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This is a list of notable people associated with
Carnegie Mellon University in the United States of America.
Notable students and alumni
John L. Hall (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1961), 2005
Nobel Prize in Physics
Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, faculty member), 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
Dale Thomas Mortensen (Ph.D. 1967), 2010 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
John Forbes Nash (B.S. 1948, M.S. 1948), 1994 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, the subject of
A Beautiful Mind
Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, faculty member 1971–1980), 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
Clifford Shull (B.S. 1937), 1994
Nobel Prize in Physics
Oliver E. Williamson (Ph.D. 1963), 2009 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, faculty member 1956–1971),
compiler construction, 1966; first
Turing Award winner
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, faculty member 1961–1992),
artificial intelligence , 1975
Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959),
computer graphics , 1988
Edward Feigenbaum (B.S. 1956, Ph.D 1960),
artificial intelligence , 1994
Shafi Goldwasser (B.S. 1979),
cryptography , 2012
Daniel Nagin (B.S, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1976, Professor), criminologist, 2014
Raoul Bott (Ph.D. 1949), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1987
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1992
George Pake (B.S., M.S. 1945), Physical Sciences, 1987
Frederick Rossini (B.S. 1925, M.S. 1926, DSc (hon.) 1948), Chemistry
Business
Paul Allaire (
M.B.A 1966), former
Xerox director (1986–1990) CEO (1990–2000) and Chairman (1991–2000)
Kushagra Bajaj (B.S.), Vice Chairman of
Bajaj Group
Ted Decker , (M.B.A. 1993), CEO and president of
The Home Depot
[1]
Francisco D'Souza (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1992), CEO of
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Dina Dublon (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1979), former EVP and CFO of
JP Morgan Chase ; board member of
Microsoft ,
Accenture ,
PepsiCo , and
Carnegie Mellon University
Marc Ewing (B.S. 1992), co-founder of
Red Hat Inc., maker of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Yoshiaki Fujimori (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1981), President and CEO of
Lixil Group
Scott Griffith (1981), Chairman and CEO of
Zipcar
Cormac Kinney (B.S. 1993, Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1994), software inventor and entrepreneur
Alexander Knaster (B.S. 1980), billionaire private equity investor; founder and chairman of Pamplona Capital Management
Jim Levy (B.S. 1965, Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1966), founding CEO of
Activision (1979–1986)
Andrew Ng (B.S. 1997), co-founder of education technology company
Coursera , director of
Stanford University 's Artificial Intelligence Lab
Frank Marshall (B.S.), former Director of
Juniper Networks , former Vice President of
Cisco (1992–1997)
Gerald C. Meyers (B.S., M.S.), former Chairman of
American Motors
Ted Nierenberg (B.S. 1944), founder of
Dansk International Designs
[2]
David Tepper (Master of Science in Industrial Administration 1982), founder and Chairman of
Appaloosa Management , owner of the
NFL 's
Carolina Panthers , and the
MLS 's
Charlotte FC
Madhavi Vuppalapati , CEO and Chairperson of Prithvi Information Solutions.
[3]
Romesh Wadhwani (M.S., Ph.D.), billionaire private equity investor; founder and chairman of
Symphony Technology Group
Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), CEO of
General Motors (1946–1953), President of General Motors (1941–1953) (See also :
Government and politics section )
Sulajja Firodia Motwani , Indian woman entrepreneur
Sunil Wadhwani , co-founder of
Mastech Digital and
IGATE
Brian Olsavsky (
M.B.A ), CFO of
Amazon
[4]
Science and technology
Kimberly W. Anderson (Ph.D.), chemist, Gill Eminent Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the
University of Kentucky .
Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau (B.S. 1991), author, professor, faculty member in the Computer Sciences Department at
University of Wisconsin-Madison ,
ACM Fellow , winner of
SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award .
Allen Barnett (1966), principal investigator of the
DARPA -funded Consortium for Very High Efficiency
Solar Cells
Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S. 1976), co-founder of
Sun Microsystems ; Managing Director of
Cisco 1996–2002; Chief Architect of
Sun Microsystems 2003–2005; an original investor in
Google , and the first person to document the company name
Joshua Bloch (Ph.D. 1990), Chief Java Architect of
Google , author of
Jolt Award -winning book Effective Java
Nik Bonaddio (B.S. 2004, M.S. 2005), founder of
numberFire
Nathaniel Borenstein (M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1985), Chief Open Standards Strategist and Distinguished Engineer at
IBM , co-creator of
MIME for formatting multimedia email
Mark Canepa (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1977), Executive Vice President of Network Storage Products Group, then Data Management for
Sun Microsystems
Jane C. Charlton (B.S. 1983), professor of astronomy and astrophysics, received her B.S. at age 18
[5]
Bob Colwell (Ph.D.), Chief Architect of
Intel
Pentium Pro
Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), inventor of
dynamic random access memory (DRAM);
IBM Fellow ; proved the theories leading to
Moore's Law
Scott Fahlman (Professor), creator of the
emoticon
Gerald Gardner (1922–2009),
geophysicist and social activist whose statistical analysis led to the banning of
classified advertising segregated by gender in a 1973 ruling by the
U.S. Supreme Court
[6]
Charles Geschke (Ph.D. 1973), co-founder of
Adobe Systems
James J. Gillogly (Ph.D. 1978),
cryptographer who was the first to publicly solve parts 1-3 of
Kryptos
Virgil D. Gligor , pioneer in computer security and co-director of Carnegie Mellon's CYLAB
James Gosling (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1983), Vice President and Fellow of
Sun Microsystems , creator of
Java programming language
William Walter Hay (B.S. 1931) professor of
railway engineering at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign remembered with the
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Hay Award
[7]
Maynard Holliday , Robotics Engineer and former technology officer at
The Pentagon
Feng-hsiung Hsu (Ph.D. 1990), co-creator of
ChipTest (while at CMU), the predecessor of
Deep Thought , which evolved into
Deep Blue at IBM
Phil Karn (M.S. 1979), engineer; his name is on at least six
RFCs ; inventor of
Karn's Algorithm , a method for calculating the round trip time for IP packet retransmission
Vinod Khosla (M.S. 1978), co-founder of
Sun Microsystems , venture capitalist at
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
James H. Kindelberger (1920), pioneer of aviation, Chairman of
North American Aviation (1948–1960)
Kai-Fu Lee (Ph.D. 1988, Assistant Professor), former President of
Google China
Ira N. Levine (B.A. 1958), author, professor and faculty member in the Chemistry Department at
Brooklyn College .
Qi Lu (Ph.D. 1996), President of Online Services Division,
Microsoft , former Executive Vice President at
Yahoo!
Mao Yisheng (Ph.D. 1919), bridge engineering expert, first Ph.D. graduate of Carnegie Tech
Edgar Mitchell (B.S. 1952),
astronaut , 6th man to walk on the
Moon
James G. Mitchell (Ph.D. 1970), computer scientist, Vice President and Fellow of
Sun Microsystems , developer of
WATFOR compiler
Harvey C. Nathanson (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), inventor of first
MEMS device, former Chief Scientist at
Northrop Grumman
Bruce J. Nelson (Ph.D. 1981), inventor of the
Remote procedure call for computer communications
Andrew Ng (B.S. 1997), professor at
Stanford University and co-founder of
Coursera
John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), inventor of the
Tcl scripting language
David Parnas (M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1965), early pioneer of
software engineering
Randy Pausch (Ph.D. 1988, Professor), founder of
Alice (software) , and the man behind
The Last Lecture
Drew D. Perkins (B.S. 1986), author of
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Judith Resnik (B.S. 1970), astronaut who died in the
Challenger accident during the launch of the mission
STS-51-L
Mark Russinovich (B.S., Ph.D. 1994),
Windows expert and technical fellow of
Microsoft
Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Ph.D. 1983), principal computer architect of
Coda and
Andrew File System
Joshua Schachter (B.S. 1996), founder of
del.icio.us
Jonathan I. Schwartz (transferred to
Wesleyan University ), CEO of
Sun Microsystems
Harry Shum (Ph.D. 1996), Corporate Vice President,
Microsoft
Pradeep Sindhu (Ph.D. 1982), co-founder and CTO of
Juniper Networks
Javier Soltero (B.S. 1997), former founder and CEO of
Hyperic , former CTO of SaaS at
VMware , currently founder and CEO of
Acompli
Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), Vice President and Fellow of
Sun Microsystems
Shanghua Teng , Professor of Computer Science at Boston University and winner of
Gödel Prize
Avie Tevanian (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1988), former
Apple CTO
Richard Wallace (Ph.D. 1989), Chairman and co-founder of the A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation; author of
Artificial Intelligence Markup Language ; Botmaster of the chatbot
A.L.I.C.E.
Earl L. Warrick inventor of
Silly Putty and developer of
silicone rubber .
Red Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979), professor at CMU; led CMU teams that won second and third place in the
DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 and first place in 2007
Dan Wilson (Ph.D. 2021), biologist and science communicator
Yishan Wong (B.S. 2001), chief executive officer of Reddit Inc.
Performing arts, film, television and video games
William Atherton (1969), film, stage and television actor,
Die Hard ,
The Day of the Locust ,
The Girl Next Door
Jason Antoon (1994), actor,
No Ordinary Family
Hale Appleman , actor, (
The Magicians )
René Auberjonois (1962), actor,
Benson ,
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ,
Boston Legal
William Ball , director, founder of
American Conservatory Theater
Brent Barrett , film and Broadway actor, singer;
Chicago ,
Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular ,
The Producers
Shari Belafonte , actress, singer,
Hotel , Cane River ,
The Heidi Chronicles
Natalie Venetia Belcon , actress, singer, originated role of
Gary Coleman in
Broadway
musical
Avenue Q
Benny Benack , orchestra leader, "King of Pittsburgh Dixieland"
Lourdes Benedicto , actress,
NYPD Blue ,
ER ,
Dawson's Creek ,
24
Denée Benton (2014), actress,
Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role),
The Book of Mormon
Paul Ben-Victor (1987), actor,
The Wire ,
The Shield ,
Entourage
Steven Bochco (1966), writer, producer,
Hill Street Blues ,
L.A. Law ,
NYPD Blue ; ten-time
Emmy Award winner
Matthew Bomer (2000), actor,
White Collar ,
The Normal Heart ,
Magic Mike
Liam Bonner (2004),
baritone
opera singer
Christian Borle , actor,
Legally Blonde ;
Tony Award winner in 2012 for
Peter and the Starcatcher and in 2015 for
Something Rotten! , NBC's
Smash
Barbara Bosson (1970), actress,
Hill Street Blues ,
Murder One
Abby Brammell (2001), actress,
The Unit
Albert Brooks (attended for two years), actor, screenwriter and director,
Finding Nemo ,
Broadcast News ,
Lost in America
Michael Campayno (2014) actor,
The Sound of Music LIVE ",
The Cher Show ", "
Wicked the musical "
Lori Cardille (1976), actress,
Day of the Dead
Jean Carson (1945), actress,
The Andy Griffith Show
Anthony Carrigan (2006),
[8] actor,
Barry
Arthur Chadwick (1997), set designer for
Accidentally on Purpose
Donna Lynne Champlin (1993), actress,
Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Carol Channing (1943), Tony Award-winning actress,
Hello Dolly!
Gaius Charles (2005), actor,
Friday Night Lights
François Clemmons (1969), founder/director of
Harlem Spiritual Ensemble , special guest,
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Kat Coiro , director and writer
Rhys Coiro (2002), actor,
HBO 's
Entourage
Frank Converse (1962), actor,
Coronet Blue ,
The Rowdyman ,
N.Y.P.D.
Casey Cott (2016), actor,
Riverdale
Corey Cott (2012), actor,
Disney's
Newsies ,
Bandstand ,
Gigi
Ellen Crawford (1975), actress,
Boston Legal
James Cromwell (1964), actor, known for
L.A. Confidential ,
The General's Daughter ,
Babe ; Oscar nominee and winner of the 2013
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Bob Cummings (1930), actor, known for films (
Dial M for Murder ,
Saboteur ) and television's
The Bob Cummings Show
Ted Danson (1972), actor,
Cheers ,
Three Men and a Baby ,
The Good Place ; two-time Emmy Award winner; three-time
Golden Globe Award winner
Joan Darling (1957), actress,
Mary Hartman ,
MASH
Cote de Pablo (2000), actress,
NCIS
Nicole DeHuff , actress,
Meet The Parents ,
Unbeatable Harold
Kim Director (2000), actress,
Orange is the New Black
Neal Dodson , film producer
Dagmara Dominczyk (1998), actress,
The Count of Monte Cristo
Neil Druckmann (2005), writer and
creative director at
Naughty Dog
[9]
Peggy Eisenhauer (1983), Tony Award-winning
lighting designer
Esteban (1970),
flamenco guitarist
Abe Feder (1930), lighting designer, lighting director
Barbara Feldon (1955), actress,
Get Smart ,
Fitzwilly ,
Mad About You
Jules Fisher (1960), lighting designer; won a Tony Award
Seth Fisher (2004), director,
The Good Wife
Sutton Foster (left after
freshman year), actress,
Thoroughly Modern Millie ,
Anything Goes ,
Shrek ; won two Tony Awards
Robert Foxworth (1965), actor,
Falcon Crest ,
Six Feet Under
Mark Frost (1975), producer,
Twin Peaks
Sidney Furie (1955), director and
screenwriter ,
The Ipcress File ,
The Entity
Josh Gad (2003), actor, "
Olaf " in
Frozen ,
The Book of Mormon ,
The Wedding Ringer
Herb Gardner (1956), Tony Award-winning playwright,
A Thousand Clowns ,
I'm Not Rappaport
Yusuf Gatewood (2002),
The Originals (TV series) ,
The Umbrella Academy
[10]
Michael Goldenberg (1986), screenwriter and director
Harry Potter
Renée Elise Goldsberry (1993), actress, Tony Award for
Hamilton ,
The Lion King ,
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ,
Rent
Frank Gorshin (1955), actor, best known as "
The Riddler " in the
Batman
live action television series
Ralph Guggenheim (1974), producer,
Toy Story
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (1991), television screenwriter, producer, best known for his work on the first two seasons of
Lost
Josh Groban (left after freshman year), singer and Broadway actor,
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Tony Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role)
Demetrius Grosse (2003),
Justified
Charles Haid (1968), actor and director,
NYPD Blue ,
L. A. Law ,
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Van Hansis (2004), actor,
Luke Snyder of
As the World Turns ; three-time
Emmy Award nominee
Ian Harding (2009), actor,
Pretty Little Liars
Mariette Hartley (1965), Emmy Award-winning actress,
Ride the High Country ,
Peyton Place ,
The Incredible Hulk
Elizabeth Hartman , actress
Lisa Hartman-Black (1978), actress,
Tabitha
David Haskell (1970), actor (
Godspell )
Anne Marie Cummings (B.F.A. 1990), 4X Emmy-nominated TV creator, actress, writer, director of
Conversations in L.A.
Ethan Hawke (briefly attended), actor
Sian Heder (1999) writer, filmmaker;
Orange Is The New Black ,
Tallulah
Grey Henson (2012) actor,
The Book of Mormon ,
Mean Girls
Megan Hilty (2004), actress, played
Glinda in
Wicked , Ivy in TV series
Smash , Doralee in
Nine to Five
Leonard "Hub" Hubbard ,
Grammy Award winner, composer,
bassist , The Roots
Chuck Hittinger (2005),
Screamfest ,
Boogeyman 3
David Hornsby (1998), actor, screenwriter, producer;
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Holly Hunter (1980), actress; won an
Academy Award , two Emmy Awards and a
Golden Globe Award
Sam Hyde (attended for one year), actor, writer, comedian and co-creator of
Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace
Peter Hylenski (1997), sound designer,
Tony Award for Best Sound Design winner
[11]
James Jacks (1969), producer,
Raising Arizona ,
The Mummy ,
The Mummy Returns ,
Mallrats ,
Michael ,
Tombstone
Cherry Jones (1978), actress; won an Emmy Award and a Tony Award
Caren Kaye (1973) (M.S., Ph.D. in Psychology), lead actress,
My Tutor
Arthur Kennedy (1936), actor, 5-time Oscar nominee,
Lawrence of Arabia ,
All My Sons ,
Elmer Gantry
Jack Klugman (1948), Emmy Award-winning actor, best known for
The Odd Couple ,
Quincy, M.E.
Frederick Koehler (1997), actor,
Kate and Allie and
All My Children
Michael Kooman , musical theater composer, half of
Kooman and Dimond , whose works have been performed at
The Kennedy Center ,
Williamstown Theater Festival , and
American Conservatory Theater
David Lander (1969), actor, Squiggy on the
sitcom
Laverne and Shirley
David Larsen (1999), actor,
The Book of Mormon
William Law (1966),
How to Make an American Quilt ,
Iron Man Returns
Eugene Lee (1962), two-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer
Telly Leung (2002), actor,
Allegiance
Kara Lindsay (2006), actress,
Newsies ,
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Judith Light (1970),
Daytime Emmy Award and two-time Tony Award-winning actress,
One Life to Live ,
Who's the Boss?
Keith Lockhart (1983), conductor of the
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Lubin (1920), film director and producer of the 1943 film
Phantom of the Opera and the 1960s TV series
Mister Ed
Gabriel Macht (1994), actor,
Suits
Erin Mackey (2008), Broadway, television, and film actress, known for playing Glinda in
Wicked
Henry Mancini (1947), composer; nominated for 72
Grammy Awards , winning 20; also nominated for 18
Academy Awards , winning four
Joe Manganiello (2000), actor
Sonia Manzano (1972), actress, writer,
Maria Rodriguez on
Sesame Street
Nancy Marchand (1949), actress, known for
Lou Grant and
HBO 's
The Sopranos ; four-time
Emmy Award winner
Rob Marshall (1982), director; nominated for two
Academy Awards (
Chicago ,
Memoirs of a Geisha )
Henry Mazer , conductor and recording artist for
Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
[12]
Gilmer McCormick (1969), actress,
Godspell
John McDaniel , producer, composer, conductor, known for leading the band on
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Michael McKean (1969), actor and ensemble comedian (
Best in Show ,
Waiting for Guffman ,
This Is Spinal Tap ,
Better Call Saul ); played Lenny on
Laverne and Shirley
Kennedy McMann (2018), actress,
[13]
Nancy Drew
Michael McMillian (2002),
True Blood
James Meena (1973), conductor and opera administrator
Patina Miller (2006), Tony Award-winning actress (
Pippin ,
Sister Act ,
All My Children )
Katy Mixon (2003), actress,
Mike & Molly ,
American Housewife
Roger Morgan (1961),
The Crucifer of Blood
Greg Mottola (BFA, Art), director,
Superbad ,
The Daytrippers , several episodes of
Undeclared and
Arrested Development
Jeffrey Mylett (1971), actor,
Godspell
David Norona (1994),
The Mentalist
Vince O'Brien (1949), Broadway, television, and film actor
Leslie Odom, Jr. (2003), actor,
Hamilton ,
Red Tails
Rory O'Malley (2003), actor,
The Book of Mormon ,
Hamilton
Oopali Operajita (1995), choreographer and classical Odissi and Bharatanatyam dancer
Stephanie Palmer (1997), Hollywood executive, author of Good in a Room
Van Dyke Parks , composer, arranger, producer, musician most notably with
Brian Wilson and the
Beach Boys
John Pasquin (1969), Emmy Award-winning director
Victoria Pedretti (2017), actress
[14]
George Peppard (1951), actor, best known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's and as
John "Hannibal" Smith on
The A-Team
Fern Persons (1934), actress,
Risky Business ,
Hoosiers ,
Field of Dreams
Martin Platt (1971), producer,
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
John C. Picardi (1996). playwright, The Sweepers, Seven Rabbits on a Pole. Novel; Oliver Pepper's Pickle
Stephen Prince (1991), voice actor,
Bleach ,
Naruto ,
Love Hina ,
Cowboy Bebop ,
Digimon
Erin Quill , actress, writer, and singer
Zachary Quinto (1999), actor, played
Sylar on
Heroes , and
Spock in
Star Trek (2009 and later films)
Sally Jessy Raphaël , talk show host; briefly attended
Lester Rawlins (1950),
A Man for All Seasons
Norman René (1974), theatre and film director;
Obie Award winner
Darren Ritchie (1999), actor/singer
Kali Rocha (1993), actress,
Sledge
Lori Rom (1997), actress,
Love's Enduring Promise
George A. Romero (1960),
film director ,
Night of the Living Dead and
Dawn of the Dead
Ann Roth (1953), film and
Broadway costume designer; won an
Academy Award and two Emmy Awards
Polly Rowles (1936), film and TV actor,
Springtime in the Rockies ,
Auntie Mame
Laura San Giacomo (1984), actress,
Just Shoot Me! ,
Quigley Down Under ,
Sex, Lies, and Videotape ,
Pretty Woman
Lou Scheimer (1952),
Flash Gordon
Mary Kate Schellhardt (BFA 2001), actress,
What's Eating Gilbert Grape ,
Free Willy 2 ,
Apollo 13
Robert Schmertz (1921), architect and
folk musician , CMU faculty and author of the CMU fight song
Pablo Schreiber (2000), actor,
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Stephen Schwartz (1968), composer of shows including
Wicked ,
Godspell , and
Pippin (originally a Carnegie Mellon production, presented by the
Scotch'n'Soda theatrical club on campus under the title Pippin Pippin )
Roxanne Seeman , songwriter and lyricist
Kyle Selig (2014), actor,
The Book of Mormon ,
Mean Girls
Sushma Seth , (1960) Bollywood actress,
Junoon ,
Ram Teri Ganga Maili
John Shaffer (1976), art director,
The Big Bang Theory ,
Friends ,
Dharma & Greg
Mel Shapiro (1961),
An Actor Performs ,
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Leigh Silverman (1996), producer,
Violet
Emily Skinner (1992), musical theater actress; nominated for a
Tony Award alongside
Side Show co-star
Alice Ripley
Josef Sommer (1957), actor,
Dirty Harry ,
Absence of Malice ,
Witness
Aaron Staton (2004), actor,
Mad Men
Patricia Tallman (1979), actress and stunt woman, played
Lyta Alexander on
Babylon 5 , Barbara in 1990 remake of
Night of the Living Dead
John-Michael Tebelak (1971)(MFA),
playwright and director (
Godspell ; originally a Carnegie Mellon production)
Irene Tedrow (1929), actress,
Eleanor and Franklin ,
James at 16 ,
Bonanza
Jim Tetlow (1977),
lighting designer and
theatre consultant ; won an Emmy Award for lighting design
Thom Thomas (1963), playwright,
Without Apologies
Sada Thompson (1949), actress,
Family
Michael Tucker (1966), actor,
L.A. Law
Tamara Tunie (1981), actress,
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Susan Tsu
William J. G. Turner (1974), composer, director, dramatist, producer, and actor
Blair Underwood (1988), actor,
L.A. Law ,
LAX ,
Gattaca ,
Sex and the City
Michelle Veintimilla (2014), actress,
Not Cool
Paula Wagner (1969), film producer and executive
Loudon Wainwright III , musician; withdrew in 1967
Bruce Weitz (1966), actor,
Hill Street Blues ,
Deep Impact
John Wells (1970), writer, producer,
China Beach ,
ER ,
The West Wing ,
Third Watch ; won an Emmy Award
Ming-Na Wen (1986), actress,
ER ,
The Joy Luck Club ;
Annie Award winner as voice of "Mulan" in
Mulan ; voice of
Aki Ross in
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Daniel Wilson (2003, 2004, 2005), TV host,
The Works , writer,
How to Survive a Robot Uprising
Patrick Wilson (1995), actor; nominated for a
Tony Award , an
Emmy Award , and a
Golden Globe Award
George Wood (1945), actor,
Harold and Maude
Bud Yorkin (1948), producer, director, writer, actor (
All in the Family ,
Maude ,
Good Times ,
Sanford and Son ,
One Day at a Time ,
Diff'rent Strokes )
Visual arts
Mel Bochner (1962), pioneer of
postminimal arts and
conceptual art
Jonathan Borofsky (1964), 20th-century conceptual artist and sculptor
Mia Brownell (1993), painter
Sheila Butler (1960), visual artist
Virgil Cantini (1946), artist and professor at the
University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Carpenter (1976), author, clothing designer, creator of educational children's puzzles
John Currin (1984), contemporary figure and portrait painter
Ken Ferguson (1952), ceramist
Raymond Kaskey (1967), sculptor
Joyce Kozloff (1942), artist and founder of
Pattern and Decoration movement
Katharine Kuharic (1984), figurative painter and educator
Burton Morris (1986), pop artist
Shalom Neuman (1970), painter and sculptor
Philip Pearlstein (1949), figure painter
Abigail Satinsky (2003), art curator
Jacqueline Thurston (1961), artist, writer and educator
Andy Warhol (1949), painter and major figure in the
pop art movement
Architecture and design
Government and politics
Jairam Ramesh (Master of Science in Public Policy and Public Management), Former Minister of Rural Development, Government of India.
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Gust Avrakotos (attended for two years), Directorate of Operations,
Central Intelligence Agency
Nilofar Bakhtiar (M.S.), Senator and Federal Minister for Tourism in Pakistan
Peter Corroon (B.S.), Mayor of
Salt Lake County, Utah
Carmen Yulín Cruz (MS in Public Policy), member of the
28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (2009–2013); Mayor of
San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013–present)
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Peter J. De Muth (BS 1914), U.S. Congressman from
Pennsylvania
Oopali Operajita (MAPW 1995), Senior Parliamentary Adviser, India
Charles L. Evans (M.S., Ph.D. in Economics), President and CEO of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago , 2007–present
Rich Fitzgerald (BSME 1981), President, Allegheny County Council, Pennsylvania (January 2001–present)
Larry Giammo (MBA 1992), mayor of
Rockville, Maryland (2001–2007)
Anita K. Jones (Ph.D. 1973), Director of Defense Research and Engineering of the U.S. Department of Defense
Sydney Kamlager (MA, 1994), Trustee-Elect to the
Los Angeles Community College District Seat 3, District Director for California State Senator
Holly Mitchell
Susie Lee (BS, 1989; MS, 1990),
United States Representative for
Nevada’s
3rd District
Salim Saifullah Khan (BS Mechanical Engineering, 1968), Senator and Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, Commerce, Housing & Works, Inter-Provincial Coordination in Pakistan
Vasili Kuznetsov , Soviet political figure
Keith B. McCutcheon (B.S. 1937),
four-star general and Assistant Commandant of the
Marine Corps (1970)
Bill Peduto (attended),
Mayor of Pittsburgh
Dennis B. Sullivan ,
U.S. Air Force general
Jeffrey W. Talley (Ph.D. 2000),
Lieutenant General retired, 32nd Chief of Army Reserve (CAR) and 7th Commanding General,
United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) 2012-2016
Charles Erwin Wilson (1909),
United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) under President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yarone Zober (MPM 2000), Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office, City of
Pittsburgh (September 2006–present); former Deputy Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh (August to September 2006)
Henry J. Schultz (B.S. 1932) Mayor of
Easton, Pennsylvania (1976–1980)
Academia
Educators
Padmanabhan Balaram (Ph.D. 1973), Director of
Indian Institute of Science , India
John P. Crecine (B.S. 1961, M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1966), former Dean of the
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon and President of
Georgia Institute of Technology (1987–1994)
James W. Dean Jr. , PhD, President of the
University of New Hampshire
[19]
Michael D. C. Drout (B.A. 1990), professor at
Wheaton College and scholar specializing in
Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature, science fiction and fantasy, especially the works of
J. R. R. Tolkien and
Ursula K. Le Guin
Marvin L. Goldberger (B.S. 1943), former President of the
California Institute of Technology (1978–1987), former director of
Institute for Advanced Study (1987–1991), former dean of the natural science at
University of California, San Diego (1994–1999)
John Graham (Ph.D. 1983), former Dean of the
Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School and current Dean of the
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Robert Kibbee (died 1982), Chancellor of the
City University of New York
Robert Lepper , art professor who developed the country's first industrial design degree program
Rob Linsenmeier , Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology,
Northwestern University
Michael C. McFarland (M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1981), President of
College of the Holy Cross , former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at
Gonzaga University (1996–2000)
Joseph S. B. Mitchell (B.S. 1981, M.S. 1981), Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at
Stony Brook University
William F. Pounds (B.S. 1950, M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1964), Dean of
MIT Sloan School of Management (1966–1980)
Suh Nam Pyo (Ph.D. 1964), President of
KAIST , South Korea
Madhav V. Rajan (PhD 1990), former associate professor at the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , full professor at the
Stanford Graduate School of Business , and dean of the
Booth School of Business at the
University of Chicago
[20]
Mendu Rammohan Rao (M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1969), Dean Emeritus of
Indian School of Business , India
Jon Strauss (Ph.D. 1964), Dean of Engineering,
Whitacre College of Engineering ,
Texas Tech University , former President of
Bainbridge Graduate Institute (2008–2009),
Harvey Mudd College (1997–2006) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1985–1994)
Richard L. Van Horn (Ph.D. 1976), former President of the
University of Houston and the
University of Oklahoma
Hugh D. Young (Ph.D. 1959), longtime Professor who taught Physics for over 50 years at
Carnegie Mellon . Professor Young was co-author of the later editions of the highly regarded textbook
University Physics , now in its 15th edition, and received many of Carnegie Mellon's highest awards.
Suresh P. Sethi (Ph.D. 1972) Eugene McDermott Professor at the
Naveen Jindal School of Management at
The University of Texas at Dallas , former General Motors professor at the
University of Toronto , Alumni Achievement Award from
Tepper School , fellow of
Royal Society of Canada ,
AAAS ,
INFORMS ,
IEEE
Frederick Rossini (B.S. 1925, M.S. 1926, DSc (hon.) 1948), Chemistry, 1951
Marvin L. Goldberger (B.S. 1943), Physics, 1963
Raoul Bott (Ph.D. 1949), Mathematics, 1964
Philip Morrison (B.S. 1936), Physics, 1971
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1972
Frederick Mosteller (B.S. 1938, M.S. 1939), Mathematics, 1974
Clifford Shull (B.S. 1937), Physics, 1975
Ivan Sutherland (B.S. 1959), Computer and Information Sciences, 1978
John L. Hall (B.S. 1956, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1961), Physics, 1984
Leonard Lerman (B.S. 1945), Genetics, 1986
Oliver Williamson (Ph.D. 1963), Economic Sciences, 1994
Stephen Fienberg (B.S. 1979), Applied mathematical sciences, 1999
Shafrira Goldwasser (B.S. 1979), Computer and Information Sciences, 2004
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1977
James D. Meindl (B.S. 1955, M.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1958), Electronics Engineering, 1978
Mao Yisheng (Ph.D. 1919), Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, 1982
Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), Electronics Engineering, 1984
Angel Jordan (M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1959, Professor), Electronics Engineering, 1986
H. T. Kung (Ph.D. 1973), Computer Science & Engineering, 1993
Anita K. Jones (Ph.D. 1973), Computer Science & Engineering, 1994
Charles Geschke (
Ph.D. 1973), Computer Science & Engineering, 1995
Andy Bechtolsheim (
M.S. 1976), Electronics Engineering, 2000
Stephanie Kwolek (B.S. 1946), Chemical Engineering, 2001
John Ousterhout (Ph.D. 1980), Computer Science & Engineering, 2001
Bernard Cohen (Ph.D. 1950), Electric Power/Energy Systems Engineering, 2003
James Gosling (Ph.D. 1983), Computer Science & Engineering, 2004
Jonathan Rothberg (B.S. 1985), Bioengineering, 2004
Shafrira Goldwasser (B.S. 1979), Computer Science & Engineering, 2005
Pradeep K. Khosla (Dowd University Professor), Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Robotics, 2006
Bob Colwell (Ph.D.), Computer Science & Engineering, 2006
Stuart Card (M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1978), Computer Science & Engineering, 2007
Shree K. Nayar (Ph.D. 1991), Computer Science and Engineering, 2008
William L. Whittaker (M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2009
Manuela M. Veloso (Ph.D. 1992, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2022
Other prominent faculty
Bob Altemeyer (PhD 1965), Associate Professor of Psychology at the
University of Manitoba
Costas Azariadis (MBA 1971, Ph.D. 1975), Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at
Washington University in St. Louis
William A. Barnett (M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1974), Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at the
University of Kansas
Timothy Devinney (B.S., 1977), Chair and Professor of International Business
University of Manchester , Fellow of
Academy of Management , Fellow of
Academy of International Business
Ravi Jagannathan (M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1983), Chicago Mercantile Exchange/John F. Sandner Professor of Finance at
Kellogg School of Management ,
Northwestern University , former director of
American Finance Association (2002–2005)
Kevin Lane Keller (MSIA 1980), E.B. Osborn Professor of Marketing at
Tuck School of Business ,
Dartmouth College
John E. Laird (Ph.D. 1983), John L. Tishman Professor of Engineering at
University of Michigan , co-creator of
Soar cognitive architecture
Rose Hum Lee (B.S. 1942), first woman and the first Chinese American to head a US university sociology department, at
Roosevelt University
Charles E. Leiserson (Ph.D. 1981), Professor of Computer Science at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , co-author of the Introduction to Algorithms
Ronald D. Macfarlane (M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1959), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at
Texas A&M University
Nolan McCarty (M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1993), Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at
Princeton University
Greg Morrisett (M.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1995), Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Computer Science and Engineering,
Harvard University
Michael S. Scott Morton (B.S. 1961), Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management (Emeritus) at
MIT Sloan School of Management
Jan Mossin (Ph.D.), made significant contribution to
capital asset pricing model
John Muth (Ph.D., Professor 1956–1964), father of the
rational expectations revolution in economics
Jay Nunamaker (B.S. 1964),
Regents Professor of Management Information Systems, Computer Science, and Communication at
University of Arizona
Jeffrey Pfeffer (B.S. 1968, MSIA 1968), Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Demetri Psaltis (B.S. 1974, M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1977), Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at
California Institute of Technology
Millicent Sullivan (Ph.D. 2003), Alvin B. & Julie O. Stiles Professor Of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the
University of Delaware
[21]
Jerry D. Thompson (
Doctor of Arts in history), Regents Professor of History,
Texas A&M International University ,
Laredo, Texas ; specialist on
American Southwest
Sheridan Titman (M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1981), Walter W. McAllister Centennial Professor of Finance at
McCombs School of Business ,
University of Texas at Austin , President of
Western Finance Association
Andrew B. Whinston (M.S. 1960, Ph.D. 1962),
Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Professor in Business Administration at
McCombs School of Business ,
University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Abul Hasnat (M.S. 1950), Late Professor of Department of Civil Engineering,
Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (BUET) , Bangladesh;
University of Basrah , Iraq and
King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah
Literature
Michael Chabon (attended),
Pulitzer Prize -winning author
Christina Crawford (attended), author of
Mommie Dearest
Iris Rainer Dart (1966), author of
Beaches
E. L. Konigsburg (1952), author of
children's books
Jewell Parker Rhodes (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, D.A. 1979), novelist
William Roos , novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
[22]
Manil Suri (Ph.D. 1983), mathematician and writer
Astro Teller (Ph.D. 1998), author of Exegesis
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (briefly attended), author,
Slaughterhouse Five
Jeffrey Zaslow , columnist for the
Wall Street Journal ; co-author of
The Last Lecture
Sports
Nada Arkaji , the first woman to represent
Qatar at the
Olympic Games
Dwight "Dike" Beede , college
football coach who created and introduced the penalty flag
Howard Harpster (1928),
All-American quarterback , inducted into
College Football Hall of Fame , led defeat of
Knute Rockne 's
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Rich Lackner (1979), current Carnegie Mellon head football coach
Hans Lobert , Major League Baseball player, manager
John McGraw (born Roy Elmer Hoar), Major League Baseball player, not to be confused with hall-of-famer
John McGraw
Aron Ralston (1997), mountain climber, subject of the film
127 Hours
Herb Sendek (1985), men's basketball head coach,
Santa Clara ,
Arizona State , and
North Carolina State
NFL
Merl Condit , end,
Brooklyn Dodgers ,
Pittsburgh Steelers (1940–1946)
[23]
Bull Karcis , fullback,
Brooklyn Dodgers ,
New York Giants (1932–1943)
[23]
Hap Moran , end,
Frankford Yellow Jackets ,
New York Giants (1926–1933)
[23]
Bill Rieth , center,
Cleveland Rams (1941–1945)
[23]
Jimmy Robertson , fullback, halfback, Akron Pros (1924–1925)
[23]
Joe Rudolph , guard,
Philadelphia Eagles ,
San Francisco 49ers (1995, 1997)
Hugh Sprinkle , tackle,
Akron Pros (1923–1925)
[23]
Ray Tesser , end,
Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1934)
[23]
Notable faculty
Clinton Davisson (Professor),
Nobel Prize in Physics , 1937
Otto Stern (Professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1943
Paul Flory (Research Associate,
Mellon Institute ),
Nobel Prize in Chemistry , 1974
Herbert A. Simon (Professor, 1949–2001),
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences , 1978
Franco Modigliani (Professor),
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences , 1985
Merton Miller (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990
Robert Lucas Jr (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1995
John Pople (Professor 1964–1993), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
Lars Peter Hansen (Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2013
Walter Kohn (Professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate,
Mellon Institute , 1951–1953),
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , 2003
Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, Professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, Professor 1971–1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004
Ada Yonath (Postdoctoral researcher, 1969), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor 1956–1971),
compiler construction, 1966 – first
Turing Award winner
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor 1961–1992) and
Herbert A. Simon (Professor),
artificial intelligence , 1975
Dana S. Scott (Professor 1981–2003), nondeterministic machines, 1976
Robert Floyd (Professor 1963–1968), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978
Raj Reddy (Professor 1969–present),
artificial intelligence , 1994
Manuel Blum (Professor 1999–2018),
computational complexity theory , 1995
Edmund M. Clarke (Professor 1982–2020),
model checking , 2007
Leslie Valiant (Professor 1973–1974),
machine learning , 2010
William Mattis (Professor 1976-1993),
artificial intelligence , 2012
Herbert A. Simon (Professor), Behavior and Social Sciences, 1986
Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate,
Mellon Institute , 1951–1953), Physical Sciences, 1987
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1992
Luis von Ahn (Ph.D. 2005), assistant professor of computer science, 2006
Yoky Matsuoka , assistant professor affiliated with the Robotics Institute, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (2001–2006), 2007
Anna Deavere Smith , acting instructor (1970–1971), 1996
Dawn Song (M.S. 1999), professor of computer science (2002–2007), 2010
Terrance Hayes , professor of poetry (2001–2013)
Otto Stern (Professor 1933–1945), Physics, 1945
Herbert A. Simon (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1967
Walter Kohn (Professor 1950–1960), Physics, 1969
Richard Duffin (Professor 1946–1988), Applied Mathematical Sciences, 1972
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1972
James G. March (Professor 1953–1964), Social and Political Sciences, 1973
Franco Modigliani (Professor 1952–1960), Economic Sciences, 1973
Brian Berry (Professor 1981–1986), Human Environmental Sciences, 1975
Harrison White (Professor 1957–1959), Social and Political Sciences, 1975
Lincoln Wolfenstein (Professor), Physics, 1978
Robert Lucas Jr (Professor 1963–1974), Economic Sciences, 1981
Paul Lauterbur (Research Associate,
Mellon Institute , 1951–1953), Physics, 1985
Robert Griffiths (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1987
Dana Scott (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 1988
John Anderson (Professor), Psychology, 1999
Stephen Fienberg (Professor), Applied Mathematical Sciences, 1999
James McClelland (Professor 1984–2006), Psychology, 2001
Manuel Blum (Professor), Computer and Information Sciences, 2002
Robert Parr (Professor 1948–1962), Chemical Sciences, 2004
Gordon Bell (Professor 1966–1972), Computer and Information Sciences, 2007
Marlene Behrmann (Professor 1993–present), Psychology, 2015
Daniel Berg (Professor 1977–1983), Special Fields & Interdisciplinary Engineering, 1976
Steven J. Fenves (Professor), Civil Engineering, 1976
Gordon Bell (Professor 1966–1972), Computer Science & Engineering, 1977
Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1977
Allen Newell (Ph.D 1957, Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1980
Raj Reddy (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1984
Joseph F Traub (Professor 1971–1979), Computer Science & Engineering, 1985
George Bugliarello (Professor 1959–1969), Civil Engineering, 1987
Arthur W. Westerberg (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 1987
C. D. Mote, Jr. (Professor 1965–1967), Mechanical Engineering, 1988
John L. Anderson (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 1992
William Wulf (Professor 1968–1981), Computer Science & Engineering, 1993
Mark Kryder (Professor), Electronics Engineering, 1994
Hubert Aaronson (B.S. 1948, Ph.D. 1954, Professor), Materials Engineering, 1997
Takeo Kanade (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 1997
[24]
Alfred Blumstein (Professor), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 1998
Ignacio E. Grossmann (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 2000
Daniel P. Siewiorek (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2000
Guy L. Steele Jr. (Professor 1980–1994), Computer Science & Engineering, 2001
Randal Bryant (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2003
Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979–1991), Computer Science & Engineering, 2003
Alfred Spector (Professor, 1981–1992), Computer Science & Engineering, 2004
Edmund M. Clarke (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2005
Egon Balas (Professor, 1967-2019), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 2006
Manuel Blum (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2006
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Professor), Materials Engineering, 2006
David A. Dzombak (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2008
Bhakta B. Rath (Professor), Materials engineering, 2008
Tom M. Mitchell (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2010
Jacobo Bielak (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2010
Chris T. Hendrickson (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2011
Nadine Aubry (Professor), Mechanical Engineering, 2011
Jared L. Cohon (Professor), Civil Engineering, 2012
Lorenz Biegler (Professor), Chemical Engineering, 2013
José M. F. Moura (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2013
Gérard Cornuéjols (Professor), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 2016
Sridhar Tayur (Professor), Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering, 2017
Manuela M. Veloso (Professor), Computer Science & Engineering, 2022
Other prominent faculty
Igor Ansoff (Professor), "father of
strategic management " and Professor of Industrial Administration
Jerome Apt (Professor), former NASA astronaut and now Professor of Technology; Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center,
Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Elizabeth Bailey (Professor 1983–1991), former Dean and Professor of Economics, Industrial Administration and Public Policy,
Graduate School of Industrial Administration , now John C. Hower Professor of Business and Public Policy at
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Lenore Blum (Professor), renowned for being a
National Science Foundation Career Advancement Award winner and for her contributions to
Computer Science , wife of
Manuel Blum
Peter Braam (Professor), computer scientist, founder of
Lustre file system ,
Intermezzo file system
Kathleen Carley (Professor), Computational sociologist and pioneer of
dynamic network analysis
William W. Cooper (Professor), professor of operations research and accounting at the Tepper School of Business and founding Dean of the Heinz College
Edward Creutz (Professor), physics, the
Manhattan Project
Lorrie Cranor (Professor), expert in
information privacy and Chief Technologist of the
Federal Trade Commission
Anthony Daniels (Adjunct Professor), Actor famous for portraying
C-3PO in the
Star Wars films
Robyn Dawes (Professor), pioneer in the field of
mathematical psychology
Scott Dodelson (Professor, 2017–present), astrophysicist and former
Fermilab scientist
David Farber (Professor, 2003–present), co-creator of
ARPANET and former Chief Technologist for the
FCC
Richard Florida (Professor, 1987–2005), economist and author of Rise of the Creative Class
David Garlan (Professor, 1990–present), a pioneer in
software architecture and
self-adaptive software systems
James Goodby (Professor, 1989–present), Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, former U.S. Foreign Service Officer including US Ambassador to Finland (1980–1981)
William D. Haseman (faculty member, 1975-1980),
IBM Professor of Information Technology Management at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , founding Director for the Center for Technology Innovation in
Milwaukee , and author
John Heinz III (faculty member, 1970–1971),
Senator from
Pennsylvania
Robert Hess (1938–1994), President of
Brooklyn College
Israel Hicks (1943–2010), stage director who presented
August Wilson 's entire 10-play
Pittsburgh Cycle
[25]
Henry Hornbostel (Professor), helped found the
Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture ; designed the original buildings on campus
Watts Humphrey (Professor), former Vice President of
IBM , Fellow of
Software Engineering Institute
Jeffrey Hunker (Professor), Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure for the
United States National Security Council (1999–2001), Deputy Assistant to the
Secretary of Commerce (1996–1998), senior
Department of Commerce official for
environmental policy (1996–1998), former Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce (1993–1996), former Dean of the
Heinz College
Robert Kaplan (Professor), co-creator of the
Balanced Scorecard
Michael Keaton (Adjunct Professor), actor known for films such as
Beetlejuice ,
Batman , and
Batman Returns
Roberta Klatzky (Professor), cognitive scientist and leading researcher in
haptics
Mordecai Lawner , actor and former faculty member for the theater program
[26]
Jennifer Lerner , decision scientist and psychologist in the
Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Golan Levin , new media artist and current faculty member of the School of Art
Margot Livesey , author of six novels, short stories, and essays on fiction
George Loewenstein (Professor), pioneer in the field of Behavioural Economics and faculty in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Alex John London
[27] (Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and Philosophy), Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy
[28] at Carnegie Mellon University, Elected Fellow of the Hastings Center; prominent bioethicist
Brian MacWhinney (Professor), leading
language acquisition researcher and creator of
CHILDES database
Allan Meltzer (Professor), chairperson of a special U.S. congressional commission that studied how the
World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund operated; it made its recommendations for changes in March 2000 in its report to the
U.S. Congress
Richard Rashid (Professor, 1979–1991), computer scientist,
Microsoft Research SVP
Robert V. Rice (Professor), biochemist and leading researcher in
smooth muscle
myosin
Scott Sandage (Professor), noted cultural historian in the
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Robert Schmertz (Professor), folk artist and professor of architecture
Walter Dill Scott (Professor, 1916–1918), pioneer in
applied psychology , President of the
American Psychological Association , President of
Northwestern University
Mel Shapiro (Head of Drama Department),
Tony Award -winning writer and director
Robert S. Siegler (Professor),
Teresa Heinz
Professor of
Psychology at
Carnegie Mellon University and recipient of the
American Psychological Association 's 2005 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
Daniel Sleator (Professor),
Paris Kanellakis Award -winning professor of computer science known for inventing data structures such as the
splay tree
Alfred Spector (Professor), Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at
Google
Latanya Sweeney (Professor), former Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission
Joe William Trotter Jr. (Professor), eminent scholar of African American labor and urban life in the
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences , and an elected member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honus Wagner , baseball and basketball coach, one of the first five members of the
Baseball Hall of Fame
Arnold R. Weber (Professor and Provost), professor in economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon and President of the
University of Colorado and
Northwestern University
Jerome Wolken (1917–1999), biophysicist and head of biology department
[29]
Clarence Zener (Professor, 1968–1993), theoretical physicist, namesake of the
Zener diode , Zener voltage, and
Zener pinning
Presidents of Carnegie Mellon University
Arthur Hamerschlag , 1903–1922
Thomas Baker , 1922–1935
Robert Doherty , 1936–1950
John Warner , 1950–1965
Guyford Stever , 1965–1972
Richard Cyert , 1972–1990
Robert Mehrabian , 1990–1997
Jared Cohon , 1997–2013
Subra Suresh , 2013–2017
Farnam Jahanian , 2018–present
Founders and major benefactors of Carnegie Mellon University
The Mellon Family of Pittsburgh :
Fictional alumni
See also
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