List of Tulane University people

A list of notable people affiliated with Tulane University, including graduates, former students, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.

Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.

Academia

• Gail Agrawal, PH’83; L’83, dean, University of Kansas Law School
• Elizabeth Hill Boone, professor of Latin American art history at Tulane (1994–)
• Christian M. M. Brady, targumist
• Ian Bremmer, political scientist
• Douglas Brinkley, historian
• Cleanth Brooks, literary critic
• James Carville, faculty, political science
• Winston Chang, president of Soochow University
• Florian Cajori, historian
• Scott Cowen, president of Tulane
• Kenneth W. Harl, historian
• Adrienne Koch, historian
• Joseph Lakanal, president of the University (of Louisiana) in the early decades of the 19th century
• Morris L. Marx, former president of University of West Florida
• Robert K. Merton, sociologist, former head of the Sociology Department
• Claire Messud, faculty, novelist
• Henry Armand Millon, A&S’47, ’49, A’53, dean, National Gallery of Art
• John Mosier, historian
• F. Jay Taylor, Ph.D., president of Louisiana Tech University, 1962-1987
• Linda Wilson, 1957, former president of Radcliffe College
• Tim Wise, prominent white anti-racism activist, author, 1990

Architecture

• Arthur Q. Davis, architect of Louisiana Superdome
• John Desmond, designer of many public buildings in Baton Rouge
• Moise Goldsetin, architect of Moisant International Airport (now Armstrong International Airport)
• Robert Ivy, editor-in-chief, Architectural Record.
• Reed Kroloff, former dean, former editor of Architecture magazine
• Wellington “Duke” Reiter, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• A. Hays Town, architect
• Leon C. Weiss, architect of the Louisiana State Capitol

Arts and literature

• Lynda Benglis, sculptor; N’64
• Edmund Graves Brown, newspaper executive, Monroe News-Star; member of Ewing newspaper family
• John Gregory Brown, novelist, 1982
• Amy Carter, G’96, children’s book author; daughter of former President Jimmy Carter
• Hodding Carter, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Rich Cohen, writer, 1990
• Nicole Cooley, poet; Walt Whitman Award recipient
• Mignon Faget, Newcomb 1955, artist, jewelry designer
• William Harry Fitzpatrick, Winner of 1951 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing ^[1]
• Humberto Fontova, author
• Alcée Fortier, folklorist and recorder of the story of Br'er Rabbit
• Whitney Gaskell (Law 1997), novelist
• Shirley Ann Grau, 1950, author, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Robert Lane Greene, magazine journalist
• Jennifer Grotz, award-winning poet
• Ira B. Harkey Jr., Pulitzer Prize winner
• Ida Kohlmeyer, artist
• Bill Monroe (journalist), A&S’42, broadcast journalist, former host of “Meet The Press”
• Warren Joseph Rogers, Jr., A&S’44, editor, National Press Club President
• Mark Rothko, (visiting faculty), artist
• John Reed, author, Snowball's Chance
• Mike Sacks, Magazine Editor/Humor Writer, 1990
• Tom Sancton, journalist/ musician; Andrew W. Mellon Professor
• Hunt Slonem, B.A., 1973, artist,
• John Kennedy Toole, author, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Lawrence Wright, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and journalist
• Robert Owen Zeleny, A&S’52, editor-in-chief, World Book International

Business and economics

• Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer
• Carol Lavin Bernick, CEO, Alberto-Culver
• David Bonderman, faculty, founder of TPG Capital
• James Burke, CEO, TXU Energy
• Neil Bush, B.A., M.B.A., 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive
• Philip J. Carroll, M.S., 1961, former CEO, Shell Oil Company and Fluor Corporation
• James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and WebMD
• Marion J. Epley, A&S’27, L’30, president and chair of the board, Texaco
• David Filo, 1988, co-founder of Yahoo!
• Andrew Friedman, 1997, current GM for Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Samuel Israel III, fraudulent hedge fund manager
• John R. McGaha, B.S. COO Entergy
• James R. Moffett, Chairman Freeport-McMoRan
• Ricardo Salinas Pliego, M.B.A., 1979, Forbes World's Richest People
• Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian-American businessperson
• Peter Schloss, Chief Executive Officer, Broadwebasia, Director, Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA)
• Fred L. Smith, president and founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Frank Stewart, chair, Stewart Capital LLC
• Paul Tulane, (benefactor), philanthropist
• Sam Zemurray (benefactor), president, United Fruit Company

Entertainment

• Carlos Barbosa, A’83, production designer
• Bryan Batt, actor
• Doug Ellin, television writer/director, creator of HBO's series Entourage
• Les Crane, pioneer in interactive broadcasting, co-creator of pop music "Top 40"
• John Doheny, jazz saxophonist, band-leader, and historian
• Nicole 'Colie' Edison, member of MTV's The Real World: Denver cast
• Evan Farmer, television personality
• Paul Michael Glaser, actor, TV's "Starsky and Hutch"
• Carlin Glynn, NG-N’61, actress, Tony award winner
• Lawrence Gordon, 1958, film producer, current films include: "Lara Croft" (2 movies), "Mystery Men", "Die Hard" (2 movies).
• Scott Greenstein, A&S’81, president, USA Films
• Courtney Hazlett, A&S'99, columnist and Celebrity Correspondent for MSNBC
• Rick Hurst, actor; A&S’68
• Lauren Hutton, 1964, actress; model
• Dave Jeser, co-creator of Comedy Central's Drawn Together
• Christian LeBlanc, 1980, actor
• Shannon Lee, daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee
• Elyse Luray, NC ’89, star of PBS’ “History Detectives”
• Linda Taylor Miller, 1976, actress
• Enrique Murciano, TC’95, actor, TV’s “Without a Trace”
• Ed Nelson, A&S’53, UC’00, actor, “Peyton Place”;
• Bruce Paltrow, 1965, television and film producer
• Jake Paltrow, director and brother of Gwyneth Paltrow
• Michael Price, Emmy award-winning writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons
• Emily Reichbach (Rosenthal), N'93, writer, You Can't Do That on Television; creator of SlimeCon
• Emily Saliers, (attended), singer
• Terry E. Schnuck, A&S’75, Tony Award Winning Broadway producer
• Howard K. Smith, television journalist
• Jerry Springer, B.A., 1965, talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Oh.
• Harold Sylvester, actor/director
• Sonia Tetlow, musician/ bass player in rock band Cowboy Mouth
• Michael White, jazz historian and musician

Law and politics

• Howard Henry Baker, Jr., 1945, Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R)
• Sidney Barthelemy, mayor of New Orleans
• Sean M. Berkowitz, 1989, chief prosecutor, Enron Task Force
• Harry Blackmun, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court
• Newton C. Blanchard, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Jean Boese, Newcomb 1945, Louisiana poet laureate and Republican national committeewoman from Alexandria, La. (R)
• Hale Boggs, Law, 1937, U.S. representative, 1941-1943, 1946-1972 (D)
• Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. Representative 1941-1943, 1973-1991, Tulane benefactor (D)
• Stephen Breyer, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court
• Edwin S. Broussard, U.S. senator from Louisiana (D)
• James H. "Jim" Brown, Law, 1966, former Louisiana state senator, secretary of state, and insurance commissioner
• James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr., attorney general of Louisiana; former district attorney in Tallulah, La. (D)
• Paul Capdevielle, Law, mayor of New Orleans
• Amy Carter, '96, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; children's book author.
• Rob Couhig, Law, New Orleans businessman and politician (R)
• Edith Brown Clement, Law, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (R)
• Alfred David Danziger Law 1904, Assistant Attourney General of the State of Louisiana 1934, executive counsel for Mayor Maestri (1936-1946).
• W. Eugene Davis, Law, 1960, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Carlo V. di Florio , Director of the S.E.C. Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations under President Barack Obama
• James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, Law, Lafayette congressman and Cajun cultural spokesman (D)
• Jack Donahue, Graduate study, building contractor and state senator (R)
• John Malcolm Duhé, Jr., Law, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• William T. Dzurilla, Law, 1981, international attorney and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White (1982-1983).
• Wallace A. Edwards, Law, Judge 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
• Allen J. Ellender, Law 1913, U.S. senator, agriculture committee chair (D)
• Donald Ensenat, Law, 1973, White House chief of protocol
• C.B. Forgotston, Fellow of Tulane Institute of Politics, lecturer in law, political activist, state government watchdog
• Garey Forster, B.A., 1972, state representative from New Orleans and state labor secretary (R)
• Murphy J. Foster, Sr., governor of Louisiana (D)
• Rufus E. Foster, Law, 1895, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Frank Fulco, state representative from Shreveport; leader of Italian American community in Louisiana (D)
• Juan Manuel García Passalacqua, 1967, leading political analyst in Puerto Rico (D)
• Jim Garrison, Law, New Orleans district attorney (D)
• Pedro A. Gelabert, 1956, Puerto Rico Secretary of Natural Resources
• Grant D. Gillham, A&S 1979, U.S. political consultant (DTS)
• Newt Gingrich, U.S. representatives, 1979-1998 and Speaker of the House, 1995-1998 (R)
• Ruth Ginsburg, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court
• Mara S. Berman Giulianti, N’66, mayor, Hollywood, Fl.
• John Grenier, Birmingham, Alabama, lawyer and leader of the Alabama Republican Party (R)
• Michael Hahn, governor of Louisiana (D)
• Luther E. Hall, governor of Louisiana (D)
• Felix Edward Hébert, U.S. representatives, 1940-1977 (D)
• John S. Hunt, III, Monroe, La., lawyer and member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, 1964-1972 (D)
• Raul Oswaldo Izurieta, Ecuador Labor Minister; L’68
• Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Supriya Jindal (E '93 B '96) first lady of Louisiana
• Alvin Olin King, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Richard W. Leche, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Montefiore Mordecai Lemann, Served President Hoover on the Wickersham Commission on Law Observance and enforcement.
• Bob Livingston, former U.S. representatives, 1977-1999 (R)
• Hans Liljiberg, Law, Jefferson Parish judge and former district attorney
• Huey Long, Law, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Charlton Lyons, "Father of the modern Republican Party in Louisiana" (R)
• Angel Martín, Law, former associate justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
• Kenneth McClintock, Law, 1980, Puerto Rico's Secretary of State/Lt. Governor (D)
• John McEnery, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Tucker L. Melancon, Law, 1973, justice, 5th Circuit since 1994
• Judge Henry Mentz, U.S. federal district judge 1982-2005
• John Willard "Jack" Montgomery, Sr., State senator, 1968-1972
• Andrew G.T. Moore, 1960, justice Delaware Supreme Court
• Paul Morphy, L.L.B., April 7, 1857, chess prodigy
• Jaime Morgan Stubbe, 1980, president, Palmas del Mar Inc., former Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development
• Ray Nagin, M.B.A. 1994, mayor of New Orleans (D)
• Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana (D)
• Charles A. O'Neill, Law, 1893, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1922-1949)
• Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• John H. Overton, Law, 1897, former U.S. senator from Louisiana (D)
• Leander Perez, Law, judge and district attorney of Plaquemines Parish in first half of twentieth century (D)
• Karen Carter Peterson, state representative and candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana (D)
• Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's member of Congress (D) and former Attorney General
• David W. Pipes, Jr., Law, Terrebonne Parish planter and lawyer, congressional candidate (R)
• Lawrence Ponoroff, dean of the Tulane University Law School
• Robert Poydasheff, Law, former mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003-2007) (R)
• Bill Pryor, Law, 1987, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (R)
• William Rehnquist, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court
• Christian Roselius, 1857, chief justice, Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jared Y. Sanders, Jr., U.S. representative (D), later States Rights Party
• Jared Y. Sanders, Sr., former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Antonin Scalia, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court
• Alvin A. Schall, Law, 1969, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Jock Scott, former state representative from Alexandria (R)
• Nick Shapiro, 2002, assistant press secretary, Obama Administration
• Edward F. Sherman, former dean and current professor at the Tulane University Law School
• Oramel H. Simpson, former governor of Louisiana (D)
• Ira Sorkin, BA 1965, attorney for Bernard Madoff
• Gene Taylor, U.S. representative, 1989- (D)
• Roy R. Theriot, Law, former Louisiana comptroller, 1960-1973 (D)
• Michael F. "Mike" Thompson, Law, former Louisiana state representative from Lafayette (R)
• Tom Thornhill, Postgraduate study, Slidell attorney and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996-2000 (R)^[2]
• Joseph F. Toomy, B.A. and M.B.A., former state representative from Jefferson Parish (R)^[3]
• David C. Treen, former governor of Louisiana (R)
• Jeffrey P. Victory, L'71, Louisiana Supreme Court justice from Shreveport (R)
• David Vitter, Law, U.S. senator from Louisiana (R)
• T. Semmes Walmsley, Law, mayor of New Orleans
• Elizabeth Weaver, N’62; L’65, Michigan Supreme Court justice
• John G. Weinmann, ambassador to Finland; chief of White House protocol
• Jacques Loeb Wiener, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Pinkie C. Wilkerson, L.L.M., state representative (D)
• John Clint Williamson, U.S. ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues
• Stephen J. Windhorst, B.A., Law, district court judge, former state representative (R)
• John Minor Wisdom, Law, judge, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (R)
• Bob Wise, Law, 1975, former governor of West Virginia (D)
• Henry L. Yelverton, Latin, 1951, district and appellate judge based in Lake Charles (D)

Math, science and technology

• Jon-Erik Beckjord, paranormal investigator and photographer
• Alfred H. Clifford, faculty, mathematician
• David Filo, B.S.C.E, co-founder, Yahoo!
• Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., faculty (1968-1975), developer of the mirror test for self-awareness (1970)
• Jan Hamer (1927-2008), faculty (1960-1992), organic chemist
• Walter Kohn, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
• John Leonard Riddell, faculty (1836-1865), microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope (1851)
• Harold Rosen, B.S.E.E, 1947, engineer/inventor, famous for inventing the geostationary communications satellite
• John Lawrence Smith, faculty, chemist and inventor of the inverted microscope (1850)
• Frank J. Tipler, faculty, physicist and author
• Dave Winer, B.A, Mathematics, 1976, Weblog and RSS pioneer, former Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellow
• A. Baldwin Wood, B.S.M.E., 1899, (December 1, 1879 - May 10, 1956) engineer and inventor of the wood screw pump (1913) and the wood trash pump (1915)

Medicine

• Dale Archer, B.A., 1978, M.D., doctor and television personality
• Regina Benjamin, M.B.A., 1991, pending nomination as U.S. Surgeon General, she was the first African-American woman on the American Medical Association
• George E. Burch, M.D., 1933, internationally known cardiologist
• Jay Cavanaugh, Ph.D, 1994, member, California State Board of Pharmacy (1980-90), director, American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, 2001
• Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., 1932, pioneer of modern medicine and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
• Gerald Domingue - medical researcher and former professor of urology, microbiology and immunology
• Thomas A. Farley, M.D., New York City health commissioner
• Robert I. Grossman, M.D., Dean and CEO of NYU School of Medicine and NYU Hospitals Center
• Louis J. Ignarro, faculty (1973-1985), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998)
• Thomas Naum James, M.D., 1949, director, World Health Organization cardiovascular center
• Ruth Kirschstein, M.D., 1951, director, National Institutes of Health, for whom the Kirschstein NRSA grant program is named
• Abraham L. Levin, M.D., 1907, inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still used for duodenal drainage after surgery.
• Leslie L. Lukash, M.D., 1944, Nassau County, NY medical examiner, inspiration for the television show Quincy, M.D. Founded National Association of Medical Examiners.
• Rudolph Matas, M.D., 1880, "father of vascular surgery"
• William Larimer Mellon, Jr., M.D., M’53, founder, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti
• Alton Ochsner, faculty, founder of Ochsner Clinic, pioneer anti-smoking advocate
• Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., A&S 1960, M 1963, President of the American Medical Association.
• Andrew V. Schally, former faculty, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977), French Legion of Honor
• Harry V. Sims, M.D., 1915, American College of Surgeons
• Ross Taubman, American Podiatric Medical Association president
• Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., 1935, U.S. surgeon general (1961 - 1965)
• Lewis Thomas, former faculty (1948-1950), physician, researcher, and essayist
• Paul Wehrle, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox
• Charles B. Wilson, pioneer in pituitary tumor treatment; Cushing Medal recipient
• Jeremy D. Hantz, leader in diabetes research; Children's Research Institute

Military

• Douglas G. Hurley, NASA astronaut
• John L. McLucas, G’43, Secretary of the Air Force
• James C. Yarbrough, General in the United States Army

Royalty and religion

• Jorge Bolaños, son of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños
• Lourdes de Flores, first lady of El Salvador
• Francis Cardinal George, Ph.D., 1970, archbishop of Chicago
• Her Royal Highness Princess Padmaja Kumari Mewar, NC’03, kingdom of Mewar, India
• Rosalie Palter Cohen, First woman president of Jewish Federation. Also founded Woldenberg Retirement Community, a part of Touro Infirmary.

Sports

• Michael Aubrey, baseball player
• David Mark Berger, A&S'66, member of '72 Israeli Olympic weightlifting team.
• Josh Bobbitt, 1998, baseball All American
• Brian Bormaster, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays
• Walter A. “Buddy” Brister III NG-UC’85, former NFL quarterback
• Bobby Brown, Medicine 1950, baseball player, president of the American League
• Janell Burse, basketball player in the WNBA
• Chris Bush, 2004, NFL receiver
• Andy Cannizaro, MLB shortstop and baseball All American
• Kerwin Cook, 2001, NFL receiver
• Jerry Dalrymple, football All-American
• John Dane III, (MS 1972, PhD 1975), Olympian
• JaJuan Dawson, 1999, NFL receiver
• Augie Diaz, sailing world champion
• Barbara Farris, UC’98, WNBA forward (New York Liberty)
• Steve Foley, football, quarterback in 1977 near-undefeated season when Tulane beat LSU for the first time in 25 years
• Matt Forté, NFL running back
• Tony Giarratano, MLB, Detroit Tigers
• Rodney Holman, 1981, NFL pro bowl tight end
• Shooter Hunt, MLB, Minnesota Twins
• Linton Johnson III, 2004, NBA player
• Shaun King, 1999, NFL quarterback
• Eric Laakso, 1976 Tulane Athlete of the year, NFL offensive tackle
• J. P. Losman, NFL quarterback
• Donnie Maggs, 1984, NFL offensive lineman
• Seth Marler, B’03, NFL kicker
• Lonnie Marts, 1990, NFL Linebacker (1991-2001)
• Tommy Mason, NFL running back
• Mewelde Moore, NFL running back
• Max McGee, NFL wide receiver
• Ed Morgan, baseball player
• Steve Mura, baseball player
• Eddie Murray, UC’80, NFL kicker
• Micah Owings, MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds
• Richie Petitbon, NFL player and coach
• Eddie Price, football player
• Patrick Ramsey, NFL quarterback
• Hamilton Richardson (1955), tennis player
• Timothy John Robbie, A&S’77, former president, Miami Dolphins
• Andy Sheets, baseball player
• Joe Silipo, football player in the CFL, USFL and NFL
• Jerald Sowell, NFL running back
• Mike Tannenbaum, general manager, New York Jets (NFL)
• Eric Thomas (1987), NFL Defensive Back (1987-1995)
• Dalton Truax, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders
• Linda Tuero, tennis, winner of Italian Open
• Clinton Wenzel, 1984, USFL Defensive Lineman
• John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player
• Roydell Williams, NFL wide receiver
• Frank Wills, baseball player

Tulane presidents

• • Presidents Of the University of Louisiana

References

• Famous Alumni List (PDF) at Alumni.tulane.edu

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