- List of University of Maryland, College Park people
This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and benefactors of the
University of Maryland, College Park .Academia
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David A. Bader , 1996, Professor of Computing at Georgia Tech
*Kenneth C. Catania , Neurobiologist atVanderbilt University ,MacArthur Fellowship awarded in 2006
*Donald West Harward , served as the sixth president ofBates College
*Richard Herman , 1967, Chancellor of theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Charlene Drew Jarvis , President ofSoutheastern University
*Simon Asher Levin , Professor of Ecology atPrinceton University and winner ofKyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
*Jacqueline Liebergott , President ofEmerson College
* Patrick J. Maney, Dean of college of arts and sciences atBoston College
*Manning Marable , 1976, Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, and History atColumbia University
*Tobin J. Marks , 1966, Professor of Material Science and Engineering atNorthwestern University , awarded the 2005 National Medal of Science
*Shen Chun-shan , 1961, President of Taiwan'sNational Tsing Hua University from 1993 to 1997
*Arnold L. Rheingold , Professor of Chemistry at theUniversity of California, San Diego
*Michael Rustad ,Intellectual Property author, Professor of Law atSuffolk University Law School
*Lida Lee Tall , Sixth principal/president of State Teachers College at Towson (nowTowson University )Arts and entertainment
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Karen Allen , Actress in (Animal House ,The Blues Brothers ,Raiders of the Lost Ark )
*Mike Auldridge ,Grammy Award winning musician
*Carmen Balthrop , Internationally recognized soprano and faculty member, performed at theWhite House , theKennedy Center ,Carnegie Hall
*Mike Ciardi ,Film producer ("Miracle, The Rookie")
*Larry David , Actor, writer and producer ("Curb Your Enthusiasm ", "Seinfeld ")
*Cedric Dent , Singer, composer and arranger for influential acapella groupTake 6
*Michael Ealy , Actor ("Barbershop", "")
*Alan Heitz , Actor ("Grounded for Life ", "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody ","Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Frasier ")
*Jim Henson , Creator of theMuppets
*Jason Kravits , Actor ("The Practice ")
*Beth McCarthy ,Saturday Night Live director from 1995-2006,30 Rock director
*Aaron McGruder ,The Boondocks creator of series
*Peter Mehlman , Writer and co-executive producer ("Seinfeld ")
*Michael Olmert , Writer and three-timeEmmy Award winner for his work on theDiscovery Channel . Current professor of English at the University of Maryland
*David Silverman ,(attended) animator, director, producer onThe Simpsons , director of The Simpsons Movie, and co-director of Monsters Inc.
*David Simon , Creator, producer, and co-writer of "The Wire (TV series) "and creator of ""
*Bitty Schram , Actress (Monk )
*Mark Schwahn , Creator of "One Tree Hill"
*Tiffany Taylor ,Playboy Playmate (November 1998)
*Diane Wiest , Actress, two timeAcademy Award winnerBusiness
* Robert Basham, Co-founder and COO of
Outback Steakhouse
*Gail Berman , Former president ofParamount Pictures
*Eric F. Billings , Chairman and CEO of bothFriedman Billings Ramsey andFBR Capital Markets Corporation
*Sergey Brin , Co-founder ofGoogle
* Robert D. Briskman, Co-founder ofSIRIUS Satellite Radio
* Alan Carey, Senior vice president ofPepsico
*A. James Clark , President of Clark Construction, namesake of Maryland'sA. James Clark School of Engineering
* Rick Eng, COO ofLegg Mason Capital Management
*Carly Fiorina , Former Chairperson and CEO ofHewlett-Packard
* David Goldfarb, Chief Strategy Officer atLehman Brothers
*Rajesh Hukku , Chairman and Managing Director ofi-flex solutions limited
*Ross M. Jackman , responsible for Sales & Trading of MUNICIPALS atUBS AG
*Hugh Newell Jacobsen , world renowned architect andFellow of the American Institute of Architects
*Jeong H. Kim , President of Lucent's Bell Labs
*Chris Kubasik , CFO ofLockheed Martin
*Samuel J. LeFrak , Chaired the LeFrak Organization, one of the largest private building firms in the world
* William Longbrake,Washington Mutual Vice Chairman
* Neil Moskowitz, CFO and Head of Global Finance, Administration, and Operations atCredit Suisse
* Preston Padden, Executive Vice President,The Walt Disney Company
*Lou Pai , Former CEO ofEnron Energy Services
*Kevin Plank , Founder ofUnder Armour athletic apparel company
* Jesus Rangel, Vice President, corporate relations,Anheuser-Busch
* Harvey Sanders, President, Chairman, and CEO of Nautica
* Richard Schaeffer, Chairman of NYMEX Holdings and theNew York Mercantile Exchange
* Michelle Singletary, Business columnist forThe Washington Post
*Robert H. Smith , Real estate developer, namesake of Maryland'sRobert H. Smith School of Business
*Ed Snider , Owner of thePhiladelphia Flyers and thePhiladelphia 76ers
*Daniel Snyder ,(attended) Owner of theWashington Redskins , Chairman of the Board ofSix Flags
* Jonathan Gentry, Founder/past CEO of IHOPFaculty
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Nariman Farvardin , Provost
*Clayton Daniel Mote , PresidentGovernment and public policy
Governors
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Harry R. Hughes ,Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987U.S. Senators
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Joseph Tydings , former U.S. Senator from Maryland
*Millard Tydings , former U.S. Senator from Maryland who introduced legislation in 1920 to create the University of MarylandU.S. Congressmen
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Dennis Cardoza , U.S. Congressman from California
*William F. Goodling , U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
*Steny Hoyer , U.S. Congressman from Maryland andHouse Majority Leader of the110th United States Congress , chief sponsor of theAmericans with Disabilities Act
*Parren Mitchell , former U.S. Congressman from Maryland
*Dutch Ruppersberger , U.S. Congressman from Marylandtate Senators
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David R. Brinkley , Maryland State Senator
*John W. Derr , former Maryland State Senator
*Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. , long-standing president of theMaryland Senate
*Charles H. Smelser , (1942) former Maryland State Senatortate Delegates
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Saqib Ali , member ofMaryland House of Delegates
*Patrick N. Hogan , (2002) former member ofMaryland House of Delegates
*Thomas E. Hutchins , former State Delegate and former Maryland State Police Superintendent
*James M. Kelly, (1988) special assistant to President Bush, former Maryland Delegate.
*Tony McConkey , member of theMaryland House of Delegates .
*William Daniel Mayer , former member of theMaryland House of Delegates
*Justin Ross , memberMaryland House of Delegates .
*James E. Rzepkowski , (1993) former member ofMaryland House of Delegates
*John F. Slade III , (1967) former member ofMaryland House of Delegates
*Paul S. Stull , memberMaryland House of Delegates .International Figures
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Nguyen Si Binh ,Vietnamese American Chairman of thePeople's Action Party of Vietnam
*Shirley Thomson , Director of theCanada Council U.S. Diplomats and Ambassadors
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Prudence Bushnell , U.S. Diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador toGuatemala andKenya
*Joseph Gildenhorn , former U.S. Ambassador toSwitzerland
*David M. Satterfield , U.S. Diplomat in the Middle East, and is now Senior Advisor on Iraq for the Secretary of StateJudicial
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Mary Stallings Coleman , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan
*W. Louis Hennessy , Associate Judge 4th District of Maryland, former member ofMaryland House of Delegates U.S. Government Officials
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Gordon England , U.S.Deputy Secretary of Defense , formerSecretary of Navy and deputy secretary of theU.S. Department of Homeland Security
*Sean McCormack , Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and U.S. State Department Spokesman
*Faryar Shirzad , advisor to U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush
*Jeff Trandahl , executive director of the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, former Clerk of the U.S. House of RepresentativesOthers
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Karen L. Haas , 33rdClerk of the United States House of Representatives Journalism (print and broadcast)
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Rishi Barran , Sports anchor for CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pa.
*Art Bell , founder and longtime host of the radio program,Coast to Coast AM
*Bonnie Bernstein , network TV sports reporter
*Carl Bernstein , Watergate journalist
*Tim Brant , sportscaster for ABC
*Jerry Ceppos , former vice president for news operations forKnight Ridder newspapers
*Tina Cervasio , television sportscaster for theNew England Sports Network .
*Kiran Chetry , formerFox News Channel personality and currentCNN American Morning co-host
*Norman Chad , sports writer,ESPN personality
*Frank Cho , drew comic strip for the "The Diamondback " and creator of the comic strip and comic bookLiberty Meadows
*Connie Chung ,news anchor withCBS ,NBC , andCNN
*Sarah Cohen ,Pulitzer Prize winner,The Washington Post
*Heidi Collins , Anchor,CNN
*Brian Crecente , videogame columnist for theRocky Mountain News and editor ofGawker -owned videogame blogKotaku
*Giuliana DePandi , television host,E! News Live
*Jon D. Franklin , journalist for the "Baltimore Evening Sun ", two-timePulitzer Prize winner (1979 for Feature Writing, 1985 for Exploratory Journalism)
*Greg Gaston , Anchor for Fox13 in Memphis, TN. Television play-by-play voice for the University of Memphis Tigers Basketball and Football games. Co-Host of Middays radio show on Sports56 WHBQ.
*Jane Healy ,Pulitzer Prize -winning editor of "The Orlando Sentinel "
*Jeannie Jones , Radio Personality for 93.9 WKYS
*Jack Kelley , formerUSA Today reporter
*Gayle King , Editor-At-Large "O, The Oprah Magazine ", TV personality, journalist, host of XM Radio program
*Tim Kurkjian ,ESPN commentator/analyst and writer
*Andrew Levine , "Washington Post " sportswriter
*Mark McEwen , TV personality and former weatherman for "CBS Morning News " and "The Early Show "
*Aaron McGruder , creator of comic strip The Boondocks
*Robert M. Parker, Jr. ,wine critic
*Jimmy Roberts , reporter forNBC
*Drew Sterne Creator,Executive Producer, and Co-Host of Radio Talk Show, Fritz and Schlomo, 88.1FM WMUC
*Bert Sugar, boxing writer and historian
*Scott Van Pelt , anchor for the television show "SportsCenter " on theESPN network
*Jim Walton, President and CEO ofCNN
*Pam Ward , Co-anchor,ESPN andESPN2
*DeWayne Wickham , writer andUSA Today syndicated columnistLiterature
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Kofi Aidoo , Ghanaian author
*John Glad , Russian literature expert and eugenicist
*Joe Haldeman , science fiction writer, best known forThe Forever War
*Jeffrey Kluger , writer, best known for co-writing "" withJim Lovell , the book the movie Apollo 13 is based on
*Gina Kolata , Award-Winning Author andscience journalist forThe New York Times
*Munro Leaf , author
*Lloyd McCoy , writer and imaginist
*George Pelecanos , mystery writer
*Robert G. Pielke ,Alternate history fiction and author of
*Michael J. Varhola , author of several history books and founder of publishing companySkirmisher Publishing LLC cience and technology
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Michael W. Barwick , Physician (Class of 1995)
*Sergey Brin , Co-Founder and Technology President ofGoogle
*Robert D. Briskman , co-founder ofSIRIUS Satellite Radio
*George Dantzig , mathematician
*Raymond Davis Jr. , winner of the 2002 PhysicsNobel Prize
*Charles Fefferman , mathematician and winner of theFields Medal
*Robert Fischell , inventor and physicist, UMCP benefactor
*Michael Griffin,NASA Administrator
*Herbert Hauptman , winner of the 1985Nobel Prize in Chemistry
*Lorraine M. Herger , B.Sc., (electrical engineering ),1982 , Research Director of theIBM Austin Research Laboratory (Texas ),2004 -(ongoing). Previously worked at the IBMThomas J. Watson Research Center , 1992-2004
*George J. Laurer , inventor of theUniversal Product Code (UPC)
*Russell Marker , inventor ofoctane rating system
*William McCool ,NASA astronaut , killed on Columbia missionSTS-107
*David M. Mosser , world renowned immunologist and professor, Founding Director of Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, Founder and CEO of LeukoSight, Inc
*Roger M. Owen , inventor of Rogerspot
*Judith Resnik , Ph.D.1977 ,NASA astronaut , killed on Challenger missionSTS-51-L
*Paul W. Richards ,NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery missionSTS-102
*Raymond St. Leger , world renownedmycologist , author, and professor
*Tim Sweeney ,computer game programmer and founder ofEpic Games ports
Basketball
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Len Bias , basketball player
*Steve Blake , professional basketball player for thePortland Trailblazers
*Keith Booth , formerNational Basketball Association (NBA) player and current assistant coach, University of Marylandbasketball
*Brad Davis, former NBA player
*Juan Dixon , professional basketball player for theWashington Wizards
*Len Elmore , former professional NBA player turned TV sports analyst for theESPN network
*Steve Francis , NBA player for theHouston Rockets
*Sarunas Jasikevicius, professional basketball player for theIndiana Pacers andEuroleague champion with FC Barcelona (once) and Maccabi Tel Aviv (twice)
*Albert King, former NBA player
*John Lucas II former NBA player and coach,tennis player and coach
*Tom McMillen, former professional NBA player and Congressman in theUnited States House of Representatives
*Terence Morris , former NBA player
*Joe Smith, NBA player for theOklahoma City Thunder
*Gene Shue , former NBA player, coach, general manager
*Chris Wilcox , NBA player for theOklahoma City Thunder
*Buck Williams , former NBA player
*Gary Williams , head coach, University of Maryland men's basketball
*Walt Williams , former NBA player
*Tony Massenburg NBA player for the Washington WizardsFootball
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Rob Abiamiri , NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens at tight end
*Steve Atkins , former NFL player for the Green Bay Packers as a running back
*Jess Atkinson , former NFL player for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants as a kicker.
*Bob Avellini , former NFL player for the Chicago Bears at quarterback
*Eric Barton , NFL player for the New York Jets as a linebacker
*Lloyd Burriss , former NFL player and All Pro with the Kansas City Chiefs at strong safety
*Jon Condo , NFL player for the Oakland Raiders as a long snapper
*Curome Cox , NFL player for the Denver Broncos as a strong safety
*Vernon Davis , NFL tight end for theSan Francisco 49ers
*Jeff Dugan , NFL player with the Minnesota Vikings as a tight end
*Darren Drozdov , Former NFL player and professional wrestler
*Boomer Esiason , former NFL quarterback turned television broadcaster. Led Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII
*Domonique Foxworth , Professional football player for theAtlanta Falcons as a cornerback
*Melvin Fowler , NFL player for the Buffalo Bills as a center
*Ralph Friedgen , head coach, University of Marylandfootball
*Jared Gaither , NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens as an offensive lineman
*Stan Gelbaugh , former NFL player with the Seattle Seahawks at quarterback
*Kevin Glover , former NFL player and All Pro for the Detroit Lions as a center
*E.J. Henderson , Professional football player for theMinnesota Vikings as a linebacker
*Stephon Heyer , NFL player for the Washington Redskins as an offensive tackle
*Eric Hicks, NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs as a defensive end
*Shaun Hill , NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers as a quarterback
*D'Qwell Jackson , Professional football player for theCleveland Browns as a linebacker
*Kris Jenkins , Professional football player for theCarolina Panthers , played in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Plays defensive tackle.
*Leon Joe , NFL linebacker with the Chicago Bears. Played in Super Bowl XLI.
*Stan Jones, former NFL player,Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee as a lineman.
*LaMont Jordan , Professional football player for theOakland Raiders as a running back.
*William Kershaw , NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs as a linebacker
*Jermaine Lewis , former NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens as a wide receiver
*Gerrick McPhearson , NFL player for the New York Giants as a cornerback
*Shawne Merriman , Professional football player and first round draft pick of the2005 NFL Draft by theSan Diego Chargers , 2005 NFL Rookie Defensive Player of the Year at outside linebacker.
*Scott Milanovich , former NFL player for the New England Patriots at quarterback
*Derrick Miller , NFL player for the Oakland Raiders as a tight end
*Matt Murphy, NFL player for the Buffalo Bills as a tight end
*Renaldo Nehemiah , former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers as a wide receiver. Holds 13 records in track and field.
*Rich Parsons , NFL player with the Oakland Raiders at wide receiver
*Bruce Perry , former NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles as a running back
*Frank Reich , former NFL player at quarterback. Hold both NFL and NCAA records for leading his team to victory from the largest deficits.
*Lewis Sanders NFL player with the Atlanta Falcons at cornerback
*Chad Scott , NFL player with the New England Patriots at cornerback
*Randy Starks , Professional football for theTennessee Titans at defensive tackle
*Mike Tice , former NFL player at tight end and erstwhile head coach of theMinnesota Vikings .
*John Tice , former NFL player with the New Orleans Saints at tight end. Younger brother of Mike.
*Al Wallace , NFL player for the Carolina Panthers as a defensive end. Played in Super Bowl XXXVIII
*Randy White, former professional football player for theDallas Cowboys ,Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
*Timothy Wilson , former NFL player and All Pro for the Houston Oilers at fullback
*Madieu Williams , NFL player for theMinnesota Vikings at free safety
*Frank Wycheck , former NFL player and All Pro at tight endOther
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Deane Beman , commissioner,PGA Tour , 1974–1994, inducted intoWorld Golf Hall of Fame
*Dominique Dawes , gymnast for the 1992, 1996, 2000 U.S. Olympics team
*Maurice Edu , 2007 MLS first overall draft pick ofToronto FC
*Fred Funk , professionalgolf er on thePGA Tour
*Charlie “King Kong” Keller, All-StarMajor League Baseball player, 1939–1952
*Renaldo Nehemiah , former 110m hurdle world record holder
*Jim O'Brien, currentIndiana Pacers head coach (MBA from the University of Maryland)
*Chris Seitz , 2007 MLS first-round draft pick ofReal Salt Lake , Member of the 2007US Under-20 Men's National Team
*Taylor Twellman , professionalsoccer player for theNew England Revolution andUnited States men's national soccer team
*Morgan Wootten ,Basketball Hall of Fame Member, winningest coach in high school basketball history forDeMatha Catholic High School Miscellaneous
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Thomas R. Norris , retiredUnited States Navy SEAL and awardedMedal of Honor
*Valerie Solanas , who attempted to assassinateAndy Warhol Others
This list is intended to capture the notable benefactors and other people connected with the
University of Maryland, College Park , but who are not famous alumni or faculty.*
Glenn L. Martin , benefactor. Institute of Technology is named for him. Aircraft pioneer.
*Theodore R. McKeldin . Mainlibrary is named for him. Politician, including being theGovernor of Maryland .
*Philip Merrill , benefactor. College of Journalism is named for him. Media mogul.
*Susan Carroll Schwab, currentU.S. Trade Representative , former dean of the School of Public Policy
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