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*[[Jennifer Richeson]], (1994) - psychologist, [[MacArthur Fellowship]] recipient
*[[Jennifer Richeson]], (1994) - psychologist, [[MacArthur Fellowship]] recipient
*[[Paul M. Ridker]], MD, 1981, is a cardiologist and medical researcher and the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He is also on staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ridker was included in TIME magazine's list of 100 most influential people of 2004. Previously, TIME and CNN named Dr. Ridker as one of "America’s Best in Science and Medicine".
*[[Paul M. Ridker]], MD, 1981, is a cardiologist and medical researcher and the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He is also on staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ridker was included in TIME magazine's list of 100 most influential people of 2004. Previously, TIME and CNN named Dr. Ridker as one of "America’s Best in Science and Medicine".
*[[Wendy Schiller]] - professor of political science at Brown University
[[David Schmittlein]] (A.B. 1977) Dean, [[MIT Sloan School of Management]]
[[David Schmittlein]] (A.B. 1977) Dean, [[MIT Sloan School of Management]]
*[[Richard Solomon]] (A.B. 1940, A.M. 1942, Ph.D. 1947) - [[psychology|psychologist]], author of the [[opponent-process theory]] of emotion
*[[Richard Solomon]] (A.B. 1940, A.M. 1942, Ph.D. 1947) - [[psychology|psychologist]], author of the [[opponent-process theory]] of emotion

Revision as of 22:48, 3 May 2008

The following is a partial list of notable Brown University people, known as Brunonians. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with Brown University.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Notable alumni

Note: "Class of" is used to denote the graduation class of individuals who attended Brown, but did not or have not graduated. When just the graduation year is noted, it is because it has not yet been determined which degree the individual earned.

Academia

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John Hope

David Schmittlein (A.B. 1977) Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

Technology and innovation

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Thomas O. Paine

Government, law and public policy

Governors

Charles Evans Hughes
William L. Marcy

Legislators

Mayors

Diplomats

Advisors

John Hay

Activists

Horace Mann

Jurists

Governor of New York (1907–1910); U.S. Secretary of State (1921–1925)

Business

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Literature

Journalism

Performing arts

Music

Film

Television

Theater

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Rev. Joshua Toulmin

Religion

Royalty

Visual arts

Athletics

Auto racing

  • Mark Donohue (1959) - professional racing driver, 1972 Indianapolis 500 champion, first to drive at Indy for record-setting car owner Roger Penske (1969), fatally injured in a crash in practice for the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix (1975), inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1991)

Baseball

Football

Olympics

Swimming

Other sports

Unclassified

Notable faculty

Fernando Cardoso
Visiting Professor of Africana Studies and Literary Arts
Professor of Classics, Director of the Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Comparative Literature, English, Modern Culture & Media, and Gender Studies
  • Thomas Banchoff - American mathematician specializing in geometry. He is very well known for his research in differential geometry in three and four dimensions.
Professor of Mathematics
  • David Berson - discovered third photoreceptor in the eye (in addition to rods and cones)
Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Neuroscience
  • Tracy Breton - winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting
Visiting Professor of English
Professor-at-large of International Studies
Distinguished Visiting Fellow in International Relations
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Physics
T. B. Stowell University Professor, Adjunct Professor of English
Professor of English
  • Philip J. Davis - applied mathematician and philosopher of mathematics; co-author of The Mathematical Experience
Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics
Associate Professor of Community Health
Carlos Fuentes
  • John Donoghue (Ph.D. 1979) - founder of Cyberkinetics, a company that won FDA approval to test brain/robot interfaces (such as BrainGate) on humans
Professor and Chair of Neuroscience
  • David F. Duncan - epidemiologist and addictionologist, author of "Drugs and the Whole Person"
"Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine"
Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
Professor of English
Professor-at-large of Hispanic Studies
Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Professor of English
  • James Head (Ph.D. 1969) - planetary geologist who trained Apollo astronauts and led imaging teams for NASA's interplanetary unmanned probes, from the Viking program to Mars
Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences
  • Dwight B. Heath - anthropologist, foremost anthropological researcher and scholar in field of alcohol studies.
Research Professor of Anthropology
Professor-at-Large of International Studies
Professor of Anthropology
George Lamming
Provost, Paul Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, Professor of Anthropology, and Professor of Italian Studies
Senior Fellow in International Studies
  • Jaegwon Kim - philosopher of mind, action theorist, author of Mind in a Physical World
William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Physics
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Professor-at-large of International Studies
  • George Lamming - Barbadian author, "In the Castle of My Skin", "Natives of My Person"
Visiting Professor of Africana Studies and Literary Arts
" Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction"
  • Glenn Loury - Once regarded as 'one of the most prominent black conservatives in the nation' now considered much more 'progressive.'
Professor of Economics
Professor of Biology
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Professor of Music (retired)
Professor of the History of Mathematics
Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics (1974–1998)
Professor of Classics and History
Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Modern Culture and Media
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. University Professor of Technology and Education, Professor of Computer Science, former (and first) Vice President for Research
  • Paula Vogel - Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, How I Learned to Drive
Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of English
Visiting Senior Fellow in International Studies
  • Darrell West (political scientist) - John Hazen White Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy; author of Patrick Kennedy: The Rise to Power; Air Wars; Celebrity Politics, and Digital Government; developer of website, www.InsidePolitics.org
  • John Edgar Wideman - writer (two time PEN/Faulkner Award winner), Philadelphia Fire
Asa Messer Professor and Professor of Africana Studies and Literary Arts
Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History
Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English
  • Charles Larmore - political philosopher, formerly at Chicago Law School, famous for critique of Rawlsian liberalism. Winner of the Grand Prix de Philosophie, Academie Francais 2004
  • Roderick Chisholm (died 1999) - philosopher. He was the most notable logical positivist and foundationalist (epistemologian) in the latter half of the 20th century.

Presidents of Brown University

Trustees of Brown University

  • Frank E. Winsor (Ph.B. 1892, A.M. 1896, Sc.D. 1929) Civil Engineer
  • Alain J.P. Belda Chairman of the Board & CEO of Alcoa
  • Thomas W. Berry (A.B. 1969, Brown; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business) Investment Banker
  • Mark S. Blumenkranz (A.B., M.S. 1976, M.D. 1976, Brown) Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford School of Medicine
  • Julie N. Brown
  • James J. Burke, Jr. (A.B. 1973, Brown; M.B.A. 1979, Harvard Graduate School of Business) Investment Banker, Stonington Partners
  • Spencer R. Crew (A.B. 1971, M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1979, Brown) CEO, National Underground Railroad Center
  • Charles M. Davis (A.B. 1982) Chairman & CEO, Fandango
  • Cornelia Dean (A.B., magna cum laude, 1969, Brown; M.A. 1981, Boston University) Science Editor, New York Times
  • Katherine G. Farley (A.B. 1971, Brown; M.Arch. 1976, Harvard Graduate School of Design) Senior Managing Director, Tishman Speyer
  • Richard A. Friedman (A.B. 1979, Brown; M.B.A. 1981, University of Chicago) Co-Head of Merchant Banking, Goldman Sachs & Co.
  • Fredric B. Garonzik (A.B. 1964, Brown) Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs Group
  • Martin J. Granoff (L.H.D. Honoris causa 2006, Brown) Textile company owner
  • Cathy Frank Halstead (B.A., New York University) President, Sideny Frank Importing Co.
  • Galen V. Henderson (M.D. 1993, Brown) Professor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • H. Anthony Ittleson (A.B. 1960, Brown) Chairman & President, The Ittleson Foundation
  • Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (Sc.B. 1992, Brown) Governor, Louisiana
  • Debra L. Lee (A.B. 1976, Brown; M.P.P. 1980, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; J.D. Harvard Law School) President & COO, BET Holdings, Inc.
  • Karen M. Levy (A.B., honors, Brown; J.D. 1977, New York University School of Law)
  • Matthew J. Mallow (A.B. 1964, Brown; J.D. 1967, New York University) Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Samuel M. Mencoff (A.B. 1978, Brown) Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.
  • Annette L. Nazareth (A.B. 1978, Brown) United States Securities & Exchange Commission commissioner
  • Jonathan M. Nelson (A.B. 1977, Brown) CEO, Providence Equity Partners, Inc.
  • Kenneth J. O'Keefe (A.B. 1976, Brown)
  • Theresia G. Ranzetta (A.B. 1990, Brown) Managing Partner, Accel Partners
  • Alison S. Ressler (A.B., magna cum laude, 1980, Brown; J.D. 1983, Columbia University Law School) Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Carmen Garcia Rodriguez (A.B. 1983, Brown; J.D. 1986, Columbia University School of Law)
  • Hannelore Rodriguez-Farrar (A.B. 1987, A.M. 1990, Brown) Ph.D. candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Ralph F. Rosenberg (A.B. 1986, Brown) Managing Partner, R6 Capital Management
  • Charles M. Royce (A.B. 1961, Brown; M.B.A. 1963, Columbia University) President & Chief Investment Officer, Royce & Associates, LLC
  • Eileen M. Rudden (A.B. 1972, Brown) Technology Sector Advisor
  • Joan Wernig Sorensen (A.B. 1972, Brown) Development and Public Relations
  • Laurinda H. Spear (B.F.A. 1972, Brown) Architect
  • Anita V. Spivey (A.B. 1974, Brown; J.D. Georgetown) Attorney
  • Barry S. Sternlicht (A.B., magna cum laude with honors, 1960, Brown; M.B.A., with distinction, Harvard Business School) Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group
  • Marta Tienda (B.A. 1972, Michigan State University; Ph.D. 1977, University of Texas-Austin) Maurice P. During '22 Professor in Demographic Studies & Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
  • Thomas J. Tisch (A.B. 1976, Brown; J.D. 1979, New York University) Managing Partner, Four Partners
  • Ambassador William H. Twaddell (A.B. 1963, Brown)
  • Jerome C. Vascellaro (A.B. 1974, Brown; M.B.A., Harvard Business School) Partner, Texas Pacific Group
  • Peter S. Voss (A.B. 1968, Brown) Chairman & CEO, IXIS Asset Management Group
  • William P. Wood (A.B. 1978, Brown) Co-founder, Austin Ventures

Honoris Causa Laureates

Fictitious alumni and faculty

References

  1. ^ "James MacAlister papers". Drexel University Archives and Special Collections. November 16, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ {{cite web |url = http://web.princeton.edu/sites/amstudies/Shesolbio.htm |publisher = Program in American Studies at Princeton |accessdate = 2007-06-25 }
  3. ^ Bios - St. Louis Fed
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