List of Duke University people

This list of Duke University people includes alumni, faculty, presidents, and major philanthropists of Duke University, which includes three undergraduate and ten graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Pratt School of Engineering, and Sanford School of Public Policy. The university's graduate and professional schools include the Graduate School, the Pratt School of Engineering, the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law, the Divinity School, and the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Duke University alumni tied for third in giving rate among U.S. national universities in the 2005–2006 fiscal year.^[1] Famous alumni include U.S. President Richard Nixon, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, former cabinet member and current Senator Elizabeth Dole, philanthropist Melinda French Gates, and the chief executive officers of Apple (Tim Cook), Morgan Stanley (John J. Mack) and Pfizer (Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.) and former General Motors Corporation CEO (Rick Wagoner) as well as the first United States Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients. 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 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 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, 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 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, 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. 19 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university, including one in virtually every one of the past several years.

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.

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Alumni

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 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 Richard Nixon (J.D. 1937), 37th President of the United States Cabinet members and White House staff David Addington (J.D. 1981), chief of staff to former Vice President Dick Cheney Claude Allen (J.D. 1990), White House domestic policy advisor Peter Cunningham (1980), Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education Elizabeth Dole (A.B. 1958), former 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 Roberto Gonzalez (2000), Associate Counsel to President Obama Danielle Gray (2000), Associate Counsel to President Obama John P. Hannah (A.B. 1984), Assistant for National Security to former Vice President Dick Cheney John Koskinen (A.B. 1961), former Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Juanita M. Kreps (A.M. 1944, Ph.D. 1948), United States Secretary of Commerce, 1977–79 Reggie Love (A.B. 2005), Personal Aide to President Barack H. Obama Macon Phillips (2000), White House Director of New Media with oversight responsibility for Whitehouse.gov Daniel Calhoun Roper (A.B. 1888), United States Secretary of Commerce under Franklin Delano Roosevelt Eric Shinseki (A.M.), retired four-star general, currently serving as the 7th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, previously served as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army Doug Sosnik (A.B. 1979), senior advisor and political director to Former President Bill Clinton Kenneth Starr (J.D. 1973), former United States Solicitor General, Independent Counsel during the Whitewater Affair Jared Weinstein (A.B. 2002), Personal Assistant to former President George W. Bush Jeffrey Zients (B.S. 1988), United States Chief Performance Officer Members of Congress Hugh Quincy Alexander (1932), former U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1953–1963) Robert Franklin Armfield, former Congressman from North Carolina, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Maurice G. Burnside, (PhD, 1937), former Congressman from West Virginia Elizabeth Dole (A.B. 1958), United States Senator of North Carolina (2003–2009); 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) Maryland State Representative, Annapolis, MD. Hannibal Lafayette Godwin, (A.B. 1897) Democratic US Representative from North Carolina Tom Grady, (J.D., 1982) Republican US Representative from Florida 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 Robert D. Inglis (A.B. 1981), current U.S. Representative of South Carolina Everett Jordan, (A.B.), former U.S. Senator from North Carolina Ted Kaufman (B.S.E. 1960), United States Senator of Delaware 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) Lee Slater Overman, (A.B. 1874), former United States Senator from North Carolina Denise Majette (J.D. 1979), former 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. James B. Pearson (A.B. 1942), United States Senator from Kansas Nick Rahall (A.B. 1971), Congressman for West Virginia Rand Paul (M.D. 1988), current United States Senator from Kentucky Ben Quayle (A.B, 1998), U.S. Representative-elect for Arizona's 3rd congressional district Morris Brooks (A.B. 1975), U.S. Representative-elect for Alabama's 5th congressional district Shelley Moore Capito (A.B. 1975), U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district Diplomats Jaime Alemán (J.D. 1978), U.S. Ambassador to Panama (2009–present) 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) William Eacho (A.B.), U.S. Ambassador to Austria (2009–present) 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 (A.B. 1967), former 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), 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 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.), retired four-star general, currently serving as the 7th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, previously served as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army William Atwater (MA, PhD 1982), retired Captain in the US Marines, now an author, historian, and director of the US Army Ordnance Museum. Winston Choo (MA, History), Retired Lieutenant-General, former Chief of Defence Force (1974 to 1992) in the Singapore Armed Forces. Ng Jui Ping (MA, History), Retired Lieutenant-General, former Chief of Defence Force (1992 to 1995) in the Singapore Armed Forces. Kevin R. Slates, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Vergel L. Lattimore, Brigadier General in the Air National Guard 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 Denise Majette (J.D. 1979), former 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 John H. Adams (NRDC) (J.D. 1962), co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council 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 Arnold Epstein (M.D., 1976), Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management and John H. Foster Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University 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 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 Senate 1981–1999. Bill Campbell (J.D. 1977), Mayor of Atlanta 1994–2002 Cason Carter (A.B. 2000), Tulsa, Oklahoma, City Council Member, 2006–present Arkady Dvorkovich (M.S. 1997), chief economic advisor to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev R. Gregg Cherry (A.B. 1913), Governor of North Carolina Jack Conway (A.B. 1991), Attorney General of Kentucky J. Kane Ditto (A.B.), former Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi J.B. Fuqua (G.Hon 1973), Chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party Hashim bin Al Hussein (X), Prince of Jordan Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (B.A. 2005), 14th child of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the current Emir of Qatar Stan Lundine (A.B. 1961), former Mayor of Jameston, former Congressman and Lieutenant Governor of New York Kevin J. Martin (M.P.P. 1993), Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Amit Mitra (Ph.D. 1978), Finance Minister of the Indian State of West Bengal and prominent economist and member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Evelyn Murphy (A.B. 1965, Ph. D 1981), former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Ron Paul (M.D. 1961), 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate Enrique Peñalosa (A.B.), Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia Robert Sheheen (A.B. 1965), former Speaker, South Carolina House of Representatives John H. Shields (A.B.), former member of the Texas House of Representatives from San Antonio Andrew Skurka (A.B. 2003), first person to complete the 7,700 Sea-to-Sea-Route which crosses North America Heather Smith (A.B. 1998), President of Rock the Vote 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 Daniel Tarullo (M.A. 1974), nominated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve by Barack Obama Paul Teller (B.A. 1993), Executive Director of the United States House of Representatives Republican Study Committee.[2][3] 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 City Council member Cathy Zoi (B.S.), former Chief of Staff of the White House Office on Environmental Policy in the 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 Harsha Agadi (M.B.A. 1987), President and CEO, Church's Chicken John A. Allison IV (M.B.A. 1974), Chairman (and former CEO), BB&T John Angelos, Executive Vice President of the Baltimore Orioles Steven Black (A.B. 1974), Vice-Chairman, 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, and Northwest Airlines, namesake of Bostock Library Wallace E. Boston, Jr. (A.B. 1974) President and Chief Executive Officer, American Public University System Jack O. Bovender Jr. (A.B. 1967, MHA 1969), Chairman and CEO of HCA Andrew Busey (B.S. 1993), creator of iChat Lewis B. Campbell (B.S.E. 1968), CEO of Textron John Canning, Jr., founder of private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners and co-owner of the Milwaukee Brewers John Chambers (X. 1968), CEO of Cisco Systems, attended from 1967 until 1968 Timothy D. Cook (M.B.A. 1988), CEO of Apple Inc. Bradley J. Dodson, BA Economics, Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) Nola Maddox Falcone (1961), Managing Principal, NMF Asset Management Clay Felker (A.B. 1951), Founding Editor of New York Magazine Thomas Finke (M.B.A. 1991), Chairman and CEO, Babson Capital Management 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 fund with $641.6 billion in assets, the owner of the only complete collection of U.S. 19th century stamps Eric E. Haas (M.S., M.B.A. 1993), CEO, Altruist Financial Advisors LLC Hank Halter (M.B.A. 1993), CFO of Delta Air Lines Gerald Hassell (B.A.), Chairman and CEO, Bank of New York Mellon William A. Hawkins (B.S. 1976), CEO of Medtronic Betsy Holden (A.B.), CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001–2003 W. Bruce Johnson (B.A., J.D., M.B.A.), Interim Chief Executive Officer and President, Sears Holdings Corporation Edwin L. Jones, Jr. (B.S. 1948), Engineer, president, J. A. Jones Construction Company Bruce Karsh (A.B 1977), Co-Founder and President of Oaktree Capital Management Timothy Kasbe (M.B.A. 2000), Chief Information Officer, Sears Holdings Corporation Jeffrey Kip (M.B.A. 1999), CFO of Panera Bread 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, Office of Management and Budget Mike Lamach (M.B.A.), President and COO, Ingersoll Rand Dylan Lauren (A.B. 1996), President and Founder of Dylan's Candy Bar J. Richard Leaman III (B.A. 1984, M.B.A. 1986), Joint Global Head of Investment Banking, UBS 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 Cynthia Lowden (1980), Vice President, human resources, SBLI USA 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. Amit Mitra (Phd, Economics 1976). Secretary General of FICCI-Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, India's Apex Business Chamber. Dr Mitra is also the recipient of India's Prestigious National Civilian Award " Padma Shree" conferred by the President of India in 2008 Lalit Modi (A.B. 1986), Modi Enterprises Scion, Chairman and Founder of Indian Premier League Raymond Nasher (1943), Real estate developer, philanthropist, namesake of Duke's Nasher Museum of Art Peter Nicholas (A.B. 1964), Founder and Chairman of Boston Scientific Corporation Stephen Pagliuca (1977), 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 J.B. Pritzker (A.B.), managing partner and co-founder of the The Pritzker Group, principal owner of Hyatt Hotels Corporation and TransUnion Corporation, one of the 400 richest Americans Mark Rosenbaum (M.B.A. 1987), Chief Financial Officer, MySpace Drew Rosenhaus (J.D. 1990), 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 Bobby Sharma (A.B. 1995, J.D. 1998), IMG (company) Senior Vice President, Global Business Development, Basketball Malvinder Mohan Singh (M.B.A. 1998), Former Chairman and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories One of the twenty richest Indians in the world with a net worth of over a billion dollars, Current Chairman of Fortis Hospitals and Religare Financial Services. Shivinder Mohan Singh (M.B.A. 2000), Current Managing Director of Fortis Healthcare Advisory Board Member of AIESEC India, One of the twenty richest Indians in the world Sam A. Solomon (M.B.A.), President and CEO, Coleman Company W. David Stedman (1942), Business executive, philanthropist Robert K. Steel (A.B. 1973), Chairman of the Duke University Board of Trustees, President & CEO, Wachovia Terry Thompson (M.B.A. 1999), COO of Mercer Bill Timmerman (1968), Chairman, President, and CEO of SCANA James L. Vincent (B.S. 1961), Chairman & CEO, Biogen Idec Christopher L. Smith, (B.A. 1990), President & CEO, Transit Systems, Inc. Jeffrey Vinik (B.S. 1981), Chairman, President, and CEO of Vinik Asset Management, owner of Tampa Bay Lightning 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 John C. Walters (M.B.A.), President & COO, Hartford Life, Inc. Gary L. Wilson (A.B. 1962), Director of The Walt Disney Company, Co-Chairman of Northwest Airlines, namesake of Wilson Rec Center at Duke Pamela J. White (M.B.A. 1988), CFO, Victoria's Secret Gao Xiqing (J.D. 1986), General Manager and Chief Investment Officer of the China Investment Corporation Harold "Spike" Yoh (B.S. 1958), former Chairman and CEO of Day & Zimmermann, namesake of Duke's Yoh Football Center Pramod Naralkar (M.S.) Chairman and Managing Director of Suma Soft a growing software company based in Pune, India and Suma Shilp an established Indian real estate company. Ram Ramchand (M.S) Director of US operations for Suma Joseph S. Cooper (B.A.) 1950 International Marketing Management, TWA, Consumer Prouct Company (Import/Exports), McCann-Erickson Earl Hubbard (B.A.) 1950, vice president Southern National Bank William Wrigley Jr. (B.A) Chairman, President, CEO William Wrigley Jr. Company. Estimated net worth of 3.4 billion US Dollars making him one of the richest men in the world. David Lauren (B.A) Senior Vice President at Polo Ralph Lauren is married to Lauren Bush Education Susan Athey (A.B. 1991), professor of economics at Harvard University and winner of the John Bates Clark Medal Dan Ariely (Ph.D.), professor of behavioral economics at Duke and head of the eRationality research group at the MIT Media Lab, author of Predictably Irrational 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 W. Kent Fuchs (B.S.E. 1977), provost of Cornell University 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 Susan Herbst (B.A. 1984), President of University of Connecticut and political scientist Douglas Hodgkin, (Ph.D.) political scientist, author and professor at Bates College Frank Lentricchia, (Ph.D. 1960), noted literary critic, 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 (Ph.D. 1969), notable psychologist, Koestler professor at the University of Edinburgh W. Darrell Overdyke (Ph.D. 1941), historian at Centenary College of Louisiana Roy Kinneer Patteson, Jr. (Th.M. 1964, Ph.D. 1967), noted ancient language scholar, authority on the origin of the alphabet, and former president of Southern Virginia University and King College 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 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 Betty Miller Unterberger (Ph.D. 1950), historian George Wallace[disambiguation needed ] (A.B. 1957), former Dean, Dartmouth Medical School Theodore Ziolkowski (A.B. 1951), Former Dean, The Graduate School, Princeton University Medicine, science and technology David H. Adams, heart valve surgery and mitral valve repair Eben Alsberg (B.S.E. 1994), Tissue Engineer, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University Lenox Baker (M.D. 1973), physician, public servant Lt. Andy Baldwin, 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), father of most current sequencing and array technologies, 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 Richard Cytowic (B.A. 1973), neuroscientist and leading authority on the field of synesthesia 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, co-creator of Usenet with Tom Truscott Paul Farmer (B.S. 1982), infectious disease doctor, winner of 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 W. Proctor Harvey (M.D. 1943), considered "the nation's most skilled practitioner of auscultation," Harvey was a Professor of Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine whose name was synonymous with the stethoscope Jeffrey W. Holcombe, Moss specialist and biology professor at The Loomis Chaffee School Eric Kirsten (A.B., 1991), Fanzter Founder, President John M. MacDougal (Ph. D. 1984), botanist Walter Miller (M.D. 1970), internationally renowned expert in human steroid hormone synthesis, used gene cloning techniques to become the first to clone bovine growth hormone. Robert Morris (Ph. D 1969), notable psychologist, Koestler professor at the University of Edinburgh Joseph R. Nevins (Ph. D. 1976), distinguished cancer researcher, founder of the E2F transcription factor family, of the Rb-E2F pathway 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[disambiguation needed ], Box.net Inc. Co-founder, CFO William Kennedy Smith, founder of Physicians Against Land Mines Henrique Tono (Ph.D.), co-founder of Ingrain, Inc. Tom Truscott, co-creator of Usenet with 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 ChucK creator Melanie Wood (B.S. 2003), mathematician F. Thomas Wooten, III '57, former President of the Research Triangle Institute Scott Guthrie Microsoft Corporate Vice President Leonard Schuyler, (M.D.,1950), Professor Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center,retired Literature James Armstrong} (B.S. 1982), author of UNIX Secrets and other computer books Fred Chappell (A.B. 1961, A.M. 1964), North Carolina Poet Laureate, novelist Guy Davenport, author, Thasos and Ohio, National Review contributor David Cornel De Jong (M.A. 1932), author of 13 novels, 5 children's books, several books of poetry, and had stories appear in Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's Magazine, Esquire (Magazine), and Poetry (Magazine), among others[4] Lee McGeorge Durrell (Ph. D 1979), author, television presenter, zookeeper Joseph DiMona (A.B. 1947), author, www:dvrbs.com/People/CamdenPeople-JosephDiMonaJr.htm. 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 Valachi Papers and Serpico, later made into movies Tucker Max, author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Lydia Millet (M.E.M. 1996), author of "Oh Pure and Radiant Heart," "Everyone's Pretty" and other novels. Peggy Payne (1970),author, Sister India Noel Perrin (A.M., 1950), scholar, essayist, and critic. Professor at Dartmouth College Michael Peterson (A.B. 1965), author, politician, convicted of murdering his wife in 2003 Reynolds Price (A.B 1955), renowned author and James B. Duke professor of literature at Duke Lynn Veach Sadler, poet, author, and playwright Haun Saussy (A.B., 1981) Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative and Chinese literature at Yale Margaret Taylor Smith (A.B. 1947), author, social activist, Chair, Kresge Foundation William C. Styron, (A.B. 1947) 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 Richard Zimler (A.B. 1977), novelist, author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams Fine arts Michael Best (A.B. 1962), Former Principal Artist of the Metropolitan Opera 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 Bill Cunliffe, Grammy Award winning composer, arranger, pianist[5] Lorenz Eitner (A.B. 1940), renowned art historian Adam Lord (B.A. 2003), musician, writer Mike Posner (B.S. 2010), musician, Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 single "Cooler Than Me" Adam Sampieri (B.A. 2003), musician, writer Ryan Senft (B.S. 2002), musician, Alan Davis Band William Stone (B.A., 1966), operatic baritone Entertainment Ian Abrams, co-creator of the CBS TV series Early Edition, Undercover Blues, Rolling Thunder Andy Baldwin (B.S. 1999), The Bachelor, lieutenant, and doctor Jayne Brook (1982), actress, Chicago Hope Ryan Carnes (X. 2004), actor, Desperate Housewives, Eating Out Jack Coleman (A.B. 1980), actor, Heroes, Dynasty, Days of our Lives Robert L. Cook (B.S. 1973), Oscar-winning software-programmer whose computer-graphics program, RenderMan, is used in many contemporary films Kara DioGuardi (A.B. 1993), songwriter for musicians including Carlos Santana, Kelly Clarkson and Britney Spears, American Idol judge Lee McGeorge Durrell (Ph.D. 1979), author, television presenter, zookeeper René Echevarria (A.B. 1984), producer, The 4400, Dark Angel, Now and Again; screenwriter, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Michael Q. Fellmeth (A.B. 1992), Vice President, Dramatists Play Service Sean Flynn (X. 1963), actor and Vietnam War photojournalist Annabeth Gish (A.B. 1992), actress, X-Files, The West Wing Kelly Goldsmith (A.B. 2001), actress, Survivor Kevin Gray (A.B. 1980), Broadway actor, Phantom on Broadway after Michael Crawford John Gromada (A.B. 1986), Broadway composer and sound designer Jared Harris (B.F.A. 1984), actor, Mad Men, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Beth Hubbard (A.B. 1985), president, Gotham Entertainment Production Co. Kevin Isola (A.B. 1992), Broadway actor, Brooklyn Boy Ken Jeong (B.S. 1990), comedian, physician, actor, Community, Knocked Up, Role Models,The Hangover Martin Kratt (B.S. 1989), creator and star of PBS's Zoboomafoo Bruce Lund (A.B. 1973), toy designer Jon Marans (A.B. 1979), playwright, Old Wicked Songs, The Temperamentals Tucker Max (J.D. 2001), author of the 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, son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Andrea Nelson Meigs (J.D. 1994), talent agent at International Creative Management for Beyonce Knowles, Christina Applegate, and Idris Elba, among others Laura Paresky (A.B. 1990), television designer/animator Ellary Porterfield (attending), actress, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Hidden Palms Mike Posner (A.B. 2010), singer, songwriter, Cooler Than Me, Please Don't Go Charles Randolph-Wright, Director, writer, and producer Rebecca Sealfon, (Ph.D. 2009) internet celebrity and winner of 1997 Scripps National Spelling Bee Retta, stand-up comedian and actress, Parks and Recreation Travis Lane Stork (B.S. 1994), reality star of ABC's Bachelor 8 Randall Wallace (A.B. 1971), author of the screenplays for Braveheart, The Man in the Iron Mask, Pearl Harbor, and We Were Soldiers Patrick Williams (A.B. 1961), composer for movies and TV, Emmy and Grammy winner Robert Yeoman, cinematographer for such films as Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited Fictional Ben Barry, a character played by Matthew McConaughey in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, is a Duke alumnus 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, attended Duke as an undergraduate (as did Styron). Stacy Warner, a character played by Sela Ward on House Charlotte York's brother Wesley on Sex and the City Dr. Jim Pomatter in Waitress Lieutenant Kif Kroker of Futurama mentions in Amazon Women in the Mood that he sang in the Duke Boy's Chorus. Isobel Flemming-Saltzman, a character from "The Vampire Diaries" TV show. Tori Frederking, a character played by Teresa Palmer in Take Me Home Tonight, attended Duke Myron Bolitar, a character of several of Harlan Coben's novels, attended Duke on a basketball scholarship Journalism and media Dan Abrams (A.B. 1988), chief legal correspondent for NBC News, host of Verdict with Dan Abrams, former General Manager of MSNBC J. Bowyer Bell (doctorate 1959), historian, artist and art critic Dan Bernstein (A.B.), sports journalist, WSCR radio host[6] Jessica Faye Carter (J.D. 2002, M.B.A. 2002), author, columnist, social media entrepreneur Seth Davis (A.B. 1992), Sports Illustrated columnist and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports 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 (A.B. 1956), first host of Good Morning America on 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[7]), founder of JuicyCampus, a gossip website[8] Mark Mazzetti (A.B. 1996), New York Times national security correspondent and 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner 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 Kathryn Deane, (B.A. 1978) President of the Tobe Report, one of the world's most prestigious fashion merchandising consulting companies that publishes a weekly trend magazine Elizabeth Spiers (A.B. 1999) founding editor of Gawker.com Susan Tifft (A.B. 1973), former senior editor at TIME magazine and Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Public Policy and Journalism Jim Toomey (B.S.E. 1983), Syndicated cartoonist of Sherman's Lagoon Judy Woodruff (A.B. 1968), NBC's White House correspondent and Washington correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, anchor at CNN Athletics See also men's basketball players, women's basketball players, and football players. American football Patrick Bailey, NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers Brian Baldinger (1982), former National Football League offensive lineman, current commentator for Fox 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 Dave Dunaway, NFL wide receiver Ryan Fowler, NFL linebacker, New York Jets Lennie Friedman NFL offensive lineman Sonny Jurgensen, Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins Kevin Lewis, NFL linebacker Patrick Mannelly, NFL longsnapper George McAfee, Hall of Fame halfback who played for the Chicago Bears Scottie Montgomery, Arena Football League wide receiver/defensive back Ed Newman, (1973), NFL offensive guard; 12 seasons with the Miami Dolphins Clarence "Ace" Parker, Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Yanks, and 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. Currently with the New York Mets Claude Corbitt, professional baseball player Lawrence "Crash" Davis, professional baseball player (see also Bull Durham) 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 Anaheim Angels. Currently with the Boston Redsox. Al Spangler, professional baseball player Eric Tipton, professional baseball player Mike Trombley, MLB pitcher Hal Wagner, professional baseball player Basketball Alaa Abdelnaby, former professional basketball player, college basketball analyst Tommy Amaker, Harvard University head basketball coach Alison Bales, professional player (WNBA) Shane Battier, professional basketball player (jersey retired) DeMarcus Nelson, professional basketball player 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, University of Oklahoma head basketball coach Chris Collins, men's basketball assistant coach Johnny Dawkins, Stanford University head basketball coach, former Duke associate head basketball coach and former professional basketball player (jersey retired) Luol Deng, professional basketball player Charles "Lefty" Driesell, former 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, former professional baseball and basketball player (jersey retired) Lindsey Harding, professional basketball player (WNBA) (jersey retired) Art Heyman, former professional basketball player (jersey retired) Grant Hill, professional basketball player (jersey retired) Nick Horvath, West Sydney Razorbacks professional baseball player Bobby Hurley, former professional basketball player (jersey retired), assistant coach at Wagner College Dahntay Jones, professional basketball player Billy King, President and General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers Christian Laettner, former 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 UNC Charlotte (jersey retired) Shavlik Randolph, professional basketball player J.J. Redick (A.B. 2006), NCAA's all-time leader in three-point field goals, professional basketball player (jersey retired) Bobby Sharma (A.B. 1995, J.D. 1998), Vice President & General Counsel, NBA Development League Adam Silver (1984), Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the NBA Quin Snyder, former University of Missouri basketball coach, current head coach of NBA Development League Austin Toros Jim Spanarkel, former professional basketball player, NBA and college basketball commentator Michele Van Gorp, professional basketball player (WNBA) Abby Waner, Profesional basketball player (WNBA) Jason Williams, former professional basketball player (jersey retired), college basketball commentator and analyst for ESPN 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 Amanda Blumenherst, professional golfer Jenny Chuasiriporn, professional golfer Matt Danowski, professional lacrosse player for New Jersey Pride, all-time leading points scorer in NCAA Lacrosse history, Tewaaraton Trophy winner in 2007, two-time Jack Turnbull Award winner, two-time Lt. Raymond Enners Award winner Paulie Harraka, NASCAR racer Jay Heaps, professional Major League Soccer player, on the New England Revolution Nancy Hogshead, Olympic gold medal winner in swimming Anna Grzebien, professional golfer Matthew Jacobs, a world renowned martial arts expert, frequently appears in Ultimate Fighting Championship Liz Janangelo, professional golfer Randy Jones, competed in four Olympics as member of U.S. bobsledding teams John Kerr, soccer player, winner of Hermann Trophy for top collegian, first American player in the Football League First Division (now known as the Premiership), Duke's head coach Brittany Lang, professional golfer Alison Levine (M.B.A. 2000), mountain climber and explorer who is the only woman in the world to have completed the Explorers Grand Slam, reaching the summit of the highest mountain on each continent and ski to the North and South Poles Jason Kreis professional soccer player Joe Ogilvie, professional golfer Vanessa Rousso, professional poker player Shannon Rowbury, professional track athlete, middle distance runner Philip Schwalb, founder of National Sports Museum of America Jillian Schwartz, Olympic pole vaulter Mike Souchak, professional golfer, winner of 15 PGA events Jessica Rae Springsteen, daughter of Bruce Springsteen. Nationally ranked equestrian. Becca Ward, 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist in fencing Art Wall, Jr., professional golfer, winner of 1959 Masters

Ricardo Lagos Richard Nixon David Addington Elizabeth Dole Claude Allen Reggie Love Kenneth Starr Robin Hayes Henry Hyde Denise Majette Ron Paul Nick Rahall Willis Smith Frank Bowman Charles S. Hamilton Eric Shinseki Charlie Soong John Chambers Melinda Gates David Rubenstein Robert K. Steel Dan Ariely Lt. Andy Baldwin Sylvia Earle Juanita Kreps Charles E. Brady, Jr. Paul Farmer Jack Coleman Kara DioGuardi Ken Jeong Ben Mulroney Travis Stork John Harwood Charlie Rose Judy Woodruff Shane Battier Luol Deng Grant Hill Corey Maggette J. J. Redick Matt Danowski Jay Heaps Vanessa Rousso Lennie Friedman Scott Schoeneweis

Faculty

Nobel laureates

• Peter Agre 2003 Nobel Laureate in chemistry
• Hans Bethe 1967 Nobel Laureate in physics
• Max Born 1954 Nobel Laureate in physics
• Hans Georg Dehmelt 1989 Nobel Laureate in physics
• Gertrude B. Elion 1988 Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine
• James Franck 1925 Nobel Laureate in physics
• August Krogh 1920 Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine
• Robert Coleman Richardson 1996 Nobel Laureate in physics
• Wole Soyinka 1986 Nobel Laureate in literature
• Craig Mello 2006 Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine
• Joseph E. Stiglitz 2001 Nobel Laureate in economics
• Eric F. Wieschaus 1995 Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine
• Kurt Wüthrich 2002 Nobel Laureate in chemistry

Current

Walter E. Dellinger III

Henry Petroski

Erwin Chemerinsky

• Peter Agre, winner of 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, vice chancellor of Duke Medical School
• Nancy Andrews, vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the Duke University School of Medicine
• Dan Ariely, professor of behavioral economics, author of Predictably Irrational
• 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, 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 Track coach at the 1972, 1984, and 1988 Summer Olympics. Member of North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
• Tina Campt, Associate Professor Women's Studies and History and Director of Graduate Studies
• 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, pioneering translational research scientist.
• 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 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
• Connel Fullenkamp, economist
• David Gergen, former Duke professor and current Duke Trustee. Adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton.
• David B. Goldstein, population geneticist^[9]
• 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, internationally renowned Marxist literary theorist and former Chair of the Literature Program
• Erich Jarvis, National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award recipient, Popular Science's Brilliant 10 of 2006 under the age of 45, Discover top 100 science discoveries of 2005 (avian brain nomenclature listed at #51), 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 Al Gore
• Claudia Koonz, feminist historian
• Joanna Lambert, head of physical anthropology division of the National Science Foundation
• Pedro Lasch, artist and assistant research professor, Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
• Robert Lefkowitz, internationally renowned pioneer in cell recepter biology and biochemistry. Best known for his work with G protein-coupled receptors.
• Frank Lentricchia, noted American literary critic.
• 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
• Joseph R. Nevins, distinguished cancer researcher, discovered the Rb-E2F pathway
• Lenhard Ng, world-renowned mathematician, child mathematical prodigy
• Miguel Nicolelis, internationally recognized pioneer of brain-machine interfaces
• Henry Petroski, Civil engineer and writer
• Arlie Petters, pioneer in the mathematical theory and mathematical physics of gravitational lensing, Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration
• Ronen Plesser, string theorist
• Reynolds Price, renowned author and professor of literature
• Anne E. Pusy, distinguished evolutionary anthropologist, director of the Jane Goodall archive at Duke
• Christian R. H. Raetz, professor of biochemistry and member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 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
• Allen Roses, Director of Duke Drug Discovery Institute, led the discovery of the APOE4 gene's role in Alzheimer's disease
• Kathy Rudy, social constructionist
• David H. Sanford, philosopher
• Tad Schmaltz, editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy
• 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
• Victor Strandberg, scholar of 20th century American literature
• Timothy Tyson, historian
• Geoffrey Wainwright, Methodist theologian
• E. Roy Weintraub, economist
• Huntington F. Willard, noted human geneticist, former President of American Society of Human Genetics
• Lauren Winner, author and journalist
• 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 Washington Post and former 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
• Erwin Chemerinsky, law professor, noted constitutional scholar
• 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, Bretton Woods Conference, US State Department
• Mike Duffy, television host
• Yussef El Guindi, playwright, Back of the Throat
• Gertrude Elion, 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Stanley Fish, former Chair of the English Department, deconstructionist literary critic
• David Fitzpatrick, internationally recognized expert on systems neuroscience
• Robert C. Frasure, American ambassador to Estonia
• Henry Louis Gates, Chair of African-American Studies at Harvard
• Yegor Gaider, Prime Minister of Russia, Soviet and Russian economist
• David Gergen, renowned political analyst, adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton.
• 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
• Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy for the Obama Administration, former Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, former Director of Boston Scientific Corporation
• 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, author of An Introduction to Social Psychology
• Karl Menger, mathematician
• Thom Mount, film producer, President of the Producers Guild of America
• Francis Joseph 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, 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
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, feminist theorist, literary theorist, expert in gender studies
• M. Bruce Shields, prolific ophthalmologist, renowned glaucoma specialist.
• 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, ABC and NBC correspondent, The Washington Post television editor, The New York Times reporter
• Robert Ward, composer
• 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

Mike Krzyzewski

• 1981 to present: Mike Krzyzewski, four-time national champion men's basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• 1975 to 1980: 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: 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
• 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: Joseph 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
• 1990 to 1993: Barry Wilson
• 1987 to 1989: Steve Spurrier, ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989.
• 1983 to 1986: Steve Sloan
• 1979 to 1982: Shirley "Red" Wilson
• 1971 to 1978: Mike McGee
• 1966 to 1970: Tom Harp
• 1951 to 1965: William D. "Bill" Murray
• 1946 to 1950: Wallace W. Wade (see below)
• 1942 to 1945: 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 "Jimmy" DeHart
• 1925: James P. "Pat" Herron
• 1924: Howard H. Jones
• 1923: S.M. Alexander
• 1922: Herman Steiner
• 1921: James A. Baldwin
• 1920: Floyd J. Egan
• 1888 to 1889 : Dr. John F. Crowell

University Presidents

President	Tenure
Brantley York	1838–1842
Braxton Craven	1842–1863
William Trigg Gannaway*	1864–1865
*Appointed president pro tempore during the break in Craven's presidency
Braxton Craven	1866–1882
Marquis Lafayette Wood	1883–1886
John Franklin Crowell	1887–1894
John Carlisle Kilgo	1894–1910
William Preston Few	1910–1924
University officially established as Duke University in 1924
William Preston Few	1924–1940
Robert Lee Flowers	1941–1948
Arthur Hollis Edens	1949–1960
Julian Deryl Hart	1960–1963
Douglas Knight	1963–1969
Terry Sanford	1969–1985
H. Keith H. Brodie	1985–1993
Nannerl O. Keohane	1993–2004
Richard H. Brodhead	2004–present

Major philanthropists

Donors who have contributed at least $20 million to the university or founding donors:

Donor	Total Amount	Year	Purpose
The Duke Endowment	$1.2+ billion[10][11][12][13]	1924– 2006	Various
James B. Duke	$40 million ($458 million in 2006 dollars)	1924	For endowment; established The Duke Endowment later that year
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	$106.5+ million	2002–2007	$46.5 for AIDS research[14], $30 million for a new science facility and $5 million for student life initiatives[15], $15 million for DukeEngage, a civic engagement program,[16] $9 million for undergraduate financial aid and $1 million for Fuqua students financial aid[17]
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.	$35 million	1999	To endow the School of Engineering[18]
David H. Murdock	$35 million	2007	For "translational medicine" research by the Duke Medical School[19]
Disque Deane	$20 million ($34 million in 2005 dollars)	1986	To "establish a research institute on the human future"[20]
Bruce and Martha Karsh	$32 million	2005–2008	For student financial aid[21][22]
Michael J. and Patty Fitzpatrick	$25 million	2000	For a center for advanced photonics and communications[23]
David Rubenstein	$24.35 million	2002-2011	$13.6 million to Duke Libraries, $10.75 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy[24]
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[25]
Peter and Ginny Nicholas	$20+ million	1999– 2004	$20 million for the School of the Environment and Earth Sciences[26]; $70 million pledged for the School of the Environment and $2 million pledged for Perkins library in 2003 still unpaid as of September 2010[27]
Bill and Melinda Gates	$20 million	1998	For undergraduate scholarships[25]
Washington Duke	$385,000 ($7.9 million in 2005 dollars)	1892	For original endowment and construction
Julian S. Carr	N/A	1892	Donated site of East Campus

References

1. ^ Alumni Giving Rates. U.S. News & World Report. Accessed on January 12, 2007.
2. ^ Bresnahan, John & Jake Sherman (July 27, 2011). "GOPers chant 'fire him' at RSC staffer". Politico. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/60035.html. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
3. ^ "Featured Alum: Paul Teller". Duke University. http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/featured-alumni-3. Retrieved February 2, 2011. 
4. ^ "David Cornel De Jong. [1], October 21, 2006, accessed April 23, 2011.
5. ^ "Grammy Awards: List of Winners: Music". The New York Times. January 31, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/arts/music/01grammylist.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved June 7, 2010. "Instrumental Arrangement ... “West Side Story Medley,” Bill Cunliffe" 
6. ^ "Dan Bernstein". http://wscr.cbslocal.com/dan-bernstein/. Retrieved April 4, 2009. 
7. ^ "A Crash Course in Online Gossip." The New York Times. 1.
8. ^ Young, Jeffrey R. "How to Combat a Campus Gossip Web Site (and Why You Shouldn't)." The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 17, 2008.
9. ^ Wade, Nicholas (September 15, 2008). "A Dissenting Voice as the Genome Is Sifted to Fight Disease". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/science/16prof.html. Retrieved September 16, 2008. 
10. ^ Williams embodies loyalty to Duke. The Chronicle, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
11. ^ Duke Launches Initiative to Make Civic Engagement Integral Part of Undergraduate Education. Duke News & Communications. Feb 12, 2007.
12. ^ Duke Endowment Awards More Than $20 Million to Duke University for Nursing School, Library, Other Priorities. DukeMed News. Jan 27, 2004.
13. ^ Duke Endowment Gives Record $75 Million for Financial Aid
14. ^ Eaglin, Adam. Duke nets $46.5M for AIDS research. The Chronicle. August 25, 2006.
15. ^ Duke Receives $35 Million From The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Duke News & Communication. May 9, 2002.
16. ^ DukeEngage launches. The Chronicle. Feb 13, 2007.
17. ^ Gates Give $10M for financial aid. The Chronicle. Feb 21, 2007.
18. ^ The Pratt Gift. Pratt School of Engineering. Accessed on June 25, 2006.
19. ^ Murdock gives Duke $35M for study at Kannapolis campus. Triangle Business Journal. Accessed on September 26, 2007.
20. ^ Articles About Duke University. New York Times. Dec 12, 1986.
21. ^ "Duke given $20M to aid international students". January 30, 2008. http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/01/28/daily30.html. 
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23. ^ The Fitzpatrick Gift. Pratt School of Engineering. Accessed on June 25, 2006.
24. ^ Duke Libraries to receive $13.6M gift, largest in history
25. ^ ^{a b} Sue and William Gross Donate $23 Million
26. ^ Largest Gift In Duke History Closes Campaign At Record $2.36 Billion. Duke News and Communication. Jan 8, 2004.
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