List of University of Minnesota people

This is a list of notable people associated with the University of Minnesota.

Nobel Laureates

* Arthur H. Compton, Physics Instructor, 1916-17 - 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics
* Ernest O. Lawrence, M.A., Physics, 1923 - 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics
* Philip S. Hench, Faculty, Medicine, Mayo Foundation, 1923-1965 - 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Edward C. Kendall, Faculty, Biochemistry, Mayo Foundation, 1914-1951 - 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* John Bardeen, Faculty, Physics, 1938-1941 - Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972
* Walter Brattain, Ph.D., Physics, 1929 - 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics
* Melvin Calvin, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1935 - 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Norman Borlaug, B.S. Forestry, 1937; M.S. (1939) and Ph.D. (1942), Plant Pathology - 1970 Nobel Peace Prize
* William Lipscomb Faculty, Chemistry, 1946-1959 - 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Saul Bellow, Faculty, English, 1946 - 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Milton Friedman, Faculty, Economics, 1945-1946 - 1976 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
* John H. van Vleck, Faculty, Physics, 1923-28 - 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics
* George J. Stigler, Faculty, Economics, 1938-46 - 1982 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
* Edward B. Lewis, M.A., Biostatistics, 1939 - 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Paul D. Boyer, Faculty, Biochemistry, 1945-1963 - 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Louis J. Ignarro, Ph.D., Pharmacology, 1966 - 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Daniel McFadden, B.S. Physics, 1957; Ph.D., Economics, 1962 - 2000 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
* Edward C. Prescott, Faculty, Economics, 1980-2003 - 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
* Leonid Hurwicz, Faculty, Economics, 1951 - 2008, 2007 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Pulitzer Prize winners

The Pulitzer Prize is the highest honor in American print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions.

* Robert Penn Warren - Pulitzer Prize winner in 1947 for the novel All the King's Men; won the Pulitzer Prizes in poetry in 1958 for Promises: Poems 1954-1956, and in 1979 for Now and Then
* John Berryman - Pulitzer Prize winner in 1965 for Poetry
* Dominick Argento - Pulitzer Prize winner in 1975 for Music

Notable alumni

Arts and entertainment

* Eddie Albert - actor
* Loni Anderson - actress
* Dave Arneson - co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, writer, educator
* John Astin - actor
* Maria Bamford - comedian
* Carol Bly - author, short story writer
* Joel Brooks - actor
* Aaron Brown - CNN anchor, journalist (dropped out)
* Arlene Dahl - actress
* Lila Downs - Singer
* Dick Durrell - creator of People magazine
* Bob Dylan - singer/songwriter (dropped out)
* Kimberly Elise - actress
* Robert Engels - scriptwriter
* Henry Fonda - actor (did not graduate)
* Frank Forest - operatic tenor and actor
* Howard Frazin - composer
* Linda Ann Gehringer - actress
* Rita K. Gollin - Nathaniel Hawthorne scholar
* Tom Gjelten - NPR correspondent
* Peter Graves - actor
* Jason Hansen - composer
* Kate Hardy Green - author
* Ari Herstand - musician
* Endesha Ida Mae Holland - award-winning playwright
* James Hong - actor (transferred out)
* Greg Howard - cartoonist
* Irene Hunt - children's author
* Chris Ison - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
* Dave Kapell - inventor of Magnetic Poetry
* Charles Kavalovski - Principal Horn 1971-96 - Boston Symphony Orchestra
* Garrison Keillor - author
* Linda Kelsey - actress
* Jim Klobuchar - columnist
* Jessica Lange - actress
* Libby Larsen - contemporary composer
* Nancy Smiler Levinson - author
* James Lileks - columnist
* Maud Hart Lovelace - author
* Kate Mulgrew - actress
* Michele Norris - host of NPR's "All Things Considered
* Stephen Paulus - contemporary composer
* Ron Perlman - actor
* Kristen Pfaff - bass guitarist
* Robert Pirsig - author, philosopher
* Harry Reasoner - ABC and CBS news anchor and correspondent
* Carl Rowan - syndicated columnist, former head of United States Information Agency
* David Royale - executive producer for "National Geographic Explorer" series
* Harrison Salisbury - journalist
* Rick Sanchez - CNN Weekend Anchor / Reporter
*David Schelzel, lead singer of The Ocean Blue
* Eric Sevareid - journalist
* Max Shulman - author
* Gale Sondergaard - Oscar-winning actress
* William Swanberg - author
* Todd Temkin - poet and cultural activist
* Robert Thaves - cartoon developer
* Robert Vaughn - actor
* Donald Wandrei - science fiction/fantasy writer and editor, co-founder of Arkham House publishing
* Will Weaver - author
* Levon West - (Ivan Dmitri) artist/photographer
* Yanni - Grammy-nominated pianist/composer
* David Zinman - conductor
* Tay Zonday - YouTube Celebrity

Education

* Guy Bond - educational psychologist
* Charles Edward Stevens- Fulbright scholar, and Internationally recognized expert in the field of comparative physiology and digestive systems

Athletics

*Nine players from the University played on Herb Brooks' 1980 Miracle on Ice ice hockey team that beat the USSR and won the gold medal:
Bill Baker, Neal Broten, Steve Christoff, Steve Janaszak, Rob McClanahan, Mike Ramsey, Buzz Schneider, Eric Strobel and Phil Verchota.

* Ric Flair - Professional Wrestler, with the highest rating championship record.
* Marion Barber III - Running Back, Dallas Cowboys
* Bobby Bell - 1983 inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Shelton Benjamin - Professional wrestler, 2X all American
* Patty Berg - cofounder and first president of the LPGA; three-time Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
* Brian Bonin - former pro ice hockey player; 1996 Hobey Baker Award winner
* Randy Breuer- NBA Basketball Player 1983-1994 [http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php/Randy_Breuer] [http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BreueRa01] [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/breuera01.html]
* Willie Burton - Former NBA Basketball Player 1990-1999
* Herb Brooks - Ice hockey coach, 1980 Olympic Ice Hockey Coach
* Brian Denman - major league pitcher, Boston Red Sox
* Tony Dungy - pro football player and coach
* Carl Eller - pro football player
* Greg Eslinger - All-American, Center, Denver Broncos
* Verne Gagne - Professional wrestler, Olympic Wrestling Team, NCAA Champion
* Brent Gates - former Major League Baseball player
* Paul Giel - College Football Hall of Fame member
* Bud Grant - pro football coach
* Ben Hamilton, - Guard, Denver Broncos
* John Harris - U.S. Amateur golf champion, Champions Tour player, Hockey Captain
* Gretchen Hegener - swimmer
* Kris Humphries - Forward, Toronto Raptors
* Bobby Jackson - Guard, New Orleans Hornets
* Erik Johnson - Defenseman, Drafted first overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, currently playing for the St. Louis Blues.
* Stephanie Klaviter - pro softball player
* Mike Lehan - Cornerback, Miami Dolphins
* Tom Lehman - 1996 British Open golf champion; 1996 PGA Tour Player of the Year
* Jordan Leopold - pro ice hockey player; 2002 Hobey Baker Award winner
* Brock Lesnar - Mixed Martial Artist, Professional wrestler, football player, NCAA Wrestling Champion
* Tony Levine - football player, 1991 - 1995; Carolina Panthers coach
* Laurence Maroney - football player (New England Patriots)
* Bobby Marshall - 1906 all-American football player
* Ken Mauer - NBA referee
* John Mayasich - Olympic gold and silver medalist at hockey
* Janel McCarville - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player
* Kevin McHale - NBA basketball player
* Karl Mecklenburg - pro football player
* Yoav Meiri - butterfly and medley swimmer from Israel
* Paul Molitor - Baseball Hall of Famer
* Anthony Montgomery, Defensive Tackle, Washington Redskins
* Bronko Nagurski - 1963 inductee to Pro Football Hall of Fame; 1929 first-team all-American on offense and defense
* Leo Nomellini - 1969 inductee to Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Darrell Reid, Defensive Tackle, Indianapolis Colts
* John Roethlisberger - Three-time U.S. Olympic gymnast, five-time NCAA champion
* Marie Roethlisberger - 1990 NCAA gymnastics champion, four-time All-American, seven-time Big Ten champion
* Flip Saunders - National Basketball Association head coach
* Mark Setterstrom - Offensive Guard, St. Louis Rams
* Bruce Smith - 1941 Heisman Trophy winner
* Matt Spaeth - Current football player
* Robb Stauber - NHL goalie; 1988 Hobey Baker Award winner
* Terry Steinbach - all-star pro baseball catcher
* Lindsey Taatjes - volleyball player
* Thomas Tapeh - Fullback, Minnesota Vikings
* Mychal Thompson - NBA basketball player
* Trent Tucker - NBA Basketball Player (1982-1993) [http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php/Trent_Tucker]
* Rick Upchurch - NFL player
* Thomas Vanek - NHL player, currently with the Buffalo Sabres, won Bud Light Plus/Minus award
* Ben Utecht, Tight end, Indianapolis Colts
* Lindsay Whalen - WNBA player
* Charles "Bud" Wilkinson - pro football coach
* Dave Winfield - 2001 inductee to Baseball Hall of Fame
* Walt Jocketty - St. Louis Cardinals GM 1995-present
* Glen Perkins - Pitcher for MN Twins
* Rhys Lloyd - Place kicker for the Carolina Panters

Law, politics, and government

* C. Elmer Anderson - Governor of Minnesota
* Wendell Anderson - Governor of Minnesota, U.S. Senator
* Joseph H. Ball - U.S. Senator
* Dean Barkley - U.S. Senator
* Robert Bergland - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Congressman
* James Blanchard - Governor of Michigan, U.S. Ambassador to Canada
* Kathleen A. Blatz - Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice
* Warren Burger - chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
* Ray P. Chase - U.S. Congressman
* Victor Christgau - U.S. Congressman
* Theodore Christianson - Governor of Minnesota, U.S. Congressman
* Nick Clegg - British MP
* Jeffrey Davidow - U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Zambia, and Venezuela
* David Durenberger - U.S. Senator
* Donald M. Fraser - Mayor of Minneapolis, U.S. Congressman
* Orville Freeman - Governor of Minnesota, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
* Godfrey Goodwin - U.S. Congressman
* Geir Haarde - Prime minister of Iceland
* Mike Hatch - former Minnesota Attorney General
* James D. Hodgson - U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Ambassador to Japan
* Einar Hoidale - U.S. Congressman
* Hubert H. Humphrey - U.S. Vice President and 1968 Democratic nominee for President
* Max Kampelman - former chief U.S. nuclear arms-reduction negotiator, United Nations Association chairman, founded Council for a Community of Democracies
* Kim Young Sam - former President of the Republic of Korea, honorary doctorate degree receipient
* Ron Kind - U.S. Congressman
* O-kyu Kwon - Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Korea
* John Linder - U.S. Congressman
* Bill Luther - U.S. Congressman
* Kevin T. O'Malley - General Counsel, St. Jude Medical
* Eugene McCarthy - U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, three-time presidential candidate
* Mary O. McCarthy - former Central Intelligence Agency analyst who allegedly leaked classified information
* Walter Mondale - U.S. Vice President and 1984 Democratic nominee for President
* Yong-lin Moon - former Minister of Education and Human Resources Development of the Republic of Korea, currently faculty at Seoul National University
* Wayne Morse - U.S. Senator
* Gen Olson - Minnesota state senator
* Alan Page (J.D.) - 1988 inductee to Pro Football Hall of Fame and an Associate Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Tim Pawlenty - Governor of Minnesota
* Jim Ramstad - U.S. Congressman
* James Rosenbaum - Federal Circuit Chief Judge
* Patricia Schroeder - U.S. Congresswoman
* Sadiq Al Shehabi - Member of the Shura Council, Kingdom of Bahrain
* Harold Stassen - Governor of Minnesota, presidential candidate
* Carl Stokes - Mayor of Cleveland, U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles
* Charles W. Turnbull - Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands
* Bruce Vento - U.S. Congressman
* Luther Youngdahl - Governor of Minnesota
* Vin Weber - U.S. Congressman
* Roy Wilkins - civil rights activist
* Ross Wilson - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
* Khurram Murad - Pakistani politician and Islamic activist.
* Paulo Zucula - Mozambican politician

cience

* Earl Bakken - invented the battery-powered cardiac pacemaker
* Christiaan Barnard - performed the world's first heart transplant
* Norman Borlaug - Nobel Laureate peace
* Michele Brekke - NASA’s first female flight director
* Walter Brattain - Nobel Laureate physicist, co-inventor of the transistor
* Melvin Calvin - Nobel Laureate chemist
* David P. Campbell - author of Campbell Interest and Skill Survey
* Hyung-Seob Choi - first president of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, former Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea
* Seymour Cray - supercomputer architect, founder of Cray Research
* Robert J. Desnick - Professor & Chairman, Department of Human Genetics, cured Fabres Disease
* Satish Dhawan- Chairman, Indian Space Commission (1972-1995)
* Elmer William Engstrom - engineer/television pioneer at RCA
* Seymour Geisser - founder of the University's School of Statistics
* Robert R. Gilruth - aeronautical engineer, director of Johnson Space Center
* Robert A. Good - pediatrician and bone-marrow transplant pioneer; author of more than 40 books and 1,800 published scientific articles; earned 80 scientific awards and honorary degrees
* Robert W. Gore - inventor of Gore-Tex
* Harrison Gough - author of the California Psychological Inventory
* Pat Gruber - created method to avoid use of petroleum for consumer products
* Moshe Gur - professor and head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion (Israel's top technical university) in Tel Aviv
* Sally Hasselbrack - senior research fellow, Boeing
* John L. Holland - psychologist who developed the "RIASEC" career model
* Yeo Shin Hong - dean, Seoul National University School of Nursing; past president of the Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
* Cyril Hoyt - author of Hoyt's coefficient of internal consistency reliability
* Louis J. Ignarro - Nobel Laureate pharmacist
* Marjorie Jamieson - created the Living-at-Home Block Nurse Program, a national model of long-term care for the elderly
* James Kakalios - professor of physics, noted for his work with comic-book fans.
* Ancel Keys - nutritionist, inventor of K-rations
* Izaak Kolthoff - "Father of analytical chemistry"
* Steve Kraus - worked with World Health Organization in Rwanda; coordinator of Thailand Embassy's efforts to help fleeing Vietnamese refugees; working on HIV-AIDS crisis in Thailand
* Mary Jo Kreitzer - established Center for Spirituality and Healing at University of Minnesota, one of the country's first centers for complementary and alternative medicine
* E-hyock Kwon - former executive director of the council of Sungkyunkwan University, former president of the Republic of Korea National Academy of Sciences, honorary president of the Korean Public Health Association
* Ernest O. Lawrence - Nobel Laureate physicist
* Ho-Wang Lee - first isolated Hantavirus and invented Hantavax (vaccine for Hantavirus), former president of the Republic of Korea National Academy of Sciences, first Korean elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences
* Edward B. Lewis - Nobel Laureate geneticist
* C. Walton Lillehei - pioneering heart surgeon, inventor of cardiac pacemaker, "Father of open-heart surgery"
* Daniel McFadden - Nobel Laureate economist
* Jeannette Piccard, teacher, balloon pilot, priest
*Theodore H. Rowell - a Minnesota pharmaceutical industrialist and politician. The Theodore H. Rowell Graduate Fellowship [2] at the University of Minnesota for graduate students in the College of Pharmacy was instituted in his honor to further pharmacy at the U of M.
* Norman Shumway - performed first U.S. heart transplant
* Deke Slayton - astronaut
* Owen Wangensteen - heart-lung machine pioneer
* Blong Xiong - first Hmong in the U.S. to receive tenure at a major university
* Bang-Bu Youn - honorary executive director of the council of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine

Leadership

* Lahsen Ababouch - Chief of the Fisheries Industry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization
* Dianne Deering Anton - Vice President of Contracts and Strategic Agreements at Alliant Techsystems
* Mary Greeley Bartz - director of Betty Crocker Kitchens
* Janet Benshoof - National Law Journal 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America, women's rights activist, founder and president emeritus of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
* Norman Borlaug - Nobel Peace Prize winner
* Kevin Brazner - founding partner of The Avalon Group
* Marilyn Tickle Bryant - activist, lobbyist
* Mary Crimi - past national president of the American Animal Hospital Association
* John Donovan - Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Consulting Services, VeriSign
* Susan Edberg - vice president for marketing at Minnesota Public Radio
* Jody H. Feragen - vice president of finance and treasurer, Hormel Foods Corporation
* Daniel Gore - President, Creative Matters Advertising
* Michelle Gran - cofounder of Global Volunteers
* Molly Greenman - president and CEO, Family and Children’s Service, Minneapolis
* Harry Heltzer - CEO, 3M, (1970-1975)
* Andrew Hilyer - first U of M African American graduate (1882)
* Susan Hoff - vice president, corporate communications, BestBuy
* Michael Illbruck - CEO, Illbruck International, GmbH
* Mildred Jeffrey - civil rights activist, labor leader, received 2000 Presidential Medal of Freedom
* Derek Edward Jensen Sr. - investment banker
* Myung-Sik Jung - former CEO of POSCO
* Joyce Kelly - founder of Wildlife Habitat Council
* Steve LaPorte - Vice President of NeuroVentures and Business Development, Medtronic, Inc., (2002-2005)
* Karen Gilles Larson - CEO Synovis Life Technologies
* Mary Leonard - owner of Chocolat Celeste
* Ingrid Lehmann - Director of the United Nations Information Service in Vienna
* Timothy R. McLevish - CFO, Ingersoll-Rand
* Scott Litman - Co-Founder Imaginet, LLC, former North American President of J. Walter Thompson's connect@jwt, co-founder of the Minnesota Cup
* Kathleen Lundberg - Chief Compliance Officer, Guidant Corporation
* Harvey Mackay - businessman, Four time New York Times bestseller author
* Dan Mallin - Co-Founder Imaginet, LLC, former North American Chief Operating Officer of J. Walter Thompson's connect@jwt, co-founder of the Minnesota Cup
* Sandra McKay - author, four-time Fullbright award winner
* Obioma Nnaemeka - Founder, Association of African Women Scholars,
* Curtis C. Nelson - president and chief operating officer of Carlson Companies
* Bud Philbrook - cofounder of Global Volunteers
* Lee Raymond - former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation
* Susan Sokolowski - apparel designer for Nike, Fila, and NASA
* Derek Sussner - owner of Sussner Design Company
* Tom Staggs - senior executive vice president of Walt Disney Co.
* Robert Ulrich - Chairman of Target
* Hicks Waldron - former CEO of Avon Products
* Scott Ward - President- Vascular, Medtronic, Inc.
* Bob Whitmore - executive vice president of Seagate Technology
* Michael Wingert - President and COO, Maxtor Corporation
* Whitney Young - former executive director of National Urban League
* William E. McIntosh, Jr. - Co-Founder National Association of Minority Auto Dealers

Academia

*David T. Beito, Professor of History at The University of Alabama
*Alvin C. Eurich, First President of the State University of New York
*William W. Hagerty, Former president of Drexel University
*Kermit L. Hall, President of the University at Albany, SUNY
*Elaine Tuttle Hansen, President of Bates College
*David Montgomery, Professor of History, Emeritus at Yale University
*Eugene P. Sheehy, Head Academic Librarian at Columbia University
*Cheol Soon Shin, President of Chonbuk National University; Chair, Korean Council of National and Public Universities
*Alan Trachtenberg, Professor of American Studies, Emeritus at Yale University
*Tong-In Wongsothorn, President of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand

University of Minnesota Presidents
*William Watts Folwell (1869–1884)
*Cyrus Northrop (1884–1911)
*George Edgar Vincent (1911–1917)
*Marion Burton (1917–1920)
*Lotus Coffman (1920–1938)
*Guy Stanton Ford (1938–1941)
*Walter Coffey (1941–1945)
*James Morrill (1945–1960)
*O. Meredith Wilson (1960–1967)
*Malcolm Moos (1967–1974)
*C. Peter Magrath (1974–1984)
*Kenneth H. Keller (1984–1988)
*Nils Hasselmo (1988–1997)
*Mark G. Yudof (1997–2002)
*Robert H. Bruininks (2002–present)

Regents

*David Metzen
*John Sargent Pillsbury
*Patricia Spence
*Robert Bergland

Chancellors

*Edward Duffield Neill,1858-1861

Faculty

*Hyman "Hy" Berman – History professor (retired), local political commentator
*Daphne Berdahl–Anthropology professor (deceased)
*John Berryman – Literature Professor, American poet
*Norman Borlaug – creator of the Green Revolution
*Michael Dennis Browne – Professor of creative writing, American poet
*Marilyn Carroll – Neuroscience professor
*Eli Coleman – Director of the Program in Human Sexuality, Editor of the "Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality"
*Barbara Frey - Former member of United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
*Seymour Geisser – Founder of the School of Statistics, DNA evidence expert
*Florence Goodenough – Psychology
*Lawrence R. Jacobs – Political science professor, local political commentator
*Frederick Klaeber - noted "Beowulf" scholar
*George Morrison – Art professor
*Katherine Nash – Sculpture professor
*Michael Osterholm – School of Public Health professor
*Eugene Rousseau – Saxophone instructor
*Sachin Sapatnekar – Electrical engineering
*Ephraim Sparrow – Mechanical engineering - thermodynamics and heat transfer
*Allen Tate – Literature professor, American poet
*David Weissbrodt - Former head of United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and U.N. Special Rapporteur on the rights of non-citizens
*James Wright – Literature professor, American poet
*S V Patankar – Mechanical engineering - mechanical engineering - computational thermofluids
*T W Simon – Mechanical engineering - thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer
*Jack Zipes – German professor, translator and scholar of fairy tales

Present Regents Professors

[http://www1.umn.edu/honors/Award_Recipients/Regents_Professorship_Present_Recipients.html]
*Ellen Berscheid - Psychology
*John Chipman - Economics
*Thomas Clayton - English
*Ted Davis - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
*Sara Evans - History
*Apostolos Georgopoulos - Neuroscience
*Richard Goldstein - Mechanical Engineering
*Megan Gunnar - Child Psychology, Institute for Child Development
*Ashley Haase - Microbiology
*Patricia Hampl - English
*Robert Hebbel - Medicine
*Allen Issacman - History
*Alfred Michael - Pediatrics
*Ronald Phillips - Agronomy and Plant Genetics
*Lanny D Schmidt - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
*Kathryn Sikkink - Political Science
*John Sullivan - Political Science
*Richard A. Swanson - Professor of Human Resource Resource Development
*David Tilman - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
*Donald Truhlar - Chemistry
*David Weissbrodt - Law
*James White - Laboratory Medicine and Pathology