List of Boston University people

This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University. == Legend == The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent BU schools and colleges: == Academy Awards == == Pulitzer Prize winners == == Academia == Mercy B. Jackson (MED 1860) – physician, one of the first women to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree, in the United States Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) – first African American woman in the US to receive an MD, or Doctor of Medicine degree, one of first female physician authors in the 19th century Anna Oliver (STH 1876) – first woman in the US to receive a degree in theology Helen Magill White (GRS 1877) – first woman in the US to earn a Ph.D. Takeo Kikuchi (LAW 1877) – one of first Japanese to study law in the U.S., founder and president of Tokyo's Chuo University Charles Wesley Emerson (School of Oratory, 1877) – founder of Emerson College Marion Talbot (CAS 1880) – influential leader in the early 20th-century higher education of women, fought against efforts to restrict equal access to educational opportunities as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago (1895–1925), co-founded the American Association of University Women with her mentor Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman admitted to MIT Nathan Abbott (LAW 1881) – founder of Stanford Law School and its first dean Lelia J. Robinson (LAW 1881) – first woman admitted to the bar in Massachusetts* Solon Irving Bailey (CAS 1881, GRS 1884) – astronomer, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1892 John Calvin Ferguson (CAS 1883) – art historian, influential in early 20th-century education in China, founder of Nanking University, National Chiao Tung University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University in China Samuel G. Plantz (STH 1883) – president of Lawrence College Charles Eastman (MED 1890) – physician, one of the first Native Americans to receive an MD in the U.S., prolific author and speaker on Sioux ethnohistory and Native American affairs Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch (CAS 1890) – pioneering urban planner and social worker, founder of Greenwich House Cora Smith Eaton (MED 1892) – suffragist, physician and mountaineer, first woman licensed to practice medicine in North Dakota Solomon Carter Fuller (MED 1897) – discovered Alzheimer's disease through observations of neurofibrillary tangles and miliary plaques, publishing the first comprehensive review of the disease, noted as the first Black psychiatrist in the US Percy Jewett Burrell (School of Oratory, 1898) – creator of pageantry in the US Gleason Archer, Sr.

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List of Boston University people

This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University. == Legend == The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent BU schools and colleges: == Academy Awards == == Pulitzer Prize winners == == Academia == Mercy B. Jackson (MED 1860) – physician, one of the first women to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree, in the United States Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) – first African American woman in the US to receive an MD, or Doctor of Medicine degree, one of first female physician authors in the 19th century Anna Oliver (STH 1876) – first woman in the US to receive a degree in theology Helen Magill White (GRS 1877) – first woman in the US to earn a Ph.D. Takeo Kikuchi (LAW 1877) – one of first Japanese to study law in the U.S., founder and president of Tokyo's Chuo University Charles Wesley Emerson (School of Oratory, 1877) – founder of Emerson College Marion Talbot (CAS 1880) – influential leader in the early 20th-century higher education of women, fought against efforts to restrict equal access to educational opportunities as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago (1895–1925), co-founded the American Association of University Women with her mentor Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman admitted to MIT Nathan Abbott (LAW 1881) – founder of Stanford Law School and its first dean Lelia J. Robinson (LAW 1881) – first woman admitted to the bar in Massachusetts* Solon Irving Bailey (CAS 1881, GRS 1884) – astronomer, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1892 John Calvin Ferguson (CAS 1883) – art historian, influential in early 20th-century education in China, founder of Nanking University, National Chiao Tung University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University in China Samuel G. Plantz (STH 1883) – president of Lawrence College Charles Eastman (MED 1890) – physician, one of the first Native Americans to receive an MD in the U.S., prolific author and speaker on Sioux ethnohistory and Native American affairs Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch (CAS 1890) – pioneering urban planner and social worker, founder of Greenwich House Cora Smith Eaton (MED 1892) – suffragist, physician and mountaineer, first woman licensed to practice medicine in North Dakota Solomon Carter Fuller (MED 1897) – discovered Alzheimer's disease through observations of neurofibrillary tangles and miliary plaques, publishing the first comprehensive review of the disease, noted as the first Black psychiatrist in the US Percy Jewett Burrell (School of Oratory, 1898) – creator of pageantry in the US Gleason Archer, Sr.

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