- List of University of Wisconsin-Madison people
=Notable alumni=
Nobel Laureates
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Herbert Spencer Gasser , B.S. 1910, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944
*John Bardeen , B.S. 1928 and M.S. 1929, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972
*Edward Lawrie Tatum , B.A. 1931, M.S. 1932, Ph.D. 1935, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958
*Stanford Moore , Ph. D 1938, recipient of theNobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972
*John H. van Vleck , A.B. 1920, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physics in 1977
*Theodore Schultz , M.S. 1928, Ph.D. 1930, recipient of theNobel Prize in Economics in 1979
*Erwin Neher , M.S. 1967, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991
*Paul Boyer , M.S. 1941, Ph.D. 1943, recipient of theNobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997
*Günter Blobel , Ph.D. 1967, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1999
*Jack Kilby , M.S. 1950, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physics for theintegrated circuit in 2000
*Alan G. MacDiarmid , M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1953, recipient of theNobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000
*Saul Bellow , completed graduate work, recipient of theNobel Prize for Literature in 1976Academics
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Stephen Ambrose , author and historian
*Henry H. Barschall , physicist
*David T. Beito , author and historian
*Richard Bellman , noted mathematician and inventor ofdynamic programming
*May Louise Cowles , noted home economics instructor and lecturer
*William Cronon (1976), noted environmental historian
*Merle Curti , historian of U.S. intellectual history
*Lloyd Gardner , historian of U.S. foreign relations
*J. Martin Klotsche , first chancellor of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
*Walter LaFeber , historian of U.S. foreign relations
*Suzanne E. Moranian , historian
*Richard Nelson, cultural anthropologist
*Stephen Nissenbaum (PhD 1968), noted cultural and intellectual historian
*Alton Ochsner , UW medical professor and cancer researcher who later cofoundedthe Ochsner Clinic inNew Orleans .
*Gerald North , climatologist
*Andrew C. Porter , former president, AERA; professor,Vanderbilt University
*Walter Ristow , noted librarian
*Gil-Sung Park , prominent Korean sociologist
*Sumner Slichter , labor economist
*Frederick Jackson Turner (1884, MA 1888), noted historian and professor, Pulitzer-prize winner
*T. Harry Williams , historian
*William Appleman Williams , historian of U.S. foreign relations
*Erik Olin Wright , noted sociologist
*James Wright , 16th president ofDartmouth College Athletics
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Alan Ameche , 1954Heisman Trophy winner, NFL player, Baltimore Colts
*Ken Behring , former owner,Seattle Seahawks
*Michael Bennett, NFL player,Kansas City Chiefs
*Brooks Bollinger , NFL player,Minnesota Vikings
*Rene Bourque , NHL player,Chicago Blackhawks
*Maureen Brunt , curler, Olympian
*Adam Burish , NHL player,Chicago Blackhawks
*Brian Calhoun , NFL player,Detroit Lions
*Chris Chambers , NFL player,San Diego Chargers
*Chris Chelios , NHL player,Detroit Red Wings , 3-time Norris Trophy Winner
*Eddie Cochems , Father of the Forward Pass
*Ken Criter , retired NFL player,Denver Broncos
*Ron Dayne , 1999Heisman Trophy winner, NFL player,Houston Texans
*Mark Doran , 1983 first round draft choiceCalifornia Angels MLB
*Jason Doering , NFL player, drafted byIndianapolis Colts , played forWashington Redskins
*Lee Evans, NFL player,Buffalo Bills
*Eric I Farness , wrestler, 1986
*Suzy Favor-Hamilton , track and field, Olympian
*Michael Finley , NBA player,San Antonio Spurs
*Jamar Fletcher , NFL player,Detroit Lions
*Terrell Fletcher , retired NFL player,San Diego Chargers
*Ed Garvey , former executive director,National Football League Players Association
*Tom Gilbert , NHL player,Edmonton Oilers
*Tony Granato , retired NHL player,Los Angeles Kings
*Devin Harris , NBA player,New Jersey Nets
*Dany Heatley , NHL player,Ottawa Senators
*Phil Hellmuth , Texas holdem champion11 bracelets
*Aaron Hohlbein , MLS player,Kansas City Wizards
*Beau Hoopman , Olympic rowing gold medalist
*Bert Husting , football and baseball teams, later a major leaguer (1900-02)
*Erasmus James , NFL player,Washington Redskins
*Al Johnson, NFL player,Dallas Cowboys
*Mark Johnson,National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women'sice hockey coach, NHL player, member of 1980Miracle on Ice gold medal Olympic team that beat the USSR.
*Curtis Joseph , NHL player,Phoenix Coyotes
*Addie Joss , former MLB player, member of theNational Baseball Hall of Fame
*Matt Katula , NFL player,Baltimore Ravens
*Harvey Kuenn , retired MLB player and manager
*Jim Leonhard , NFL player,Buffalo Bills
*D. Wayne Lukas , U.S. Racing Hall of Fame andAmerican Quarter Horse Hall of Fame trainer
*Buddy Melges ,America’s Cup skipper
*James Menon , nine-time NCAA All-American Track and Field Cross Country
*Ahmad Merritt , NFL player
*Brian Mullen , former NHL player and currentNew York Rangers broadcaster
*Jim O'Toole , retired MLB player
*Lance Painter , retired MLB player
*Joe Panos , retired NFL player,Philadelphia Eagles andBuffalo Bills
*Kirk Penney , former player forALBA Berlin in basketball'sEuroleague , formerNBA player forLA Clippers andMinnesota Timberwolves , currently playing for theNew Zealand Breakers
*Joe Pavelski , NHL player,San Jose Sharks
*Carly Piper , swimmer, gold medalist and world record holder in the 2004 SummerOlympic Games
*Joe Piskula , NHL player,Los Angeles Kings
*George Poage , athlete, firstAfrican American Olympic medal winner
*Paul Quantrill , retired MLB player
*Brian Rafalski , NHL player,Detroit Red Wings
*Steve Reinprecht , NHL player
*Barry Richter , NHL player
*Mike Richter , NHL player,New York Rangers
*Pat Richter , retired NFL player,Washington Redskins
*Bud Selig ,Baseball Commissioner
*Beom-Seok Shim , formerPGA golfer
*Tony Simmons ,Canadian Football League (CFL) player (B.C. Lions ) and former NFL player
*Jim Sorgi , NFL player,Indianapolis Colts
*Scott Starks , NFL player,Jacksonville Jaguars
*Bob Suter , retired NHL player, 1980 Olympics gold medalist who played in theMiracle on Ice game.
*Gary Suter , retired NHL player
*Ryan Suter , NHL player
*Mark Tauscher , NFL player,Green Bay Packers
*Joe Thomas, NFL player,Cleveland Browns
*Alando Tucker , NBA playerPhoenix Suns
*Kyle Turris , drafted into NHL 3rd overall in2007 NHL Draft Phoenix Coyotes
*Troy Vincent , NFL player,Buffalo Bills
*Brandon Williams , NFL player,San Francisco 49ers Arts and entertainment
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Rick Berman , television/movie producer
*Tamara Braun , actress
*Oscar Brown , musician (no degree obtained)
*Gina Cerminara , author
*Lynne Cheney ,Second Lady , writer
*Dale Chihuly , glass artist
*Joan Cusack , actress
*Oliver DelGado , TV personality
*André DeShields , Emmy Award-winning actor/singer/dancer/choreographer
*Jason Gerhardt , actor
*Daron Hagen (attended), composer, conductor, pianist
*Elizabeth Hoeller ,Internet Phenomena
*Jane Kaczmarek , actress ("Malcolm in the Middle ")
*Michael Mann, movie director/producer
*Fredric March , actor
*Steve Marmel , comedian/writerFairly Odd Parents
*Steve Miller, musician (left school six credit-hours short of a degree)
*Walter Mirisch ,Academy Award -winning film producer
*Kevin Murphy writer, actor, and puppeteer for"Mystery Science Theater 3000"
*Ken Navarro , jazz guitarist
*Meinhardt Raabe , Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz
*Boz Scaggs (Wm. Royce Scaggs), musician
*Dorothy Schwartz ,violinist with theCheyenne, Wyoming ,Symphony Orchestra
*Ben Sidran , jazz pianist
*Daniel J. Travanti ,Emmy Award -winning actor
*Charlie Trotter , chef/PBS host
*Butch Vig , musician, Garbage
*Matt White, singer-songwriter
*Tom Wopat , actor/musician
*Frank Lloyd Wright (attended), architect
*Frank Wu , science-fiction artist
*Joel Zimmerman AKA Deadmau5, DJ/producer
*David Zucker , movie director/producer
*Jerry Zucker, movie director/producerAviators and astronauts
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Laurel Clark , astronaut
*Charles Lindbergh , aviator
*Jim Lovell , astronaut,Apollo 13 mission
*Brewster Shaw , astronaut,Space Shuttle Columbia ; former director, Space Shuttle Operations,NASA
*Patrick Slane , astronomer, Harvard Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsBusiness
*Carol Bartz, former chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Autodesk, Inc.
*Brent A Gensler , president and founder of DefySupply.com
*William S. Harley , founder ofHarley-Davidson
*David J. Lesar chairman, president and CEO ofHalliburton Energy Services
*John P. Morgridge , chairman of the board, former president and CEO ofCisco Systems , philanthropist
*William Beverly Murphy , former president and CEOCampbell Soup Company
*Daniel J. Piette , director ofPetroleum Geo-Services , president andCEO ofOpenSpirit Corporation
*Tom Pyle, chairman and president, Pyle Group, former chairman and CEO,Rayovac Group
*Lee R. Raymond , former chairman and CEO,Exxon Mobil
*Reuben Trane , president ofTrane
*Lee Youn Ho, Minister of Knowledge Economy, South KoreaLiterature
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August Derleth , writer, editor, anthologist ofH. P. Lovecraft , and founder ofArkham House publishing
*Lorraine Hansberry , author and playwright
*Joyce Carol Oates ,National Book Award -winning author
*Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings , Pulitzer-Prize-winning authorcite web | title = Examples of L & S Excellence Include| publisher = University of Wisconsin | url = http://www.ls.wisc.edu/honors.htm | accessdate = 2008-09-20]
*Eudora Welty , Pulitzer Prize-winning novelistNews, journalism, and broadcasting
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Ira Basen , producer,CBC Radio
*Lowell Bergman , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
*Deborah Blum , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.
*Rita Braver , national reporter,CBS News
*Jane Brody , columnist,New York Times
*Scott Cohn , senior correspondent,CNBC
*Michael Feldman , Host of Public Radio’s "Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? "
*Jeff Greenfield , senior political correspondent,CBS
*Paul Ingrassia , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
*Haynes Johnson , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
*Ben Karlin , creator and former executive producer,The Daily Show andThe Colbert Report
*Andy Katz , college basketball writer,ESPN
*David Maraniss , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
*Patricia McConnell , co-host of Public Radio's "Calling All Pets "
*Robert D. McFadden , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
*Edwin Newman , former NBC news correspondent
*Arthur C. Nielsen Sr. , founder ofAC Nielsen (TV ratings and market research)
*Phil Rosenthal , columnist, "Chicago Tribune "
*Anthony Shadid , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
*Leonard Shapiro , sports writer, "Washington Post "
*Greta Van Susteren , broadcaster and news analyst,Fox News Channel Law and politics
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Shirley Abrahamson ,Chief Justice of theWisconsin Supreme Court
*Iajuddin Ahmed ,President of Bangladesh
*Tammy Baldwin , member of theUnited States House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's Second Congressional District.
*Tom Barrett,United States House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's Fifth Congressional District from 1993 to 2003, mayor ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin from 2004 to present
*Rebecca Birget Certa , a member of theUnited States House of Representatives representing Alabama's Eighth Congressional District
*Phillip M. Chavez ,City of Milwaukee municipal judge (graduated from UW Law and was a member of the 1994 Rose Bowl Team.)
*Dick Cheney ,Vice President of the United States (attended as doctoral candidate; did not graduate.)
* DrJon Cruddas , BritishMember of Parliament . He was a visiting Fellow (1987-1988)
*Glenn Robert Davis , member of theUnited States House of Representatives
*Jim Doyle ,Governor of Wisconsin
*Lawrence Eagleburger , formerU.S. Secretary of State
*Sergio Fajardo , former mayor ofMedellin , Colombia
*Russ Feingold , U.S. Senator
*Ulysses S. Grant , 1879 honorary doctorate from the medical schoolFact|date=August 2008
*Philip Gunawardena , formerSri Lanka n revolutionary, cabinet minister,India n freedom fighter; "the father of socialism in Sri Lanka".
*Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf ,President of Liberia (2006-Present)
*Philip Mayer Kaiser , U.S. Diplomat
*Marcy Kaptur , Ohio Congresswoman
*Herb Kohl , U.S. Senator
*Belle Case La Follette , women's suffragist and wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
*Philip La Follette , former Wisconsin governor
*Robert M. La Follette, Sr. , former Wisconsin governor and Congressman
*Lien Chan , former vice president of Taiwan and theKuomintang .
*Laura Miller , former mayor ofDallas, Texas
*Edmund C. Moy , 38th director of the United States mint
*Jayaprakash Narayan ,India n freedom fighter and political leader. In 1998, he was awarded theBharat Ratna
*Philleo Nash , government official, college professor
*Gaylord Nelson , former U.S. Senator, Wisconsin governor and founder ofEarth Day
*Tawiah Modibo Ocran , Supreme Court judge in Ghana
*Russell W. Peterson , governor of Delaware
*Paul Samuel Reinsch , appointed minister to China in1913
*William A. Steiger , Congress
*Nahathai Thewphaingarm , former Thai Minister of Education and spokesperson ofThai Rak Thai Party
*George Thompson,Attorney General of Wisconsin
*Tommy Thompson , former U.S.Secretary of Health and Human Services ; formerGovernor of Wisconsin (1986-2001)
*Edwin E. Witte , Social Security advisor to PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt cience, technology and engineering
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Gene Amdahl , Ph.D.Amdahl's law .
*John Atanasoff , Ph.D.1930 , inventor of the electronicdigital computer
*George H. Brown, inventor, television pioneer, and recipientEdison Medal
*Milton H. Erickson , MD, psychiatrist, founder of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis [ [http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/7974104/used/The%20Wisdom%20of%20Milton%20H.%20Erickson:%20The%20Complete%20Volume The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson] ]
*Gerson Goldhaber , Ph. D physics1950 , discoverer ofCharmed Meson , andDark Energy
*Willi Kalender , inventor of spiral scan computed tomography and full professor of medical physics atUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg
*Lynn Margulis , M.S. zoology and genetics1960 , author of the serialendosymbiotic theory of cell development, advocate of theGaia hypothesis . professor atUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst .
*Brian Paul , M.S. computer science1994 , computer programmer of theMesa 3D open source graphics library
*Edward Schildhauer , a chief engineer on thePanama Canal project
*Helmer Swenholt , commanding officer of the332nd Engineer General Service Regiment
*Stephen Taber III , apiologist, noted authority and author in the field of artificial insemination of queen bees for the purpose of developing disease resistant and gentle bee colonies
*Dr.Paul Williams , inventor of the Wisconsin Fast Plant®.
*Samuel D. Wonders , consulting engineer, ink manufacturer and president ofCarter's Ink Company Other notable alumni
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Milo Aukerman , biochemist, taught at UW for several years, also front man of historic punk rock band the Descendents
*Steven Gershone , personal assistant and stylist toBaron essMargaret Thatcher
*John Muir (1838—1914), naturalist, founder of theSierra Club , instrumental in preservingYosemite National Park Notable faculty and staff (former and current)
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Ann Althouse , professor of law and well-known
*Rasmus B. Anderson , professor, author, diplomat
*Michael Apple , leading educational theorist
*Stephen Babcock , inventor of theBabcock test for measuring the butterfat content of milk
*Charles Russell Bardeen , first dean of theUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School
*Kevin Barrett , associate lecturer noted for publicly advocating aconspiracy theory regarding theSeptember 11th attacks
*John Bascom , president of the University of Wisconsin
*Deborah Blum , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
*David Bordwell , prominent neoformalist film theorist and author
*Paul S. Boyer , prominent historian of American thought and culture; author of "Salem Possessed"
*Aaron Brower , professor ofsocial work and Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
*Sean B. Carroll , professor of evolutionary biology
*John R. Commons , one of the architects of Social Security in the United States
*James F. Crow , professor of genetics, noted population geneticist and educator
*Farrington Daniels , early researcher insolar energy
*Richard Davis , jazz bassist
*Richard Davidson , professor of psychology and psychiatry, widely noted for his mind-body research [http://psych.wisc.edu/faculty/bio/davidson.html]
*Carl de Boor , professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science; winner ofNational Medal of Science , best known for pioneering work on splines
*Hector DeLuca , researcher of vitamin D
*Donald Downs , professor of political science
*Richard Theodore Ely (1854-1943), professor, social activist, economist
*Joseph Erlanger ,1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*Michael V. Fox , professor of Hebrew
*Jeremy Freese , associate professor ofsociology and popular
*Adam Gamoran , professor of sociology and director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
*Morton Ann Gernsbacher , professor ofpsychology and president of theAssociation for Psychological Science
*James R. Goodman , professor ofcomputer science and computer architect, known for his work on cache coherence protocols
*Michelle Grabner , professor of art
*Harry Harlow , psychologist, known for studies on affection usingrhesus monkey s with artificial mothers
*Willard Hurst , seminal figure in the development of modern American legal history
*Har Gobind Khorana ,1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ::For describing the genetic code and how it operates in protein synthesis
*Stephen Cole Kleene , a foundational contributor totheoretical computer science
*Gloria Ladson-Billings , leading educational theorist and past president of theAmerican Educational Research Association
*Mike Leckrone , director of the University of Wisconsin marching band since 1969
*Joshua Lederberg ,1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ::For his research in genetic structure and function in microorganisms
*Gerda Lerner , Professor Emerita; historian of women's and gender history; considered a founder of women's history
*Harvey Littleton , founder of the modern American studio glass movement
*Aldo Leopold , author of "A Sand County Almanac ", which helped spawn the environmental movement and interest in ecology; also founded theWilderness Society
*Miron Livny , computer science professor and founder of the Condor High-Throughput Computing System
*Abraham Maslow , psychologist, known forMaslow's hierarchy of needs
*Anne McClintock , Simone de Beauvoir Professor and author of ""
*Nellie Y. McKay , scholar of African-American literature and co-editor of the "Norton Anthology of African-American Literature"
*Alexander Meiklejohn , philosopher and free-speech advocate
*Jack Mitchell, first employee of National Public Radio; first producer of "All Things Considered"
*George L. Mosse , professor; noted historian of European nationalism and gender
*Ronald Numbers , historian of science
*Harry Partch , avant-garde composer
*Zorba Paster , co-host of Public Radio's "Zorba Paster On Your Health "
*Andrew C. Porter , former director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research, professor of education policy at Vanderbilt
*Carl Rogers , psychologist and founder of Client-Centered Therapy
*Bo Ryan , current head men's basketball coach
*Matt Schiedler , teacher and top WR coach in the nation
*Isaac Jacob Schoenberg , mathematician, best known for the discovery in 1946 of splines
*Harrison Schmitt , adjunct professor of engineering physics, 12th man on theMoon asApollo 17 astronaut and geologist
*Donna E. Shalala , chancellor 1987-1993; Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001
*John Sharpless , history professor; former candidate for theUnited States House of Representatives , 2000
*Oliver Smithies , faculty 1960 to 1988, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007
*Harry Steenbock , biochemist, vitamin D researcher
*Scott Straus , assistant professor ofPolitical Science andInternational Studies , specialising in the study ofgenocide
*Cecil Taylor , jazz pianist
*Howard Temin,1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery ofreverse transcriptase
*James Thomson, credited with first successful culturing of human embryonicstem cells
*Timothy Tyson , professor of African-American history and author
*Stanisław Ulam , mathematician who joined theManhattan Project during World War II
*Alexander Vasiliev (1867-1953), Byzantinist and Arabist
*Jan Vansina , historian of Africa and father of oral historical methodology
*Eugene Wigner ,1963 Nobel Prize in Physics
*Sewall Wright , professor of genetics, one of the fathers of population genetics
*Efim Zelmanov , recipient of theFields Medal in 1994
*Howard Zimmerman , organic chemist, discoveredbarrelene Chancellors and Presidents
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