List of Pennsylvania State University alumni

The following is a list of notable Pennsylvania State University alumni since the university's founding. == Alumni == === Academia === Michael Anesko, literary critic, writer and professor; best known for his studies of Henry James and William Dean Howells Danielle Bassett, professor at the University of Pennsylvania; youngest individual to be awarded a 2014 MacArthur fellowship Samuel Preston Bayard, musicologist; established the folklore program at Penn State Robert D. Braun, academic and aerospace engineer; Space Sector head at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and former NASA chief technologist M. Christopher Brown II, president of Alcorn State University T. Colin Campbell, chemist and professor; Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University Jason De León, professor at UCLA; MacArthur Fellow (2017) Walter Dobrogosz, professor; best known for his discovery and further research on the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri Paul M. Doty, former Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University Thomas R. Dye, emeritus professor of Political Science at Florida State University Katherine Faber, materials scientist; Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology John Friedlander, mathematician; fellow of the American Mathematical Society A. Roberto Frisancho, biological anthropologist; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan Roland Fryer, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, MacArthur fellow, and recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal Edwin R. Gilliland, chemical engineer; former Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joe Gow (born 1960) (attended West Chester University before transferring to New York University and later to Penn State University, from which he graduated), academic, musician, pornographic actor, and university administrator, noted for being fired as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in December 2023 after being outed for filming and starring in consensual pornographic videos with his wife, which they posted to public adult websites (without ever mentioning their names, careers, or university affiliations) Susanne Hambrusch, computer scientist and professor Marci Hamilton, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Graham Harman, philosopher and academic James T. Harris III, president of Widener University John W. Heston, president of Washington State University, South Dakota State University and Dakota State University David C. Hodge, president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Richard Hoover, former president of Hastings College Kate Hutton, seismologist; monitored earthquakes at California Institute of Technology for 37 years Dugald C. Jackson, electrical engineer; headed the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1907–1935 William Jaco, mathematician; known for his role in the JSJ decomposition theorem M. Eric Johnson, dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University Mark L. Knapp, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin; internationally known for his research on nonverbal communication George Koob, professor; director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Leah Krubitzer, neuroscientist; professor of Psychology at University of California, Davis and MacArthur Fellow (1998) Max G. Lagally, Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Steven Leath, president of Iowa State University 2012–2017 and Auburn University 2017–2019; appointed to the National Science Board in 2018 Herbert E. Longenecker, former president of Tulane University Daniel H. Lowenstein, provost at the University of California, San Francisco Jian Ma, computer scientist and computational biologist at Carnegie Mellon University, Guggenheim Fellowship Ronald Mallett, theoretical physicist and expert on possibility of time travel Robert McGrath, director of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute Eoin McKiernan, early scholar in Irish Studies Lane Mitchell, ceramic engineer; founded Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering Koraly Pérez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University John Pickles, Phillips Distinguished Professor of International Studies in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Robert B. Pippin, professor at University of Chicago Jonathan K. Pritchard, genetics professor at Stanford University Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Mayanist scholar and archeologist; contributed significantly to the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs James Purdy, scholar of digital rhetoric Merritt Roe Smith, historian; Leverett and William Cutten Professor of the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard Somerville, climate scientist; Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego Charles A. Sorber, civil engineer and academic administrator George D. Stoddard, former president of the University of Illinois and the University of the State of New York; former chancellor of New York University and Long Island University Ian Waitz, vice chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Hultz Walker, chemist and professor; former chair of industrial chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former president of the American Electrochemical Society James J. Whalen, former president of Ithaca College Robert E. Witt, president of University of Alabama Iris Marion Young, political and social theorist, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago === Architecture, design, and technology === Louis Astorino, architect, PNC Park, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Paul Blasingame, United States Air Force officer and engineer who played an important role in the development of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Matt Brezina, co-founder of Xobni Robert J. Cenker, aerospace and electrical engineer; worked at RCA Astro-Electronics and its successor company GE Astro Space on a variety of spacecraft projects Stanley Cole (1948), architect, designer of Citizens Bank Park Douglas Comer, computer science professor at Purdue; designed and implemented the Xinu operating system Joe Fafard, sculptor; officer of the Order of Canada, 1981 Nelson L. Goldberg, developed the first cable system to be acquired by Comcast Selda Gunsel, chemical engineer Samuel Kurtz Hoffman, engineer who specialized in rocket propulsion; developed the F-1 engines that would power the Saturn V rocket, and later worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engine John Hoke III, chief design officer of Nike Ehsan Hoque, computer scientist and academic Jim Keller, engineer, AMD, Apple Inc.

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List of Pennsylvania State University alumni

The following is a list of notable Pennsylvania State University alumni since the university's founding. == Alumni == === Academia === Michael Anesko, literary critic, writer and professor; best known for his studies of Henry James and William Dean Howells Danielle Bassett, professor at the University of Pennsylvania; youngest individual to be awarded a 2014 MacArthur fellowship Samuel Preston Bayard, musicologist; established the folklore program at Penn State Robert D. Braun, academic and aerospace engineer; Space Sector head at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and former NASA chief technologist M. Christopher Brown II, president of Alcorn State University T. Colin Campbell, chemist and professor; Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University Jason De León, professor at UCLA; MacArthur Fellow (2017) Walter Dobrogosz, professor; best known for his discovery and further research on the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri Paul M. Doty, former Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University Thomas R. Dye, emeritus professor of Political Science at Florida State University Katherine Faber, materials scientist; Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology John Friedlander, mathematician; fellow of the American Mathematical Society A. Roberto Frisancho, biological anthropologist; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan Roland Fryer, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, MacArthur fellow, and recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal Edwin R. Gilliland, chemical engineer; former Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joe Gow (born 1960) (attended West Chester University before transferring to New York University and later to Penn State University, from which he graduated), academic, musician, pornographic actor, and university administrator, noted for being fired as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in December 2023 after being outed for filming and starring in consensual pornographic videos with his wife, which they posted to public adult websites (without ever mentioning their names, careers, or university affiliations) Susanne Hambrusch, computer scientist and professor Marci Hamilton, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Graham Harman, philosopher and academic James T. Harris III, president of Widener University John W. Heston, president of Washington State University, South Dakota State University and Dakota State University David C. Hodge, president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Richard Hoover, former president of Hastings College Kate Hutton, seismologist; monitored earthquakes at California Institute of Technology for 37 years Dugald C. Jackson, electrical engineer; headed the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1907–1935 William Jaco, mathematician; known for his role in the JSJ decomposition theorem M. Eric Johnson, dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University Mark L. Knapp, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin; internationally known for his research on nonverbal communication George Koob, professor; director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Leah Krubitzer, neuroscientist; professor of Psychology at University of California, Davis and MacArthur Fellow (1998) Max G. Lagally, Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Steven Leath, president of Iowa State University 2012–2017 and Auburn University 2017–2019; appointed to the National Science Board in 2018 Herbert E. Longenecker, former president of Tulane University Daniel H. Lowenstein, provost at the University of California, San Francisco Jian Ma, computer scientist and computational biologist at Carnegie Mellon University, Guggenheim Fellowship Ronald Mallett, theoretical physicist and expert on possibility of time travel Robert McGrath, director of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute Eoin McKiernan, early scholar in Irish Studies Lane Mitchell, ceramic engineer; founded Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering Koraly Pérez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University John Pickles, Phillips Distinguished Professor of International Studies in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Robert B. Pippin, professor at University of Chicago Jonathan K. Pritchard, genetics professor at Stanford University Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Mayanist scholar and archeologist; contributed significantly to the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs James Purdy, scholar of digital rhetoric Merritt Roe Smith, historian; Leverett and William Cutten Professor of the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard Somerville, climate scientist; Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego Charles A. Sorber, civil engineer and academic administrator George D. Stoddard, former president of the University of Illinois and the University of the State of New York; former chancellor of New York University and Long Island University Ian Waitz, vice chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Hultz Walker, chemist and professor; former chair of industrial chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former president of the American Electrochemical Society James J. Whalen, former president of Ithaca College Robert E. Witt, president of University of Alabama Iris Marion Young, political and social theorist, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago === Architecture, design, and technology === Louis Astorino, architect, PNC Park, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Paul Blasingame, United States Air Force officer and engineer who played an important role in the development of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Matt Brezina, co-founder of Xobni Robert J. Cenker, aerospace and electrical engineer; worked at RCA Astro-Electronics and its successor company GE Astro Space on a variety of spacecraft projects Stanley Cole (1948), architect, designer of Citizens Bank Park Douglas Comer, computer science professor at Purdue; designed and implemented the Xinu operating system Joe Fafard, sculptor; officer of the Order of Canada, 1981 Nelson L. Goldberg, developed the first cable system to be acquired by Comcast Selda Gunsel, chemical engineer Samuel Kurtz Hoffman, engineer who specialized in rocket propulsion; developed the F-1 engines that would power the Saturn V rocket, and later worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engine John Hoke III, chief design officer of Nike Ehsan Hoque, computer scientist and academic Jim Keller, engineer, AMD, Apple Inc.

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