List of Carnegie Mellon University people

This is a list of notable people associated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. == Notable students and alumni == === Nobel laureates === === Turing Award recipients === === Wolf Prize recipients === Raoul Bott (Ph.D. 1949), Wolf Prize in Mathematics, 2000 === Enrico Fermi Award winners === George Cowan (Ph.D. 1950), nuclear scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, the U.S. atomic initiative during World War II; founder of the Santa Fe Institute === Stockholm Prize in Criminology winners === Daniel Nagin (B.S, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1976, professor), criminologist, 2014 === National Medal of Science recipients === 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 === National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients === Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), 1988 Stephanie Kwolek (B.S. 1946), inventor of Kevlar, 1996 Mary Shaw (Ph.D. 1972), software architecture pioneer, 2012 Frank L. Stulen (1943), numerical control of machine tools, 1985 === MacArthur Fellows === Stefan Savage (B.S. 1991), professor at UC San Diego, 2017 Dawn Song (M.S. 1999), Carnegie Mellon professor of computer science (2002–2007), current professor at UC Berkeley, 2010 Luis von Ahn (Ph.D. 2005), Carnegie Mellon professor of computer science, 2006 === Business === Paul Allaire (M.B.A 1966), former Xerox director (1986–1990), CEO (1990–2000), and chairman (1991–2000) Ted Decker (M.B.A. 1993), CEO and president of The Home Depot 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) Gerald C. Meyers (B.S., M.S.), former chairman of American Motors Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Indian woman entrepreneur Andrew Ng (B.S. 1997), co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab Ted Nierenberg (B.S. 1944), founder of Dansk International Designs Brian Olsavsky (M.B.A), CFO of Amazon Ratul Puri, chairman of Hindustan Powerprojects Private Limited John Swearingen, petroleum industry executive 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 Romesh Wadhwani (M.S., Ph.D.), billionaire private equity investor; founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group Sunil Wadhwani, co-founder of Mastech Digital and IGATE Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), CEO of General Motors (1946–1953), president of General Motors (1941–1953) (See also: Government and politics section) === Science and technology === === Performing arts, film, television and video games === === Visual arts === === Architecture and design === Nader Ardalan, architect of the Iran Center for Management Studies Roger Duffy, architect Dan Friedman, graphic designer Tasso Katselas, architect David M. Kelley (B.S. 1973), co-founder of IDEO Christian Schwartz, type designer Steven Song, architect and theoretician === Government and politics === === Academia === ==== Educators ==== ==== Members of National Academy of Sciences ==== ==== Members of National Academy of Engineering ==== ==== Other prominent faculty ==== === Literature === === Sports === ==== NFL ==== == Notable faculty == === Nobel laureates === Walter Kohn (professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998 Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004 Paul Lauterbur (research associate, Mellon Institute, 1951–1953), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2003 Robert Lucas Jr (professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1995 Merton Miller (professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990 Franco Modigliani (professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1985 John Pople (professor 1964–1993), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998 Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, professor 1971–1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004 Herbert A. Simon (professor, 1949–2001), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1978 Otto Stern (professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1943 Ada Yonath (postdoctoral researcher, 1969), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009 === Turing Award recipients === Manuel Blum (professor 1999–2018), computational complexity theory, 1995 Edmund M. Clarke (professor 1982–2020), model checking, 2007 Robert Floyd (professor 1963–1968), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978 Geoffrey Hinton (professor 1982–1987), artificial intelligence, 2018 Allen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, professor 1961–1992), artificial intelligence, 1975 Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, professor 1956–1971), compiler construction, 1966; first Turing Award winner Raj Reddy (professor 1969–present), artificial intelligence, 1994 Dana S. Scott (professor 1981–2003), nondeterministic machines, 1976 Herbert A. Simon (professor), artificial intelligence, 1975 Leslie Valiant (professor 1973–1974), machine learning, 2010 === Kyoto Prize recipients === Takeo Kanade (professor), information science, 2016 === Wolf Prize recipients === Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (professor), Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2011 John Pople (professor 1964–1993), Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 1992 === Stockholm Prize in Criminology winners === Alfred Blumstein (professor), operations researcher and criminologist, 2007 === National Medal of Science recipients === Paul Lauterbur (research associate, Mellon Institute, 1951–1953), Physical Sciences, 1987 Allen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, professor), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1992 Herbert A. Simon (professor), Behavior and Social Sciences, 1986 === National Medal of Technology recipients === Watts Humphrey (professor), software engineering, 2003 Paul Lauterbur (research associate, Mellon Institute, 1951–1953), magnetic resonance technology, 1988 Mary Shaw (professor), software engineering, 2014 === MacArthur Fellows === Terrance Hayes, professor of poetry (2001–2013) 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 Luis von Ahn (Ph.D. 2005), assistant professor of computer science, 2006 === Members of National Academy of Sciences === === Members of National Academy of Engineering === === Other prominent faculty === == Presidents of Carnegie Mellon University == The following persons have served as president of Carnegie Mellon University: Table notes: == Founders and major benefactors of Carnegie Mellon University == Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist who founded and endowed the university as the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900 William S. Dietrich II, steel industrialist whose gift prompted the renaming of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Teresa Heinz, and the Heinz family, heirs to the H.J. Heinz Company fortune; political family who renamed the School of Urban and Public Affairs to the Heinz College after United States senator H. John Heinz III David Tepper, billionaire Wall Street hedge fund manager whose gift renamed the Graduate School of Industrial Administration to the Tepper School of Business The Mellon Family of Pittsburgh: Andrew W. Mellon, United States secretary of the treasury 1921–1932; co-founded the Mellon Institute of Research in 1913 Paul Mellon, philanthropist, horse breeder, facilitator of the merger between the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Institute to form Carnegie Mellon University Richard B. Mellon, president of Mellon Bank; co-founded the Mellon Institute of Research in 1913 Richard King Mellon, president and chairman of Mellon Bank, known for his urban renewal program in Pittsburgh and the founder of the School of Urban and Public Affairs William Larimer Mellon, Sr., founder of Gulf Oil and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration == Fictional alumni == Eleanor Bartlet, first daughter of the United States in The West Wing Ben Bruckner, main character in Queer as Folk Delilah Fielding-McGee, Department of Defense employee and the girlfriend/wife of Timothy McGee in NCIS, as revealed in S22 E17 Theodore Donald Finch, a computer hacker in The Core Doctor Colette Green, research associate from the PC game Half-Life: Decay Dr.

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List of Carnegie Mellon University people

This is a list of notable people associated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. == Notable students and alumni == === Nobel laureates === === Turing Award recipients === === Wolf Prize recipients === Raoul Bott (Ph.D. 1949), Wolf Prize in Mathematics, 2000 === Enrico Fermi Award winners === George Cowan (Ph.D. 1950), nuclear scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project, the U.S. atomic initiative during World War II; founder of the Santa Fe Institute === Stockholm Prize in Criminology winners === Daniel Nagin (B.S, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1976, professor), criminologist, 2014 === National Medal of Science recipients === 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 === National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients === Robert Dennard (Ph.D. 1958), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), 1988 Stephanie Kwolek (B.S. 1946), inventor of Kevlar, 1996 Mary Shaw (Ph.D. 1972), software architecture pioneer, 2012 Frank L. Stulen (1943), numerical control of machine tools, 1985 === MacArthur Fellows === Stefan Savage (B.S. 1991), professor at UC San Diego, 2017 Dawn Song (M.S. 1999), Carnegie Mellon professor of computer science (2002–2007), current professor at UC Berkeley, 2010 Luis von Ahn (Ph.D. 2005), Carnegie Mellon professor of computer science, 2006 === Business === Paul Allaire (M.B.A 1966), former Xerox director (1986–1990), CEO (1990–2000), and chairman (1991–2000) Ted Decker (M.B.A. 1993), CEO and president of The Home Depot 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) Gerald C. Meyers (B.S., M.S.), former chairman of American Motors Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Indian woman entrepreneur Andrew Ng (B.S. 1997), co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab Ted Nierenberg (B.S. 1944), founder of Dansk International Designs Brian Olsavsky (M.B.A), CFO of Amazon Ratul Puri, chairman of Hindustan Powerprojects Private Limited John Swearingen, petroleum industry executive 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 Romesh Wadhwani (M.S., Ph.D.), billionaire private equity investor; founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group Sunil Wadhwani, co-founder of Mastech Digital and IGATE Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), CEO of General Motors (1946–1953), president of General Motors (1941–1953) (See also: Government and politics section) === Science and technology === === Performing arts, film, television and video games === === Visual arts === === Architecture and design === Nader Ardalan, architect of the Iran Center for Management Studies Roger Duffy, architect Dan Friedman, graphic designer Tasso Katselas, architect David M. Kelley (B.S. 1973), co-founder of IDEO Christian Schwartz, type designer Steven Song, architect and theoretician === Government and politics === === Academia === ==== Educators ==== ==== Members of National Academy of Sciences ==== ==== Members of National Academy of Engineering ==== ==== Other prominent faculty ==== === Literature === === Sports === ==== NFL ==== == Notable faculty == === Nobel laureates === Walter Kohn (professor), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998 Finn E. Kydland (Ph.D. 1973, professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004 Paul Lauterbur (research associate, Mellon Institute, 1951–1953), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2003 Robert Lucas Jr (professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1995 Merton Miller (professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990 Franco Modigliani (professor), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1985 John Pople (professor 1964–1993), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998 Edward C. Prescott (Ph.D. 1967, professor 1971–1980), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 2004 Herbert A. Simon (professor, 1949–2001), Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, 1978 Otto Stern (professor), Nobel Prize in Physics, 1943 Ada Yonath (postdoctoral researcher, 1969), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009 === Turing Award recipients === Manuel Blum (professor 1999–2018), computational complexity theory, 1995 Edmund M. Clarke (professor 1982–2020), model checking, 2007 Robert Floyd (professor 1963–1968), methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, 1978 Geoffrey Hinton (professor 1982–1987), artificial intelligence, 2018 Allen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, professor 1961–1992), artificial intelligence, 1975 Alan Perlis (B.S. 1943, professor 1956–1971), compiler construction, 1966; first Turing Award winner Raj Reddy (professor 1969–present), artificial intelligence, 1994 Dana S. Scott (professor 1981–2003), nondeterministic machines, 1976 Herbert A. Simon (professor), artificial intelligence, 1975 Leslie Valiant (professor 1973–1974), machine learning, 2010 === Kyoto Prize recipients === Takeo Kanade (professor), information science, 2016 === Wolf Prize recipients === Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (professor), Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2011 John Pople (professor 1964–1993), Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 1992 === Stockholm Prize in Criminology winners === Alfred Blumstein (professor), operations researcher and criminologist, 2007 === National Medal of Science recipients === Paul Lauterbur (research associate, Mellon Institute, 1951–1953), Physical Sciences, 1987 Allen Newell (Ph.D. 1957, professor), Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences, 1992 Herbert A. Simon (professor), Behavior and Social Sciences, 1986 === National Medal of Technology recipients === Watts Humphrey (professor), software engineering, 2003 Paul Lauterbur (research associate, Mellon Institute, 1951–1953), magnetic resonance technology, 1988 Mary Shaw (professor), software engineering, 2014 === MacArthur Fellows === Terrance Hayes, professor of poetry (2001–2013) 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 Luis von Ahn (Ph.D. 2005), assistant professor of computer science, 2006 === Members of National Academy of Sciences === === Members of National Academy of Engineering === === Other prominent faculty === == Presidents of Carnegie Mellon University == The following persons have served as president of Carnegie Mellon University: Table notes: == Founders and major benefactors of Carnegie Mellon University == Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist who founded and endowed the university as the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900 William S. Dietrich II, steel industrialist whose gift prompted the renaming of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Teresa Heinz, and the Heinz family, heirs to the H.J. Heinz Company fortune; political family who renamed the School of Urban and Public Affairs to the Heinz College after United States senator H. John Heinz III David Tepper, billionaire Wall Street hedge fund manager whose gift renamed the Graduate School of Industrial Administration to the Tepper School of Business The Mellon Family of Pittsburgh: Andrew W. Mellon, United States secretary of the treasury 1921–1932; co-founded the Mellon Institute of Research in 1913 Paul Mellon, philanthropist, horse breeder, facilitator of the merger between the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Institute to form Carnegie Mellon University Richard B. Mellon, president of Mellon Bank; co-founded the Mellon Institute of Research in 1913 Richard King Mellon, president and chairman of Mellon Bank, known for his urban renewal program in Pittsburgh and the founder of the School of Urban and Public Affairs William Larimer Mellon, Sr., founder of Gulf Oil and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration == Fictional alumni == Eleanor Bartlet, first daughter of the United States in The West Wing Ben Bruckner, main character in Queer as Folk Delilah Fielding-McGee, Department of Defense employee and the girlfriend/wife of Timothy McGee in NCIS, as revealed in S22 E17 Theodore Donald Finch, a computer hacker in The Core Doctor Colette Green, research associate from the PC game Half-Life: Decay Dr.

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