List of Clark University people
Appearance
This list of Clark University people features alumni, including currently matriculating students and alumni that are graduates or non-matriculating students of Clark University and faculty.
Alumni
Academia
- Edwin Aldrin – father of Buzz Aldrin, worked with Robert Goddard on his theories of rocketry (1915)
- Adelbert Ames, Jr. – research professor at Dartmouth College, pioneered the study of physiological optics
- Jill Beck – president of Lawrence University, spent a summer as a Radio City Rockette while an undergraduate at Clark (BA Philosophy and Art History)[1]
- Samuel Flagg Bemis – two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
- Hermon Carey Bumpus – Fifth president of Tufts College (now Tufts University)
- Alexander Francis Chamberlain – anthropologist
- Levi L. Conant – mathematician (no degree awarded; scholar of mathematics at Clark from 1890 to 1891)[2]
- John H. Flavell – Stanford University Professor (MA Psychology 1952, Phd 1955)
- E. Franklin Frazier – sociologist (MA)
- Yair Galily – Israeli sociologist (MSc Communications, 1996)
- Arnold Gesell – Yale professor known for his contributions to child psychology (PhD Psychology 1906)
- Robert H. Goddard – rocket engineer, invented the modern day rocket (MA Physics 1910, PhD Physics 1911)
- Thomas F. Goreau – mmarine biologist and authority on coral reef ecology
- Frederick Grinnell – cell biologist, bio-ethicist, shortlist 2010 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books (BA Chemistry 1966)
- Clarence N. Hickman – rocket scientist and recipient of the Medal for Merit, known as the "Father of Scientific Archery" and for his involvement in the development of the bazooka
- John Irwin Hutchinson – mathematician (no degree awarded; scholar and fellow in Mathematics at Clark from 1890 to 1892)[3]
- Grayson L. Kirk – President of the Council on Foreign Relations and president of Columbia University during the student protests of 1968
- Tae-Hwan Kwak – chair-professor at Kyungnam University and former president of the Korea Institute for National Unification (MA International Relations 1963)
- Solomon Lefschetz – mathematician (PhD 1911)
- J. Ross Mackay – Canadian geographer (BA Geography 1939)
- Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune – geographer, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (PhD Geography 1939)[4]
- Margaret Morse Nice – ornithologist (MA Biology 1915)
- Howard W. Odum – sociologist and founder of the journal Social Forces (PhD Psychology 1909)
- Walter Ristow – head of map division at New York Public Library and Library of Congress (Doctorate)[5]
- W.S. Small – experimental psychologist
- L. S. Stavrianos – historian (MA, PhD)
- Francis Sumner – first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in psychology at an American university
- Amy Tanner – psychologist
- Lewis Terman – pioneer in cognitive psychology (PhD 1905)
- L.T.E. Thompson – physicist and ballistician (Physics MA 1915, PhD 1917)
- Albert Potter Wills – PhD advisor of the Nobel Prize winner Isidor Isaac Rabi (PhD 1897)
Business
- Cho, Dae-sik – chairman of the SK SUPEX Council (MBA 1985) [6]
- Matt Goldman – co-founder of the Blue Man Group (BA Economics 1983, MBA 1984, LHD 2015)
- Alan Kotok – computer pioneer, Digital architect, associate chairman of W3C (MBA 1978)
- Robert Hurst – former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, former Clark trustee (BA 1966, LHD 2006)
- Marc Lasry – CEO and co-founder of Avenue Capital Group (BA History 1981)
- Michael Marcus – commodities trader
- William S. "Bill" Mosakowski – Founder and President and CEO of Public Consulting Group (BA Political Science and Government 1976)
- Hugh Panero – CEO of XM Radio (BA Government 1978)
- Thomas Peterffy – entrepreneur, founder, chairman, and CEO of Interactive Brokers Group and played a key role in founding the Boston Options Exchange
- Fred Rosen – former CEO of Ticketmaster, co-founder of the Bel Air Homeowners Alliance
- Ronald M. "Ron" Shaich – founder of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain, founded a general store while an undergraduate at Clark (BA Government 1976)
- Mark A. Tepper – co-founder, president, and chief scientific officer of Corbus Pharmaceuticals (BA Chemistry 1979, summa cum laude)[7]
Government, law, and public policy
- D'Army Bailey – former Circuit Court Judge in Shelby County, TN, founder of the National Civil Rights Museum, and civil rights activist
- David Brenerman – member of the Maine House of Representatives and ceremonial mayor of Portland, Maine (BA 1973)
- Beth Edmonds – Maine State Senator (BA Geography 1972)
- Merrill Gay – advocate for early childhood education and candidate for Mayor of New Britain, CT
- John M. Granville – USAID diplomat assassinated in Sudan
- Ellen Hughes-Cromwick – Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Commerce (2015-17), chief global economist of Ford Motor Company, member of the Clark University Board of Trustees (2017-present) (MA International Development 1988, PhD Economics 1986)[8]
- Joseph L. Kennedy – independent candidate in the United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010 (BA Computer Science 1993)
- Kim Chung-yum – South Korean Ambassador to Japan, Chief Presidential Secretary, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Finance
- Mark MacDonald – member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate. (BA Government & International Relations 1972)[9]
- Raymond Mariano – Mayor of Worcester, MA, 1993–2001 (MPA 1982)
- Libérat Mfumukeko – Secretary-General of the East African Community (MBA 1994)
- Richard T. Moore – Massachusetts State Senator (BA History 1966)
- Libby Pataki – First Lady of New York and wife of Republican presidential candidate George Pataki
- Michael P. Ross – member of the Boston City Council since 1999, representing District 8, which includes Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and the Fenway (BA 1993)
- Olta Xhaçka – Albanian Minister of Defense and former Minister of Social Welfare and Youth
Military
- Andrew J. Olmsted – U.S. Army Major; blogger; killed in action while serving in the Iraq War (BA Government & International Relations 1992)
Journalism and media
- Ben Bagdikian – educator and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, played a major role in publishing the Pentagon Papers
- Mark Bittman – food journalist for The New York Times and author of How to Cook Everything
- Otis Ferguson – film critic for The New Republic in the 1930s
- Jon "Stugotz" Weiner - co-host of the Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz on ESPN Radio
Literature
- Christopher Collier – children's author (My Brother Sam is Dead)
- Daniel Strachman – author of business books (BA Government 1993)[citation needed]
- Betsy Wollheim – President, co-Publisher and co-Editor-in-Chief of science fiction and fantasy publisher DAW Books
- Xu Zhimo – 20th century Chinese romantic poet
Art, entertainment, and architecture
- Moti Bodek – Israeli architect; senior lecturer in architecture at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (MPA 1995)
- Corey Carrier – child actor (BA)
- Steven DePaul – Emmy Award-winning television producer and director of NYPD Blue (BA English 1972)[10]
- Ali Fedotowsky – host of NBC television show 1st Look, star of the sixth season of The Bachelorette (BA Psychology 2006)
- Mitch Glazer – film producer and screenwriter (Scrooged, The Recruit, Lost in Translation)
- Alexander Gould – actor, voice of Nemo in Finding Nemo
- John Heard – actor (BA History 1968)
- Padma Lakshmi – host of television show Top Chef (BA Theater 1992)
- Phil Lerman – former national editor of USA Today and co-executive producer of America's Most Wanted (BA English 1977)
- Paul Pena – singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Ben Schechter – Internet artist (BA Government 2003)
- Brian Shactman – former ESPN broadcaster; co-anchor of Worldwide Exchange on CNBC (MA English)
Religion
- Frederick Madison Smith – religious leader; author; a Prophet-President of the Community of Christ Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now renamed Community of Christ (PhD 1916)
Athletics and exploration
- Jeffrey Lurie – owner of Philadelphia Eagles (BA Psychology 1973)
- Paul Siple – Antarctic explorer and inventor of wind chill factor (PhD Geography 1939)
Activism and reform
- Robert Dexter – human rights (PhD Sociology 1927)
- Miriam Van Waters – prison reformer
- Mesfin Woldemariam – Ethiopian human rights activist
Faculty
3
Presidents
- G. Stanley Hall, 1888–1920 (University)
- Carroll D. Wright, 1902–1909 (College)
- Edmund Sanford, 1909–1920 (College)
- Wallace Walter Atwood, 1920–1946
- Howard B. Jefferson, 1946–1967
- Frederick H. Jackson, 1967–1970
- Glenn W. Ferguson, 1970–1973
- Alan E. Guskin, 1973 (acting)
- Mortimer H. Appley, 1974–1984
- Richard P. Traina, 1984–2000
- John E. Bassett, 2000–2010
- David Angel, 2010-[11]
References
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- ^ http://raskb.com/udenlibrary/disk2/130.pdf
- ^ "Walter Ristow Dies at 97; Populist Curator of Maps - The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=214564801&privcapId=2482232
- ^ https://www.corbuspharma.com/about/management-team
- ^ https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2015/12/us-secretary-commerce-penny-pritzker-announces-dr-ellen-hughes-cromwick
- ^ Secretary of the Vermont Senate. "Biography, Senator Mark A. MacDonald". Vermont State Senate. Montpelier, VT: Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Steven DePaul | Career Paths | Return on Education | Clark University". www2.clarku.edu. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "List of Presidents of Clark University and Clark College". clarku.edu. Retrieved July 15, 2017.