List of Temple University people

This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of Temple University, a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Faculty

Russell Conwell – founder and first president of the university, author of Acres of Diamonds
Charles Ezra Beury – second president of the university
Robert Livingston Johnson – third president of the university
Millard E. Gladfelter – fourth president of the university
Paul R. Anderson – fifth president of the university
Marvin Wachman – sixth president of the university
Peter J. Liacouras – seventh president of the university
David Adamany – eighth president of the university
Ann Weaver Hart – ninth president of the university

Biology

Communication

Sabrina Erdely - Reporter known for the defamatory Rolling Stone article "A Rape on Campus"
Joseph P. Folger

English

Samuel R. Delany – science fiction author
George W. Johnson – former chair of the Temple Department of English; later President of George Mason University (1979–1996)^[1]
Thomas Kinsella – Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher; author of numerous volumes of poetry and a translation of the ancient Irish epic The Tain (Táin Bó Cúailnge); while at Temple, he developed a program for students to study in Ireland called "the Irish Experience"
Sonia Sanchez – poet

History

Law

Mathematics

Emil Grosswald (1968–1980)
John Allen Paulos – author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

Music

Katherine Ciesinski
John Douglas – conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades
Aaron Levinson – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
Terell Stafford – Trumpet player

Philosophy

Lewis Gordon
Espen Hammer
Joseph Margolis
Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus
Miriam Solomon – Professor of Philosophy

Psychology

Lauren Alloy
Laurence Steinberg
Joseph Wolpe – South African psychiatrist and founding figure in behavior therapy

Religion

Sociology

Annette Lareau

Sports

Nikki Franke – fencer and fencing coach

Other disciplines

Molefi Asante – scholar, known for popularizing and developing Afrocentricity
Emile B. De Sauzé – language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language
Happy Fernandez – politician
Mary Stuart Fisher - radiologist
John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous
Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy
Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics", longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics
Lucia V. Streng – chemist
Ann M. Valentine – chemist
Earl Bradley – pediatrician

Alumni

Academia

Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department
Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis.
Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator
David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College
Noam Chomsky – linguist and activist, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; as child attended Temple-run experimental Deweyite school, Oak Lane Day School
Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network
Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized
Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Also, see Temple University School of Medicine, Notable Alumni and Pioneers
John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University
Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC
Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant
Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of I'm OK, You're OK
Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India
Donald Kraybill – foremost expert on Amish
Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center
Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University
JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin
Stephen Sheehi – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary; author of Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (University Press of Florida, 2004), Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims (Clarity Press, 2011), and Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860–1910, (Princeton University Press, 2016).
Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and President of Princeton University
Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, Director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient

Art

Laura Marie Greenwood – painter
Trenton Doyle Hancock – artist
Andrew Hussie – webcomic artist
Simmie Knox – presidential portrait painter (Clinton)
Nicholas Muellner – photographer and writer
Ralph Rucci – designer
Paula Scher – designer
Sarai Sherman – artist
Aaron Shikler – presidential portrait painter
Jen Simmons – designer and web developer

Broadcasting

Al Alberts – singer, Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV
Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for Citadel Media
Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio
Howard Bryant – senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
Pat Callahan – host of This Week in Pro Football on 950 ESPN
Steve Capus – president, NBC News
John Clark – sports anchorman for NBC 10 news
Fritz Coleman – weather anchor, KNBC-TV news
Tracy Davidson – news presenter for NBC 10 news
Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author
Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news
Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, NFL Hall of Famer writer.
Diplo – DJ/producer
Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com
Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality, Our World with Black Enterprise and online HuffPost Live host, BET News correspondent and a CNN political commentator.
John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio
Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC
Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show Radio Times
Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for Reuters, killed while covering the 2010 Thai political protests
Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor
Ronn Owens – radio talk show host
Ed Sciaky – disc jockey
Gene Shay – disc jockey
Terry Smith – broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Charles A. Williams III - writer and broadcaster
Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers

Business

John Carrig – former COO and president for ConocoPhillips
Sam Greenblatt – vice president of technology and architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell
Jai Gulati – CEO of Systel
Lewis Katz – businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Larry Miller – president of Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers
Rosemary Reed Miller - owner Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique
Brenton L. Saunders – CEO of Allergan, co-founder of Health Care Compliance Association
Ash Vasudevan – founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings

Film, theatre, and television

Bill Cosby – actor, comedian
Keith Andes – actor
Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive
Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer
David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker
Richard Brooks – Academy Award-winning Hollywood filmmaker
Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner up of Big Brother 16
Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer
Norman Fell – comic actor best known for Three's Company (attended Theatre Dept. classes)
Jason Winston George – actor, Sunset Beach, Platinum
Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's Harry's Law)
William Goldenberg – Academy Award-winning Hollywood film editor
Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series Hill Street Blues.
Lois Hamilton – actress
Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tigre Hill – film director/producer
Saba Homayoon – actress
Irvin Kershner – film director, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Bruce Mailman – theatre producer and founder of The Saint
William Marchant – playwright and screenwriter
Adam McKay – Emmy-nominated director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Step Brothers (2008), Academy award-winning writer of The Big Short
Mary Lou Metzger – singer, dancer The Lawrence Welk Show
Kunal Nayyar – actor, plays Raj on CBS's Big Bang Theory
Robert Prosky – actor
Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Tony Award-nominated actress for Ghost the Musical
Herbert Rudley – actor
Bob Saget – comedian, game show host, Full House
Michael Schoeffling – actor who played Jake Ryan in 1980s film Sixteen Candles
Peter Shub – actor, clown, and circus producer
Svetlana Shusterman – from MTV's The Real World Key West
James Riordan Actor, Broadway, Television and Film actor
Tom Sizemore – actor
Hugh Panaro - Actor, Broadway
Paul F. Tompkins – actor, comedian
Dan Trachtenberg – film director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, and co-host The Totally Rad Show
Eric Wareheim – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Patricia Wettig – Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters, Prison Break
Jesse Williams – actor (Grey's Anatomy)
Danny Woodburn – actor (Mickey on Seinfeld)
Colman Domingo - actor on Fear the Walking Dead

Government

Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
Edward J. Bonin – Republican U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
Frederick C. Branch – first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer
Horace J. Bryant – first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey
Jamira Burley - Municipal leader, national campaign deputy director
Michael E. Busch – Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
Jim Cawley – Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
Robert Coughlin – longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to United States House of Representatives
Harold L. Ervin - judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Edwin Duing Eshleman – former Republican congressman
Thomas M. Foglietta – U.S. Congressman and United States Ambassador to Italy
Vincent Fumo – Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
Tom Gannon - Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (1979–2006)
Nikoloz Gilauri – Prime Minister of Georgia
Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) – Pennsylvania State Representative 1979–2000.^[2]
Camillo Gonsalves (BA in Journalism) – Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations
Theo-Ben Gurirab – President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1999–2000; Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005^[3]
Joe Hoeffel – former Democratic congressman
Malcolm Hoenlein – executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations;^[4] founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Vincent Hughes – Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat)
Zambry Abdul Kadir – current Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia, from political party UMNO
Kathleen Kane – first woman Attorney General of Pennsylvania, also convicted of felony perjury^[5]
Paul E. Kanjorski – U.S. Congressman, representing Pennsylvania's 11th district^[6]
Guy Kratzer - Pennsylvania State Senator (1983-1986)
Jerome Kurtz – Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980)^[7]
David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) – 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada
Joseph Lazarow – Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976–1982^[8]
Bryan Lentz – private attorney; former Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (2007–2010); Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
Joseph Melrose – former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at Ursinus College
Bernard T. Mittemeyer – lieutenant general and former Surgeon General of the United States Army.
Francis J. Myers – former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
Pallam Raju – Former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development
Charles W. Sandman, Jr. – represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, 1967–1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973^[9]
Jim Saxton – U.S. Congressman representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
Jacob Seidenberg - chairman of the Federal Services Impasses Panel
Martin J. Silverstein – United States Ambassador to Uruguay
John F. Street – former Mayor of Philadelphia
Nao Takasugi – California State Assembly
R. K. Raghavan IPS – former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India

Literature

Sharmi Albrechtsen – author, blogger
Ben Bova – science fiction author
Frank Brookhouser – Journalist, columnist, and author.
Jim Callahan – retired football player and writer
Tony Campolo – author, pastor, and speaker
Anita Cornwell – author
Eric Corey Freed – architect, author, public speaker
Jeffrey Gitomer – author, speaker, business trainer
David Goodis – crime fiction writer
Helene Hanff – writer
Tom McHale – novelist
Ted Polhemus – writer, photographer, anthropologist
Jeffrey Robinson – author
Jerry Spinelli – writer
Lamont B. Steptoe – poet, photographer, publisher
Tony Trov – science fiction writer
Johnny Zito – science fiction writer

Music

Irving Berlin – honorary degree '54, songwriter
Rubén Colón Tarrats – orchestra director
Evelyn Simpson Curenton - composer
Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz – DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter
Alix Dobkin – singer/songwriter
Gilbere Forte – rapper
Joe Genaro – musician, guitarist and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen
Ariana Ghez – classic oboist
Julie Gold – songwriter, Grammy Award winner
Daryl Hall – musician
Marc-André Hamelin – pianist
Jared Hasselhoff – bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang
Mark Kramer – musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio
Fred Mascherino – musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
Joe Masteroff – Tony Award-winning playwright
Bill McGlaughlin – composer, conductor, radio host of Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday
John Oates – musician
Eric Owens – opera singer
Billy Paul – Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and War of the Gods
James Poyser – Grammy Award winning keyboardist, songwriter, and producer
Fayette Pinkney – original member of The Three Degrees
Jimmy Pop – lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang
Jill Scott – R&B/soul artist
Allan Slutsky – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
Jeffrey Solow – Grammy nominated classical cellist
Terell Stafford – professional jazz trumpet player
Tim – Korean ballad singer
Susan Werner – singer-songwriter

Other

John C. Allen – roller coaster designer
Ted Bundy - serial killer
Reed Erickson - transgender activist, engineer, and philanthropist
Judith E. Glaser – author and organizational anthropologist
E. Urner Goodman – early leader of the Boy Scouts of America
George E. Hargest - Noted philatelic and member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.
Donniel Hartman – Israeli rabbi
Linda and Terry Jamison – "The Psychic Twins"
Steven Levy – writer for Wired and author of Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution^[10]
Shantrelle P. Lewis – curator, historian, critic and filmmaker
Maralyn Lois Polak – journalist and author
Stephen Starr – celebrity restaurateur
John Thomas Taylor - congressional lobbyist for the American Legion
Diana Vincent – jewelry designer
Edith Windsor - Plaintiff in United States v. Windsor

Sports

Other sports

Marcus McElhenney Olympian – Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight – bronze medal winner
Benny McLaughlin – National Soccer Hall of Fame
Zach Pfeffer (born 1995) - soccer player
Allen Rosenberg – rower and rowing coach
Jason Read – Olympic gold medalist, rowing
Gabe Sapolsky – professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro
Gil Stein – President of the NHL, 1992–1993

Fictional alumni

Toby Flenderson – character in the television series The Office; has a degree in social work from Temple University

References

^ Shapiro, T. Rees (June 3, 2017). "George W. Johnson, college president who transformed GMU, dies at 88". Washington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
^ "Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on March 7, 2000.
^ Liswaniso, Mwaka (July 18, 2014). "Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938 ...) An educator, politician and diplomat". New Era. p. 6.
^ "Mr. Malcolm Hoenlein, USA". Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "The Rise and Fall of Kathleen Kane". May 17, 2015.
^ "KANJORSKI, Paul E., (1937–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
^ Langer, Emiy (January 11, 2015). "Jerome Kurtz, IRS commissioner under Carter, dies at 83". Washington Post. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
^ Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Joseph Lazarow, 84, dies; helped bring casinos to A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2008. Accessed January 5, 2008.
^ Charles William Sandman, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 28, 2007.
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[2] "Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on March 7, 2000.

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[4] "Mr. Malcolm Hoenlein, USA". Retrieved January 3, 2014.

[5] "The Rise and Fall of Kathleen Kane". May 17, 2015.

[6] "KANJORSKI, Paul E., (1937–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

[wpost15-7] Langer, Emiy (January 11, 2015). "Jerome Kurtz, IRS commissioner under Carter, dies at 83". Washington Post. Retrieved March 11, 2015.

[8] Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Joseph Lazarow, 84, dies; helped bring casinos to A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2008. Accessed January 5, 2008.

[9] Charles William Sandman, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 28, 2007.

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v t e Temple University
Located in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campuses	Main Campus (location) Ambler Campus Japan Campus Rome Campus
Schools	Beasley School of Law Boyer College of Music and Dance Fox School of Business and Management Tyler School of Art Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Podiatric Medicine School of Pharmacy College of Science and Technology
Athletics	Temple Owls Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer St. Joe's – Temple rivalry Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall Temple Stadium Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Erny Field Skip Wilson Field
People	Alumni and faculty Graduate Students Association
Miscellaneous	2023 strike Temple Health Temple University station Cecil B. Moore station The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI
Founded: 1884 Students: 39,515 Endowment: 873 million

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