List of Carnegie Mellon University people
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This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States of America.
Contents
Notable students and alumni
- John Forbes Nash (B.S. 1948, M.S. 1948), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1994 - the subject of A Beautiful Mind
- Clifford Shull (B.S.), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1994
- Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
- Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, Professor 1971-1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
- John L. Hall (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1961), Nobel Prize in Physics, 2005
- Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), compiler construction, 1966 - first Turing Award winner
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S., Ph.D.) and Raj Reddy (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1994
- Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), computer graphics, 1998
Business
- Paul Allaire (MBA 1966), former Xerox CEO and Chairman
- Yoshiaki Fujimori (MBA 1981), President and CEO of General Electric Asia
- Larry Kurzweil (B.S. 1977, MBA 1978), President and COO of Universal Studios Hollywood
- Howard Pien (MBA 1981), CEO and Chairman of Chiron Corporation
- Dina Dublon (MBA 1979), former EVP and CFO of JP Morgan Chase; board member of Microsoft, Accenture, PepsiCo, and Carnegie Mellon University
- David A. Coulter (BS ’71, MSIA ’71), retired Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase; former Chairman and CEO of Bank of America
Science and technology
- Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S. 1976), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- Mark Canepa (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1977), Executive Vice President, Network Storage Products Group for Sun Microsystems
- George Cowan (Ph.D. 1950), nuclear scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, the U.S. atomic initiative during World War II
- Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), inventor of dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1960), computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
- Edward H. Frank (Ph.D. 1985), Vice President R&D, Broadcom
- Charles Geschke (Ph.D. 1973), co-founder of Adobe Systems
- James J. Gillogly (Ph.D. 1978), cryptographer who was the first to publicly solve parts 1-3 of Kryptos
- Stephen Glicker A famous figure in the gaming industry
- James Gosling (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1983), creator of Java programming language
- Joshua D. Gutierrez (B.S. 2006), Field Engineer (Pescara, Italy)
- Feng-hsiung Hsu (Ph.D. 1990), co-creator of ChipTest (while at CMU), which was the predecessor of Deep Thought, which in turn evolved into Deep Blue at IBM
- Vinod Khosla (M.S. 1978), co-founder of Sun Microsystems, venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
- Stephanie Kwolek (1946), inventor of Kevlar
- Edgar Mitchell (1952), astronaut, 6th man to walk on the moon
- Michael Montemerlo (B.S. and M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2003), software lead for Stanley, the robotic car that won the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005
- John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), inventor of the Tcl scripting language
- Drew D. Perkins (1985), author of Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Alan Perlis (1943), computer scientist
- Judith Resnik (1970), astronaut who died in the Challenger accident during the launch of the mission STS-51-L.
- Barb Samardzich (M.S. 1985), Vice President, Powertrain Operations, Ford Motor Company
- Jonathan I. Schwartz (transferred to Wesleyan University) - CEO of Sun Microsystems
- Pradeep Sindhu (Ph.D.) - cofounder and CTO of Juniper Networks
- Ivan Sutherland (1959), computer programmer and Internet pioneer
- Avie Tevanian (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1988), former Apple CTO
- Hau Thai-Tang (1988), Director of Advanced Product Creation and Special Vehicle Team at Ford Motor Company, Chief Engineer of the 2005 Ford Mustang
- Red Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979), professor at CMU; led CMU teams that won second and third place in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005
Performing arts, film, and television
Carnegie Mellon is affiliated with 3 Academy Award recipients, 7 Emmy Award recipients, and 4 Tony Award recipients.
- Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), compiler construction, 1966 - first Turing Award winner
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S., Ph.D.) and Raj Reddy (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1994
- Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), computer graphics, 1998
Business
- Paul Allaire (MBA 1966), former Xerox CEO and Chairman
- Yoshiaki Fujimori (MBA 1981), President and CEO of General Electric Asia
- Larry Kurzweil (B.S. 1977, MBA 1978), President and COO of Universal Studios Hollywood
- Howard Pien (MBA 1981), CEO and Chairman of Chiron Corporation
- Dina Dublon (MBA 1979), former EVP and CFO of JP Morgan Chase; board member of Microsoft, Accenture, PepsiCo, and Carnegie Mellon University
- David A. Coulter (BS ’71, MSIA ’71), retired Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase; former Chairman and CEO of Bank of America
Science and technology
- Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S. 1976), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- Mark Canepa (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1977), Executive Vice President, Network Storage Products Group for Sun Microsystems
- George Cowan (Ph.D. 1950), nuclear scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, the U.S. atomic initiative during World War II
- Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), inventor of dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1960), computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
- Edward H. Frank (Ph.D. 1985), Vice President R&D, Broadcom
- Charles Geschke (Ph.D. 1973), co-founder of Adobe Systems
- James J. Gillogly (Ph.D. 1978), cryptographer who was the first to publicly solve parts 1-3 of Kryptos
- Stephen Glicker A famous figure in the gaming industry
- James Gosling (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1983), creator of Java programming language
- Joshua D. Gutierrez (B.S. 2006), Field Engineer (Pescara, Italy)
- Feng-hsiung Hsu (Ph.D. 1990), co-creator of ChipTest (while at CMU), which was the predecessor of Deep Thought, which in turn evolved into Deep Blue at IBM
- Vinod Khosla (M.S. 1978), co-founder of Sun Microsystems, venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
- Stephanie Kwolek (1946), inventor of Kevlar
- Edgar Mitchell (1952), astronaut, 6th man to walk on the moon
- Michael Montemerlo (B.S. and M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2003), software lead for Stanley, the robotic car that won the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005
- John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), inventor of the Tcl scripting language
- Drew D. Perkins (1985), author of Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Alan Perlis (1943), computer scientist
- Judith Resnik (1970), astronaut who died in the Challenger accident during the launch of the mission STS-51-L.
- Barb Samardzich (M.S. 1985), Vice President, Powertrain Operations, Ford Motor Company
- Jonathan I. Schwartz (transferred to Wesleyan University) - CEO of Sun Microsystems
- Pradeep Sindhu (Ph.D.) - cofounder and CTO of Juniper Networks
- Ivan Sutherland (1959), computer programmer and Internet pioneer
- Avie Tevanian (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1988), former Apple CTO
- Hau Thai-Tang (1988), Director of Advanced Product Creation and Special Vehicle Team at Ford Motor Company, Chief Engineer of the 2005 Ford Mustang
- Red Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979), professor at CMU; led CMU teams that won second and third place in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005
Performing arts, film, and television
Carnegie Mellon is affiliated with 3 Academy Award recipients, 7 Emmy Award recipients, and 4 Tony Award recipients.
- René Auberjonois (1962), actor, best known for Benson, and
- Lourdes Benedicto, actress, NYPD Blue, ER, Dawson's Creek, and 24
- Steven Bochco (1966), writer, producer, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue; ten-time Emmy Award winner
- Jean Carson (deceased), actress (The Andy Griffith Show)
- James Cromwell, actor, best known for Babe
- Ted Danson (1972), actor, best known as "Sam," the bartender on Cheers; two-time Emmy Award winner; three-time Golden Globe Award winner
- Nicole DeHuff (deceased), actress, Meet The Parents, Unbeatable Harold
- Dagmara Dominczyk, actress, The Count of Monte Cristo
- Peggy Eisenhauer (1983), Tony Award-winning lighting designer
- Esteban, flamenco guitarist
- Frank Gorshin (deceased), actor, best know as "The Riddler" in the Batman live action television series
- Barbara Feldon, actress, Get Smart
- Jules Fisher (1960), Tony Award-winning lighting designer
- Sutton Foster, Tony Award nominated actress, Thoroughly Modern Millie, left after freshman year
- Renee Elise Goldsberry, actress
- Josh Groban, singer, left after freshman year
- Mariette Hartley (attended), actress
- Ethan Hawke, actor, briefly attended
- Megan Hilty, Broadway Actress, Currently playing Glinda in Broadway's Wicked
- Holly Hunter (1980), Academy Award winning actress who also won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award
- Cherry Jones (1978), film and Tony Award winning actress
- Jack Klugman, Emmy Award winning actor, best known for The Odd Couple, Quincy, M.E.
- David Lander, actor, best known for his portrayal of Squiggy on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley
- Eugene Lee, two-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer
- Judith Light (1970), Daytime Emmy Award winning actress, best known for One Life to Live and Who's the Boss?
- Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
- Sonia Manzano (attended), actress, writer, Maria Rodriguez on Sesame Street
- Nancy Marchand (deceased), actress, played Livia Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos
- Rob Marshall, Academy Award nominated director Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha
- Michael McKean, actor & ensemble comedian (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, This Is Spinal Tap); played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley
- Ming-Na, actress, ER, The Joy Luck Club, Annie Award winner for the voice of "Mulan" in Mulan, voice of Aki Ross in
- George Peppard, actor, best known for Breakfast at Tiffany's and The A-Team
- Billy Price (M.A.), blues singer
- Sally Jessy Raphaël (briefly attended), talk show host
- George A. Romero, film director, best known for Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead
- Ann Roth, Academy Award winning costumer designer
- Laura San Giacomo (1984), actress, Just Shoot Me!
- Stephen Schwartz, broadway composer of shows including Wicked, Godspell and Pippin. Pippin, in fact, was originally a Carnegie Mellon production, presented by the Scotch'n'Soda theatrical club on campus under the title Pippin Pippin.
- John-Michael Tebelak (MFA), playwright and director (Godspell)
- Jack Smith (deceased), Emmy Award-winning correspondent with ABC News
- Patricia Tallman (1979), actress and stunt woman, played Lyta Alexander on "Babylon 5", stunt woman on "Jurassic Park"
- Michael Tucker, actor, L.A. Law
- William J. G. Turner, composer, director, dramatist, producer and actor
- Blair Underwood, actor, L.A. Law, LAX, Gattaca
- John Wells, Emmy Award-winning writer/producer, China Beach, ER, The West Wing, Third Watch
- Patrick Wilson, Tony Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award nominated actor
Visual arts
- Mel Bochner (1962), a pioneer of postminimal arts and conceptual art
- Jonathan Borofsky (1964), 20th-Century Conceptual artist and sculptor
- John Currin (1984), contemporary figure and portrait painter
- Raymond Kaskey (1967), sculptor
- Burton Morris (1986), pop artist
- Philip Pearlstein (1949), American figure painter
- Andy Warhol (1949), American painter and major figure in the pop art movement
Architecture and design
- Roger Duffy, architect
- David Kelley (1973), founder of IDEO
Government and politics
- Gust Avrakotos (attended for two years), Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
- Mary Ann Chiulli (MBA 1975), chief of systems support for the United Nations
- Peter J. De Muth, (BS 1914), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- A.J. Eggenberger (1961, Ph.D. 1967), chairman of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- Larry Giammo (MBA 1992), mayor of Rockville, Maryland
- Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), United States Secretary of Defense (1953-1957) under President Eisenhower
Literature
- Iris Dart (1966), author of Beaches
- E. L. Konigsburg (1952), author of children's books
- Jewell Parker Rhodes (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, D.A. 1979), African-American novelist
- Manil Suri (Ph.D. 1983), mathematician and writer
- Astro Teller (Ph.D. 1998), author of Exegesis
Sports
- Hans Lobert, Major League Baseball player, manager
- John McGraw (born Roy Elmer Hoar), Major League Baseball player, not to be confused with hall-of-famer John McGraw
- Herb Sendek (1985), head men's basketball coach at Arizona State University, and former head coach at North Carolina State University
Notable Faculty
- Clinton Davisson (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1937
- Otto Stern (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1943
- Herbert Simon (Professor, 1949-2001), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1978
- Franco Modigliani (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1985
- Merton Miller (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990
- Robert Lucas Jr (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1995
- John A. Pople (Professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
- Walter Kohn (Professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
- Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
- Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, Professor 1971-1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
- Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), compiler construction, 1966 - first Turing Award winner
- Allen Newell (Professor) and Herbert Simon (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1975
- Dana S. Scott (Professor), nondeterministic machines, 1976
- Robert Floyd (Professor), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S., Ph.D.) and Raj Reddy (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1994
- Manuel Blum (Professor), computational complexity theory, 1995
Other prominent faculty
- David Farber (Professor, 2003-Present), co-creator of ARPANET and former Chief Technologist for the FCC
- Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979-1991), computer scientist, Microsoft Research SVP
- Jeffrey Hunker (Professor), Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure for the United States National Security Council (1999-2001), Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce (1996-1998), senior Department of Commerce official for environmental policy (1996-1998), and former Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce (1993-1996)
- Allan Meltzer (Professor), chairperson of a special U.S. congressional commission that studied how the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund operated; it made its recommendations for changes in March 2000 in its report to the U.S. Congress
- Kathryn Shaw (Professor 1981-2003), member of the Council of Economic Advisors, Executive Office of the President (1999-2001)
- Golan Levin, internationally renowned new media artist and current faculty member of the School of Art
See also
- Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), compiler construction, 1966 - first Turing Award winner
- Allen Newell (Professor) and Herbert Simon (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1975
- Dana S. Scott (Professor), nondeterministic machines, 1976
- Robert Floyd (Professor), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978
- Edward Feigenbaum (B.S., Ph.D.) and Raj Reddy (Professor), artificial intelligence, 1994
- Manuel Blum (Professor), computational complexity theory, 1995
Other prominent faculty
- David Farber (Professor, 2003-Present), co-creator of ARPANET and former Chief Technologist for the FCC
- Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979-1991), computer scientist, Microsoft Research SVP
- Jeffrey Hunker (Professor), Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure for the United States National Security Council (1999-2001), Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce (1996-1998), senior Department of Commerce official for environmental policy (1996-1998), and former Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce (1993-1996)
- Allan Meltzer (Professor), chairperson of a special U.S. congressional commission that studied how the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund operated; it made its recommendations for changes in March 2000 in its report to the U.S. Congress
- Kathryn Shaw (Professor 1981-2003), member of the Council of Economic Advisors, Executive Office of the President (1999-2001)
- Golan Levin, internationally renowned new media artist and current faculty member of the School of Art
See also
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