List of University of Maryland, College Park people

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This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and benefactors of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Contents

[edit] Academia

  • Gar Alperovitz, Ph.D. Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy
Raymond Davis, Jr. (B.S. 1937, M.S. 1940) recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
Herbert Hauptman (Ph.D. 1955, D.Sc. (Hon.) 1985) recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

[edit] Nobel Laureates

[edit] Arts and entertainment

David Simon (B.A. 1983), creator of The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street and a MacArthur Fellow

[edit] Business

Sergey Brin (B.S. 1993), co-founder of Google.
Carly Fiorina (MBA 1980), former CEO of Hewlett-Packard

[edit] Government and public policy

[edit] Governors

Millard Tydings (B.S. 1910), long-serving U.S. Senator and namesake of the Tydings Committee.

[edit] Senators

[edit] Congressmen

[edit] State legislators

[edit] Military personnel

Thomas Norris (B.S. 1966), Medal of Honor recipient.

[edit] International figures

[edit] Diplomats

[edit] Jurists

[edit] U.S. Government officials

Gordon England (B.S. 1961), former Deputy Secretary of Defense.

[edit] Others

[edit] Journalism

Connie Chung (B.A. 1969), broadcast journalist and news anchor.

[edit] Pulitzer Prize

Carl Bernstein (attended), famed journalist who uncovered the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward.

[edit] Literature

Joe Haldeman (B.S. 1967), author of The Forever War
Jeff Kinney (B.A. 1993), author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

[edit] Science and technology

Vivek Kundra (B.S. 1996), the first and current Chief Information Officer of the United States.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Men's basketball

Players
Joe Smith (attended 1993–95), 1995 Naismith College Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick of that season's NBA Draft.
Coaches

[edit] Football

See also: List of Maryland Terrapins in professional football and List of people associated with Maryland Terrapins football
Players
Boomer Esiason (B.A. 1984), quarterback who led the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII.
Quarterback Jack Scarbath (B.S. 1954) finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1952.
Coaches

[edit] Other

Taylor Twellman (attended 1998–1999), 2005 Major League Soccer MVP

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Fictional people

[edit] Faculty

Professor Juan Ramón Jiménez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956

The following individuals serve or served on the University of Maryland faculty, but are not alumni.

[edit] Nobel laureates

[edit] Benefactors

This list is intended to capture the notable benefactors and other people connected with the University of Maryland, College Park, but who were not alumni, unless noted with a year of graduation.

[edit] References

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