Liste der Personen der Duke University

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Diese Liste der Angehörigen der Duke University umfasst Alumni, Fakultäten, Präsidenten und große Philanthropen der Duke University, zu der drei Grund- und zehn Graduiertenschulen gehören. Zu den Grundschulen zählen das Trinity College of Arts und Sciences, die Pratt School of Engineering und die Sanford School of Public Policy. Die Graduierten- und Berufsschulen der Universität umfassen die Graduate School, die Pratt School of Engineering, die Nicholas School of Environment, die School of Medicine, die School of Nursing, die Fuqua School of Business, die School of Law, die Divinity School und die Sanford School of Public Policy.

Zu den berühmten Alumni zählen der US-Präsident Richard Nixon; Der chilenische Präsident Ricardo Lagos; ehemaliges Kabinettsmitglied und ehemalige Senatorin Elizabeth Dole; Philanthrop Melinda French Gates; die Chief Executive Officers von Apple (Tim Cook), Procter und Gamble (David Taylor), Bear Stearns (Alan Schwartz), Morgan Stanley (John J. Mack) und Pfizer (Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.); ehemaliger General Motors Corporation CEO (Rick Waggoner); und der erste US-amerikanische Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients. Zu den herausragenden Medienpersönlichkeiten der Alumni zählt Dan Abrams, der ehemalige Geschäftsführer von MSNBC; Jay Bilas, ein Kommentator zu ESPN; Sean McManus, Präsident von CBS News und CBS Sports; Charlie Rose, der ehemalige Gastgeber seiner gleichnamigen PBS-Talkshow und eines 60 Minuten Beitrags; und Judy Woodruff, ein Anker bei CNN. William DeVries (GME 1971–79) war der erste Arzt, der eine erfolgreiche dauerhafte künstliche Herzimplantation durchführte, und erschien 1984 auf dem Titel von Time .

Derzeitige bemerkenswerte Fakultät umfasst Manny Azenberg, einen Broadway-Produzenten, dessen Produktionen 40 Tony Awards gewonnen haben; Adrian Bejan, Namensgeber der Bejan-Nummer; und David Brooks, Kolumnist der New York Times . Walter E. Dellinger III, ehemals US-amerikanischer Generalstaatsanwalt, stellvertretender Rechtsanwalt und Leiter des Büros für Rechtsberater unter Bill Clinton, dient als Rechtsprofessor. Der Romanautor und Dramatiker Ariel Dorfman gewann 1992 den Laurence Olivier Award, während Peter Feaver unter Clinton und George W. Bush Mitglied des National Security Council war. David Gergen diente den Präsidenten Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan und Bill Clinton als Berater. John Hope Franklin wurde von Bill Clinton mit der Presidential Medal of Freedom ausgezeichnet, während William Raspberry, ein syndizierter Kolumnist für The Washington Post den Pulitzer-Preis 1994 erhielt. 13 Nobelpreisträger waren mit der Universität verbunden.

James B. Duke gründete 1924 einen Treuhandfonds in Höhe von 40 Millionen US-Dollar, The Duke Endowment, der die Universität dazu drängte, ihren Namen offiziell zu Ehren der philanthropischen Familie seiner Familie zu ändern.

Internationale akademische Preise [ edit ]

Nobelpreisträger [ edit

Robert Lefkowitz, James B. Duke Professor für Medizin und Professor für Biochemie und Chemie bei Duke und 2012 Nobelpreisträger in Chemie.

Seit 2018 sind 13 Nobelpreisträger an die Duke University angeschlossen. Die folgende Liste enthält nur Personen, die Ihr Studium bei Duke absolviert haben oder mindestens ein Jahr als Postdoktorand oder zwei Jahre als Fakultätsmitglied bei Duke verbracht haben.

• Charles Townes (AM in Physik, 1937), 1964 Nobelpreisträger für Physik und Gewinner des Templeton-Preises von 2005, ^[1] National Medal of Science (1982)


• Gertrude B. Elion (Adjunkt-Professor für Pharmakologie und von experimentelle Medizin von 1971 bis 1983 und Forschungsprofessor von 1983 bis 1999), 1988 Nobelpreisträger für Physiologie oder Medizin ^[2]


• George H. Hitchings (außerplanmäßiger Professor für Pharmakologie und experimentelle Medizin von 1970 bis 1985), 1988 Nobelpreisträger in Physiologie oder Medizin ^[3]


• Hans Dehmelt (Post-Doc. 1952–55), 1989 Nobelpreisträger in Physik, ^[4] Empfänger der National Medal of Science (1995)


• Martin Rodbell (außerplanmäßiger Professor für Zellbiologie von 1991 bis 1998), 1994 Nobelpreisträger für Physiologie oder Medizin ^{[5] [6] [7]}


• Robert Coleman Richardson (Ph.D. in Physik, 1966), 1996 Nob el Laureate in Physics ^[8]


• Peter Agre (Vizekanzler für Wissenschaft und Technologie am Duke University Medicine Center von 2005 bis Dezember 2007), 2003 Nobelpreisträger in Chemie [194590331[1945903] ] ^[10]


• Robert Lefkowitz (James B. Duke Professor für Medizin und Professor für Biochemie und Chemie, seit 1973 bei Duke), Nobelpreisträger für Chemie 2012 ^[11] National Medal of Science (19659022). 2007)


• Brian Kobilka (Post-Doc. 1984–1989), 2012 Nobelpreisträger für Chemie ^[12]


• Paul L. Modrich (James B. Duke, Professor für Biochemie an der Duke University, trat 1976 bei Duke ein), 2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry [TuringAwardLaureates [ edit ]
  

  In Abwesenheit eines Nobelpreises für Informatik wird der Turing-Preis im Allgemeinen als höchste Auszeichnung und als "Nobelpreis" ausgezeichnet rechnen ". Seit 2015 sind 3 Turing Award-Preisträger mit der Duke University verbunden.
  

  
  
  

  Selected Duke Alumni

  Regierung, Recht und öffentliche Ordnung [ edit ]

  
  

  Anmerkung: Hinweis: Personen, die in mehreren Abschnitten gehören, erscheinen in den relevantesten Abschnitten. 19659032] Staatsoberhäupter [ edit ]
  

  Kabinettsmitglieder und Mitarbeiter des Weißen Hauses [ edit

  
  

  • David Addington (JD 1981), Chef von Mitarbeiter des ehemaligen Vizepräsidenten Dick Cheney
  
  
  • Claude Allen (JD 1990), Innenpolitikberater des Weißen Hauses
  
  
  • Josephus Daniels, Sekretär der Marine während des Ersten Weltkrieges
  
  
  • Elizabeth Dole (AB 1958), ehemaliger US-Senator für North Carolina; ehemaliger Kommissar der Federal Trade Commission; ehemaliger Verkehrsminister der Vereinigten Staaten; ehemaliger Arbeitsminister der Vereinigten Staaten; ehemaliger Präsident des amerikanischen Roten Kreuzes
  
  
  • W. Neil Eggleston (AB 1975), Berater des Weißen Hauses unter Präsident Barack Obama
  
  
  • Danielle C. Gray (AB 2000), Kabinettssekretär, leitender Berater von Präsident Barack Obama
  
  
  • John P. Hannah (AB 1984), Assistent bei National Sicherheit gegenüber dem ehemaligen Vizepräsidenten Dick Cheney
  
  
  • John Hillen (AB 1988), ehemaliger stellvertretender Staatssekretär für politisch-militärische Angelegenheiten
  
  
  • John Koskinen (AB 1961), Commissioner of Internal Revenue (2013), ehemaliger stellvertretender Direktor des Büros für Management und Haushalt des Weißen Hauses
  
  
  • Juanita M. Kreps (AM 1944, Ph.D. 1948), US-amerikanischer Handelsminister, 1977–1979
  
  
  • Reggie Love (AB 2005), persönliche Assistentin des Präsidenten Barack Obama
  
  
  • Stephen Miller (AB 2007), Leitender Berater des Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten
  
  
  • Macon Phillips (AB 2000), Direktor des Weißen Hauses im Weißen Haus mit Aufsichtsbehörde für Whitehouse.gov
  
  
  • Daniel Calhoun Roper (AB 1888), United States Secretary of Comm erce unter Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  
  
  • Sonal Shah (M.A. 1994), Direktor des Büros für soziale Innovation und Bürgerbeteiligung im Weißen Haus, ehemaliger Leiter der Global Development Initiative bei Google.org
  
  
  • Eric Shinseki (AM 1976), pensionierter Vier-Sterne-General, 7. United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014), 34. Stabschef der Armee (1999–2003)
  
  
  • Doug Sosnik (AB 1979), leitender Berater und politischer Direktor des ehemaligen Präsidenten Bill Clinton
  
  
  • Tommy Sowers (AB 1998), stellvertretender Sekretär Für öffentliche und zwischenstaatliche Angelegenheiten
  
  
  • Kenneth Starr (JD 1973), ehemaliger Generalstaatsanwalt der Vereinigten Staaten, unabhängiger Rechtsberater während der Whitewater-Affäre
  
  
  • James Young (MD 1955), MC USN, anwesender Physiker des Weißen Hauses bei Kennedy und Johnson, 1963 -1966
  
  
  • Jared Weinstein (AB 2002), persönlicher Assistent des ehemaligen Präsidenten George W. Bush
  
  
  • Jeffrey Zients (BS 1988), US-amerikanischer Chief Performance Officer

  Mitglieder des Kongresses [ bearbeiten ]

  
  

  UNS. Senators [ edit ]

  
  

  • Mo Cowan (AB 1991), ehemaliger US-Senator aus Massachusetts
  
  
  • Shelley Moore Capito (AB 1975), US-Senator aus West Virginia, ehemaliger US-Vertreter für West Virginias zweiten Kongressbezirk
  
  
  • Elizabeth Dole (AB 1958), ehemaliger Senator der Vereinigten Staaten für North Carolina; ehemaliger Kommissar der Federal Trade Commission; ehemaliger Verkehrsminister der Vereinigten Staaten; ehemaliger Arbeitsminister der Vereinigten Staaten; ehemaliger Präsident des amerikanischen Roten Kreuzes
  
  
  • Edward Gurney (LL.M. 1948), ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Senator aus Florida
  
  
  • Rand Paul (MD 1988), US-amerikanischer Senator aus Kentucky
  
  
  • Everett Jordan (AB), ehemaliger US-Senator aus North Carolina
  
  
  • Ted Kaufman (BSE 1960), US-Senator von Delaware
  
  
  • Bob Krueger (AM 1959), ehemaliger US-Vertreter und Senator aus Texas
  
  
  • Lee Slater Overman (AB 1874), ehemaliger Senator der Vereinigten Staaten aus North Carolina
  
  
  • James B. Pearson (AB 1942), Senator der Vereinigten Staaten aus Kansas

  USA Vertreter [ edit ]

  
  

  • Hugh Quincy Alexander (1932), ehemaliger US-Vertreter aus North Carolina (1953–1963)
  
  
  • Robert Franklin Armfield, ehemaliger Kongressabgeordneter aus North Carolina, Vizegouverneur von North Carolina
  
  
  • Morris Brooks (AB 1975), US-Vertreter für Alabamas 5. Kongressbezirk
  
  
  • Maurice G. Burnside (Ph.D. 1937), ehemaliger Kongressabgeordneter aus West Virginia
  
  
  • Bradley Byrne (AB 1977), USA Vertreter für den 1. Kongressbezirk von Alabama
  
  
  • Jim Courter (JD 1966), ehemaliger Kongressabgeordneter aus New Jersey
  
  
  • Nick Galifianakis (AB 1951, JD 1953), US-Vertreter aus North Carolina (1967–1973)
  
  
  • Lisa Gladden ( AB 1986), Maryland State Representative, Annapolis, Maryland
  
  
  • Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (AB 1897), demokratischer US-Vertreter aus North Carolina
  
  
  • Tom Grady (JD, 1982), republikanischer US-Vertreter aus Florida
  
  
  • Robin Hayes ( AB 1967), Kongressabgeordneter des 8. Bezirks von North Carolina (1998 – heute)
  
  
  • Paul B. Henry (A.M., Ph.D. 1968), US-Vertreter aus Michigan und Michigan State Senator
  
  
  • Henry Hyde (X. 1947), ehemaliger US-Vertreter von Illinois
  
  
  • Robert D. Inglis (AB 1981), US-Vertreter von South Carolina
  
  
  • Dan Lipinski (19659014) Ph.D. 1998), Kongressabgeordneter für den 3. Bezirk von Illinois (2005-heute)
  
  
  • Stan Lundine (AB 1961), Kongressabgeordneter aus New York (1976–1987)
  
  
  • Denise Majette (JD 1979), ehemaliger Bundesstaat Georgia Richter, ehemaliger US-Repräsentant von Georgia
  
  
  • Ron Paul (MD 1961), US-Repräsentant aus Texas (1997-2013); Präsidentschaftskandidat der Republikaner von 2008
  
  
  • Scott Peters (A.B. 1980), US-Vertreter für den 52. Kongressbezirk von Kalifornien
  
  
  • Ben Quayle (A.B, 1998), US-Vertreter aus Arizona; Sohn des ehemaligen US-Vizepräsidenten Dan Quayle
  
  
  • Nick Rahall (AB 1971), Kongressabgeordneter für West Virginia (1977–2015)
  
  
  • Dave Trott (JD 1985), US-Abgeordneter aus Michigan (2015-heute)
  
  
  • Basil Lee Whitener (JD 1937), US-Vertreter aus North Carolina (1957–1968)
  
  
  • Mike Levin (JD 2005), US-Vertreter für den 49. Kongressbezirk von Kalifornien (2018-heute)

  Diplomaten [ ]

  
  

  • George Venable Allen (AB 1920), US-amerikanischer Botschafter im Iran, 1946–1948; Staatssekretär für öffentliche Angelegenheiten, 1948–1949; US-Botschafter in Jugoslawien, 1949–1953
  
  
  • Robert Sherwood Dillon (AB 1951), US-Botschafter im Libanon (1981–1983)
  
  
  • William Eacho (AB 1976), US-Botschafter in Österreich (2009–2013)
  
  
  • Cynthia G. Efird (AM), US-Botschafter in Angola (2004-2007)
  
  
  • Robert C. Frasure (Ph.D. 1971), US-Botschafter in Estland (1992-1994)
  
  
  • Gordon D. Giffin (AB 1971) ), US-amerikanischer Botschafter in Kanada (1997–2001)
  
  
  • Jack Gosnell (AB 1966), ehemaliger US-Generalkonsul in St. Petersburg, Russland
  
  
  • Richard Graber (AB 1978), ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Botschafter in der Tschechischen Republik [19659014] Jaime Aleman Healy (JD 1978), Botschafter von Panama in den USA (2009-2011)
  
  
  • Stuart E. Jones (AB 1982), Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Jordanien (2011-2014); Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten im Irak (2014 – heute)
  
  
  • Robert Jordan (AB 1967), ehemaliger Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten in Saudi-Arabien
  
  
  • Bob Krueger (MA 1959), US-Botschafter in Burundi während der Amtszeit von Bill Clinton
  
  
  • Philip Lader (AB 1966), Botschafter im Vereinigten Königreich, Vorsitzender der WPP-Gruppe
  
  
  • Steven Lett (BSE 1980), Diplomat; Leiter des Internationalen Cospas-Sarsat-Programms
  
  
  • Jack F. Matlock, Jr. (AB 1950), Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten in der Tschechoslowakei und bei der Sowjetunion unter Ronald Reagan
  
  
  • Walter P. McConaughy (AB 1930), ehemaliger Vereinigter Verein Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten in Birma, Südkorea, Pakistan und Taiwan
  
  
  • David McKean (JD 1986), US-Botschafter in Luxemburg, ehemaliger Direktor für Politikplanung
  
  
  • Geeta Pasi (AB 1984), US-Botschafter in Dschibuti
  
  
  • Manuel Sager (LL.M. 1985), Botschafter der Schweiz in den Vereinigten Staaten
  
  
  • Elizabeth Verville (AB 1961), stellvertretender stellvertretender Staatssekretär für politische und militärische Angelegenheiten

  Militär [ edit ]]

  
  

  • William Atwater (MA, 1982), pensionierter Kapitän der US-Marines; Autor, Historiker und Direktor des US Army Ordnance Museum
  
  
  • Walter E. Boomer (B.S. 1960), pensionierter General, ehemaliger stellvertretender Kommandant, US Marine Corps, Desert Storm Commander; Unternehmensleiter
  
  
  • Frank Bowman (B.S. 1966), Admiral im Ruhestand, ehemaliger Chef der Marinepersonal, ehemaliger Direktor von Naval Nuclear Propulsion, US Navy; Honorary Knight Commander des Greatest Order des Britischen Empire (KBE)
  
  
  • Winston Choo (MA, History), Generalleutnant im Ruhestand, ehemaliger Chef der Defence Force (1974-1992) der Streitkräfte von Singapur ^{[17] [18]}
  
  
  • Edward H. Deets (1979), Konteradmiral in der United States Navy
  
  
  • Martin E. Dempsey (MA 1984), Vorsitzender der Joint Chiefs von Stab
  
  
  • Charles S. Hamilton (BS 1974), Konteradmiral in der United States Navy
  
  
  • John L. Helgerson (MS, Ph.D.), ehemaliger CIA-Generalinspektor
  
  
  • James W. Holsinger (MD 1964) , pensionierter Generalmajor in der United States Army Reserve, Arzt, nominiert, um der 18. Surgeon General der Vereinigten Staaten zu werden
  
  
  • Gilmary M. Hostage III (BSE 1977), Vier-Sterne-General der US-Luftwaffe, der derzeit als Generalsekretär dient der Kommandant des Air Combat Command
  
  
  • Vergel L. Lattimore, Brigadegeneral der Air National Guard
  
  
  • Ng Jui Ping ( MA, Geschichte), Generalleutnant im Ruhestand; ehemaliger Chef der Defence Force (1992-1995) in den Streitkräften von Singapur ^[19]
  
  
  • Eric Schoomaker (Wohnsitz und Stipendium), Surgeon General der United States Army
  
  
  • Eric Shinseki (AM 1976) ), pensionierter Vier-Sterne-General, der 7. United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs; ehemaliger 34. Stabschef der Armee
  
  
  • Michael J. Silah (AB 1992), Konteradmiral des beauftragten Offiziers der National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, Direktor des NOAA-Beauftragten Corps und Direktor des NOAA-Büros für See- und Luftfahrtoperationen
  
  
  • Kevin R. Slates, pensionierter Konteradmiral in der United States Navy
  
  
  • Andrew G. McCabe (AB 1990), stellvertretender Direktor des Federal Bureau of Investigation

  Law [ edit [Bearbeiten]]

  
  

  Richter [ edit ]

  
  

  • Scott Brister (AB), ehemalige Justiz, Texas Supreme Court
  
  
  • Patricia E. Campbell-Smith (BS 1987), ehemaliger Chef Richter, United States Court of Federal Claims unter Präsident Barack Obama
  
  
  • Robert L. Clifford (LL. B. 1950), ehemaliger Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von New Jersey
  
  
  • Ann Covington (AB 1963), ehemaliger Oberster Richter in Missouri Oberster Gerichtshof
  
  
  • Michael Dreeben (JD 1981), Stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt
  
  
  • Ally Sohn Duncan (J.D. 1975), Richter, Berufungsgericht der Vereinigten Staaten für den Vierten Stromkreis
  
  
  • Christine M. Durham (JD 1971), ehemaliger Oberrichter am Obersten Gerichtshof von Utah
  
  
  • Orinda Evans (AB 1965), Oberster Richter am United States District Court für den nördlichen Bezirk von Georgia
  
  
  • Richard Mark Gergel (AB 1975, JD 1979), Richter, United States District Court für den Bezirk South Carolina
  
  
  • Karen L. Henderson (AB 1966), Richter, United States Court of Georgia Berufungen für den District of Columbia Circuit
  
  
  • Todd M. Hughes (AM 1992, JD 1992), Richter am United States Court of Appeals für den Federal Circuit
  
  
  • Susan Illston (AB 1970), Oberster Richter am United States District Court für den nördlichen Bezirk von Kalifornien
  
  
  • Barbara Jackson (LL.M. 2014), Associate Justice, Oberster Gerichtshof von North Carolina
  
  
  • Jeffrey W. Johnson (BA 1982), Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal
  
  
  • Jane Kelly (AB 1987), Richter, United States Court of Appeals für das Achte Circu it
  
  
  • Timothy J. Kelly (A.B.), Richter, United States District Court für den District of Columbia
  
  
  • Denise Majette (J.D. 1979), ehemaliger Richter des Staates Georgia; ehemaliger Vertreter der Vereinigten Staaten von Georgia
  
  
  • Michael R. Morgan (1976), Associate Justice, Oberster Gerichtshof von North Carolina
  
  
  • David Nahmias (A. B. 1986), Associate Justice, Oberster Gerichtshof von Georgia; ehemaliger US-Anwalt für den nördlichen Distrikt von Georgia
  
  
  • Paul Martin Newby (AB 1977), Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von North Carolina
  
  
  • Susan Owens (AB 1971), Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von Washington
  
  
  • William H. Pauley III (AB 1974, JD 1977), Richter, United States District Court für den Südbezirk von New York
  
  
  • Cary Douglas Pugh (AB 1987), Richter, United States Tax Court
  
  
  • Robin L. Rosenberg (JD 1989) , Richter, United States District Court für den Südbezirk von Florida
  
  
  • Gary Stein (AB 1954, JD 1956), ehemaliger Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von New Jersey
  
  
  • Allison Jones Rushing (JD 2007), Kandidat für ein United States Circuit Richter des Berufungsgerichts der Vereinigten Staaten für den vierten Stromkreis
  
  
  • John J. Tharp, Jr. (AB 1982), Richter am United States District Court für den nördlichen Bezirk von Illinois
  
  
  • Michael B. Thornton (JD 1982), ehemaliger Oberster Richter, United States Tax Court
  
  
  • Patricia T immons-Goodson (LL.M. 2014), ehemaliges außergerichtliches Gericht, North Carolina Supreme Court
  
  
  • Gerald B. Tjoflat (LL.B. 1957), Oberster Richter am US-Berufungsgericht für den 11. Stromkreis
  
  
  • John M. Tyson (MBA 1988), Richter am Berufungsgericht von North Carolina
  
  
  • Peter Verniero (JD 1984), Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof von New Jersey; ehemaliger Generalstaatsanwalt von New Jersey
  
  
  • Charles K. Wiggins (JD 1976), Justiz, Oberster Gerichtshof von Washington
  
  
  • Don Willett (AM 1992, JD 1992), Richter, US-Berufungsgericht für den 5. Circuit

  Rechtsanwälte [ edit ]

  
  

  • Ward Armstrong (BA 1977), Rechtsanwalt und Politiker
  
  
  • Charlie Condon (JD 1978), ehemaliger Generalstaatsanwalt von South Carolina
  
  
  • Jack Conway (AB 1991) , Attorney General of Kentucky
  
  
  • Marc Elias (JD 1993, MA 1993), Partner bei Perkins Coie LLP, General Counsel für Hillary Clintons Präsidentschaftskampagne 2016 und für John Kerrys Präsidentschaftskampagne 2004
  
  
  • Jeffrey L. Fisher (AB 1992) , Professor an der Stanford Law School
  
  
  • John Harmon (JD 1969), ehemaliger stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt der Vereinigten Staaten für das Büro des Rechtsanwalts
  
  
  • Stanley Hilton (JD 1975), Rechtsanwalt und Aktivist
  
  
  • Larry Klayman (AB 1973) , Anwalt für öffentliches Interesse ^[20]
  
  
  • Jeffrey Lichtman (J.D. 1990), Verteidiger von John Gotti, Fat Joe und The Game
  
  
  • Dan McCarthy (J.D. 1983), Oberstaatsanwalt des Corps des Generalstaatsanwalts der United States Navy
  
  
  • C. Allen Parker, Vorsitzender von Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  
  
  • Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke (AB 1967), Professorin für Rechtswissenschaften an der University of District of Columbia, einer der ersten fünf afroamerikanischen Studenten, die 1963 bei Duke zugelassen wurden [19659014RussellMRobinsonII(LLB1956)GründungspartnervonRobinsonBradshaw&HinsonPA
  
  
  • Eric Rothschild (AB 1989), leitender Rechtsanwalt für Kitzmiller gegen Dover Area School District
  
  
  • Rodney A Smolla (JD 1978), Autor; erste Änderung Gelehrter; 11. Präsident der Furman University
  
  
  • Ellen Stiefler (AB 1980), Anwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz
  
  
  • Zephyr Teachout (AM 1999, JD 1999), außerordentlicher Professor für Rechtswissenschaften an der Fordham University, Kandidat für die Nominierung der Demokratischen Partei für den Gouverneur von New York

  Öffentliche Politik [ edit ]

  
  

  • John H. Adams (JD 1962), Mitbegründer des Natural Resources Defense Council
  
  
  • Maya Ajmera (MPP 1993), Gründer und Präsident des Globalen Fonds für Kinder
  
  
  • Barbara Arnwine (JD 1976), von 1989 bis 2015 geschäftsführende Direktorin des Anwaltsausschusses für bürgerliche Rechte
  
  
  • William Barber II. (M.Div. 1989), Mitglied der Nationales Verwaltungsrat der NAACP
  
  
  • Mary Duke Biddle (AB 1907), Tochter von Benjamin Newton Duke und Sarah Pearson Angier Duke, Gründer der Mary Duke Biddle-Stiftung
  
  
  • Lisa Borders (AB 1979), Vorsitzende von The Coca-Cola Stiftung; Vizepräsident von Global Community Affairs bei The Coca-Cola Company
  
  
  • Charlotte Bunch (AB 1966), Autorin und Menschenrechtsaktivistin
  
  
  • Susan Bysiewicz (JD 1986), Staatssekretärin des Staates Connecticut, 1999-2011
  
  
  • Benjamin Chavis, Jr. (MDiv 1980), Bürgerrechtler, Exekutivdirektor der NAACP
  
  
  • Eugene A. Conti, Jr. (MA Public Policy, Ph.D. Anthropology 1978), Asst. US-Außenminister, Verkehrsminister, NCDOT
  
  
  • Peter Cook (AB 1989), Presssekretär des Pentagon für Verteidigungsminister Ash Carter
  
  
  • Pete Crossland (Ph.D. 1966), ehemaliges Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von Ohio
  
  
  • Chris Daly, ehemaliges Mitglied des San Francisco Board of Supervisors
  
  
  • Marjorie Dannenfelser (AB 1988), Präsidentin der Susan B. Anthony List, einer Organisation, die sich für das Leben in der Politik einsetzen will
  
  
  • Chris Dorworth (MBA) 2006), Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses von Florida
  
  
  • Allan Fels (Ph.D.), Vorsitzender der australischen Wettbewerbs- und Verbraucherkommission
  
  
  • Nelson M. Ford (BA), ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Unterstaatssekretär der Armee [19659014] Andrew Giuliani (AB 2009), Öffentlicher Verbindungsassistent bei Präsident Donald Trump
  
  
  • Eric Greitens (AB 1996), ehemaliger Rhodes Scholar und Navy SEAL; CEO von The Mission fährt fort; Von der Zeitschrift Time im Jahr 2013
  
  
  • als einer der "100 einflussreichsten Menschen der Welt" bezeichnet. John Hanger (AB 1979), Umweltminister von Pennsylvania, Kandidat für den Gouverneur von Pennsylvania
  
  
  • Suhani Jalota (AB 2016), sozialer Aktivist
  
  
  • Deborah Lee James (AB), Präsident Obamas Kandidat für den US-amerikanischen Sekretär der Luftwaffe
  
  
  • Shavar Jeffries (AB 1996), Bürgerrechtsanwalt, Kandidat für den Bürgermeister von Newark, New Jersey [19659014] BJ Lawson (BSE 1996, MD 2000), republikanischer Politiker
  
  
  • Jerry Meek (AB 1993, JD 1997), Vorsitzender der Demokratischen Partei von North Carolina (19659014) Kimeli Wilson Naiyomah (MIDP), Kenianischer Autor
  
  
  • Neil Newhouse (19659014) AB 1974), republikanischer Meinungsforscher
  
  
  • Brendan Nyhan (Ph.D. 2009), Autor und politischer Kolumnist
  
  
  • Jesse Panuccio (AB 2003), Direktor der Abteilung für wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten in Florida
  
  
  • Muhammad Ali Pate (MBA 2006) ), ehemaliger Staatsminister für Gesundheit in Nigeria
  
  
  • Art Pope (JD 1981), Haushaltsdirektor des Gouverneurs von North Carolina, Pat McCrory
  
  
  • Robert Satloff (AB 1983), Exekutivdirektor des Washington Institute für Nahostpolitik [19659014MaryDukeBiddleTrentSemans(AB1939)Philanthrop
  
  
  • Claudia Scott (MA, promoviert 19971), Professor für öffentliche Politik
  
  
  • Eleanor Smeal (AB 1961, LL.D 1991), politischer Aktivist; Präsident der Feminist Majority Foundation; ehemaliger Präsident der Nationalen Organisation für Frauen
  
  
  • Margaret Taylor Smith (AB 1947), Vorsitzende des Kuratoriums der Kresge Foundation
  
  
  • Damon Wilson (AB 1995), Vizepräsident des Atlantic Council der Vereinigten Staaten, ehemals Leitender Direktor für europäische Angelegenheiten im Nationalen Sicherheitsrat
  
  
  • Howard Wolfson (MA 1991), Demokratischer politischer Stratege, stellvertretender Bürgermeister von New York City für Regierungsangelegenheiten

  Gouverneure [ edit ] 19659238] Bürgermeister [ edit ]

  
  

  • Ed Austin (AB 1948), Bürgermeister von Jacksonville (1991–1995)
  
  
  • Bill Campbell (JD 1977), Bürgermeister von Atlanta (1994–2002) )
  
  
  • J. Kane Ditto (AB), ehemaliger Bürgermeister von Jackson, Mississippi
  
  
  • Stan Lundine (AB 1961), ehemaliger Bürgermeister von Jameston, ehemaliger Kongressabgeordneter und Vizegouverneur von New York
  
  
  • Enrique Peñalosa (AB 1978), Bürgermeister von Bogotá, Kolumbien (1998–2000, 2016 – heute)
  
  
  • Steve Schewel (AB 1973, Ph.D. 1982), Bürgermeister von Durham, North Carolina (2017 – heute)
  
  
  • Nick Tennyson (AB 1972) Bürgermeister von Durham (1997) –2001)

  Staatsbeamte [ edit ]

  
  

  • Austin M. Allran (AB 1974), Mitglied der Generalversammlung von North Carolina
  
  
  • Daniel T. Blue, Jr. ( JD), ehemaliges Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von North Carolina, 1981–2002
  
  
  • Bob Blumenfield (BA 1989), derzeit Mitglied des Stadtrats von Los Angeles, ehemaliges Mitglied der California State Assembly, 2009-2013,
  
  
  • Samuel Bogley (AB ), ehemaliger Vizegouverneur von Maryland
  
  
  • F. Vernon Boozer (A. B 1958), ehemaliges Mitglied des Senats von Maryland, 1981-1999
  
  
  • Jason Carter (A. B. 1997), Kandidat der Demokratischen Partei für den Gouverneur von Georgia; Mitglied des Senats von Georgia State; Enkel von Präsident Jimmy Carter
  
  
  • Mike Connolly (B.A. 2003), Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von Massachusetts
  
  
  • Justin Fairfax (A.B. 2000), Vizegouverneur von Virginia
  
  
  • J.B. Fuqua (G. Hon 1973), Vorsitzender der Georgia Democratic Party
  
  
  • Raj Goyle (AB 1997), Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses von Kansas
  
  
  • Ember Reichgott Junge (JD 1977), ehemaliger Staatssenator aus Minnesota
  
  
  • Herb Kirsh, ehemaliges Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses von South Carolina
  
  
  • Bill Kramer (JD 1994), ehemaliger Mehrheitsführer der Wisconsin State Assembly
  
  
  • Evelyn Murphy (AB 1965, Ph.D. 1981), ehemaliger Vizegouverneur von Massachusetts
  
  
  • Robert Sheheen (AB 1965), ehemaliger Sprecher des Repräsentantenhauses von South Carolina
  
  
  • John H. Shields (AB), ehemaliges Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von Texas aus San Antonio
  
  
  • Lura S. Tally (AB 1942) ), Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von North Carolina, 1973–1983, und des US-Senats von North Carolina, 1983–1995
  
  
  • Mike Turzai (JD 1987), Kandidat für den Sprecher der Pennsylvania House Representatives, ehemaliger republikanischer Caucus-Anführer
  
  
  • Floyd McKissick, Jr. (JD 1983), Mitglied des Senats von North Carolina
  
  
  • Kelli Ward (B.S. 1991), ehemaliger Staatssenator aus Arizona
  
  
  • Scott Wiener (BA 1992), Mitglied des kalifornischen Senats

  Ausländische Beamte [ edit

  
  

  
  

  
  . edit ]

  
  

  • Paul Auerbach (BS 1973, MD 1977), Arzt; eine führende Stimme auf dem Gebiet der Wildnismedizin; Gründer und ehemaliger Präsident der Wilderness Medical Society
  
  
  • Hashim bin Al Hussein (X), Prinz von Jordanien
  
  
  • Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (BA 2005), 14. Kind von Scheich Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , der derzeitige Emir von Katar
  
  
  • Bernard Chan Pak-li (Ph.D. 2003), Ping Shek-Vertreter im Kwun Tong Distriktrat von Hongkong, 2007-2013
  
  
  • Kevin J. Martin (MPP 1993), Vorsitzender der Federal Communications Commission
  
  
  • Charlie Soong (X. 1881), Herzogs erster internationaler Student und Patriarch der Soong-Dynastie
  
  
  • Daniel Tarullo (MA 1974), Mitglied des Obersten Rates der Federal Reserve der Vereinigten Staaten [19659014] Paul Teller (BA 1993), Exekutivdirektor des Republikanischen Studienausschusses des US-Repräsentantenhauses ^{[21] [22]}
  
  
  • Frederic Whitehurst (Ph.D. 1980) ), ehemaliger Aufsichtsspezialist im FBI-Labor
  
  
  • Mike Woodard (AB 1981) , Durham, Mitglied des Stadtrates von North Carolina
  
  
  • Ken Harbaugh (B.S. 1996), Präsident des Teams Rubicon
  
  
  • Alexander Volzhin, russischer Schachgroßmeister

  Business [ edit ]

  
  

  • Jeff Williams (MBA 1991), COO von Apple
  
  
  • Rex Adams (AB 1962), Vorsitzender des Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), ehemaliger Vizepräsident der Mobil Corporation
  
  
  • Howard Lerman (AB 2002), Gründer und CEO von Yext
  
  
  • Chad Dickerson (AB 1993), CEO von Etsy
  
  
  • ] Aaron Patzer (BSE 2002), Gründer und CEO von Mint
  
  
  • Harsha V. Agadi (MBA 1987), Präsident und CEO von Church's Chicken
  
  
  • Shaikha Al-Bahar, CEO der Nationalbank von Kuwait; von 85 Forbes [85] zur mächtigsten Frau der Welt ernannt
  
  
  • Kip Allen Frey (JD 1985), Risikokapitalgeber
  
  
  • John A. Allison IV. (MBA 1974), Vorsitzender (und ehemaliger CEO), BB & T
  
  
  • John Angelos, stellvertretender Vizepräsident von Baltimore Orioles
  
  
  • Donna Arduin (AB 1985), Gründer von Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics
  
  
  • Carter Beard (MBA 1996), CEO von Annin & Co.
  
  
  • Steven Black (AB 1974), stellvertretender Vorsitzender von JP Morgan Chase & Co.
  
  
  • Roy J. Bostock (AB 1962), ehemaliger Vorsitzender der B | Com3 Group, Inc .; im Verwaltungsrat von Morgan Stanley, Yahoo und Northwest Airlines; Namensgeber der Bostock Library
  
  
  • Wallace E. Boston, Jr. (AB 1974), Präsident und Chief Executive Officer des American Public University Systems
  
  
  • Jack O. Bovender, Jr. (AB 1967, MHA 1969), Vorsitzender und CEO von HCA
  
  
  • Jonathan Browning (MBA), Vorstandsvorsitzender der Volkswagen Group of America
  
  
  • Lewis B. Campbell (BSE 1968), Vorstandsvorsitzender von Textron
  
  
  • John Canning, Jr., Gründer der Beteiligungsgesellschaft Madison Dearborn Partners; Mitinhaber der Milwaukee Brewers
  
  
  • John Chambers (1967-1968; X. 1968), CEO von Cisco Systems
  
  
  • Mickey Conlon (AB, 1998), renommierter Immobilienmakler und Star der Reality-Fernsehserie Selling von HGTV New York
  
  
  • Timothy D. Cook (MBA 1988), CEO of Apple Inc.
  
  
  • Eddy Cue (BS), Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services
  
  
  • Tom Davin (BA 1979), former COO of Taco Bell Corporation and CEO of Panda Restaurant Group
  
  
  • Grant DePorter (MBA), restaurateur
  
  
  • Gary Dickinson (BS 1960), automotive industry executive
  
  
  • Fred Ehrsam (BS 2010), co-founder of Coinbase
  
  
  • Clay Felker (AB 1951), Founding Editor of New York Magazine
  
  
  • Michael J. Fitzpatrick, chairman and CEO, E-TEK Dynamics; namesake of Duke's Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences
  
  
  • Jeffrey Fox (B.S. 1984), president and CEO of Convergys
  
  
  • J. B. Fuqua (G.Hon 1973), chairman of the board of The Fuqua Companies, founder of the J.B. Fuqua Foundation, namesake of Duke's Fuqua School of Business
  
  
  • Melinda Gates (A.B. 1986, M.B.A. 1987), co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; wife of Bill Gates
  
  
  • Andrew K. Golden (A.B. 1981), president of the Princeton University Investment Company, which manages the university's financial endowment
  
  
  • David R. Goode (A.B. 1962), chairman, president, and CEO of Norfolk Southern
  
  
  • William H. Gross (B.S. 1966), founder and chief investment officer, PIMCO, the world's largest bond fund
  
  
  • Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (A.B. 1991), British viscount; chairman of the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail; one of the wealthiest men in Britain
  
  
  • Gerald Hassell (B.A. 1973), chairman and CEO, Bank of New York Mellon
  
  
  • William A. Hawkins (B.S. 1976), CEO of Medtronic
  
  
  • Sally Hogshead (B.A. 1991), CEO of Fascinate, Inc.
  
  
  • Betsy Holden (A.B.), CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001–2003
  
  
  • Amy Hood (A.B. 1994), first female CFO of Microsoft
  
  
  • Lisa Hook (B.A.), president and CEO of NeuStar
  
  
  • John Idzik, Jr. (A.M. 1993), consultant for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL; former general manager of the NFL's New York Jets^[23]
  
  
  • David B. Ingram (A.B. 1985), chairman of Ingram Entertainment
  
  
  • W. Bruce Johnson (B.A., J.D., M.B.A.), interim chief executive officer and president, Sears Holdings Corporation
  
  
  • William D. Johnson (B.A.), chairman, president and CEO of Progress Energy
  
  
  • Tom Kain (A.B. 1986), Nike's director of Global Marketing (Soccer)
  
  
  • Bruce Karsh (A.B 1977), co-founder and president of Oaktree Capital Management
  
  
  • Lesa Kennedy (B.A. 1983), CEO of International Speedway Corporation; member of the board of directors of NASCAR
  
  
  • John A. Koskinen (A.B. 1961), president of US Soccer Foundation, former deputy director, Office of Management and Budget
  
  
  • Michael Lamach (M.B.A.), CEO and Chairman of Ingersoll Rand
  
  
  • David Lauren (B.A.), senior vice president at Polo Ralph Lauren
  
  
  • Dylan Lauren (A.B. 1996), president and founder of Dylan's Candy Bar
  
  
  • Dan Levitan (1979), co-founder and managing partner, Maveron
  
  
  • Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (A.B., J.D.), French billionaire businessman
  
  
  • Gary Lynch (J.D. 1975), former chief legal officer and vice chairman of Morgan Stanley
  
  
  • John J. Mack (A.B. 1968), CEO of Morgan Stanley; former CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston
  
  
  • Aslaug Magnusdottir (LL.M. 1998), co-founder and former CEO of Moda Operandi
  
  
  • Steven Marks (A.B. 1989, J.D. 1992), general counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America
  
  
  • Christopher Martenson (Ph.D. 1994), biochemist, former vice president of Pfizer
  
  
  • Aubrey McClendon (A.B. 1981), CEO, chairman, and co-founder of Chesapeake Energy
  
  
  • Bart McDade (A.B. 1981), former president and COO of Lehman Brothers, tasked with saving the firm towards the end of its existence
  
  
  • Hardy McLain (born 1952), hedge fund manager, managing partner CVC Capital Partners
  
  
  • Joey McMahon (A.B. 2009, M.B.A. 2013), founder and CEO of The Monday Life
  
  
  • Lalit Modi (A.B. 1986), Modi Enterprises Scion, chairman and founder of Indian Premier League
  
  
  • Carter Murray (A.B. 1997), CEO of DraftFCB
  
  
  • Raymond Nasher (1943), real estate developer, philanthropist, namesake of Duke's Nasher Museum of Art[19659014]Peter Nicholas (A.B. 1964), founder and chairman of Boston Scientific Corporation
  
  
  • Edward Nixon (B.S. 1952), entrepreneur and last surviving brother of former US President Richard Nixon
  
  
  • Stephen Pagliuca (1977), part owner of the Boston Celtics, managing director of Bain Capital
  
  
  • Robert A. Pascal (A.B. 1957), entrepreneur and politician
  
  
  • J. Michael Pearson (B.S. 1981), chairman and CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals
  
  
  • Gopa Periyadan (M.B.A. 2012), entrepreneur
  
  
  • Poman Lo (A.B. 1999), founder of Bodhi and Friends
  
  
  • Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. (B.S.E. 1947), former CEO of Pfizer, philanthropist, namesake of Duke's Edmund T. Pratt School of Engineering
  
  
  • Robert M. Price (B.S. 1952), CEO of the Control Data Corporation
  
  
  • J.B. Pritzker (A.B.), managing partner and co-founder of The Pritzker Group, principal owner of Hyatt Hotels Corporation and TransUnion Corporation, one of the 400 richest Americans
  
  
  • Joanna Rees (B.S.), venture capitalist
  
  
  • Jeffrey Reich (A.B. 1979), former senior managing director of Bear Stearns
  
  
  • Mark Reuss (M.B.A. 1990), head of global product development at General Motors; former president of GM North America
  
  
  • Allard Roen, businessman from Las Vegas, Nevada, and Carlsbad, California
  
  
  • Andrew Rosen (A.B. 1982), chairman and CEO of Kaplan, Inc.
  
  
  • Drew Rosenhaus (J.D. 1990), NFL sports agent
  
  
  • David M. Rubenstein (A.B. 1970), billionaire co-founder of The Carlyle Group
  
  
  • Liu Ruopeng (Ph.D. 2009), billionaire co-founder of Kuang-Chi Group
  
  
  • Georg Schaeffler (J.D. 1999), owner of the Schaeffler Group; currently the wealthiest person in Germany
  
  
  • Alan Schwartz (A.B. 1972), CEO, Bear Stearns
  
  
  • Granville Semmes, founder of 1-800-Flowers^[24]
  
  
  • Malvinder Mohan Singh (M.B.A. 1998), former chairman and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories; chairman of Fortis Hospitals and Religare Financial Services; one of the twenty richest Indians in the world
  
  
  • Shivinder Mohan Singh (M.B.A. 2000), managing director of Fortis Healthcare; Advisory Board Member of AIESEC India; one of the twenty richest Indians in the world
  
  
  • David B. Snow Jr. (M.S. 1978), chairman and CEO of Medco Health Solutions, a Fortune 100 company
  
  
  • Jimmy Soni (A.B. 2007), managing editor of the Huffington Post
  
  
  • Robert K. Steel (A.B. 1973), chairman of the Duke University Board of Trustees, president and CEO, Wachovia
  
  
  • Joseph R. Swedish (M.H.A. 1979), CEO of WellPoint Inc., the second-largest health insurance provider in the US
  
  
  • David S. Taylor (B.S.E 1980), president and CEO at Procter & Gamble
  
  
  • Christian Van Thillo (M.B.A. 1989), CEO of De Persgroep
  
  
  • Bill Timmerman (1968), chairman, president, and CEO of SCANA
  
  
  • Randall L. Tobias, former CEO of Eli Lilly and Company; served as U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator of USAID, with the rank of ambassador
  
  
  • David Trott (J.D. 1985), businessman; Republican politician
  
  
  • James L. Vincent (B.S. 1961), chairman and CEO, Biogen Idec
  
  
  • Jeffrey Vinik (B.S. 1981), chairman, president, and CEO of Vinik Asset Management, owner of Tampa Bay Lightning
  
  
  • Karl von der Heyden (1962), vice chairman and CFO, Pepsico, Inc., namesake of the von der Heyden pavilion at Duke
  
  
  • G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. (A.B. 1975), president and CEO, General Motors Corporation
  
  
  • Gary L. Wilson (A.B. 1962), director of The Walt Disney Company; co-chairman of Northwest Airlines; namesake of Wilson Rec Center at Duke
  
  
  • Charles Xiaolin Wang (J.D. 1999), Chinese lawyer, entrepreneur and financier
  
  
  • Thomas S. White, Jr. (1965), asset manager
  
  
  • William Wrigley, Jr. (B.A.), chairman, president, CEO Wrigley Company
  
  
  • Gao Xiqing (J.D. 1986), general manager and chief investment officer of the China Investment Corporation

  Education[edit]

  
  

  University presidents and administrators[edit]

  
  

  • Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College
  
  
  • John Chandler (B.D. 1952, Ph.D. 1954), former president of Williams College
  
  
  • Margaret Cuninggim, dean of women at the University of Tennessee and at Vanderbilt University
  
  
  • Charles L. Flynn, Jr. (Ph.D.), president of the College of Mount Saint Vincent
  
  
  • W. Kent Fuchs (B.S.E. 1977), president of the University of Florida, former provost of Cornell University
  
  
  • Pamela Gann (J.D. 1973), president of Claremont McKenna College and former dean of Duke University School of Law
  
  
  • Geoffrey Garrett (Ph.D.), political scientist, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania^[25]
  
  
  • Susan Henking (B.A. 1977), president of Shimer College; scholar of religious studies
  
  
  • Susan Herbst (B.A. 1984), president of University of Connecticut; political scientist
  
  
  • Matthew S. Holland (M.A., Ph.D.), president of Utah Valley University
  
  
  • A. D. Kirwan (Ph.D., 1947), seventh president of the University of Kentucky
  
  
  • Benjamin Ladner (Ph.D. 1970), former president of American University
  
  
  • Theodore E. Long (A.M 1968), president of Elizabethtown College
  
  
  • Mirta Martin (B.S. 1982), ninth president of Fort Hays State University
  
  
  • Lloyd B. Minor (residency), scientist, surgeon, and dean of Stanford University School of Medicine
  
  
  • Roy Kinneer Patteson, Jr. (Th.M. 1964, Ph.D. 1967), ancient language scholar; authority on the origin of the alphabet; former president of Southern Virginia University and King College
  
  
  • David P. Roselle (Ph.D. 1965), president, University of Delaware
  
  
  • David E. Sweet (Ph.D., 1968), founding president of Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College
  
  
  • Jill Tiefenthaler (A.M., Ph.D.), president of Colorado College; former provost of Wake Forest University
  
  
  • Theodore Ziolkowski (A.B. 1951), former dean of the graduate school, Princeton University
  
  
  • Jeffrey Vitter (M.B.A. 2002), 17th chancellor of the University of Mississippi

  Professors and academics[edit]

  
  

  • Arun Agrawal (M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1992), professor at the University of Michigan
  
  
  • Dan Ariely (Ph.D. 1998), professor of behavioral economics at Duke and head of the eRationality research group at the MIT Media Lab, author of Predictably Irrational
  
  
  • Susan Athey (A.B. 1991), professor of economics at Harvard University and winner of the John Bates Clark Medal
  
  
  • Roy Baumeister (M.A. 1976), psychologist, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Ph.D. 2002), Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School
  
  
  • Bill Brown (A.B.), distinguished professor of English at the University of Chicago
  
  
  • Robin M. Canup (B.S.), astrophysicist; member of the National Academy of Sciences; recipient of the Harold C. Urey Prize
  
  
  • Barry F. Cooper (Ph.D. 1969), Canadian political scientist
  
  
  • Thomas Daniel (Ph.D.), biologist, won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1996
  
  
  • Jon Danielsson (Ph.D. 1991), Director of the Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science
  
  
  • Sara Danius (Ph.D. 1997), Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, a Royal Academy which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature
  
  
  • Kenneth A. Dodge (Ph.D. 1978), William McDougall Professor of Public Policy and professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University
  
  
  • David L. Downie (A.B. 1983), author, professor of politics and environment policy at Fairfield University
  
  
  • David Efird (A.B. 1995), philosopher and lecturer at the University of York
  
  
  • Garrett Epps (J.D. 1991), legal scholar, professor at the University of Baltimore
  
  
  • Thomas Eugene Flanagan (Ph.D.), conservative Canadian political scientist
  
  
  • R. Edward Freeman (A.B. 1973), philosopher and professor of business administration, known for the stakeholder theory
  
  
  • Ken Gergen (Ph.D. 1962), psychologist and professor at Swarthmore College
  
  
  • John Graham (Ph.D. 1994), economist
  
  
  • Huck Gutman, Ph.D. from Duke; professor of English at the University of Vermont and political advisor to Bernie Sanders
  
  
  • Craig Hanks, Ph.D. from Duke; professor of philosophy at Texas State University
  
  
  • Dagmar Herzog (A.B., 1983), distinguished professor of history, the Graduate Center, City University of New York
  
  
  • Craig Henriquez (B.S.E., 1981, Ph.D., 1988), professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University
  
  
  • Douglas Hodgkin (Ph.D.), political scientist; Autor; professor at Bates College
  
  
  • D. Kern Holoman (B.A. 1969), Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis^[26]
  
  
  • Robert A. Jarrow (B.S. 1974), Ronald P. and Susan E. Lynch Professor of Investment Management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
  
  
  • Siddharth Kara (B.A.), expert on modern-day slavery and human trafficking
  
  
  • Kevin Lane Keller (Ph.D. 1986), E. B. Osborn Professor of Marketing at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
  
  
  • Anne R. Kenney (B.A. 1972), Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University Library
  
  
  • M. A. R. Koehl (Ph.D. 1976), professor at the University of California, Berkeley; member of the National Academy of Sciences; awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1990
  
  
  • Juanita M. Kreps (A.M. 1944, Ph.D. 1948), professor, economist, United States Secretary of Commerce
  
  
  • Josh Kun (B.A. 1993), professor of communication at the University of Southern California and MacArthur Fellow 2016
  
  
  • Bruce R. Kuniholm (M.A. 1972, M.A.P.P.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1976), professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy; expert on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
  
  
  • Luciano L'Abate (Ph.D. 1956), the father of relational theory; author of 50 books in the field of American psychology
  
  
  • Frank Lentricchia (Ph.D. 1960), literary critic; professor of literature at Duke University
  
  
  • Jerry B. Lincecum (Ph.D.), emeritus professor of English; Autor; affiliated with Austin College in Sherman, Texas^[27]
  
  
  • Jerome Loving (Ph.D.), professor of American literature and culture at the University of Texas at Austin^[28]
  
  
  • Marc Lynch (A.B.), professor of political science at George Washington University
  
  
  • Khaled Mattawa (Ph.D. 2009), Libyan poet, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2014
  
  
  • Raven I. McDavid, Jr., linguist, dialectologist
  
  
  • Lionel W. McKenzie (B.S. 1939), economist
  
  
  • Allan Meltzer (A.B. 1948, A.M. 1955), economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisors for Presidents Kennedy and Ronald Reagan
  
  
  • Jean-Paul C. Montagnier (Ph.D. 1994), musicologist
  
  
  • Richard L. Morrill (Ph.D. 1968), chancellor of the University of Richmond
  
  
  • Robert L. Morris (Ph.D. 1969), psychologist, Koestler professor at the University of Edinburgh
  
  
  • Chip Mosher, education columnist, poet, teacher
  
  
  • Burl Noggle (B.A. 1950, M.A. 1 951, Ph.D. 1955), historian at Louisiana State University; wrote work on Teapot Dome scandal
  
  
  • W. Darrell Overdyke (Ph.D. 1941), historian at Centenary College of Louisiana
  
  
  • Noel Perrin (A.M., 1950), scholar, essayist, and critic; professor at Dartmouth College
  
  
  • Joseph Gaither Pratt (A.B. 1931, M.A. 1933, Ph.D. 1936), psychologist
  
  
  • Reynolds Price (A.B 1955), author and professor of literature at Duke
  
  
  • John A. Rich (M.D. 1984), chair of the department of health management and policy at Drexel University; 2006 MacArthur Fellowship
  
  
  • Haun Saussy (A.B., 1981), university professor of comparative literature at the University of Chicago
  
  
  • Shauna Shapiro, professor of psychology at Santa Clara University
  
  
  • Baba Shiv (Ph.D. 1996), professor of marketing at Stanford's Graduate School of Business
  
  
  • Glen Stassen (Ph.D.), ethicist; Baptist theologian; son of former Minnesota governor and nine-time Presidential candidate Harold Stassen
  
  
  • Robert Tally (A.B. 1990, J.D. 2001), professor of English at Texas State University
  
  
  • John E. Thomas (Ph.D. 1959), medical ethicist
  
  
  • J. Anderson Thomson (A.B. 1970), trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
  
  
  • Robert M. Townsend (A.B. 1970), professor of economics at MIT and two-time winner of the Frisch Medal (1998, 2012)
  
  
  • Peter Turchin (Ph.D. 1985), Russian-American scientist, specializing in population biology and "cliodynamics"
  
  
  • Betty Miller Unterberger (Ph.D. 1950), historian
  
  
  • Sam Wang (Post Doc), neuroscientist, professor and best-selling author
  
  
  • Daniel T. Willingham (A.B. 1983), professor of psychology at the University of Virginia
  
  
  • Nikolai Khokhlov (Ph.D.), professor of psychology at California State University, San Bernardino, former KGB officer
  
  
  • William Kaelin, Jr. (A.B. 1978, M.D. 1982), professor of medicine at Harvard University, recipient of the 2016 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

  Medicine, science and technology[edit]

  
  

  • David H. Adams, heart valve surgery and mitral valve repair
  
  
  • Raymond Delacy Adams (M.D. 1936), professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School; chief of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Nita Ahuja (M.D. 1993), Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine
  
  
  • Waleed Al-Salam (Ph.D. 1958), mathematician
  
  
  • Eben Alexander (M.D. 1980), neurosurgeon and best-selling author
  
  
  • Lenox Baker (M.D. 1973), physician, public servant
  
  
  • Lt. Andy Baldwin, The Bachelorlieutenant, and doctor
  
  
  • Ketan Ramanlal Bulsara (M.D. 1996), chief of neurosurgery at the University of Connecticut
  
  
  • Ian Barbour (M.S. 1946), physicist, theologian, and recipient of the Templeton Prize in 1999
  
  
  • Charles E. Brady, Jr. (M.D. 1975), astronaut
  
  
  • John C. Browne (Ph.D.), former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
  
  
  • Jerome Bruner (A.B. 1937), psychologist and professor
  
  
  • David R. Bryant (Ph.D. 1961), organic chemist
  
  
  • John Buse (Ph.D. 1985, M.D. 1986), former president of the American Diabetes Association
  
  
  • C. Thomas Caskey (M.D. 1963), medical geneticist and biomedical entrepreneur
  
  
  • Iain Cheeseman (B.S. 1997), assistant professor at MIT
  
  
  • George M. Church (B.S. 1974), father of most current sequencing and array technologies; helped initiate the Human Genome Project; professor at Harvard Medical School
  
  
  • Daniel J. Clancy (A.B. 1985), computer scientist, engineering director for Google Book Search
  
  
  • Marcus Conant (B.S. 1957, M.D. 1961), dermatologist and AIDS researcher
  
  
  • Richard Cytowic (B.A. 1973), neuroscientist and leading authority on the field of synesthesia
  
  
  • Rose May Davis (Ph.D. 1929), chemist; first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. at Duke
  
  
  • William DeVries (GME 1971–1979), pioneer of artificial organs
  
  
  • Patrick Emmet Duffy (M.D. 1986), malaria researcher
  
  
  • Scott Dulchavsky (surgical fellowship), chairman of surgery and surgeon-in-chief at the Henry Ford Hospital
  
  
  • Sylvia Earle (Ph.D., 1966), marine biologist; Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  
  
  • Jim Ellis, co-creator of Usenet with Tom Truscott
  
  
  • Robert Everett (B.S. 1942), National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureate (1989)
  
  
  • Paul Farmer (B.S. 1982), infectious disease specialist; winner of MacArthur Award; subject of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tracy Kidder's biography Mountains Beyond Mountains
  
  
  • Robert Fischell (B.S. 1951), physicist, inventor, holder of more than 200 U.S. and foreign medical patents, National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureate in 2015^[29]
  
  
  • C. Stephen Foster (B.S. 1965), ophthalmologist, developed the "step ladder approach to care" for treating patients with ocular inflammatory disease
  
  
  • Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. (M.D. 1958), cancer researcher; member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Association of American Physicians
  
  
  • Irwin Fridovich (Ph.D. 1955), biochemist, member of the National Academy of Science
  
  
  • Craig Gentry (B.S. 1995), computer scientist, MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the ACM's Grace Murray Hopper Award
  
  
  • Ken Gergen (Ph.D. 1962), psychologist and professor at Swarthmore College
  
  
  • Myron L. Good (Ph.D. 1951), particle physicist
  
  
  • Antonella Grassi (Ph.D. 1990), mathematician; fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  
  
  • Eugene Gu (M.D. 2015), president and CEO of the Ganogen Research Institute
  
  
  • Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise group at Microsoft
  
  
  • Robert S. Haltiwanger (B.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1986), chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at SUNY Stony Brook
  
  
  • Mark S. Humayun (M.D. 1989), recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2015), member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering
  
  
  • George A. Keyworth, II (Ph.D. 1968), physicist; presidential science advisor; former board member of Hewlett Packard
  
  
  • Anita Layton (B.S. 1994), Robert R. & Katherine B. Penn Professor of Mathematics at Duke University
  
  
  • Sarah Lisanby (B.S. 1987, M.D. 1991), psychiatrist; director of translational research at The National Institute of Mental Health
  
  
  • Derek Lowe (Ph.D. 1988), medicinal chemist
  
  
  • John M. MacDougal (Ph.D. 1984), botanist
  
  
  • Robert Malkin (Ph.D. 1993), biomedical engineer; fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  
  
  • Peter V. E. McClintock (Post-Doc. 1968), physicist
  
  
  • Joe M. McCord (Ph.D. 1970), biochemist; discovered the enzyme superoxide dismutase
  
  
  • Frank B. McDonald (B.S. 1948), astrophysicist; former chief scientist of NASA; member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Delano Meriwether (M.D. 1967), physician, head of the United States Government 1976 swine flu immunization program
  
  
  • Tony Mills (A.B. 1982, M.D. 1986), physician specializing in the treatment of HIV and AIDS
  
  
  • Radhe Mohan (Ph.D. 1969), medical physicist and radiation treatment safety pioneer
  
  
  • Harold A. Mooney (Ph.D. 1960), former president of the Ecological Society of America; member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Robert Morris (Ph.D. 1969), psychologist, Koestler professor at the University of Edinburgh
  
  
  • Terry Myerson (B.S. 1992), head of Microsoft's operating systems engineering group
  
  
  • Bert W. O'Malley (residency), distinguished professor of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine; recipient of the National Medal of Science
  
  
  • Dana S. Nau (Ph.D. 1979), professor of computer science at the University of Maryland; fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
  
  
  • George B. Pegram (B.A. 1895), conducted pioneering research on the behavior of neutrons and played a key role in the administration of the Manhattan Project
  
  
  • Sheldon Pinnell (A.B.), dermatologist; lead scientist of SkinCeuticals
  
  
  • Walter Rudin (A.B. 1947, Ph.D. 1949), mathematician, recipient of the Leroy P. Steele Prize awarded by the American Mathematical Society
  
  
  • Michael Ryschkewitsch (Ph.D. 1978), NASA Chief Engineer
  
  
  • Alan R. Saltiel (A.B. 1975), director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan
  
  
  • Sir John Skehel (Post-Doc 1968–1971), British virologist
  
  
  • Dylan Smith, co-founder and chief financial officer of Box
  
  
  • William Kennedy Smith, founder of Physicians Against Land Mines
  
  
  • Michael Tomasello (B.A. 1972), director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Professor at Duke University; member of the National Academy of Science
  
  
  • Joseph Travis (Ph.D. 1980), biologist; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; former president of the American Society of Naturalists
  
  
  • Tom Truscott, co-creator of Usenet with Jim Ellis
  
  
  • Luis von Ahn, inventor of CAPCHA and the Google image labeler; awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006
  
  
  • Olaf von Ramm (Ph.D. 1973), first patent on a 3-D ultrasound, later developed the first electronically steered matrix-array 3-D ultrasound imager
  
  
  • Ge Wang, creator of the ChucK programming language
  
  
  • Lewis W. Wannamaker (M.D. 1946), biochemist; recipient of the Robert Koch Prize; member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • R. Sanders Williams (M.D. 1974), president of Gladstone Institutes; professor of medicine at UCSF
  
  
  • Blake S. Wilson (B.S.E.E 1974), co-developer of the cochlear implant; recipient of the 2013 Lasker Award for clinical research
  
  
  • Melanie Wood (B.S. 2003), mathematician
  
  
  • Ricardo J. Komotar (B.S. 1999), academic neurosurgeon
  
  
  • John H. Gibbons (Ph.D. 1954), American scientist, nuclear physicist, and internationally recognized expert in technologies for energy efficiency and energy resource conservation
  
  
  • Louis Pillemer, (B.S. 1932), immunologist; discoverer of properdin
  
  
  • John H. Sampson (Ph.D. 1996, M.B.A. 2011), world-renowned neurosurgeon
  
  
  • David Tab Rasmussen (Ph.D. 1986), paleontologist
  
  
  • Brittany Wenger (B.S. 2017), winner of the Google Science Fair in 2012
  
  
  • Anne D. Yoder (Ph.D. 1992), Braxton Craven Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Duke University

  Literature[edit]

  
  

  • Arthur Talmage Abernethy (A.M. 1891, Trinity College), journalist, theologian, minister, first North Carolina Poet Laureate
  
  
  • Dorsey Armstrong (Ph.D. 1998), editor-in-chief of Arthuriana
  
  
  • Douglas Brunt (A.B. 1993), novelist and entrepreneur
  
  
  • John W. Campbell (B.S. 1932), science fiction writer, described as "the most powerful force in science fiction" by Isaac Asimov
  
  
  • Fred Chappell (A.B. 1961, A.M. 1964), North Carolina Poet Laureate, novelist
  
  
  • Lucy Corin (A.B. 1992), novelist and short story writer; awarded Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
  
  
  • Guy Davenport (B.A. 1948), author, Thasos and OhioNational Review contributor
  
  
  • G. William Domhoff (A.B. 1958), author of the controversial bestseller Who Rules America?
  
  
  • David Drake (J.D. 1972), author of science fiction and fantasy literature
  
  
  • Lee McGeorge Durrell (Ph.D. 1979), author, television presenter, zookeeper
  
  
  • Elizabeth A. Fenn (A.B. 1981), American historian, recipient of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for History
  
  
  • Ben Fountain (J.D. 1983), award-winning author of fiction
  
  
  • Josephine Humphreys (A.B. 1967), novelist
  
  
  • Mac Hyman (A.B. 1947), author of No Time for Sergeants
  
  
  • Russell Kirk (A.M. 1941), author, The Conservative Mind
  
  
  • Nathaniel Lande (B.A. 1956), author, filmmaker, and former creative director of Time magazine
  
  
  • Peter Maas (A.B. 1949), author of novels The Valachi Papers and Serpicolater made into movies
  
  
  • Tucker Max (J.D. 2001), author of I Hope Th ey Serve Beer in Hell
  
  
  • Lydia Millet (M.E.M. 1996), author of novels Oh Pure and Radiant HeartEveryone's Pretty
  
  
  • Peggy Payne (1970), author, Sister India
  
  
  • Noel Perrin (A.M., 1950), scholar, essayist, critic, professor at Dartmouth College
  
  
  • Michael Peterson (A.B. 1965), author, politician, convicted of murdering his wife in 2003
  
  
  • Reynolds Price (A.B 1955), author; James B. Duke professor of literature at Duke
  
  
  • Lynn Veach Sadler, poet, author, and playwright
  
  
  • Haun Saussy (A.B., 1981), university professor of comparative literature at the University of Chicago; formerly at Stanford University, where he chaired the comparative literature department, and Yale University
  
  
  • William Seale (Ph.D. 1965), American historian and author
  
  
  • Frank G. Slaughter (B.A. 1926), novelist and physician
  
  
  • Margaret Taylor Smith (A.B. 1947), author, social activist, chair of Kresge Foundation
  
  
  • William C. Styron (A.B. 1947), author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice
  
  
  • Anne Tyler (A.B. 1961), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and writer of short stories
  
  
  • Haim Watzman (B.A. 1978), writer
  
  
  • Richard Zimler (A.B. 1977), novelist, author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams

  Fine arts[edit]

  
  

  • Michael Best (A.B. 1962), former principal artist of the Metropolitan Opera
  
  
  • Les Brown (A.B. 1936), musician, Les Brown & The Band of Renown; Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, 1999
  
  
  • Michael Ching (A.B. 1980), composer
  
  
  • Bill Cunliffe (A.B. 1978), Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, pianist^[30]
  
  
  • Mike Posner (B.S. 2010), musician
  
  
  • William Stone (B.A., 1966), operatic baritone
  
  
  • Oleg Timofeyev (Ph.D. 1999), musicologist

  Entertainment[edit]

  
  

  • Ian Abrams, co-creator of the CBS TV series Early EditionUndercover BluesRolling Thunder
  
  
  • Andy Baldwin (B.S. 1999), The Bachelorlieutenant, and doctor
  
  
  • Jayne Brook (1982), actress, Chicago Hope
  
  
  • Ryan Carnes (X. 2004), actor, Desperate HousewivesEating Out
  
  
  • Bailey Chase (B.A. 1995), actor, Longmire
  
  
  • Jack Coleman (A.B. 1980), actor, HeroesDynastyDays of Our Lives
  
  
  • Robert L. Cook (B.S. 1973), Academy Award-winning software-programmer whose computer-graphics program, RenderMan, is used in many contemporary films
  
  
  • Kara DioGuardi (A.B. 1993), songwriter for musicians including Carlos Santana, Kelly Clarkson and Britney Spears, American Idol judge
  
  
  • Lee McGeorge Durrell (Ph.D. 1979), author, television presenter, zookeeper
  
  
  • René Echevarria (A.B. 1984), producer, The 4400Dark AngelNow and Again; screenwriter, Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
  
  
  • Sean Flynn (X. 1963), actor and Vietnam War photojournalist
  
  
  • Annabeth Gish (A.B. 1992), actress, X-FilesThe West Wing
  
  
  • Kelly Goldsmith (A.B. 2001), actress, Survivor
  
  
  • Kevin Gray (A.B. 1980), Broadway actor, Phantom on Broadway after Michael Crawford
  
  
  • Emmett Grogan (attended), founder of the Diggers theatre
  
  
  • John Gromada (A.B. 1986), Broadway composer and sound designer
  
  
  • Jared Harris (B.F.A. 1984), Emmy-nominated actor, Mad MenThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  
  
  • David Hudgins, television writer, Friday Night Lights
  
  
  • Ken Jeong (B.S. 1990), comedian, physician, actor, CommunityKnocked UpRole Models,[1 9459007]The Hangover
  
  
  • Martin Kratt (B.S. 1989), creator and star of PBS's Zoboomafoo
  
  
  • Rossana Lacayo (B.S. 1979), Nicaraguan photographer and pioneer filmmaker
  
  
  • Alisa Lepselter (A.B. 1985), editor of director Woody Allen's films since 1999
  
  
  • Keith Lucas (attended law school), actor and comedian
  
  
  • Bascom Lamar Lunsford (J.D. 1913), folk musician
  
  
  • Tucker Max (J.D. 2001), author of the New York Times bestselling book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell; internet celebrity (TuckerMax.com)
  
  
  • Ben Mulroney (A.B. 1997), host of Canadian Idol and eTalk Daily; son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
  
  
  • Alexi Murdoch, singer-songwriter
  
  
  • Stephanie (B.S. 2009) and Matthew Patrick (B.S. 2009), hosts of the webseries Game Theory on YouTube
  
  
  • Ellary Porterfield (A.B. 2011), actress, The Prize Winner of Defiance, OhioSugarHidden Palms
  
  
  • Mike Posner (A.B. 2010), singer, songwriter, Cooler Than MePlease Don't Go
  
  
  • Charles Randolph-Wright, director, writer, and producer
  
  
  • Retta (B.S. 1992), stand-up comedian and actress, Parks and Recreation
  
  
  • Teddy Schwarzman (J.D. 2006), Academy Award-nominated film producer, The Imitation Game; former corporate lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  
  
  • Rebecca Sealfon (Ph.D. 2009), internet celebrity and winner of 1997 Scripps National Spelling Bee
  
  
  • David H. Steinberg (J.D. 1993), screenwriter and film director; wrote screenplays for American Pie 2SlackersNational Lampoon's Barely Legaland American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
  
  
  • Travis Lane Stork (B.S. 1994), reality star of ABC's Bachelor 8 and host of the Daytime Emmy Award winning daytime talk show, The Doctors (talk show)
  
  
  • Mike Stud (A.B. 2010), singer, songwriter, A Toast to Tommy (2011), Relief (2013), Closer (2014), These Days (2016)
  
  
  • Rita Volk (B.S. 2009), actress and model, known for her role as Amy Raudenfeld in the MTV hit romantic comedy series Faking It
  
  
  • Randall Wallace (A.B. 1971), Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Braveheart; also wrote screenplay for Pearl Harbor and wrote and directed The Man in the Iron Mask and We Were Soldiers
  
  
  • Patrick Williams (A.B. 1961), Academy Award-nominated composer for movies and TV; Emmy and Grammy winner
  
  
  • Robert Yeoman (A.B. 1973), Academy Award-nominated cinematographer, Bottle RocketRushmoreThe Royal TenenbaumsThe Life Aquatic With Steve ZissouThe Darjeeling Limitedand The Grand Budapest Hotel

  Journalism and media[edit]

  
  

  • Dan Abrams (A.B. 1988), chief legal correspondent for NBC News, host of Verdict with Dan Abrams, former general manager of MSNBC
  
  
  • Diana Butler Bass (Ph.D. 1991), columnist and author
  
  
  • J. Bowyer Bell (doctorate 1959), historian, artist and art critic
  
  
  • Dan Bernstein (A.B.), sports journalist, WSCR radio host^[31]
  
  
  • John Carreyrou (A.B. 1994), Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
  
  
  • Jessica Faye Carter (J.D. 2002, M.B.A. 2002), author, columnist, social media entrepreneur
  
  
  • Seth Davis (A.B. 1992), Sports Illustrated columnist and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports
  
  
  • Kathryn Deane (B.A. 1978), president of the Tobe Report, a fashion merchandising consulting company
  
  
  • Laila el-Haddad (A.B. 2000), Palestinian journalist
  
  
  • Alex Epstein (A.B.), writer, founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress
  
  
  • John Feinstein (A.B. 1977), sports journalist
  
  
  • Clay Felker (A.B. 1951), Founding Editor of New York Magazine
  
  
  • Sean Flynn (X. 1963), actor and Vietnam War photojournalist
  
  
  • Cornelia Grumman (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize–w inning journalist
  
  
  • Kerry Hannon (A.B. 1982), best-selling author
  
  
  • Michelle Charlesworth (A.B. 1992), WABC-TV anchor and reporter
  
  
  • Doug Harlan (M.A.), Texas political consultant, columnist, author, lawyer, educator, and public official^[32]
  
  
  • Melissa Harris-Perry (Ph.D. 1999), author, television host and political commentator
  
  
  • David Hartman (A.B. 1956), first host of Good Morning America on ABC
  
  
  • John Harwood (A.B. 1978), National Political Editor of The Wall Street Journalfrequent panelist on Washington Week
  
  
  • Mangesh Hattikudur (A.B. 2001), co-founder of mental floss with Will Pearson
  
  
  • Ben Jacobs (J.D.), political reporter for The Guardian
  
  
  • Louis Isaac Jaffe, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
  
  
  • Hugo Lindgren (A.B. 1990), editor of The New York Times Magazine
  
  
  • Mark Mazzetti (A.B. 1996), The New York Times national security correspondent and 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner
  
  
  • Scott McCartney (A.B. 1982), travel editor and journalist for The Wall Street Journalauthor
  
  
  • Sean McManus (A.B. 1977), president of CBS News and CBS Sports
  
  
  • Susannah Meadows (A.B. 1995), senior writer for Newsweek
  
  
  • Richard A. Oppel, Jr. (A.B. 1990), journalist, reported for The New York Times from Iraq, Israel and Washington, D.C.
  
  
  • Will Pearson (A.B. 2001), co-founder of mental floss with Mangesh Hattikudur
  
  
  • Windland Smith Rice (X. 1992), photographer, daughter of Frederick W. Smith, billionaire founder of FedEx
  
  
  • Charlie Rose (A.B. 1964, J.D. 1968), journalist, former CBS News anchor, 60 Minutes contributor
  
  
  • Jim Rosenfield (A.B. 1981), WCBS-TV anchor
  
  
  • Michael Ruhlman (A.B. 1985), nonfiction author
  
  
  • Monty Sarhan (J.D. 1999), publisher and CEO of national humor magazine Cracked
  
  
  • John Seigenthaler, Jr. (B.S. 197 8), Al Jazeera America news anchor, formerly at NBC News and MSNBC
  
  
  • Elizabeth Spiers (A.B. 1999), founding editor of Gawker.com
  
  
  • Susan Tifft (A.B. 1973), writer and editor for Time magazine; professor at Sanford School of Public Policy
  
  
  • Kelly Tilghman (A.B. 1991), broadcaster for The Golf Channel; the PGA Tour's first female lead golf announcer
  
  
  • Jim Toomey (B.S.E. 1983), syndicated cartoonist of Sherman's Lagoon
  
  
  • Judy Woodruff (A.B. 1968), NBC's White House correspondent and Washington correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer News Houranchor at CNN
  
  
  • JJ Ramberg (A.B. 1992), host of MSNBC's weekend business program Your Business
  
  
  • Barry Svrluga (A.B. 1993), national baseball writer for The Washington Post

  Athletics[edit]

  
  

  See also men's basketball players, women's basketball players, and football players.

  [edit]

  
  

  • Patrick Bailey, NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
  
  
  • Brian Baldinger (1982), former National Football League offensive lineman; commentator for Fox
  
  
  • Dave Brown (1991), ten seasons in the NFL with the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals
  
  
  • Charles Bowser (1982), NFL linebacker, 4th round draft pick
  
  
  • Wray Carlton (1965), American Football League all star, Buffalo Bills fullback and all-time leading rusher from the AFL years
  
  
  • Jeremy Cash (2016), NFL linebacker, All-American defensive back
  
  
  • Ross Cockrell (2014), NFL cornerback, New York Giants
  
  
  • Jamison Crowder (2014), NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins
  
  
  • Mike Curtis, NFL All Pro linebacker with the Baltimore Colts; Super Bowl V champion
  
  
  • Al DeRogatis (1948), Pro Bowl tackle for the New York Giants; later lead analyst for the NFL on NBC
  
  
  • Anthony Dilweg (1989), former NFL quarterback, enjoyed brief success with the Green Bay Packers
  
  
  • Dave Dunaway, NFL wide receiver
  
  
  • Ryan Fowler, NFL linebacker, New York Jets
  
  
  • Lennie Friedman NFL offensive lineman, 2nd round draft pick
  
  
  • Thomas Hennessy, NFL long snapper
  
  
  • Sonny Jurgensen, Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins
  
  
  • Kevin Lewis, NFL linebacker
  
  
  • Thaddeus Lewis (2012), NFL quarterback,
  
  
  • Patrick Mannelly, NFL long snapper
  
  
  • George McAfee, Hall of Fame halfback who played for the Chicago Bears
  
  
  • Max McCaffrey (2016), NFL wide receiver, San Francisco 49ers
  
  
  • Scottie Montgomery, Arena Football League wide receiver/defensive back
  
  
  • Ed Newman (1973), NFL offensive guard; 12 seasons with the Miami Dolphins; Super Bowl VIII champion
  
  
  • Ayanga Okpokowuruk, football player
  
  
  • Clarence "Ace" Parker, Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Yanks, and New York Yankees
  
  
  • Lucas Patrick (2016), American football, guard, Green Bay Packers
  
  
  • Tommy Prothro, former head coach of the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers
  
  
  • Tawambi Settles, player of gridiron football
  
  
  • Drew Strojny, NFL football offensive tackle
  
  
  • Laken Tomlinson, NFL offensive guard, San Francisco 49ers; 1st round draft pick

  Baseball[edit]

  
  

  • Wayne Ambler, professional baseball player
  
  
  • Bob Brower, Major League Baseball (MLB) player
  
  
  • Chris Capuano (2000), MLB player, Milwaukee Brewers
  
  
  • Claude Corbitt, MLB player
  
  
  • Lawrence "Crash" Davis, professional baseball player (see also Bull Durham)
  
  
  • Nate Freiman, MLB player, currently with the Oakland A's
  
  
  • Ryan Jackson, professional baseball player
  
  
  • Kenny Koplove, professional baseball player
  
  
  • Bill McCahan, MLB player
  
  
  • Dan Otero, MLB pitcher, Cleveland Indians
  
  
  • Quinton McCracken, MLB player, member of 2001 World Series Champion Arizona Diamondbacks
  
  
  • Scott Schoeneweis, MLB pitcher, member of the 2002 World Series Champion Anaheim Angels, currently with the Boston Redsox
  
  
  • Al Spangler, MLB player
  
  
  • Marcus Stroman (A.B. 2015), MLB starting pitcher, Toronto Blue Jays
  
  
  • Eric Tipton, MLB player[19659014]Mike Trombley, MLB pitcher
  
  
  • Hal Wagner, MLB player

  Basketball[edit]

  
  

  • Alaa Abdelnaby, former professional basketball player, college basketball analyst
  
  
  • Grayson Allen, No. 21 pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, professional basketball player, Utah Jazz
  
  
  • Tommy Amaker, Harvard University head basketball coach
  
  
  • Alison Bales, former professional player (WNBA)
  
  
  • Marvin Bagley, professional basketball player, No. 2 pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, NBA player for Sacramento Kings
  
  
  • Lexie Brown, WNBA player for the Connecticut Sun
  
  
  • Shane Battier, former professional basketball player
  
  
  • Alana Beard, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Jay Bilas (A.B. 1986, J.D. 1992), ESPN sports commentator
  
  
  • Carlos Boozer, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA
  
  
  • Elton Brand, professional basketball player, Atlanta Hawks in the NBA
  
  
  • Jeff Capel, men's basketball assistant coach, former head coach at the University of Oklahoma
  
  
  • Chris Collins, men's basketball associate head coach
  
  
  • Wendell Carter, No. 7 pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, NBA player for Chicago Bulls
  
  
  • Quinn Cook, NBA player, for Golden State Warriors
  
  
  • Johnny Dawkins, University of Central Florida head basketball coach, former Duke associate head basketball coach and former professional basketball player (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Luol Deng, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA
  
  
  • Charles "Lefty" Driesell, former college basketball coach (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State)
  
  
  • Chris Duhon, former professional basketball player; assistant coach for Marshall University
  
  
  • Trevon Duval, professional basketball player
  
  
  • Mike Dunleavy, Jr., professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls in the NBA
  
  
  • Daniel Ewing, professional basketball player, Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Premier League
  
  
  • Danny Ferry, former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager, former professional basketball player, member of 2003 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Pat Garrity (M.B.A. 2011), former professional basketball player and investment professional
  
  
  • Mike Gminski, ACC/ Raycom sports commentator (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Harry Giles, 20th pick of 2017 NBA Draft, NBA player for the Sacramento Kings
  
  
  • Dick Groat, former professional baseball and basketball player (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Lindsey Harding, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Rodney Hood, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
  
  
  • Art Heyman (1963), former p rofessional basketball player (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Grant Hill, former professional basketball player (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Nick Horvath, West Sydney Razorbacks professional baseball player
  
  
  • Bobby Hurley, former professional basketball player (jersey retired), head coach at Arizona State
  
  
  • Brandon Ingram, NBA player for Los Angeles Lakers, No. 2 pick in the 2016 NBA draft
  
  
  • Kyrie Irving, professional basketball player, Boston Celtics; No. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA draft; 2011–2012 NBA Rookie of the Year, 2016 NBA Champion^[33]
  
  
  • Amile Jefferson, NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves
  
  
  • Dahntay Jones, professional basketball player
  
  
  • Tyus Jones, NBA player for Minnesota Timberwolves
  
  
  • Frank Jackson, NBA player for New Orleans Pelicans
  
  
  • Billy King, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Nets
  
  
  • Christian Laettner, former professional basketball player (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Luke Kennard, NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
  
  
  • Corey Maggette, professional basketball player
  
  
  • Jeff Mullins, professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and head basketball coach at UNC Charlotte (jersey retired)
  
  
  • DeMarcus Nelson, professional basketball player, Panathinaikos in Greece
  
  
  • Jahlil Okafor, No. 3 of the 2015 NBA Draft, NBA player for Brooklyn Nets
  
  
  • Jabari Parker, professional basketball player, Milwaukee Bucks; No. 2 of the 2014 NBA Draft
  
  
  • Marshall Plumlee, NBA player for Milwaukee Bucks
  
  
  • Mason Plumlee, professional basketball player, Brooklyn Nets in the NBA
  
  
  • Miles Plumlee, professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns in the NBA
  
  
  • Shavlik Randolph, professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns in the NBA
  
  
  • J. J. Redick (A.B. 2006), NCAA's all-time leader in three-point field goals, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Clippers (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Austin Rivers, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA
  
  
  • Jon Scheyer, American-Israeli McDonald's All American, All-American basketball player for national champion 2009–10 Duke basketball team,^[34] current Duke men's basketball assistant coach
  
  
  • Adam Silver (1984), commissioner and chief operating officer of the NBA
  
  
  • Kyle Singler, NBA player for Oklahoma City Thunder
  
  
  • Nolan Smith (2011), 2010 national champion, current Duke men's basketball assistant coach
  
  
  • Quin Snyder, former University of Missouri head coach; former Austin Toros of the NBDL head coach; head coach of the Utah Jazz in the NBA
  
  
  • Jim Spanarkel, former professional basketball player, NBA and college basketball commentator
  
  
  • Gary Trent Jr., NBA player for the Portland Trailblazers
  
  
  • Jayson Tatum, NBA player for the Boston Celtics, #3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft
  
  
  • Lance Thomas (2010), 2010 national champion (captain); 10th on Duke's all-time list of offensive rebounds; professional basketball player, New York Knicks in the NBA
  
  
  • Michele Van Gorp, former professional basketball player (WNBA)
  
  
  • Abby Waner, former professional basketball player (WNBA)
  
  
  • Jason Williams, former professional basketball player (jersey retired), college basketball commentator and analyst for ESPN
  
  
  • Shelden Williams, Duke's all-time leader in rebounds and blocked shots, professional basketball player (jersey retired)
  
  
  • Justise Winslow, NBA player for Miami Heat
  
  
  • Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette men's basketball head coach

  Golf[edit]

  
  

  • Skip Alexander, professional golfer
  
  
  • Beth Bauer, professional golfer
  
  
  • Laetitia Beck, Israeli professional golfer
  
  
  • Amanda Blumenherst, professional golfer
  
  
  • Jenny Chuasiriporn, professional golfer
  
  
  • Liz Janangelo, professional golfer
  
  
  • Brittany Lang, professional golfer
  
  
  • Leona Maguire (Irish), number 1 Women' s World Amateur, Duke senior
  
  
  • Lisa Maguire, Irish amateur golfer
  
  
  • Joe Ogilvie, professional golfer
  
  
  • Leif Olson, professional golfer
  
  
  • Mike Souchak, professional golfer, winner of 15 PGA events
  
  
  • Kevin Streelman, professional golfer
  
  
  • Art Wall, Jr., professional golfer, winner of 1959 Masters

  Other[edit]

  
  

  • Drew Cannon (B.S. 2012), statistician and sports writer; on Boston Celtics staff
  
  
  • Matt Danowski, professional lacrosse player for New Jersey Pride; all-time leading points scorer in NCAA Lacrosse history; Tewaaraton Trophy winner in 2007; two-time Jack Turnbull Award winner; two-time Lt. Raymond Enners Award winner
  
  
  • Andy Frankenberger, professional poker player and former equity derivatives trader
  
  
  • Paulie Harraka, NASCAR racer
  
  
  • Jay Heaps, Head Coach of the New England Revolution as of November 2011; former player for the New England Revolution MLS team; former Duke basketball and soccer player
  
  
  • Nancy Hogshead, Olympic gold medal winner in swimming
  
  
  • Hiroshi Hoketsu (A.M. 1968), Japanese equestrian rider who debuted in the 1964 Summer Olympics and continues to compete today in the 2012 Summer Olympics
  
  
  • Matthew Jacobs, martial arts expert; frequently appears in Ultimate Fighting Championship
  
  
  • Abigail Johnston won a silver medal in synchronized diving at the 2012 Olympic games while an undergraduate at Duke and competed in the 2016 Olympic games while attending Duke Medical School^[35]
  
  
  • Randy Jones, competed in four Olympics as member of U.S. bobsledding teams
  
  
  • John Kerr, soccer player; winner of Hermann Trophy for top collegian; first American player in the Football League First Division (now known as the Premiership); Duke's head coach
  
  
  • Jason Kreis, professional soccer player and coach
  
  
  • Alison Levine (M.B.A. 2000), mountain climber and explorer; the only woman in the world to have completed the Explorers Grand Slam, reaching the summit of the highest mountain on each continent and skiing to the North and South Poles
  
  
  • Nick McCrory, Olympic diver
  
  
  • Ibtihaj Muhammad (B.A. 2007), 2016 Olympic fencer and Bronze medalist
  
  
  • Gunnar Peterson (B.A. 1985), fitness expert, author and motivational speaker
  
  
  • Vanessa Rousso, professional poker player
  
  
  • Shannon Rowbury, professional track athlete, middle distance runner
  
  
  • Philip Schwalb, founder of National Sports Museum of America
  
  
  • Jillian Schwartz, Olympic pole vaulter
  
  
  • Dave Sime, champion sprinter, won a silver medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics
  
  
  • Andrew Skurka (A.B. 2003), first person to complete the 7,700 sea-to-sea-route spanning North America
  
  
  • Steven Solomon, Australian track and field, 2012 Olympics, Duke indoor 400m record holder
  
  
  • Jessica Rae Springsteen, nationally ranked equestrian; daughter of Bruce Springsteen
  
  
  • Becca Ward, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in fencing; three-time NCAA champion in individual women's sabre (2009, 2011, 2012)
  
  
  • Andrew Wenger, first draft pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft and forward for the Montreal Impact

  Fictional[edit]

  
  

  • Ben Barry, a character played by Matthew McConaughey in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Daysis a Duke alumnus.
  
  
  • Myron Bolitar, a character in several of Harlan Coben's novels, attended Duke on a basketball scholarship.
  
  
  • Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie, USMC, a character played by Catherine Bell in the television series JAGearned her law degree from Duke University School of Law.
  
  
  • Isobel Flemming-Saltzman, a character from The Vampire Diaries TV show
  
  
  • Tori Frederking, a character played by Teresa Palmer in Take Me Home Tonightattended Duke.
  
  
  • Theo Huxtable's girlfriend Gwen, a character on The Cosby Showwas said to be very intelligent because she was "going to major in physics at Duke".
  
  
  • Lieutenant Kif Kroker of Futurama mentions in Amazon Women in the Mood that he sang in the Duke Boy's Chorus.
  
  
  • Dr. Jim Pomatter in Waitress
  
  
  • Kelvin Jones in Outlaw is an ambitious honor student who dreamed of going to Duke
  
  
  • Sloan Sabbith, a character played by Olivia Munn on HBO's The Newsroomreceived her Ph.D. in Economics from Duke.
  
  
  • Nick Savrinn, a character on Prison Breakattended Duke as an undergraduate.
  
  
  • Nathan Scott, a character played by James Lafferty on the television series One Tree Hillreceived a scholarship to play basketball at Duke.
  
  
  • Sam Seaborn, a character portrayed by Rob Lowe (whose son attends Duke in real life) on The West Winggraduated from Duke University School of Law.
  
  
  • In the pilot episode of Privilegedbillionaire Laurel Limoges hires recent Yale graduate Megan Smith to tutor her two granddaughters with the goal of getting them into Duke.
  
  
  • Stingo, the narrator of William Styron's novel Sophie's Choiceattended Duke as an undergraduate (as did Styron).
  
  
  • Stacy Warner lawyer and ex-girlfriend of main character Dr. House on the TV series Houseplayed by Sela Ward, hired as the hospital's lawyer d uring season 2
  
  
  • Charlotte York's brother Wesley on Sex and the City
  
  
  • Quentin, the protagonist of the novel Paper Towns and its film adaptation, is an incoming freshman at Duke.
  
  
  • Natalie, the protagonist of the movie Keithis a high school tennis star who dreams of going to Duke.
  
  
  • Nathan Scott, one of the protagonists of the television series One Tree Hillthough his offer was rescinded when he was caught point shaving
  
  
  • Haley James Scott, one of the protagonists of the television series One Tree Hillthough she decided not to attend after she became pregnant with her son and her husband's offer was rescinded

  Faculty[edit]

  
  

  Current[edit]

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  • Bill Adair, founder of the Pulitzer Prize-winning website PolitiFact
  
  
  • David Aers, James B. Duke Professor of English, expert on medieval and Renaissance literature and theology
  
  
  • Pankaj K. Agarwal, computer scientist, known for his research on computational geometry
  
  
  • Susan Alberts, primatologist, co-director of Amboseli Baboon Research Project
  
  
  • John Aldrich, political scientist, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Samuel Alito, associate justice of the US Supreme Court
  
  
  • Nancy Andrews, vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the Duke University School of Medicine
  
  
  • Dan Ariely, professor of behavioral economics, author of Predictably Irrational
  
  
  • Nancy Armstrong, Gilbert, Louis and Edward Lehrman Professor of English; critic of 18th- and 19th-century novels; editor of Novel: A Forum on Fiction
  
  
  • Frank Asche, marine economist
  
  
  • Valerie Ashby, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Owen Astrachan (M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1992), distinguished computer scientist
  
  
  • Manny Azenberg, legendary producer of American theater who has won 40 Tony awards
  
  
  • Lorena S. Beese, biochemist, fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Adrian Bejan, mechanical engineering professor, inventor of constructal theory and namesake of the Bejan number
  
  
  • Ravi V. Bellamkonda, biomedical engineer
  
  
  • Peter B. Bennett, founder and former president and CEO of the Divers Alert Network
  
  
  • Philip Bennett, former managing editor of The Washington Post
  
  
  • James Berger, statistician, member of the National Academy of Sciences, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
  
  
  • Paul Berliner, ethnomusicologist
  
  
  • Tim Bollerslev, economist, expert on autoregressive conditi onal heteroskedasticity
  
  
  • Raphael M. Bonelli, professor of neurology and psychiatry
  
  
  • James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law
  
  
  • Geoffrey Brennan, philosopher associated with rational actor theory
  
  
  • David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times
  
  
  • Thomas Brothers, musicologist, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009
  
  
  • Kelly D. Brownell, scientist, professor, expert on obesity; named as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People" by Time magazine in 2006
  
  
  • Caroline Bruzelius, art historian, expert on medieval architecture
  
  
  • Robert Bryant, chairman of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, fellow of the American Mathematical Society, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Allen Buchanan, philosopher
  
  
  • Al Buehler, chairman of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department; United States Olympic Track coach at the 1972, 1984, and 1988 Summer Olympics; member of North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
  
  
  • Robert Calderbank, former vice president of AT&T; recipient of the Shannon Award in electrical engineering
  
  
  • Bruce Caldwell, economist
  
  
  • William Chafe, American historian
  
  
  • Rey Chow, postcolonial, cultural critic
  
  
  • Sarah Cohen, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
  
  
  • Philip J. Cook, professor of public policy
  
  
  • Miriam Cooke, literary critic
  
  
  • Missy Cummings, professor of aeronautics, one of the US Navy's first female fighter pilots
  
  
  • Sandy Darity, Jr., economist
  
  
  • Ingrid Daubechies, first woman president of the International Mathematical Union; recipient of MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and NAS Award in Mathematics
  
  
  • Cathy Davidson, author
  
  
  • Geraldine Dawson, former chief science officer of Autism Speaks
  
  
  • Walter E. Dellinger III, law professor, former United States Solicitor General under President Bill Clinton
  
  
  • Kenneth A. Dodge, psychologist
  
  
  • Bruce Donald, computer scientist, fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEE, recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship
  
  
  • Ariel Dorfman, novelist, playwright, human rights activist, 1992 winner of the Laurence Olivier Award
  
  
  • Fred Dretske, philosopher of mind, winner of the Jean Nicod Prize
  
  
  • Patrick Duddy, former ambassador to Venezuela
  
  
  • Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., deputy Judge Advocate General
  
  
  • Rick Durrett, mathematician, fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Victor J. Dzau, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine; pioneering translational research scientist
  
  
  • Herbert Edelsbrunner, computer scientist, winner of the Alan T. Waterman Award
  
  
  • Carla Ellis, computer scientist, fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
  
  
  • Sir Harold Evans, author; editor of The Times; exposed Soviet spies
  
  
  • Wendy Ewald, photographer, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992
  
  
  • Peter Feaver, political scientist; served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
  
  
  • Michael Ferejohn, expert on ancient philosophy
  
  
  • Anne Firor Scott, historian, recipient of the National Humanities Medal
  
  
  • Owen Flanagan, philosopher of mind, Phi Beta Kappa Romanell lecturer
  
  
  • Allen Frances, world renowned psychiatrist
  
  
  • John Hope Franklin, civil rights activist, historian, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton
  
  
  • Ernestine Friedl, professor emerita in cultural anthropology; former president of the American Ethnological Society and the American Anthropological Association; known for her work on gender roles, rural life in modern Greece, and the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
  
  
  • Allan Friedman, neurosurgeon
  
  
  • Takanori Fukushima, neurosurgeon
  
  
  • Alan Enoch Gelfand, James B. Duke Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences
  
  
  • David Gergen, former Duke professor; Duke trustee; adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton
  
  
  • Michael Allen Gillespie, political scientist
  
  
  • Jay Golden, environmental engineer
  
  
  • David Goldstein, population geneticist^[36]
  
  
  • Mark Goodacre, theologian
  
  
  • Matthias Gromeier, developer of the PVSRIPO virus that has recently shown to be effective in treating cancer
  
  
  • Gordon Hammes, biochemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Moo-Young Han, discoverer of the quark color charge
  
  
  • Michael Hardt, literature professor and Marxist, co-author with Antonio Negri of Empire and Multitude
  
  
  • Brian Hare, evolutionary anthropologist, director of Duke Canine Cognition Center
  
  
  • Campbell Harvey, economist
  
  
  • Stanley Hauerwas, theologian and author
  
  
  • N. Katherine Hayles, postmodern literary critic; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Richard B. Hays, theologian
  
  
  • Dan Heath, bestselling author of Made to Stick
  
  
  • Kieran Healy, Irish sociologist
  
  
  • Amy H. Herring, biostatistician
  
  
  • Oscar Hijuelos, novelist; first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction
  
  
  • Brigid Hogan, developmental biologist; member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Kevin Hoover, economist
  
  
  • Jerry F. Hough, political scientist, author, and professor
  
  
  • Tony Jun Huang, William Bevan Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  
  
  • Reinhard Hütter, Catholic theologian
  
  
  • Fredric Jameson, Marxist literary theorist; former chair of the Literature Program
  
  
  • Andrew Janiak, philosopher
  
  
  • Erich Jarvis, neurobiologist, professor at Rockefeller University
  
  
  • Abdul Sattar Jawad, literary theorist, fled Mustansiriya University after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
  
  
  • Bruce Jentleson, director of Sanford Institute of Public Policy; Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore
  
  
  • Wu Jinglian, economist
  
  
  • James A. Joseph, former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
  
  
  • Samuel Katz, virologist, known for the development of the measles vaccine
  
  
  • Richard Kay, paleontologist
  
  
  • Jack Knight, legal theorist
  
  
  • Harold G. Koenig, psychiatrist
  
  
  • Claudia Koonz, feminist historian
  
  
  • Sally Kornbluth, provost and James B. Duke Professor of pharmacology and cancer biology
  
  
  • Ashutosh Kotwal, Fritz London Distinguished Professor of Physics,^[37] Fellow of AAAS,^[38] APS^[39] and Sloan Foundation^[40]
  
  
  • Rachel Kranton, economist, fellow of the Econometric Society, recipient of the Blaise Pascal Chair
  
  
  • Timur Kuran, Turkish economist
  
  
  • Pedro Lasch, artist and assistant research professor, Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
  
  
  • Mark Leary, psychologist
  
  
  • Frank Lentricchia, literary cr itic
  
  
  • David F. Levi, jurist
  
  
  • Nan Lin, sociologist
  
  
  • Martin J. Lohse, German physician and pharmacologist doing research on G protein-coupled receptors
  
  
  • Julian Lombardi, computer scientist, inventor
  
  
  • Nathaniel Mackey, poet and novelist, recipient of the 2015 Bollingen Prize and the 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
  
  
  • Nancy MacLean, historian
  
  
  • Robert Malkin, biomedical engineer, fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  
  
  • J. Lorand Matory, chair of the department of African and African American Studies
  
  
  • Achille Mbembe, philosopher and political scientist
  
  
  • Mark McCahill, creator of Internet Gopher, POP mail, and Croquet; coined the phrase "surfing the Web"
  
  
  • Mark McClellan, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
  
  
  • Thomas Carlos Mehen, nuclear physicist
  
  
  • Walter Mignolo, literary theorist
  
  
  • Terrie Moffitt, pioneering researcher in the development of antisocial behavior
  
  
  • Toril Moi, literary theorist associated with feminist theory
  
  
  • Ebrahim Moosa, religious scholar
  
  
  • V. Y. Mudimbe, philosopher associated with philosophy of language, phenomenology, and structuralism
  
  
  • Norman Myers, British environmentalist
  
  
  • Mark Anthony Neal, author
  
  
  • Lenhard Ng, mathematician, child mathematical prodigy
  
  
  • Miguel Nicolelis, pioneer of brain-machine interfaces
  
  
  • Emerson Niou, political scientist
  
  
  • Mohamed Noor, evolutionary biologist known for experimentally demonstrating speciation by reinforcement; 2008 recipient of the Darwin-Wallace Medal
  
  
  • Wayne Norman, expert on political philosophy
  
  
  • Jean Fox O'Barr, feminist teacher, scholar, and administrator; founded women's studies program at Duke
  
  
  • Linwood Pendleton, former chief economist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  
  
  • Henry Petroski, civil engineer and writer
  
  
  • Arlie Petters, pioneer in the mathematical theory and mathematical physics of gravitational lensing; professor of mathematics, physics, and business administration
  
  
  • Orrin H. Pilkey, geologist
  
  
  • Robert Plonsey, biomedical engineer, member of the National Academy of Engineering
  
  
  • Amilcare Porporato, civil engineer
  
  
  • Reynolds Price, author and professor of literature
  
  
  • Kathy Alexis Psomiades, associate professor of English, specializing in Victorian poetry and novel theory
  
  
  • Anne Pusey, primatologist, director of Jane Goodall Institute Research Center
  
  
  • Christian R. H. Raetz, professor of biochemistry and member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • William Raspberry, Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism; syndicated columnist for The Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize winner
  
  
  • Paul Rehak, archaeologist
  
  
  • John Reif, computer scientist; fellow of the AAAS, IEEE and ACM
  
  
  • Jane S. Richardson, professor of biochemistry; developed the Richardson diagram, or ribbon diagram, method of representing the 3D structure of proteins, MacArthur Fellow
  
  
  • Alexander Rosenberg, philosopher; winner of Lakatos Award in philosophy of science, Phi Beta Kappa Romanell lecturer
  
  
  • Kathy Rudy, social constructionist
  
  
  • Omid Safi, professor of Islamic Studies
  
  
  • David H. Sanford, philosopher
  
  
  • Nicola Scafetta, physicist
  
  
  • Tad Schmaltz, editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy
  
  
  • Christopher H. Schroeder, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy for the United States Department of Justice
  
  
  • Barbara Ramsay Shaw, chemist, cancer researcher, expert on signal transduction
  
  
  • Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, philosopher
  
  
  • David Smith, invisibility cloak pioneer; awarded the Descartes Prize in 2005
  
  
  • Tommy Sowers, Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the US Department of Veterans Affairs
  
  
  • J. E. R. Staddon, behavioral psychologist
  
  
  • Orin Starn, cultural anthropologist
  
  
  • Kristine Stiles, art historian
  
  
  • Vahid Tarokh, electrical engineer, recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship
  
  
  • John Terborgh, conservation biologist, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992, and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1996
  
  
  • Timothy Tyson, historian
  
  
  • Cindy Lee Van Dover, professor of biological oceanography
  
  
  • Tuan Vo-Dinh, biophysicist
  
  
  • Olaf von Ramm, Thomas Lord Professor of Engineering; first patent on a 3-D ultrasound
  
  
  • Geoffrey Wainwright, Methodist theologian
  
  
  • E. Roy Weintraub, economist
  
  
  • Huntington F. Willard, human geneticist; former president of American Society of Human Genetics; member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • E.O. Wilson, biologist, "the father of sociobiology and biodiversity", National Medal of Science (1976)
  
  
  • Lauren Winner, author and journalist
  
  
  • Judy Woodruff, news anchor, journalist
  
  
  • Vanessa Woods, internationally published Australian scientist, author and journalist
  
  
  • Weitao Yang, chemist
  
  
  • Anne Yoder, biologist, director of Duke Lemur Center
  
  
  • Anthony Zinni, decorated general
  
  
  • Madan M. Rehani, medical physicist

  Former[edit]

  
  

  • Norman B. Anderson, CEO of the American Psychological Association
  
  
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher, author of In My Father's House and The Ethics of Identity
  
  
  • Srinivas Aravamudan, professor of English, literature and Romance studies; dean of humanities; specialist in 18th-century and postcolonial literature; author
  
  
  • Clay Armstrong, physiologist; recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Gairdner Foundation International Award for contributions to medical science
  
  
  • James Arthur, mathematician, former president of the American Mathematical Society
  
  
  • Katharine Banham, associate professor of psychology, emerita
  
  
  • John Spencer Bassett, historian who initiated the Bassett Affair, an important victory for academic freedom
  
  
  • Robert Bates, Eaton Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University
  
  
  • Upendra Baxi, legal scholar
  
  
  • Andrea Bertozzi, mathematician
  
  
  • Helen Bevington, poet and author
  
  
  • Utpal Bhattacharya, expert on business ethics
  
  
  • Lawrence Biedenharn, theoretical nuclear physicist
  
  
  • Harry Binswanger, objectivist philosopher and philosopher of mind
  
  
  • Calvin B. Hoover, founder of the field of comparative economic systems, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Harry Truman in 1947.
  
  
  • Mary L. Boas, mathematician
  
  
  • Ralph Boas, mathematician, recipient of the Lester R. Ford Award
  
  
  • James Bonk, chemist
  
  
  • Edgar Bowers, poet, For Louis PasteurBollingen Prize in Poetry in 1989, Guggenheim Fellowship twice
  
  
  • David S. Broder, current Washington Post and former New York Times reporter
  
  
  • H. Keith H. Brodie, psychiatrist, educator and eventual president of Duke
  
  
  • David Allan Bromley, nuclear physicist, scientific advisor to US President George H.W. Bush, recipient of National Medal of Science (1988)
  
  
  • Annie Leigh Hobson Broughton, advocate of women's education
  
  
  • Hubie Brown, assistant men's basketball coach (1969–1972); NBA coach and commentator
  
  
  • John Buettner-Janusch, anthropologist
  
  
  • Michael Byers, Canadian legal scholar and nonfiction author
  
  
  • Tina Campt, associate professor of women's studies and history; director of Graduate Studies
  
  
  • Leonard Carlitz, mathematician
  
  
  • Ziv Carmon, professor of business administration at INSEAD
  
  
  • John W. Cell, professor of History at Duke.^[41]
  
  
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, law professor, constitutional scholar
  
  
  • Randolph Chitwood, first cardio-thoracic surgeon to perform robot-assisted heart valve surgery in North America
  
  
  • Amy Chua, best-selling author
  
  
  • George Elliott Clarke, author, poet
  
  
  • G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology
  
  
  • Kalman J. Cohen, economist, pioneer of market micro-structure
  
  
  • Roger Corless, theologian who made significant contributions to interfaith dialogue
  
  
  • John Shelton Curtiss, historian, James B. Duke Professor
  
  
  • Chuck Daly, assistant men's basketball coach (1963–1969); NBA coach
  
  
  • Barun De, historian
  
  
  • Sara J. Dent, anaesthesiologist
  
  
  • Burton Drayer, radiologist; authority on the use of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosing neurological disorders
  
  
  • Mike Duffy, television host
  
  
  • Eleanor Lansing Dulles, politician involved in the affairs of post-World War II Germany, Bretton Woods Conference, US State Department
  
  
  • Paul Ebert, cardiovascular surgeon
  
  
  • William M. Fairbank, physicist known for his work on liquid helium; member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Stanley Fish, former chair of the English Department, deconstructionist literary critic
  
  
  • Wallace Fowlie, author and poet, awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947
  
  
  • Clara Franzini-Armstrong, cell biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Bertram Fraser-Reid, organic chemist
  
  
  • Robert C. Frasure, ambassador to Estonia
  
  
  • Henry Louis Gates, chair of African-American Studies at Harvard
  
  
  • Erol Gelenbe, computer scientist, known for introducing the random neural network and the eponymous G-networks
  
  
  • David Gergen, political analyst, adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton
  
  
  • John Jay Gergen, mathematician
  
  
  • S. Malcolm Gillis, prominent economist, former president of Rice University
  
  
  • René Girard, philosopher, literary critic, and historian; member of the Académie française
  
  
  • Peter J. Gomes, preacher and theologian from Harvard University's Divinity School
  
  
  • Craufurd Goodwin, economist
  
  
  • Andrew Gordon (historian), Japanese Historian
  
  
  • Walter Gordy, physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Phillip Griffiths, mathematician; fellow of the American Mathematical Society, recipient of the Wolf Prize
  
  
  • Paul Magnus Gross, chemist, former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  
  
  • Julia Grout, chair of the Women's Department of Health and Physical Education, 1924–1964
  
  
  • Allan Gurganus, author
  
  
  • Philip Handler, biochemist; two-term president of the National Academy of Sciences; winner of the National Medal of Science
  
  
  • Gerald Heard, philosopher, historian
  
  
  • Charles Honorton, parapsychologist
  
  
  • Sally Hughes-Schrader, zoologist, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Aldous Huxley, novelist, mystic
  
  
  • Daniel James, British historian
  
  
  • Harold Jenkins (Shakespeare scholar)
  
  
  • Randy Jirtle, biologist, known for his contribution to the field of epigenetics
  
  
  • Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy for the Obama Administration; former dean of the Pratt School of Engineering; former director of Boston Scientific Corporation
  
  
  • Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund
  
  
  • Edward E. Jones, social psychologist, developed fundamental attribution error
  
  
  • Alice Kaplan, author, chair of the French department at Yale
  
  
  • Lawrence C. Katz, neurobiologist
  
  
  • Randall Kenan, author
  
  
  • Robert Keohane, neoliberal scholar of international relations
  
  
  • Kim Sung-Hou, structural biologist and biophysicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Claudia Koonz, feminist historian
  
  
  • Paul J. Kramer, biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Juanita M. Kreps, United States Secretary of Commerce
  
  
  • Anne O. Krueger, World Bank Chief Economist
  
  
  • Weston La Barre, anthropologist, worked in ethnography
  
  
  • Thomas LaBean, leading researcher in the field of DNA nanotechnology
  
  
  • Howard Nathaniel Lee, former mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina[19659014]Bernard Lefkowitz, sociologist, journalist, investigative reporter
  
  
  • Raphael Lemkin, human rights activist; coined the word "genocide"
  
  
  • H. Gregg Lewis, labor economist
  
  
  • Sarah Lisanby, psychiatrist
  
  
  • Michael L. Littman, computer scientist
  
  
  • Daniel A. Livingstone, limnologist, recipient of the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
  
  
  • Fritz London, physicist, won the Lorentz Medal
  
  
  • Alasdair MacIntyre, philosopher, virtue ethicist
  
  
  • John Madey, developer of the free electron laser
  
  
  • Ernest Mario, pharmaceutical industry executive
  
  
  • William McDougall, psychologist, author of An Introduction to Social Psychology
  
  
  • George McLendon, biochemist, winner of Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and Guggenheim fellowship
  
  
  • Karl Menger, mathematician
  
  
  • Edwin Mims, professor of English literature
  
  
  • David R. Morrison, mathematician; Guggenheim Fellow; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
  
  • Thom Mount, film producer; president of the Producers Guild of America
  
  
  • Francis Joseph Murray, mathematician and founder of functional analysis; winner of the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
  
  
  • Toshio Narahashi, pharmacologist, the "founding father of neurotoxicology"
  
  
  • Charles Nemeroff, psychiatrist, known for work in treating depression
  
  
  • Hans Neurath, biochemist, leading researcher in the field of protein chemistry
  
  
  • Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim, theoretical physicist
  
  
  • Albert Outler, Methodist theologian
  
  
  • G. B. Pegram, key administrator of Manhattan Project
  
  
  • William Howell Pegram, chemist
  
  
  • Anton Peterlin, physicist
  
  
  • Ernest C. Pollard, professor of biophysics
  
  
  • David Price, United States Representative
  
  
  • James Rachels, philosopher and cultural relativist
  
  
  • Stojan Radic, electrical engineer
  
  
  • Joseph B. Rhine, psychologist and parapsychologist; founder of modern studies of psychical phenomena
  
  
  • Louisa E. Rhine, parapsychologist
  
  
  • Sidarta Ribeiro, Brazilian neuroscientist
  
  
  • John Ridpath, intellectual historian
  
  
  • Sócrates Rizzo, former mayor of Monterrey; former governor of Nuevo León
  
  
  • Mary Ellen Rudin, mathematician
  
  
  • David Sabiston, cardiac surgeon, one of the pioneers of coronary bypass surgery
  
  
  • Guy Salvesen, biochemist, known for his work in the field of apoptosis
  
  
  • E. P. Sanders, British Academy member; leading figure in the third Historical Jesus movement
  
  
  • Michael Scharf, lawyer, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005
  
  
  • David Scheffer, diplomat
  
  
  • William H. Schlesinger, biogeochemist, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  
  
  • Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, figure in the field of comparative physiology, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, feminist theorist, literary theorist, expert in gender studies
  
  
  • Lori Ann Setton, biomedical engineer
  
  
  • Michael Sheetz, cell biologist, recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  
  
  • Beth A. Simmons, international relations scholar, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Elwyn L. Simons, paleontologist and primate conservationist
  
  
  • Barbara Herrnstein Smith, literary theorist
  
  
  • Brian Cantwell Smith, scholar who conducts research in the fields of cognitive science, computer science, information studies, philoso phy, and ontology
  
  
  • Cordwainer Smith, author
  
  
  • Joseph Tyree Sneed, III, U.S. Deputy Attorney General, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  
  
  • Ralph Snyderman, biotech entrepreneur
  
  
  • David Soskice, political economist
  
  
  • Joseph J. Spengler, economist, statistician, and historian of economic thought
  
  
  • Eugene A. Stead, medical educator, founder of the physician assistant profession
  
  
  • William Stern, psychologist, philosopher
  
  
  • Kenneth B. Storey, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
  
  
  • Charles Tanford, protein chemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  
  
  • Edward D. Thalmann, expert in hyperbaric medicine
  
  
  • Fritz Thurstone (1932–2005), pioneer of ultrasound technology
  
  
  • Paul Tillich, theologian
  
  
  • Peter Ungar, paleoanthropologist
  
  
  • Sander Vanocur, ABC and NBC correspondent; The Washington Post television editor; The New York Times reporter
  
  
  • W. Kip Viscusi, economist
  
  
  • Steven Vogel, biologist, James B. Duke Professor of Biology
  
  
  • Robert Ward, composer
  
  
  • Kenny Williams, author, winner of the MidAmerica Award
  
  
  • Mary Lou Williams, composer
  
  
  • Patricia J. Williams, legal scholar, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000
  
  
  • William H. Willimon, Methodist theologian
  
  
  • Kwasi Wiredu, philosopher
  
  
  • Karl Zener, parapsychologist

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  Donor	Total Amount	Year	Purpose
  The Duke Endowment	$1.5+ billion[42][43][44][45]	1924– 2006	Various
  James B. Duke	$40 million ($458 million in 2006 dollars)	1924	For endowment; established The Duke Endowment later that year
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	$106.5+ million	2002–2007	$46.5 million for AIDS research,[46] $30 million for a new science facility and $5 million for student life initiatives,[47] $15 million for DukeEngage, a civic engagement program,[48] $9 million for undergraduate financial aid and $1 million for Fuqua students financial aid[49]
  Bruce and Martha Karsh	$85 million	2005–2011	For student financial aid[50][51][52]
  Anne and Robert Bass	$70 million	1996–2013	$20 million for the FOCUS program and various endowed chairs, $50 million for interdisciplinary research [53][54]
  J. Michael and Christine Pearson	$50+ million	2014	$30 million to the Pratt School of Engineering to advance engineering and science education, $15 million to the School of Nursing and $7.5 million to the Fuqua School of Business[55]
  David Rubenstein	$50 million	2002–2013	$13.6 million to Duke Libraries, $20.75 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy, $10 million to Duke athletics[56][57]
  Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.	$35 million	1999	To endow the School of Engineering[58]
  David H. Murdock	$35 million	2007	For "translational medicine" research by the Duke Medical School[59]
  Disque Deane	$20 million ($34 million in 2005 dollars)	1986	To "establish a research institute on the human future"[60]
  Dr. Steven and Rebecca Scott	$30 million	2013	$20 million for Duke Sports Medicine, $10 million for Duke athletic facility
  Michael J. and Patty Fitzpatrick	$25 million	2000	For a center for advanced photonics and communications[61]
  William and Sue Gross	$23 million	2005	$15 million for undergraduate scholarships, $5 million for medical students' scholarships, and $3 million to support faculty members of the Fuqua School of Business[62]
  Peter and Ginny Nicholas	$20+ million	1999– 2004	$20 million for the School of the Environment and Earth Sciences;[63] $70 million pledged for the School of the Environment and $2 million pledged for Perkins library in 2003 still unpaid as of September 2010[64]
  Bill and Melinda Gates	$20 million	1998	For undergraduate scholarships[62]
  Washington Duke	$385,000 ($7.9 million in 2005 dollars)	1892	For original endowment and construction
  Julian S. Carr	N/A	1892	Donated site of East Campus

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