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This list of Northwestern University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of
Northwestern University , located in
Evanston, Illinois .
Academia
Madeleine Wing Adler (B.A. 1962), president,
West Chester University
Amy Allen (Ph.D. 1996), Parents Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities and professor of philosophy,
Dartmouth College
Diane Marie Amann (J.D. 1986), associate dean for international programs & strategic initiatives and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law,
University of Georgia School of Law
Alida Anderson (M.A. 2004), author and widely published researcher; Faculty at
American University .
Elijah Anderson (Ph.D. 1976), William K. Lanman, Jr. professor of sociology,
Yale University
Andrew Armacost (B.S. 1989), dean of faculty,
United States Air Force Academy
Gershon Ben-Shakhar (born 1942), Israeli psychologist; former President of the
Open University of Israel
Vincent Blasi (B.A. 1964), free speech theorist, professor at
Columbia Law School
Clinton Bristow, Jr. (B.A. 1971), former president,
Alcorn State University
James Burkee (Ph.D. 2003), president,
Avila University
Margery C. Carlson (B.S. 1916), professor of botany,
Northwestern University
Joyce Chaplin (B.A. 1982), James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History,
Harvard University
K. T. Chau (Ph.D. 1991), chair professor of geotechnical engineering, former associate dean of Faculty of Construction and Land Use, and former associate head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Erwin Chemerinsky (B.S. 1975), dean,
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Vivek Chibber (B.A. 1987, Political Science), professor of sociology at
New York University
Johnnetta B. Cole (M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1967), president emerita,
Spelman College ; president,
Bennett College
Juan Cole (B.A. 1975), Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History,
University of Michigan
G. Marcus Cole (J.D. 1993), Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and Professor of Law,
University of Notre Dame
James Hal Cone (M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1965), Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic
Theology ,
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Elizabeth Creamer , (B.S. 1970), professor emerita of Educational Research and Evaluation at Virginia Tech
Margaret Cuninggim , dean of women at the
University of Tennessee and at
Vanderbilt University
Michele Dauber , (JD 1998, PhD 2003) – law professor at the
Stanford Law School
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Stefanie DeLuca (Ph.D., 2002), professor of sociology,
Johns Hopkins University , author of Coming of Age in the Other America
William C. Dudley (M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 1998), president,
Washington and Lee University
Mitchell Duneier (B.A.), professor of sociology,
Princeton University
Troy Duster (B.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1962), professor of sociology,
New York University and
University of California, Berkeley
Lee Edelman (B.A. 1975), Fletcher Professor of English Literature,
Tufts University
Kathryn Edin (Ph.D. 1991), professor of sociology,
Princeton University
Virgilio Enriquez (M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1971), founder of
Filipino psychology school of thought; professor of social psychology,
University of the Philippines Diliman
Fred D. Fagg, Jr. , former president,
University of Southern California
William R. Ferris (M.A. 1965), Joel Williamson Eminent Professor of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brittany Friedman , Assistant Professor of
Sociology at the
University of Southern California
Susan Fuhrman (B.A. 1965, M.A. 1966), president,
Teachers College, Columbia University
Simon Gikandi (Ph.D., 1986), Robert Schirmer Professor of English,
Princeton University
Larry Gladney (B.A., 1979), physicist, Professor of Physics and the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development at
Yale University
Barry Glassner (B.S. 1974), executive vice provost and professor of sociology, University of Southern California
Avner Greif (M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1989), Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences,
Stanford University
Herbert S. Hadley (LL.B), chancellor of
Washington University in St. Louis (1923–1927),
Governor of Missouri
Geoffrey Galt Harpham (B.A. 1968), director,
National Humanities Center
Cynthia Herrup (B.S.J. 1972, Ph.D. 1982), professor of history and law,
University of Southern California
Rosanna Hertz (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1983), Luella LaMer Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies,
Wellesley College
Linn W. Hobbs OBE (B.S. 1966), John F. Elliott Professor of Materials,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John B. Hogenesch (Ph.D. 1999), professor of pharmacology,
University of Pennsylvania
Michael J. Hopkins (B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1984), professor of mathematics,
Harvard University
Frank E. Horton (Ph.D. 1968), chancellor of
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1980–1985),
University of Oklahoma (1985–1988) and the
University of Toledo (1989–1998)
Ruth Horsting (B.A. 1940, M.F.A. 1959), professor emerita of art at
University of California, Davis (1959 to 1971).
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Jonathan D. Katz (Ph.D. 1996), former head of Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies,
Yale University
Joann (Wheeler) Kealiinohomoku (M.A. 1965), anthropologist and dance researcher
Marc W. Kirschner (B.A. 1966), John Franklin Enders University Professor and professor of systems biology, Harvard University
Samara Klar (M.A. 2009, Ph.D. 2013), political scientist and founder of
Women Also Know Stuff
Nirmalya Kumar (Ph.D. 1991), professor of marketing and director of Aditya Birla India Centre at
London Business School ; included in Thinkers50
Kristen Kroll , professor of Developmental Biology at
Washington University School of Medicine .
Zachary Leader (B.A.), professor of English,
Roehampton University
Hilary M. Lips (M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1974), Emerita professor and research faculty in Psychology at
Radford University
Michael Lounsbury (PhD 1999), professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology at the
University of Alberta
Glenn Loury (B.A. 1972), Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences,
Brown University
Mark Crispin Miller (B.A. 1971), professor of media ecology,
New York University
Ed Morgan (B.A. 1976), professor of international law at the
University of Toronto
Lenny Moss (Ph.D. 1998), Philosopher of biology
Kathleen M. Murray (D.Mus.) 21st president of
Hamline University , 14th president of
Whitman College
George Nemhauser (Ph.D. 1961), A. Russell Chandler III Chair and institute professor,
Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Dennis O'Connor (Ph.D. 1968), former chancellor,
University of Pittsburgh
Daniel Oerther (B.A. 1995, B.S. 1995), Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering,
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Margaret O'Mara (B.A. 1992), Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History,
University of Washington
William Padula (B.S. 2006), professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics,
University of Southern California
Scott E. Page (M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1993), Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of complex systems, political science, and economics,
University of Michigan
Deborah Paredez (Ph.D. 2002), professor of theatre and dance at
University of Texas at Austin , poet and co-founder of Cantomundo
Charles M. Payne (Ph.D. 1976), Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration,
University of Chicago
Ralph Pearson (Ph.D. 1943), professor of chemistry,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Benjamin Polak (M.A. 1986), William C. Brainard Professor of Economics,
Yale University
Jack Nusan Porter (Ph.D. 1971),
sociologist ; former Research Associate in Ukrainian Studies,
Harvard University ; former assistant professor in Social Science,
Boston University
Lyman W. Porter (B.A. 1952), dean of
University of California, Irvine 's
Paul Merage School of Business from 1972 to 1983.
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Adam Przeworski (Ph.D. 1966), Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of European Studies,
New York University
Fraydoon Rastinejad (B.A. 1987), Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Mark Ratner (Ph.D. 1969), Lawrence B. Dumas Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry,
Northwestern University
David R. Roediger (Ph.D. 1980), professor of history,
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Said Sheikh Samatar (Ph.D. 1979), professor of history,
Rutgers University
Norbert M. Samuelson , scholar of Jewish philosophy at
Arizona State University and prolific writer and lecturer
John B. Simpson (Ph.D. 1973), president,
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
David J. Skorton (B.A. 1970, M.D. 1974), president,
Cornell University
Graham Spanier (Ph.D. 1973), president,
Pennsylvania State University
Barbara Maria Stafford (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966), William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Art History,
University of Chicago
Grover C. Stephens (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1952), dean, School of Biological Sciences
University of California at Irvine
George Stigler (MBA 1932),
Nobel Prize in Economics (1982)
Glenn Davis Stone (BA, 1977), Guggenheim Fellow, Professor of Anthropology, author of The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World
Richard J. Stonesifer (M.A. 1947), president of
Monmouth University
Roger Taylor (J.D. 1971), president,
Knox College
Martha Tedeschi (Ph.D. 1994), Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the
Harvard Art Museums
Stephan Thernstrom (B.A. 1956), Winthrop Professor of History,
Harvard University
Augusta Read Thomas (B.M. 1987), university professor of composition,
University of Chicago
Robert L. Welsch (B.A. 1972), associate professor of anthropology, Franklin Pierce University, retired
France Winddance Twine (B.S., 1980), professor of sociology at
University of California Santa Barbara
Glen L. Urban (Ph.D. 1966), dean emeritus of
MIT Sloan School of Management
Leonard Wantchekon (Ph.D. 1995), James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and International Affairs,
Princeton University
John E. Worthen (B.S. 1954), president of
Ball State University (1984–2000)
Arts and entertainment (film, TV, and theatre)
Jun Sung Ahn (B.A. 2015), musician, YouTuber
Mara Brock Akil (B.A. 1992), creator and executive producer of
Girlfriends and
The Game , former supervising producer of
The Jamie Foxx Show
Claude Akins (B.S. 1949), actor (
Inherit the Wind ,
Battle for the Planet of the Apes ,
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo )
Ann-Margret (Olsson) (never graduated),
Academy Award -nominated actress (
Tommy ,
Carnal Knowledge )
Maude Apatow , (did not graduate),
Euphoria
Sharif Atkins (B.S. 1999), actor (
ER )
Jayne Atkinson (B.S. 1981),
Tony Award -nominated actress (
Enchanted April ,
The Rainmaker ); played
Karen Hayes on
24 , and currently portrays U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant in the Netflix series
House of Cards
Jane Badler (B.S. 1976), actress (
V )
Kate Baldwin , actress (1997, theater school)
Bonnie Bartlett (B.S. 1950),
Emmy Award -winning actress (
St. Elsewhere ,
Twins ,
Ghosts of Mississippi )
Warren Beatty (class of 1959, never graduated), Academy Award-winning actor/writer/director (
Bonnie and Clyde ,
McCabe & Mrs. Miller ,
Shampoo ,
Reds )
Lee Phillip Bell (B.A. 1950), Emmy Award-winning co-creator of
The Young and the Restless and
The Bold and the Beautiful
Matt Bellassai , comedian ("Whine About It")
Rob Benedict (B.S. 1993), actor (
Threshold ,
Felicity )
Richard Benjamin (B.S. 1960), actor (
Catch-22 ,
Westworld ,
The Last of Sheila ); director (
My Favorite Year ,
Mermaids )
Edgar Bergen (attended, did not graduate),
Academy Award -winning actor and ventriloquist (
Charlie McCarthy )
Greg Berlanti (B.S. 1994), screenwriter and producer (
Dawson's Creek ); creator of
Everwood and
Jack & Bobby ; writer/director of
Broken Hearts Club
Eric Bernt (B.S. 1986), screenwriter (
Surviving the Game ,
Virtuosity ,
Romeo Must Die )
Craig Bierko (B.S. 1986), actor (
Cinderella Man ,
The Thirteenth Floor ); Tony Award nominee (
The Music Man )
Karen Black (attended, never graduated), Academy Award-nominated actress (
Easy Rider ,
Five Easy Pieces )
Jeff Blumenkrantz (B.S. 1986), Tony Award-nominated musical theatre composer/lyricist (
Urban Cowboy )
Zach Braff (B.S. 1997), Emmy Award-nominated actor (
Scrubs ); writer/director (
Garden State ,
Wish I Was Here )
Cary Brothers (B.S. 1995),
Grammy -nominated musician (
Garden State )
Clancy Brown (B.S. 1981), actor (
Highlander ,
The Shawshank Redemption ); voice of
Mr. Krabs from
SpongeBob SquarePants .
Charles Busch (B.S. 1976),
Tony Award -nominated playwright (
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife )
Frank Buxton (B.S. 1951), actor/writer/director
Bruno Campos (B.S. 1995), actor (
Nip/Tuck )
Katie Chang (B.A. 2017), actress ("
The Bling Ring ")
Josh Chetwynd , UK-based baseball analyst and former player
Cindy Chupack (B.S. 1987), Emmy Award-winning executive producer and writer (
Sex and the City ,
Everybody Loves Raymond )
Jack Clay , acting teacher/director/actor
Jeanne Clemson (M.A.), theater director, stage actress and teacher, preserved the
Fulton Opera House
Claire Coffee , actress (
General Hospital ,
Grimm )
Stephen Colbert (B.S. 1986), Emmy Award-winning comedian (
The Colbert Report ,
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ,
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert )
Kate Collins , actress (
All My Children )
Robert Conrad (B.S. 1955), actor (
The Wild Wild West ,
Baa Baa Black Sheep ,
Hawaiian Eye )
Steven Conrad (B.A. 1991), screenwriter (
The Pursuit of Happyness ,
The Weather Man )
J. Anthony Crane (B.S. 1993), actor (
The Big Easy ,
The Lion King )
Cindy Crawford (attended, never graduated), model
Jan Crull Jr. (attended, never graduated), filmmaker, Native American rights activist, attorney
Jane Curtin (attended, never graduated), original cast member of
Saturday Night Live ;
Emmy Award -nominated actress (
Kate & Allie ,
3rd Rock from the Sun )
Stephanie D'Abruzzo (B.S. 1993), Tony Award-nominated actress and puppeteer (
Avenue Q )
William Daniels (B.S. 1950), Emmy Award-winning actor (
St. Elsewhere ,
Boy Meets World ); former president of the
Screen Actors Guild
Zooey Deschanel (attended, never graduated), actress (
Yes Man ,
Elf ,
Almost Famous ,
New Girl )
Lydia R. Diamond (B.S. 1992), playwright
Matt Doherty (B.S. 1999), actor (
So I Married an Axe Murderer ,
The Mighty Ducks films)
Anne Dudek , actress (
House ,
Psych ,
Law and Order: CI ,
Desperate Housewives ,
How I Met Your Mother ,
Mad Men ,
White Chicks ,
The Human Stain )
Teddy Dunn (B.S. 2003), actor (
Veronica Mars )
Richard Durham , creator of the radio series
Destination Freedom
Nancy Dussault (B.A. 1957), actress (
Too Close for Comfort ); two-time
Tony Award nominee (
Do Re Mi ,
Bajour )
Gregg Edelman (B.S. 1980), Tony Award-nominated actor (
City of Angels ,
Into the Woods )
Billy Eichner , comedian, actor
Jennie Eisenhower (B.S. 2000), actress; granddaughter of
Richard Nixon and the great-granddaughter of
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Temi Epstein (B.S. 1996), child actress (
North and South )
Joe Flynn , actor (
McHale's Navy )
Mary Frann (B.S. 1965), actress (
Newhart ,
Days of Our Lives )
Gerald Freedman (B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950), theatre director (
The Gay Life ,
The Robber Bridegroom ,
The Grand Tour )
David T. Friendly (B.S. 1978), Academy Award-nominated producer (
Little Miss Sunshine )
Penny Fuller (B.S. 1959), Emmy Award-winning actress (
The Elephant Man );
Tony Award nominee (
The Dinner Party )
Ziwe Fumudoh (B.A. 2014), comedian, writer (
Ziwe ,
Desus & Mero )
George Furth (B.S. 1955), Tony Award-winning playwright (
Company ); actor (
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid )
Daniele Gaither (B.S. 1993), actress, comic (
MADtv )
Frank Galati (B.A. 1965), Tony Award-winning director (
The Grapes of Wrath ), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (
The Accidental Tourist )
Aimee Garcia (B.S. 2000), actress (
George Lopez )
Ana Gasteyer (B.S. 1989), actress (
Mean Girls ,
Wicked ); former cast member of
Saturday Night Live
Ileen Getz (B.S. 1985), actress (
3rd Rock from the Sun )
Nicole Gibbons (B.S. 2003), interior designer and television personality
Gibi ASMR (B.A. 2017), cosplayer,
YouTuber and
ASMRtist
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Zach Gilford (B.S. 2004), actor (
Friday Night Lights )
Eric Gilliland (B.S. 1984), writer/producer (
Rosanne ,
My Boys )
Ira Glass (attended, transferred), radio and TV personality
Jonathan Glassner , TV writer/producer, most known for developing
Stargate SG-1
Dody Goodman , film and television actress
Virginia Graham (M.S.J.), former daytime TV talk show host
Michael Greif (B.S. 1981), Tony Award-nominated director of
Rent and
Grey Gardens
Mamie Gummer (B.S. 2005), actress (
Evening ), daughter of
Meryl Streep
Anna Gunn (B.S. 1990), actress (
Deadwood ,
Breaking Bad )
Kathryn Hahn (B.S. 1995), actress (
Crossing Jordan ,
Step Brothers ,
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ,
We're the Millers )
Brad Hall (B.S. 1990), former cast member of
Saturday Night Live ; creator of
The Single Guy ,
Watching Ellie
Samantha Harris (B.S. 1996), Emmy Award-nominated co-host of
Dancing with the Stars
Bill Hayes (M.M. 1949),
Daytime Emmy Award -nominated actor (
Days of Our Lives )
Heather Headley (B.S. 1997), Tony Award-winning actress and singer (
Aida ,
The Lion King ); Grammy Award-nominated R&B vocalist
Kyle T. Heffner , actor,
Flashdance
Marg Helgenberger (B.S. 1982),
Emmy Award -winning actress (
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ,
China Beach ,
Erin Brockovich )
Charlton Heston (attended from 1941 to 1943), Academy Award-winning actor (
Ben-Hur ) and
National Rifle Association President
Michael Hitchcock (B.S. 1980), writer, co-executive producer (
MADTv ); actor (
Waiting for Guffman ,
Best in Show ,
Serenity )
Ron Holgate (B.S. 1959), Tony Award-winning actor (
1776 ,
The Grand Tour )
David Hollander (B.S. 1990), creator, screenwriter, and executive producer of
The Guardian
David Horowitz (M.S. 1961), former host of
Fight Back! With David Horowitz
Jeffrey Hunter (B.A. 1949), actor (
The Searchers ,
The Last Hurrah ,
King of Kings ,
The Longest Day )
Lew Hunter (M.S. 1956), Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter (
Fallen Angel ); chairman emeritus and professor of screenwriting,
UCLA School of Theater Film and Television
Ron Husmann (B.S. 1959), Tony Award-nominated actor (
Tenderloin )
Martha Hyer (B.S. 1945),
Academy Award -nominated actress (
Some Came Running ,
Houseboat ,
The Sons of Katie Elder ,
Bikini Beach )
Rex Ingram , actor (
Cabin in the Sky ,
The Thief of Baghdad ,
Sahara ,
Green Pastures )
Laura Innes (B.S. 1979), Emmy Award-nominated actress (
ER ); Emmy Award-nominated director (
The West Wing )
David Israel (B.S.J. 1973), writer and producer (
Midnight Caller ,
Turks ,
Tremors ,
Pandora's Clock ,
Mutiny ,
House of Frankenstein )
David Ives (B.A. 1971), playwright (
All in the Timing )
Brian d'Arcy James (B.S. 1990),
Tony Award -nominated actor (
Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical )
Tim Johnson (B.A. 1983), director (
Antz ,
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas )
Traci Paige Johnson (B.A. 1991), creator of
Blue's Clues
Jennifer Jones , Academy Award-winning actress (
The Song of Bernadette ,
Since You Went Away ,
Love Letters ,
Duel in the Sun ,
The Towering Inferno )
Adam Kantor , Broadway actor, singer, dancer, Rent
Peter Kapetan (B.A. 1978), Broadway actor, singer, dancer (1956–2008)
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Spencer Kayden (B.S. 1990), former cast member of
MADTv ; Tony Award nominee for
Urinetown
James Keach (B.S. 1970), actor (
The Long Riders ); producer (
Walk the Line ); director (
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman )
Stacy Keach, Sr. (B.S. 1935), actor (
Get Smart ); director (
Tales of the Texas Rangers )
Clinton Kelly (M.S. 1993), co-host of
What Not to Wear
Richard Kind (B.S. 1978), actor (
Mad About You ,
Spin City )
Laura Kissel (M.F.A. 1999), filmmaker
Richard Kline (M.A. 1967), actor (
Three's Company )
Robert Knepper (attended, never graduated), actor (
Prison Break ,
Hostage ,
Carnivàle )
Gary Kroeger (B.S. 1981), former cast member of
Saturday Night Live
Roger Kumble (B.S. 1988), writer/director (
Cruel Intentions )
Clyde Kusatsu (B.S. 1970), actor (
All American Girl ,
In the Line of Fire )
Mark Lamos (B.S. 1969),
Tony Award -winning former artistic director of the Hartford Stage
Sherry Lansing (B.S. 1966), former
CEO of
Paramount Pictures ;
Academy Award -nominated producer (
Fatal Attraction ); 2007 recipient of
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Britt Leach , actor (
Weird Science )
Cloris Leachman (B.S. 1948), Academy Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress (
The Last Picture Show ,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ,
Spanglish )
Greta Lee (B.S. 2005), actress (
Past Lives ,
Russian Doll ,
The Morning Show )
Katrina Lenk (B.M. 1997), actress and musician, recipient of 2018
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for
The Band's Visit
Harry J. Lennix (B.S. 1986), actor (
The Matrix Reloaded ,
The Matrix Revolutions ,
Commander in Chief ,
Ray )
Herschell Gordon Lewis , filmmaker
Richard J. Lewis (B.A. 1982), Emmy Award-nominated director/producer (
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
Laura Linney (attended for a year, then transferred), actress (
The Truman Show ,
Love Actually )
John Logan (B.S. 1983), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (
The Aviator ,
Gladiator ,
The Last Samurai ,
Hugo ,
Skyfall )
Shelley Long (class of 1971, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (
Cheers ,
The Money Pit ,
Irreconcilable Differences )
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (class of 1982, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (
Seinfeld ,
The New Adventures of Old Christine ,
Veep ); former cast member of
Saturday Night Live
Paul Lynde (B.S. 1948), actor (
Hollywood Squares ,
Bewitched ,
Bye Bye Birdie )
J. P. Manoux (B.S. 1991), actor (
ER ,
Phil of the Future ,
The Emperor's New School )
Stephanie March (B.S. 1996), actress (
Law & Order: SVU ,
Conviction )
Garry Marshall (B.S. 1956), creator of
Happy Days ,
Laverne and Shirley , and
Mork & Mindy ; director (
Pretty Woman ,
Beaches ,
The Princess Diaries )
Marshall W. Mason (B.S. 1961), Tony Award-nominated director (
Fifth of July ,
As Is )
Jacquelyn Mayer (B.S. 1964), former
Miss America
Ralph Meeker (B.S. 1943), actor (
Kiss Me Deadly ,
Paths of Glory ,
Picnic ,
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre ,
The Anderson Tapes )
Susan Messing (B.S. 1986), performer, teacher, and director at
The Second City ,
ImprovOlympic , and the
Annoyance Theatre
Josh Meyers (B.S. 1998), actor (
MADtv ,
That '70s Show )
Seth Meyers (B.S. 1996), cast member of
Saturday Night Live ; host of
Late Night with Seth Meyers ; winner of the third
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Terri Minsky (B.S. 1980), creator, writer, executive producer of
Lizzie McGuire ,
Less Than Perfect ,
The Geena Davis Show
John Cameron Mitchell (B.S. 1985), writer/actor/director (
Hedwig and the Angry Inch ), executive producer (
Tarnation )
Karen Moncrieff (B.S. 1986),
Miss Illinois 1985; writer and director of
The Dead Girl and
Blue Car
Jason Moore (B.S. 1993),
Tony Award -nominated director (
Avenue Q )
Andrew Moskos (B.A. 1990), co-founder of
Boom Chicago in
Amsterdam
Megan Mullally (class of 1981, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning actress (
Will and Grace )
Dermot Mulroney (B.S. 1985), actor (
About Schmidt ,
My Best Friend's Wedding ,
The Family Stone )
Tony Musante , actor (
Toma ,
As the World Turns )
John Musker (B.A. 1975), writer/producer/director (
The Little Mermaid ,
Aladdin ,
Hercules )
Margaret Nagle , screenwriter (Emmy Award-winning Warm Springs )
Patricia Neal (B.S. 1947), Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actress (
A Face in the Crowd ,
Hud ,
Breakfast at Tiffany's ,
The Subject Was Roses )
Tom Neal , actor (
Detour ,
Jungle Girl )
George Newbern (B.S. 1986), actor (
Father of the Bride ,
Father of the Bride Part II ,
Justice League Unlimited )
Jamie Ray Newman (B.S. 2000), actress (
Veronica Mars ,
Stargate Atlantis )
Nigel Ng (2014), stand-up comedian based in London known for the character "Uncle Roger".
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Agnes Nixon (B.S. 1944), Emmy Award-winning writer/producer (
All My Children ,
One Life to Live ,
Another World ,
As the World Turns ,
Loving )
Denis O'Hare (B.S. 1984),
Tony Award -winning actor (
Take Me Out ,
Sweet Charity ,
Assassins )
Dana Olsen (B.S. 1980), screenwriter (
George of the Jungle ,
The 'Burbs )
James Olson (B.S. 1952), actor (
Rachel, Rachel ,
The Andromeda Strain ,
Ragtime ,
Commando )
Jerry Orbach (class of 1956, never graduated), Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated actor (
Law & Order ,
Promises, Promises ,
Dirty Dancing )
Maulik Pancholy (B.S. 1995), actor (
30 Rock ,
Weeds )
Mary Beth Peil (B.S. 1962),
Tony Award -nominated actress (
The King and I ,
Dawson's Creek ,
The Good Wife )
Jeff Pinkner , screenwriter (
Lost )
Kim Poster , Broadway
theatre producer
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Jenny Powers (B.S. 2003),
Miss Illinois 2000; Broadway actress (
Little Women )
Paula Prentiss (B.S. 1959), Emmy Award-nominated actress (
Where the Boys Are ,
The Parallax View ,
In Harm's Way ,
The World of Henry Orient )
Michael Prywes (B.S. 1996), writer and director of
Returning Mickey Stern
John Qualen , actor (
The Grapes of Wrath ,
The Searchers ,
Casablanca ,
The High and the Mighty )
Maeve Quinlan (attended, transferred to University of Southern California), actress (
90210 ,
South of Nowhere ,
Ken Park ,
The Bold and the Beautiful )
Lily Rabe (B.S. 2004), actress (
No Reservations ,
Steel Magnolias )
Charlotte Rae (B.S. 1948), Emmy Award-nominated and Tony Award-nominated actress (
The Facts of Life ,
Diff'rent Strokes ,
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom )
Robert O. Ragland (B.S. 1953) American film score composer, arranger and orchestrator.
Tony Randall (class of 1941, never graduated), Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor (
The Odd Couple ,
Mister Peepers ,
Inherit the Wind )
Keith Reddin (B.S. 1978), playwright
Robert Reed (B.S. 1954), Emmy Award-nominated actor (
The Brady Bunch ,
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ,
Roots )
Daphne Maxwell Reid (B.A. 1970), actress (
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air )
Allyson Rice (B.S. 1986), award-winning actress and producer, (
As the World Turns ,
Timecop ,
Fine, I'll Write My Own Damn Song ,
We Can Cook Too! ,
Crossovers Live )
[8]
Tony Roberts (B.S. 1961),
Tony Award -nominated actor (
Annie Hall ,
Serpico ,
Play It Again, Sam )
Marcia Rodd (B.S. 1960), Tony Award-nominated actress (
Little Murders )
Jeri Ryan (B.S. 1991), actress (
Boston Public ,
Star Trek: Voyager ,
Shark )
Ethan Sandler (B.S. 1995), actor (
Crossing Jordan )
Debra Sandlund , actress
Kristen Schaal (B.S. 2001), actress and comedian, contributor to
The Daily Show
David Schwimmer (B.S. 1988), Emmy Award-nominated actor (
Friends ,
Band of Brothers ,
Madagascar )
Kathryn Leigh Scott , actress
Yuki Shimoda (Yukio Shimoda, B.A. in Accounting 1950s), Emmy Award-nominated actor
Katherine Shindle (B.S. 1999),
Miss America 1998, actress (
Capote )
Dan Shor , actor (
Tron ,
Strange Behavior ,
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure )
Peter Spears (B.A. 1988),
Academy Award -winning film producer and actor (
Nomadland ,
Call Me By Your Name )
[9]
Jerry Springer (J.D. 1968), host of
Jerry Springer ; former mayor of
Cincinnati
Florence Stanley , actress (
My Two Dads ,
Atlantis: The Lost Empire )
McLean Stevenson (B.S. 1952), Emmy Award-nominated actor (
M*A*S*H ,
The Doris Day Show ); guest host of
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Peter Strauss (B.S. 1969), Emmy Award-winning actor (
Rich Man, Poor Man ,
Masada ,
Soldier Blue ,
The Secret of NIMH )
Nicole Sullivan (B.S. 1991), original cast member of
MADtv ; actress (
The King of Queens ); winner of the inaugural
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Hope Summers , actress (
The Andy Griffith Show )
Inga Swenson (B.S. 1953), actress (
The Miracle Worker ,
Benson )
Robin Lord Taylor (B.S. 2000), actor (
Gotham )
Leigh Taylor-Young (attended, never graduated),
Emmy Award -winning actress (
Soylent Green ,
Picket Fences ,
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas )
Lloyd Thaxton (B.A. 1950), television show host, Emmy Award-winning producer of
Fight Back! With David Horowitz
Robin Thede (B.A. 2002), BET Award-winning creator, writer, and actor of
A Black Lady Sketch Show ; former host of
The Rundown with Robin Thede
David Thompson (B.S.J.), playwright and writer (The Scottsboro Boys , Steel Pier )
Chuti Tiu (B.A. 1991),
Miss Illinois 1994; actress (
Desire )
Deborah Tranelli (B.S. 1977), actress (
Dallas )
Robert Trebor , actor (
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ,
Raise Your Voice )
Tom Virtue (B.S. 1979), actor (
Even Stevens ,
Read It and Weep )
Billie Lou Watt (B.S. 1945), actress (
Search for Tomorrow ,
Astro Boy )
Michael Weston (B.S.), actor (
The Last Kiss ,
Coyote Ugly ,
Six Feet Under )
Kimberly Williams (B.S. 1993), actress (
Father of the Bride ,
Father of the Bride Part II ,
According to Jim )
Pharrell Williams (attended, never graduated), Grammy-winning musician/producer
[10]
Fred Williamson (B.S. 1960), actor (
MASH ,
Three the Hard Way ,
Black Caesar ,
Starsky & Hutch ); former professional defensive back who played in
Super Bowl I
Edward D. Wood, Jr. , filmmaker
Natalie Wynn , YouTuber, video essayist.
[11]
Mary Zimmerman (B.S. 1982, M.A. 1985, Ph.D. 1994), Tony Award-winning director/writer (
Metamorphoses ); librettist (
Galileo Galilei )
Marina Squerciati , actress
[12]
[13]
Business
James L. Allen (B.S. 1929), founder of
Booz Allen Hamilton
Arthur E. Andersen (B.B.A. 1917), founder of
Arthur Andersen LLP
Jeff Blackard (B.S. 1981), real estate developer and founder of Blackard Global, Inc.
Edwin G. Booz (B.S. 1914), founder of
Booz Allen Hamilton
Arthur Bronwell (M.B.A. 1947), president of
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lisa Caputo (M.S. 1987), chairman and CEO,
Citigroup Women and Company
Sue Castorino (B.S. 1975), founder and president of The Speaking Specialists
Nicholas Chabraja (B.A. 1964), chairman and CEO,
General Dynamics
Dennis Chookaszian (B.S. 1965), chairman and CEO,
CNA Insurance
Douglas Conant (B.A. 1973, MBA 1975), president and CEO,
Campbell Soup Company
Bill Cook (B.S. 1953), billionaire founder and owner of the
Cook Group
D. Cameron Findlay (B.A. 1982), senior vice president and general counsel,
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Scott J. Freidheim (B.A. 1987, MBA 1991), president and CEO,
CDI Corp
Lance Fritz (MBA), CEO of
Union Pacific Corporation
Christopher Galvin (B.A. 1973), former chairman and CEO of
Motorola
Elbert Henry Gary (J.D. 1868), co-founder of the
United States Steel Corporation
Hugh Hefner (attended for semester of graduate sociology courses), founder of
Playboy Enterprises , Inc.
Ben Huh (B.A. 1999), internet entrepreneur and CEO of the
Cheezburger Network
David Ing (M.B.A. 1982), marketing scientist and senior consultant
John H. Johnson (attended, never graduated), founder of the
Johnson Publishing Company (
Ebony and
Jet magazines)
David Kabiller (M.B.A.) founder of
AQR Capital Management
Sheraton Kalouria (M.B.A. 1993), chief marketing officer and Executive Vice President
Sony Pictures Television
Louis S. Kahnweiler (B.A. 1941), real estate developer
Andrew Mason (B.Mus. 2003), founder and CEO,
Groupon
Blythe McGarvie , director of
Accenture ,
Viacom , and the
Pepsi Bottling Group
John Meriwether (B.S. 1969), founder of
Long-Term Capital Management
Roshni Nadar (B.A., M.B.A.), Chairperson
HCL Technologies , executive director and CEO at HCL Corporations, Trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation
Divya Narendra (J.D./M.B.A. 2012), co-founder of
ConnectU
William A. Osborn (B.A. 1969), chairman and CEO,
Northern Trust Corporation
Peter George Peterson (B.S. 1947), former chairman and CEO of
Lehman Brothers ; co-founder of the
Blackstone Group
Tom Poberezny (B.S. 1970), former chairman and president of
Experimental Aircraft Association
Christine Poon (B.A. 1973), vice chairman and Worldwide Chairman of Medicines & Nutritionals,
Johnson & Johnson
Leonid Radvinsky (B.S. 2002), serial entrepreneur and majority owner of
OnlyFans
Ginni Rometty (B.S. 1979), chairman, president and chief executive officer,
IBM
Pat Ryan (B.A. 1959), founder and executive chairman of
Aon Corporation
Paul Sagan (B.S. 1981), president and CEO,
Akamai Technologies
Faiza Seth (B.A. 2000), CEO of Casa Forma, Ltd.
Gwynne Shotwell (B.S. 1986, M.S. 1988), president and COO of
SpaceX
William Shu (B.A. 2001), CEO/co-founder of
Deliveroo
Alfred Steele (B.A. 1923), former CEO of
Pepsi-Cola
Lee Styslinger III (B.A. 1983), chairman and CEO of Altec, Inc.
Mary T. Washington , first African-American woman
certified public accountant in
U.S .
Howard A. Tullman , (B.A. 1967), serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist
Robert Wayman (B.S. 1967), former CFO and EVP,
Hewlett-Packard
For notable M.B.A. alumni, also see the
Kellogg School of Management
Journalism
J. A. Adande , director of sports journalism at Northwestern University; former
ESPN contributor,
Around the Horn ; former
Los Angeles Times sports columnist
Peter Alexander , national correspondent,
NBC News
Peter Applebome (M.S. 1974), reporter,
The New York Times
Jabari Asim , columnist,
The Washington Post
David Barstow (B.S. 1986),
Pulitzer Prize -winning reporter, The New York Times
Steve Bell (M.S. 1963), former correspondent for
ABC News
Amalie Benjamin , sports columnist,
The Boston Globe
Guy Benson (B.S. 2007), author, columnist, pundit, political editor of
Townhall.com
Ira Berkow (M.S. 1964), author, former sports columnist, The New York Times
Kai Bird (M.S. 1975),
Pulitzer Prize -winning author and columnist
Kevin Blackistone (B.S. 1981),
ESPN contributor,
Around the Horn ; former
Dallas Morning News sports columnist
Valerie Boyd (B.S. 1985), author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of
Zora Neale Hurston ; former
Atlanta Journal-Constitution arts editor
Christine Brennan (B.S. 1980, M.S. 1981), sports columnist,
USA Today
Elisabeth Bumiller , former White House Correspondent, The New York Times
Steve Burton (sports journalist) , television sports reporter for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston
Lisa Byington , play-by-play announcer Milwaukee Bucks
Benedict Carey (M.S. 1985), science reporter, The New York Times
Lauren Chooljian (M.S. 2011), radio journalist for
New Hampshire Public Radio
Cindy Chupack , screenwriter and director who won three Golden Globe and two Emmys for her work in TV on Sex and the City .
Amanda Congdon (B.S. 2003), former hostess of
Rocketboom
Mort Crim (M.S. 1963), former correspondent for ABC News and author
Richard Cross (B.S. 1972), freelance photojournalist and visual anthropologist
Benoit Denizet-Lewis (B.S. 1997), contributor to
The New York Times Magazine and author of America Anonymous
Richard Durham , creator of the radio series
Destination Freedom
[14]
Gregg Easterbrook (M.S.J.), author and journalist, senior editor of
The New Republic
Jonathan Eig (B.S.J. 1986), journalist, author of Ali: A Life
Rich Eisen (M.S.J. 1994),
NFL Network anchor
Helene Elliott , sports columnist, Los Angeles Times
Linda Foley (B.S. 1977), president of
The Newspaper Guild
John Fricke ,
Emmy Award -winning author/historian; expert on
Judy Garland and
The Wizard of Oz
Georgie Anne Geyer , journalist
Ira Glass , host of NPR's
This American Life , attended Northwestern but transferred to and graduated from Brown University
Susan Goldberg , editor-in-chief,
National Geographic Magazine
Patrick Goldstein (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976), former columnist and reporter, Los Angeles Times
Joshua Green (M.S.J.), senior editor,
The Atlantic
Lauren Green , religion correspondent for
Fox News Channel
Mike Greenberg ,
ESPN Sportscenter anchor, co-host of
Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio, co-host of
Get Up!
John Heilemann (B.S.J. 1987), journalist at New York magazine and co-author of
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Jon Heyman , baseball writer,
Sports Illustrated
Cassidy Hubbarth , ESPN anchor
Stephen Hunter ,
Pulitzer Prize -winning film critic for The Washington Post and novelist
Michael Isikoff , former investigative journalist for
Newsweek magazine and NBC News
David Israel , former columnist
Washington Star ,
Chicago Tribune ,
Los Angeles Herald Examiner , former sportswriter
Chicago Daily News
Laura Jacobs (B.A. 1978), contributing editor at
Vanity Fair and
New Criterion dance critic
Ryan Jacobs , deputy editor, Pacific Standard magazine and author of The Truffle Underground
Jeff Jarvis , creator of
Entertainment Weekly , columnist, professor at CUNY Journalism program
Clara Jeffery , editor-in-chief,
Mother Jones Magazine
Omar Jimenez , American journalist and
correspondent working for
CNN
Maura Johnston (B.S. 1997), editor and critic
Sheinelle Jones , anchor, NBC News
Sherry Jones (M.S. 1971), senior producer,
Frontline
Dorothy Misener Jurney , known as "the godmother of women's pages"
Walter Kerr , Broadway theater critic, playwright, and author
Hank Klibanoff (M.S.J. 1973), former managing editor of
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and
Pulitzer Prize -winning co-author of
The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
Rikki Klieman , Court TV anchor and legal analyst
Michelle Kosinski , correspondent, NBC News
Irv Kupcinet , former
Chicago Sun-Times columnist
Katherine Lanpher (B.S.J.), writer and radio personality, author of Leap Days
Nicole Lapin (B.S.J. 2005), anchor, CNN Pipeline
Juliet Litman , journalist and media personality at
The Ringer
Stewart Mandel , college football writer,
Sports Illustrated
Robert R. McCormick , former owner of the
Chicago Tribune
Ayelish McGarvey , journalist
Matt Medved , editor-in-chief,
Spin
Brent Musburger , sportscaster,
ABC
Nyo Mya (M.S. 1943), author and journalist from
Burma
Rachel Nichols ,
ESPN and Washington Post reporter
Kelly O'Donnell (B.A. 1987), White House correspondent for NBC News
John Palmer , former news correspondent for NBC News
Ben Parr (B.A. 2008),
CNET columnist and former co-editor of
Mashable
Kevin Peraino (B.S.J. 1998), journalist and author of Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power
Barry Petersen , foreign correspondent,
CBS News
Patricia Peterson (B.A. 1948), fashion editor
The New York Times (1957-1977)
Daniel H. Pink (B.A. 1986), author
Neal Pollack , novelist, essayist
Seth Porges , technology writer, television commentator, and
Popular Mechanics editor
Steven Reddicliffe (B.S. 1975), former editor-in-chief,
TV Guide ; current television editor for The New York Times
Nick Reding (B.A. 1994), author,
Methland
Kathy Reichs , best-selling novelist and forensic anthropologist
Jacque Reid , television and radio personality, former lead anchor for the BET nightly news
Dave Revsine , sportscaster for
Big Ten Network , formerly with ESPN
James Risen (M.S. 1978),
Pulitzer Prize -winning reporter for The New York Times
Adam Rittenberg , ESPN Big Ten blogger
James Rosen , Washington, D.C. correspondent for
Fox News Channel
Tina Rosenberg (B.A. 1981, M.S.J.), author and journalist at The New York Times Magazine
Darren Rovell , CNBC sports business reporter
Daniel Rubin , metro columnist,
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Craig Sager , sportscaster
Steve Scully (Master of Science), host, political editor, and senior producer of
C-SPAN 's
Washington Journal
Anatole Shub , journalist for The Washington Post and The New York Times , author
David Sirota , author of Hostile Takeover and political strategist
Jane Skinner , former host of
Fox News Live
Evan Smith , editor in chief of
Texas Monthly
Lynn Sweet , Washington, D.C., bureau chief and columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Rick Telander , sportswriter, Chicago Sun Times
Dina Temple-Raston (B.A. 1986), journalist, author, and
National Public Radio correspondent
David Uberti , reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Sander Vanocur , journalist
David Weigel , political reporter,
Slate magazine
Alan Weisman (B.A., M.A.), journalist and author of
The World Without Us
Gary Weiss , journalist
Michael Wilbon ,
ESPN analyst (
Pardon the Interruption ,
NBA Countdown ) and Washington Post sports columnist
Law
See also
Northwestern University School of Law
Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. (J.D. 1997), justice,
Hawaii Supreme Court
Diane Marie Amann (J.D. 1996), associate dean for international programs & strategic initiatives and Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law,
University of Georgia School of Law
Gregory S. Alexander (J.D. 2008), A. Robert Noll Professor of Law,
Cornell Law School
Rachel E. Barkow (B.A. 1993), professor of law,
New York University Law School
Randy Barnett (B.A. 1974), Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law,
Georgetown University
Henry Moore Bates (LL.B.),
[15] dean of the
University of Michigan Law School and Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Richard Ben-Veniste (L.L.M.),
9/11 Commission member
Duane Benton (B.A. 1972), Federal Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Raoul Berger (J.D. 1999), former Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History,
Harvard Law School
Mary Frances Berry , Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the
University of Pennsylvania ; Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980–2004
Dalveer Bhandari (L.L.M. 1999), former Judge, Supreme Court of India, presently a Judge at the International Court of Justice, Hague
Brian Blanchard , Judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
David Boies (B.S. 2005), counsel,
Bush v. Gore ; founding partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Erwin Chemerinsky (B.S. 1975), dean,
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
G. Marcus Cole (J.D. 2007), professor of law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and associate dean for curriculum,
Stanford Law School
Cyrus E. Dietz (J.D. 2006), Justice,
Illinois Supreme Court
Carl E. Douglas (B.A. 2007), lawyer
James Emmert (1920),
Indiana Attorney General and Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg (J.D. 1930), U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Douglas Kmiec (B.A. 1973), Caruso Family Chair and professor of constitutional law,
Pepperdine University School of Law ; U.S. Ambassador to the
Republic of Malta
Roberto Antonio Lange (J.D. 1988), Federal Judge,
District of South Dakota
Lyman Ray Patterson , former Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility,
University of Georgia School of Law
Seymour Simon (B.S. 2010),
Illinois Supreme Court
Loren Smith (B.A. 2000 J.D. 2010), Federal Judge,
United States Court of Federal Claims
Jerry Springer 1968 politician; host of Jerry Springer [
citation needed ]
John Paul Stevens (J.D. 1947), Justice,
U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Tallman , Justice,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jonathan Turley , J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law,
The George Washington University Law School
Ken Ziffren (B.A. 1962), prominent entertainment attorney, "film czar" for the city of Los Angeles
Medicine, science, and technology
Pulickel Ajayan , professor of materials science and nanotechnology,
Rice University
David Applebaum , Israeli physician
Deborah Asnis (B.S., M.D. 2008),
infectious disease specialist , discovered and reported the first human cases of
West Nile virus in the United States
[16]
Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
Robert A. Buethe , Surgeon General of the
U.S. Air Force
Kathryn Bullock , electrochemist
Andy Carvin , founding editor and former coordinator of the
Digital Divide Network
George W. Crane (Ph.D., M.D.), psychologist, physician, author, newspaper columnist
Segun Toyin Dawodu (M.S. medical informatics), physician, entrepreneur, journalist, attorney and founder of Dawodu.com
Robert F. Furchgott (Ph.D., 2007), physiology/medicine;
Nobel Prize (1998)
Larry Gladney (B.A., 1979), physicist and professor at
Yale University
Amy Gooch (Ph.D., 2006), computer scientist, developed
Gooch shading
Andrea Hodge (Ph.D. 2002), professor and department chair of materials science at
University of Southern California
Alston Scott Householder (B.A. 2007), mathematician
Cheddi Jagan , dentist, former president of
Guyana
JacSue Kehoe (B.A. 1957), neuroscience researcher at the
CNRS
Marc Kirschner (B.A. 2007), founding chair of Department of Systems Biology,
Harvard Medical School
Kermit E. Krantz (B.S. 2007, M.S. 2008, M.D. 2012), professor, developed surgical techniques and invented expandable tampon
Gary Kremen (B.A. 1985), internet entrepreneur, founder of
Match.com ; first investor in
Dolores Labs
Vida Latham (M.D. 1895), dentist, physician, and researcher
Richard Lerner , past president of
Scripps Research Institute , co-inventor of HUMIRA
Irene D. Long , chief medical officer, Kennedy Space Center
Boris Lushniak , Assistant Surgeon General of the United States
Charles Horace Mayo , doctor (
Mayo Clinic )
Mary Alice McWhinnie – biologist, Antarctic researcher
Ken A. Paller , cognitive neuroscientist working on memory and sleep
Roswell Park (M.D. 1876), prominent surgeon for whom
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in
Buffalo, New York , is named
Joseph Edward Rall (M.D. 1945), endocrinologist and medical researcher
Kathy Reichs (Ph.D.), forensic anthropologist, former Chief Medical Examiner of North Carolina, author, professor
Ida Hall Roby , first female graduate of Pharmaceutical Department of the Illinois College of Pharmacy, Northwestern University
Sonya Rose (Ph.D. 2007), sociologist and historian
Joan C. Sherman (B.S.), chemist and teacher
Richard Skrenta (B.A. 1989), creator of the first computer virus,
Elk Cloner
Stephen Stahl (B.S. 1973, M.D. 1975), psychopharmacologist, author, professor
Thomas Starzl (M.S. 2000, M.D. 2010), surgeon, father of modern transplantation, performed first liver transplant
Joseph Staten , writer and director of the
Halo video games
Debi Thomas ,
orthopedic surgeon and 1988 Winter Olympics bronze medalist in
figure skating
Sam Treiman , former theoretical physicist and professor of physics at
Princeton University
Jacques Vallee (Ph.D. 1967), computer scientist, astronomer and
UFO researcher
Edward Weiler (B.A. 2000, M.S. 2006, Ph.D. 2010), director,
Goddard Space Flight Center
John Harrison Wharton (M.S 1977), American software engineer microprocessor designer
Music, literature, and the arts
Steve Albini , recording engineer, musician
Jack Anderson , dance critic, The New York Times
Marie Arana , editor of Washington Post Book World , author of
National Book Award finalist American Chica and the novel Cellophane
Steven Bach (B.A. 1961), former film executive and author of Final Cut and biographies including Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Ernst Bacon , composer
Mary Jo Bang (B.A., M.A.), 2007
National Book Critics Circle award winner for poetry collection Elegy , professor of English at
Washington University in St. Louis
Saul Bellow (B.A. 1937),
Nobel Prize -winning novelist
Andrew Bird (B.S. 1996), musician, songwriter, whistler
Chris Bliss , juggler
Anthony Bozza , music journalist, author of Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem and Tommyland
Grace Bumbry , Grammy-winning operatic mezzo-soprano
Robert Olen Butler (B.S. 1967),
Pulitzer Prize -winning novelist
William Butler (B.A. 2005), member of
indie rock band
Arcade Fire
Mark Camphouse , composer, notably of symphonic wind pieces, and conductor
Dan Chaon , author
Andrew Clements , author
Julia Davids , founding member and artistic director of the
Canadian Chamber Choir
Robert Davine (B.A. and M.A. 195?), concert accordionist and founder of the Department of Accordion at the
Lamont School of Music
Lydia R. Diamond (B.S. 1992), playwright and professor at
Boston University
Cynthia Dobrinski ,
handbell composer and clinician
Ivan Doig (B.S.J., M.S.J.), novelist
Tananarive Due , novelist and journalist,
The Living Blood
Andy Duncan , former member of
OK Go
Mary Dunleavy , soprano
Wilma Dykeman , writer
Timothy Ferris , science author
William R. Ferris (M.A. 1965), former chairman of the
National Endowment for the Humanities
Gillian Flynn (M.S.), author of mystery novels and former television critic at
Entertainment Weekly
Kyle Gann , composer, microtonalist
Shari Goldhagen , author
Chester Gould , cartoonist
James Green (B.A. 1966), author
Ayun Halliday , author and actor
Amir Hamed ,
Uruguaya writer
D. Antoinette Handy , flautist
Howard Hanson , composer
Sheldon Harnick , lyricist
Aleksandar Hemon (M.A. 1996), author and MacArthur Fellow,
The Lazarus Project ,
Nowhere Man
Richard Hillert (M.M / PhD M.) composer, organist, and professor of music
[17]
Myron Hunt , architect
Payal Kapadia (M.S.J. 1999), author; winner of the Crossword Book Award for Best Children's Writing in India, 2013
Brendan Kelly , member of
The Lawrence Arms
Ardis Krainik (B.S. 1951), former general manager of the
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Jay Krush , tubist
William Lava , composer
Laura Lippman (B.S.J.), mystery novelist
Attica Locke (B.S. 1995), author and writer/producer for television and film
Margaret Lloyd , soprano
George R.R. Martin (B.S.J. 1970, M.S.J. 1971), author,
A Game of Thrones
Luke Matheny (B.S.J. 1997), director and star of 2011
Academy Award -winning short film God of Love
Joy McCullough , author
Robert McHenry , encyclopedist and author
Sherrill Milnes , baritone
Audrey Niffenegger (M.F.A. 1991), novelist and artist; author of
The Time Traveller's Wife
Bruce Norris (B.A. 1982),
Pulitzer Prize -winning playwright of Clybourne Park
Tawni O'Dell (B.S.J. 1986), novelist,
Sister Mine ,
Coal Run ,
Back Roads
Karen A. Page , writer
John Park , singer
Marge Piercy , novelist and poet
Leslie Pietrzyk , writer
Neal Pollack (B.S.J. 1992), satirical author and journalist
Joshua Radin , singer-songwriter
Kathy Reichs , author
Steve Rodby , jazz bassist
Ned Rorem , composer
Tina Rosenberg (B.A. 1981, M.S.J.),
Pulitzer Prize -winning author and journalist
Veronica Roth , New York Times best-selling author of
Divergent
William M. Runyan , Christian songwriter who composed "
Great Is Thy Faithfulness "
Karen Russell (B.A. 2003), author of St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and
Swamplandia!
Thom Russo (B.A 1988), Grammy-winning record producer, mixer, musician
David Sanborn , saxophonist
Brian L. Schmidt , game composer and sound designer
Joseph Schwantner , composer
Sandra Seacat , actress and acting teacher/coach; director of
In the Spirit
Michael J. Shannon , actor
Sidney Sheldon , author (never graduated)
Nana Shineflug , American dancer and choreographer and founder of the Chicago Moving Company
Philip Skinner , opera singer
Jon Solomon , DJ and record label owner
Warren Spector , game designer
Jane Speed (B.A 1941), mystery writer and radio dramatist
[18]
[19]
Michael Sprinker , late literary theorist
Peter Stuart (B.A. Film, 1989), singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of
Dog's Eye View
[20]
Frederick Swann , concert organist, composer, and past president of the
American Guild of Organists
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate , composer
Stephen Tharp , organist and composer
Augusta Read Thomas (B.M. 1987), composer
Trevanian , author
Gil Trythall (M.M. 1952), composer and pianist
Thomas Tyra (B.A. 1954, M.A. 1955), composer, music educator, bandmaster
Mildred Lund Tyson , composer
Walter Wager , author
Nike Wagner , author
Kate Walbert (B.A. 1983),
National Book Award -nominated writer, author of A Short History of Women [
citation needed ]
Britt Walford , Drummer and Guitarist (Did not graduate)
Margaret Walker (B.A. 1935), poet and author
Doug Wamble (M.M. 1997), musician and composer
Joshua Weiner (B.A. 1985), poet, author of The World's Room
Claude Porter White , composer
Paul Winter , musician
Rachael Yamagata (B.S. 1997), musician
Kate Zambreno (B.S. 1999), novelist, essayist, critic, and professor
Claire Zulkey , author
Politics, government, and public policy
United States executive branch
Michael Bakalis (B.A. 1959, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1966), former Deputy Secretary of Education in the
US Department of Education
George Ball , former Undersecretary of State
William Jennings Bryan , Secretary of State and three-time Democratic presidential nominee
Wendy Chamberlin (B.S. 1970), former U.S. ambassador to
Pakistan ; former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East
James L. Connaughton , chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality
D. Cameron Findlay (B.A. 1982), former Deputy Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Labor , former Deputy Assistant to President George H. W. Bush at the
White House
Wendy Lee Gramm , former head of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Robert Hanssen (M.B.A. 1971), former FBI agent who engaged in spying for the Soviet Union and Russia against the United States
Loy W. Henderson (B.A. 1915), former United States
Foreign Service Officer
Edwin M. Martin , former United States Foreign Service Officer
Lowell B. Mason (LL.B., 1916), Chair of the
Federal Trade Commission
[21]
Allan I. Mendelowitz (Ph.D., 1971), Chair of the
Federal Housing Finance Board
Newton Minow , former director of the
Federal Communications Commission
Phyllis Oakley (B.A. 1956), former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, the
State Department
Steven C. Preston (B.A. 1982), former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
J. Leonard Reinsch , former
White House Press Secretary
Alec Ross (B.A., 1994), Senior Adviser on Innovation to
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
[22]
Mel Sembler (B.S. 1952), former U.S. ambassador to Italy
Richard E. Wiley (B.S. 1955, J.D.), former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
Cindy Axne , Democratic Congresswoman, Iowa
Judy Biggert , Republican congresswoman
Cardiss Collins , former U.S. Representative from
Illinois
Dick Gephardt , former
House Democratic leader
Earl Dewitt Hutto , former
U.S. Representative from
Florida
Steve Kagen , U.S. Representative from
Wisconsin
Scott L. Klug (M.S.J. 1976), former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Jim Kolbe , former U.S. Representative from Arizona
Dan Lipinski (B.S. 1988), U.S. Representative from Illinois
Blake Moore (MS 2018), U.S. Representative from Utah
George M. O'Brien (B.A. 1939), former U.S. Representative from Illinois
John Edward Porter (B.S. and B.A 1957), former U.S. Representative from Illinois
Brad Schneider (MBA 1988), U.S. Representative from Illinois
Mike Synar (M.A. 1974), former U.S. Representative from
Oklahoma
Statewide officeholders
Rod Blagojevich ,
Governor of Illinois (2003–2009) former prisoner; commuted by President Trump ((February 2020))
Dennis Daugaard (J.D. 1978),
Governor of South Dakota ; former
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
Frank Orren Lowden , former
Governor of Illinois
Dawn Clark Netsch (B.A. 1948), Illinois Comptroller and Democratic nominee for governor in 1994
Pat Quinn , former
Governor of Illinois
Adlai Stevenson , Illinois Governor and two-time Democratic presidential nominee
James R. Thompson , former
Governor of Illinois
Judy Baar Topinka , former State Treasurer of Illinois; Republican Gubernatorial candidate, 2006 election
Dan Walker , former
Governor of Illinois
Charlie Baker ,
Governor of Massachusetts
State legislators
William M. Bray , former
Wisconsin State Senator
John A. Cade (M.B.A. 1954), former
Maryland State Senator
Emery Crosby ,
Wisconsin State Assembly
Eric Fingerhut Ohio States Senator, and nominee for 2004 Ohio Senate Election
Warren A. Grady , Wisconsin State Assembly
Corwin C. Guell , Wisconsin State Assembly
Liz Krueger (B.A.),
New York State Senator
Steve Litzow (B.A.), Washington State Senator from
Mercer Island
John L. McEwen , Wisconsin State Assembly
Carroll Metzner , Wisconsin State Assembly
John J. Nimrod , Illinois State Senator
Ora R. Rice , Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Barbara Ulichny , former Wisconsin State Senator
Local officeholders
Matthew Bogusz (B.A. 2008), Mayor of
Des Plaines, Illinois
[23]
Dan Cronin , DuPage County Board Chairman and former State Senator
Rahm Emanuel , Mayor of Chicago, former aide to
Bill Clinton , former Democratic congressman of
Illinois's 5th congressional district and former
White House Chief of Staff of President
Barack Obama
Stanley Kusper (J.D.),
Cook County clerk
[24]
Ruth U. Keeton ,
Maryland politician
Henry Day Penfield , mayor of
Evanston, Illinois
[25]
Harold Washington , first black mayor of Chicago
Lois Weisberg (B.S. 1946), commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Activists
Mary A. Ahrens , social reformer and suffragist
Nathan Daschle , former
Democratic Governors Association executive director
Karen DeCrow (B.S. 1959), former president of the
National Organization for Women
Al From , founder and current CEO of the
Democratic Leadership Council
Chrissy Gephardt , prominent LGBT-rights political advocate, daughter of
Dick Gephardt
Barbara Gittings ,
LGBT activist
Catherine Waugh McCulloch ,
suffragist
Terry O'Neill (B.A.), president of the
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Gary Rader , Green Beret Army Reservist who burned his draft card in 1967
Atour Sargon (MA),
Assyrian American activist, first ethnic
Assyrian elected to the
Lincolnwood board of trustees
[26]
[27]
Lee Weiner (Ph.D.), defendant,
Chicago Seven
International figures
Ingvar Carlsson , prime minister of Sweden
Eduardo Stein , vice president of Guatemala
Armida Alisjahbana (M.A. 1987), State Minister of National Development Planning, head of National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Republic of Indonesia
[28]
Artidjo Alkostar (LLM 2002), Supreme Court Justice, Republic of Indonesia
Kwaku Baah , Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Ali Babacan (M.B.A. 1992), deputy prime minister of
Turkey
Salem Chalabi , ex-general director of the
Iraqi Special Tribunal
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex , (Born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981), Member of British Royal and former actress
Cheddi Jagan , dentist, former president of
Guyana
Eduardo Mondlane , revolutionary leader of
Mozambique
Amos Sawyer , former president of Liberia
Claudia López Hernández , Mayor of
Bogotá ,
Colombia
Tung Hsiang-lung , Minister of
Veterans Affairs Council , and former Commander-in-Chief of the
Republic of China Navy
Flávio Arns , Brazilian
senator from
Paraná
Alexander De Croo , prime minister of Belgium
Simcha Rothman , lawyer, Member of Parliament in the Israeli Knesset.
Sports
Baseball
Jerry Doggett , former broadcaster for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
Eddie Einhorn (J.D. 1960), vice chairman of the Chicago White Sox
Luke Farrell , pitcher for the
Texas Rangers
Joe Girardi , former baseball player and Philadelphia Phillies manager
[29]
J. A. Happ , baseball player
[30]
Mike Huff , former baseball player
[31]
Eric Jokisch , pitcher for the
Kiwoom Heroes of the
KBO
George Kontos ,
2012 World Series champion with the
San Francisco Giants
Mike Koplove ,
Major League Baseball pitcher
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (J.D. 1891), first
Commissioner of Baseball
Mark Loretta , baseball player
[32]
Jerry Reinsdorf , owner of the
Chicago White Sox and
Chicago Bulls
Mark Walter , founder and CEO of
Guggenheim Partners , chairman of the
Los Angeles Dodgers
Basketball
Don Adams , former
NBA and
ABA player
[33]
Pat Baldwin (basketball) , college basketball coach for the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Jim Burns , former NBA and ABA player
[34]
Nia Coffey (born 1995), WNBA player
Drew Crawford (born 1990), basketball player who last played for
Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli
Ligat HaAl
[35]
Frank Ehmann , All-American basketball player
[36]
Evan Eschmeyer , former basketball player
[37]
Jake Fendley , former NBA player for the
Fort Wayne Pistons
[38]
Glen Grunwald (J.D. 1984), executive for the
New York Knicks
Willie Jones , former NBA player
[39]
Vic Law , NBA player for Orlando Magic
Billy McKinney , former NBA player, current director of scouting for the
Milwaukee Bucks
[40]
Daryl Morey (B.S. 1996), general manager of the
Philadelphia 76ers
Max Morris ,
All-American football and basketball player
[41]
Dererk Pardon (born 1996), American basketball player for
Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Dan Peterson , basketball coach
Kevin Rankin , basketball player and insurance underwriter
Joe Reiff , American basketball player and referee
Jerry Reinsdorf (J.D. 1960), owner of the
Chicago Bulls and the
Chicago White Sox
Joe Ruklick , former NBA player for the
Philadelphia Warriors , gave
Wilt Chamberlain the final assist in his
100 point game
[42]
Anucha Browne Sanders (B.S. 1985), former executive for New York Knicks
John Shurna (born 1990), former basketball player
[43]
Pat Spencer (basketball) , lacrosse and basketball player
Rick Sund , former general manager for the
Atlanta Hawks
Figure skating
Adetomiwa Adebawore , football player
Mike Adamle , football player and sportscaster
Dick Alban , football player
Frank Aschenbrenner , football player
Darryl Ashmore , football player
Darnell Autry , football player and actor
Frank Baker , football player
Cas Banaszek , football player
Brett Basanez , football player
D'Wayne Bates , football player
Sid Bennett , football player
George Benson , football player
Kevin Bentley , football player
Earnest Brown IV , defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams
Hank Bruder , football player
Corbin Bryant , football player
Ron Burton , football player, Boston Patriots (now known as New England Patriots)
Woody Campbell , football player
Ibraheim Campbell , football player
Austin Carr , football player,
New Orleans Saints
Luis Castillo , football player, San Diego Chargers
Bob Christian , football player, Atlanta Falcons
Barry Cofield , football player,
Washington Redskins
Joe Collier , football head coach,
Buffalo Bills
Irv Cross , football player
Andy Cvercko , football player
Bill DeCorrevont , football player for four NFL teams
Garrett Dickerson , football player
John L. "Paddy" Driscoll , football player
Curtis Duncan , football player, Houston Oilers
Tiny Engebretsen , football player
Trai Essex , football player,
Pittsburgh Steelers and
Indianapolis Colts
Paddy Fisher , linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
Pat Fitzgerald , two-time All-American player, former Northwestern head football coach
Barry Gardner , football player
Joe Gaziano , football player
Otto Graham , football player
Nate Hall , football player
Blake Hance , football player
Napoleon Harris , football player, Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings
Montre Hartage , football player
Noah Herron , football player, Green Bay Packers
Chris Hinton , seven-time Pro Bowl player, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings
Evan Hull , football player
Godwin Igwebuike , football player,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ,
San Francisco 49ers and
Philadelphia Eagles
Justin Jackson , football player,
Los Angeles Chargers
Paul Janus , football player
Luke Johnsos , football player
Joe Jones, football player, Denver Broncos
Mike Kafka , football player, Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Keane , football player
Doc Kelley , football player
John Kidd , NFL punter for five teams
Elbert Kimbrough , football player
Bob Koehler , football player
Tyler Lancaster , football player
Dean Lowry , football player
Sherrick McManis , football player,
Chicago Bears
Cameron Mitchell (American football) , football player
Alex Moyer , football player
Greg Newsome II , cornerback for the Cleveland Browns
Hunter Niswander , NFL punter
Brian Peters, football player
Matt O'Dwyer , football player
Ifeadi Odenigbo , football player
Ted Phillips , Chicago Bears president and CEO
Kyle Prater , NFL wide receiver
Nick Roach , football player, Chicago Bears
Jack Rudnay , football player
Pete Shaw , football player
Trevor Siemian , football player, Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings
Peter Skoronski , football player
Ben Skowronek , football player
Rashawn Slater , offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers
Zach Strief , football player
Tyrell Sutton , football player,
Carolina Panthers
Clayton Thorson , football player,
Dallas Cowboys
Steve Tasker , football player, sports announcer,
Buffalo Bills
Rob Taylor , football player and head coach
Danny Vitale , football player
Anthony Walker Jr. , football player
Ray Wietecha , football player
George Wilson , football player and head coach
Fred Williamson , football player
Eric Wilson , football player
Corey Wootton , football player, Chicago Bears
Jason Wright , running back and business executive
Golf
Hockey
Horse racing
Race car driving
Soccer
Swimming
Federico Burdisso , bronze medalist in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics
Ralph Breyer , gold medalist in the men's 800-meter free relay at the Paris Olympics of 1924, a four-time NCAA champion and recipient of the Big Ten medal of honor.
Matt Grevers , winner of four gold and two silver Olympic medals in multiple events in 2008 and 2012
Bob Skelton , 1924 Olympic gold medalist in 200-meter breaststroke
Jordan Wilimovsky , 2015 World Champion in the 10 km open water race
Tennis
Track and field
Professional softball
Wrestling
Curling
Other
Susan Thompson Buffett , philanthropist; wife of Warren Buffett
Laurie Dann , mass shooter who attacked elementary school children in
Winnetka, Illinois
[46]
Patti Davis (attended, never graduated), daughter of
Ronald Reagan and
Nancy Davis Reagan
Vernard Eller , author and
Christian pacifist
John L. Jerstad (B.A., 1940),
Medal of Honor recipient (awarded posthumously),
Operation Tidal Wave
Vergel L. Lattimore ,
Air National Guard Brigadier General
Amy Kellogg Morse , President, Wisconsin State
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Robert W. Parker ,
U.S. Air Force Major General
Davis C. Rohr ,
U.S. Air Force Major General
David N. Senty , U.S. Air Force Major General
Claudius B. Spencer , pastor and editor
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