List of Duke University people 2143147 225397478 2008-07-13T13:45:32Z Tinlash 316917 /* Business */ This '''List of Duke University people''' includes alumni, faculty, presidents, and major philanthropists of [[Duke University]], which includes two undergraduate and nine graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include [[Trinity College of Arts and Sciences]] and [[Pratt School of Engineering]]. The university's graduate and professional schools include the [[Graduate School of Duke University|Graduate School]], the [[Pratt School of Engineering]], the [[Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences]], the [[Duke University School of Medicine|School of Medicine]], the [[Duke University School of Nursing|School of Nursing]], the [[Fuqua School of Business]], the [[Duke University School of Law|School of Law]], and the [[Duke Divinity School|Divinity School]]. Duke University alumni tied for third in giving rate among U.S. national universities in the 2005-2006 fiscal year.<ref>[http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/alumgiv.htm Alumni Giving Rates]. ''U.S. News & World Report.'' Accessed on 12 January 2007.</ref> Famous alumni include [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]], [[Chilean]] President [[Ricardo Lagos]], former cabinet member and current [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Elizabeth Dole]], philanthropist [[Melinda French Gates]], and the chief executive officers of [[General Motors Corporation]] ([[Rick Wagoner]]), [[Morgan Stanley]] ([[John J. Mack]]), and [[Pfizer]] ([[Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.]]). Notable alumni media personalities include [[Dan Abrams]], the former General Manager of [[MSNBC]], [[Jay Bilas]], a commentator on [[ESPN]], [[Sean McManus]], the President of [[CBS News]] and [[CBS Sports]], [[Charlie Rose]], the host of ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]]'' and a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' contributor, and [[Judy Woodruff]], an anchor at [[CNN]]. [[William DeVries]] (GME 1971-1979), was the first doctor to perform a successful permanent artificial heart implantation, and appeared on the cover of ''[[Time Magazine|Time]]'' in 1984. Current notable faculty include [[Peter Agre]], the winner of the 2003 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], [[Manny Azenberg]], a Broadway producer whose productions have won 40 [[Tony Awards]], [[Adrian Bejan]], inventor of the [[constructal theory]] and namesake of the [[Bejan number]], and [[David Brooks]], a columnist for the ''[[New York Times]]''. [[Walter E. Dellinger III]], formerly the [[United States Solicitor General]], [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]], and head of the [[Office of Legal Counsel]] under [[Bill Clinton]] serves as a law professor. [[Ariel Dorfman]], a novelist and playwright won the 1992 [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]], while [[Peter Feaver]] was a member of the [[National Security Council]] under Clinton and [[George W. Bush]]. [[David Gergen]] served as an advisor to Presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. [[John Hope Franklin]] was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by Bill Clinton, while [[William Raspberry]], a syndicated columnist for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1994. 18 [[Nobel Prize]] winners have been associated with the university, including one in virtually every one of the past several years. [[Image:Statue of James B Duke.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[James B. Duke]] established a $40 million trust fund, [[The Duke Endowment]], in 1924, propelling the university to officially change its name in honor of his family's philanthropy.]] {{dynamic list}} <div style="font-size: 100%"> __TOC__ </div> == Alumni == {| <!-- table for image layout --> | * '''NOTE: The Duke University Alumni Association considers anyone who has attended Duke for two consecutive semesters and left the University in good standing to be an alumnus.''' === Nobel laureates === * [[Hans Dehmelt]] (Post-Doc. 1952-55) 1989 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Robert Coleman Richardson]] (Ph. D 1966), 1996 Nobel Laureate in physics * [[Charles Townes]] (A.M. 1937), 1964 Nobel Laureate in physics and winner of the 2005 [[Templeton Prize]] === Government, law, and public policy === ====Heads of State==== * [[Ricardo Lagos]] (Ph.D. 1966), former [[President of Chile|President]] of [[Chile]] * [[Richard Nixon]] (J.D. 1937), 37th [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] ====Cabinet members and White House staff==== * [[David Addington]] (J.D. 1981), chief of staff to Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] * [[Claude Allen]] (J.D. 1990), White House domestic policy advisor * [[Elizabeth Dole]] (A.B. 1958), [[United States Senator]] of [[North Carolina]]; former Commissioner of the [[Federal Trade Commission]]; former [[United States Secretary of Transportation]], former [[United States Secretary of Labor]], former President of the [[American Red Cross]] * [[John P. Hannah]] (A.B. 1984), assistant for national security to Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] * [[John Koskinen]] (A.B. 1961), former Deputy Director of the [[White House]] [[United States Office of Management and Budget|Office of Management and Budget]] * [[Juanita M. Kreps]] (A.M. 1944, Ph.D. 1948), [[United States Secretary of Commerce]], 1977-79 * [[Daniel Calhoun Roper]] (A.B. 1888), [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] under [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] * [[Doug Sosnik]] (A.B. 1979), senior advisor and political director to [[President of the United States|Former President]] [[Bill Clinton]] * [[Kenneth Starr]] (J.D. 1973), former [[United States Solicitor General]], [[Office of the Independent Counsel|Independent Counsel]] during the [[Whitewater scandal|Whitewater]] Affair * [[Jared Weinstein]] (A.B. 2002), Personal Assistant to President [[George W. Bush]] ====Members of Congress==== * [[Hugh Quincy Alexander]] (1932), Congressman from North Carolina * [[Robert Armfield|Robert Franklin Armfield]], Congressman from North Carolina, [[Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina]] * [[Shelley Moore Capito]] (B.S. 1975), Congresswoman for [[West Virginia]]'s 2nd district * [[Elizabeth Dole]] (A.B. 1958), [[United States Senator]] of [[North Carolina]]; former Commissioner of the [[Federal Trade Commission]]; former [[United States Secretary of Transportation]], former [[United States Secretary of Labor]], former President of the [[American Red Cross]] * [[Nick Galifianakis]] (A.B. 1951, J.D. 1953), U.S. Representative from [[North Carolina]] * [[Lisa Gladden]]. (A.B. 1986) US Representative from [[Maryland]] * [[Hannibal Lafayette Godwin]], (A.B. 1897) Democratic US Representative from North Carolina * [[Robin Hayes]] (A.B. 1967), congressman of [[North Carolina]]’s 8th district (1998-present) * [[Paul B. Henry]], (A.M., Ph.D. 1968) US Represtenative from [[Michigan]] and [[Michigan State Senator]] * [[Henry Hyde]] (X. 1947), former U.S. Representative of [[Illinois]] * [[Everett Jordan]], (A.B.), former U.S. Senator from North Carolina * [[Bob Krueger]] (A.M. 1959), former U.S. Representative and Senator from [[Texas]] * [[Dan Lipinski]] (Ph.D. 1998), congressman for [[Illinois]]' 3rd district (2005-present) * [[Stan Lundine]] (A.B. 1961), congressman from [[New York]] (1976-1987) * [[Bob Inglis|Robert D. Inglis]] (A.B. 1981), current U.S. Representative of [[South Carolina]] * [[Denise Majette]] (J.D. 1979), former [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] state judge, former [[United States Representative]] of Georgia * [[Ron Paul]] (M.D. 1961), current [[United States Representative]] from [[Texas]] and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate. * [[Nick Rahall]] (A.B. 1971), Congressman for [[West Virginia]] * [[Willis Smith]] (A.B, 1909, J.D. 1912), United States Senator, United States' observer at Nuremberg Trials, Speaker of North Carolina House of Representatives ====Diplomats==== * [[George V. Allen|George Venable Allen]] (A.B. 1920), U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946–1948; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 1948–1949; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1949–1953. * [[Robert Sherwood Dillon]] (A.B. 1951), U.S. Ambassador to [[Lebanon]] (1981-1983) * [[Cynthia G. Efird]] (A.M.), U.S. Ambassador to [[Angola]] * [[Robert C. Frasure]], ([[Ph.D]]), U.S. Ambassador to [[Estonia]] * [[Gordon D. Giffin]] (A.B. 1971]], U.S. Ambassador to [[Canada]] (1997-2001) * [[Jack Gosnell]] (A.B. 1966), former US Consul General to St. Petersburg, Russia * [[Richard W. Graber]] (A.B. 1978), [[United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic]] * [[Robert Jordan (lawyer)|Robert Jordan]] (A.B. 1967), former [[Ambassadors from the United States|United States Ambassador]] to [[Saudi Arabia]]. * [[Bob Krueger]] (M.A. 1959), U.S. Ambassador to [[Burundi]] during administration of [[Bill Clinton]] * [[Philip Lader]] (A.B. 1966), [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom|Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] and co-host of the Renaissance Weekends * [[Jack F. Matlock, Jr.]] (A.B. 1950), [[United States Ambassador]] to [[Czechoslovakia]] and to the [[Soviet Union]] under [[Ronald Reagan]] * [[Walter P. McConaughy]] (A.B. 1930), former [[United States Ambassador]] to [[Burma]], [[South Korea]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Taiwan]] * [[Elizabeth Verville]] (A.B. 1961), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs ====Military==== * [[Walter E. Boomer]] (B.S. 1960), General, Retired, former assistant commandant, US Marine Corps, [[Desert Storm]] Commander; business executive * [[Frank Bowman]] (B.S. 1966), Admiral, Retired, former Chief of Naval Personnel, former Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, US Navy; Honorary [[Order of the British Empire|Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) * [[Edward H. Deets]] (1979), Rear Admiral in the [[United States Navy]] * [[Charles S. Hamilton]] (B.S. 1974), Rear Admiral in the [[United States Navy]] * [[James W. Holsinger]] (M.D. 1964), retired [[Major General]] in the [[United States Army Reserve]], [[physician]], nominated to become the 18th [[Surgeon General of the United States]] * [[Eric Shinseki]] (A.M.), former [[United States Army]] [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Chief of Staff]] * [[William Atwater]] (MA, PhD 1982), retired Captain in the US Marines, now an author, historian, and director of the US Army Ordinance Museum. ====Law==== * [[Scott Brister]] (A.B.), Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court * [[Robert L. Clifford]] (LL. B.) 1950, Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court * [[Ann Covington]] (A.B. 1963), former Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court * [[Allyson Duncan]] (J.D. 1975), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit * [[Christine M. Durham]] (J.D. 1971), Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court * [[Orinda Evans]] (A.B. 1965), US District Court Judge * [[Karen L. Henderson]] (A.B. 1966), US Court of Appeals * [[Susan Illston]] (A.B. 1970), Federal Judge * [[Jeffrey Lichtman]] (J.D. 1990) defense attorney for [[John Gotti]], [[Fat Joe]], and [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] * [[Denise Majette]] (J.D. 1979), former [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] state judge, former [[United States Representative]] of Georgia * [[Paul Martin Newby]] (A.B. 1977), Associate Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] * [[Susan Owens]] (A.B. 1971), Associate Justice of the [[Washington State Supreme Court]] * [[Eric Rothschild]] (A.B. 1989), Lead attorney for [[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]] * [[Don Willett]] (A.M. 1992, J.D. 1992), Associate Justice, [[Texas Supreme Court]] ====Public policy==== * [[Gregory Baylor]] (J.D. 1990), religious activist, Christian Legal Society * [[Charlotte Bunch]] (A.B. 1966) author and human rights activist * [[Benjamin Chavis, Jr.]] (MDiv 1980), civil rights activist, executive director of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP) * [[Mary Duke Biddle]] (A.B. 1907), daughter of [[Benjamin Newton Duke]] and [[Sarah Pearson Angier Duke]], founder of the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation * [[Neal Keny-Guyer]] (A.B. 1976), CEO of [[Mercy Corps]] * [[Jerry Meek]], (A.B. 1993, J.D. 1997), Chairman of the [[North Carolina Democratic Party]] * [[Margaret Taylor Smith]] (A.B. 1947), Chair, Board of Trustees, [[Kresge Foundation]] * [[Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans]] (A.B. 1939), philanthropist * [[Eleanor Smeal]] (A.B. 1961, LL.D 1991), political activist, current president of the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]], former president of the [[National Organization for Women]] ====Others==== * [[Austin M. Allran]] (A.B. 1974) member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] * [[Ed Austin]] (A.B. 1948), Mayor of [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] 1991-1995 * [[Michael Bassett]] (Ph.D. 1961), Member of the [[New Zealand Parliament]] * [[Daniel T. Blue, Jr.]] (J.D), former member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], 1981-2002 * [[Samuel Bogley]], (A.B), former [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland]] * [[F. Vernon Boozer]], (A.B 1958), former member of [[Maryland State Senate|Maryland Senate]] 1981-1999. * [[Bill Campbell (mayor)|Bill Campbell]] (J.D. 1977), Mayor of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] 1994-2002 * [[Cason Carter]] (A.B. 2000), [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], City Council Member, 2006-present * [[J. Kane Ditto]] (A.B.), former Mayor of [[Jackson, Mississippi]] * [[J.B. Fuqua]] (G.Hon 1973), Chairman of the Georgia [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] * [[Hannibal Lafayette Godwin]], (A.B. 1897) Democratic US Representative from North Carolina * [[Hashim bin Al Hussein]] (X), Prince of [[Jordan]] * [[Stan Lundine]] (A.B. 1961), former Mayor of [[Jamestown, New York|Jameston]], former Congressman and Lieutenant Governor of New York * [[Kevin Martin (FCC)|Kevin J. Martin]] (M.P.P. 1993), Chairman of the [[Federal Communications Commission]] * [[Evelyn Murphy]] (A.B. 1965, Ph. D 1981), former [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Massachusetts]] * [[Ron Paul]], presidential candidate * [[Enrique Peñalosa]] (A.B.), Mayor of [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] * [[Robert Sheheen]] (A.B. 1965), former Speaker, [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] * [[Andrew Skurka]] (A.B. 2003), first person to walk across [[North America]] and complete the 7,700 [[Sea-to-Sea-Route]] * [[Charlie Soong]] (X. 1881), Duke's first international student and patriarch of the Soong Dynasty * [[Lura S. Tally]] (A.B. 1942), Member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], 1973-1983, and the [[North Carolina Senate]], 1983-1995 * [[William B. Umstead]] (J.D 1921), [[Governor of [[North Carolina]] * [[Bob Wise]] (A.B. 1970), [[Governor of [[West Virginia]] * [[Mike Woodard]] (A.B. 1981), [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]] City Council member * [[Cathy Zoi]] (B.S. 19??), former Chief of Staff of the White House Office on Environmental Policy in the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration, CEO of [[Al Gore]]'s [[Alliance for Climate Protection]] === Business === * [[Rex Adams]] (A.B. 1962), chairman of the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS), former VP of [[Mobil Corporation]] * [[John A. Allison IV]] (M.B.A. 1974), Chairman and CEO, [[BB&T]] * [[Steven Black]] (A.B. 1974), Co-CEO, Investment Bank, [[JPMorgan Chase & Co.]] * [[Roy J. Bostock]] (A.B. 1962), former Chairman of B|Com3 Group, Inc., now on the board of directors for [[Morgan Stanley]], [[Yahoo!|Yahoo]], and [[Northwest Airlines]], namesake of Bostock Library * [[Jack O. Bovender Jr.]] (1967, 1969), chairman and CEO of [[Hospital Corporation of America|HCA]] * [[Andrew Busey]] (B.S. 1993), creator of iChat * [[Lewis B. Cambell]] (B.S.E 1968), CEO of [[Textron]] * [[John Chambers (CEO)|John Chambers]] (X. 1968), CEO of [[Cisco Systems]], attended from 1967 until 1968 * [[Timothy D. Cook]] (M.B.A.), COO of [[Apple Inc.]] * [[Nola Maddox Falcone]] (1961), Managing Principal, [[NMF Asset Management]] * [[Clay Felker]] (A.B. 1951), Founding Editor of [[New York Magazine]] * [[Michael J. Fitzpatrick]], Chairman and CEO, E-TEK Dynamics, namesake of Duke's [[Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences]] * [[J.B. Fuqua]] (G.Hon 1973), Chairman of the Board of The Fuqua Companies, founder of the J.B. Fuqua Foundation, namesake of Duke's [[Fuqua School of Business]] * [[Melinda Gates]] (A.B. 1986, M.B.A. 1987), co-founder of the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], wife of [[Bill Gates]] * [[David R. Goode]] (A.B. 1962), Chairman, President, & CEO of [[Norfolk Southern]] * [[William H. Gross]] (B.S. 1966), Founder and Chief Investment Officer, [[PIMCO]], the world's largest [[bond (finance)|bond]] fund with $641.6 billion in assets, the owner of the only complete collection of U.S. 19th century [[postage stamp|stamp]]s * [[Bill Hawkins]] (B.S. 1976), CEO of [[Medtronic]] * [[Betsy Holden]] (A.B.), CEO of [[Kraft Foods]], 2001-2003 * [[Edwin L. Jones, Jr.]] (B.S. 1948), Engineer, president, J. A. Jones Construction Company * [[Rik Kirkland]] (A.M. 1976), S/B Managing Editor, [[Fortune Magazine]] * [[John A. Koskinen]] (A.B. 1961), President of [[US Soccer Foundation]], former Deputy Director, [[United States Office of Management and Budget|Office of Management and Budget]] * [[Dan Levitan]] (1979), Co-founder & managing partner, [[Maveron]] * [[Diane Britz Lotti]] (1974), President of [[Pan Oceanic Management, Ltd.]] * [[Gérard Louis-Dreyfus]] (A.B., J.D.), French billionaire businessman * [[John J. Mack]] (A.B. 1968), CEO of [[Morgan Stanley]], former CEO of [[Credit Suisse First Boston]] * [[Aubrey McClendon]] (A.B. 1981) CEO, chairman, and co-founder of [[Chesapeake Energy]]. Shares principal ownership of the [[NBA]]'s [[Seattle SuperSonics]] and [[WNBA]]'s [[Seattle Storm]]. * [[Raymond Nasher]] (1943), Real estate developer, philanthropist, namesake of Duke's [[Nasher Museum of Art]] * [[Peter Nicholas (businessman)|Peter Nicholas]] (A.B. 1964), Founder and Chairman of [[Boston Scientific Corporation]] * [[Stephen Pagliuca]], Part owner of the [[Boston Celtics]], Managing Director of [[Bain Capital]] * [[Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.]] (B.S.E. 1947), former CEO of [[Pfizer]], philanthropist, namesake of Duke's [[Edmund T. Pratt School of Engineering]] * [[Drew Rosenhaus]] (J.D. 1990), [[National Football League|NFL]] sports agent * [[David M. Rubenstein]] (A.B. 1970), co-founder of [[The Carlyle Group]] * [[W. Russell Scheirman]] (A.B. 1977, M.S. 1978), President & CFO of [[Vaalco Energy Inc.]] * [[Alan Schwartz]] (A.B. 1972), CEO, [[Bear Stearns]] * [[W. David Stedman]] (1942), Business executive, philanthropist * [[Robert K. Steel]] (A.B. 1973), Chairman of the Duke University Board of Trustees, President & CEO, [[Wachovia]] * [[James L. Vincent]] (B.S. 1961), Chairman & CEO, [[Biogen Idec]] * [[Jeffrey Vinik]] (B.S. 1981), Chairman, President, and CEO of [[Vinik Asset Management]] * [[Karl von der Heyden]] (1962), Vice Chairman & CFO, [[Pepsico, Inc.]], namesake of the von der Heyden pavilion at Duke * [[G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.]] (A.B. 1975), President & CEO, [[General Motors Corporation]] * [[Gary L. Wilson]] (A.B. 1962), Director of [[The Walt Disney Company]], Co-Chairman of [[Northwest Airlines]], namesake of Wilson Rec Center at Duke * [[Harold Yoh|Harold "Spike" Yoh]] (B.S. 1958). Former Chairman and CEO of [[Day & Zimmermann]], namesake of Duke's Yoh Football Center ===Education=== * [[Susan Athey]] (A.B. 1991), professor of economics at [[Harvard University]] and winner of the [[John Bates Clark Medal]]. * [[George Brumley, Jr.]] (A.B. 1956), former Chairman of Pediatrics, Associate Dean, [[Emory University]] * [[Mauri Ditzler]] (Ph.D. 1979), president of [[Monmouth College]] * [[David L. Downie]] (A.B. 1983), author, professor of politics and environment policy at [[Fairfield University]] * [[David Efird]] (A.B. 1995), philosopher and lecturer at the [[University of York]] * [[Thomas Eugene Flanagan]] (Ph.D), conservative [[Canadian]] [[political scientist]] * [[Charles Flynn]] (Ph.D.), president of the [[College of Mount Saint Vincent]] * [[Pamela Gann]] (J.D. 1973), president of [[Claremont McKenna College]] and former Dean of [[Duke University School of Law]] * [[Ken Gergen]] (Ph. D. 1962), notable American [[psychologist]] and [[professor]] at [[Swarthmore College]] * [[Douglas Hodgkin]], (Ph.D.) political scientist, author and professor at [[Bates College]] * [[Frank Lentricchia]], (Ph.D. 1960), literary critic, former professor of literature at [[Duke University]] * [[Theodore E. Long]], (A.M 1968), president of [[Elizabethtown College]] * [[A. D. Kirwan]] (Ph. D., 1947), seventh president of the [[University of Kentucky]] * [[Juanita M. Kreps]] (A.M. 1944, Ph.D. 1948), professor, economist, [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] * [[Benjamin Ladner]] (Ph.D. 1970), former president of [[American University]] * [[Robert L. Morris (parapsychologist)|Robert L. Morris]] (Ph.D. 1969), notable psychologist, Koestler professor at the [[University of Edinburgh]] * [[Noel Perrin]] (A.M., 1950), scholar, essayist, and critic. Professor at [[Dartmouth College]] * [[Reynolds Price]] (A.B 1955), renowned author and professor of literature at [[Duke University]] * [[David Roselle|David P. Roselle]] (Ph.D. 1965), President, [[University of Delaware]] * [[Haun Saussy]] (A.B., 1981) comparative literature professor at [[Yale University]] * [[David E. Sweet]] (Ph.D., 1968), founding president of [[Metropolitan State University]] and later president of [[Rhode Island College]]. * [[Jill Tiefenthaler]] (A.M., Ph. D.), provost of [[Wake Forest University]] * [[George Wallace (disambiguation)|George Wallace]] (A.B. 1957), former Dean, [[Dartmouth Medical School]] * [[Theodore Ziolkowski]] (A.B. 1951), Former Dean, The Graduate School, [[Princeton University]] ===Medicine, science and technology=== * [[Lenox Baker]] (M.D. 1973), physician, public servant * [[Lt. Andy Baldwin]], ''[[The Bachelor (TV series)|The Bachelor]]'', lieutenant, and doctor * [[Ian Barbour]] (M.S. 1946), physicist, theologian, and recipient of the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1999]] * [[Charles E. Brady, Jr.]] (M.D. 1975), astronaut * [[Fred Brooks]] (A.B. 1953), engineer, developer of [[OS/360]], [[Turing Award]] winner * [[John C. Browne (physicist)]] (Ph.D.), former director of the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] * [[Jerome Bruner]] (A.B. 1937), renowned psychologist and professor * [[George Church]] (B.S. 1974), helped initiate the Human Genome Project, professor at [[Harvard Medical School]] * [[John Cocke]] (B.S. 1945, Ph.D. 1956), considered the father of the [[RISC]] computer architecture, [[Turing Award]] laureate in 1987 * [[John W. Cornwell]] (B.S. 2006), inventor of the [[beer launching fridge]] * [[William DeVries]] (GME 1971-1979), pioneer of artificial organs * [[Sylvia Earle]] (Ph. D, 1966), marine biologist, Chief Scientist of the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] * [[Jim Ellis (computing)|Jim Ellis]], co-creator of [[Usenet]] with [[Tom Truscott]] * [[Paul Farmer]] (B.S. 1982), infectious disease doctor, winner of [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Award]], subject of Pulitzer-prize winning author [[Tracy Kidder]]'s biography ''[[Mountains Beyond Mountains]]'' * [[Ken Gergen]] (Ph. D. 1962), notable American [[psychologist]] and [[professor]] at [[Swarthmore College]] * [[John M. MacDougal]] (Ph. D. 1984), botanist * [[Robert L. Morris (parapsychologist)|Robert Morris]] (Ph. D 1969), notable psychologist, Koestler professor at the [[University of Edinburgh]] * [[George Porter, III]] (A.B. 1954), Chairman Emeritus, [[Ochsner Medical Foundation]] * [[Jim Scheinman]], Bebo co-founder, early Friendster employee, came close to acquiring Facebook when it was very young * [[Dorothy Simpson]] (B.S. 1947), scientist, mathematician * [[Dylan Smith]], Box.net Inc. founder, CFO * [[William Kennedy Smith]], founder of Physicians Against Land Mines * [[Tom Truscott]], co-creator of [[Usenet]] with [[Jim Ellis (computing)|Jim Ellis]] * [[Luis von Ahn]], inventor of the captcha and Google image labeler * [[Olaf von Ramm]] (Ph.D. 1973), first patent on a 3-D [[ultrasound]], later developed the first electronically steered matrix-array 3-D ultrasound imager *[[Ge Wang]], Chuck [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChucK] creator * [[F. Thomas Wooten, III]] '57, former President of the [[Research Triangle Institute]] ===Literature=== * [[James Armstrong]] (B.S. 1982), author of ''UNIX Secrets'' and other computer books * [[Margaret Taylor Smith]], author, social activist, Chair, [[Kresge Foundation]] * [[Fred Chappell]] (A.B. 1961, A.M. 1964), North Carolina Poet Laureate, novelist * [[Guy Davenport]], author, ''Thasos and Ohio'', ''[[National Review]]'' contributor * [[Lee McGeorge Durrell]] (Ph. D 1979), author, [[television presenter]], [[zoo]]keeper * [[Josephine Humphreys]] (A.B. 1967), award-winning novelist * [[Mac Hyman]] (A.B. 1947), author of ''[[No Time for Sergeants]]'' * [[Russell Kirk]] (A.M. 1941), author, ''The Conservative Mind'' *[[Nathaniel Lande]], author, filmmaker, and former creative director of [[TIME]] magazine. * [[Peter Maas]] (A.B. 1949), author of novels ''The [[Joseph Valachi|Valachi]] Papers'' and ''[[Serpico]]'', later made into movies * [[Lydia Millet]] (M.E.M. 1996), author of "Oh Pure and Radiant Heart," "Everyone's Pretty" and other novels. * [[Noel Perrin]] (A.M., 1950), scholar, essayist, and critic. Professor at [[Dartmouth College]] * [[Michael Peterson (author)|Michael Peterson]] (A.B. 1965), author, politician, convicted of murdering his wife in 2003 * [[Reynolds Price]] (A.B 1955), renowned author and professor of literature at [[Duke University]] * [[Haun Saussy]] (A.B., 1981) comparative literature professor at [[Yale]] * [[William C. Styron]], (BA.B. 1941) author, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner * [[Anne Tyler]], (A.B. 1961) Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and writer of short stories * [[Dana Vachon]] (B.A. 2002), author of ''Mergers & Acquisitions'' * [[Haim Watzman]] writer ===Fine arts=== * [[Michael Best]] (A.B. 1962), Former Principal Artist of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] * [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]] (A.B. 1936), Musician, Les Brown & The Band of Renown, [[Jazz Hall of Fame]] Inductee 1999 * [[Michael Ching]] (A.B. 1980), composer, [[Memphis Opera]] * [[Lorenz Eitner]] (A.B. 1940), renowned art historian === Entertainment === * [[Andy Baldwin]] (B.S. 1999), ''[[The Bachelor (TV series)|The Bachelor]]'', lieutenant, and doctor * [[Jayne Brook]] (1982), actress, ''[[Chicago Hope]]'' * [[Ryan Carnes]] (X. 2004), actor, ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Eating Out]]'' * [[Jack Coleman]] (1980), actor, ''[[Heroes (TV Series)|Heroes]]'', ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' * [[Kara DioGuardi]] (A.B. 1993), songwriter for musicians including [[Carlos Santana]], [[Kelly Clarkson]] and [[Britney Spears]] * [[Lee McGeorge Durrell]] (Ph. D 1979), author, [[television presenter]], [[zoo]]keeper * [[René Echevarria]] (A.B. 1984), producer, ''[[The 4400]]'', ''[[Dark Angel (TV series)|Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Now and Again]]''; screenwriter, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' * [[Sean Flynn]] (X. 1963), actor and [[Vietnam War]] photojournalist * [[Annabeth Gish]] (A.B. 1992), actress, ''[[X-Files]]'', ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]'' * Kelly Goldsmith (A.B. 2001), actress, ''[[Survivor: Africa|Survivor]]'' * [[Kevin Gray]] (A.B. 1980), Broadway actor, ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|Phantom]]'' on Broadway after Michael Crawford *[[John Gromada]] (A.B. 1986), Broadway composer and sound designer * [[Jared Harris]] (B.F.A. 1984), actor * [[Beth Hubbard]] (A.B. 1985), president, [[Gotham Entertainment Production Co.]] * [[Ken Jeong]], Comedian * [[Martin Kratt]] (B.S. 1989), Creator and star of PBS's ''[[Zoboomafoo]]'' * [[Bruce Lund]] (A.B. 1973), toy designer * [[Tucker Max]] (J.D. 2001), author of the [[New York Times Best Seller List|''New York Times'' best selling]] book ''[[I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell]]'', internet celebrity (''TuckerMax.com'') * [[Ben Mulroney]], host of ''[[Canadian Idol]]'' and ''[[eTalk Daily]]'' * [[Laura Paresky]] (A.B. 1990), television designer/animator * [[Charles Randolph-Wright]], Director, writer, and producer * [[Rebecca Sealfon]], (Ph.D. 2009) internet celebrity and winner of 1997 [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]] * [[Travis Lane Stork]] (B.S. 1994), Reality star of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Bachelor 8'' * [[Randall Wallace]] (A.B. 1971), Author of the screenplays for ''[[Braveheart]]'', ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask]]'', ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', and ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' * [[Patrick Williams]] (A.B. 1961), composer for movies and TV, Emmy and Grammy winner === Fictional === * [[Ben Barry]], a character played by [[Matthew McConaughey]] in ''[[How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days]]'', is a Duke alumnus * [[Sarah MacKenzie|Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie]], [[USMC]], a character played by [[Catherine Bell]] in the television series [[JAG]], earned her law degree from [[Duke University School of Law]] * [[Nick Savrinn]], a character on ''[[Prison Break]]'', attended Duke as an undergraduate * [[Nathan Scott]], a character played by [[James Lafferty]] on the television series [[One Tree Hill (TV series)]], received a scholarship to play basketball at Duke * [[Sam Seaborn]], a character portrayed by [[Rob Lowe]] on ''[[The West Wing]]'', graduated from [[Duke University School of Law]] * Stingo, the narrator of William Styron's novel ''[[Sophie's Choice (novel)|Sophie's Choice]]'', attended Duke as an undergraduate (as did Styron). * [[List of House characters#Stacy Warner|Stacy Warner]], a character played by [[Sela Ward]] on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' * Charlotte York's brother Wesley on Sex and the City * Dr. Jim Pomatter in ''[[Waitress (film)|Waitress]]'' === Journalism and media === * [[Dan Abrams]] (A.B. 1988), chief legal [[correspondent]] for [[NBC News]], host of [[Live with Dan Abrams|Verdict with Dan Abrams]], former General Manager of [[MSNBC]] * [[J. Bowyer Bell]] (doctorate 1959), historian, artist and art critic * [[Boers and Bernstein|Dan Bernstein]] (A.B.), sports journalist, [[WSCR]] radio host<ref name="Dan Bernstein">{{cite web|url= http://www.670thescore.com/pages/144628.php?contentType=4&contentId=255387|title=Radio Personality & Duke Alumnus, Dan Bernstein |accessmonthday= February 12 |accessyear=2008 |language=English}}</ref> * [[John Feinstein]] (A.B. 1977), sports journalist * [[Clay Felker]] (A.B. 1951), Founding Editor of [[New York Magazine]] * [[Sean Flynn]] (X. 1963), actor and [[Vietnam War]] photojournalist * [[David Hartman (TV personality)|David Hartman]] (A.B. 1956), first host of ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] * [[Mangesh Hattikudur]] (A.B. 2001) co-founder of [[mental floss]] with Will Pearson * [[John Harwood]] (A.B. 1978), National Political Editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', frequent panelist on ''[[Washington Week]]'' * Matt Ivester (2005<ref name="CrashCourseGossipNYT1">"A Crash Course in Online Gossip." ''[[The New York Times]]''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/16juicy.html?em&ex=1205812800&en=099611f51958dfcf&ei=5087%0A 1].</ref>), founder of ''[[JuicyCampus]]'', a gossip [[website]] <ref name="ChronicleHigher">Young, Jeffrey R. "[http://chronicle.com/free/2008/03/2136n.htm How to Combat a Campus Gossip Web Site (and Why You Shouldn't)]." ''[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]''. [[March 17]], [[2008]].</ref> * [[Scott McCartney]] (A.B. 1982), Travel Editor and journalist for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', author * [[Sean McManus]] (A.B. 1977), President of [[CBS News]] and [[CBS Sports]] * [[Susannah Meadows]] (A.B. 1995) Senior Writer for [[Newsweek]] * [[Will Pearson]] (A.B. 2001) co-founder of [[mental floss]] with Mangesh Hattikudur * [[Charlie Rose]] (A.B. 1964, J.D. 1968), journalist, former [[CBS]] News Anchor, ''[[60 Minutes]]'' contributor * [[Jim Rosenfield]] (A.B. 1981) [[WCBS-TV]] anchor * [[Monty Sarhan]] (J.D. 1999), Publisher and CEO of national humor magazine ''[[Cracked]]'' * [[John Seigenthaler, Jr.]] (B.S. 1978) [[NBC]] and [[MSNBC]] news anchor * [[Elizabeth Spiers]] (A.B. 1999) founding editor of [[Gawker.com]] * [[Jim Toomey]] (B.S.E. 1983), Syndicated cartoonist of [[Sherman's Lagoon]] * [[Judy Woodruff]] (A.B. 1968), [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]'s [[White House]] correspondent and Washington correspondent for the ''[[MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour]]'', anchor at [[CNN]] === Athletics === :''See also [[:Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players|men's basketball players]], [[:Category:Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players|women's basketball players]], and [[:Category:Duke Blue Devils football players|football players]].'' ==== American football ==== *[[Brian Baldinger]] (1982), former [[National Football League]] offensive lineman, current commentator for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] *[[Dave Brown (quarterback)|Dave Brown]] (1991), ten seasons in the [[NFL]] with the [[New York Giants]] and [[Arizona Cardinals]] *[[Al DeRogatis]] (1948), [[Pro Bowl]] tackle for the [[New York Giants]] *[[Anthony Dilweg]] (1989), former [[NFL]] [[quarterback]], enjoyed brief success with the [[Green Bay Packers]] * [[Sonny Jurgensen]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[quarterback]] who played for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] and [[Washington Redskins]] * [[Kevin Lewis (football player)|Kevin Lewis]], [[NFL]] linebacker * [[Patrick Mannelly]], [[NFL]] longsnapper * [[George McAfee]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] who played for the [[Chicago Bears]] *[[Scottie Montgomery]], [[Arena Football League]] wide receiver/defensive back * [[Clarence Parker|Clarence "Ace" Parker]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[quarterback]] who played for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]], [[Boston Yanks]], and [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]] *[[Tommy Prothro]], former head coach of the [[Los Angeles Rams]] and [[San Diego Chargers]] * [[Drew Strojny]], [[NFL]] football [[offensive tackle]] ====Baseball==== * [[Wayne Ambler]], professional baseball player * [[Bob Brower]], [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[Chris Capuano]] (2000), professional baseball player * [[Claude Corbitt]], professional baseball player * [[Crash Davis|Lawrence "Crash" Davis]], professional baseball player (see also [[Bull Durham]]) * [[Ryan Jackson (baseball)|Ryan Jackson]], professional baseball player * [[Bill McCahan]], [[MLB]] player * [[Quinton McCracken]], professional [[baseball]] player, member of [[2001 World Series]] Champion [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] * [[Scott Schoeneweis]], professional [[baseball]] pitcher, member of the [[2002 World Series]] Champion [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]]. Currently with the [[New York Mets]]. * [[Al Spangler]], professional baseball player * [[Eric Tipton]], professional baseball player * [[Mike Trombley]], [[MLB]] pitcher * [[Hal Wagner]], professional baseball player ==== Basketball ==== * [[Tommy Amaker]], [[Harvard University]] head basketball coach * [[Shane Battier]], professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Alana Beard]], professional basketball player (WNBA) (jersey retired) * [[Jay Bilas]] (A.B. 1986, J.D. 1992), [[ESPN]] sports commentator * [[Carlos Boozer]], professional basketball player * [[Elton Brand]], professional basketball player * [[Jeff Capel III|Jeff Capel]], [[University of Oklahoma]] head basketball coach * [[Chris Collins (basketball)|Chris Collins]], men's basketball assistant coach * [[Johnny Dawkins]], Stanford University head basketball coach, associate head basketball coach and former professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Luol Deng]], professional basketball player * [[Charles "Lefty" Driesell]], college basketball coach * [[Chris Duhon]], professional basketball player * [[Mike Dunleavy, Jr.]], professional basketball player * [[Daniel Ewing]], professional basketball player * [[Danny Ferry]], [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] general manager, former professional basketball player, member of [[2003]] NBA Champion [[San Antonio Spurs]] (jersey retired) * [[Mike Gminski]], FSN sports commentator (jersey retired) * [[Dick Groat]], professional baseball and basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Art Heyman]], former professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Grant Hill (basketball)|Grant Hill]], professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Nick Horvath]], [[West Sydney Razorbacks]] professional baseball player * [[Bobby Hurley]], professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Dahntay Jones]], professional basketball player * [[Billy King]], President and General Manager of the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] * [[Christian Laettner]], professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Corey Maggette]], professional basketball player * [[Jeff Mullins]], professional [[basketball]] player for the [[Golden State Warriors]] and head basketball coach at [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte|UNC Charlotte]] (jersey retired) * [[Shavlik Randolph]], professional basketball player * [[J.J. Redick]] (A.B. 2006), [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]'s all-time leading scorer, [[NCAA]]'s all-time leader in three-point field goals, professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Quin Snyder]], former [[University of Missouri]] basketball coach * [[Jim Spanarkel]], former professional basketball player, commentator * [[Michele Van Gorp]], professional basketball player (WNBA) * [[Jay Williams (basketball)|Jason Williams]], professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Shelden Williams]], Duke's all-time leader in rebounds and blocked shots, professional basketball player (jersey retired) * [[Steve Wojciechowski]], men's basketball assistant coach ====Other==== * [[Skip Alexander]] professional golfer * [[Beth Bauer]], professional golfer * [[Jenny Chuasiriporn]], professional golfer * [[Jay Heaps]], professional Major League Soccer player, on the [[New England Revolution]] * [[Nancy Hogshead]], Olympic gold [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)|medal winner in swimming]] * [[Matthew Jacobs]], a world renowned martial arts expert, frequently appears in Ultimate Fighting Championship * [[Liz Janangelo]], professional golfer * [[John Kerr (soccer)|John Kerr]], soccer player, winner of [[Hermann Trophy]] for top collegian, first American player in the [[Football League]] First Division (now known as the [[FA Premier League|Premiership]]), Duke's head coach * [[Jason Kreis]] professional soccer player * [[Joe Ogilvie]], professional golfer * [[Mike Souchak]], professional golfer, winner of 15 PGA events * [[Art Wall, Jr.]], professional golfer, winner of 1959 [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] | valign="top" | [[Image:Nlchtownes.jpeg|thumb|150px|[[Charles Townes]]]] [[Image:Ricardo Lagos despedida (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ricardo Lagos]]]] [[Image:Nixon 30-0316a.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Richard Nixon]]]] [[Image:David Addington.jpg|thumb|150px|[[David Addington]]]] [[Image:Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Elizabeth Dole]]]] [[Image:Claudeallen.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Claude Allen]]]] [[Image:Kenneth W. Starr.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Kenneth Starr]]]] [[Image:RobinHayes.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Robin Hayes]]]] [[Image:Ac.hhyde.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Henry Hyde]]]] [[Image:RepDeniseMajette.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Denise Majette]]]] [[Image:Ron paul.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ron Paul]]]] [[Image:NickJoeRahall.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Nick Rahall]]]] [[Image:Willissmith.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Willis Smith]]]] [[Image:FrankBowman.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Frank Bowman]]]] [[Image:Charles Hamilton.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Charles S. Hamilton]]]] [[Image:Eric Shinseki official portrait.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Eric Shinseki]]]] <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Kevin martin FCC.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Kevin Martin (FCC)|Kevin Martin]]]] --> [[Image:Charles soong.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Charlie Soong]]]] <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:BobWise.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Bob Wise]]]] --> [[Image:Kreps-juanita-morris.png|thumb|150px|[[Juanita Kreps]]]] [[Image:Brady astronaut.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Charles E. Brady, Jr.]]]] [[Image:Sylviaearle.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Sylvia Earle]]]] [[Image:Paul Farmer.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Paul Farmer]]]] <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:William styron.jpg|thumb|150px|[[William Styron]]]] --> [[Image:Judywoodruff.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Judy Woodruff]]]] |} == Faculty == === Nobel laureates === * [[Peter Agre]] 2003 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate in chemistry]] * [[Richard Axel]] 2004 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine]] * [[John Bardeen]] 1956 and 1972 [[Nobel Prize in physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Hans Bethe]] 1967 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Max Born]] 1954 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Mario Capecchi]] 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine]] * [[Hans Georg Dehmelt]] 1989 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Gertrude B. Elion]] 1988 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine]] * [[James Franck]] 1925 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Robert Coleman Richardson]] 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate in physics]] * [[Oliver Smithies]] 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine]] * [[Craig Mello]] 2006 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine]] * [[Joseph E. Stiglitz]] 2001 [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Laureate in economics]] * [[Eric F. Wieschaus]] 1995 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine]] * [[Kurt Wüthrich]] 2002 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate in chemistry]] === Current === [[Image:Walter E. Dellinger III.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Walter E. Dellinger III]]]] <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:John Hope Franklin.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[John Hope Franklin]]]] --> [[Image:Henry Petroski Photo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Henry Petroski]]]] * [[Peter Agre]], winner of 2003 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], vice chancellor of Duke Medical School * [[Manny Azenberg]], legendary producer of American theater who has won 40 Tony awards * [[Adrian Bejan]], mechanical engineering professor, inventor of [[constructal theory]] and namesake of the [[Bejan number]] * [[Tim Bollerslev]], economist, expert on [[Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity]] * [[Geoffrey Brennan]], philosopher associated with [[rational actor theory]] * [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]], [[columnist]] for ''[[The New York Times]]'' * [[Caroline Bruzelius]], [[art historian]], expert on [[medieval architecture]] * [[Al Buehler]], chairman of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department; [[United States]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Athletics (track and field)|Track]] coach at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], and [[1988 Summer Olympics]]. Member of [[North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]]. * [[Erwin Chemerinsky]], law professor, noted constitutional scholar * [[Miriam Cooke]], literary critic * [[Walter E. Dellinger III]], law professor, former [[United States Solicitor General]] under President [[Bill Clinton]] * [[Victor J. Dzau]], [[James B. Duke Professor]] of [[Medicine]] * [[Ariel Dorfman]], novelist, playwright, human rights activist, 1992 winner of the [[Laurence Olivier Award]] * [[Fred Dretske]], [[philosopher of mind]], winner of the [[Jean Nicod Prize]] * [[Sir Harold Evans]], author, editor of ''[[The Times]],'' exposed Soviet spies * [[Owen Flanagan]], [[philosopher of mind]], [[Phi Beta Kappa]] Romanell lecturer * [[Peter Feaver]] political scientist, served on the [[National Security Council]] staff under [[President of the United States|Presidents]] [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]] * [[Michael Ferejohn]], expert on [[ancient philosophy]] * [[John Hope Franklin]], civil rights activist, historian, awarded [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Bill Clinton]] * [[Yegor Gaidar]], [[Prime Minister of Russia]] * [[David Gergen]], former Duke professor and current Duke Trustee. Adviser to Presidents [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford|Ford]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]. * [[Moo-Young Han]], discoverer of the quark color charge * [[Michael Hardt]], literature professor and Marxist, co-author with [[Antonio Negri]] of ''[[Empire]]'' and ''[[Multitude]]'' * [[Stanley Hauerwas]], theologian and author * [[Richard B. Hays]], theologian * [[Jerry F. Hough]], political scientist, author, and professor * [[Reinhard Hütter]], Catholic theologian * [[Fredric Jameson]], Marxist literary theorist and former Chair of the Literature Program * [[Erich Jarvis]], [[National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award]] recipient, ''[[Popular Science (magazine)|Popular Science]]'''s Brilliant 10 of 2006 under the age of 45, ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]'' top 100 science discoveries of 2005 (avian brain nomenclature listed at #51), ''[[People (magazine)|People's]]'' "Sexiest Brain Researcher" for 2006 * [[Abdul Sattar Jawad]], literary theorist, fled [[Mustansiriya University]] after the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]] * [[Bruce Jentleson]], director of Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] * [[Kristina M. Johnson]], Director of [[Boston Scientific Corporation]], Former Dean of the [[Pratt School of Engineering]] * [[Claudia Koonz]], feminist historian * Joanna Lambert, head of physical anthropology division of the National Science Foundation * [[Nan Lin]], [[sociologist]] * [[Julian Lombardi]], [[computer scientist]], inventor * [[Mark McCahill]], creator of [[Internet Gopher]], POP mail, and Croquet; coined the phrase "surfing the Web" * [[Walter Mignolo]], literary theorist * [[Toril Moi]], literary theorist associated with [[feminist theory]] * [[V. Y. Mudimbe]], [[philosopher]] associated with [[philosophy of language]], [[phenomenology]], and [[structuralism]] * [[Miguel Nicolelis]], brain-computer interface pioneer * [[Henry Petroski]], Civil engineer and writer * [[Ronen Plesser]], string theorist * [[Reynolds Price]], renowned author and professor of literature * [[William Raspberry]], Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism, syndicated [[columnist]] for [[The Washington Post]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner * [[Olaf von Ramm]], Thomas Lord Professor of Engineering, first patent on a 3-D [[ultrasound]] * [[Paul Rehak]], archaeologist * [[Alexander Rosenberg]], philosopher, winner of [[Lakatos Award]] in philosophy of science, [[Phi Beta Kappa]] Romanell lecturer * [[Kathy Rudy]], [[social constructionist]] * [[David H. Sanford]], philosopher * [[Tad Schmaltz]], editor of the ''[[Journal of the History of Philosophy]]'' * [[Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick]], [[feminist]] theorist, [[literary theorist]] * [[Barbara Ramsay Shaw]], chemist, [[cancer]] researcher, expert on [[signal transduction]] * [[David Smith]], invisibility cloak pioneer * [[J. E. R. Staddon]], [[behavioral psychologist]] * [[Kristine Stiles]], [[art historian]] * [[Timothy Tyson]], historian * [[Geoffrey Wainwright]], [[Methodist]] [[theologian]] * [[E. Roy Weintraub]], economist * [[Judy Woodruff]], [[news anchor]], journalist * [[Wu Jinglian]], economist * [[Anthony Zinni]], decorated American general === Former === * [[Kwame Anthony Appiah]], philosopher, author of ''In My Father's House'' and ''The Ethics of Identity'' * [[Red Auerbach]], assistant men's basketball coach (1946-1950). NBA Coach. Won 9 championships with the [[Boston Celtics]] * [[John Spencer Bassett]], historian who initiated the [[Bassett Affair]], an important victory for [[academic freedom]] * [[Hans Bethe]], winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] * [[Helen Bevington]], celebrated poet and author * [[Utpal Bhattacharya]], expert on [[business ethics]] * [[Harry Binswanger]], [[Objectivist philosopher]] and [[philosopher of mind]] * [[Edgar Bowers]], poet, ''For Louis Pasteur,'' [[Bollingen Prize in Poetry]] in 1989, [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] twice * [[David S. Broder]], current ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' and former ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' reporter * [[H. Keith H. Brodie]], psychiatrist, educator and eventual president of Duke * [[Annie Leigh Hobson Broughton]], advocate of women's education * [[Hubie Brown]], assistant men's basketball coach (1969-1972). NBA Coach and Commentator * [[George Elliott Clarke]], author, poet * [[G. Wayne Clough]], president of the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] * [[Kalman J. Cohen]], economist, pioneer of [[market micro-structure]] * [[Chuck Daly]], assistant men's basketball coach (1963-1969). NBA Coach. * [[Eleanor Lansing Dulles]], politician involved in the affairs of post-[[World War II]] [[Germany]], [[United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference|Bretton Woods Conference]], [[US State Department]] * [[Mike Duffy]], [[television host]] * [[Gertrude Elion]], 1988 winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[Stanley Fish]], former Chair of the English Department, [[deconstructionist]] literary critic * [[Robert C. Frasure]], American ambassador to [[Estonia]] * [[Henry Louis Gates]], Chair of African-American Studies at [[Harvard]] * [[René Girard]], philosopher, literary critic, and historian; member of the [[Académie française]] * [[Peter J. Gomes]], American preacher and theologian from Harvard University's Divinity School * [[Gerald Heard]], philosopher, historian * [[Charles Honorton]], parapsychologist * [[Aldous Huxley]], novelist, mystic * [[Edward E. Jones]], [[social psychologist]], developed [[fundamental attribution error]] * [[Randall Kenan]], author * [[Robert Keohane]], neoliberal International Relations scholar * [[Juanita M. Kreps]], [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] * [[Anne O. Krueger]], [[World Bank Chief Economist]] * [[Weston La Barre]], [[anthropologist]], worked in [[ethnography]] * [[Bernard Lefkowitz]], [[sociologist]], [[journalist]], [[investigative reporter]] * [[Raphael Lemkin]], [[human rights activist]]; coined the word "[[genocide]]" * [[Fritz London]], [[physicist]], won the [[Lorentz Medal]] * [[Alasdair MacIntyre]], philosopher, [[virtue ethicist]] * [[William McDougall (psychologist)|William McDougall]], psychologist, author of ''An Introduction to Social Psychology'' * [[Karl Menger]], mathematician * [[Thom Mount]], film producer, President of the [[Producers Guild of America]] * [[Francis Murray]], [[mathematician]] and founder of [[functional analysis]], winner of the [[Outstanding Civilian Service Medal]] * [[Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim]], [[theoretical physicist]] * [[Albert Outler]], [[Methodist]] theologian * [[G. B. Pegram]], key administrator of [[Manhattan Project]] * [[William Howell Pegram]], chemist * [[Anton Peterlin]], physicist * [[David Price (American politician)|David Price]], [[United States Representative]] * [[James Rachels]], [[philosopher]] and [[cultural relativist]] * [[Joseph B. Rhine]], psychologist and parapsychologist, recognized as founder of modern studies of psychical phenomena * [[John Ridpath]], [[intellectual historian]] * [[Sócrates Rizzo]], former mayor of [[Monterrey]] and former governor of [[Nuevo León]] * [[E. P. Sanders]], British Academy member and leading figure in the third [[Historical Jesus]] movement * [[David Scheffer]], United States diplomat * [[Barbara Herrnstein Smith]], [[literary theorist]] * [[Cordwainer Smith]], author * [[William Stern]], [[psychologist]], [[philosopher]] * [[Joseph Stiglitz]], winner of the [[2001]] [[Nobel Prize in Economics]] * [[Paul Tillich]], theologian * [[Sander Vanocur]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[NBC]] correspondent, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' television editor, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reporter * [[Robert Ward]], [[composer]] * [[Kenny Williams (educator)|Kenny Williams]], author, winner of the [[MidAmerica Award]] * [[Mary Lou Williams]], [[composer]] * [[William H. Willimon]], Methodist theologian * [[Kwasi Wiredu]], philosopher * [[Karl Zener]], parapsychologist ===Men's basketball head coaches === [[Image:Mike Krzyzewski - basketball coach.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Mike Krzyzewski]]]] * 1981 to present: [[Mike Krzyzewski]], three-time national champion men's basketball coach, member of the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] * 1975 to 1980: [[Bill Foster (college basketball coach)|Bill Foster]] * 1974: [[Neill McGeachy]] * 1970 to 1973: [[Bucky Waters]] * 1960 to 1969: [[Vic Bubas]], member of the [[North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]] * 1951 to 1959: [[Harold Bradley]] * 1943 to 1950: [[Gerry Gerard]] * 1929 to 1942: [[Edmund M. "Eddie" Cameron|Eddie Cameron]], namesake of [[Cameron Indoor Stadium]] and member of the [[North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]] * 1925 to 1928: [[George Buchheit]] * 1923 to 1924: [[J.S. Burbage]] * 1922: [[James Baldwin (basketball coach)|James Baldwin]] * 1921: [[Floyd Egan]] * 1920: [[W.J. Rothensies]] * 1919: [[H.P. Cole]] * 1917 to 1918: [[Chick Doak]] * 1916: [[Bob Doak]] * 1914 to 1915: [[Noble Clay]] * 1913: [[J.E. Brinn]] * 1906 to 1912: [[W.W. Card]] === Football head coaches === * 2007 to Present: [[David Cutcliffe]] * 2003 to 2007: [[Ted Roof]] * 1999 to 2003: [[Carl Franks]] * 1994 to 1998: [[Fred Goldsmith (coach)|Fred Goldsmith]] * 1990 to 1993: [[Barry Wilson (coach)|Barry Wilson]] * 1987 to 1989: [[Steve Spurrier]], [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989. * 1983 to 1986: [[Steve Sloan]] * 1979 to 1982: [[Shirley Wilson|Shirley "Red" Wilson]] * 1971 to 1978: [[Mike McGee (coach)|Mike McGee]] * 1966 to 1970: [[Tom Harp]] * 1951 to 1965: [[William D. Murray|William D. "Bill" Murray]] * 1946 to 1950: [[Wallace W. Wade]] ''(see below)'' * 1942 to 1945: [[Edmund M. "Eddie" Cameron|Eddie Cameron]], namesake of [[Cameron Indoor Stadium]] and member of the [[North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]] * 1931 to 1941: [[Wallace W. Wade]], namesake of [[Wallace Wade Stadium]] and member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] * 1926 to 1930: [[James DeHart|James "Jimmy" DeHart]] * 1925: [[James Pat Herron|James P. "Pat" Herron]] * 1924: [[Howard Jones (football coach)|Howard H. Jones]] * 1923: [[S.M. Alexander]] * 1922: [[Herman Steiner (coach)|Herman Steiner]] * 1921: [[James A. Baldwin]] * 1920: [[Floyd J. Egan]] * 1888 to 1889 : [[John F. Crowell|Dr. John F. Crowell]] == University Presidents == <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Terry sanford.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Terry Sanford, Duke's sixth president]] --> {| border="0" width="40%" !President !Tenure |- |[[Brantley York]]||1838&ndash;1842 |- |[[Braxton Craven]]||1842&ndash;1863 |- |[[William Trigg Gannaway]]*||1864&ndash;1865 |- |align="left" colspan="2"|''<small>*Appointed president [[pro tempore]] during the break in Craven's presidency</small>'' |- |[[Braxton Craven]]||1866&ndash;1882 |- |[[Marquis Lafayette Wood]]||1883&ndash;1886 |- |[[John Franklin Crowell]]||1887&ndash;1894 |- |[[John Carlisle Kilgo]]||1894&ndash;1910 |- |[[William Preston Few]]||1910&ndash;1924 |- |align="center" colspan="2" |''University officially established as Duke University in 1924'' |- |[[William Preston Few]]||1924&ndash;1940 |- |[[Robert Lee Flowers]]||1941&ndash;1948 |- |[[A. Hollis Edens|Arthur Hollis Edens]]||1949&ndash;1960 |- |[[Julian Deryl Hart]]||1960&ndash;1963 |- |[[Douglas Knight]]||1963&ndash;1969 |- |[[Terry Sanford]]||1969&ndash;1985 |- |[[H. Keith H. Brodie]]||1985&ndash;1993 |- |[[Nan Keohane|Nannerl O. Keohane]]||1993&ndash;2004 |- |[[Richard H. Brodhead]]||2004&ndash;present |- |} ==Major philanthropists== ''Donors who have contributed at least $20 million to the university or founding donors:'' [[Image:BuckDuke.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[James B. Duke]]]] {| border="0" width="100%" !Donor !Total Amount !Year !Purpose |- |[[The Duke Endowment]] ||$970+ million<ref>[http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/DukeEngage.html Duke Launches Initiative to Make Civic Engagement Integral Part of Undergraduate Education]. ''Duke News & Communications.'' 12 Feb 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.dukemednews.duke.edu/news/article.php?id=7390 Duke Endowment Awards More Than $20 Million to Duke University for Nursing School, Library, Other Priorities]. ''DukeMed News.'' 27 Jan 2004.</ref><ref>[http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2005/tdegift.php Duke Endowment Gives Record $75 Million for Financial Aid]</ref> || 1924-<br>2006 || Various |- |[[James B. Duke]] || $40 million<br>($458 million in [[inflation|2006 dollars]]) || 1924 || For endowment; established The Duke Endowment later that year |- |[[Peter Nicholas (businessman)|Peter and Ginny Nicholas]] || $130 million || 1999-<br>2004 || $100 million for the [[Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences|School of the Environment and Earth Sciences]] <ref>[http://152.3.224.76/development/news/2004/lgstgift.html Largest Gift In Duke History Closes Campaign At Record $2.36 Billion]. ''Duke News and Communication.'' 8 Jan 2004.</ref> |- |[[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] || $106.5+ million || 2002-2007 || $46.5 for [[AIDS]] research<ref>Eaglin, Adam. [http://www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/08/25/News/Duke-Nets.46.5m.For.Aids.Research-2240337.shtml?norewrite200608272254&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com Duke nets $46.5M for AIDS research]. ''[[The Chronicle (Duke University)|The Chronicle]].'' 25 August 2006.</ref>, $30 million for a new science facility and $5 million for student life initiatives <ref>[http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2002/05/gates0502.html Duke Receives $35 Million From The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]. ''Duke News & Communication.'' 9 May 2002.</ref>, $15 million for DukeEngage, a civic engagement program,<ref>[http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/13/News/Dukeengage.Launches-2716017.shtml DukeEngage launches]. ''The Chronicle.'' 13 Feb 2007.</ref> $9 million for undergraduate financial aid and $1 million for [[Fuqua School of Business|Fuqua]] students financial aid<ref>[http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/21/News/Gates.Gives.10m.For.Financial.Aid-2733191.shtml Gates Give $10M for financial aid.] ''The Chronicle.'' 21 Feb 2007.</ref> |- |[[Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.]] || $35 million || 1999 || To endow the [[Pratt School of Engineering|School of Engineering]]<ref>[http://www.pratt.duke.edu/development/contributors_pratt.php The Pratt Gift]. ''Pratt School of Engineering.'' Accessed on 25 June 2006.</ref> |- |[[David H. Murdock]] || $35 million || 2007 || For "translational medicine" research by the [[Duke University School of Medicine|Duke Medical School]]<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2007/09/24/daily6.html Murdock gives Duke $35M for study at Kannapolis campus]. ''Triangle Business Journal.'' Accessed on 26 September 2007.</ref> |- |[[Disque Deane]] || $20 million<br>($34 million in 2005 dollars) || 1986 || To "establish a research institute on the human future"<ref>[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/duke_university/index.html?query=PHILANTHROPY&field=des&match=exact Articles About Duke University]. ''[[New York Times]].'' 12 Dec 1986.</ref> |- |[[Michael J. Fitzpatrick|Michael J. and Patty Fitzpatrick]] || $25 million || 2000 || For a center for advanced photonics and communications<ref>[http://www.pratt.duke.edu/development/contributors_fitzpatrick.php The Fitzpatrick Gift]. ''Pratt School of Engineering.'' Accessed on 25 June 2006.</ref> |- |[[William H. Gross|William and Sue Gross]] || $23 million || 2005 || $15 million for undergraduate scholarships, $5 million for medical students' scholarships, and $3 million to support faculty members of the [[Fuqua School of Business]]<ref>[http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2005/gross.php Sue and William Gross Donate $23 Million]</ref> |- |[[Bill Gates|Bill]] and [[Melinda Gates]] || $20 million || 1998 || For undergraduate scholarships<ref>[http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2005/gross.php Sue and William Gross Donate $23 Million]</ref> |- |Bruch and Martha Karsh || $20 million || 2008 || For international student financial aid<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/01/28/daily30.html Duke given $20M to aid international students - Triangle Business Journal:<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- | [[Washington Duke]] || $385,000<br>($7.9 million in [[inflation|2005 dollars]]) || 1892 || For original endowment and construction |- | [[Julian S. Carr]] || N/A || 1892 || Donated site of [[Duke University#West, East, and Central Campuses|East Campus]] |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University] *[http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/ Duke University Archives] *[http://www.duke.edu/web/ous/trusteesgood.htm Trustees of Duke University] {{Duke University}} [[Category:Duke University people| ]] [[Category:Duke University]] [[Category:Lists of people by university in the United States|Duke]]