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*[[Dan Buckley]] (1991), president of [[Marvel Entertainment]]
*[[Dan Buckley]] (1991), president of [[Marvel Entertainment]]
*[[Nicholas M. Donofrio]] (1967), director of research at [[IBM]], trustee
*[[Nicholas M. Donofrio]] (1967), director of research at [[IBM]], trustee
*[[Joseph Gerber]] (1947), founder of [[Gerber Scientific]]<ref>http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/gerber.html</ref>
*[[Joseph Gerber]] (1947), founder of [[Gerber Scientific]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/gerber.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-01-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120033813/http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/gerber.html |archivedate=2007-11-20 |df= }}</ref>
*[[William Gurley]] (1839), and Lewis E. Gurley, brothers and founders of [[Gurley Precision Instruments]].
*[[William Gurley]] (1839), and Lewis E. Gurley, brothers and founders of [[Gurley Precision Instruments]].
*[[J. Erik Jonsson]] (1922), co-founder and former president of [[Texas Instruments]] Incorporated, and mayor of [[Dallas]]
*[[J. Erik Jonsson]] (1922), co-founder and former president of [[Texas Instruments]] Incorporated, and mayor of [[Dallas]]
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*[[Keith Millis|Keith D. Millis]] (1938), metallurgical engineer and inventor of ductile iron
*[[Keith Millis|Keith D. Millis]] (1938), metallurgical engineer and inventor of ductile iron
*[[Ralph Brazelton Peck|Ralph Peck]] (1937), geotechnical engineer
*[[Ralph Brazelton Peck|Ralph Peck]] (1937), geotechnical engineer
*[[Emil H. Praeger]] (1915), designer of [[Shea Stadium|Shea]] and [[Dodger Stadium|Dodger]] Stadiums, [[Tappan Zee Bridge]], [[Arecibo Telescope]] and a renovation of the [[White House]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Emil H. Praeger|url=http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/praeger.html|work=RPI: Alumni Hall of Fame: Emil H. Praeger|publisher=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|accessdate=2 July 2011}}</ref>
*[[Emil H. Praeger]] (1915), designer of [[Shea Stadium|Shea]] and [[Dodger Stadium|Dodger]] Stadiums, [[Tappan Zee Bridge]], [[Arecibo Telescope]] and a renovation of the [[White House]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Emil H. Praeger |url=http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/praeger.html |work=RPI: Alumni Hall of Fame: Emil H. Praeger |publisher=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |accessdate=2 July 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607061842/http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/praeger.html |archivedate=7 June 2011 |df= }}</ref>
*[[George Brooke Roberts]] (1849), civil engineer, 5th president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
*[[George Brooke Roberts]] (1849), civil engineer, 5th president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
*[[Washington Roebling]] (1857), chief engineer of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]
*[[Washington Roebling]] (1857), chief engineer of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]

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This is a list of people associated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, including Presidents, Institute leaders, Trustees, Alumni, Professors and Researchers. For a list of the highest elected student leaders at RPI see List of RPI Grand Marshals.

Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Name Years Previous Position
Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford (1824–1828) Pastor of the Lansingburgh and Waterford Church
John Chester (1828–1829) Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Albany
Eliphalet Nott (1829–1845) Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Albany
Nathan S.S. Beman (1845–1865) Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Troy
John F. Winslow (1865–1868) Businessman and iron manufacturer
Thomas C. Brinsmade 1868 Troy physician
James Forsyth (1868–1886) Attorney and banker
William Gurley, 1839 (1886–1887) (acting) Businessman, co-founder of Gurley Precision Instruments
Albert E. Powers (1887–1888) (acting) Banker
John H. Peck (1888–1901) Attorney and judge
Palmer C. Ricketts (1901–1934) Professor of rational and technical mechanics and academic director of RPI
William O. Hotchkiss (1935–1943) President of the Michigan Mining School
Livingston W. Houston, 1913 (1943–1958) President and board chairman of the Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co. and treasurer of RPI
Richard G. Folsom (1958–1971) Director of the Engineering Research Institute at the University of Michigan
Richard J. Grosh (1971–1976) Dean of the Schools of Engineering at Purdue University
George M. Low, 1948 (1976–1984) Deputy administrator of NASA
Daniel Berg (1984–1985)(acting) (1985–1987) Vice-President and Provost of RPI
Stanley I. Landgraf, 1946 (1988–1988)(acting) Chairman of Mohasco Corporation
Roland W. Schmitt (1988–1993) Senior vice president for science and technology for General Electric Co.
R. Byron Pipes (1993–1998) Provost and professor of engineering at the University of Delaware
Cornelius J. Barton, 1958 (1998–1999)(acting) CEO of Dorr-Oliver Incorporated, a chemical engineering firm
Shirley Ann Jackson (1999–) Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Notable alumni

Business

Humanities, arts, and social sciences

Invention and engineering

Military

Politics and public service

Science and technology

Sports

Faculty

Past

Current

References

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  6. ^ "Robert H. Widmer". RPI Alumni Hall of Fame: Robert H. Widmer. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  7. ^ Martin, Douglas (2 July 2011). "Robert H. Widmer, Designer of Military Aircraft, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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