List of Stanford University alumni

Following is a list of some notable students and alumni of Stanford University. == Academia == === Presidents and chancellors === Gene D. Block (A.B. 1970), 8th chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles Derek Bok (A.B. 1951), 25th president of Harvard University José Antonio Bowen (A.B., M.S., Ph.D. 1994), 11th president of Goucher College Avishay Braverman (Ph.D. 1976), 5th president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev John C. Bravman (B.S. 1979, M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1985), 17th president of Bucknell University William R. Brody (M.D. 1970, Ph.D. 1972), 13th president of Johns Hopkins University Frederic Lister Burk (A.M. 1892), 1st president of San Francisco State University Menzies Campbell (LL.M. 1967), 37th chancellor of the University of St Andrews Nancy Cantor (Ph.D. 1978), 11th chancellor and president of Syracuse University Brian Casey (J.D. 1988), 19th president of DePauw University Joseph I. Castro (Ph.D. 1998), 8th chancellor of the California State University System, 9th president of the California State University, Fresno Jean-Lou Chameau (Ph.D. 1981), 8th president of California Institute of Technology Mung Chiang (B.S. 1999, M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2003), 18th president of Northwestern University, 13th president of Purdue University France A. Córdova (A.B. 1969), 11th president of Purdue University Paul Davenport (A.B. 1969), 9th president of the University of Western Ontario Sean M. Decatur (Ph.D. 1995), 19th president of Kenyon College Rolando Ramos Dizon (Ph.D. 1978), 20th president of De La Salle University Michael V. Drake (A.B. 1974), 21st president of the University of California System, 15th president of the Ohio State University, 5th chancellor of University of California, Irvine Claudine Gay, 30th president of Harvard University, the second woman and first African-American to hold the position Vartan Gregorian (A.B. 1958; Ph.D. 1964), 16th president of Brown University, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, president of the New York Public Library, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient William Westley Guth (A.B. 1892), president of University of the Pacific, 3rd president of Goucher College Jonathan Holloway (A.B. 1989), 21st president of Rutgers University Kristina Johnson (B.S. 1981, M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1984), 16th president of Ohio State University, US undersecretary of energy Clark Kerr (A.M. 1933), 12th president of the University of California System, 1st chancellor of UC Berkeley Heather Knight (Ph.D. 1991), 21st president of Pacific Union College Amos Lapidot, president of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology William P. Leahy (Ph.D. 1986), 25th president of Boston College Lee Si-Chen (M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1981), 10th president of National Taiwan University Jonathan Levin (A.B. 1994, A.S. 1994), 13th president of Stanford University Rick Levin (A.B. 1968), 22nd president of Yale University Richard P. Lifton (M.D. 1982, Ph.D. 1986), 11th president of Rockefeller University Charles L. Littel (M.A 1926), founder and 1st president of Junior College of Bergen County and Centralia Junior College Edna Ahgeak MacLean (Ph.D. 1995), 2nd president of Iḷisaġvik College Thomas L. Magnanti (M.S. 1969, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1972), founding president of Singapore University of Technology and Design Lynn Mahoney (A.B. 1986), 14th president of San Francisco State University Alan G. Merten (M.S. 1964), 5th president of George Mason University Bienvenido Nebres (M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1970), 29th president of Ateneo de Manila University Vincent Price (A.M. 1985, Ph.D. 1987), 10th president of Duke University Edward John Ray (A.M. 1969, Ph.D. 1971), 13th president of Oregon State University L. Rafael Reif (Ph.D. 1979), 17th president of MIT Peter Salovey (A.B. 1980, A.M. 1980), 23rd president of Yale University Robert N. Shelton (B.S. 1970), 19th president of the University of Arizona Wallace Sterling (Ph.D. 1938), 5th president of Stanford University Su Guaning (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1984), 2nd president of Nanyang Technological University Donald Tresidder (A.B. 1919, M.D. 1927), 4th president of Stanford University Steven C. Wheelwright (M.B.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1970), 9th president of Brigham Young University–Hawaii Ray Lyman Wilbur (A.B. 1896, A.M. 1897), 3rd president of Stanford University, 31st U.S. secretary of the interior Jason Wingard (A.B. 1995), 12th president of Temple University Menahem Yaari (Ph.D. 1962), president of the Open University of Israel === Provosts === Jeffrey Scott Vitter (Ph.D. in CS 1980), provost at the University of Kansas === Deans === Oscar Brockett (A.M., Ph.D.), theater historian and dean of the College of Fine Art at the University of Texas in Austin Steven R. David (A.M. 1975), professor of international relations, associate dean of academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University Thomas L. Magnanti (M.S. 1969, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1972), former dean of the MIT School of Engineering Sherman Mellinkoff (B.S. 1941, M.D. 1944), second dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles David Schaberg (B.A.), dean of humanities at UCLA, winner of the 2003 Joseph Levenson Book Prize Dale Schunk (Ph.D.), former dean of the School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Michael D. Smith (Ph.D. in EE 1993), dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at Harvard University Mac Van Valkenburg (Ph.D. 1952 EE), former dean of engineering college, UIUC Peter Zemsky (Ph.D. 1995), dean of executive education and Eli Lilly chaired professor of strategy and innovation at INSEAD === Professors === David A. Aaker, professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Ramesh K. Agarwal (Ph.D. in AA, 1975), William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University, computational fluid dynamicist Michelle Alexander (J.D. 1992), civil rights activist and professor of law at Ohio State University Silvia Arrom (Ph.D. 1978), historian and professor emerita of Latin American Studies at Brandeis University Susan Athey (Ph.D. in business school), winner of the John Bates Clark Medal (2007) in Economics of Technology, professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Lawrence J. Baack (Ph.D. 1973), historian specializing in modern European history; former vice chairperson of the History Department at University of Nebraska–Lincoln; visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley Roger Boesche (B.A., Ph.D.), professor of the history of ideas at Occidental College Edward Boyden (Ph.D.), MIT professor in Neurotechnology, faculty member in the MIT Media Lab, and coinventor of optogenetics Ronald N. Bracewell AO (Ph.D. 1949), professor of electrical engineering, pioneer of radio astronomy, designed and operated the spectroheliograph used to map the temperature of the Sun during the NASA Moon landing Hal Brands (B.A. 2005), professor of global affairs at Johns Hopkins University David L. Brody, professor in Neurology at Washington University Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez (Ph.D. 1981), professor and chair of American ethnic studies at Kansas State University Emmanuel Candès (Ph.D. 1998), professor in statistics at Stanford and the Alan T. Waterman Award winner Albert Edward Caswell (A.B. 1908, Ph.D. 1911), physicist and chair of University of Oregon Department of Physics 1914–1949 KJ Cerankowski (Ph.D. 2014), assistant professor at Oberlin College and co-founder of the field of asexuality studies Victoria Chang (M.B.A, 1998), professor of poetry and literature, Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech, director of Poetry@Tech Mung Chiang (B.S. 1999, M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2003), professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University; 2013 Alan T. Waterman Award recipient Marjorie Cohn (A.B. 1970), professor of law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Steven D'Hondt (B.S. 1984), professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island Cara Drinan (J.D. 2002), author and professor of law at Catholic University Miquel Faig (Ph.D. 1986), professor of economics at the University of Toronto Mississauga Edward McNeil Farmer (A.B. 1923, A.M. 1926), professor in the Graphic Arts Department at Stanford University 1923–1964 J. Doyne Farmer (B.S. physics 1973), professor of mathematics at Oxford University and co-founder of the Prediction Company George E. Frakes (A.B. 1954), professor emeritus of history and geography at Santa Barbara City College H. Bruce Franklin (Ph.D. 1961), professor of English and American studies at Rutgers University Melissa Franklin (Ph.D. 1982), professor of physics at Harvard University who contributed to the discovery of the top quark James Paul Gee (A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1975), linguist, literacy researcher, and professor of literacy studies at Arizona State University Larry Gladney (Ph.D. 1985), professor of physics at Yale University Edray H. Goins (Ph.D. math 1999), professor and president of the National Association of Mathematicians Daniel Harrison (A.B. 1981), chairman of the Department of Music at Yale University John Harsanyi (Ph.D. 1959), 1972 Nobel Prize winner in economics and professor at the University of California, Berkeley Dale R. Herspring (B.A. 1965), professor of political science at Kansas State University Bengt R. Holmström (M.S. operations research, Ph.D. business), economist at MIT and Nobel Prize winner in economics (2016) bell hooks (A.B. 1973), Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College and writer on race, class, and gender Mary-Louise Hooper (A.B. 1955), civil rights activist and journalist Russell Jeung (B.A., M.A), professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate Grace Y. Kao (B.A., M.A.), professor of ethics at Claremont School of Theology David Kreps (Ph.D.), game theorist, economist, and professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University David Lang (B.A.), professor of composition at the Yale School of Music Mark Lemley (A.B. 1988), professor at Stanford Law School, expert in patent law Lisa Lowe (A.B. 1977), professor of American Studies at Yale University Jitendra Malik (Ph.D. 1985), computer science professor at UC Berkeley Virginia Matzek (Ph.D.), associate professor in environmental studies and sciences at Santa Clara University H. Brett Melendy (A.B. 1946, A.M. 1948, Ph.D. 1952), historian and administrator at San Jose State University and University of Hawaiʻi Paul Milgrom (M.S. statistics, Ph.D. business), professor in economics at Stanford, Nobel Prize winner in economics (2020) Tom M. Mitchell (Ph.D. computer science), professor and head of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University Ricardo Felipe Munoz (B.A. 1972), Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University Nils Nilsson (Ph.D. 1958 computer science), led the effort in developing Shakey the robot at SRI, professor of engineering, emeritus in computer science at Stanford University Charles Ogletree (A.B. 1975, A.M. 1975), professor at Harvard Law School and founder of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and justice Stephen Quake (M.S. 1991), professor of bioengineering and applied physics at Stanford, Lemelson–MIT Prize recipient, and co-founder of Helicos Biosciences Joachim Remak (Ph.D. 1955), professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara Bruce Reznick (Ph.D. 1976), mathematician at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, noted for number theory Natalie Roe (Ph.D. 1989), director of the Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Alvin E. Roth (Ph.D. operations research), professor of economics at Stanford University and Harvard University, 2012 Nobel prize winner in economics John C. Rule (A.B., M.A., 1952), historian of 17th and 18th-century France at the Ohio State University Stuart Russell (Ph.D. 1986 computer science), chair of computer science at UC-Berkeley, winner of IJCAI Computers and Thought Award John Kenneth Salisbury, Jr.

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List of Stanford University alumni

Following is a list of some notable students and alumni of Stanford University. == Academia == === Presidents and chancellors === Gene D. Block (A.B. 1970), 8th chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles Derek Bok (A.B. 1951), 25th president of Harvard University José Antonio Bowen (A.B., M.S., Ph.D. 1994), 11th president of Goucher College Avishay Braverman (Ph.D. 1976), 5th president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev John C. Bravman (B.S. 1979, M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1985), 17th president of Bucknell University William R. Brody (M.D. 1970, Ph.D. 1972), 13th president of Johns Hopkins University Frederic Lister Burk (A.M. 1892), 1st president of San Francisco State University Menzies Campbell (LL.M. 1967), 37th chancellor of the University of St Andrews Nancy Cantor (Ph.D. 1978), 11th chancellor and president of Syracuse University Brian Casey (J.D. 1988), 19th president of DePauw University Joseph I. Castro (Ph.D. 1998), 8th chancellor of the California State University System, 9th president of the California State University, Fresno Jean-Lou Chameau (Ph.D. 1981), 8th president of California Institute of Technology Mung Chiang (B.S. 1999, M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2003), 18th president of Northwestern University, 13th president of Purdue University France A. Córdova (A.B. 1969), 11th president of Purdue University Paul Davenport (A.B. 1969), 9th president of the University of Western Ontario Sean M. Decatur (Ph.D. 1995), 19th president of Kenyon College Rolando Ramos Dizon (Ph.D. 1978), 20th president of De La Salle University Michael V. Drake (A.B. 1974), 21st president of the University of California System, 15th president of the Ohio State University, 5th chancellor of University of California, Irvine Claudine Gay, 30th president of Harvard University, the second woman and first African-American to hold the position Vartan Gregorian (A.B. 1958; Ph.D. 1964), 16th president of Brown University, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, president of the New York Public Library, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient William Westley Guth (A.B. 1892), president of University of the Pacific, 3rd president of Goucher College Jonathan Holloway (A.B. 1989), 21st president of Rutgers University Kristina Johnson (B.S. 1981, M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1984), 16th president of Ohio State University, US undersecretary of energy Clark Kerr (A.M. 1933), 12th president of the University of California System, 1st chancellor of UC Berkeley Heather Knight (Ph.D. 1991), 21st president of Pacific Union College Amos Lapidot, president of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology William P. Leahy (Ph.D. 1986), 25th president of Boston College Lee Si-Chen (M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1981), 10th president of National Taiwan University Jonathan Levin (A.B. 1994, A.S. 1994), 13th president of Stanford University Rick Levin (A.B. 1968), 22nd president of Yale University Richard P. Lifton (M.D. 1982, Ph.D. 1986), 11th president of Rockefeller University Charles L. Littel (M.A 1926), founder and 1st president of Junior College of Bergen County and Centralia Junior College Edna Ahgeak MacLean (Ph.D. 1995), 2nd president of Iḷisaġvik College Thomas L. Magnanti (M.S. 1969, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1972), founding president of Singapore University of Technology and Design Lynn Mahoney (A.B. 1986), 14th president of San Francisco State University Alan G. Merten (M.S. 1964), 5th president of George Mason University Bienvenido Nebres (M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1970), 29th president of Ateneo de Manila University Vincent Price (A.M. 1985, Ph.D. 1987), 10th president of Duke University Edward John Ray (A.M. 1969, Ph.D. 1971), 13th president of Oregon State University L. Rafael Reif (Ph.D. 1979), 17th president of MIT Peter Salovey (A.B. 1980, A.M. 1980), 23rd president of Yale University Robert N. Shelton (B.S. 1970), 19th president of the University of Arizona Wallace Sterling (Ph.D. 1938), 5th president of Stanford University Su Guaning (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1984), 2nd president of Nanyang Technological University Donald Tresidder (A.B. 1919, M.D. 1927), 4th president of Stanford University Steven C. Wheelwright (M.B.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1970), 9th president of Brigham Young University–Hawaii Ray Lyman Wilbur (A.B. 1896, A.M. 1897), 3rd president of Stanford University, 31st U.S. secretary of the interior Jason Wingard (A.B. 1995), 12th president of Temple University Menahem Yaari (Ph.D. 1962), president of the Open University of Israel === Provosts === Jeffrey Scott Vitter (Ph.D. in CS 1980), provost at the University of Kansas === Deans === Oscar Brockett (A.M., Ph.D.), theater historian and dean of the College of Fine Art at the University of Texas in Austin Steven R. David (A.M. 1975), professor of international relations, associate dean of academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University Thomas L. Magnanti (M.S. 1969, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1972), former dean of the MIT School of Engineering Sherman Mellinkoff (B.S. 1941, M.D. 1944), second dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles David Schaberg (B.A.), dean of humanities at UCLA, winner of the 2003 Joseph Levenson Book Prize Dale Schunk (Ph.D.), former dean of the School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Michael D. Smith (Ph.D. in EE 1993), dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at Harvard University Mac Van Valkenburg (Ph.D. 1952 EE), former dean of engineering college, UIUC Peter Zemsky (Ph.D. 1995), dean of executive education and Eli Lilly chaired professor of strategy and innovation at INSEAD === Professors === David A. Aaker, professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Ramesh K. Agarwal (Ph.D. in AA, 1975), William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University, computational fluid dynamicist Michelle Alexander (J.D. 1992), civil rights activist and professor of law at Ohio State University Silvia Arrom (Ph.D. 1978), historian and professor emerita of Latin American Studies at Brandeis University Susan Athey (Ph.D. in business school), winner of the John Bates Clark Medal (2007) in Economics of Technology, professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Lawrence J. Baack (Ph.D. 1973), historian specializing in modern European history; former vice chairperson of the History Department at University of Nebraska–Lincoln; visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley Roger Boesche (B.A., Ph.D.), professor of the history of ideas at Occidental College Edward Boyden (Ph.D.), MIT professor in Neurotechnology, faculty member in the MIT Media Lab, and coinventor of optogenetics Ronald N. Bracewell AO (Ph.D. 1949), professor of electrical engineering, pioneer of radio astronomy, designed and operated the spectroheliograph used to map the temperature of the Sun during the NASA Moon landing Hal Brands (B.A. 2005), professor of global affairs at Johns Hopkins University David L. Brody, professor in Neurology at Washington University Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez (Ph.D. 1981), professor and chair of American ethnic studies at Kansas State University Emmanuel Candès (Ph.D. 1998), professor in statistics at Stanford and the Alan T. Waterman Award winner Albert Edward Caswell (A.B. 1908, Ph.D. 1911), physicist and chair of University of Oregon Department of Physics 1914–1949 KJ Cerankowski (Ph.D. 2014), assistant professor at Oberlin College and co-founder of the field of asexuality studies Victoria Chang (M.B.A, 1998), professor of poetry and literature, Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech, director of Poetry@Tech Mung Chiang (B.S. 1999, M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2003), professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University; 2013 Alan T. Waterman Award recipient Marjorie Cohn (A.B. 1970), professor of law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Steven D'Hondt (B.S. 1984), professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island Cara Drinan (J.D. 2002), author and professor of law at Catholic University Miquel Faig (Ph.D. 1986), professor of economics at the University of Toronto Mississauga Edward McNeil Farmer (A.B. 1923, A.M. 1926), professor in the Graphic Arts Department at Stanford University 1923–1964 J. Doyne Farmer (B.S. physics 1973), professor of mathematics at Oxford University and co-founder of the Prediction Company George E. Frakes (A.B. 1954), professor emeritus of history and geography at Santa Barbara City College H. Bruce Franklin (Ph.D. 1961), professor of English and American studies at Rutgers University Melissa Franklin (Ph.D. 1982), professor of physics at Harvard University who contributed to the discovery of the top quark James Paul Gee (A.M. 1974, Ph.D. 1975), linguist, literacy researcher, and professor of literacy studies at Arizona State University Larry Gladney (Ph.D. 1985), professor of physics at Yale University Edray H. Goins (Ph.D. math 1999), professor and president of the National Association of Mathematicians Daniel Harrison (A.B. 1981), chairman of the Department of Music at Yale University John Harsanyi (Ph.D. 1959), 1972 Nobel Prize winner in economics and professor at the University of California, Berkeley Dale R. Herspring (B.A. 1965), professor of political science at Kansas State University Bengt R. Holmström (M.S. operations research, Ph.D. business), economist at MIT and Nobel Prize winner in economics (2016) bell hooks (A.B. 1973), Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College and writer on race, class, and gender Mary-Louise Hooper (A.B. 1955), civil rights activist and journalist Russell Jeung (B.A., M.A), professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate Grace Y. Kao (B.A., M.A.), professor of ethics at Claremont School of Theology David Kreps (Ph.D.), game theorist, economist, and professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University David Lang (B.A.), professor of composition at the Yale School of Music Mark Lemley (A.B. 1988), professor at Stanford Law School, expert in patent law Lisa Lowe (A.B. 1977), professor of American Studies at Yale University Jitendra Malik (Ph.D. 1985), computer science professor at UC Berkeley Virginia Matzek (Ph.D.), associate professor in environmental studies and sciences at Santa Clara University H. Brett Melendy (A.B. 1946, A.M. 1948, Ph.D. 1952), historian and administrator at San Jose State University and University of Hawaiʻi Paul Milgrom (M.S. statistics, Ph.D. business), professor in economics at Stanford, Nobel Prize winner in economics (2020) Tom M. Mitchell (Ph.D. computer science), professor and head of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University Ricardo Felipe Munoz (B.A. 1972), Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University Nils Nilsson (Ph.D. 1958 computer science), led the effort in developing Shakey the robot at SRI, professor of engineering, emeritus in computer science at Stanford University Charles Ogletree (A.B. 1975, A.M. 1975), professor at Harvard Law School and founder of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and justice Stephen Quake (M.S. 1991), professor of bioengineering and applied physics at Stanford, Lemelson–MIT Prize recipient, and co-founder of Helicos Biosciences Joachim Remak (Ph.D. 1955), professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara Bruce Reznick (Ph.D. 1976), mathematician at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, noted for number theory Natalie Roe (Ph.D. 1989), director of the Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Alvin E. Roth (Ph.D. operations research), professor of economics at Stanford University and Harvard University, 2012 Nobel prize winner in economics John C. Rule (A.B., M.A., 1952), historian of 17th and 18th-century France at the Ohio State University Stuart Russell (Ph.D. 1986 computer science), chair of computer science at UC-Berkeley, winner of IJCAI Computers and Thought Award John Kenneth Salisbury, Jr.

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