List of Carnegie Mellon University people
This is a list of notable people associated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States of America.
Notable students and alumni
John L. Hall (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1961), 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, faculty member), 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic SciencesDale Thomas Mortensen (Ph.D. 1967), 2010 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic SciencesJohn Forbes Nash (B.S. 1948, M.S. 1948), 1994 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, the subject of A Beautiful Mind Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, faculty member 1971–1980), 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic SciencesClifford Shull (B.S. 1937), 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics Oliver E. Williamson (Ph.D. 1963), 2009 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, faculty member 1956–1971), compiler construction, 1966; first Turing Award winnerAllen Newell (Ph.D 1957, faculty member 1961–1992), artificial intelligence , 1975Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), computer graphics , 1988Edward Feigenbaum (B.S. 1956, Ph.D 1960), artificial intelligence , 1994Shafi Goldwasser (B.S. 1979), cryptography , 2012
Daniel Nagin (B.S, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1976, Professor), criminologist, 2014Raoul Bott (Ph.D. 1949), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1987Allen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, Professor), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1992George Pake (B.S., M.S. 1945), Physical Sciences, 1987Frederick Rossini (B.S. 1925, M.S. 1926, DSc (hon.) 1948), Chemistry
Business
Paul Allaire (M.B.A 1966), former Xerox director (1986–1990) CEO (1990–2000) and Chairman (1991–2000)Kushagra Bajaj (B.S.), Vice Chairman of Bajaj Group Ted Decker , (M.B.A. 1993), CEO and president of The Home Depot [ 1] Francisco D'Souza (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1992), CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions Dina Dublon (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1979), former EVP and CFO of JP Morgan Chase ; board member of Microsoft , Accenture , PepsiCo , and Carnegie Mellon University Marc Ewing (B.S. 1992), co-founder of Red Hat Inc., maker of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Yoshiaki Fujimori (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1981), President and CEO of Lixil Group Scott Griffith (1981), Chairman and CEO of Zipcar Cormac Kinney (B.S. 1993, Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1994), software inventor and entrepreneurAlexander Knaster (B.S. 1980), billionaire private equity investor; founder and chairman of Pamplona Capital ManagementJim Levy (B.S. 1965, Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1966), founding CEO of Activision (1979–1986)Andrew Ng (B.S. 1997), co-founder of education technology company Coursera , director of Stanford University 's Artificial Intelligence LabFrank Marshall (B.S.), former Director of Juniper Networks , former Vice President of Cisco (1992–1997)Gerald C. Meyers (B.S., M.S.), former Chairman of American Motors Ted Nierenberg (B.S. 1944), founder of Dansk International Designs [ 2] David Tepper (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1982), founder and Chairman of Appaloosa Management , owner of the NFL 's Carolina Panthers , and the MLS 's Charlotte FC Madhavi Vuppalapati , CEO and Chairperson of Prithvi Information Solutions.[ 3] Romesh Wadhwani (M.S., Ph.D.), billionaire private equity investor; founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), CEO of General Motors (1946–1953), President of General Motors (1941–1953) (See also : Government and politics section )Sulajja Firodia Motwani , Indian woman entrepreneurSunil Wadhwani , co-founder of Mastech Digital and IGATE Brian Olsavsky (M.B.A ), CFO of Amazon [ 4] Steve (Satish) Sangapu , (Software Architecture Professional Certificate), Author & Founder and CTO of D3V Technology Solutions [ 5]
Science and technology
Kimberly W. Anderson (Ph.D.), chemist, Gill Eminent Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky .Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau (B.S. 1991), author, professor, faculty member in the Computer Sciences Department at University of Wisconsin-Madison , ACM Fellow , winner of SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award .Allen Barnett (1966), principal investigator of the DARPA -funded Consortium for Very High Efficiency Solar Cells Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S. 1976), co-founder of Sun Microsystems ; Managing Director of Cisco 1996–2002; Chief Architect of Sun Microsystems 2003–2005; an original investor in Google , and the first person to document the company nameJoshua Bloch (Ph.D. 1990), Chief Java Architect of Google , author of Jolt Award -winning book Effective Java Nik Bonaddio (B.S. 2004, M.S. 2005), founder of numberFire Nathaniel Borenstein (M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1985), Chief Open Standards Strategist and Distinguished Engineer at IBM , co-creator of MIME for formatting multimedia emailMark Canepa (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1977), Executive Vice President of Network Storage Products Group, then Data Management for Sun Microsystems Jane C. Charlton (B.S. 1983), professor of astronomy and astrophysics, received her B.S. at age 18 [ 6] Bob Colwell (Ph.D.), Chief Architect of Intel Pentium Pro Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), inventor of dynamic random access memory (DRAM); IBM Fellow ; proved the theories leading to Moore's Law Scott Fahlman (Professor), creator of the emoticon Gerald Gardner (1922–2009), geophysicist and social activist whose statistical analysis led to the banning of classified advertising segregated by gender in a 1973 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court [ 7] Charles Geschke (Ph.D. 1973), co-founder of Adobe Systems James J. Gillogly (Ph.D. 1978), cryptographer who was the first to publicly solve parts 1-3 of Kryptos Virgil D. Gligor , pioneer in computer security and co-director of Carnegie Mellon's CYLABJames Gosling (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1983), Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems , creator of Java programming language William Walter Hay (B.S. 1931) professor of railway engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign remembered with the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Hay Award[ 8] Maynard Holliday , Robotics Engineer and former technology officer at The Pentagon Feng-hsiung Hsu (Ph.D. 1990), co-creator of ChipTest (while at CMU), the predecessor of Deep Thought , which evolved into Deep Blue at IBMPhil Karn (M.S. 1979), engineer; his name is on at least six RFCs ; inventor of Karn's Algorithm , a method for calculating the round trip time for IP packet retransmissionVinod Khosla (M.S. 1978), co-founder of Sun Microsystems , venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers James H. Kindelberger (1920), pioneer of aviation, Chairman of North American Aviation (1948–1960)Kai-Fu Lee (Ph.D. 1988, Assistant Professor), former President of Google ChinaIra N. Levine (B.A. 1958), author, professor and faculty member in the Chemistry Department at Brooklyn College .Qi Lu (Ph.D. 1996), President of Online Services Division, Microsoft , former Executive Vice President at Yahoo! Mao Yisheng (Ph.D. 1919), bridge engineering expert, first Ph.D. graduate of Carnegie TechEdgar Mitchell (B.S. 1952), astronaut , 6th man to walk on the Moon James G. Mitchell (Ph.D. 1970), computer scientist, Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems , developer of WATFOR compilerNikolai Mushegian (B.S. 2014), computer scientist and software engineer who contributed to software platforms supporting decentralized autonomous organizations and decentralized finance Harvey C. Nathanson (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), inventor of first MEMS device, former Chief Scientist at Northrop Grumman Bruce J. Nelson (Ph.D. 1981), inventor of the Remote procedure call for computer communicationsAndrew Ng (B.S. 1997), professor at Stanford University and co-founder of Coursera John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), inventor of the Tcl scripting languageDavid Parnas (M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1965), early pioneer of software engineering Randy Pausch (Ph.D. 1988, Professor), founder of Alice (software) , and the man behind The Last Lecture Drew D. Perkins (B.S. 1986), author of Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)Judith Resnik (B.S. 1970), astronaut who died in the Challenger STS-51-L Mark Russinovich (B.S., Ph.D. 1994), Windows expert and technical fellow of Microsoft Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Ph.D. 1983), principal computer architect of Coda and Andrew File System Joshua Schachter (B.S. 1996), founder of del.icio.us Jonathan I. Schwartz (transferred to Wesleyan University ), CEO of Sun Microsystems Harry Shum (Ph.D. 1996), Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Pradeep Sindhu (Ph.D. 1982), co-founder and CTO of Juniper Networks Javier Soltero (B.S. 1997), former founder and CEO of Hyperic , former CTO of SaaS at VMware , currently founder and CEO of Acompli Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Shanghua Teng , Professor of Computer Science at Boston University and winner of Gödel Prize Avie Tevanian (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1988), former Apple CTORichard Wallace (Ph.D. 1989), Chairman and co-founder of the A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation; author of Artificial Intelligence Markup Language ; Botmaster of the chatbot A.L.I.C.E. Earl L. Warrick inventor of Silly Putty and developer of silicone rubber .Red Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979), professor at CMU; led CMU teams that won second and third place in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 and first place in 2007Dan Wilson (Ph.D. 2021), biologist and science communicatorYishan Wong (B.S. 2001), chief executive officer of Reddit Inc.
William Atherton (1969), film, stage and television actor, Die Hard The Day of the Locust The Girl Next Door Jason Antoon (1994), actor, No Ordinary Family Hale Appleman , actor, (The Magicians René Auberjonois (1962), actor, Benson Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Boston Legal William Ball , director, founder of American Conservatory Theater Brent Barrett , film and Broadway actor, singer; Chicago Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular The Producers Shari Belafonte , actress, singer, Hotel Cane River , The Heidi Chronicles Natalie Venetia Belcon , actress, singer, originated role of Gary Coleman in Broadway musical Avenue Q Benny Benack , orchestra leader, "King of Pittsburgh Dixieland"Lourdes Benedicto , actress, NYPD Blue ER Dawson's Creek 24 Denée Benton (2014), actress, Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 The Book of Mormon Paul Ben-Victor (1987), actor, The Wire The Shield Entourage Steven Bochco (1966), writer, producer, Hill Street Blues L.A. Law NYPD Blue Emmy Award winnerMatthew Bomer (2000), actor, White Collar The Normal Heart Magic Mike Liam Bonner (2004), baritone opera singerChristian Borle , actor, Legally Blonde Tony Award winner in 2012 for Peter and the Starcatcher Something Rotten! Smash Barbara Bosson (1970), actress, Hill Street Blues Murder One Abby Brammell (2001), actress, The Unit Albert Brooks (attended for two years), actor, screenwriter and director, Finding Nemo Broadcast News Lost in America Michael Campayno (2014) actor, The Sound of Music LIVE ", The Cher Show ", "Wicked the musical "Lori Cardille (1976), actress, Day of the Dead Jean Carson (1945), actress, The Andy Griffith Show Anthony Carrigan (2006),[ 9] Barry Arthur Chadwick (1997), set designer for Accidentally on Purpose Donna Lynne Champlin (1993), actress, Crazy Ex Girlfriend Carol Channing (1943), Tony Award-winning actress, Hello Dolly! Gaius Charles (2005), actor, Friday Night Lights François Clemmons (1969), founder/director of Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Kat Coiro , director and writerRhys Coiro (2002), actor, HBO 's Entourage Frank Converse (1962), actor, Coronet Blue The Rowdyman N.Y.P.D. Casey Cott (2016), actor, Riverdale Corey Cott (2012), actor, Disney's Newsies Bandstand Gigi Ellen Crawford (1975), actress, Boston Legal James Cromwell (1964), actor, known for L.A. Confidential The General's Daughter Babe Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Bob Cummings (1930), actor, known for films (Dial M for Murder Saboteur The Bob Cummings Show Ted Danson (1972), actor, Cheers Three Men and a Baby The Good Place Golden Globe Award winnerJoan Darling (1957), actress, Mary Hartman MASH Cote de Pablo (2000), actress, NCIS Nicole DeHuff , actress, Meet The Parents Unbeatable Harold Kim Director (2000), actress, Orange is the New Black Neal Dodson , film producerDagmara Dominczyk (1998), actress, The Count of Monte Cristo Neil Druckmann (2005), writer and creative director at Naughty Dog [ 10] Peggy Eisenhauer (1983), Tony Award-winning lighting designer Esteban (1970), flamenco guitarist Abe Feder (1930), lighting designer, lighting directorBarbara Feldon (1955), actress, Get Smart Fitzwilly Mad About You Jules Fisher (1960), lighting designer; won a Tony AwardSeth Fisher (2004), director, The Good Wife Sutton Foster (left after freshman year), actress, Thoroughly Modern Millie Anything Goes Shrek Robert Foxworth (1965), actor, Falcon Crest Six Feet Under Mark Frost (1975), producer, Twin Peaks Sidney Furie (1955), director and screenwriter , The Ipcress File The Entity Josh Gad (2003), actor, "Olaf " in Frozen The Book of Mormon The Wedding Ringer Herb Gardner (1956), Tony Award-winning playwright, A Thousand Clowns I'm Not Rappaport Yusuf Gatewood (2002), The Originals (TV series) , The Umbrella Academy [ 11] Michael Goldenberg (1986), screenwriter and director Harry Potter Renée Elise Goldsberry (1993), actress, Tony Award for Hamilton The Lion King The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rent Frank Gorshin (1955), actor, best known as "The Riddler " in the Batman live action television series Ralph Guggenheim (1974), producer, Toy Story Javier Grillo-Marxuach (1991), television screenwriter, producer, best known for his work on the first two seasons of Lost Josh Groban (left after freshman year), singer and Broadway actor, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Demetrius Grosse (2003), Justified Charles Haid (1968), actor and director, NYPD Blue L. A. Law Doogie Howser, M.D. Van Hansis (2004), actor, Luke Snyder of As the World Turns Emmy Award nomineeIan Harding (2009), actor, Pretty Little Liars Mariette Hartley (1965), Emmy Award-winning actress, Ride the High Country Peyton Place The Incredible Hulk Elizabeth Hartman , actressLisa Hartman-Black (1978), actress, Tabitha David Haskell (1970), actor (Godspell ) Anne Marie Cummings (B.F.A. 1990), 4X Emmy-nominated TV creator, actress, writer, director of Conversations in L.A. Ethan Hawke (briefly attended), actorSian Heder (1999) writer, filmmaker; Orange Is The New Black Tallulah Grey Henson (2012) actor, The Book of Mormon Mean Girls Megan Hilty (2004), actress, played Glinda in Wicked Smash Nine to Five Leonard "Hub" Hubbard , Grammy Award winner, composer, bassist , The RootsChuck Hittinger (2005), Screamfest Boogeyman 3 David Hornsby (1998), actor, screenwriter, producer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Holly Hunter (1980), actress; won an Academy Award , two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award Sam Hyde (attended for one year), actor, writer, comedian and co-creator of Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace Peter Hylenski (1997), sound designer, Tony Award for Best Sound Design winner[ 12] James Jacks (1969), producer, Raising Arizona The Mummy The Mummy Returns Mallrats Michael Tombstone Cherry Jones (1978), actress; won an Emmy Award and a Tony AwardCaren Kaye (1973) (M.S., Ph.D. in Psychology), lead actress, My Tutor Arthur Kennedy (1936), actor, 5-time Oscar nominee, Lawrence of Arabia All My Sons Elmer Gantry Jack Klugman (1948), Emmy Award-winning actor, best known for The Odd Couple Quincy, M.E. Frederick Koehler (1997), actor, Kate and Allie All My Children Michael Kooman , musical theater composer, half of Kooman and Dimond , whose works have been performed at The Kennedy Center , Williamstown Theater Festival , and American Conservatory Theater David Lander (1969), actor, Squiggy on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley David Larsen (1999), actor, The Book of Mormon William Law (1966), How to Make an American Quilt Iron Man Returns Eugene Lee (1962), two-time Tony Award-winning scenic designerTelly Leung (2002), actor, Allegiance Kara Lindsay (2006), actress, Newsies Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Judith Light (1970), Daytime Emmy Award and two-time Tony Award-winning actress, One Life to Live Who's the Boss? Keith Lockhart (1983), conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Lubin (1920), film director and producer of the 1943 film Phantom of the Opera Mister Ed Gabriel Macht (1994), actor, Suits Erin Mackey (2008), Broadway, television, and film actress, known for playing Glinda in Wicked Henry Mancini (1947), composer; nominated for 72 Grammy Awards , winning 20; also nominated for 18 Academy Awards , winning fourJoe Manganiello (2000), actorSonia Manzano (1972), actress, writer, Maria Rodriguez on Sesame Street Nancy Marchand (1949), actress, known for Lou Grant HBO 's The Sopranos Emmy Award winnerRob Marshall (1982), director; nominated for two Academy Awards (Chicago Memoirs of a Geisha Henry Mazer , conductor and recording artist for Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra [ 13] Gilmer McCormick (1969), actress, Godspell John McDaniel , producer, composer, conductor, known for leading the band on The Rosie O'Donnell Show Michael McKean (1969), actor and ensemble comedian (Best in Show Waiting for Guffman This Is Spinal Tap Better Call Saul Laverne and Shirley Kennedy McMann (2018), actress,[ 14] Nancy Drew Michael McMillian (2002), True Blood James Meena (1973), conductor and opera administratorPatina Miller (2006), Tony Award-winning actress (Pippin Sister Act All My Children Katy Mixon (2003), actress, Mike & Molly American Housewife Roger Morgan (1961), The Crucifer of Blood Greg Mottola (BFA, Art), director, Superbad The Daytrippers Undeclared Arrested Development Jeffrey Mylett (1971), actor, Godspell David Norona (1994), The Mentalist Vince O'Brien (1949), Broadway, television, and film actorLeslie Odom, Jr. (2003), actor, Hamilton Red Tails Rory O'Malley (2003), actor, The Book of Mormon Hamilton Oopali Operajita (1995), choreographer and classical Odissi and Bharatanatyam dancerStephanie Palmer (1997), Hollywood executive, author of Good in a Room Van Dyke Parks , composer, arranger, producer, musician most notably with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys John Pasquin (1969), Emmy Award-winning directorVictoria Pedretti (2017), actress [ 15] George Peppard (1951), actor, best known for Breakfast at Tiffany's John "Hannibal" Smith on The A-Team Fern Persons (1934), actress, Risky Business Hoosiers Field of Dreams Martin Platt (1971), producer, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike John C. Picardi (1996). playwright, The Sweepers, Seven Rabbits on a Pole. Novel; Oliver Pepper's PickleDerek Stephen Prince (1991), voice actor, Bleach Naruto Love Hina Cowboy Bebop Digimon JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Erin Quill , actress, writer, and singerZachary Quinto (1999), actor, played Sylar on Heroes Spock in Star Trek Sally Jessy Raphaël , talk show host; briefly attendedLester Rawlins (1950), A Man for All Seasons Norman René (1974), theatre and film director; Obie Award winnerDarren Ritchie (1999), actor/singerKali Rocha (1993), actress, Sledge Lori Rom (1997), actress, Love's Enduring Promise
George A. Romero (1960), film director , Night of the Living Dead Dawn of the Dead Ann Roth (1953), film and Broadway costume designer; won an Academy Award and two Emmy AwardsPolly Rowles (1936), film and TV actor, Springtime in the Rockies Auntie Mame Laura San Giacomo (1984), actress, Just Shoot Me! Quigley Down Under Sex, Lies, and Videotape Pretty Woman Lou Scheimer (1952), Flash Gordon Mary Kate Schellhardt (BFA 2001), actress, What's Eating Gilbert Grape Free Willy 2 Apollo 13 Robert Schmertz (1921), architect and folk musician , CMU faculty and author of the CMU fight songPablo Schreiber (2000), actor, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Stephen Schwartz (1968), composer of shows including Wicked Godspell Pippin Scotch'n'Soda theatrical club on campus under the title Pippin Pippin )Roxanne Seeman , songwriter and lyricistKyle Selig (2014), actor, The Book of Mormon Mean Girls Sushma Seth , (1960) Bollywood actress, Junoon Ram Teri Ganga Maili John Shaffer (1976), art director, The Big Bang Theory Friends Dharma & Greg
Mel Shapiro (1961), An Actor Performs Two Gentlemen of Verona Leigh Silverman (1996), producer, Violet Emily Skinner (1992), musical theater actress; nominated for a Tony Award alongside Side Show Alice Ripley Josef Sommer (1957), actor, Dirty Harry Absence of Malice Witness Aaron Staton (2004), actor, Mad Men Patricia Tallman (1979), actress and stunt woman, played Lyta Alexander on Babylon 5 Night of the Living Dead John-Michael Tebelak (1971)(MFA), playwright and director (Godspell Irene Tedrow (1929), actress, Eleanor and Franklin , James at 16 Bonanza Jim Tetlow (1977), lighting designer and theatre consultant ; won an Emmy Award for lighting designThom Thomas (1963), playwright, Without Apologies Sada Thompson (1949), actress, Family Michael Tucker (1966), actor, L.A. Law Tamara Tunie (1981), actress, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Susan Tsu William J. G. Turner (1974), composer, director, dramatist, producer, and actorBlair Underwood (1988), actor, L.A. Law LAX Gattaca Sex and the City Michelle Veintimilla (2014), actress, Not Cool Paula Wagner (1969), film producer and executiveLoudon Wainwright III , musician; withdrew in 1967Bruce Weitz (1966), actor, Hill Street Blues Deep Impact John Wells (1970), writer, producer, China Beach ER The West Wing Third Watch Ming-Na Wen (1986), actress, ER The Joy Luck Club Annie Award winner as voice of "Mulan" in Mulan Aki Ross in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Daniel Wilson (2003, 2004, 2005), TV host, The Works How to Survive a Robot Uprising Patrick Wilson (1995), actor; nominated for a Tony Award , an Emmy Award , and a Golden Globe Award George Wood (1945), actor, Harold and Maude Bud Yorkin (1948), producer, director, writer, actor (All in the Family Maude Good Times Sanford and Son One Day at a Time Diff'rent Strokes
Visual arts
Mel Bochner (1962), pioneer of postminimal arts and conceptual art Jonathan Borofsky (1964), 20th-century conceptual artist and sculptorMia Brownell (1993), painterSheila Butler (1960), visual artistVirgil Cantini (1946), artist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh Elizabeth Carpenter (1976), author, clothing designer, creator of educational children's puzzlesJohn Currin (1984), contemporary figure and portrait painterKen Ferguson (1952), ceramistRaymond Kaskey (1967), sculptorJoyce Kozloff (1942), artist and founder of Pattern and Decoration movementKatharine Kuharic (1984), figurative painter and educatorBurton Morris (1986), pop artistShalom Neuman (1970), painter and sculptorPhilip Pearlstein (1949), figure painterRob Rogers (1984), editorial cartoonistAbigail Satinsky (2003), art curatorJacqueline Thurston (1961), artist, writer and educatorAndy Warhol (1949), painter and major figure in the pop art movement
Architecture and design
Government and politics
Gust Avrakotos (attended for two years), Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency Nilofar Bakhtiar (M.S.), Senator and Federal Minister for Tourism in PakistanMalia Cohen (M.A.), 34th California State Controller Peter Corroon (B.S.), Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah Carmen Yulín Cruz (MS in Public Policy), member of the 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (2009–2013); Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013–present)[ 17] [ 18] Peter J. De Muth (BS 1914), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania Charles L. Evans (M.S., Ph.D. in Economics), President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago , 2007–presentRich Fitzgerald (BSME 1981), President, Allegheny County Council, Pennsylvania (January 2001–present)Anita K. Jones (Ph.D. 1973), Director of Defense Research and Engineering of the U.S. Department of DefenseSydney Kamlager (MA, 1994), Trustee-Elect to the Los Angeles Community College District Seat 3, District Director for California State Senator Holly Mitchell Salim Saifullah Khan (BS Mechanical Engineering, 1968), Senator and Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, Commerce, Housing & Works, Inter-Provincial Coordination in PakistanVasili Kuznetsov , Soviet political figureSusie Lee (BS, 1989; MS, 1990), United States Representative for Nevada’s 3rd District Nara Lokesh , Former Member of Legislative Council (28 March 2017 – 29 March 2023) Government of Andhra Pradesh, Republic of India.Keith B. McCutcheon (B.S. 1937), four-star general and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (1970)Oopali Operajita (MAPW 1995), Senior Parliamentary Adviser, IndiaJoseph D. Patch , U.S. Army major general[ 19] Bill Peduto (attended), Mayor of Pittsburgh Jairam Ramesh (Master of Science in Public Policy and Public Management), Former Minister of Rural Development, Government of India.[ 20] Henry J. Schultz (B.S. 1932) Mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania (1976–1980)Dennis B. Sullivan , U.S. Air Force generalJeffrey W. Talley (Ph.D. 2000), Lieutenant General retired, 32nd Chief of Army Reserve (CAR) and 7th Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) 2012-2016Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) under President Dwight D. Eisenhower Yarone Zober (MPM 2000), Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office, City of Pittsburgh (September 2006–present); former Deputy Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh (August to September 2006)
Academia
Educators
Padmanabhan Balaram (Ph.D. 1973), Director of Indian Institute of Science , IndiaJohn P. Crecine (B.S. 1961, M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1966), former Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon and President of Georgia Institute of Technology (1987–1994)James W. Dean Jr. , PhD, President of the University of New Hampshire [ 21] Michael D. C. Drout (B.A. 1990), professor at Wheaton College and scholar specializing in Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature, science fiction and fantasy, especially the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula K. Le Guin Marvin L. Goldberger (B.S. 1943), former President of the California Institute of Technology (1978–1987), former director of Institute for Advanced Study (1987–1991), former dean of the natural science at University of California, San Diego (1994–1999)John Graham (Ph.D. 1983), former Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School and current Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Robert Kibbee (died 1982), Chancellor of the City University of New York Robert Lepper , art professor who developed the country's first industrial design degree programRob Linsenmeier , Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology, Northwestern University Michael C. McFarland (M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1981), President of College of the Holy Cross , former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University (1996–2000)Joseph S. B. Mitchell (B.S. 1981, M.S. 1981), Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Stony Brook University William F. Pounds (B.S. 1950, M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1964), Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management (1966–1980)Suh Nam Pyo (Ph.D. 1964), President of KAIST , South KoreaMadhav V. Rajan (PhD 1990), former associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , full professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business , and dean of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago [ 22] Mendu Rammohan Rao (M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1969), Dean Emeritus of Indian School of Business , IndiaJon Strauss (Ph.D. 1964), Dean of Engineering, Whitacre College of Engineering , Texas Tech University , former President of Bainbridge Graduate Institute (2008–2009), Harvey Mudd College (1997–2006) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1985–1994)Richard L. Van Horn (Ph.D. 1976), former President of the University of Houston and the University of Oklahoma Hugh D. Young (Ph.D. 1959), longtime Professor who taught Physics for over 50 years at Carnegie Mellon . Professor Young was co-author of the later editions of the highly regarded textbook University Physics Suresh P. Sethi (Ph.D. 1972) Eugene McDermott Professor at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas , former General Motors professor at the University of Toronto , Alumni Achievement Award from Tepper School , fellow of Royal Society of Canada , AAAS , INFORMS , IEEE
Frederick Rossini (B.S. 1925, M.S. 1926, DSc (hon.) 1948), Chemistry, 1951Marvin L. Goldberger (B.S. 1943), Physics, 1963Raoul Bott (Ph.D. 1949), Mathematics, 1964Philip Morrison (B.S. 1936), Physics, 1971Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1972Frederick Mosteller (B.S. 1938, M.S. 1939), Mathematics, 1974Clifford Shull (B.S. 1937), Physics, 1975Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), Computer and Information Sciences, 1978John L. Hall (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1961), Physics, 1984Leonard Lerman (B.S. 1945), Genetics, 1986Oliver Williamson (Ph.D. 1963), Economic Sciences, 1994Stephen Fienberg (B.S. 1979), Applied mathematical sciences, 1999Shafrira Goldwasser (B.S. 1979), Computer and Information Sciences, 2004
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1977James D. Meindl (B.S. 1955, M.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1958), Electronics Engineering, 1978Mao Yisheng (Ph.D. 1919), Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, 1982Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), Electronics Engineering, 1984Angel Jordan (M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1959, Professor), Electronics Engineering, 1986H. T. Kung (Ph.D. 1973), Computer Science & Engineering, 1993Anita K. Jones (Ph.D. 1973), Computer Science & Engineering, 1994Charles Geschke (Ph.D. 1973), Computer Science & Engineering, 1995Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S. 1976), Electronics Engineering, 2000Stephanie Kwolek (B.S. 1946), Chemical Engineering, 2001John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), Computer Science & Engineering, 2001Bernard Cohen (Ph.D. 1950), Electric Power/Energy Systems Engineering, 2003James Gosling (Ph.D. 1983), Computer Science & Engineering, 2004Jonathan Rothberg (B.S. 1985), Bioengineering, 2004Shafrira Goldwasser (B.S. 1979), Computer Science & Engineering, 2005Pradeep K. Khosla (Dowd University Professor), Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Robotics, 2006Bob Colwell (Ph.D.), Computer Science & Engineering, 2006Stuart Card (M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1978), Computer Science & Engineering, 2007Shree K. Nayar (Ph.D. 1991), Computer Science and Engineering, 2008William L. Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2009Manuela M. Veloso (Ph.D. 1992, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2022
Other prominent faculty
Bob Altemeyer (PhD 1965), Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba Costas Azariadis (MBA 1971, Ph.D. 1975), Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis William A. Barnett (M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1974), Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Kansas Timothy Devinney (B.S., 1977), Chair and Professor of International Business University of Manchester , Fellow of Academy of Management , Fellow of Academy of International Business Ravi Jagannathan (M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1983), Chicago Mercantile Exchange/John F. Sandner Professor of Finance at Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University , former director of American Finance Association (2002–2005)Kevin Lane Keller (MSIA 1980), E.B. Osborn Professor of Marketing at Tuck School of Business , Dartmouth College John E. Laird (Ph.D. 1983), John L. Tishman Professor of Engineering at University of Michigan , co-creator of Soar cognitive architecture Rose Hum Lee (B.S. 1942), first woman and the first Chinese American to head a US university sociology department, at Roosevelt University Charles E. Leiserson (Ph.D. 1981), Professor of Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , co-author of the Introduction to Algorithms Ronald D. Macfarlane (M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1959), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University Nolan McCarty (M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1993), Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University Greg Morrisett (M.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1995), Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Computer Science and Engineering, Harvard University Michael S. Scott Morton (B.S. 1961), Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management (Emeritus) at MIT Sloan School of Management Jan Mossin (Ph.D.), made significant contribution to capital asset pricing model John Muth (Ph.D., Professor 1956–1964), father of the rational expectations revolution in economicsJay Nunamaker (B.S. 1964), Regents Professor of Management Information Systems, Computer Science, and Communication at University of Arizona Jeffrey Pfeffer (B.S. 1968, MSIA 1968), Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Demetri Psaltis (B.S. 1974, M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1977), Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology Millicent Sullivan (Ph.D. 2003), Alvin B. & Julie O. Stiles Professor Of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware [ 23] Jerry D. Thompson (Doctor of Arts in history), Regents Professor of History, Texas A&M International University , Laredo, Texas ; specialist on American Southwest Sheridan Titman (M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1981), Walter W. McAllister Centennial Professor of Finance at McCombs School of Business , University of Texas at Austin , President of Western Finance Association Andrew B. Whinston (M.S. 1960, Ph.D. 1962), Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Professor in Business Administration at McCombs School of Business , University of Texas at Austin Dr. Abul Hasnat (M.S. 1950), Late Professor of Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (BUET) , Bangladesh; University of Basrah , Iraq and King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah
Literature
Michael Chabon (attended), Pulitzer Prize -winning authorChristina Crawford (attended), author of Mommie Dearest Iris Rainer Dart (1966), author of Beaches E. L. Konigsburg (1952), author of children's books Jewell Parker Rhodes (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, D.A. 1979), novelistWilliam Roos , novelist, playwright, and screenwriter[ 24] Manil Suri (Ph.D. 1983), mathematician and writerAstro Teller (Ph.D. 1998), author of Exegesis Kurt Vonnegut (briefly attended), author, Slaughterhouse Five Jeffrey Zaslow , columnist for the Wall Street Journal The Last Lecture
Sports
Nada Arkaji , the first woman to represent Qatar at the Olympic Games Dwight "Dike" Beede , college football coach who created and introduced the penalty flagHoward Harpster (1928), All-American quarterback , inducted into College Football Hall of Fame , led defeat of Knute Rockne 's Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rich Lackner (1979), current Carnegie Mellon head football coachHans Lobert , Major League Baseball player, managerJohn McGraw (born Roy Elmer Hoar), Major League Baseball player, not to be confused with hall-of-famer John McGraw Aron Ralston (1997), mountain climber, subject of the film 127 Hours Herb Sendek (1985), men's basketball head coach, Santa Clara , Arizona State , and North Carolina State
NFL
Merl Condit , end, Brooklyn Dodgers , Pittsburgh Steelers (1940–1946)[ 25] Bull Karcis , fullback, Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants (1932–1943)[ 25] Hap Moran , end, Frankford Yellow Jackets , New York Giants (1926–1933)[ 25] Bill Rieth , center, Cleveland Rams (1941–1945)[ 25] Jimmy Robertson , fullback, halfback, Akron Pros (1924–1925)[ 25] Joe Rudolph , guard, Philadelphia Eagles , San Francisco 49ers (1995, 1997)Hugh Sprinkle , tackle, Akron Pros (1923–1925)[ 25] Ray Tesser , end, Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1934)[ 25]
Notable faculty
Clinton Davisson (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics , 1937Otto Stern (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1943Paul Flory (Research Associate, Mellon Institute ), Nobel Prize in Chemistry , 1974Herbert A. Simon (Professor, 1949–2001), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences , 1978Franco Modigliani (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences , 1985Merton Miller (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990Robert Lucas Jr (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1995John Pople (Professor 1964–1993), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998Lars Peter Hansen (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2013Walter Kohn (Professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate, Mellon Institute , 1951–1953), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , 2003Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, Professor 1971–1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004Ada Yonath (Postdoctoral researcher, 1969), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009Geoffrey Hinton (Professor 1982–1987), Nobel Prize in Physics, 2024
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor 1956–1971), compiler construction, 1966 – first Turing Award winnerAllen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, Professor 1961–1992) and Herbert A. Simon (Professor), artificial intelligence , 1975Dana S. Scott (Professor 1981–2003), nondeterministic machines, 1976Robert Floyd (Professor 1963–1968), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978Raj Reddy (Professor 1969–present), artificial intelligence , 1994Manuel Blum (Professor 1999–2018), computational complexity theory , 1995Edmund M. Clarke (Professor 1982–2020), model checking , 2007Leslie Valiant (Professor 1973–1974), machine learning , 2010William Mattis (Professor 1976–1993), artificial intelligence , 2012Geoffrey Hinton (Professor 1982–1987), artificial intelligence , 2018Herbert A. Simon (Professor), Behavior and Social Sciences, 1986Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate, Mellon Institute , 1951–1953), Physical Sciences, 1987Allen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, Professor), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1992Luis von Ahn (Ph.D. 2005), assistant professor of computer science, 2006Yoky Matsuoka , assistant professor affiliated with the Robotics Institute, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (2001–2006), 2007Anna Deavere Smith , acting instructor (1970–1971), 1996Dawn Song (M.S. 1999), professor of computer science (2002–2007), 2010Terrance Hayes , professor of poetry (2001–2013)
Otto Stern (Professor 1933–1945), Physics, 1945Herbert A. Simon (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1967Walter Kohn (Professor 1950–1960), Physics, 1969Richard Duffin (Professor 1946–1988), Applied Mathematical Sciences, 1972Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1972James G. March (Professor 1953–1964), Social and Political Sciences, 1973Franco Modigliani (Professor 1952–1960), Economic Sciences, 1973Brian Berry (Professor 1981–1986), Human Environmental Sciences, 1975Harrison White (Professor 1957–1959), Social and Political Sciences, 1975Lincoln Wolfenstein (Professor), Physics, 1978Robert Lucas Jr (Professor 1963–1974), Economic Sciences, 1981Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate, Mellon Institute , 1951–1953), Physics, 1985Robert Griffiths (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1987Dana Scott (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1988John Anderson (Professor), Psychology, 1999Stephen Fienberg (Professor), Applied Mathematical Sciences, 1999James McClelland (Professor 1984–2006), Psychology, 2001Manuel Blum (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 2002Robert Parr (Professor 1948–1962), Chemical Sciences, 2004Gordon Bell (Professor 1966–1972), Computer and Information Sciences, 2007Marlene Behrmann (Professor 1993–present), Psychology, 2015Kathryn Roeder (Professor 1994–present), Statistics and Computational Biology, 2019
Daniel Berg (Professor 1977–1983), Special Fields & Interdisciplinary Engineering, 1976Steven J. Fenves (Professor), Civil Engineering, 1976Gordon Bell (Professor 1966–1972), Computer Science & Engineering, 1977Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1977Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1980Raj Reddy (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1984Joseph F Traub (Professor 1971–1979), Computer Science & Engineering, 1985George Bugliarello (Professor 1959–1969), Civil Engineering, 1987Arthur W. Westerberg (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 1987C. D. Mote, Jr. (Professor 1965–1967), Mechanical Engineering, 1988John L. Anderson (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 1992William Wulf (Professor 1968–1981), Computer Science & Engineering, 1993Mark Kryder (Professor), Electronics Engineering, 1994Hubert Aaronson (B.S. 1948, Ph.D. 1954, Professor), Materials Engineering, 1997Takeo Kanade (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1997 [ 26] Alfred Blumstein (Professor), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 1998Ignacio E. Grossmann (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 2000Daniel P. Siewiorek (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2000Guy L. Steele Jr. (Professor 1980–1994), Computer Science & Engineering, 2001Randal Bryant (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2003Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979–1991), Computer Science & Engineering, 2003Alfred Spector (Professor, 1981–1992), Computer Science & Engineering, 2004Edmund M. Clarke (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2005Egon Balas (Professor, 1967-2019), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 2006Manuel Blum (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2006Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Professor), Materials Engineering, 2006David A. Dzombak (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2008Bhakta B. Rath (Professor), Materials engineering, 2008Tom M. Mitchell (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2010Jacobo Bielak (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2010Chris T. Hendrickson (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2011Nadine Aubry (Professor), Mechanical Engineering, 2011Jared L. Cohon (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2012Lorenz Biegler (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 2013José M. F. Moura (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2013Gérard Cornuéjols (Professor), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 2016Sridhar Tayur (Professor), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 2017Manuela M. Veloso (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2022
Other prominent faculty
Igor Ansoff (Professor), "father of strategic management " and Professor of Industrial AdministrationJerome Apt (Professor), former NASA astronaut and now Professor of Technology; Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, Graduate School of Industrial Administration Elizabeth Bailey (Professor 1983–1991), former Dean and Professor of Economics, Industrial Administration and Public Policy, Graduate School of Industrial Administration , now John C. Hower Professor of Business and Public Policy at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Lenore Blum (Professor), renowned for being a National Science Foundation Career Advancement Award winner and for her contributions to Computer Science , wife of Manuel Blum Peter Braam (Professor), computer scientist, founder of Lustre file system , Intermezzo file system Kathleen Carley (Professor), Computational sociologist and pioneer of dynamic network analysis William W. Cooper (Professor), professor of operations research and accounting at the Tepper School of Business and founding Dean of the Heinz CollegeEdward Creutz (Professor), physics, the Manhattan Project Lorrie Cranor (Professor), expert in information privacy and Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission Anthony Daniels (Adjunct Professor), Actor famous for portraying C-3PO in the Star Wars filmsRobyn Dawes (Professor), pioneer in the field of mathematical psychology Scott Dodelson (Professor, 2017–present), astrophysicist and former Fermilab scientistDavid Farber (Professor, 2003–present), co-creator of ARPANET and former Chief Technologist for the FCC Richard Florida (Professor, 1987–2005), economist and author of Rise of the Creative Class David Garlan (Professor, 1990–present), a pioneer in software architecture and self-adaptive software systems James Goodby (Professor, 1989–present), Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, former U.S. Foreign Service Officer including US Ambassador to Finland (1980–1981)William D. Haseman (faculty member, 1975–1980), IBM Professor of Information Technology Management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , founding Director for the Center for Technology Innovation in Milwaukee , and authorJohn Heinz III (faculty member, 1970–1971), Senator from Pennsylvania Robert Hess (1938–1994), President of Brooklyn College Israel Hicks (1943–2010), stage director who presented August Wilson 's entire 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle [ 27] Henry Hornbostel (Professor), helped found the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture ; designed the original buildings on campusWatts Humphrey (Professor), former Vice President of IBM , Fellow of Software Engineering Institute Jeffrey Hunker (Professor), Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure for the United States National Security Council (1999–2001), Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce (1996–1998), senior Department of Commerce official for environmental policy (1996–1998), former Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce (1993–1996), former Dean of the Heinz College Robert Kaplan (Professor), co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard Michael Keaton (Adjunct Professor), actor known for films such as Beetlejuice Batman Batman Returns Roberta Klatzky (Professor), cognitive scientist and leading researcher in haptics Mordecai Lawner , actor and former faculty member for the theater program[ 28] Jennifer Lerner , decision scientist and psychologist in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences Golan Levin , new media artist and current faculty member of the School of ArtMargot Livesey , author of six novels, short stories, and essays on fictionGeorge Loewenstein (Professor), pioneer in the field of Behavioural Economics and faculty in the Department of Social and Decision SciencesAlex John London[ 29] [ 30]
Brian MacWhinney (Professor), leading language acquisition researcher and creator of CHILDES databaseAllan Meltzer (Professor), chairperson of a special U.S. congressional commission that studied how the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund operated; it made its recommendations for changes in March 2000 in its report to the U.S. Congress Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979–1991), computer scientist, Microsoft Research SVPRobert V. Rice (Professor), biochemist and leading researcher in smooth muscle myosin Scott Sandage (Professor), noted cultural historian in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Robert Schmertz (Professor), folk artist and professor of architectureWalter Dill Scott (Professor, 1916–1918), pioneer in applied psychology , President of the American Psychological Association , President of Northwestern University Mel Shapiro (Head of Drama Department), Tony Award -winning writer and directorRobert S. Siegler (Professor), Teresa Heinz Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and recipient of the American Psychological Association 's 2005 Distinguished Scientific Contribution AwardDaniel Sleator (Professor), Paris Kanellakis Award -winning professor of computer science known for inventing data structures such as the splay tree Alfred Spector (Professor), Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google Latanya Sweeney (Professor), former Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade CommissionJoel A. Tarr (Professor), noted environmental historian in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Joe William Trotter Jr. (Professor), eminent scholar of African American labor and urban life in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences , and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Honus Wagner , baseball and basketball coach, one of the first five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame Arnold R. Weber (Professor and Provost), professor in economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon and President of the University of Colorado and Northwestern University Jerome Wolken (1917–1999), biophysicist and head of biology department[ 31] Clarence Zener (Professor, 1968–1993), theoretical physicist, namesake of the Zener diode , Zener voltage, and Zener pinning
Presidents of Carnegie Mellon University
Arthur Hamerschlag , 1903–1922Thomas Baker , 1922–1935Robert Doherty , 1936–1950John Warner , 1950–1965Guyford Stever , 1965–1972Richard Cyert , 1972–1990Robert Mehrabian , 1990–1997Jared Cohon , 1997–2013Subra Suresh , 2013–2017Farnam Jahanian , 2018–present
Founders and major benefactors of Carnegie Mellon University
The Mellon Family of Pittsburgh :
Fictional alumni
Eleanor Bartlet , first daughter of the United States in The West Wing Doctor Colette Green , research associate from the PC game Half-Life: Decay Dr. Bunsen Honeydew , scientist from The Muppet Show Brian Kinney and Ben Bruckner , main characters in Queer as Folk Randall and Beth Pearson, characters on This is Us
Sebastian Shaw , the Black King of the Hellfire Club of the Marvel Universe (Earth-616 )Bethany Sloane , main character of the film Dogma Jaime Sommers , title character of The Bionic Woman Johanna 'Jo' Mitchell , main character of film Mean Girls 2
See also
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