Famous University of Chicago Graduates

FAMOUS UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATES

GRADUATES OF THE HUTCHINS COLLEGE
Luis W. Alvarez S.B. 1932 Nobel Prize, Physics 1968
Martin Kamen S.B. 1933 radiochemist, U. of California (Carbon 14 dating)
Herman Goldstine S.B. 1933 mathematician, Moore School (1st electronic computer)
Paul A. Samuelson A.B. 1935 Nobel Prize, Economics 1970
Herbert C. Brown S.B. 1936 Nobel Prize, Chemistry 1979
Herbert A. Simon A.B. 1936 Nobel Prize, Economics 1978
Martin Gardner A.B. 1936 columnist, Scientific American
Joseph Axelrod A.B. 1937 humanities, education, SFSU
William H. McNeill A.B. 1938 historian, Univ. of Chicago
Katharine Graham A.B. 1938 publisher, Washington Post
Saul Bellow Ex. 1939 Nobel Prize, Literature 1976
John Paul Stevens A.B. 1941 justice, Supreme Court
Jack Steinberger S.B. 1942 Nobel Prize, Physics 1988
George J. Stigler S.B. 1942 Nobel Prize, Economics 1982
John Johnson Ex. 1942 founder, Ebony
Patrick Suppes S.B. 1943 logician, Stanford
Bernard Sahlins A.B. 1943 founder, Second City actors troup
Richard Collins PhB 1946 composer, author
Edward C. Hobbs PhB 1946 theologian, Berkeley, Radcliff, Harvard
James Watson PhB 1946 Quiz Kid; Nobel Prize, Physiology 1962 (DNA)

David Broder A.B. 1947 journalist, Washington Post
Robert McCormick Adams PhB 1947 secretary, Smithsonian Inst.
Harry M. Markowitz PhB 1947 Nobel Prize, Economics 1990
Irwin Rose A.B. 1948 Nobel Prize, Chemistry 2004
Richard C. Atkinson PhB. 1948 president, Univ. of California
George Steiner A.B. 1948 essayist
Don Finkel Ex. 1948 poet, George Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Robert H. Bork A.B. 1948 federal judge
Donald Osterbrock PhB 1948 astronomer, Lick Observatory
Anil Nerode A.B. 1949 mathematician, logician, Cornell (Myhill-Nerode theorem)
Allan Bloom A.B. 1949 social critic, student of Leo Strauss
Seth Benardete A.B. 1949 scholar of Plato & Greek drama, student of Leo Strauss, NYU
Richard Rorty A.B. 1949 philosopher, Stanford
Leo Treitler A.B. 1950 musicologist, CUNY
Alan Fern A.B. 1950 director, National Portrait Gallery
John Schultz A.B. 1950 superintendent, Lick Observatory
Severn Darden A.B. 1950 actor ("The President's Analyst")
Eunice Kennedy Ex. 1950 the president's sister
Jerome I. Friedman A.B. 1950 Nobel Prize, Physics 1990

Amélie Oksenberg Rorty A.B. 1951 philosopher, Brandeis
Susan Sontag A.B. 1951 novelist, filmmaker
Gerald Wasserburg S.B. 1951 scientist, Cal Tech & NASA
Emanuel Savas A.B. 1951 ass. sec. of HUD; prof. CUNY
Paul Sills A.B. 1951 co-founder Compass Players, Second City
Gonzalo de Lozada A.B. 1952 president of Bolivia
Howard Howland A.B. 1952 vision physiologist, Cornell
A. Steven McGrade A.B. 1953 philosophy, Cambridge Univ., expert on Wm. of Ockham
Skee Farnsworth Ex. 1953 pop musician, audio engineer
Mike Nichols Ex. 1953 actor, director
Elaine May Ex. 1953 actress, movie director
Joel Kupperman A.B. 1954 Quiz Kid; philosophy, Univ. of Connecticut
Carl Sagan A.B. 1954 astronomer
Philip Glass A.B. 1956 composer
Lynn Margulis A.B. 1957 evolutionary biologist
Seymour Hersh A.B. 1958 investigative reporter (My Lai, Perle, Abu Ghraib), NYT, New Yorker
Philip Kaufman A.B. 1958 movie director, The Right Stuff
Leon Kass S.B. 1958 [neo-con] chair, President's Council on Bioethics
Robert E. Lucas A.B. 1959 Nobel Prize, Economics 1995
Adamantios Androutsopoulos Ex. 1959 prime minister of Greece
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi A.B. 1960 psychologist
Ferdinand Sax A.B. 1962 professional student

TOO EARLY - GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE (BEFORE IT WAS HUTCHINS-IZED)
Clinton Joseph Davisson S.B. 1909 Nobel Prize, Physics 1937
Edwin Hubble S.B. 1910 astronomer
Roy Grinker, Sr. S.B. 1921 psychoanalist
John Gunther PhB 1922 journalist ("Inside Europe")
H. D. Lasswell S.B. 1922 political scientist
Henry Steele Commager PhB 1923 historian
Perry Miller A.B. 1928 historian, Harvard ("The New England Mind")
James T. Farrell S.B. 1929 novelist
Joseph Schwab PhB 1930 teacher in Hutchins College (philosophy, natural science)
Robert R. Palmer PhB 1931 historian
John Scopes Ex. 1931 high-school science teacher ("Monkey Trial"), geologist
Edward Levi A.B. 1932 U.S. attorney general
Studs Terkel PhB 1932 author, radio host

TOO LATE - GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE (AFTER HUTCHINS ERA)
Larry Ellison Ex. 1966 CEO, Oracle
Michael Powell Ex. 1968 founder, Powell's Books
Dan Hertzberg A.B. 1968 managing editor, Wall Street Journal
Karen Katen A.B. 1970 president of Pfizer
Frank Wilczek A.B. 1970 Nobel Prize, Physics 2004
Paul Volberding A.B. 1971 AIDS researcher
Robert Pirsig "Zen and Art of Motorcycle" novelist
Tom Campbell A.B. 1973 congressman, California
Casey Cowell A.B. 1975 founder U.S. Robotics
David Axelrod A.B. 1976 political consultant, top adviser to Barack Obama 2004 & 2008
Michael Sugrue A.B. 1979 historian, Princeton
John Podhoretz A.B. 1982 [neo con] editor, New York Post, student of Leo Strauss
David Brooks A.B. 1983 columnist, NYT and NPR
David Auburn A.B. 1991 playwright ("Proof")
Joshua Cooper Ramo A.B. 1992 senior editor, Time

NOT COLLEGE - GRADUATES BUT ONLY ADVANCED DEGREES
Robert S. Mulliken Ph.D. 1921 Nobel Prize, Chemistry 1966
William Sheldon Jr. Ph.D. 1926, M.D. 1934 theory of body types
Saunders Mac Lane S.M. 1931 mathematician (category theory)

Milton Friedman S.M. 1933 Nobel Prize, Economics 1976
Norman Maclean Ph.D. 1940 author
David Rockefeller Ph.D. 1940 banker
Roger W. Sperry Ph.D. 1941 Nobel Prize, Physiology 1981
Fred Ikle M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1950 U.S. undersecretray of state for policy
Marvin L. Goldberger Ph.D. 1948 dir., Institute for Advanced Study
Chen Ning Yang Ph.D. 1948 Nobel Prize, Physics 1957
Owen Chamberlain Ph.D. 1949 Nobel Prize, Physics 1959
Andrew Marshall A.M. 1949 dir., Office of Net Assessment, Dept. of Defense
James M. Buchanan Jr. Ph.D. 1948 Nobel Prize, Economics 1986
Daniel E. Koshland Ph.D. 1949 editor, Science
Ramsey Clark A.M. 1950, J.D. 1951 U.S. attorney general
Tsung-Dao Lee Ph.D. 1950 Nobel Prize, Physics 1957
Peter G. Peterson MBA 1951 U.S. secretary of commerce
Abner J. Mikva J.D. 1951 congressman, Illinois
Patsy Mink J.D. 1951 congresswoman, Hawaii
F. Sherwood Rowland S.M. 1951, Ph.D. 1952 Nobel Prize, Chemistry 1995
Beryl Sprinkel MBA 1952 chair, Council of Economic Advisors
James Cronin S.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1955 Nobel Prize, Physics 1980
Gary Becker A.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1955 Nobel Prize, Economics 1992
Paul Cohen S.M. 1954, Ph.D. 1958 mathematician (indep. of continuum hyp.)
Philip Roth A.M. 1955 novelist
William Dement M.D. 1955, Ph.D. 1958 physiologist (REM sleep)
Kenneth Dam J.D. 1957 dep. secretary, U.S. Treasury and State Dept.
James Hormel J.D. 1958 U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg
Mildred Dresselhaus Ph.D. 1959 carbon physicist, MIT
James F. Hoge Jr. A.M. 1961 editor, Foreign Affairs
Henry Bienen A.M. 1962, Ph.D. 1966 president, Northwestern Univ.

Daniel C. Tsui S.M. 1963, Ph.D. 1967 Nobel Prize, Physics 1998
Myron Scholes MBA 1964, Ph.D. 1970 Nobel Prize, Economics 1997
Abram Shulsky M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1972 [neo-con] dir., Pentagon Off. of Special Plans, student of Leo Strauss & Allan Bloom
John Ashcroft J.D. 1967 [neo-con] U.S. attorney general
Ahmed Chalabi Ph.D. 1969 [neo-con] leader, Iraqi Nat. Cong., student of Wolfstetter
Donald Carl Johanson A.M. 1970, Ph.D. 1974 anthropologist, discovered "Lucy"
Ronald Calinger Ph.D. 1971 historian of mathematics
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. A.M. 1971 novelist
Ralph Neas J.D. 1971 president, People for the American Way
Robert Barnett J.D. 1971 top Washington lawyer, book agent, advisor to politicians
Paul D. Wolfowitz Ph.D. 1972 [neo-con] U.S. dep. sec. of def., student of Wohlstetter, Leo Strauss, & Allan Bloom
Carol Moseley Braun J.D. 1972 U.S. senator
Jon S. Corzine MBA 1973 U.S. senator
Brad Cox Ph.D. 1973 computer scientist (Objective-C language)
Marc Seifer M.A. 1974 biographer of Nikola Tesla
Michael Mobbs J.D. 1974 advisor, Dept. of Defense Detainee Policy Group
Jeremiah Wright A.M. 1975 Paster of Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago
William J. Bennett J.D. 1975 [neo-con] U.S. secretary of education
Gary Schmitt M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1980 [neo-con] exec. dir., Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
David Kessler J.D. 1978 commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Admin.
Zalmay Khalilzad Ph.D. 1978 [neo-con] counsellor to Sec. Rumsfeld, ambas. Afghanistan, student of Wohlstetter
Daniel Levin J.D. 1981 senior lawyer, Dept. of Justice, fought W.H. on legalization of torture (2004)
Gary Edson J.D. 1982 Deputy National Security Advisor to Pres. Bush
John Grunsfeld S.M. 1984, Ph.D. 1988 NASA astronaut
James Comey J.D. 1985 Dep. Attorney-General, refused to certify NSA domestic surveillance (2004)
James C. Ho J.D. 1999 [neo-con] Justice Dept., wrote opinion that Taliban/al-Qaeda outside Geneva Conv.

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