List of Princeton University people
This list of notable people associated with Princeton University includes faculty, staff, graduates and former students in the undergraduate program and all graduate programs, and others affiliated with the University. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.
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[edit] Politics and government
Boldface indicates a sitting official as of 2011.
| Name | Known for | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Fakhruddin Ahmed | Chief Advisor of the caretaker government (interim prime minister) of Bangladesh, 2007–09.[1][2] Governor of Bangladesh Bank, 2001-05.[3] | Ph.D. in Economics,[3] 1975.[4] |
| Abram Andrew | U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1921-36.[5] | A.B., 1893. Trustee, 1932-36.[5] |
| Walter Gresham Andrews | U.S. Representative from New York, 1931-49.[6] | A.B., 1913. Football coach, 1913-15.[6] |
| John Armstrong, Jr. | U.S. Senator from New York, 1800–02, 1804. Minister to France, 1804-10. Minister to Spain, 1806. Secretary of War, 1813-14.[7] | Dropped out to join the Continental Army.[7] |
| James Baker | White House Chief of Staff, 1981–85, 1992-93. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1985-88. Secretary of State, 1989-92.[8] | A.B., 1952.[8] |
| Dewey F. Bartlett | Governor of Oklahoma, 1967-71. U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1973-79.[9] | A.B., 1942.[9] |
| Walden Bello | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, 2007-.[10] | Ph.D. in Sociology, 1975.[11] |
| Ben Bernanke | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 2006-. Member of the Federal Reserve Board, 2002-05. Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors, 2005-06.[12] | Faculty, 1985-2002.[12] |
| John M. Berrien | U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1825–29, 1841–45, 1845-52. Attorney General, 1829-31.[13] | A.B., 1781.[13] |
| Nicholas Biddle | President of the Second Bank of the United States, 1822-39.[14] | A.B., 1801.[14] |
| Joseph Bloomfield | Governor of New Jersey, 1801-12.[15] | Trustee, 1793-1801.[15] |
| W. Michael Blumenthal | U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79.[16] | M.P.A., A.M., Ph.D. in Economics. Faculty, 1954-57. Trustee.[16] |
| Joshua Bolten | Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2003-06. White House Chief of Staff, 2006-09.[17] | A.B., 1976. Faculty, 2009-.[17][18] |
| Kit Bond | Governor of Missouri, 1973–77, 1981–85.[19] U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1987-2011.[20] | A.B., 1960.[20] |
| Elias Boudinot | U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1789-1795. Director of the U.S. Mint, 1794-1805.[21] | Trustee, 1772-1821. |
| Matthew Boxer | First New Jersey State Comptroller, 2008-.[22] | A.B., 1992.[22] |
| Bill Bradley | U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97.[23] | A.B., 1965. |
| John C. Breckinridge | 14th Vice President of the United States, under President James Buchanan. Confederate States Secretary of War, 1865.[24] | Attended; graduated from Centre College.[24] |
| John Brown | U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1789–92 and from Kentucky, 1792–1805;[25] President pro tempore, 1803, 1804.[26] | Attended; graduated from William & Mary.[25] |
| Aaron Burr | Third Vice President of the United States, under President Thomas Jefferson.[27] | A.B., 1772.[27] |
| Manuel Camacho Solís | Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology of Mexico, 1986-88. Mayor of Mexico City, 1988-93.[28] | M.P.A., 1972.[29] |
| J. Donald Cameron | U.S. Secretary of War, 1876-77. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97. Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1880.[30] | A.B., 1852. |
| Grover Cleveland | 22nd and 24th President of the United States. | Faculty, 1899-1908. Trustee, 1901-08.[31] |
| Alfred Colquitt | Governor of Georgia, 1876-80. U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1883-94.[32] | A.B., 1844. |
| Lewis Condict | U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1811–17, 1821-33.[33] | Trustee, 1827-61. |
| Ryan Crocker | U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, 1990; Kuwait, 1994–97; Syria, 1998–2001; Pakistan, 2004–07; Iraq, 2007–09; Afghanistan, 2011-.[34] | Mid-Career Fellow, 1985.[29] |
| John Danforth | U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1976-95. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2004-05.[35] | A.B., 1958. |
| Mitch Daniels | Governor of Indiana, 2005-.[36] | A.B., 1971. |
| George M. Dallas | 11th Vice President of the United States, under President James K. Polk.[37] | A.B., 1810.[37] |
| Jonathan Dayton | U.S. House Speaker, 1795-99. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805.[38] | A.B., 1776.[38] |
| William Dayton | U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1842-51. Republican Party nominee for Vice President, 1856. Minister to France, 1861-64.[39] | A.B., 1825. |
| Mahlon Dickerson | Governor of New Jersey, 1815-17. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1817-33. Secretary of the Navy, 1834-38.[40] | A.B., 1789.[40] |
| David Dodge | Governor of the Bank of Canada, 2001-08.[41] | Ph.D. in Economics, 1972.[41] |
| James H. Duff | Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57.[42] | A.B., 1904. |
| Allen Dulles | U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, 1953-61.[43] | A.B., 1914. A.M., 1916.[43] |
| John Foster Dulles | U.S. Senator from New York, 1949. Secretary of State, 1953-59.[44] | A.B., 1908.[44] |
| Pierre S. du Pont IV | Governor of Delaware, 1977-85.[45] | A.B., 1956. |
| Henry W. Edwards | U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1823-27. Governor of Connecticut, 1833–34, 1835-38.[46] | A.B., 1797 |
| Bob Ehrlich | Governor of Maryland, 2003-07.[47] | A.B., 1979. |
| Oliver Ellsworth | U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96. Chief Justice of the United States, 1796-1800. Minister to France, 1799-1800.[48] | A.B., 1766.[48] |
| Michael Feighan | U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1943-71.[49] | A.B., 1927. |
| Peter Frelinghuysen | U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1953-75.[50] | A.B., 1938. |
| Bill Frist | U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1995–2007; Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07.[51] | A.B., 1974.[51] Trustee, 1974–1978, 1991-2001.[52] Faculty, 2007-08.[53][54] |
| John Forsyth | U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1818–19, 1829-34. Governor of Georgia, 1827-29. Secretary of State, 1834-41.[55] | A.B., 1799. |
| James Forrestal | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1944-47. First Secretary of Defense, 1947-49.[56] | A.B. Class of 1915; did not graduate.[56] |
| George Gray | U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1885-99.[57] | A.B., 1859.[57] |
| Ralph Gamble | U.S. Representative from New York, 1937-57.[58] | A.B., 1909. |
| John Marshall Harlan II | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,, 1955-71.[59] | A.B., 1920.[59] |
| Rush Holt | U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1999-.[60] | PPPL assistant director, 1989-97.[60] |
| William Hudnut | U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1973-75. Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91.[61] | A.B., 1954.[61] |
| Lisa P. Jackson | Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009-.[62] | M.S.E., 1986. |
| Elena Kagan | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,, 2010-. Dean of Harvard Law School, 2003-09. Solicitor General of the United States, 2009-10.[63] | A.B., 1981.[63] |
| Josephat Karanja | Vice-President of Kenya, 1988-89.[64] | Ph.D. in History, 1962.[29] |
| David S. Kaufman | Republic of Texas: House of Representatives, 1839–43; Speaker, 1839-41. Senate, 1843-45. Chargé d'affaires to the United States, 1845.[65] United States: inaugural Representative from Texas, 1846-51.[66] | A.B., 1830[65] or 1833.[66] |
| Thomas Kean | Governor of New Jersey, 1982-1990. Chair of the 9/11 Commission.[67] | A.B., 1957. |
| John F. Kennedy | 35th President of the United States. | A.B. Class of 1939; transferred to Harvard College.[68] |
| George F. Kennan | Cold War diplomat and architect of the United States's "containment" strategy.[69] | A.B., 1925.[69] |
| Alan Krueger | Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, 2011–.[70] | Faculty, 1987–.[71] |
| Leonard Lance | U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 2009-.[72] | M.P.A., 1982.[72] |
| Jim Leach | U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1977-2007.[73] Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2009-.[74] | A.B., 1964.[73] Faculty, 2007–09.[74] |
| Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee III | American Revolutionary War cavalry officer. Governor of Virginia, 1792-95.[75] | A.B., 1773. A.M., 1776. |
| Clarence Long | U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1963-85.[76] | A.M., 1935. Ph.D., 1938.[76] |
| Nathaniel Macon | U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1815–28;[77] President pro tem,[26] 1826-27. U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1791–1815; Speaker, 1801-07.[77] | A.B., 1777.[78] |
| James Madison | Fourth President of the United States. | A.B., 1771.[79] Princeton's first graduate student.[80] |
| Imee Marcos | Governor of Ilocos Norte, Philippines, 2010-.[81] | Attended but did not graduate.[82] |
| Alexander Martin | Acting Governor of North Carolina, 1781-82. Governor of North Carolina, 1782–84, 1789-92. U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1793-99.[83] | A.B., 1756. |
| James G. Martin | Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93.[84] | Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1960. |
| Charles F. Mercer | U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1817-39.[85] | A.B., 1797.[85] |
| Jeff Merkley | U.S. Senator from Oregon, 2009-.[86] | M.P.A., 1982.[86] |
| Robert Mueller | Director of the F.B.I., 2001-.[87] | A.B., 1966.[87] |
| Ralph Nader | U.S. presidential candidate, consumer advocate, political activist.[88] | A.B., 1955.[88] |
| Queen Noor of Jordan | Queen consort of Jordan, 1978-99. Queen dowager of Jordan, 1999-. | A.B., 1974.[89] |
| Michelle Obama | First Lady of the United States, 2009-. | A.B., 1985.[90] |
| William Paterson | U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90. Governor of New Jersey, 1791-93. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1793-1806.[91] | A.B., 1763.[91] |
| James Pearce | U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1843-62.[92] | A.B., 1822. |
| Claiborne Pell | U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97.[93] | A.B., 1940. |
| William Pennington | Governor of New Jersey, 1837-43. U.S. House Speaker, 1859-61.[94] | A.B., 1813.[94] |
| David Petraeus | Head of U.S. forces in Iraq, 2007-08. Commander of USCENTCOM, 2008-10.[95] Commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, 2010-11. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2011-.[96] | M.P.A., 1985. Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School, 1987.[97] |
| Otis Pike | U.S. Representative from New York, 1961-79.[98] | A.B., 1946.[98] |
| Jared Polis | U.S. Representative from Colorado, 2009-.[99] | A.B., 1996.[99] |
| David A. Reed | U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35.[100] | A.B., 1900. |
| John Rhea | U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1803–15, 1817-23.[101] | A.B., 1780.[101] |
| Syngman Rhee | First President of South Korea. | Ph.D. in Politics, 1910.[102] |
| Richard Riordan | Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001.[103] | A.B., 1952.[103] |
| Donald Rumsfeld | U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973-74. White House Chief of Staff, 1974-75. Secretary of Defense, 1975–77, 2001-06.[104] | A.B., 1954.[104] |
| Richard Rush | U.S. Attorney General, 1814-17. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1817-25. Secretary of the Treasury, 1825–29. Ambassador to France, 1847-49.[105] | A.B., 1797.[106] |
| John Sarbanes | U.S. Representative from Maryland, 2007-.[107] | A.B., 1984.[107] |
| Paul Sarbanes | U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007.[108] | A.B., 1954. Trustee, 2002–06.[109] |
| Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, 1975-.[110] | A.B., 1964. |
| George Shultz | U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1969-70. Office of Management and Budget director, 1970-72. Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74. Secretary of State, 1982-89.[111] | A.B., 1942.>[111] |
| Anne-Marie Slaughter | Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State[112] | A.B., 1980 |
| Howard Alexander Smith | U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1944-59.[113] | A.B., 1901. Faculty, 1927-30.[113] |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,, 2009-.[114] | A.B., 1976. Trustee, 2007-11.[115][116] |
| Samuel Lewis Southard | U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1821–23, 1833-42. Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29. Interim Secretary of the Treasury, 1825. Interim Secretary of War, 1828. Governor of New Jersey, 1832-33.[117] | A.B., 1804.[117] |
| Adlai Stevenson II | Governor of Illinois, 1949-53. Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961-65.[118] | A.B., 1922. |
| Bob Taft | Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007.[119] | M.P.A., 1967.[29] |
| Norman Thomas | American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate.[120] | A.B., 1905.[120] |
| Smith Thompson | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1818-23. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1823-43.[121] | A.B., 1788.[121] |
| Isaac Tichenor | U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1796–97, 1815-21. Governor of Vermont, 1797–1807, 1808-09.[122] | A.B., 1775. |
| Paul Volcker | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87. Vice Chairman, 1975-79.[123] | A.B., 1949. Faculty, 1974-75.[123] |
| James Moore Wayne | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1835-67.[124] | A.B., 1808.[124] |
| G. Mennen Williams | Governor of Michigan, 1949-60.[125] | A.B., 1933. |
| Woodrow Wilson | 28th President of the United States. | A.B., 1879. President of Princeton University, 1902-10.[126] |
| John Gilbert Winant | Governor of New Hampshire, 1925–27, 1931-35.[127] First chairman of the Social Security Board, 1935-37.[128] U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1941-46.[127] | A.B. Class of 1913;[129] did not graduate.[127] A.M., 1925.[130] |
| Paul van Zeeland | Prime minister of Belgium, 1936-37.[29] | Ph.D., Economics and Social Institutions, 1921.[29] |
[edit] Military
- Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., 1932 – World War II Medal of Honor recipient killed in the Battle of Tarawa
- James Caldwell, A.B. 1759 American Revolutionary soldier and chaplain
- Glen Edwards, M.S. 1947 – U.S. Air Force test pilot
- Andrew Goodpaster, A.M. 1949, M.S.E. 1949, Ph.D. 1950 – Supreme Allied Commander, Europe for NATO
- Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee A.B. 1773 – American Revolutionary cavalry officer, father of Robert E. Lee
- Gordon Johnston, A.B. 1896 -Medal of Honor recipient, Philippine–American War
- David Petraeus, M.P.A. 1985 Ph.D. 1987 – Former commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), USCENTCOM, and Multi-National Force - Iraq; current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- Elliott White Springs, A.B. 1917 – World War I flying ace and memoirist.
- Tamon Yamaguchi, 1921–1923, Japanese Admiral killed at the Battle of Midway.
- Nathaniel Scudder an American physician and patriot leader during the Revolutionary War.
- James Millikin Bevans – U.S. Air Force Major General
[edit] Academia
This section includes lists of notable academics who graduated from Princeton and notable Princeton faculty members. Boldface indicates a current professor at Princeton.
[edit] Alumni and students
[edit] Faculty and staff
Faculty with only short visiting appointments are excluded from this list. Albert Einstein was one of many scholars at the independent Institute for Advanced Study not formally associated with the University but nevertheless closely linked to it.
[edit] Architecture
- Elizabeth Diller – architect, professor of architecture, winner of MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 1999–2004
- Kazuyo Sejima – principal of Tokyo based architecture firm SANAA
- Michael Graves – professor emeritus
- Stan Allen – Dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture and author of Points and Lines
- Sarah Whiting – assistant professor and M.Arch thesis director, also editor of Assemblage and Log and principal of WW Architecture.
- Paul Lewis (architect) – assistant professor and Director of Graduate Studies, principal of LTL Architects.
[edit] Economics and business
- Orley Ashenfelter professor of economics, winner of the Frisch Medal (1982)
- Ben Bernanke – professor of economics and public affairs, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- William G. Bowen – professor emeritus of economics, president of Princeton University from 1972 to 1988 and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 1988 to 2006.
- Angus Deaton – professor of economics, president of the American Economic Association
- Avinash Dixit – professor of economics, co-author of Games of Strategy, former president of the Econometric Society and 2008 president of the American Economic Association
- Gene Grossman – professor of economics
- Daniel Kahneman – professor of economics and psychology, Nobel Prize in economics (2002)
- Nobuhiro Kiyotaki – professor of economics winner of the 1997 Nakahara Prize of the Japan Economics Association and the 1999 Yrjö Jahnsson Award of the European Economic Association
- Alan Krueger – professor of economics
- Paul Krugman – professor of economics, New York Times columnist, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, Nobel Prize in economics (2008)
- Arthur Lewis Former Professor – Nobel laureate (Economics 1979)
- Burton Malkiel Ph.D. [1964] – professor of economics, former dean of the Yale School of Management, and author of "A Random Walk Down Wall Street"
- Eric Maskin – Professor of economics, Nobel Prize in economics (2007)
- Harvey S. Rosen – professor of economics, former chairman of Council of Economic Advisers
- Harold Tafler Shapiro – professor emeritus of economics, former president of Princeton University and of the University of Michigan
- Christopher Sims - professor of economics, Nobel Prize in economics (2011)
- Lars E. O. Svensson – professor of economics, deputy governor of the central bank of Sweden and one of the ten best economist in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc
[edit] Government, law, and public policy
- Charles Beitz – professor of politics
- Barbara Bodine – diplomat in residence
- Thomas Christensen – professor of international relations
- Angus Deaton – Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, and Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics
- Richard Falk – Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus
- Aaron Friedberg – professor of international relations
- Robert P. George – professor of jurisprudence, constitutional law scholar
- Robert Gilpin – Eisenhower Professor of Public and International Affairs, Emeritus
- Jan Gross – professor of history
- Robert Hutchings – diplomat-in-residence
- G. John Ikenberry – Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs
- Daniel Kurtzer – diplomat-in-residence
- Harold James – professor of History and International Affairs
- Nannerl O. Keohane – Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs
- Robert Keohane – university professor of international relations
- Helen Milner – B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs
- Philip Pettit – professor of politics and philosophy
- Uwe Reinhardt – James Madison professor of political economy
- Anne-Marie Slaughter – dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- Robert C. Tucker – IBM Professor of International Studies, Emeritus
- John Waterbury – William Stewart Tod Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Emeritus
[edit] Art, Literature, and Humanities
- Kwame Anthony Appiah – professor of philosophy
- Marco Aponte Moreno – lecturer of Spanish, 2005–06, 2007–08 – Theater actor / Linguist
- Anthony Burgess – visiting professor, 1970–71 – novelist and critic – author of The Long Day Wanes, A Clockwork Orange and Earthly Powers
- Peter Brown – Professor of History
- Americo Castro – Professor of Hispanic literature
- Lisa R. Cohen – Ferris professor of Journalism, Emmy award-winning TV news magazine producer, author
- Robert Darnton – Emeritus professor of history
- Donald Davidson – professor of philosophy
- Jeffrey Eugenides – novelist, professor of creative writing and Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Robert Fagles – Emeritus professor of English and Comparative literature
- John V. Fleming – Emeritus professor of English and Comparative Literature
- Hal Foster – art critic professor in the department of art and archeology
- Arthur Frothingham – professor of Art and Archaeology
- Emmet Gowin – professor of photography
- Anthony Grafton – professor of history
- Gilbert Harman – professor of philosophy, winner of the Jean Nicod Prize
- William Howarth – professor of English and environmental studies
- Frank Cameron Jackson – professor of philosophy
- Saul Kripke – professor emeritus of Philosophy at Princeton University
- Walter Kaufmann – professor of philosophy
- Yusef Komunyakaa – poet, professor in the Creative Writing Program (Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
- Saul Kripke – professor of philosophy, winner of the 2001 Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
- Victor Lange – professor of modern languages
- Paul Lansky – composer, professor of music
- Denis Feeney – professor of classics
- Chang-Rae Lee – professor of writing, New York Times Bestselling Author
- David K. Lewis – professor of philosophy
- Perry Link – professor of East Asian Studies
- Toni Morrison – professor in the Creative Writing Program, Nobel laureate (Literature 1993)
- Paul Muldoon – professor of poetry, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Haruki Murakami – visiting professor, literature, creative writing
- Alexander Nehamas – professor of philosophy
- Joyce Carol Oates – Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, professor in the Creative Writing Program – author, Pulitzer Prize nominee
- Elaine Pagels – professor of religion
- Francis Landey Patton – professor of theology; president of the University, 1888–1902
- Ricardo Piglia – professor of Latin-American literature
- Thomas J. Preston, Jr. – professor of archeology
- Albert J. Raboteau – Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion, Princeton University, former Dean of the Graduate School
- Richard Rorty – professor of philosophy
- Carl Emil Schorske – Emeritus professor of history, winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (1980).
- Ruth Simmons Vice Provost, 1992-95.[282] – first female and first black president of any Ivy League school (Brown)
- Peter Singer – professor of human values, expert on practical ethics
- P. Adams Sitney – film historian, professor of visual arts
- Michael A. Smith – professor of philosophy
- Walter Terence Stace – professor of philosophy
- Gregory Vlastos – professor of philosophy
- C. K. Williams – professor of poetry, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Michael Wood – professor in the English department
- Cornel West – professor of philosophy
[edit] Math and science
- John H. Conway – professor of mathematics, best known for the Game of Life
- Ingrid Daubechies – professor of mathematics after whom the Daubechies wavelet is named
- Henry Eyring – professor of chemistry, famous for the Eyring equation and recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1966.
- Charles Fefferman – professor of mathematics, Fields Medalist
- James E. Gunn – Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy, leader of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and predicted the eponymous Gunn–Peterson trough
- Karl Jöreskog – professor of statistics
- Joseph Henry – professor of natural philosophy
- Thomas H. Jordan - Former Professor of Earth Sciences, current director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.
- Daniel Kahneman – Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics
- Nicholas Katz – professor of mathematics
- Brian Kernighan – coauthor of AWK and AMPL, author of The C Programming Language.
- Elon Lindenstrauss – professor of mathematics, Fields Medalist
- George A. Miller – professor emeritus of psychology, author of the article The Magical Number Seven
- Gananath Obeyesekere – professor of Anthropology
- Andrei Okounkov – professor of mathematics, Fields Medalist
- Gerard K. O'Neill – professor of physics, leader in field of space colonization, author of The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space
- Nai Phuan Ong – professor of physics
- Jeremiah Ostriker – professor of astrophysics and recipient of the National Medal of Science
- Philip James Edwin Peebles – professor emeritus of physics, one of the first to predict the nature of the cosmic microwave background radiation
- Peter Sarnak – professor of mathematics
- Paul Seymour – professor of mathematics
- Yigong Shi – professor of molecular biology, leader in the field of apoptosis
- Osamu Shimomura – researcher honored with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on GFP
- Goro Shimura – professor emeritus of mathematics, fundamental contributions to number theory and automorphic forms, especially in Langlands program
- Yakov G. Sinai – professor of mathematics
- Elias M. Stein – professor of mathematics, recipient of the Steele Prize (1984 and 2002), the Schock Prize in Mathematics (1993), the Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999), the National Medal of Science (2002), and Stefan Bergman Prize (2005).
- Robert Tarjan – professor of computer science, inventor of many algorithms related to graph theory, winner of the 1986 Turing Award, recipient of the 1982 Nevanlinna Prize
- Joseph Hooton Taylor – professor of physics, 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Daniel C. Tsui – professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics
- John Archibald Wheeler – professor emeritus of physics, later collaborator of Albert Einstein, advisor to Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne
- Eric Wieschaus – professor of molecular biology, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- Andrew Wiles – professor of mathematics, proved Fermat's Last Theorem, winner of the Schock Prize (1995), Royal Medal (1996), Cole Prize (1996), Wolf Prize (1996), King Faisal Prize (1998) and Shaw Prize (2005).
- Andrew Yao – computer scientist, winner of the 2000 Turing award
[edit] Engineering
- Robert Calderbank – professor of electrical engineering, mathematics, and applied mathematics
- Claire F. Gmachl – professor of Electrical Engineering
- Brian Kernighan – professor of computer science and coauthor of The C Programming Language
- Robert Sedgewick – professor of computer science
- Alexander Smits – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, leading expert on turbulence and fluid dynamics
- Howard Stone – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and chemical engineering, leading expert in fluid dynamics
[edit] Business
- Gerhard Andlinger 1952 – founder of Andlinger & Company, Inc.
- James T. Aubrey, Jr. A.B. 1941 – president of CBS and MGM
- Jeff Bezos B.S.E. 1986 – founder of Amazon.com
- Frank Biondi A.B. 1963 – former chairman of Viacom
- Marina Birch A.B. 1998 – Chicago-based event designer
- John C. Bogle A.B. 1951 – former founder and CEO of The Vanguard Group, which pioneered the index fund.
- Richard Bott – B.S.E (Chemical Engineering) – current Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley
- Youngsuk Chi- A.B. 1983– CEO of Elsevier and former University Trustee
- Charles W. Coker – A.B. 1955 – former CEO and Chairman of Sonoco Products
- Ralph Denunzio A.B. 1953 – former CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co.
- Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (class of 1920) – former CEO of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
- Malcolm Forbes A.B. 1941 – businessman and publisher
- Steve Forbes A.B. 1970 – son of Malcolm Forbes, businessman and publisher of Forbes magazine
- William Clay Ford, Jr. 1979 – Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Ford Motor Company
- Franklin Potts Glass, Jr. 1877 - newspaper publisher
- Phil Goldman B.S.E. 1986 – founder of WebTV
- Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. A.B. 1954 – Former President and CEO, Hallmark Cards; Former President and CEO, Kansas City Southern Industries; Member or Former Member of the Board, Kansas City Southern Industries, Ford Motor Company, Dow Jones & Co., Aquila, Inc., Sprint, Estee Lauder; Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Carl Icahn A.B. 1957 – Corporate raider
- Andrea Jung A.B. 1979 – CEO of Avon Products
- John Katzman A.B. (Architecture) 1981 – founder of The Princeton Review
- Joe Kennedy B.S.E. 1981 – CEO and President of Pandora Internet Radio
- George Kern 1947 – prominent lawyer, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell
- F. Thomson Leighton B.S.E. 1978 – cofounder of Akamai Technologies
- Peter B. Lewis A.B. 1955 – Chairman of Progressive
- Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Jr. (1914–2003), head of Philadelphia publisher J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Donold Lourie A.B. 1922 – President and CEO of Quaker Oats Company
- Aaron Marcus B.A. 1965 – founded Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. in 1982
- James S. McDonnell M.S. 1921 – founded McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in 1939
- Louis Rukeyser A.B. 1954 – former host of Wall $treet Week and business commentator
- Eric E. Schmidt B.S.E. 1976 – CEO of Google
- Jeffery A. Smisek A.B. (Economics) 1976 - CEO of United Continental Holdings
- Daniel J. Warmenhoven B.S.E. 1972 – CEO of NetApp, Inc. (NTAP)
- Ralph Warner A.B. 1963 – pioneer in the legal self-help book industry, co-founder of Nolo Press
- John L. Weinberg A.B. 1948 – head of Goldman Sachs from 1976 to 1990
- John S. Weinberg A.B. 1979 – Vice Chairman, co-head of Investment Banking Division, Goldman Sachs
- Sidney James Weinberg, Jr. A.B. 1945 – head of Investment Banking Services at Goldman Sachs
- Meg Whitman A.B. 1977 – CEO of eBay and Hewlett-Packard
- Sir Gordon Wu B.S.E. (Civil Engineering) 1958 – founder and chairman of Hopewell Holdings Ltd
- William Fung B.S.E. 1970 - managing director of Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.
[edit] Science and technology
Here are listed alumni who made notable contributions to science and technology outside academia.
[edit] Astronauts
- James C. Adamson, M.S.E. 1977
- Daniel T. Barry, M.A. 1977, M.S.E. 1977, Ph.D. 1980
- Brian Binnie, M.S.E. 1978
- Pete Conrad, Jr., B.S.E. 1953, M.A. (h.c.) 1966, only Princeton graduate (as of 2010) to walk on the Moon.
- Gerald Carr, M.S.E. 1962
- Gregory T. Linteris, B.S.E. 1979, Ph.D. 1990
[edit] Engineering and science
- Hal Abelson, A.B. 1969 – directed implementation of the Logo programming language for the Apple II, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
- Daniel Barringer, A.B. 1879 - geologist
- David R. Boggs, B.S.E. 1972 – co-inventor (with Robert Metcalfe) of Ethernet
- Thomas C. Hanks 1966 – seismologist, introduced Moment magnitude scale to measure earthquakes
- Ernest Lester Jones A.B. 1898 – head of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1914 until his death in 1929.[283]
[edit] Literature and Journalism
| Name | Affiliation | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Peale Bishop | A.B.1917 | American poet. | |
| Frederick Buechner | A.B. 1947 | Pulitzer Prize-nominated author | |
| Nina Berberova | Faculty | Writer, professor of Russian literature (1963–1971) | |
| Ian Caldwell | A.B. 1998 | Co-authored the recent book The Rule of Four, set on the Princeton campus. | |
| José Donoso | A.B. 1951 | Chilean author | |
| Timothy Ferriss | A.B 1978 | Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and holder of the world record in tango | |
| Stona Fitch | A.B. 1983 | Author of Senseless on which the movie Senseless is based and Give and Take, founder of Concord Free Press | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Class of 1917 (did not graduate) | Author of The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise | |
| Jonathan Safran Foer | A.B. 1999 | Author of Everything Is Illuminated | |
| Rivka Galchen | A.B. 1998 | Author of Atmospheric Disturbances | |
| Richard Halliburton | A.B. 1922 | Author, adventurer, lecturer | |
| Mohsin Hamid | A.B. 1993 | Author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist | |
| Peter Hessler | A.B. 1992 | Author of River Town and Oracle Bones | |
| Walter Kirn | A.B. (English) 1983 | Author of Up in the Air and other novels, literary critic, essayist | |
| A. Walton Litz | A.B 1951 | Literary critic | |
| John McPhee | A.B. 1953 | Pulizer Prize-winning writer and Ferris Professor of Journalism since 1974 | |
| Emily Moore | B.A. 1999, M.A. 2001 | Poet, Musician, Teacher | |
| George Frederick Morgan | Poet | ||
| Toni Morrison | Faculty | Winner of Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes, Novelist and Professor of Creative Writing 1989–2006 | |
| Paul Muldoon | Faculty | Irish Poet laureate | |
| John Norman | Ph.D 1963 | Sci-Fi author and philosopher | |
| Joyce Carol Oates | Faculty | Professor in Creative Writing Program | |
| Jodi Picoult | A.B. 1987 | Bestselling novelist | |
| William H. Quillian | B.A. 1965, M.A.,Ph.D. 1975 | Author, Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College | |
| David Remnick | A.B. 1981 | Editor of The New Yorker | |
| Lawrence Riley | playwright and screenwriter, author of Personal Appearance, Return Engagement and Kin Hubbard. | ||
| Eric Schlosser | A.B. 1982 | Journalist, Fast Food Nation | |
| Charles Scribner I | Founder of Scribner's publishing house, his descendants include several Princeton alumni. | ||
| Jennifer Weiner | A.B. 1991 | Novelist, Good in Bed, In Her Shoes Little Earthquakes, and Goodnight Nobody | |
| Edmund Wilson | A.B. 1916 | Literary critic | |
| Chris Welles (1937–2010) | Business journalist and author. | [284] | |
| Mario Vargas Llosa | Faculty | Nobel prize winner, Novelist and Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts 2010–11 |
[edit] Pulitzer Prize winners
- A. Scott Berg A.B. 1971 – Pulitzer Prize winner for biography of Charles Lindbergh, winner of the National Book Award for biography of Max Perkins[285]
- Robert Caro A.B. 1957 – Two time Pulitzer Prize Winner for The Power Broker and Master of the Senate[286]
- George F. Kennan, A.B. 1925 – two time Pulitzer Prize winner for history in 1957 and biography in 1968; Cold War diplomat, architect of "containment" strategy (also listed in Government: Other).[287]
- Galway Kinnell A.B. 1948 – Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet
- Arthur Krock A.B. 1908 – Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner while writing for The New York Times in the 1930s
- John Matteson A.B. 1983 – Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography in 2008 for Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
- John McPhee A.B. 1953 – Humanities Council professor, 1999 Pulitzer Prize recipient[288]
- James M. McPherson Professor of History- Pulitzer Prize Winner in 1989 for Battle Cry of Freedom
- Charles McIlwain, A.B.1894– Pulitzer Price for history in 1924, professor at Princeton
- W. S. Merwin A.B. 1948 – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator[289]
- David Remnick A.B. 1981 – Pulitzer Prize Winner for general non-fiction in 1994 for Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, general editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998
- Eugene O'Neill class of 1910 (did not graduate) – Nobel laureate (Literature 1936), three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ralph Barton Perry, A.B. 1896– Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1936, professor at Harvard University[290]
- Ernest Poole, A.B. 1902 – Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1918[291]
- Booth Tarkington, A.B. 1893 – two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist for The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams[292]
- William W. Warner, 1943 – science writer, Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction in 1977 for Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay
- Thornton Wilder M.A. 1925 – three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, once for fiction and twice for drama; National Book Award winner; Our Town premiered at Princeton
- George F. Will, Ph.D. 1968– Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977
- Jesse Lynch Williams, A.B. 1892– Pulitzer Price for drama in 1918[293]
[edit] Sports
- Armond Hill Assistant Coach, Boston Celtics; former NBA basketball player, 1976 to 1984
- Hobey Baker A.B. 1914 – famous ice hockey player; college hockey's top individual award is named in his memory
- Moe Berg A.B. 1923 – baseball player and spy
- Arthur Bluethenthal 1913 – All American football player and decorated World War I pilot
- Bill Bradley A.B. 1965 – former basketball star, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, former U.S. Senator
- Bob Bradley A.B. 1980, United States National Soccer Coach and MLS Cup winning coach.
- Geep Chryst, Quarterbacks coach, San Francisco 49ers
- Jon Dekker, professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Emerson Dickman – baseball coach (1949–51); his teams won two Eastern League championships and tied one, as the 1951 team reached the College World Series
- Keith Elias A.B. 1993 – former professional football player in the National Football League
- John Fisher A.B. 1983 – Owner, Oakland Athletics
- Jason Garrett – Offensive coordinator, interim head coach, Head Coach (2011 – ) for the Dallas Cowboys
- Wycliffe Grousbeck A.B. 1983 – CEO, Governor, and co-owner, Boston Celtics
- Lynn Jennings A.B. 1983 – Olympic runner, three-time world cross country champion, member of National Distance Running Hall of Fame
- Jeff Halpern A.B. 1999 – current NHL player; plays for the NHL team Los Angeles Kings
- Dick Kazmaier A.B. 1952 – Heisman Trophy winner 1952
- Zak Keasey, professional football player, San Francisco 49ers
- Donold Lourie A.B. 1922 – College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Larry Lucchino A.B. 1967 – President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox
- Jesse Marsch A.B. 1995 – professional soccer player, winner of three MLS championships with D.C. United and the Chicago Fire.
- Tim McCann - professional football player, New York Giants
- John Messuri - former professional hockey player, Princeton Tigers all-time leading scorer.
- Rich McKay A.B. 1981 – President and General Manager, Atlanta Falcons
- Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum – Successful American-born German showjumper
- Cook Neilson A.B. 1967 – Motorcycle Racer, member American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame
- Dennis Norman 2001 – professional football player currently playing center for the San Diego Chargers
- Ross Ohlendorf – Current MLB pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- George Parros – professional ice hockey player, for the 2007 Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks
- Geoff Petrie A.B. 1970 – former NBA player, current President of Basketball Operations for the Sacramento Kings
- Mark Shapiro – Cleveland Indians general manager and two-time MLB Executive of the Year
- Brian Taylor former ABA and NBA basketball player, 1972 to 1982
- John Thompson III 1988 – Basketball Coach at Georgetown
- Soren Thompson 2005 – fencer, NCAA épée champion, junior olympic champion, Maccabiah Games silver medalist, Olympic fencer
- Bob Tufts, major league baseball pitcher
- Terdema Ussery – A. B. 1981 – President and CEO of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks basketball team.
- Will Venable – outfielder for the San Diego Padres
- Kevin Westgarth - current NHL player; plays for the NHL team Los Angeles Kings
- Chris Young – starting pitcher for the New York Mets
- Ben Zinn – International soccer player and academic at Georgia Tech
[edit] Journalism
- Joel Achenbach A.B. 1982, writer for The Washington Post and author of the Post's Achenblog
- R. W. Apple, Jr. A.B. 1957, writer for The New York Times[294]
- Hamilton Fish Armstrong A.B. 1914, editor of Foreign Policy
- William Attwood A.B. 1941, U.S. Ambassador and publisher of Newsday
- Kate Betts, A.B. 1986, editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar.
- John N. Brooks, Jr. A.B. 1942, author and staff member, The New Yorker
- Peter D. Bunzel A.B. 1949, op-ed page editor, Los Angeles Times
- Robert Caro A.B. 1957, Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction writer
- Patrick Chovanec A.B. 1993, commentator on the economy of the People's Republic of China in Western media
- Lisa R. Cohen Ferris professor of journalism, Emmy-winning television producer, author
- Burton Crane 1922, The New York Times foreign correspondent and financial author
- Bosley Crowther A.B. 1928, film critic at The New York Times
- Frank Deford A.B. 1961, writer for Sports Illustrated and broadcaster on U.S. radio and television.[295]
- Marc Fisher, writer for The Washington Post
- F. Scott Fitzgerald A.B. 1917, novelist and short-story author.
- Barton Gellman A.B. 1982, editor at The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winner
- Richard Just A.B 2001, managing editor, The New Republic
- Charlie Gibson A.B. 1965, journalist, former Good Morning America host, anchor of ABC World News Tonight
- Robert Hilferty A.B. 1982, writer for Bloomberg News, New York, The New York Times, Opera News, and The Village Voice[296]
- Olivier Kamanda B.S.E 2003, editor, Foreign Policy Digest
- Donald Kirk A.B. 1959, national correspondent, Chicago Tribune
- Rick Klein A.B. 1998, author of The Note (ABC News).
- Richard Kluger A.B. 1956, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist and book publisher
- Doug Lederman A.B. 1984, co-founder and editor of Inside Higher Ed and former editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education
- John S. Martin A.B. 1923, managing editor, Time
- Robert McLean A.B. 1913, publisher, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
- John B. Oakes A.B. 1934, editorial page editor, The New York Times
- Don Oberdorfer A.B. 1952, writer for The Washington Post, current professor at Johns Hopkins University
- Norimitsu Onishi A.B. 1992, reporter for The New York Times
- T.R. Reid A.B. 1966, former correspondent, The Washington Post and bestselling non-fiction author.
- Maria Ressa B.S.E. – CNN Anchor
- James Ridgeway A.B. 1959, editor and writer, New Republic and The Village Voice
- Rick Stengel A.B. 1977 – managing editor of Time
- Mark Stevens A.B. 1973, film critic for New York and co-author of De Kooning: An American Master
- John Stossel A.B. 1969, ABC News anchor/correspondent
- Annalyn Swan A.B. 1973, co-author of 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning De Kooning: An American Master
- Robert McLean A.B. 19, publisher, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
- John S. Martin A.B. 1923, managing editor, Time
- Katrina vanden Heuvel A.B. 1981 – editor of The Nation
- Christine Whelan A.B. 1999, contributor to The Wall Street Journal and others, author of Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women
- Alexander Wolff A.B. 1979 – Writer for Sports Illustrated
- Robert Sterling Yard B.A. 1883 – journalist for the New York Sun and New York Herald, editor-in-chief of The Century Magazine; later founder and first president of The Wilderness Society
[edit] Entertainment
| Name | Affiliation | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Peale Bishop | A.B.1917 | American poet. | |
| Sara Baiyu Chen | A.B. 2008 | Singer-songwriter and actress | |
| Erik Barnouw | Writer, critic, documentary filmmaker, Columbia University professor | ||
| Roger Berlind | A.B. 1954 | Produced (or co-produced) produced or co-produced over 40 plays and musicals on Broadway and many off-Broadway and regional productions as well. The Broadway production have won over 60 Tony Awards, including 12 for best production. | |
| Stephen Bogardus | A.B. 1976 | Actor | |
| Brooks Bowman | A.B. 1936 | Jazz composer and writer of the song "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)." | |
| Dean Cain | A.B. 1988 | Actor, played Superman in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. | |
| Ethan Coen | A.B. 1979 | Academy Award-winning filmmaker of No Country for Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?',' and Fargo, among others | |
| Kwanza Jones | Billboard (magazine) charting singer, songwriter and actress | ||
| David Duchovny | A.B. 1982 | Actor best known for his role in The X-Files. Won Golden Globe Awards for this and Californication | |
| Molly Ephraim | A.B. 2008 | Stage, film, and television actress | |
| José Ferrer | A.B. 1933 | Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor | |
| Mark Feuerstein | A.B. 1993 | Film and television actor (Royal Pains) | |
| Ruth Gerson | A.B. 1992 | Singer, songwriter | |
| Bo Goldman | A.B. 1953 | Co-winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest); winner of the 1981 Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Melvin and Howard); nominated for the 1993 Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Scent of a Woman) | |
| Nicholas Hammond | Actor best known for his roles in The Sound of Music and The Amazing Spider-Man | ||
| Charles Horn | Ph.D. | Writer Robot Chicken | |
| Andrew Jarecki | Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, Capturing the Friedmans | ||
| Eugene Jarecki | Documentary filmmaker, Why We Fight (2005 film) | ||
| Robert L. Johnson | A.M. 1972 | Founded Black Entertainment Television in 1980; member of the board for US Airways, General Mills, and Hilton Hotels. | |
| Stanley Jordan | A.B. 1981 | Jazz guitarist | |
| Larissa Kelly | A.B. 2002 | Fifth-ranked all-time Jeopardy! winner. | |
| Ellie Kemper | A.B. 2002 | Actress who plays Erin Hannon on The Office | |
| Joshua Logan | A.B. 1931 | Winner (or co-winner) of seven Tony Awards, co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize, nominated three times for the Academy Award, directed the film versions of Camelot and South Pacific | |
| Craig Mazin | A.B. 1992 | Screenwriter of Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4 | |
| Myron McCormick | A.B. 1933 | Actor, winner of a Tony Award in 1950 | |
| Douglas McGrath | A.B. 1980 | Actor, director, and screenwriter (including Bullets Over Broadway) | |
| Wentworth Miller | A.B. 1995 | Film and television actor best known for his role as Michael Scofield on the Fox Network's series Prison Break | |
| Jeff Moss | A.B. 1963 | Lyricist, composer, poet. Co-creator of Sesame Street (former member of Princeton Triangle Club), winner of fifteen Emmy Awards | |
| Rose Catherine Pinkney | Television executive with Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox. | ||
| Jane Randall | 3rd place contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 15. She is currently signed to modelling agency IMG Models. | ||
| Wayne Rogers | A.B. 1955 | Actor best known for his role as Trapper John McIntyre on TV series M*A*S*H | |
| Marc Rosen | Film and television producer, best known for his work on the Harry Potter film franchise and the TV series Threshold | ||
| Brooke Shields | A.B. 1987 | Model/actress, from The Blue Lagoon and the TV series Suddenly Susan and Lipstick Jungle (former member of Princeton Triangle Club) | |
| Brett Simon | A.B. 1997 | Director of Assassination of a High School President | |
| Jimmy Stewart | B.S. 1932 | Academy Award-winning actor (former member of Princeton Triangle Club), aviator, Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. Honorary degree in 1947. | |
| Robert Taber | Actor | ||
| Bretaigne Windust | A.B. 1929 | Film director, producer |
[edit] Art and architecture
- Stan Allen M.Arch., dean of School of Architecture, Princeton University
- Merritt Bucholz, partner of Irish based Bucholz | McEvoy Architects, and Professor of Architecture at University of Limerick.
- Thomas S. Buechner (1936–2010), founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass and director of the Brooklyn Museum.[297]
- Michael Graves, architect, designer and Princeton professor
- Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, A.B. (Anthropology) famed photographer, director and digital artist, star of Bravo's 2010 docu-series "Double Exposure" about her photography
- Jim Lee, A.B. (Psychology) 1986, comic book artist famous for his works on X-Men, Batman, and others, as well as one of seven founders of Image Comics
- Mark B. Mennin, A.B. 1982 - Sculptor
- Demetri Porphyrios M.Arch. 1974, Ph.D. 1980 – architect and architectural theorist
- Frank Stella, American Artist
- William Turnbull, Jr., architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
- Robert Venturi A.B. 1947, M.F.A. 1950 – architect, Pritzker Prize laureate 1991
- Marion Sims Wyeth, architect of Mar-A-Lago and other mansions
[edit] Other
- Joseph (Lyle) Menendez left in 1988 following plagiarism charges – murderer
- James Hogue attended Princeton under the fraudulent persona of Alexi Indris Santana from 1989 to 1991
- Michelle Obama '85 – First Lady of the United States, wife of United States President Barack Obama
- David W. Doyle '49, Central Intelligence Agency officer and author[298]
- Cate Edwards '04 – daughter of two time presidential candidate and 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards
- Rebecca Sealfon '05 – Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Champion
- Zelda Harris '07 – Former child actress, best known for her starring role in the Spike Lee dramedy Crooklyn
- Josue Lajeunesse, custodian and honorary member of the class of 1998, founded project to bring clean water to Lasource, Haiti, subject of the documentary film The Philosopher Kings (film)
- Jeffrey R. MacDonald '65, subject of Joe McGinnis' best seller "Fatal Vision". Green Beret physician convicted of murdering his wife and two children at Fort Bragg.
[edit] Fictional
See also: Princeton University: In fiction
(in alphabetical order by title name)
- In the television series 24, President Charles Logan graduated from Princeton University.[299]
- Jack Donaghy, from 30 Rock, is an alumnus. Multiple episodes center on his college experience.
- In the film Across the Universe, the character Max attends Princeton, but drops out.
- An American Wife a roman à clef about President George W. Bush and Laura Bush by Curtis Sittenfeld, George W. Bush's stand in Charlie Blackwell was a Princeton alumnus and one section of the book describes the couple attending a Princeton Renunion in great detail.
- A Beautiful Mind, the Academy Award winning film about the famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. features a major part depicting Nash's initial days at Princeton University. Although the film is a fictionalized biography, in real life Nash did receive his doctorate from Princeton and is a Princeton professor.[300]
- In A Cinderella Story, the characters played by Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray will be attending Princeton at the end of the movie.[301]
- In the movie Batman Begins, it is revealed that Bruce Wayne attended Princeton University, although he chose not to continue his education there after returning home (it is unknown whether he had completed his undergraduate school education and was attending graduate school or if he was dropping out of college).[302]
- In Burn After Reading, Osbourne Cox, the lead played by John Malkovich, was a Princeton Graduate Class of 1973, and in a scene at a fictional Princeton Club, leads a fast-tempo rendition of Princeton's anthem, Old Nassau[303]
- In The Change-Up, Dave Lockwood graduated from Princeton University.
- In Charles in Charge, Charles gets accepted as a graduate student in Princeton.
- In Commander in Chief, Kelly Ludlow, the press secretary played by Ever Carradine has graduated from Princeton.
- In Doogie Howser, M.D., the namesake is a child prodigy who graduated from Princeton at the age of 10 in 1983 and received his medical license at age 14.[304]
- In The WB Television Network show "Everwood", Amy Abbott is accepted to Princeton.[305]
- In an episode of The Flintstones entitled "Flintstone of Princestone", which originally aired on November 3, 1961, Fred briefly attends "Princestone" and becomes the star quarterback in the big football game against arch-rival, Shale. In another episode entitled "Cinderellastone", which originally aired on October 22, 1964, Fred's dream character also attended "Princestone".
- In the novel Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner, protagonist Cannie Shapiro is a Princeton alumna.
- In Leatherheads, the character of Carter Rutherford is a star Princeton quarterback[306]
- In Mad Men, Paul Kinsey is a Princeton Graduate (class of '55), and in "My Old Kentucky Home" (Season 3, Episode 3), Kinsey's classmate Jeffrey, a drug dealer, reminisces about the Tigertones a cappella group[307]
- In Mars Attacks!, President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is a Princeton alumnus.
- In the movie Risky Business, Tom Cruise's character gets into Princeton after an unconventional interview at his own home.
- In Salt, Angelina Jolie's character Evelyn Salt went to Princeton.
- In South Park, Mayor McDaniels.[308]
- Sondra Huxtable and her future husband Elvin Tibideaux of The Cosby Show graduated from Princeton.[309]
- In Family Ties, "Young Republican" Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) spends the first two seasons of the series preparing to attend Princeton. While visiting for an on-campus interview, Mallory has an emotional crisis. Ultimately, Alex chooses to tend to her rather than complete his interview, thus destroying any possibility of attending Princeton.
- In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Princeton is Philip's alma mater. Phillip's son Carlton enrolls in Princeton by the final episode.[310]
- In Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore is accepted into Princeton University
- In The Girl Next Door, Eli is mentioned as having been accepted to Princeton
- In Her Shoes, a novel by Jennifer Weiner '91: Rose Feller is a Princeton grad. Her younger sister Maggie camps out in a Princeton library.
- In the Left Behind series, character Cameron "Buck" Williams is a Princeton grad.
- In the science fiction novel Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper, Calvin Morrison had been a theology student at Princeton, but dropped out to join the U.S. Army and fight in the Korean War. He later became an officer with the Pennsylvania State Police and was transported to another time-line.
- In the television series Numb3rs, the characters of Charlie Eppes and Larry Fleinhardt are Princeton Alumni. Charlie graduated at the age of 16 and Larry at the age of 19.
- In "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", the character played by Anne Hathaway has graduated from Princeton.[311]
- In the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the characters Changez and Erica are Princeton grads.
- In the mystery novel The Rule of Four, the protagonists are Princeton students and the Art Museum and its collections play a central role in the plot.
- In The Simpsons, Cecil Terwilliger, the brother of Sideshow Bob, is an alumnus (Sideshow Bob refers to it as the years Cecil spent in Clown College).[312] Snake also attended, but took a year off, presumably never to return.
- In the musical South Pacific, Lt. Joe Cable had attended Princeton.
- In the novel and movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, Dickie Greenleaf (played by Jude Law) has attended Princeton,[313] and the title character Tom Ripley pretends he is a Princeton alumnus.[314]
- In There's Something About Mary, Mary attended Princeton University.[315] So did her ex-boyfriend "Woogie" who was also holder of a scholarship from Princeton.[316]
- In the semi-autobiographical novel This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a former Princeton alumnus himself, the protagonist Amory Blaine attends Princeton.[317][318]
- Professor Richard Pierson of the Princeton Observatory was portrayed by Orson Welles in the Mercury Theatre on the Air's famous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, broadcast October 30, 1938.
- Watchmen, a graphic novel created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins: Dr. Jon Osterman/Doctor Manhattan, born 1929, attended Princeton University from 1948–1958 and graduated with a Ph.D. in atomic physics.
- In The West Wing, former Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) is a magna cum laude Princeton undergraduate.[319] In fact, in Season 1 it is revealed that Sam's Secret Service code name is "Princeton."
- In the television series Weeds, the character Megan gets accepted into Princeton.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ In the movie, Herbert Greenleaf says: "I see you were at Princeton. Then you'll most likely know our son, Dick. Dickie Greenleaf".
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- ^ From the movie, one friend says "Loser? Woogie was all-state football and basketball and valedictorian of his class", and another follows with "I heard he got a scholarship to Princeton but he's going to Europe first to model."
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- ^ From the book, "Amory had decided definitely on Princeton, even though he would be the only boy entering that year from St. Regis'."
- ^ Episode 406, "Game On", in which Seaborn says "I'm a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton and editor of the Duke Law Review. Tell her I've worked for Congressmen and the D-triple-C."
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