jon E. Barfield
Business
c. 1952   Chairman of Bartech Group
Sarah M. Barpoulis
Business
c. 1965   Interim Energy Solutions, LLC
Dewey F. Bartlett
Politician
28-Mar-1919 1-Mar-1979 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Richard A. Bartlett
Business
c. 1958   Resource Holdings Ltd.
Robert Bartlett
Historian
27-Nov-1950   The Making of Europe
Adrian A. Basora
Diplomat
18-Jul-1938   NSC European Director, 1989-91
John Batchelor
Radio Personality
1948   The John Batchelor Show
Jacob D. Beam
Diplomat
24-Mar-1908 16-Aug-1993 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73
Gary S. Becker
Economist
2-Dec-1930 3-May-2014 Human Capital
William W. Belknap
Government
22-Sep-1829 13-Oct-1890 US Secretary of War, impeached
Roger S. Berlind
Film/TV Producer
27-Jun-1930   Broadway producer
Jeff Bezos
Business
12-Jan-1964   Founder of Amazon
Karan K. Bhatia
Government
?   Deputy US Trade Representative
Nicholas Biddle
Business
8-Jan-1786 27-Feb-1844 Second Bank of the United States
James Billington
Historian
1-Jun-1929   13th Librarian of Congress
Frank Biondi
Business
9-Jan-1945   Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios
John P. Birkelund
Business
23-Jun-1930   Chairman of Dillon Read, 1986-98
James G. Birney
Activist
4-Feb-1792 25-Nov-1857 Abolitionist Liberty Party candidate
Eugene Carson Blake
Religion
7-Nov-1906 31-Jul-1985 General Secretary, World Council of Churches, 1966-74
J. A. Blanchard III
Business
c. 1943   CEO of eFunds, 2000-02
Alan S. Blinder
Economist
14-Oct-1945   Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve
Alfred H. Bloom
Educator
27-Feb-1946   President, Swarthmore College
Sally Blount
Educator
c. 1961   Dean, Kellogg School of Management
W. Michael Blumenthal
Government
3-Jan-1926   US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79
Philip Bobbitt
Author
22-Jul-1948   The Shield of Achilles
Jack Bogle
Business
8-May-1929   Founder, The Vanguard Group
Frederick M. Bohen
Business
c. 1937   COO of Rockefeller University, 2002-05
George Henry Boker
Playwright
6-Oct-1823 2-Jan-1890 Francesca da Rimini
Josh Bolten
Government
16-Aug-1955   White House Chief of Staff, 2006-09
Kit Bond
Politician
6-Mar-1939   US Senator from Missouri, 1987-2011
Kate Bosworth
Actor
2-Jan-1983   Wonderland
William G. Bowen
Educator
6-Oct-1933   President, Princeton University, 1972-88
Robert R. Bowie
Government
24-Aug-1909 2-Nov-2013 CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79
George E. P. Box
Mathematician
18-Oct-1919 28-Mar-2013 Statistician at University of Wisconsin
Thomas Boyatt
Diplomat
4-Mar-1933   US Ambassador to Colombia, 1980-83
Ralph L. Boyce, Jr.
Diplomat
1-Feb-1952   US Ambassador to Thailand, 2004-07
Richard W. Boyce
Business
c. 1954   Texas Pacific Group
Bill Bradley
Politician
28-Jul-1943   US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
John C. Breckinridge
Politician
21-Jan-1821 17-May-1875 James Buchanan's Vice President
Robert Brenner
Historian
28-Nov-1943   The Boom and the Bubble
Daniel Brewster
Politician
23-Nov-1923 19-Aug-2007 US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
Michael E. Brown
Astronomer
c. 1965   Explorer of trans-Neptunian space
David K. E. Bruce
Diplomat
12-Feb-1898 5-Dec-1977 US Ambassador to England, France, Germany
Albert J. Budney, Jr.
Business
c. 1947   Niagara Mohawk Holdings
William Marshall Bullitt
Attorney
4-Mar-1873 3-Oct-1957 US Solicitor General, 1912-13
Tyler Burge
Philosopher
1946   Foundations of Mind
James Burnham
Author
22-Nov-1905 28-Jul-1987 The Managerial Revolution
Aaron Burr
Politician
6-Feb-1756 14-Sep-1836 Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel
Robert N. Burt
Business
c. 1937   CEO of FMC, 1992-2001
Lawrence E. Butler
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Macedonia, 2002-05
W. Walton Butterworth
Diplomat
7-Sep-1903 31-Mar-1975 US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68
Brendan T. Byrne
Politician
1-Apr-1924   Governor of New Jersey, 1974-82
Bruce L. Byrnes
Business
29-Mar-1948   Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble, 2004-08
William T. Cahill
Politician
25-Jun-1912 1-Jul-1996 Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74
Dean Cain
Actor
31-Jul-1966   Superman
J. Donald Cameron
Politician
14-May-1833 30-Aug-1918 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97
George W. Campbell
Politician
9-Feb-1769 17-Feb-1848 Senator from Tennessee, Treasury Secretary
John F. Campbell
Diplomat
1944   US Ambassador to Nigeria, 2004-07
Robert H. Campbell
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Sunoco, 1991-2000
Frank Carlucci
Government
18-Oct-1930   US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
Robert Caro
Historian
30-Oct-1935   Biographer of Lyndon Johnson
Hodding Carter III
Journalist
7-Apr-1935   Carter Administration mouthpiece
Peter Cartwright
Business
6-Jan-1930   CEO of Calpine, 1984-2005
Daniel H. Case III
Business
27-Jul-1957 27-Jun-2002 Hambrecht & Quist
Kimberly A. Casiano
Business
21-Dec-1957   President of Casiano Communications, 1994-2009
John Cavanagh
Economist
1955   Institute for Policy Studies
Richard D. Challener
Historian
15-Nov-1923 23-Sep-2002 The French Theory of the Nation in Arms
Alonzo Church
Mathematician
14-Jun-1903 11-Aug-1995 Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis
James M. Clarke
Politician
12-Jun-1917 13-Apr-1999 Congressman from North Carolina, 1987-91
Janet M. Clarke
Business
c. 1952   Clarke Littlefield LLC
Harlan Cleveland
Government
19-Jan-1918 30-May-2008 Futurist, diplomat
Richard R. Clifton
Judge
13-Nov-1950   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ethan Coen
Film Director
21-Sep-1957   Half of the Coen brothers
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Poet
18-Mar-1892 20-Jan-1955 Strange Holiness
Charles W. Coker
Business
10-May-1933   CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98
William Colby
Spy
4-Jan-1920 27-Apr-1996 CIA Director, 1973-75
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
Administrator
17-Feb-1949   President of MLB National League, 1994-99
Steven M. Colloton
Judge
9-Jan-1963   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Arthur H. Compton
Physicist
10-Sep-1892 15-Mar-1962 Discovered the Compton Effect
Karl T. Compton
Physicist
15-Sep-1887 22-Jun-1954 Bikini Island atomic tests
Philip M. Condit
Business
2-Aug-1941   CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003
W. Lance Conn
Business
c. 1969   Vulcan, Inc.
Pete Conrad
Astronaut
2-Jun-1930 8-Jul-1999 Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon
Prentice Cooper
Government
28-Sep-1895 18-May-1969 Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45
George A. Cowan
Physicist
15-Feb-1920 20-Apr-2012 Founder, Santa Fe Institute
Howard E. Cox, Jr.
Business
1944   Greylock Partners
Edward Cox
Attorney
2-Oct-1946   Nixon's son-in-law
David W. Crane
Business
c. 1958   CEO of NRG Energy
Ryan C. Crocker
Diplomat
19-Jun-1949   US Ambassador to Iraq, 2007-09
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Ted Cruz
Politician
22-Dec-1970   US Senator from Texas
Robert Curvin
Activist
23-Feb-1934 29-Sep-2015 Former Black Power activist
Curtis B. Dall
Military
24-Oct-1896 28-Jun-1991 Liberty Lobby
George M. Dallas
Politician
10-Jul-1792 31-Dec-1864 Vice President under James Knox Polk
John Danforth
Politician
5-Sep-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
Peter Vivian Daniel
Judge
24-Apr-1784 31-May-1860 US Supreme Court Justice, 1842-60
Mitch Daniels
Politician
7-Apr-1949   Governor of Indiana
Rodger P. Davies
Diplomat
7-May-1921 19-Aug-1974 US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974
William L. Davis
Business
c. 1943   CEO of RR Donnelley, 1997-2004
Clinton Davisson
Physicist
22-Oct-1881 1-Feb-1958 Diffraction of electrons
Pete Dawkins
Football
8-Mar-1938   Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy
Wolfgang H. Demisch
Business
c. 1945   Demisch Associates LLC
Ralph D. DeNunzio
Business
17-Nov-1931   CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87
Robert H. Dicke
Physicist
6-May-1916 4-Mar-1997 Dicke radiometer
Robert Sherwood Dillon
Diplomat
7-Jan-1929   US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1981-83
Harold W. Dodds
Educator
28-Jun-1889 25-Oct-1980 President, Princeton University, 1932-57
Cleveland H. Dodge
Business
1860 1926 Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor
Justus D. Doenecke
Historian
5-Mar-1938   Storm on the Horizon
Timothy Donnelly
Poet
3-Jun-1969   Twenty-Seven Props
Paul W. Douglas
Business
12-Sep-1926 18-Sep-2011 CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81
Sidney D. Drell
Physicist
13-Sep-1926   In the Shadow of the Bomb
Pete du Pont
Politician
22-Jan-1935   Governor of Delaware, 1977-85
David Duchovny
Actor
7-Aug-1960   Mulder on The X-Files
James H. Duff
Politician
21-Jan-1883 20-Dec-1969 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51
Allen W. Dulles
Spy
7-Apr-1893 29-Jan-1969 CIA Director, 1953-61
Foster Rhea Dulles
Historian
24-Jan-1900 11-Sep-1970 Prelude to World Power
John Foster Dulles
Government
25-Feb-1888 24-May-1959 Eisenhower's Secretary of State
Charles F. Dunbar
Diplomat
1-Apr-1931   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91
Jack B. Dunn IV
Business
c. 1951   CEO of FTI Consulting
John Gregory Dunne
Novelist
25-May-1932 30-Dec-2003 True Confessions
Timothy Dwight
Educator
14-May-1752 11-Jan-1817 President of Yale, 1795-1817
Henry van Dyke
Author
10-Nov-1852 10-Apr-1933 The Unknown Quantity
Michael Eric Dyson
Scholar
23-Oct-1958   Know What I Mean?
William L. Eagleton, Jr.
Diplomat
17-Aug-1926 27-Jan-2011 US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88
Donald Easum
Diplomat
27-Aug-1923   US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77
Otto Eckstein
Economist
1-Aug-1927 22-Mar-1984 Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66
Thomas J. Edelman
Business
c. 1951   Chairman, BioFuel Energy Corporation
Robert Ehrlich
Politician
25-Nov-1957   Governor of Maryland, 2003-07
Samuel Eilenberg
Mathematician
30-Sep-1913 30-Jan-1998 Category theory
Jessica P. Einhorn
Government
c. 1945   Dean, School of Advanced International Studies
Caroline Elkins
Author
30-May-1969   Imperial Reckoning
Oliver Ellsworth
Judge
29-Apr-1745 26-Nov-1807 US Chief Justice, 1796-1800
Douglas W. Elmendorf
Government
c. 1961   Director, Congressional Budget Office
John Hart Ely
Scholar
3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust
Charles L. English
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Richard W. Erdman
Diplomat
1945   US Ambassador to Algeria, 2003-06
Hugh Everett
Physicist
11-Nov-1930 19-Jul-1982 Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics
Michael R. Farese
Business
c. 1946   CEO of WJ Communications, 2002-05
Steve Feinberg
Business
29-Mar-1960   Cerberus Capital Management
Jose Ferrer
Actor
8-Jan-1909 26-Jan-1992 The Caine Mutiny
Mel Ferrer
Actor
25-Aug-1917 2-Jun-2008 War and Peace
Mark Feuerstein
Actor
8-Jun-1971   Good Morning, Miami
Richard Feynman
Physicist
11-May-1918 15-Feb-1988 Surely he's joking
Norman Finkelstein
Scholar
8-Dec-1953   The Holocaust Industry
Robert Finn
Diplomat
19-Dec-1945   US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2002-03
John D. Finnegan
Business
31-Jan-1949   CEO of Chubb
Leonard K. Firestone
Business
10-Jun-1907 24-Dec-1996 US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
David Hackett Fischer
Historian
2-Dec-1935   Albion's Seed
Robert J. Fisher
Business
1954   Interim CEO of The Gap
Ted C. Fishman
Author
14-Jun-1958   China Inc.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author
24-Sep-1896 21-Dec-1940 The Great Gatsby
Jim Flaherty
Politician
30-Dec-1949 10-Apr-2014 Canadian Minister of Finance, 2006-14
James Florio
Politician
29-Aug-1937   Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94
Jonathan Safran Foer
Novelist
21-Feb-1977   Everything Is Illuminated
Malcolm Forbes
Business
19-Aug-1919 24-Feb-1990 Forbes publisher, Faberge collector
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Business
3-May-1957   CEO of Ford, 2001-06
James V. Forrestal
Government
15-Feb-1892 22-May-1949 US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49
John Forsyth
Politician
22-Oct-1780 21-Oct-1841 US Secretary of State, 1834-41
Raymond B. Fosdick
Business
9-Jun-1883 19-Jul-1972 President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Justin Fox
Author
28-Jan-1964   The Myth of the Rational Market
Dod A. Fraser
Business
c. 1950   Sackett Partners
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Politician
17-Jan-1916 23-May-2011 Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75
Philip Freneau
Poet
2-Jan-1752 18-Dec-1832 Poet of the American Revolution
Charles Fried
Government
15-Apr-1935   US Solicitor General, 1985-89
Paul A. Friedman
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Incyte
Bill Frist
Politician
22-Feb-1952   US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07
Thomas F. Frist III
Business
c. 1968   Frist Capital Partners
James I. Gadsden
Diplomat
12-Mar-1948   US Ambassador to Iceland, 2002-05
Wilbur H. Gantz
Business
1937   President of Baxter International, 1987-92
Jason Garrett
Football
28-Mar-1966   Dallas Cowboys head coach
Raymond L. Garthoff
Diplomat
26-Mar-1929   US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1977-79
Alice P. Gast
Educator
25-May-1958   President, Lehigh University
Ronald M. George
Judge
11-Mar-1940   California Chief Justice
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Government
?   PNAC Middle East Initiative
Riccardo Giacconi
Astronomer
6-Oct-1931   Discovered cosmic X-ray sources
John H. Gibbon, Jr.
Doctor
29-Sep-1903 5-Feb-1973 Open-heart surgery
Charles Gibson
Journalist
9-Mar-1943   Good Morning America
Charles K. Gifford
Business
8-Nov-1942   Bank of America Chairman, 2004-05
Roy J. Glauber
Physicist
1-Sep-1925   Quantum optics
Robert Goddard
Scientist
5-Oct-1882 10-Aug-1945 Father of modern rocketry
Robert F. Goheen
Educator
15-Aug-1919 31-Mar-2008 President of Princeton University, 1957-72
Jonathan Golden
Attorney
c. 1936   Arnall Golden Gregory
Ralph E. Gomory
Business
c. 1938   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Shira D. Goodman
Business
c. 1961   EVP at Staples
Clive W.J. Granger
Economist
4-Sep-1934 27-May-2009 Granger causality
Michael S. Greco
Attorney
22-Nov-1942   President of the ABA, 2005-06
Gabrielle E. Greene
Business
c. 1959   Villanueva Companies
Gerald Greenwald
Business
11-Sep-1935   CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99
Philip Greer
Business
c. 1936   Weiss, Peck & Greer
Benjamin H. Griswold IV
Business
c. 1940   Alex. Brown & Sons
Francisco R. Gros
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Fosfertil
Steve Grossman
Politician
c. 1946   DNC Chairman, 1997-99
Brandon Grove
Diplomat
8-Apr-1929 20-May-2016 US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87
Martin J. Gruenberg
Government
?   FDIC Vice Chairman
Joseph F. Guffey
Politician
29-Dec-1870 6-Mar-1959 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47
Ben A. Guill
Business
c. 1950   First Reserve Corporation
Douglas A. Hacker
Business
1955   EVP at United Air Lines, 1999-2006
George Hager
Journalist
c. 1950   USA Today economics reporter
William R. Hambrecht
Business
c. 1935   W.R. Hambrecht & Co.
Peter B. Hamilton
Business
c. 1946   Vice Chairman of Brunswick, 2000-07
F. Philip Handy
Business
c. 1945   Strategic Industries Inc.
Stephen Hardis
Business
1935   CEO of Eaton, 1995-2000
John Marshall Harlan
Judge
20-May-1899 29-Dec-1971 US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
Ron Harper
Actor
12-Jan-1936   Garrison's Gorillas
Melissa Harris-Perry
Author
2-Oct-1973   Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
William Harrop
Diplomat
19-Feb-1929   US Ambassador to Israel, 1991-93
Harris L. Hartz
Judge
20-Jan-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ethel Browne Harvey
Zoologist
14-Dec-1885 2-Sep-1965 Embryology of sea urchins
Leland Hayward
Theatre Producer
13-Sep-1902 18-Mar-1971 The Sound of Music
Nan Hayworth
Politician
14-Dec-1959   Congresswoman, New York 19th
Daniel R. Headrick
Historian
2-Aug-1941   When Information Came of Age
James J. Heckman
Economist
19-Apr-1944   Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior
James A. Henderson
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Cummins, 1994-99
Kenneth A. Hersh
Business
c. 1964   Natural Gas Partners
John Grier Hibben
Educator
19-Apr-1861 16-May-1933 President, Princeton University, 1912-32
Frederick P. Hitz
Government
14-Oct-1939   CIA Inspector General, 1990-98
Mellody Hobson
Business
3-Apr-1969   President of Ariel Capital Management
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Business
12-Aug-1936   CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.
Politician
20-Aug-1938   US Senator from Arkansas, 1977-79
Robert Hofstadter
Physicist
5-Feb-1915 17-Nov-1990 Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Richard C. Holbrooke
Diplomat
24-Apr-1941 13-Dec-2010 US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Amy Holmes
Columnist
25-Jul-1973   BET host, conservative commentator
H. Allen Holmes
Diplomat
31-Jan-1933   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1982-85
Janet L. Holmgren
Educator
c. 1946   President, Mills College
Michael F. Holt
Historian
8-Jul-1940   The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Economist
3-Feb-1958   McCain chief economic advisor
William H. Hudnut III
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91
Deal Hudson
Religion
30-Nov-1949   Karl Rove's favorite Catholic
Edmund J. Hull
Diplomat
1949   US Ambassador to Yemen, 2001-04
Russell A. Hulse
Physicist
28-Nov-1950   Co-Discovered first binary pulsar
Cameron R. Hume
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Indonesia
Alfred F. Hurley
Educator
16-Oct-1928 8-Jun-2013 Chancellor, University of North Texas, 1982-2002
Andrew D. Hurwitz
Judge
c. 1946   Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Lee Iacocca
Business
15-Oct-1924   Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation
Carl Icahn
Business
16-Feb-1936   Billionaire, took over TWA
John N. Irwin II
Diplomat
31-Dec-1913 28-Feb-2000 US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73
Lisa P. Jackson
Government
8-Feb-1962   EPA Administrator, 2009-13
Juanita T. James
Business
1-Oct-1952   Pitney Bowes executive
Edgar D. Jannotta
Business
27-Apr-1931   Chairman, William Blair & Company
Terry Jeffrey
Journalist
26-Jul-1958   Editor at Large, CNSNews.com
Deborah S. Jin
Physicist
15-Nov-1968 15-Sep-2016 Created a fermionic condensate
Miriam E. John
Scientist
c. 1948   VP at Sandia, 1999-2006
Darryl N. Johnson
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Thailand, 2002-04
James A. Johnson
Business
24-Dec-1943   CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98
Robert L. Johnson
Business
8-Apr-1946   CEO of BET
William Johnson
Judge
27-Dec-1771 11-Aug-1834 US Supreme Court Justice, 1804-34
Michael H. Jordan
Business
13-Jun-1936 25-May-2010 CEO of EDS, 2003-07
Stanley Jordan
Guitarist
31-Jul-1959   Touch-technique guitarist
Andrea Jung
Business
1959   CEO of Avon
Elena Kagan
Judge
28-Apr-1960   US Supreme Court Justice
Robert E. Kahn
Scientist
23-Dec-1938   Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Theodore H. Kattouf
Diplomat
1946   US Ambassador to the UAE, 1999-2001
Nicholas Katzenbach
Government
17-Jan-1922 8-May-2012 US Attorney General, 1965-66
Samuel H. Kauffmann
Business
17-Jan-1924 4-Apr-2002 California tract housing developer
Dick Kazmaier
Football
23-Nov-1930 1-Aug-2013 Winner, 1951 Heisman Trophy
Thomas H. Kean
Politician
21-Apr-1935   Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90
Cresson H. Kearny
Inventor
7-Jan-1914 18-Dec-2003 Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
Robert Keeley
Diplomat
4-Sep-1929 9-Jan-2015 US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89
Dennis J. Keller
Business
c. 1941   DeVry Institute of Technology
David E. Kelley
Film/TV Producer
4-Apr-1956   L. A. Law
Larry Kelley
Football
30-May-1915 27-Jun-2000 Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy
Edward J. Kelly III
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Mercantile Bankshares, 2001-07
David B. Kelso
Business
c. 1952   EVP at Aetna, 2001-03
Ellie Kemper
Actor
2-May-1980   Erin Hannon on The Office
George F. Kennan
Diplomat
16-Feb-1904 17-Mar-2005 Architect of US policy of Soviet containment
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Nan Keohane
Scholar
18-Sep-1940   Political scientist
Brian Kernighan
Computer Programmer
1942   The C Programming Language, awk
Penn Kimball
Journalist
12-Oct-1915 8-Nov-2013 Persecuted by US Government
Galway Kinnell
Poet
1-Feb-1927 28-Oct-2014 Selected Poems
Roger Kirk
Diplomat
2-Nov-1930   US Ambassador to Romania, 1985
Michael Klosson
Diplomat
22-Aug-1949   US Ambassador to Cyprus, 2002-05
A. B. Krongard
Business
1936   CIA Executive Director, 2001-04
Howard J. Krongard
Government
12-Dec-1940   US State Dept Inspector General
Lawrence Kudlow
Economist
20-Aug-1947   Kudlow & Cramer
Bowie Kuhn
Baseball
28-Oct-1926 15-Mar-2007 Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84
Anthony Lake
Government
2-Apr-1939   Clinton's National Security Advisor
Leonard Lance
Politician
25-Jun-1952   Congressman, New Jersey 7th
Richard Land
Religion
1947   Southern Baptist Convention
Richard Landes
Scholar
24-Jun-1949   Center for Millennial Studies
Andrew E. Lange
Astronomer
23-Jul-1957 22-Jan-2010 Cosmologist, astrophysicist at Caltech
Sidney Lapidus
Business
c. 1937   Warburg Pincus
Jim Leach
Politician
15-Oct-1942   Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007
Joseph LeBaron
Diplomat
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Mauritania
Blair Lee III
Politician
19-May-1916 25-Oct-1985 Governor of Maryland, 1977-79
Tom Leighton
Mathematician
c. 1956   Co-founder of Akamai
Charles Godfrey Leland
Poet
15-Aug-1824 20-Mar-1903 Hans Breitmann's Ballads
James F. Leonard
Diplomat
30-May-1920   US Ambassador to the UN, 1977-79
Richard C. Leone
Government
30-Apr-1940   President of the Century Foundation, 1989-2011
Richard W. Leopold
Historian
6-Jan-1912 23-Nov-2006 Robert Dale Owen: A Biography
Wolf Lepenies
Sociologist
11-Jan-1941   Melancholy and Society
Flynt Leverett
Government
6-Mar-1958   Former National Security Council staffer
Mel Levine
Politician
7-Jun-1943   Congressman from California, 1983-93
Arthur D. Levinson
Business
31-Mar-1950   CEO of Genentech
Lawrence S. Lewin
Business
c. 1938   The Lewin Group
Michael Lewis
Author
15-Oct-1960   Liar's Poker
Morgan Lewis
Politician
16-Oct-1754 7-Apr-1844 Governor of New York, 1804-07
Perry J. Lewis III
Business
c. 1937   Heartland Industrial Partners
Peter B. Lewis
Business
11-Nov-1933 23-Nov-2013 CEO of Progressive, 1965-98
Samuel W. Lewis
Diplomat
1-Oct-1930 10-Mar-2014 US Ambassador to Israel, 1977-85
Willard F. Libby
Chemist
17-Dec-1908 8-Sep-1980 Carbon-14 dating technique
Carol Platt Liebau
Pundit
13-Feb-1967   Prude
William S. Lind
Activist
9-Jul-1947   Free Congress Foundation
Brink Lindsey
Author
c. 1962   The Age of Abundance
Charles Y. S. Liu
Business
c. 1950   On Capital China Technology Fund
Debra A. Livingston
Judge
15-Apr-1959   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry Brockholst Livingston
Judge
25-Nov-1757 18-Mar-1823 US Supreme Court Justice, 1807-23
Joshua Logan
Film Director
5-Oct-1908 12-Jul-1988 South Pacific
Walter G. Lohr, Jr.
Attorney
c. 1945   Partner, Hogan & Hartson
Breckinridge Long
Diplomat
16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36
Clarence D. Long
Politician
11-Dec-1908 18-Sep-1994 Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85
Dennis M. Love
Business
c. 1956   CEO of Printpack, Inc.
Kennett Love
Journalist
17-Aug-1924 13-May-2013 Suez: The Twice-Fought War
Carrie Lukas
Activist
?   Independent Women's Forum
Hugh MacLennan
Novelist
20-Mar-1907 7-Nov-1990 Barometer Rising
James Madison
Head of State
16-Mar-1751 28-Jun-1836 4th US President, 1809-17
David L. Mahoney
Business
c. 1954   McKesson HBOC
Burton Malkiel
Economist
28-Aug-1932   A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Greg Mankiw
Economist
3-Feb-1958   George W Bush economist
Philip F. Maritz
Business
c. 1960   Maritz, Wolff & Co.
Lorna R. Marsden
Educator
6-Mar-1942   President of York University, 1997-2007
Jim Marshall
Politician
31-Mar-1948   Congressman from Georgia, 2003-11
Joshua Micah Marshall
Pundit
15-Feb-1969   Talking Points Memo
James G. Martin
Politician
11-Dec-1935   Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93
Anthony W. Marx
Educator
28-Feb-1959   President, Amherst College
Harry Mathews
Author
14-Feb-1930   My Life in CIA
H. Freeman Matthews
Diplomat
26-May-1899 19-Oct-1986 Career US Ambassador
Norman S. Matthews
Business
1933   President and COO of Federated, 1987-88
Charles T. Maxwell
Business
c. 1931   Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co.
Michael G. McCaffery
Business
c. 1953   Makena Capital Management
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Business
c. 1938   CEO of the Field Museum
John McCarthy
Computer Programmer
4-Sep-1927 24-Oct-2011 Created LISP programming language
George B. McClellan, Jr.
Politician
23-Nov-1865 30-Nov-1940 Mayor of New York City, 1904-09
Mike McCurry
Government
21-Dec-1954   White House Press Secretary, 1994-98
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
John F. McDonnell
Business
18-Mar-1938   CEO of McDonnell-Douglas, 1988-94
William D. McElroy
Biologist
22-Jan-1917 17-Feb-1999 Bioluminescence
Richard B. McGlynn
Attorney
c. 1938   LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
Business
10-Jan-1918 24-Mar-2010 Chairman of McGraw-Hill, 1968-88
J. Miller McKim
Activist
14-Nov-1810 13-Jun-1874 Abolitionist and advocate for freed slaves' rights
William G. McLoughlin
Historian
11-Jun-1922 28-Dec-1992 New England Dissent
John Bach McMaster
Historian
29-Jun-1852 24-May-1932 History of the People of the United States
Edwin M. McMillan
Physicist
18-Sep-1907 7-Sep-1991 Discovered neptunium and plutonium
John McPhee
Author
8-Mar-1931   Annals of the Former World
Lyle Menendez
Criminal
10-Jan-1968   Killed parents with brother Erik
Livingston T. Merchant
Diplomat
23-Nov-1903 15-May-1976 Twice US Ambassador to Canada
William Meredith
Poet
9-Jan-1919 30-May-2007 Partial Accounts
Jeff Merkley
Politician
24-Oct-1956   US Senator from Oregon
W. S. Merwin
Poet
30-Sep-1927   The Carrier of Ladders
Frank S. Meyer
Author
9-May-1909 1-Apr-1972 In Defense of Freedom
Franklin C. Miller
Government
Oct-1950   National Security Council, 2001-05
Heidi G. Miller
Business
c. 1954   EVP at JP Morgan Chase
Judith Miller
Journalist
2-Jan-1948   Credulous NY Times WMD maven
Wentworth Miller
Actor
2-Jun-1972   Michael Scofield on Prison Break
Marvin Minsky
Scientist
9-Aug-1927 24-Jan-2016 Father of Artificial Intelligence
William E. Mitchell
Business
13-Mar-1944   CEO of Arrow Electronics
Andrew T. Molson
Business
c. 1967   Res Publica Consulting Group
Eric H. Molson
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Molson Coors Brewing
Charlotte E. Moore
Astronomer
24-Sep-1898 3-Mar-1990 Technetium in the Sun
Errol Morris
Film Director
5-Feb-1948   Documentary filmmaker
Robert Mueller
Government
7-Aug-1944   FBI Director
Barry A. Munitz
Business
c. 1941   President of Getty Trust, 1998-2006
Lachlan Murdoch
Business
8-Sep-1971   Son of Rupert Murdoch
Nathan Myhrvold
Business
3-Aug-1959   CTO of Microsoft, 1996-2000
Ralph Nader
Activist
27-Feb-1934   Unsafe at Any Speed
Andrew Napolitano
Pundit
6-Jun-1950   Senior Judicial Analyst, FOX News
John Nash
Mathematician
13-Jun-1928 23-May-2015 Schizophrenic game theorist
William R. Newlin
Attorney
c. 1940   Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
N. J. Nicholas, Jr.
Business
c. 1940   President of Time Inc., 1986-90
J. Larry Nichols
Business
6-Jul-1942   CEO of Devon Energy
Queen Noor
Royalty
23-Aug-1951   Queen of Jordan
John Norman
Author
3-Jun-1931   Chronicles of Gor
Robert Nozick
Philosopher
16-Nov-1938 23-Jan-2002 Libertarian philosopher
Joseph S. Nye
Government
19-Jan-1937   Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94
Michael O'Hanlon
Scholar
c. 1958   Brookings Institution
Eugene O'Neill
Playwright
16-Oct-1888 27-Nov-1953 Long Day's Journey Into Night
Robert B. Oakley
Diplomat
12-Mar-1931 10-Dec-2014 US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-91
Michelle Obama
First Lady
17-Jan-1964   Wife of Barack Obama
Philip Ober
Actor
23-Mar-1902 13-Sep-1982 From Here to Eternity
Don Oberdorfer
Journalist
28-May-1931 23-Jul-2015 The Washington Post
Gilbert S. Omenn
Business
30-Aug-1941   Professor, University of Michigan
Peter R. Orszag
Government
16-Dec-1968   Beltway economist
Donald E. Osterbrock
Astronomer
13-Jul-1924 11-Jan-2007 Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81
Pief Panofsky
Physicist
24-Apr-1919 24-Sep-2007 Stanford Linear Accelerator
Gerald Parsky
Attorney
c. 1942   UC Regent, 1996-2008
William Paterson
Judge
24-Dec-1745 9-Sep-1806 US Supreme Court Justice, 1793-1806
Jerry K. Pearlman
Business
27-Mar-1939   CEO of Zenith Electronics, 1983-95
P. James E. Peebles
Astronomer
25-Apr-1935   Galaxy formation
Jeffrey M. Peek
Business
c. 1947   CEO of CIT Group, 2004-09
Claiborne Pell
Politician
22-Nov-1918 1-Jan-2009 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97
Jack Peltason
Educator
29-Aug-1923 21-Mar-2015 President, University of California, 1992-95
Arno Penzias
Astronomer
26-Apr-1933   Detected primordial radiation
Nancy B. Peretsman
Business
27-Mar-1954   Managing Director, Allen & Company
Richard Perle
Government
16-Sep-1941   Prince of Darkness
David Petraeus
Military
7-Nov-1952   CIA Director, 2011-12
David Graham Phillips
Journalist
31-Oct-1867 24-Jan-1911 Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
Otis G. Pike
Politician
31-Aug-1921 20-Jan-2014 Congressman from New York, 1961-79
Mahlon Pitney
Judge
5-Feb-1858 9-Dec-1924 US Supreme Court Justice, 1912-22
Gilbert Plass
Physicist
22-Mar-1922 1-Mar-2004 Climate change scientist
Edward Platt
Actor
14-Feb-1916 19-Mar-1974 Chief on Get Smart
John C. Polanyi
Chemist
23-Jan-1929   Infrared chemiluminescence
Jared Polis
Politician
12-May-1975   Congressman, Colorado 2nd
Ramesh Ponnuru
Columnist
16-Aug-1974   Senior Editor, National Review
Michael Porter
Scholar
1947   Competitive Strategy
Richard Preston
Author
5-Aug-1954   The Hot Zone
Frank C. Puleo
Attorney
c. 1945   Partner, Milbank Tweed
Peter Putnam
Historian
11-Jun-1920 23-Sep-1998 Keep Your Head Up, Mr. Putnam!
Anthony Quainton
Diplomat
4-Apr-1934   US Ambassador to Peru, 1989-92
Jennifer J. Raab
Educator
c. 1956   President, Hunter College
Stuart Rabner
Judge
30-Jun-1960   New Jersey Chief Justice
Peter Railton
Philosopher
23-May-1950   Facts, Values, and Norms
David Ramsay
Historian
2-Apr-1749 8-May-1815 The History of the American Revolution
Willard Sterne Randall
Historian
13-Mar-1942   Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor
Don Michael Randel
Educator
9-Dec-1940   President, University of Chicago, 2000-06
John Randolph of Roanoke
Politician
2-Jun-1773 24-May-1833 US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27
Karl L. Rankin
Diplomat
4-Sep-1898 15-Jan-1991 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57
David M. Ransom
Diplomat
c. 1938 4-Dec-2003 US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97
Andrew S. Rappaport
Business
1957   Venture capitalist, August Capital
John Rawls
Philosopher
21-Feb-1921 24-Nov-2002 A Theory of Justice
Martyn R. Redgrave
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Limited Brands
Chuck Reed
Politician
15-Aug-1948   Mayor of San Jose
David A. Reed
Politician
21-Dec-1880 10-Feb-1953 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35
David Remnick
Editor
29-Oct-1958   Editor of The New Yorker
Charles B. Renfrew
Attorney
31-Oct-1928   Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81
Nicholas A. Rey
Business
23-Jan-1938 14-Jan-2009 US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97
Syngman Rhee
Head of State
26-Mar-1875 19-Jul-1965 First President of South Korea
Dick Riordan
Politician
1-May-1930   Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001
James Robertson
Judge
1938   Judge, resigned from FISA court
Thomas B. Robertson
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Slovenia, 2004-07
John D. Rockefeller III
Philanthropist
21-Mar-1906 10-Jul-1978 Lincoln Center for Performing Arts
Laurance Rockefeller
Business
26-May-1910 11-Jul-2004 Financier behind Eastern Airlines
Thomas Rockwell
Author
13-Mar-1933   How to Eat Fried Worms
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Ariel Capital Management
Wayne Rogers
Actor
7-Apr-1933 31-Dec-2015 Trapper John on M*A*S*H
William D. Rogers
Diplomat
12-May-1927 22-Sep-2007 Under Secretary of State, 1976-77
Anthony Romero
Activist
9-Jul-1965   ACLU Executive Director
Michael N. Rosen
Attorney
c. 1940   Partner, Bryan Cave
Christopher W. S. Ross
Diplomat
3-Mar-1943   US Ambassador to Syria, 1991-98
Clinton Rossiter
Historian
18-Sep-1917 11-Jul-1970 Constitutional Dictatorship
Donald C. Roth
Business
c. 1943   EMP Global
Michael S. Roth
Educator
c. 1956   President, Wesleyan University
J. Stapleton Roy
Diplomat
16-Jun-1935   US Ambassador to China, 1991-95
William Ruckelshaus
Government
24-Jul-1932   Twice EPA administrator
Neil Rudenstine
Educator
21-Jan-1935   President of Harvard, 1991-2001
Louis Rukeyser
Talk Show Host
30-Jan-1933 2-May-2006 Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week
William S. Rukeyser
Journalist
1939   Managing Editor of Fortune
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Benjamin Rush
Politician
4-Jan-1746 19-Apr-1813 Signed Declaration of Independence
Richard Rush
Diplomat
29-Aug-1780 30-Jul-1859 Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement
Douglas Rushkoff
Author
18-Feb-1961   Cyberculture analyst
Henry Norris Russell
Astronomer
25-Oct-1877 18-Feb-1957 Giant stars and dwarfs
Larry J. Sabato
Educator
7-Aug-1952   Widely-quoted political scientist
Edward Said
Educator
1-Nov-1935 25-Sep-2003 Orientalism
John Sarbanes
Politician
20-May-1962   Congressman, Maryland 3rd
Paul Sarbanes
Politician
3-Feb-1933   US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007
Hal Saunders
Diplomat
27-Dec-1930 6-Mar-2016 Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Business
28-Jul-1945   CEO of WellPoint, 1992-2004
Howard B. Schaffer
Diplomat
21-Jul-1929   US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1984-87
Andrew Schlafly
Activist
27-Apr-1961   Conservapedia founder
Eric Schlosser
Author
17-Aug-1959   Fast Food Nation
Eric Schmidt
Business
27-Apr-1955   CEO of Google, 2001-11
Gregory L. Schulte
Government
c. 1958   US Ambassador to the IAEA, 2005-09
Thomas J. Scotes
Diplomat
6-Jan-1932   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1975-78
C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.
Business
c. 1933   National Westminster Bank USA
Hal S. Scott
Educator
c. 1944   Professor, Harvard Law School
Richard B. Scudder
Publisher
13-May-1913 11-Jul-2012 Co-Founder, MediaNews Group
Robert W. Scully
Business
c. 1950   Morgan Stanley Asset Management
Terri Sewell
Politician
1-Jan-1965   Congresswoman, Alabama 7th
O. Griffith Sexton
Business
1944   Former investment banker, Morgan Stanley
Harold T. Shapiro
Educator
8-Jun-1935   President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Harlow Shapley
Astronomer
2-Nov-1885 20-Oct-1972 Organizer of Heaven
Lloyd S. Shapley
Mathematician
2-Jun-1923 12-Mar-2016 Theory of stable allocations
James G. Shennan, Jr.
Business
?   Trinity Ventures
Randall T. Shepard
Judge
c. 1947   Indiana Chief Justice
Brooke Shields
Model
31-May-1965   Suddenly Susan
Osamu Shimomura
Chemist
27-Aug-1928   Green Fluorescent Protein
Martin Shubik
Economist
24-Mar-1926   Economist and game theorist
George Shultz
Government
13-Dec-1920   US Secretary of State, 1982-89
Ruth J. Simmons
Educator
3-Jul-1945   President, Brown University
Louis A. Simpson
Business
c. 1937   Head of investments at GEICO
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Educator
27-Sep-1958   President and CEO, New America
Walter B. Slocombe
Government
23-Sep-1941   Defense analyst
Richard E. Smalley
Chemist
6-Jun-1943 28-Oct-2005 Co-Discovered fullerines
Jeffery Smisek
Business
c. 1954   Ex-President of United Airlines
Harold B. Smith
Business
7-Apr-1933   President and COO of ITW, 1972-81
Jean Edward Smith
Political Scientist
13-Oct-1931   Grant
Peter Smith
Educator
31-Oct-1945   President, CSU Monterey Bay, 1995-2005
Robert Smith
Government
3-Nov-1757 26-Nov-1842 US Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09
Gerald A. Soffen
Astronomer
7-Feb-1926 22-Nov-2000 Viking I mission to mars
Sonia Sotomayor
Judge
25-Jun-1954   US Supreme Court Justice
Samuel L. Southard
Politician
9-Jun-1787 26-Jun-1842 US Senator from New Jersey, 1833-42
A. Michael Spence
Economist
7-Nov-1943   Asymmetric markets
Ronald Spiers
Diplomat
9-Jul-1925   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1981-83
Eliot Spitzer
Government
10-Jun-1959   Governor of New York, 2007-08
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Astronomer
26-Jun-1914 31-Mar-1997 Father of space telescopes
Philip D. Sprouse
Diplomat
27-Sep-1906 28-Apr-1977 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64
Frank Stella
Painter
12-May-1936   Minimalist painter, later mixed media artist
Richard Stengel
Journalist
c. 1955   Managing Editor, Time magazine
Adlai Stevenson
Politician
5-Feb-1900 14-Jul-1965 Governor of Illinois, 1949-53
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
George R. Stewart
Author
31-May-1895 22-Aug-1980 Earth Abides
Jimmy Stewart
Actor
20-May-1908 2-Jul-1997 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
William A. Stoltzfus, Jr.
Diplomat
3-Nov-1924   US Ambassador to Kuwait, 1972-76
John Stossel
Journalist
6-Mar-1947   Libertarian reporter
Thomas P. Stossel
Doctor
c. 1941   Professor, Harvard Medical School
Michael L. Strang
Politician
17-Jun-1929 12-Jan-2014 Congressman from Colorado, 1985-87
Morton Subotnick
Electronic Musician
13-Apr-1933   Silver Apples of the Moon
Phillip Swagel
Government
c. 1965   Bush economist
Harold R. Swearer
Educator
13-Oct-1932 19-Oct-1991 President of Brown University, 1977-88
Bob Taft
Politician
8-Jan-1942   Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007
Terence Tao
Mathematician
17-Jul-1975   Prolific math prodigy
Booth Tarkington
Novelist
29-Jul-1869 19-May-1946 The Magnificent Ambersons
John B. Taylor
Economist
8-Dec-1946   Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91
Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Journalist
c. 1948   National Journal columnist
Nicholas G. Thacher
Diplomat
20-Aug-1915 11-Mar-2002 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73
Michael H. Thaman
Business
c. 1964   CEO of Owens Corning
Lewis Thomas
Doctor
25-Nov-1913 3-Dec-1993 The Lives of a Cell
Lowell Thomas
Journalist
6-Apr-1892 29-Aug-1981 With Lawrence in Arabia
Norman Thomas
Activist
20-Nov-1884 19-Dec-1968 American Socialist Party
Hank Thompson
Country Musician
3-Sep-1925 6-Nov-2007 Honky Tonk Swing musician
Smith Thompson
Judge
17-Jan-1768 18-Dec-1843 US Supreme Court Justice, 1823-43
Chang-Lin Tien
Educator
24-Jul-1935 29-Oct-2002 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1990-97
John S. Toll
Educator
25-Oct-1923 15-Jul-2011 President, University of Maryland, 1978-88
John R. Torell III
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Fortune Bancorp, 1990-94
William T. Torgerson
Business
c. 1944   Vice Chairman of Pepco Holdings
William C. Trimble
Diplomat
2-May-1907 24-Jun-1996 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62
Alexander Trowbridge
Politician
12-Dec-1929 27-Apr-2006 US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68
Daniel K. K. Tseung
Business
c. 1971   Sun Hung Kai Properties
Walter R. Tucker III
Politician
28-May-1957   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Alan Turing
Mathematician
23-Jun-1912 7-Jun-1954 Computing pioneer
Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
Attorney
14-May-1922 25-May-2005 Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astronomer
5-Oct-1958   Astrophysicist
Thomas Unterman
Business
c. 1944   Former CFO of Times Mirror
Abel P. Upshur
Attorney
17-Jun-1790 28-Feb-1844 US Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43
James Van Allen
Astronomer
7-Sep-1914 9-Aug-2006 Discovered the Van Allen Belt
Robert J. Van de Graaff
Inventor
20-Dec-1901 16-Jan-1967 Van de Graaff generator
Carol van Voorst
Diplomat
c. 1951   US Ambassador to Iceland, 2006-09
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editor
7-Oct-1959   Editor of The Nation
William H. Vanderbilt
Politician
24-Nov-1901 14-Apr-1981 Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41
Nicholas Veliotes
Diplomat
28-Oct-1928   US Ambassador to Egypt, 1984-86
Robert Venturi
Architect
25-Jun-1925   Postmodernist architect
Paul Volcker
Economist
5-Sep-1927   Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87
Edward A. Volkwein
Business
c. 1941   Hydro-Photon, Inc.
Peter Jon de Vos
Diplomat
24-Dec-1938 9-Jun-2008 US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1994-97
Edward T. Wailes
Diplomat
16-Feb-1903 25-Jun-1969 US Ambassador to Iran, 1958-61
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Network Appliance
Earl Anthony Wayne
Diplomat
c. 1950   US Ambassador to Argentina, 2006-09
James Moore Wayne
Judge
1790 5-Jul-1867 US Supreme Court Justice, 1835-67
William Weaver
Translator
24-Jul-1923 12-Nov-2013 Translator from the Italian
Murray L. Weidenbaum
Economist
10-Feb-1927 20-Mar-2014 Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82
John L. Weinberg
Business
25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90
Steven Weinberg
Physicist
3-May-1933   Electroweak Theory
Peter C. Wendell
Business
c. 1950   Venture capitalist, Sierra Ventures
Howard B. Wentz, Jr.
Business
10-Jan-1930 19-Sep-2014 CEO of Amstar Company, 1983-89
Cornel West
Activist
2-Jun-1953   Race Matters
George White
Politician
21-Aug-1872 15-Dec-1953 Governor of Ohio, 1931-35
Meg Whitman
Business
4-Aug-1956   CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Frank Wilczek
Physicist
15-May-1951   Deep structure of matter
Thornton Wilder
Novelist
17-Apr-1897 7-Dec-1975 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
George Will
Columnist
4-May-1941   Conservative pundit, baseball lover
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
R. Sanders Williams
Educator
1948   Dean of Duke's Medical School
Richard S. Williamson
Diplomat
9-May-1949 8-Dec-2013 Special Envoy to Sudan
Edmund Wilson
Author
8-May-1895 12-Jun-1972 Axel's Castle
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
John G. Winant
Politician
23-Feb-1889 3-Nov-1947 New Hampshire governor, committed suicide
Frank G. Wisner
Diplomat
1938   US Ambassador to India, 1994-97
Edward Witten
Physicist
26-Aug-1951   String theorist at Princeton
Peter Woit
Physicist
c. 1957   String Theorist
Paul Wonnacott
Economist
16-Mar-1933   Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
Charles W. Yost
Diplomat
6-Nov-1907 21-May-1981 US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71
Kneeland C. Youngblood
Business
13-Dec-1955   Pharos Capital Group
Marie L. Yovanovitch
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
Ed Zschau
Politician
6-Jan-1940   Congressman from California, 1983-87
John E. Zuccotti
Business
23-Jun-1937 19-Nov-2015 Real estate tycoon
David E. Zweifel
Diplomat
13-Sep-1934   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1981-84

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jill Abramson
Journalist
19-Mar-1954   New York Times managing editor
Fouad Ajami
Author
9-Sep-1945 22-Jun-2014 Director of Middle East Studies, SAIS
Jonathan Alter
Columnist
6-Oct-1957   Newsweek Senior Editor
Philip W. Anderson
Physicist
13-Dec-1923   Solid state physics
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher
8-May-1954   The Ethics of Identity
Milton Babbitt
Composer
10-May-1916 29-Jan-2011 Music for Synthesizer
Russell Banks
Author
28-Mar-1940   The Sweet Hereafter
Benjamin R. Barber
Scholar
2-Aug-1939   Jihad vs. McWorld
Saul Bellow
Novelist
10-Jun-1915 5-Apr-2005 The Adventures of Augie March
Ben Bernanke
Economist
13-Dec-1953   Federal Reserve Chairman, 2006-14
Henry S. Bienen
Educator
5-May-1939   President, Northwestern University, 1995-2009
James Billington
Historian
1-Jun-1929   13th Librarian of Congress
Hiram Bingham
Politician
19-Nov-1875 6-Jun-1956 US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu
George David Birkhoff
Mathematician
21-Mar-1884 12-Nov-1944 Modern theory of dynamical systems
Rebecca M. Blank
Economist
19-Sep-1955   Council of Economic Advisers, 1998-99
Alan S. Blinder
Economist
14-Oct-1945   Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve
W. Michael Blumenthal
Government
3-Jan-1926   US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79
Jack Bogle
Business
8-May-1929   Founder, The Vanguard Group
David Bohm
Physicist
20-Dec-1917 29-Oct-1992 Particle physicist
William G. Bowen
Educator
6-Oct-1933   President, Princeton University, 1972-88
Julian P. Boyd
Historian
3-Nov-1903 21-May-1980 Princeton University Librarian, 1940-52
David F. Bradford
Economist
8-Jan-1939 22-Feb-2005 Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
Peter Brown
Historian
26-Jul-1935   The Rise of Western Christendom
Anthony Burgess
Novelist
25-Feb-1917 25-Nov-1993 A Clockwork Orange
Caroline Bynum
Historian
1941   Medieval historian
Nancy Cantor
Educator
c. 1952   Chancellor, Syracuse University
Leonard Carmichael
Educator
9-Nov-1898 16-Sep-1973 Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64
Rudolf Carnap
Philosopher
18-May-1891 14-Sep-1970 The Logical Syntax of Language
Richard D. Challener
Historian
15-Nov-1923 23-Sep-2002 The French Theory of the Nation in Arms
Jerome Charyn
Novelist
13-May-1937   The Good Policeman
Alonzo Church
Mathematician
14-Jun-1903 11-Aug-1995 Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis
Linda Colley
Historian
13-Sep-1949   Britons: Forging the Nation
Karl T. Compton
Physicist
15-Sep-1887 22-Jun-1954 Bikini Island atomic tests
Edward Condon
Physicist
2-Mar-1902 26-Mar-1974 Quantum Mechanics
John Conway
Mathematician
26-Dec-1937   Game of Life
James W. Cronin
Physicist
29-Sep-1931 25-Aug-2016 Time not necessarily reversible
Haskell Curry
Mathematician
12-Sep-1900 1-Sep-1982 Combinatory Logic
Donald Davidson
Philosopher
6-Mar-1917 30-Aug-2003 Actions, Reasons And Causes
Clinton Davisson
Physicist
22-Oct-1881 1-Feb-1958 Diffraction of electrons
Kemal Derviş
Government
10-Jan-1949   Head of the UNDP
John Deutch
Government
27-Jul-1938   CIA Director, 1995-96
Robert H. Dicke
Physicist
6-May-1916 4-Mar-1997 Dicke radiometer
Avinash K. Dixit
Economist
6-Aug-1944   Investment Under Uncertainty
E. L. Doctorow
Novelist
6-Jan-1931 21-Jul-2015 The Book of Daniel
Harold W. Dodds
Educator
28-Jun-1889 25-Oct-1980 President, Princeton University, 1932-57
Henry van Dyke
Author
10-Nov-1852 10-Apr-1933 The Unknown Quantity
Samuel Eilenberg
Mathematician
30-Sep-1913 30-Jan-1998 Category theory
Benjamin A. Elman
Historian
6-Sep-1946   Science in China, 1550-1900
John Etchemendy
Educator
1952   Provost of Stanford University
Robert Fagles
Translator
11-Sep-1933 26-Mar-2008 Translator of Greek literature
Ed Felten
Computer Programmer
25-Mar-1963   Broke SDMI
John B. Fenn
Chemist
15-Jun-1917 10-Dec-2010 Electrospray ionization
Robert Finn
Diplomat
19-Dec-1945   US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2002-03
Val Fitch
Physicist
10-Mar-1923 5-Feb-2015 Time not necessarily reversible
Aaron L. Friedberg
Government
16-Apr-1956   In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Edward A. Frieman
Physicist
19-Jan-1926 11-Apr-2013 Director of Scripps, 1986-96
Hector Garcia-Molina
Educator
c. 1954   Stanford EECS Professor
Robert Goddard
Scientist
5-Oct-1882 10-Aug-1945 Father of modern rocketry
Robert F. Goheen
Educator
15-Aug-1919 31-Mar-2008 President of Princeton University, 1957-72
Arthur J. Goldberg
Judge
8-Aug-1908 19-Jan-1990 Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65
Stephen M. Goldfeld
Economist
9-Aug-1940 25-Aug-1995 Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81
Eric F. Goldman
Historian
17-Jun-1916 19-Feb-1989 The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson
Ralph E. Gomory
Business
c. 1938   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Ronald Graham
Mathematician
31-Oct-1935   Mathematician, Computer Scientist
Michael Graves
Architect
9-Jul-1934 12-Mar-2015 Postmodern architect, New York Five
David J. Gross
Physicist
19-Feb-1941   Deep structure of matter
Sanford J. Grossman
Business
21-Jul-1953   CEO of Quantitative Financial Strategies
Alan Guth
Physicist
27-Feb-1947   Inflationary theory of cosmology
Amy Gutmann
Educator
19-Nov-1949   President, University of Pennsylvania
Melissa Harris-Perry
Author
2-Oct-1973   Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
E. Newton Harvey
Zoologist
25-Nov-1887 21-Jul-1959 Light-emitting organisms
Chris Hedges
Journalist
18-Sep-1956   War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Joseph Henry
Physicist
17-Dec-1797 13-May-1878 Discovered electromagnetic induction
John Grier Hibben
Educator
19-Apr-1861 16-May-1933 President, Princeton University, 1912-32
James Hillier
Physicist
22-Aug-1915 15-Jan-2007 Electron microscope
Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Sociologist
c. 1943   Mother of on-line education
Philip K. Hitti
Scholar
24-Jun-1886 24-Dec-1978 History of the Arabs
Frederick P. Hitz
Government
14-Oct-1939   CIA Inspector General, 1990-98
Robert Hofstadter
Physicist
5-Feb-1915 17-Nov-1990 Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Economist
3-Feb-1958   McCain chief economic advisor
Donald F. Hornig
Educator
17-Mar-1920 21-Jan-2013 President of Brown University, 1970-76
James H. Jeans
Astronomer
11-Sep-1877 16-Sep-1946 Continuous creation theory
Haynes Johnson
Journalist
9-Jul-1931 24-May-2013 Sleepwalking Through History
Donald Justice
Poet
12-Aug-1925 6-Aug-2004 The Summer Anniversaries
Louis Kahn
Architect
20-Feb-1901 17-Mar-1974 Prominent architect
Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist
5-Mar-1934   The psychology of economics
Michio Kaku
Physicist
24-Jan-1947   String Theory
Edward C. Kendall
Scientist
8-Sep-1886 4-May-1972 Adrenocortical hormones
Brian Kernighan
Computer Programmer
1942   The C Programming Language, awk
Gina Kolata
Journalist
25-Feb-1948   New York Times science writer
Yusef Komunyakaa
Poet
29-Apr-1947   Neon Vernacular
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Economist
28-Aug-1910 26-Feb-1985 Linear programming
Paul Krugman
Columnist
28-Feb-1953   New York Times columnist/economist
Thomas Kuhn
Author
18-Jul-1922 17-Jun-1996 Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Arnold J. Levine
Biologist
1939   Cancer researcher
Arthur Lewis
Economist
23-Jan-1915 15-Jun-1991 Economics of developing nations
Bernard Lewis
Scholar
31-May-1916   Middle East scholar
John P. Lewis
Economist
18-Mar-1921 19-May-2010 Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
Arthur S. Link
Historian
8-Aug-1920 26-Mar-1998 Wilson
Adel A. Mahmoud
Doctor
c. 1942   Molecular Biology Professor at Princeton
Burton Malkiel
Economist
28-Aug-1932   A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher
18-Nov-1882 28-Apr-1973 Interpreter of St. Thomas
Jack Matlock
Diplomat
1-Oct-1929   US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91
Arno J. Mayer
Historian
19-Jun-1926   Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist
John McCarthy
Computer Programmer
4-Sep-1927 24-Oct-2011 Created LISP programming language
George B. McClellan, Jr.
Politician
23-Nov-1865 30-Nov-1940 Mayor of New York City, 1904-09
Joseph E. McLean
Historian
10-Jul-1915 30-Dec-1985 William Rufus Day
John McPhee
Author
8-Mar-1931   Annals of the Former World
James M. McPherson
Historian
11-Oct-1936   Battle Cry of Freedom
Louis Menand
Critic
21-Jan-1952   The Metaphysical Club
William Meredith
Poet
9-Jan-1919 30-May-2007 Partial Accounts
Ashley Montagu
Anthropologist
28-Jun-1905 26-Nov-1999 The Natural Superiority of Women
Oskar Morgenstern
Economist
24-Jan-1902 26-Jul-1977 Game theorist
Toni Morrison
Author
18-Feb-1931   Beloved
Roger Mudd
Journalist
9-Feb-1928   Newscaster
Paul Muldoon
Poet
20-Jun-1951   Moy Sand and Gravel
Ethan Nadelmann
Activist
13-Mar-1957   Drug Policy Alliance
Thomas Nagel
Philosopher
4-Jul-1937   What is it like to be a bat?
John Nash
Mathematician
13-Jun-1928 23-May-2015 Schizophrenic game theorist
Victor Navasky
Publisher
5-Jul-1932   Publisher of The Nation
Anne Norton
Educator
1954   Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire
Michael O'Hanlon
Scholar
c. 1958   Brookings Institution
Joyce Carol Oates
Author
16-Jun-1938   Author of over 40 novels
Don Oberdorfer
Journalist
28-May-1931 23-Jul-2015 The Washington Post
Bohdan Paczynski
Astronomer
8-Feb-1940 19-Apr-2007 Gravitational microlensing
Elaine Pagels
Historian
13-Feb-1943   The Gnostic Gospels
Nell Irvin Painter
Historian
2-Aug-1942   Creating Black Americans
R. R. Palmer
Historian
11-Jan-1909 11-Jun-2002 The Age of the Democratic Revolution
Erwin Panofsky
Art Historian
30-Mar-1892 14-Mar-1968 Studies in Iconology
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
P. James E. Peebles
Astronomer
25-Apr-1935   Galaxy formation
Ricardo Piglia
Author
24-Nov-1941   The Absent City
V. S. Pritchett
Author
16-Dec-1900 20-Mar-1997 Midnight Oil
Hilary Putnam
Philosopher
31-Jul-1926 13-Mar-2016 Philosophy of Mind
Peter Putnam
Historian
11-Jun-1920 23-Sep-1998 Keep Your Head Up, Mr. Putnam!
Carroll Quigley
Educator
9-Nov-1910 3-Jan-1977 Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton
Uwe E. Reinhardt
Educator
24-Sep-1937   Health economist
Owen Willans Richardson
Physicist
26-Apr-1879 15-Feb-1959 Electron emissions of metals
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Economist
22-Mar-1953   Harvard economist
Richard Rorty
Philosopher
4-Oct-1931 8-Jun-2007 Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Harvey S. Rosen
Economist
29-Mar-1949   Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05
Robert Rosenblum
Art Historian
24-Jul-1927 6-Dec-2006 Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art
Christopher W. S. Ross
Diplomat
3-Mar-1943   US Ambassador to Syria, 1991-98
Philip Roth
Novelist
19-Mar-1933   Portnoy's Complaint
F. Sherwood Rowland
Chemist
28-Jun-1927 10-Mar-2012 Ozone depletion
Neil Rudenstine
Educator
21-Jan-1935   President of Harvard, 1991-2001
Benjamin Rush
Politician
4-Jan-1746 19-Apr-1813 Signed Declaration of Independence
Henry Norris Russell
Astronomer
25-Oct-1877 18-Feb-1957 Giant stars and dwarfs
Charles Ryskamp
Administrator
21-Oct-1928 26-Mar-2010 Frick Collection Director, 1987-97
Carl E. Schorske
Historian
15-Mar-1915 13-Sep-2015 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
Martin Schwarzschild
Astronomer
31-May-1912 10-Apr-1997 Structure and Evolution of the Stars
Robert Sedgewick
Computer Programmer
c. 1946   Algorithms
Erich Segal
Novelist
16-Jun-1937 17-Jan-2010 Love Story
Nathan Seiberg
Physicist
22-Sep-1956   String theorist at Princeton
Charles G. Sellers
Historian
9-Sep-1923   James K. Polk
Roger Sessions
Composer
28-Dec-1896 16-Mar-1985 Concerto for Orchestra
Thomas E. Shenk
Biologist
c. 1947   Princeton Molecular Biologist
William Shockley
Physicist
13-Feb-1910 12-Aug-1989 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Elaine Showalter
Critic
21-Jan-1941   Lead alpha Gynocritic
Adele Simmons
Administrator
21-Jun-1941   President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99
Ruth J. Simmons
Educator
3-Jul-1945   President, Brown University
Christopher A. Sims
Economist
21-Oct-1942   Statistical theory of time series
Peter Singer
Philosopher
6-Jul-1946   Animal Liberation
Hugo F. Sonnenschein
Economist
1941   President, University of Chicago, 1993-2000
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Astronomer
26-Jun-1914 31-Mar-1997 Father of space telescopes
Richard Stengel
Journalist
c. 1955   Managing Editor, Time magazine
Joseph Stiglitz
Economist
9-Feb-1943   Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank
Lawrence Stone
Historian
4-Dec-1919 16-Jun-1999 The Crisis of the Aristocracy
Allen Tate
Poet
19-Nov-1899 9-Feb-1979 Mr. Pope and Other Poems
John B. Taylor
Economist
8-Dec-1946   Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91
Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.
Astronomer
24-Mar-1941   Co-Discovered first binary pulsar
Evan Thomas
Journalist
25-Apr-1951   Newsweek
J. J. Thomson
Physicist
18-Dec-1856 30-Aug-1940 Discovered the electron
Shirley M. Tilghman
Educator
17-Sep-1946   President of Princeton University
Daniel C. Tsui
Physicist
28-Feb-1939   Fractional quantum Hall effect
Edward Tufte
Author
14-Mar-1942   The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Merle Tuve
Physicist
27-Jun-1901 20-May-1982 Proximity fuse
Laura D. Tyson
Economist
28-Jun-1947   Dean of London Business School
Frederick Vine
Geologist
17-Jun-1939   Plate tectonics
Gregory Vlastos
Philosopher
27-Jul-1907 12-Oct-1991 Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
John von Neumann
Mathematician
28-Dec-1903 8-Feb-1957 Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Michael Walzer
Philosopher
3-Mar-1935   Just and Unjust Wars
John Archibald Wheeler
Physicist
9-Jul-1911 13-Apr-2008 The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission
Edmund White
Author
13-Jan-1940   The Joy of Gay Sex
Eric F. Wieschaus
Scientist
8-Jun-1947   Embryonic development of fruit flies
Eugene Wigner
Physicist
17-Nov-1902 1-Jan-1995 Law of conservation of parity
Frank Wilczek
Physicist
15-May-1951   Deep structure of matter
Sean Wilentz
Historian
20-Feb-1951   The Rise of American Democracy
Andrew Wiles
Mathematician
11-Apr-1953   Proved Fermat's Last Theorem
C. K. Williams
Poet
4-Nov-1936 20-Sep-2015 Repair
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
Edward Witten
Physicist
26-Aug-1951   String theorist at Princeton
Sheldon S. Wolin
Philosopher
4-Aug-1922 21-Oct-2015 Politics and Vision

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Norman Augustine
Business
27-Jul-1935   CEO of Martin Marietta, 1987-97
Elizabeth E. Bailey
Educator
1938   Professor, the Wharton School
Jon E. Barfield
Business
c. 1952   Chairman of Bartech Group
Robert M. Baylis
Business
c. 1938   Credit Suisse First Boston
Roger S. Berlind
Film/TV Producer
27-Jun-1930   Broadway producer
Henry S. Bienen
Educator
5-May-1939   President, Northwestern University, 1995-2009
Philip Bobbitt
Author
22-Jul-1948   The Shield of Achilles
William G. Bowen
Educator
6-Oct-1933   President, Princeton University, 1972-88
Brendan T. Byrne
Politician
1-Apr-1924   Governor of New Jersey, 1974-82
Janet M. Clarke
Business
c. 1952   Clarke Littlefield LLC
Grover Cleveland
Head of State
18-Mar-1837 24-Jun-1908 22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Robert Curvin
Activist
23-Feb-1934 29-Sep-2015 Former Black Power activist
Harold W. Dodds
Educator
28-Jun-1889 25-Oct-1980 President, Princeton University, 1932-57
Cleveland H. Dodge
Business
1860 1926 Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor
Robert Fagles
Translator
11-Sep-1933 26-Mar-2008 Translator of Greek literature
Ed Felten
Computer Programmer
25-Mar-1963   Broke SDMI
Aaron L. Friedberg
Government
16-Apr-1956   In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Edward A. Frieman
Physicist
19-Jan-1926 11-Apr-2013 Director of Scripps, 1986-96
Ira H. Fuchs
Administrator
?   Founder of BITNET
Wilbur H. Gantz
Business
1937   President of Baxter International, 1987-92
Charles Gibson
Journalist
9-Mar-1943   Good Morning America
Robert F. Goheen
Educator
15-Aug-1919 31-Mar-2008 President of Princeton University, 1957-72
Ralph E. Gomory
Business
c. 1938   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Amy Gutmann
Educator
19-Nov-1949   President, University of Pennsylvania
William R. Hambrecht
Business
c. 1935   W.R. Hambrecht & Co.
James A. Henderson
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Cummins, 1994-99
John Grier Hibben
Educator
19-Apr-1861 16-May-1933 President, Princeton University, 1912-32
Mellody Hobson
Business
3-Apr-1969   President of Ariel Capital Management
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Business
12-Aug-1936   CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001
Janet L. Holmgren
Educator
c. 1946   President, Mills College
Rush Holt
Politician
15-Oct-1948   Congressman, New Jersey 12th
Donald F. Hornig
Educator
17-Mar-1920 21-Jan-2013 President of Brown University, 1970-76
Juanita T. James
Business
1-Oct-1952   Pitney Bowes executive
Dennis J. Keller
Business
c. 1941   DeVry Institute of Technology
Maria M. Klawe
Educator
5-Jul-1951   President, Harvey Mudd College
John P. Lewis
Economist
18-Mar-1921 19-May-2010 Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
Peter B. Lewis
Business
11-Nov-1933 23-Nov-2013 CEO of Progressive, 1965-98
Breckinridge Long
Diplomat
16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36
Burton Malkiel
Economist
28-Aug-1932   A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Michael G. McCaffery
Business
c. 1953   Makena Capital Management
Heidi G. Miller
Business
c. 1954   EVP at JP Morgan Chase
Barry A. Munitz
Business
c. 1941   President of Getty Trust, 1998-2006
Nell Irvin Painter
Historian
2-Aug-1942   Creating Black Americans
Gerald Parsky
Attorney
c. 1942   UC Regent, 1996-2008
Jeffrey M. Peek
Business
c. 1947   CEO of CIT Group, 2004-09
Nancy B. Peretsman
Business
27-Mar-1954   Managing Director, Allen & Company
John Phillips
Educator
27-Dec-1719 21-Apr-1795 Founder of Phillips Exeter Academy
David M. Ransom
Diplomat
c. 1938 4-Dec-2003 US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Ariel Capital Management
Neil Rudenstine
Educator
21-Jan-1935   President of Harvard, 1991-2001
Henry Norris Russell
Astronomer
25-Oct-1877 18-Feb-1957 Giant stars and dwarfs
Hal Saunders
Diplomat
27-Dec-1930 6-Mar-2016 Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81
Eric Schmidt
Business
27-Apr-1955   CEO of Google, 2001-11
Robert Sedgewick
Computer Programmer
c. 1946   Algorithms
Harold T. Shapiro
Educator
8-Jun-1935   President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Thomas E. Shenk
Biologist
c. 1947   Princeton Molecular Biologist
Adele Simmons
Administrator
21-Jun-1941   President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Educator
27-Sep-1958   President and CEO, New America
Hugo F. Sonnenschein
Economist
1941   President, University of Chicago, 1993-2000
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Astronomer
26-Jun-1914 31-Mar-1997 Father of space telescopes
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
Shirley M. Tilghman
Educator
17-Sep-1946   President of Princeton University
John L. Weinberg
Business
25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90
Peter C. Wendell
Business
c. 1950   Venture capitalist, Sierra Ventures
Meg Whitman
Business
4-Aug-1956   CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Pete Carril
Basketball
10-Jul-1930   Princeton Head Coach, 1967-96


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