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University of Delaware

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Newark, DE

Founding Date:
1743

Team:
Fightin' Blue Hens

Enrollment:
21,100

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jill Jacobs Biden
Relative
5-Jun-1951   Wife of Joe Biden
Joseph Biden
Politician
20-Nov-1942   Vice President of the United States
Daniel E. Button
Politician
1-Nov-1917 7-Mar-2009 Congressman from New York, 1967-71
John Carney
Politician
20-May-1956   Congressman, Delaware
Thomas Carper
Politician
23-Jan-1947   US Senator from Delaware
Christopher J. Christie
Politician
6-Sep-1962   Governor of New Jersey
Howard E. Cosgrove
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Conectiv, 1998-2002
Bob Filner
Politician
4-Sep-1942   Mayor of San Diego, 2012-13
Joe Flacco
Football
16-Jan-1985   Baltimore Ravens QB
J. Allen Frear
Politician
7-Mar-1903 15-Jan-1993 US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61
J. Erik Fyrwald
Business
c. 1959   CEO of Nalco Holding
Robert Gore
Chemist
15-Apr-1937   Co-inventor of Gore-Tex
Steve Harris
Actor
3-Dec-1965   The Practice
David E. Hoffman
Journalist
1953   The Dead Hand
George F. MacCormack
Business
1943   Former Group VP at DuPont
George MacKenzie
Business
c. 1949   CFO of Hercules, 1996-2000
Jack L. Messman
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Novell, 2001-06
James H. Miller
Business
c. 1948   CEO of PPL Corporation
Daniel Nathans
Scientist
30-Oct-1928 16-Nov-1999 Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
David A. Norcross
Activist
30-Mar-1937   Republican National Lawyers Association
Jane Margaret O'Brien
Educator
c. 1953   President, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Jane G. Pepper
Agriculturalist
c. 1945   Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
William D. Phillips
Physicist
5-Nov-1948   Trapped atoms with laser light
David Plouffe
Government
27-May-1967   Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
Lawrence F. Probst III
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Electronic Arts, 1991-2007
Stephen E. Schmidt
Government
1970   John McCain's 2008 campaign manager
Matthew Shipp
Jazz Musician
7-Dec-1960   Free jazz pianist
Nick Smith
Politician
5-Nov-1934   Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2005
James W. Wagner
Educator
c. 1953   President, Emory University
Robert S. Walker
Politician
23-Dec-1942   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-97
John E. Wallace, Jr.
Judge
1942   Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
Johnny Weir
Figure Skating
2-Jul-1984   Olympic figure skater
Marna C. Whittington
Business
c. 1947   COO of Allianz Global Investors

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard L. Bushman
Historian
20-Jun-1931   Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Charles M. Elson
Business
c. 1960   Economist, University of Delaware
Steven Hahn
Historian
18-Jul-1951   A Nation Under Our Feet
Richard F. Heck
Chemist
15-Aug-1931 9-Oct-2015 Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
Mark W. Huddleston
Educator
c. 1950   President, University of New Hampshire
Peter Kolchin
Historian
3-Jun-1943   American Slavery, 1619-1877
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
W. D. Snodgrass
Poet
5-Jan-1926 13-Jan-2009 Heart's Needle

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Elbert N. Carvel
Politician
9-Feb-1910 6-Feb-2005 Twice Governor of Delaware
Charles Cawley
Business
15-Aug-1940 18-Nov-2015 Cofounder, MBNA Corporation
Howard E. Cosgrove
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Conectiv, 1998-2002
Patrick T. Harker
Educator
19-Nov-1958   President, University of Delaware
Mark W. Huddleston
Educator
c. 1950   President, University of New Hampshire
John A. Krol
Business
16-Oct-1936   CEO of DuPont, 1995-98
Raymond S. Troubh
Business
3-May-1926   Independent Financial Consultant

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dennis Felton
Basketball
21-Jun-1963   UGA Head Coach
Kevin O'Neill
Basketball
24-Jan-1957   Interim Head Coach, U. of Arizona


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