Aeronautics and Astronomy
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Julian Allen |
Harvy Julian Allen |
director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, 1965-68 |
Porter (or G.P.) Bridwell |
Gene Porter Bridwell |
director of NASA’s Marshall Research Center, 1994-96 |
Scott Carpenter |
Malcolm Scott Carpenter |
Naval test pilot; one of original 1959 Mercury astronauts |
Gordon Cooper |
Leroy Gordon Cooper |
Colonel USAF; one of original 1959 Mercury astronauts |
Scott Crossfield |
Albert Scott Crossfield |
aeronautical engineer, test pilot for NACA (predecessor of NASA), 1950-55 |
Jan Davis |
Nancy Jan Davis |
astronaut, 1987-97 |
Alvin Drew |
Benjamin Alvin Drew |
Colonel, USAF; astronaut, 2000-present |
Scott Dunbar |
R. Scott Dunbar |
astronomer, co-discoverer of eight asteroids |
Michael Fincke |
Edward Michael Fincke |
Colonel, USAF; astronaut, 1996- present |
Richard Fisher |
J. Richard Fisher |
astronomer at National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
Gordon Fullerton |
Charles Gordon Fullerton |
Air Force test pilot; astronaut, 1969-86 |
Keith Glennan |
Thomas Keith Glennan |
first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1958-61 |
David Griggs |
Stanley David Griggs |
Navy test pilot; astronaut, 1978-89 |
Blaine Hammond |
Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr. |
Colonel, USAF; astronaut, 1984-present |
Scott Hubbard |
G. Scott Hubbard |
Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, 2002-2006 |
J. Allen Hynek |
Joseph Allen Hynek |
astronomer best remembered for UFO research with U.S. Air Force |
David Low |
George David Low |
astronaut, 1984-94 |
Megan McArthur |
Katherine Megan McArthur |
astronaut, 2000-present |
Christa McAuliffe |
Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe |
teacher killed in 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster |
Curt Michel |
F. Curtis Michel |
scientist-astronaut, 1965-69 |
Story Musgrave |
Franklin Story Musgrage |
astronaut |
C. Donald Shane |
Charles Donald Shane |
astronomer and director of the Lick Observatroy of the University of California, 1945-58 |
H. Paul Shcuh |
Howard Paul Shuch |
aerospace engineer and microwave technologist involved in search for extraterrestrial intelligence |
Brent Tully |
R. Brent Tully |
astronomer at Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu |
Thomas Young |
A. Thomas Young |
Director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, 1980-82 |
Nobel Laureates
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J. Michael Bishop |
John Michael Bishop |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1989 |
Carleton Gajdusik |
C. Carleton Gajdusik |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1976 |
Robert Horvitz |
H. Robert Horvitz |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2002 |
Tim Hunt |
R. Timothy Hunt |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2001 |
Gobind Khorana |
H. Gobind Khorana |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1968 |
David Politzer |
H. David Politzer |
Nobel Prize in Physics, 2004 |
Sherwood Rowland |
F. Sherwood Rowland |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995 |
Barry Sharpless |
Karl Barry Sharpless |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2001 |
Michael Spence |
A. Michael Spence |
Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 |
Don Thomas |
Edward Donnall Thomas |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1990 |
University Scholars, Faculty, Administrators
|
E. Digby Baltzell |
Edward Digby Baltzell |
Sociologist, Professor of History and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania, 1947-86; invented acronym WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) |
Doak Barnett |
Arthur Doak Barnett |
Columbia University professor, author |
Edwards Deming |
William Edwards Deming |
Columbia University mathematician, engineer |
Bill Domhoff |
George William Domhoff |
Research Professor in Psychology and Sociology at University of California, Santa Crus; author of Who Rules America? 1967 |
Bruce Donoff |
R. Bruce Donoff |
Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine |
M. Judah Folkman |
Moses Judah Folkman |
medical scientist; professor at Harvard Medical School |
Lee Fritschler |
A. Lee Fritschler |
professor of public policy at George Mason University; author |
Gordon Gee |
Elwood Gordon Gee |
president, Ohio State University |
Bart Giamatti |
Angelo Bartlett Giamatti |
mathematician; President of Yale College, 1978-1986 |
J. Richard Gott |
John Richard Gott |
professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University |
G. Stanley Hall |
Granville Stanley Hall |
pioneering psychologist and educator; first president of Clark University |
Lowell Harriss |
Clement Lowell Harriss |
Columbia University economist |
John Ikenberry |
G. John Ikenberry |
Princeton professor; international relations theorist |
King Jordan |
Irving King Jordan |
president of Gallaudet University, 1988-2006 |
Frank Kermode |
John Frank Kermode |
Columbia University literature professor, author |
Kenneth Koch |
Jay Kenneth Koch |
Columbia University professor, poet |
Tom Leighton |
Frank Thomson Leighton |
MIT professor of applied mathematics; co-founder Akamai Technologies |
Perry Link |
E. Perry Link |
sinologist, professor at University of California– Riverside |
Brander Matthews |
James Brander Matthews |
Columbia University professor, author |
Wright Mills |
Charles Wright Mills |
sociologist; Professor at Columbia University, 1946-62; author of The Power Elite, 1956 |
Lee Pelton |
M. Lee Pelton |
president Willamette University |
James Rainwater |
Leo James Rainwater |
physicist, Columbia University professor, 1932-86 |
Taylor Reveley |
W. Taylor Reveley III |
president of the College of William and Mary |
Guyford Stever |
Horton Guyford Stever |
physicist, president of Carnegie Mellon University, 1965-72 |
G. Malcolm Trout |
George Malcolm Trout |
professor in food science at Michigan State University for almost fifty years |
G. Ernest Wright |
George Ernest Wright |
Old Testament scholar, biblical archaeologist, Harvard professor |
Other Science and Medicine
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C. Olin Ball |
Charles Olin Ball |
food technologist involved in food canning research of 1920s and ’30s |
William Beebe |
Charles William Beebe |
zoologist, ocean explorer |
D. Allan Bromley |
David Allan Bromley |
physicist, scientific advisor to Presidents Reagan G.H.W. Bush |
Paul Butler |
R. Paul Butler |
Discover Magazine’s 2003 “Space Scientist of the Year” |
Thomas Caskey |
C. Thomas Caskey |
geneticist, editor of Annual Review of Medicine |
Chapin Cutler |
C. Chapin Cutler |
electrical engineer at Bell Labs |
Michael Gear |
W. Michael Gear |
archaeologist, author of First North American series |
J. Willard Gibbs |
Josiah Willard Gibbs |
theoretical physicist, chemist, mathematician; “Gibbs’s Phenomenon” |
Gordon Gould |
Richard Gordon Gould |
physicist, invented laser |
Newton Harvey |
Edmund Newton Harvey |
zoologist, expert on light-emitting organisms |
Evelyn Hutchinson |
George Evelyn Hutchinson |
sociologist; father of American limnology |
Charles Kendeigh |
Samuel Charles Kendeigh |
ornithologist; cofounder of the Nature Conservatory |
Ken Musgrave |
Forest Kenton Musgrave |
creator of 3d graphics software Mojo World; CEO of marketer Pandromeda Inc. |
Robert Oppenheimer |
J. Robert Oppenheimer |
physicist; scientific director of the Manhattan Project |
Roger Porter |
J. Roger Porter |
internationally known microbiologist |
Anthony Rankin |
E. Anthony Rankin |
president, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
Lee Spence |
Edward Lee Spence |
underwater archaeologist and shipwreck expert |
David Tilman |
G. David Tilman |
director of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Long-term Ecological Research Station |