List of Cornell University faculty
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This list of Cornell University faculty includes notable current and former instructors and administrators of Cornell University
, an Ivy League
university
located in Ithaca
, New York
.
Cornell's faculty for the 2005–06 academic year included three Nobel laureates
, a Crafoord Prize
winner, two Turing Award
winners, a Fields Medal
winner, two Legion of Honor recipients, a World Food Prize
winner, an Andrei Sakharov Prize winner, three National Medal of Science
winners, two Wolf Prize winners, four MacArthur award winners, four Pulitzer Prize
winners, two Eminent Ecologist Award recipients, a Carter G. Woodson
Scholars Medallion recipient, four Presidential Early Career Award winners, 20 National Science Foundation
CAREER grant holders, a recipient of the National Academy of Sciences
Award for Initiatives in Research, a recipient of the American Mathematical Society
's Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, a recipient of the Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, three Packard Foundation grant holders, a Keck Distinguished Young Scholar, two Beckman Foundation Young Investigator grant holders, and two NYSTAR (New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research) early career award winners.
Peace, Literature, or Economics
Chemistry
Physiology or Medicine
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, an Ivy League
Ivy League
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university
University
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located in Ithaca
Ithaca, New York
The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...
, New York
New York
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Cornell's faculty for the 2005–06 academic year included three Nobel laureates
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
, a Crafoord Prize
Crafoord Prize
The Crafoord Prize is an annual science prize established in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, a Swedish industrialist, and his wife Anna-Greta Crafoord...
winner, two Turing Award
Turing Award
The Turing Award, in full The ACM A.M. Turing Award, is an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the...
winners, a Fields Medal
Fields Medal
The Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
winner, two Legion of Honor recipients, a World Food Prize
World Food Prize
The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.-The Prize:...
winner, an Andrei Sakharov Prize winner, three National Medal of Science
National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...
winners, two Wolf Prize winners, four MacArthur award winners, four Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winners, two Eminent Ecologist Award recipients, a Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson
Carter Godwin Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson was one of the first scholars to study African American history. A founder of Journal of Negro History , Dr...
Scholars Medallion recipient, four Presidential Early Career Award winners, 20 National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
CAREER grant holders, a recipient of the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
Award for Initiatives in Research, a recipient of the American Mathematical Society
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards and prizes to mathematicians.The society is one of the...
's Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, a recipient of the Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, three Packard Foundation grant holders, a Keck Distinguished Young Scholar, two Beckman Foundation Young Investigator grant holders, and two NYSTAR (New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research) early career award winners.
Nobel laureates
Physics- Richard FeynmanRichard FeynmanRichard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics...
(Physics faculty, 1945–50) – PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
1965
- Hans BetheHans BetheHans Albrecht Bethe was a German-American nuclear physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. A versatile theoretical physicist, Bethe also made important contributions to quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid-state physics and...
(John Wendell Anderson Professor of Physics, 1935–2005) – Physics 1967 - Hannes AlfvénHannes AlfvénHannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics . He described the class of MHD waves now known as Alfvén waves...
(Distinguished Professor in Engineering) – Physics 1970 - John Robert SchriefferJohn Robert SchriefferJohn Robert Schrieffer is an American physicist and, with John Bardeen and Leon N Cooper, recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful microscopic theory of superconductivity.-Biography:...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1969–75) – Physics 1972 - Kenneth G. WilsonKenneth G. WilsonKenneth Geddes Wilson is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner.As an undergraduate at Harvard, he was a Putnam Fellow. He earned his PhD from Caltech in 1961, studying under Murray Gell-Mann....
(Professor of Physics and Nuclear Studies, 1963–88) – Physics 1982 - Pierre-Gilles de GennesPierre-Gilles de GennesPierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.-Biography:...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1977–83) and Bethe Lecturer in Physics, 1989–90) – Physics 1991 - David LeeDavid Lee (physicist)David Morris Lee is an American physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3"-Personal life:...
(Professor of Physics) – Physics 1996 - Robert Coleman RichardsonRobert Coleman RichardsonRobert Coleman Richardson is an American experimental physicist whose area of research includes sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3...
(Floyd R. Newman Professor of Physics) – Physics 1996
Peace, Literature, or Economics
- Norman BorlaugNorman BorlaugNorman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution". Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1982–88) – PeaceNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
1970 - Wole SoyinkaWole SoyinkaAkinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, where he was recognised as a man "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence", and became the first African in Africa and...
(Senior Fellow, Society for the Humanities, 1985) – LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
1986 - Octavio PazOctavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1972–74) – Literature 1990 - Amartya SenAmartya SenAmartya Sen, CH is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1978–84) – Economics 1998
Chemistry
- Peter DebyePeter DebyePeter Joseph William Debye FRS was a Dutch physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.-Early life:...
(Professor of Chemistry, 1940–50; Department Chair) – ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
1936 - James B. SumnerJames B. SumnerJames Batcheller Sumner was an American chemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley.-Biography:...
(Professor, 1929–55 and Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry/Nutrition) – Chemistry 1946 - Vincent du VigneaudVincent du VigneaudVincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955 for the isolation, structural identification, and total synthesis of the cyclic peptide, oxytocin.-Biography:...
(Professor of Biochemistry, Medical College, 1938–67), Professor of Chemistry, 1967–75) – Chemistry 1955 - Manfred EigenManfred EigenManfred Eigen is a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.-Career:...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1965–76) – Chemistry 1967 - Paul FloryPaul FloryPaul John Flory was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules...
(Chemistry faculty, 1948–57) – Chemistry 1974 - Roald HoffmannRoald HoffmannRoald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He currently teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.-Escape from the Holocaust:...
(Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor in Humane Letters) – Chemistry 1981 - Henry TaubeHenry TaubeHenry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the first Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize...
(Assistant Professor, 1944–46) – Chemistry 1983 - Richard R. ErnstRichard R. ErnstRichard Robert Ernst is a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier Transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy while at Varian Associates, Palo...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1996–2002) – Chemistry 1991
Physiology or Medicine
- Herbert Spencer Gasser (Medical College, 1931–34) – Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
1944 - Fritz Albert LipmannFritz Albert LipmannFritz Albert Lipmann FRS was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953 .Lipmann was born in Königsberg, Germany to a Jewish family.Lipmann...
(Research Associate, Medical College, 1939–1941) – Physiology or Medicine 1953 - Peter MedawarPeter MedawarSir Peter Brian Medawar OM CBE FRS was a British biologist, whose work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance was fundamental to the practice of tissue and organ transplants...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1965–71) – Physiology or Medicine 1960 - Haldan Keffer HartlineHaldan Keffer HartlineHaldan Keffer Hartline was an American physiologist who was a co-winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.Hartline began his study of retinal electrophysiology as a National Research Council Fellow at Johns...
(Associate Professor, Medical College, 1940–41) – Physiology or Medicine 1967 - Robert W. HolleyRobert W. HolleyRobert William Holley was an American biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for describing the structure of alanine transfer RNA, linking DNA and protein synthesis.Holley was born in Urbana, Illinois, and graduated from Urbana High School in 1938...
(Ph.D. 1947 Organic Chemistry; Professor and Department Chair in Biochemistry, 1948–64) – Physiology or Medicine 1968 - Har Gobind Khorana (A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1974–80) – Physiology or Medicine 1968
- Robert F. FurchgottRobert F. FurchgottRobert Francis Furchgott was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist.Furchgott was born in Charleston, SC, to Arthur Furchgott and Pena Sorentrue Furchgott...
(Assistant Professor of biochemistry, Research Associate, Medical College, 1941–49) – Physiology or Medicine 1998 - Paul GreengardPaul GreengardPaul Greengard is an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1981–87) – Physiology or Medicine 2000
MacArthur awards
- Archie Randolph AmmonsArchie Randolph AmmonsArchie Randolph Ammons was an American poet. He wrote about humanity's relationship to nature in alternately comic and solemn tones.-Life:...
(Professor of Creative Writing, 1964–98) – Poetry 1981 - Alice FultonAlice FultonAlice Fulton is an American author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.- Biography :Fulton was born and raised in Troy, New York, the youngest of three daughters. Her father was the proprietor of the historic Phoenix Hotel, and her mother was a visiting nurse. She began writing poetry in high school...
(Professor of Creative Writing) – Poetry 1991 - Paul GinspargPaul GinspargPaul Ginsparg is a physicist widely known for his development of the ArXiv.org e-print archive and for contributions to theoretical physics.-Career in physics:...
(Professor of Physics and Computing & Information Science) - Physics 2002 - Stephen LeeStephen Lee (chemist)Stephen Lee is a MacArthur Award winning chemist and son of Tsung-Dao Lee, the winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is currently a professor at Cornell University.-Education:Lee attended Yale University, and graduated with a BA in 1978...
(Professor of Solid State Chemistry) - Chemistry 1993 - Michal LipsonMichal LipsonMichal Lipson is an American physicist known for her work on silicon photonics. She is an associate professor at Cornell University in the school of electrical and computer engineering and a member of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Cornell...
(Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering) - Optical Physics 2010
Mathematics
- Eugene DynkinEugene DynkinEugene Borisovich Dynkin is a Soviet and American mathematician. He has made contributions to the fields of probability and algebra, especially semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes...
(Professor) – Mathematics - Walter FeitWalter FeitWalter Feit was a Jewish Austrian-American mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory....
(Professor, 1952–64) – Mathematician, co-author of the Feit–Thompson theoremFeit–Thompson theoremIn mathematics, the Feit–Thompson theorem, or odd order theorem, states that every finite group of odd order is solvable. It was proved by - History : conjectured that every nonabelian finite simple group has even order... - Allen HatcherAllen HatcherAllen Edward Hatcher is an American topologist and also a noted author. His book Algebraic Topology, which is the first in a series, is considered by many to be one of the best introductions to the subject....
(Professor, 1985–) – Mathematics - John Irwin HutchinsonJohn Irwin HutchinsonJohn Irwin Hutchinson was an American mathematician born in Bangor, Maine He was educated at Bates College, , Clark University , and the University of Chicago . At Cornell University he was instructor in mathematics from 1894 to 1902, assistant professor in 1903-09, and professor after 1910...
(Professor of Mathematics, 1894–?) – American mathematician - Saunders Mac LaneSaunders Mac LaneSaunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician who cofounded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.-Career:...
(Professor) – Developer of algebra's category theoryCategory theoryCategory theory is an area of study in mathematics that examines in an abstract way the properties of particular mathematical concepts, by formalising them as collections of objects and arrows , where these collections satisfy certain basic conditions... - Anil NerodeAnil NerodeAnil Nerode is a U.S. mathematician, born in 1932. He received his undergraduate education and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago, the latter under the directions of Saunders Mac Lane. He enrolled in the Hutchins College at the University of Chicago in 1947 at the age of 15, and...
(Goldwin Smith Professor of Mathematics) – Mathematician - Piergiorgio OdifreddiPiergiorgio OdifreddiPiergiorgio Odifreddi , is an Italian mathematician, logician and aficionado of the history of science, who is also extremely active as a popular science writer and essayist, especially in a perspective of philosophical atheism as a member of the Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and...
(Professor) – Mathematician - Paul OlumPaul OlumPaul Olum was an American mathematician and university administrator.-Early years:Born in Binghamton, New York to a father who was a Russian Jew who immigrated at age of nine to escape persecution, Olum took an interest in mathematics at an early age. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard...
(Professor) – Mathematics, President of the University of OregonUniversity of Oregon-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
1980–89 - Steven StrogatzSteven StrogatzSteven Henry Strogatz is an American mathematician and the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University...
(Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1994–) – Mathematician - Éva TardosÉva TardosÉva Tardos is a Hungarian mathematician, winner of the Fulkerson Prize , and professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.Research Interests:...
(Professor of Computer Science) – Mathematician, Guggeinheim fellow, winner of the Fulkerson PrizeFulkerson PrizeThe Fulkerson Prize for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics is sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society . Up to three awards of $1500 each are presented at each International Symposium of the MPS...
, 1988 - William ThurstonWilliam ThurstonWilliam Paul Thurston is an American mathematician. He is a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology. In 1982, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds...
(Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2003–) – Mathematics; Fields medalFields MedalThe Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
winner - Charles F. Van LoanCharles F. Van LoanCharles Francis Van Loan is a professor of computer science and the Joseph C. Ford Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, known for his expertise in numerical analysis, especially matrix computations.-Biography:...
(Chair of the Department of Computer Science) – Mathematician
Physics
- Robert BacherRobert BacherRobert Fox Bacher was an American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project.-Early life and career:...
(Professor, 1935–1949) – Manhattan ProjectManhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
leader and member of Atomic Energy CommissionUnited States Atomic Energy CommissionThe United States Atomic Energy Commission was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S... - Persis DrellPersis DrellPersis Drell is an American physicist best known for her expertise in the field of particle physics. She is the director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As research director, she has overseen the BaBar experiment. Before coming to Stanford, she was a professor at Cornell University...
(Professor, 1988–2002) – American particle physicist - Freeman DysonFreeman DysonFreeman John Dyson FRS is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum field theory, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. Dyson is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
(Professor, 1951–53) – Physics, mathematics - Mitchell FeigenbaumMitchell FeigenbaumMitchell Jay Feigenbaum is a mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.- Biography :...
(Professor) – Physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theoryChaos theoryChaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, with applications in several disciplines including physics, economics, biology, and philosophy. Chaos theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, an effect which is popularly referred to as the...
led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constant - Peter GoldreichPeter GoldreichPeter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He is currently the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology. Since 2005 he has also been a...
(Thomas Gold Lecturer, 1987) – Astrophysicist - Brian GreeneBrian GreeneBrian Greene is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi-Yau manifolds...
(Professor, 1990–95) – Theoretical Physicist and Author – specializing in String TheoryString theoryString theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system... - Arthur KantrowitzArthur KantrowitzArthur Robert Kantrowitz was an American scientist, engineer, and educator.Kantrowitz grew up in The Bronx, and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He earned his B.S., M.A. and, in 1947, his Ph.D. degrees in physics from Columbia University...
(Professor, 1946–56) – Physicist and engineer - Boyce McDanielBoyce McDanielBoyce Dawkins McDaniel was an American nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later directed the Cornell University Laboratory of Nuclear Studies . McDaniel was skilled in constructing "atom smashing" devices to study the fundamental structure of matter and helped to build the...
(Professor, 1946–1985) – Manhattan ProjectManhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
physicist and synchotron designer - Paul McEuenPaul McEuenPaul McEuen is an American physicist. He received his B.S. in engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma , and his Ph.D. in applied physics at Yale University . After postdoctoral work at MIT , he became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley...
(Professor, 2001–) – Physicist, specializes in carbon nanotubeCarbon nanotubeCarbon nanotubes are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. Nanotubes have been constructed with length-to-diameter ratio of up to 132,000,000:1, significantly larger than for any other material... - Yuri Orlov (Researcher of Physics, 1986–) – Nuclear physicist, former Soviet dissident and human rights activist
- Dennis William SciamaDennis William SciamaDennis William Siahou Sciama FRS was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered as one of the fathers of modern cosmology.-Life:Sciama was born in Manchester, England...
(Professor) – Physicist - George Paget ThomsonGeorge Paget ThomsonSir George Paget Thomson, FRS was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his discovery with Clinton Davisson of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.-Biography:...
(Non-resident Lecturer, 1929–30) – Nobel Prize, Physics 1937 - Kip ThorneKip ThorneKip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for having trained a generation of scientists...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1986–92) – Astrophysicist - Robert R. WilsonRobert R. WilsonRobert Rathbun Wilson was an American physicist who was a group leader of the Manhattan Project, a sculptor, and an architect of Fermi National Laboratory , where he was also the director from 1967–1978....
(Professor) – Youngest group leader on the Manhattan ProjectManhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
, first director of FermilabFermilabFermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics...
Astronomy
- Thomas GoldThomas GoldThomas Gold was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society . Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who in the 1950s proposed the now mostly abandoned 'steady...
(John L. Wetherill Professor of Astronomy, 1959–2004) – Astrophysicist, coined the term "magnetosphereMagnetosphereA magnetosphere is formed when a stream of charged particles, such as the solar wind, interacts with and is deflected by the intrinsic magnetic field of a planet or similar body. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the other planets with intrinsic magnetic fields: Mercury, Jupiter,...
" - Jean-Luc MargotJean-Luc MargotJean-Luc Margot is a Belgian-born astronomer and a Professor at UCLA. He specializes in planetary sciences. He was awarded the H. C. Urey Prize by the American Astronomical Society in 2004....
(Assistant Professor) – Astronomer, awarded the H. C. Urey PrizeH. C. Urey PrizeThe Harold C. Urey Prize is awarded annually by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. The prize recognizes outstanding achievement in planetary science by a young astronomer. The prize is named after Harold C. Urey....
by the American Astronomical SocietyAmerican Astronomical SocietyThe American Astronomical Society is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC...
, 2004 - Carl SaganCarl SaganCarl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books...
(David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 1968–96) – Space Sciences - Edwin Ernest SalpeterEdwin Ernest SalpeterEdwin Ernest Salpeter FRS was an Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist. Born to a Jewish family, he emigrated from Austria to Australia while in his teens to escape the Nazis. He attended Sydney University, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1944 and his master's degree in 1945...
(James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences Emeritus, 1948–2008) – Astronomer - Aleksander WolszczanAleksander WolszczanAleksander Wolszczan is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.- Scientific career :...
(Professor) – Discoverer of first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.
Chemistry
- Wilder Dwight BancroftWilder Dwight BancroftWilder Dwight Bancroft was an American physical chemist.Born in Middletown, Rhode Island, he received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1888, a Ph.D. from University of Leipzig in 1892, and honorary SCDs from Lafayette College and Cambridge University...
(Professor, 1895–?) – Physical chemist - James CraftsJames CraftsJames Mason Crafts was an American chemist, best known for developing the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876.-Biography:...
(Professor of Chemistry, 1868–97) – President of MIT, 1897–1900 - John Gamble KirkwoodJohn Gamble KirkwoodJohn "Jack" Gamble Kirkwood was a noted chemist and physicist, holding faculty positions at Cornell University, the University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, and Yale University.-Early life and background:Kirkwood was born in Gotebo, Oklahoma, the oldest child of John Millard and...
(Professor) – Chemist - Stephen LeeStephen Lee (chemist)Stephen Lee is a MacArthur Award winning chemist and son of Tsung-Dao Lee, the winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is currently a professor at Cornell University.-Education:Lee attended Yale University, and graduated with a BA in 1978...
(Professor of Solid State Chemistry) – MacArthur Award and Sloan Fellow - Robert A. PlaneRobert A. PlaneRobert A. Plane was a chemistry professor and college administrator.Plane graduated with a B.A. degree from Evansville College in Indiana in 1948, and he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1951. For a short while he was a research chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...
– President of Wells CollegeWells CollegeWells College is a private coeducational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. Initially an all-women's institution, Wells became a co-ed college in Fall 2005....
Computer science and Engineering
- Paul GinspargPaul GinspargPaul Ginsparg is a physicist widely known for his development of the ArXiv.org e-print archive and for contributions to theoretical physics.-Career in physics:...
(Professor of Physics and Computing & Information Science, 2001–) – Developer of the arXivArXivThe arXiv |Chi]], χ) is an archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance which can be accessed online. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all...
e-print archive, MacArthur Award - Joseph HalpernJoseph HalpernJoseph Yehuda Halpern is a professor of computer science at Cornell University. Most of his research is on reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty....
(Professor of Computer Science) – Computer scientist - Juris HartmanisJuris HartmanisJuris Hartmanis is a prominent computer scientist and computational theorist who, with Richard E. Stearns, received the 1993 ACM Turing Award "in recognition of their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory".Hartmanis was born in Latvia...
(Professor, 1965–) – Computer scientist; Turing AwardTuring AwardThe Turing Award, in full The ACM A.M. Turing Award, is an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the...
recipient, 1993 - John HopcroftJohn HopcroftJohn Edward Hopcroft is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields. He is the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science at Cornell University.He received his...
(IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science) – Turing AwardTuring AwardThe Turing Award, in full The ACM A.M. Turing Award, is an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the...
recipient, 1986 - Michal LipsonMichal LipsonMichal Lipson is an American physicist known for her work on silicon photonics. She is an associate professor at Cornell University in the school of electrical and computer engineering and a member of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Cornell...
(Assistant Professor, Engineering) MacArthur Award, research into nanotech applications to optics - Trevor PinchTrevor PinchTrevor J. Pinch is a sociologist and former chair of the Science and Technology Studies department at Cornell University.Pinch has a degree in Physics from the Imperial College London and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Bath...
(Chair of Science and Technology Studies Department) – Chair of the Science and Technology Studies department - Theodore Paul WrightTheodore Paul WrightTheodore Paul Wright was a U.S. aeronautical engineer and educator. Born in Galesburg, Illinois, he served as acting president of Cornell University in 1951. Theodore P...
(Acting President, 1951) – U.S. aeronautical engineer and educator
Biology, ecology, botany, nutrition
- Louis AgassizLouis AgassizJean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel...
(Lecturer) – American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist - Liberty Hyde BaileyLiberty Hyde BaileyLiberty Hyde Bailey was an American horticulturist, botanist and cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science.-Biography:...
(Professor) – Botanist, founder of the 4-H4-H4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture , with the mission of "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development." The name represents...
movement, namesake of Bailey Hall - Joan Jacobs BrumbergJoan Jacobs BrumbergJoan Jacobs Brumberg is a social historian and academic. She is a Professor Emerita of Cornell University, and lectures and writes about the experiences of adolescents through history until the present day...
(Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow; Professor of History, Human Development, and Gender Studies, 1979–) – Scholar in adolescence, body image and eating disorders, and related fields - T. Colin CampbellT. Colin CampbellT. Colin Campbell is an American biochemist who specializes in the effects of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, and the author of over 300 research papers...
(Professor) – Nutritionist, director of the China ProjectChina projectThe China-Cornell-Oxford Project was a study conducted throughout the 1970s and 1980s in rural China, jointly funded by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the government of China. In 1991 The New York Times called it "the Grand Prix of epidemiology." The first two major studies were...
, and author of The China StudyThe China StudyThe China Study is a 2005 book by T. Colin Campbell and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II. It examines the relationship between the consumption of animal products and illnesses such as cancers of the breast, prostate, and large bowel, diabetes, coronary heart disease, obesity, autoimmune disease,... - Robert F. Chandler (Professor) – Winner of the World Food PrizeWorld Food PrizeThe World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.-The Prize:...
, 1988 - Thomas EisnerThomas EisnerThomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology."He was a Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University, and Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology...
(Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology) – Pioneer of chemical ecologyChemical ecologyChemical ecology is the study of the chemicals involved in the interactions of living organisms. It focuses on the production of and response to signaling molecules and toxins. Chemical ecology is of particular importance among ants and other social insects – including bees, wasps, and termites –... - Barton Warren EvermannBarton Warren EvermannBarton Warren Evermann was an American ichthyologist. He was born in Monroe County, Iowa, and graduated from Indiana University in 1886. For 10 years, he served as teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California. He was professor of biology at the Indiana State University in...
(Lecturer, 1900–03) – American ichthyologist - Jane GoodallJane GoodallDame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE , is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1996–2002) – Naturalist - Charles Frederick HarttCharles Frederick HarttCharles Frederick Hartt was an Canadian-American geologist, paleontologist and naturalist who specialized in the geology of Brazil.-Exploration in Brazil:...
(Professor, 1868–?) – Canadian-American geologist, paleontologist and naturalist who specialized in the geology of BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... - Harold Hill SmithHarold Hill SmithHarold Hill Smith was an American geneticist who first fused a human cell and a plant cell.-Life and career:...
(Professor) – American geneticist - Graham KerrGraham KerrGraham Kerr is a cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show The Galloping Gourmet.- Biography :...
(Professor, 1973) – Chef, "The Galloping Gourmet" - Rebecca J. NelsonRebecca J. NelsonRebecca Nelson , B.A. Swarthmore College, 1982, Ph.D. University of Washington, 1988 . Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding and International Agriculture at Cornell University. She is also Program Director for The McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program...
(Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding and International Agriculture) – MacArthur Fellow, 1998); researcher in crop disease resistance - Karl J. NiklasKarl J. NiklasKarl J. Niklas is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Plant Biology at Cornell University. He is best known for his work on plant biomechanics, allometry, and functional morphology, and for his long-standing contributions to understanding plant evolutionary biology, particularly...
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Plant Biology - Katharine PayneKatharine PayneKatharine Boynton Payne is a researcher in the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University. In 1999, she founded the lab's .-Career:...
(Researcher at Bioacoustics Research Program, Lab of Ornithology) – Whale and elephant researcher - David PeakallDavid PeakallDavid Beaumont Peakall was an internationally recognised toxicologist. His research into the effects of DDE and DDT on eggshells contributed to the ban on DDT in the US. He proved that the chemicals caused thinning of eggshells, leading to a reduction in the population of various bird species...
(1968–1975 Laboratory of Ornithology, senior research associate in the Section of Ecology and Systematics in the Biological Sciences Division) - Benoît RouxBenoît RouxBenoît Roux, Ph.D., is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the University of Chicago. He has previously taught at University of Montreal and Weill Medical College of Cornell University...
(Professor) – Molecular biologist; winner of the Rutherford Memorial MedalRutherford Memorial MedalThe Rutherford Memorial Medal is an award for research in the fields of physics and chemistry by the Royal Society of Canada. It was dedicated to the memorial of Ernest Rutherford.-Physics:* 2010 : Kari Dalnoki-Veress* 2009 : Barth Nettlefield...
in Chemistry, 1998) from the Royal Society of CanadaRoyal Society of CanadaThe Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada... - John C. SanfordJohn C. Sanford-Academic career:Sanford graduated in 1976 from the University of Minnesota with a BSc in horticulture. He then went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he received an MSc in 1978 and a PhD in 1980 in plant breeding and genetics. Between 1980 and 1986 Sanford was an assistant professor at...
(Professor, 1980–98) – Inventor of the gene gunGene gunA gene gun or a biolistic particle delivery system, originally designed for plant transformation, is a device for injecting cells with genetic information. The payload is an elemental particle of a heavy metal coated with plasmid DNA... - Steven D. TanksleySteven D. TanksleySteven Dale Tanksley is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant breeding and Biometry and chair of the Genomics Initiative Task Force at Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.-Education and career:...
(Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Breeding, 1985–) – Plant breeding and agronomyAgronomyAgronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...
researcher - Helen TurleyHelen TurleyHelen Turley is an American winemaker and wine consultant, known for bringing several Californian cult wines to the public awareness, and as the owner of a boutique winery, Marcassin Vineyard....
– winemaker - Herbert John WebberHerbert John WebberHerbert John Webber was an American plant physiologist who was born in Lawton, Michigan and grew up on a farm in Marshalltown, Iowa, originally wanting to be a lawyer. In 1889 he graduated from the University of Nebraska...
(Professor, 1907–12) – American plant physiologist, developed the citrangeCitrangeThe citrange is a hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange. The purpose of this cross was to attempt to create a cold-hardy citrus tree with delicious fruit. However, citranges are generally bitter.... - Robert WhittakerRobert WhittakerRobert Harding Whittaker was a distinguished American plant ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.Born in Wichita, Kansas, he obtained a B.A. at Washburn Municipal College in Topeka, Kansas, and, following military service, his Ph.D...
(Professor) – American vegetation ecologist - Burt Green WilderBurt Green WilderBurt Green Wilder was an American comparative anatomist, born in Boston to David and Celia Colton Wilder. He graduated at Harvard , 1862; medical department, 1866). During part of the Civil War he served as surgeon of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry...
(Professor of Neurology and Vertebrate Zoology, 1867–1910) – American comparative anatomist - Charles Edward StevensCharles Edward StevensDr. Charles Edward "Ed" Stevens was an American scientist, professor, and veterinarian. An internationally recognized expert in the field of comparative physiology and digestive systems, Dr...
(Chairman of Physiology, Biology and Pharmacology, 1961–1979) – Fulbright Scholar and internationally recognized expert in the field of comparative physiology and digestive systems.
Medicine
- James Ewing (Professor of Clinical Pathology, 1899–1939) – American pathologist; discovery of a form of malignant bone tumor that later became known as Ewing's Sarcoma
- Juan RosaiJuan RosaiJuan Rosai, M.D. is an Italian-born American physician who has contributed to clinical research in the subspecialty of surgical pathology. He is the principal author and editor of a major textbook in that field, and he has characterized novel medical conditions such as Rosai-Dorfman disease and...
(James Ewing Alumni Professor of Pathology (1991–1999), currently Adjunct Professor of Pathology at the Weill Cornell Medical College) – Author and editor of a main textbook in surgical pathologySurgical pathologySurgical pathology is the most significant and time-consuming area of practice for most anatomical pathologists. Surgical pathology involves the gross and microscopic examination of surgical specimens, as well as biopsies submitted by non-surgeons such as general internists, medical subspecialists,...
and discoverer of several entities such as Rosai-Dorfman diseaseRosai-Dorfman diseaseRosai–Dorfman disease, also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by the overproduction of histiocytes, which accumulate in lymph nodes throughout the body. Lymphadenopathy of the neck is the most common place of...
and Desmoplastic small round cell tumorDesmoplastic small round cell tumorDesmoplastic small-round-cell tumor is classified as a soft tissue sarcoma. It is an aggressive and rare tumor that primarily occurs as masses in the abdomen. Other areas affected may include the lymph nodes, the lining of the abdomen, diaphragm, spleen, liver, chest wall, skull, spinal cord, large... - Robert Foster KennedyRobert Foster KennedyRobert Foster Kennedy was an Irish-American neurologist.Foster Kennedy studied medicine at Belfast University and took his final exams at the Royal University of Ireland/Dublin...
(Professor of Neurology) – One of the first to use electroconvulsive treatment to treat psychosisPsychosisPsychosis means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality"...
; first to link shell shockShell ShockShell Shock, also known as 82nd Marines Attack was a 1964 film by B-movie director John Hayes. The film takes place in Italy during World War II, and tells the story of a sergeant with his group of soldiers....
and hysteriaHysteriaHysteria, in its colloquial use, describes unmanageable emotional excesses. People who are "hysterical" often lose self-control due to an overwhelming fear that may be caused by multiple events in one's past that involved some sort of severe conflict; the fear can be centered on a body part, or,... - Georgios PapanikolaouGeorgios PapanikolaouGeorgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...
(Researcher at Department of Anatomy, Medical College, 1913–?) – Inventor of the Pap smearPap smearThe Papanicolaou test is a screening test used in to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the endocervical canal of the female reproductive system. Changes can be treated, thus preventing cervical cancer...
test for cervical cancerCervical cancerCervical cancer is malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri or cervical area. One of the most common symptoms is abnormal vaginal bleeding, but in some cases there may be no obvious symptoms until the cancer is in its advanced stages... - Tom ShiresTom ShiresG. Tom Shires was an American trauma surgeon. He is known for his research on shock, which initiated the current practice of giving saline to trauma and surgical patients. He operated on John Connally and Lee Harvey Oswald after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.-Biography:Born in Waco, Texas...
(Chair of Surgery, 1975–91) – trauma surgeon; use of saline solution in shock - Ashutosh TewariAshutosh TewariAshutosh K. Tewari is a board certified American urologist, oncologist, and clinical researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in New York City where he directs the Institute of Prostate Cancer and Robotic Surgery. Tewari holds the Ronald P...
(Professor of UrologyUrologyUrology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...
and Public HealthPublic healthPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
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Geology and geography
- Heinrich RiesHeinrich RiesHeinrich Ries, Ph.D. was an American economic geologist, born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Columbia University and at the University of Berlin. He was employed principally at Cornell University, initially as an instructor , as an assistant professor , as professor, and as head of the...
(Professor, 1898–?) – American economic geologist - Ralph Stockman TarrRalph Stockman TarrRalph Stockman Tarr, S.B. was an American geographer, born at Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was educated at Harvard and he served at Cornell where he became professor in 1897. He was in charge of the 1896 Cornell expedition to Greenland...
(Professor, 1897–?) – American geographer
Economics
- Francine D. BlauFrancine D. BlauFrancine Dee Blau is an American economist and professor of economics at Cornell University. Blau was the first woman to receive the prestigious IZA Prize in Labor Economics for her "seminal contributions to the economic analysis of labor market inequality."-Education:Blau graduated from Forest...
(Frances PerkinsFrances PerkinsFrances Perkins , born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition...
Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Labor Economics since 1995) - received her B.S.Bachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in industrial and labor relations in 1966 from Cornell - Kaushik BasuKaushik BasuKaushik Basu is an Indian economist who is currently the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and is also the C...
(Professor of Economics) – Indian economist - George M. von FurstenbergGeorge M. von FurstenbergProfessor Doctor George M. von Furstenberg is a noted economist, currently serving as the James H. Rudy Professor of Economics at Indiana University and best known for his work in the areas of monetary policy, free trade policy and international finance....
(Assistant Professor of Economics) – Economist best known for monetary policy, free trade policy and international finance - John D. KasardaJohn D. KasardaJohn D. Kasarda is an American academic focused on global management strategy, aviation and economic development. He is currently the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kasarda is...
earned a bachelor of science degree in applied economics from Cornell in 1967 and masters of business administration degree in Organizational Theory from Cornell in 1968, developer of the aerotropolisAerotropolisAn aerotropolis is an urban form whose layout, infrastructure, and economy is centered on an airport, offering its businesses speedy connectivity to suppliers, customers, and enterprise partners worldwide. Many of these businesses are much more dependent on distant suppliers or customers than to...
concept, which defines the role of airports and aviationAviationAviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
-driven economic development in shaping 21st-century urban growth and form; directs the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolKenan-Flagler Business SchoolThe Kenan-Flagler Business School is the undergraduate and graduate business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration , MBA for Executives, Master of Accounting, Ph.D., a business...
. - James Laurence LaughlinJames Laurence LaughlinJames Laurence Laughlin was an American economist who helped to found the Federal Reserve System.Born in Deerfield, Ohio, Laughlin received his PhD from Harvard University. His thesis regarded "Anglo-Saxon Legal Procedure". A conservative, he generally subscribed to the economic theories of John...
(Professor, 1890–92) – Founded the Federal Reserve SystemFederal Reserve SystemThe Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913 with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907... - Thomas SowellThomas SowellThomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective...
(Professor, 1965–1969) – Economist - Holbrook WorkingHolbrook WorkingHolbrook Working , a professor of economics and statistics at Stanford University’s FoodResearch Institute, is known for his contributions on hedging, the theory of futures prices – which anticipated the efficient market hypothesis, an early theory of market maker behavior, and the theory of...
(Professor) – Economic theorist on hedgingHedge (finance)A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses that may be incurred by a companion investment.A hedge can be constructed from many types of financial instruments, including stocks, exchange-traded funds, insurance, forward contracts, swaps, options, many types of...
, futures pricesFutures contractIn finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to exchange a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed today with delivery occurring at a specified future date, the delivery date. The contracts are traded on a futures exchange...
, market makerMarket makerA market maker is a company, or an individual, that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a financial instrument or commodity held in inventory, hoping to make a profit on the bid-offer spread, or turn. From a market microstructure theory standpoint, market makers are net sellers of an option to be...
behavior, and storage - Antonio Evaldo Comune – Brazilian economist, teaches at University of São PauloUniversity of São PauloUniversidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
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Psychology
- Daryl BemDaryl BemDaryl J. Bem is a social psychologist and professor emeritus at Cornell University. He is the originator of the self-perception theory of attitude change, and has carried out research on psi phenomena , group decision making, handwriting analysis, sexual orientation and personality theory and...
(Professor of Psychology) – Social psychologist, creator of self-perception theorySelf-perception theorySelf-perception theory is an account of attitude change developed by psychologist Daryl Bem. It asserts that people develop their attitudes by observing their behaviour and concluding what attitudes must have caused them. The theory is counterintuitive in nature, as the conventional wisdom is that... - Sandra BemSandra BemSandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem to Peter and Lillian Lipsitz. She grew up in a "working class" family, with one younger sister named Beverly. She is married to Daryl Bem, also a psychology professor....
(Professor) – PsychologistPsychologistPsychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
, created Bem Sex Role Inventory, studies gender roles - Stephen J. CeciStephen J. CeciStephen J. Ceci is an American psychologist at Cornell University. He studies the accuracy of children's courtroom testimony , and he is an expert in the development of intelligence and memory...
(Professor) - Researcher of children's courtroom testimony - Thomas GilovichThomas GilovichThomas D. Gilovich is a professor of psychology at Cornell University who has researched decision making and behavioral economics and has written popular books on said subjects. He has collaborated with Daniel Kahneman, Lee Ross and Amos Tversky....
(Professor of Psychology) – Researcher of decision making and behavioral economics - Paulina KernbergPaulina KernbergDr. Paulina F. Kernberg was a Chilean American child psychiatrist, an authority on personality disorders, and a professor at Cornell University....
(Professor of Psychiatry, 1978–2006) – American child psychiatrist and authority on personality disorders - Kurt LewinKurt LewinKurt Zadek Lewin was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology....
(Professor) – Founder of modern social psychologySocial psychologySocial psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all... - Ritch Savin-WilliamsRitch Savin-WilliamsRitch C. Savin-Williams, Ph.D, is a professor of developmental psychology at Cornell University who specializes in gay, lesbian, and bisexual research. He is currently the chair of the Department of Human Development at Cornell.-Education:...
(Professor) – prolific sexual orientationSexual orientationSexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...
researcher - Edward B. TitchenerEdward B. TitchenerEdward Bradford Titchener, D.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. was a British psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years. Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structure of the mind; structuralism...
(Professor) – Inventor of structuralismStructuralismStructuralism originated in the structural linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and the subsequent Prague and Moscow schools of linguistics. Just as structural linguistics was facing serious challenges from the likes of Noam Chomsky and thus fading in importance in linguistics, structuralism...
, founder of first psychology lab in U.S. (at Cornell University)
Law
- G. Robert BlakeyG. Robert BlakeyGeorge Robert Blakey is an American attorney and law professor. He is best known for his work in connection with drafting the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and for scholarship on that subject.-Education and family:Blakey graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1957,...
professor of law and director of the Cornell Institute on Organized Crime (1973–80) – author of the RICO statute and chief counsel to House Select Committee on Assassinations - Milton R. KonvitzMilton R. KonvitzMilton Konvitz was a former Cornell University faculty member. He died September 5, 2003 at the age of 95.-Early Life, Education and Early Career:...
– head of Liberian codification project
Anthropology, sociology, other social science
- John AdairJohn Adair (anthropologist)John Adair , was an American anthropologist best known for work in visual anthropology but also very much involved and interested in applied anthropology....
(Professor, 1948–1960) – Anthropologist - Fred ButtelFred ButtelFrederick H. Buttel was William H. Sewell Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, his master's degree in forestry and environmental studies at Yale University and his Ph.D. in sociology at the...
(Professor of Rural Sociology) – Sociologist - John Collier (anthropologist)John Collier (anthropologist)John A. Collier, Jr. was an American anthropologist and an early leader in the fields of Visual anthropology and Applied anthropology. His emphasis on analysis and use of still photographs in ethnography led him to significant contributions in other subfields of anthropology, especially the...
- Visual anthropologist - Dian FosseyDian FosseyDian Fossey was an American zoologist who undertook an extensive study of gorilla groups over a period of 18 years. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by famous anthropologist Louis Leakey...
(Visiting Research Associate, 1980) – Anthropologist whose murder was recreated as the film Gorillas in the Mist - Rose GoldsenRose GoldsenRose Kohn Goldsen was a Professor of Sociology at Cornell University and a pioneer in studying the effects of television and popular culture....
– pioneer in studying the effects of television and popular culture - Jay JasanoffJay JasanoffJay Harold Jasanoff is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist, best known for his h₂e-conjugation theory of the Proto-Indo-European verb. He teaches Indo-European linguistics and historical linguistics at Harvard University....
(Professor, 1978–1998) – Indo-European linguistics specialist - Bronisław Malinowski (Lecturer, 1933) – Founder of social anthropology
- Robert B. McGinnis – originator of the "Cornell Mobility Model" for studying social mobility
- John V. Murra (1968–82) — professor of anthropology, with a focus on the Inca EmpireInca EmpireThe Inca Empire, or Inka Empire , was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century...
- Richard SwedbergRichard SwedbergRichard Swedberg is a Swedish sociologist at Cornell University. Swedberg has been a contributor to developing a sociological approach to the analysis of the economy....
(Professor of Sociology, 2002–) – Swedish economic sociologist - Sidney TarrowSidney TarrowSidney G. Tarrow is a professor of political science and sociology, known for his research in the areas of comparative politics, social movements, political parties, collective action and political sociology.-Biography:...
(Maxwell UpsonMaxwell UpsonMaxwell Mayhew Upson was a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees for over 35 years.Upson graduated in 1899 from Cornell with a bachelor's degree in engineering...
Professor of Government and Sociology) – Researcher of comparative politics, social movements, and political sociology - James D. ThompsonJames D. ThompsonJames David Thompson was an American sociologist.In 1932, Thompson's family moved to Chicago where he went to a public high school. He graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in business and served in the United States Air Force from 1941 to 1946...
(Professor) – Sociologist - Bassam TibiBassam TibiBassam Tibi , born 1944 in Damascus, lives in Germany since 1962 and, since 1976, he is a German citizen. He is a political scientist and Professor of International Relations. In academia, he is known for his analysis of international relations and the introduction of Islam to the study of...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 2004–) – Political scientist of Islamic countries - Meredith SmallMeredith SmallMeredith F. Small is a Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University and popular science author. She was born November 20, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri. She has been widely published in academic journals, and her research is well presented in her most popular book: "Our Babies, Ourselves". She...
(Professor, 1998–) – Anthropologist and primatologist, author of several books on child development including Our Babies, Ourselves.
Philosophy
- Kwame Anthony AppiahKwame Anthony AppiahKwame Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-British-American philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Kwame Anthony Appiah grew up in Ghana and earned a Ph.D. at Cambridge...
(Professor, 1986–89) – African Studies philosopher and novelist - Max BlackMax BlackMax Black was a British-American philosopher, who was a leading influential figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies...
- Allan BloomAllan BloomAllan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academic. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Yale University, École Normale Supérieure of Paris, and the University...
(Professor, 1963–70) – Philosophy and Government, author of Closing of the American Mind - Richard BoydRichard BoydRichard Newell Boyd is an American philosopher who has spent most of his career at Cornell University, though he also taught briefly at Harvard University, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the University of California, Berkeley...
(Professor) – Philosopher - Edwin Arthur Burtt (Professor) Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy in 1941, author of numerous works on philosophy
- Harold F. ChernissHarold F. ChernissHarold Fredrik Cherniss was an expert on the philosophy of Ancient Greece. He wrote several books in the field, and edited and translated works by Plutarch.-Life:...
(Professor) – Author and expert on the philosophy of Ancient Greece - Morris Raphael CohenMorris Raphael CohenMorris Raphael Cohen was an American philosopher, lawyer and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis. He was father to Felix S. Cohen....
(Lecturer) – Jewish philosopher, lawyer and legal scholar - James Edwin CreightonJames Edwin CreightonJames Edwin Creighton , was an American philosopher who believed no system of thought can be the product of an isolated mind....
(Professor) – American philosopher - Terence IrwinTerence IrwinTerence Irwin is a scholar and philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and the history of ethics Terence Irwin (born 21 April 1947, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a scholar and philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and the history of ethics Terence Irwin (born 21...
- Anthony KennyAnthony KennySir Anthony John Patrick Kenny FBA is an English philosopher whose interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of Wittgenstein and the philosophy of religion...
- Norman KretzmannNorman KretzmannNorman J. Kretzmann was a Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University who specialised in the history of medieval philosophy and the philosophy of religion.Kretzmann joined Cornell's Department of Philosophy in 1966...
- Norman MalcolmNorman MalcolmNorman Malcolm was an American philosopher, born in Selden, Kansas. He studied philosophy with O.K. Bouwsma at the University of Nebraska, then enrolled as a graduate student at Harvard University in 1933....
(Professor, 1947–58) – Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinLudwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He was professor in philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947...
scholar - Evander Bradley McGilvaryEvander Bradley McGilvaryEvander Bradley McGilvary, Ph.D. was an American philosophical scholar, born in Bangkok to American Presbyterian missionaries, the Rev. Daniel McGilvary and Mrs. Sophia McGilvary. He came to the United States to study, graduating from Davidson College in 1884 and from Princeton University in 1888...
(Susan Linn Sage Professor of Ethics, 1899–1905) – American philosophical scholar - John RawlsJohn RawlsJohn Bordley Rawls was an American philosopher and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy. He held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University....
(Professor) – Philosopher, author of A Theory of JusticeA Theory of JusticeA Theory of Justice is a book of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised in both 1975 and 1999. In A Theory of Justice, Rawls attempts to solve the problem of distributive justice by utilising a variant of the familiar device of the social...
, Political Liberalism, and The Law of PeoplesThe Law of PeoplesThe Law of Peoples is American Philosopher John Rawls's work on international relations. First published in 1993 as a short article , in 1999 it was expanded and joined with another essay "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited" to form a full length book... - Sydney ShoemakerSydney ShoemakerSydney Shoemaker is an American philosopher. Until his retirement, he was a Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University. He holds a PhD from Cornell and BA from Reed. In 1971, he delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford University...
(Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy) – Philosopher and metaphysician - Jason StanleyJason StanleyJason Stanley is an American philosopher currently teaching at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. His primary interests include linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy of language, and epistemology...
- Brian WeathersonBrian WeathersonBrian Weatherson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cornell's Sage School of Philosophy....
(Associate Professor of Philosophy) – Philosopher, metaphysician
Literature
- M.H. Abrams Author of the Mirror and the Lamp, acclaimed literary critic
- Frederick AhlFrederick AhlFrederick M. Ahl is a professor of classics and comparative literature at Cornell University He is known for his work in Greek and Roman epic and drama, and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, as well as for translations of tragedy and Latin epic.-Life and career:Ahl studied classics at...
(Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature) – Classics scholar - Archie Randolph AmmonsArchie Randolph AmmonsArchie Randolph Ammons was an American poet. He wrote about humanity's relationship to nature in alternately comic and solemn tones.-Life:...
(Professor of Creative Writing, 1964–98) – Poet, MacArthur AwardMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T... - Benedict AndersonBenedict AndersonBenedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University, and is best known for his celebrated book Imagined Communities, first published in 1983...
(Professor Emeritus of International Studies) – Author of Imagined CommunitiesImagined communitiesImagined communities are a concept coined by Benedict Anderson. He believes that a nation is a community socially constructed, imagined by the people who perceive themselves as part of that group... - Charles Edwin BennettCharles Edwin BennettCharles Edwin Bennett was an American classical scholar and the Goldwin Smith Professor of Latin at Cornell University...
(Goldwin Smith Professor of Latin, 1892–?) – Classicist - Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenHjalmar Hjorth BoyesenHjalmar Hjorth Boyesen was a Norwegian-American author and college professor.-Biography:He was born at the Norwegian naval base Fredriksvern, near the village of Stavern in Vestfold County, Norway. Boyesen grew up in Fredriksvern, then in Kongsberg, and, from 1854, at Systrand in Sogn...
(Professor of North European Languages, 1874 to 1880) – Author - Hiram CorsonHiram CorsonHiram Corson was an American professor of literature.Corson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1828.His teaching career included positions at Girard College, St. Johns College, Annapolis, and Cornell University...
(Professor) – Professor of literature - Jonathan CullerJonathan CullerJonathan Culler is a class of 1966 Harvard graduate and Professor of English at Cornell University. He is an important figure of the structuralism movement of literary theory and criticism.- Background and career:...
(Professor) - Literary critic and theorist - Louis DyerLouis DyerLouis Dyer was an American educator and author, born in Chicago, Ill. He graduated at Harvard in 1874, and at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1878. He was assistant professor of Greek in Harvard , lecturer at Lowell Institute and at Balliol College, Oxford , and acting professor of Greek in Cornell...
(Acting Professor of Greek, 1895–96) – American educator and author - Max FarrandMax FarrandMax Farrand, Ph.D. was an American university professor and writer of history. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, United States. He graduated from Princeton Max Farrand, Ph.D. (March 29, 1869 – June 17, 1945) was an American university professor and writer of history. He was born in Newark, New...
(Professor) – Author of American historical subjects - Betty FriedanBetty FriedanBetty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist.A leading figure in the Women's Movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the "second wave" of American feminism in the twentieth century...
(Professor) – Feminist, author of "The Feminine MystiqueThe Feminine MystiqueThe Feminine Mystique, published February 19, 1963, by W.W. Norton and Co., is a nonfiction book written by Betty Friedan. It is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States....
" - Alice FultonAlice FultonAlice Fulton is an American author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.- Biography :Fulton was born and raised in Troy, New York, the youngest of three daughters. Her father was the proprietor of the historic Phoenix Hotel, and her mother was a visiting nurse. She began writing poetry in high school...
(Professor of Creative Writing) – Poet, fiction writer, MacArthur AwardMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T... - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. He was the first African American to receive the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and...
(Professor, 1985–90) – Afro-American Studies scholar - Victor LangeVictor LangeVictor Lange was a renowned Germanist, known primarily for his work at Princeton University.-Biography:Born in Leipzig, Germany, he obtained his M.A. degree from the University College of the University of Toronto in 1931, and his Ph.D...
(Professor) – Professor of modern languages - Alison LurieAlison LurieAlison Lurie is an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she has also written numerous non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.-Personal...
(Professor of Creative Writing, 1968-) – Fiction writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionPulitzer Prize for FictionThe Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It originated as the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which was awarded between 1918 and 1947.-1910s:... - Paul de ManPaul de ManPaul de Man was a Belgian-born deconstructionist literary critic and theorist.He began teaching at Bard College. Later, he completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in the late 1950s...
(Professor) – Professor of Comparative Literature - Vladimir NabokovVladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
(Professor of European and Russian Literature, 1948–58) – Author of the novel LolitaLolitaLolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian... - Adrienne RichAdrienne RichAdrienne Cecile Rich is an American poet, essayist and feminist. She has been called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century."-Early life:...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1981–87) – Feminist poet - Nathaniel SchmidtNathaniel Schmidt--Mionb 16:58, 15 November 2011 Nathaniel Schmidt of Ithaca, New York was a Swedish American Baptist minister, Progressive democrat, educator and orientalist.-Background:...
(Professor of Semitic Languages and Literatures) – American orientalistOriental studiesOriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies... - William De Witt SnodgrassWilliam De Witt SnodgrassWilliam De Witt Snodgrass was an American poet who also wrote under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons. He won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.-Life:W. D...
(Professor, 1955–57) – Poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for PoetryPulitzer Prize for PoetryThe Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. However, special citations for poetry were presented in 1918 and 1919.-Winners:... - Melanie ThernstromMelanie ThernstromMelanie Thernstrom is an author and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine who frequently writes about murders and crime....
(Professor) – Author and freelance journalist - Alvin TofflerAlvin TofflerAlvin Toffler is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity....
(Professor) – American writer, sociologist, and futurist, Future ShockFuture ShockFuture Shock is a book written by the futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970. In the book, Toffler defines the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. His shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of... - Helena Maria ViramontesHelena Maria ViramontesHelena Maria Viramontes is an American fiction writer and professor of English.-Childhood and education:Viramontes was born into a Mexican-American family....
(Professor of English) – ChicanaChicanoThe terms "Chicano" and "Chicana" are used in reference to U.S. citizens of Mexican descent. However, those terms have a wide range of meanings in various parts of the world. The term began to be widely used during the Chicano Movement, mainly among Mexican Americans, especially in the movement's...
fiction writer - Wendy WassersteinWendy WassersteinWendy Wasserstein was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 2005–06) – Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
and Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning playwright
History
- Felix Adler (Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature, 1874–76) – Early 20th century Jewish rationalist and social reformer
- Glenn C. AltschulerGlenn C. AltschulerGlenn Altschuler is the Vice President for University Relations, the Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, and a Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. He received his Ph.D...
, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, a Weiss Presidential Fellow, and the Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University. - Carl L. BeckerCarl L. BeckerCarl Lotus Becker was an American historian.-Life:He was born in Waterloo, Iowa. He studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Frederick Jackson Turner was his doctoral advisor there. Becker got his Ph.D. in 1907. He was John Wendell Anderson Professor of History in the Department of History...
(John Wendell Anderson Professor of History, 1917–41) – Historian, namesake of Carl Becker House - David Brion DavisDavid Brion DavisDavid Brion Davis is an American historian and authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He is the Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and founder and Director Emeritus of Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is a...
(Professor of History, 1957–69?) – 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner—scholar of slavery and American intellectual history - Anthony GraftonAnthony GraftonAnthony Grafton is a historian and the current Henry Putnam University Professor at Princeton University. He is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Balzan Prize...
(Professor) – One of the leading scholars of the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not... - D.G.E. HallD.G.E. HallDaniel George Edward Hall was a British historian, author, and academic. He wrote extensively on the history of Burma. His most notable work is A History of Southeast Asia, said to "...remain the most important single history of the region, providing encyclopedic coverage of material published up...
- Emeritus Professor of Southeast Asian History - Donald KaganDonald KaganDonald Kagan is an American historian at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. 1987-1988 Acting Director of Athletics, Yale University. He was Dean of Yale College from 1989–1992. He formerly taught in the Department of...
(Professor) – Classicist - Michael KammenMichael KammenMichael Kammen is a professor of American cultural history in the Department of History at Cornell University. He was born in 1936 in Rochester, New York, grew up in the Washington, DC area, and was educated at the George Washington University and Harvard University . He has taught at Cornell...
(Professor of History) – 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Constitution scholar - Walter LaFeberWalter LaFeberWalter LaFeber was a Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in the Department of History at Cornell University...
(Steven WeissStephen H. WeissStephen H. Weiss was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and former chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees....
Presidential Teaching Fellow of History, 1958–2006) – U.S. foreign policy historian - Goldwin SmithGoldwin SmithGoldwin Smith was a British-Canadian historian and journalist.- Early years :He was born at Reading, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and after a brilliant undergraduate career he was elected to a fellowship at University College, Oxford...
(Professor of English and Constitutional History, 1868–71) – Historian, University Reformer, namesake of Goldwin Smith Hall - Carl StephensonCarl Stephenson (historian)Carl Stephenson at the time of his death was regarded as one of America's foremost medieval scholars. He was a student of Charles Gross and Charles Homer Haskins at Harvard University , later studied with Henri Pirenne at the University of Ghent and had close scholarly ties with other well known...
(Professor of Medieval history, 1930–54?) – Influential early 20th century medievalist. - John SzarkowskiJohn SzarkowskiJohn Szarkowski was a photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art.-Early life and career:...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1983–89) – Influential photography curator, historian, and critic - Herbert TuttleHerbert TuttleHerbert Tuttle was an American historian, born at Bennington, Vt. He graduated in 1869 at the University of Vermont. From 1880 to 1881 he was a lecturer on international law at the University of Michigan, and in the latter year was appointed to the chair of politics and international law in...
, 19th-century historian, author, (Professor of international law) - O. W. Wolters, Twentieth-century historian of early Southeast Asia
Music
- Malcolm BilsonMalcolm BilsonMalcolm Bilson is an American pianist specializing in performance on the fortepiano, which is the 18th century version of the piano. Bilson is the Frederick J...
(Professor) – Music historian - David BordenDavid BordenDavid Borden is an American composer of minimalist music.In 1969, with the support of Robert Moog, he founded the synthesizer ensemble, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company in Ithaca New York. Mother Mallard performed pieces by Robert Ashley, John Cage, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and...
(Director, Digital Music Program) – American composer of minimalist musicMinimalist musicMinimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School.... - Adolf Dahm-PetersenAdolf Dahm-PetersenAdolf Dahm-Petersen was a Norwegian voice specialist and teacher of artistic singing.Adolf Dahm-Petersen, son of Johan Frode Petersen and Helena Thalia P. born Dahm , was born in Kristiania. After attending the gymnasium and the Royal Military Academy in Norway, he visited the Universities in...
– Voice specialist and teacher of artistic singing - Karel HusaKarel HusaKarel Husa is a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition...
(Professor, ?-1992) – Composer best known for Music for Prague 1968Music for Prague 1968Music for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer Karel Husa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly after the crushing of the Prague Spring reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Karel Husa was sitting on the dock at his cottage in...
, which won the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
. - Hunter Johnson (Professor) – American composer
Architecture and design
- Bristow AdamsBristow AdamsBristow Adams was an American journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator.Adams was born in Washington, D.C.. He taught at Cornell University from 1914 to 1945...
(Professor, 1914–45) – American journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator - Buckminster FullerBuckminster FullerRichard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....
(Professor) – Architect and inventor, famous for work with geodesic domeGeodesic domeA geodesic dome is a spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and also distribute the stress across the structure. When...
s - Colin RoweColin RoweColin Rowe , was a British-born, American-naturalised architectural historian, critic, theoretician, and teacher; acknowledged as a major intellectual influence on world architecture and urbanism in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond, particularly in the fields of city planning,...
(Professor, 1970s) – Architectural historian and theoritician. - Romaldo GiurgolaRomaldo GiurgolaRomaldo Giurgola AO is an Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor, and author. Giurgola was born in Galatina, in the south of Italy in 1920. After service in the Italian armed forces during World War II, he was educated at the Sapienza University of Rome...
(Professor) – Architect, winner of the AIA Gold MedalAIA Gold MedalThe AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture."... - Oswald Mathias UngersOswald Mathias UngersOswald Mathias Ungers was a German architect and architectural theorist, known for his rationalist designs and the use of cubic forms. Among his notable projects are museums in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Cologne....
(Professor, 1968–1976) – Architect
Fine arts and photography
- Michael AshkinMichael AshkinMichael Ashkin is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes. He is best known for his use of miniature scale and modest materials....
– Sculptor - Jacqueline LivingstonJacqueline LivingstonJacqueline Louise Livingston is an American photographer known for her work exploring woman's role as artist and person and investigating the boundaries of intimacy and propriety.-Life and career:...
(Professor of Photography and Art (?-1978) – Feminist photographer - Alison LurieAlison LurieAlison Lurie is an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she has also written numerous non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.-Personal...
(Professor of Literature, 1970–) – Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning author
Journalism, film, television, theatre
- John CleeseJohn CleeseJohn Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report...
(A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1999–2006; Provost’s Visiting Professor, 2006–) – Comedian and actor - John PilgerJohn PilgerJohn Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist and documentary maker, based in London. He has twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award, and his documentaries have received academy awards in Britain and the US....
(Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor, 2003–06) – Left-wing journalist
Government, law, business
- Iajuddin AhmedIajuddin Ahmed-Early life:Ahmed was born in Bikrampur of Dhaka District, erstwhile Bengal province, British India . As the son of Moulvi Ibrahim Mia, Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. at the University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954 respectively and later received his M.S. and Ph.D...
(Visiting Professor, 1984) – President of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, 2002–09 - Alfred C. Aman, Jr.Alfred C. Aman, Jr.Alfred C. Aman, Jr. is a well-known professor of administrative law, author and the former Dean of Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington and Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. He stepped down as Dean of Suffolk in 2009 to return to Indiana University as the...
(Professor, 1977–91) – Dean of Suffolk University Law SchoolSuffolk University Law SchoolSuffolk University Law School, also known as Suffolk Law School or SULS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Suffolk University. Suffolk University Law School is a private, non-sectarian, law school located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk University Law School was founded in...
and Indiana University School of LawIndiana University Maurer School of LawThe Indiana University Maurer School of Law is located on the flagship campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The law school is one of two law schools operated by the Indiana University system, the other being the Indiana University McKinney School of Law... - Lloyd BlankfeinLloyd BlankfeinLloyd Craig Blankfein is an American business executive. He is currently the CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. He has been in this position since the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEO Henry Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury under George W...
(Board of Overseers, Medical College) – President and CEO, Goldman SachsGoldman SachsThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
, 2006–present - Andrew HackerAndrew HackerAndrew Hacker is an American political scientist and public intellectual.He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Queens Collegein New York. He did his undergraduate work at Amherst College. This was followed...
(Professor) – Political scientist, questioned race, class, and gender in American society - E. Roland HarrimanE. Roland HarrimanE. Roland Harriman was a financier and philanthropist...
(Established the Irving Sherwood Wright Professorship in Geriatrics, Medical College) – Financier and philanthropist - Charles Evans HughesCharles Evans HughesCharles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and...
(Professor, Law School, 1891–93) – Governor of New York, 1907–10, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1910–16), U.S. Presidential candidate, 1916), U.S. Secretary of State, 1921–25), U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1930–41 - Irving IvesIrving IvesIrving McNeil Ives was an American politician from New York.-Life:He served overseas in the U.S. Army during World War I, rising to the rank of first lieutenant before he left the army in 1919...
(Trustee; Dean of Industrial & Labor Relations, 1945–47) – U.S. Senator from New York, 1947–59, namesake of Ives Hall - Robert Jarrow (Ronald P. and Susan E. Lynch Professor of Investment Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of ManagementSamuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of ManagementThe Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1946 and renamed in 1984 after Samuel Curtis Johnson, founder of S.C...
) – Expert on derivative securities; co-developer of Heath-Jarrow-Morton frameworkHeath-Jarrow-Morton frameworkThe Heath–Jarrow–Morton framework is a general framework to model the evolution of interest rate curve – instantaneous forward rate curve in particular . When the volatility and drift of the instantaneous forward rate are assumed to be deterministic, this is known as the Gaussian...
and Jarrow-Turnbull model - George McTurnan KahinGeorge McTurnan KahinGeorge McTurnan KahinSometimes referred to as George Kahin or George McT. Kahin. Some, but fewer, sources may also cite him as George M. Kahin. was an American historian and political scientist. He was one of the leading experts on Southeast Asia and a critic of United States involvement in the...
(Professor of Government, 1951–88) – Expert on Southeast AsiaSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
and critic of the Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of... - Alfred E. KahnAlfred E. KahnAlfred Edward Kahn was an American professor, an expert in regulation and deregulation, and an important influence in the deregulation of the airline and energy industries...
(Robert Julius ThorneRobert J. ThorneRobert Julius Thorne was an American businessman who was president of Montgomery Ward from 1917 to 1920.-Life:...
Professor Emeritus of Political Economy; Trustee; Dean of Arts & Sciences) – Advisor to President Jimmy CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
on deregulation; economist - Cynthia McKinneyCynthia McKinneyCynthia Ann McKinney is a former US Congresswoman and a member of the Green Party since 2007. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives. In 2008, the Green Party nominated McKinney for President of the United States...
(Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor, 2003–06) – U.S. Representative from GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, 1993–2003, 2005–present - Edwin Barber MorganEdwin Barber MorganEdwin Barber Morgan was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lakes region of western New York. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company, founder of the United States Express Company, and director of American Express Company...
(Trustee, 1865–74) – U.S. Representative from New York, 1853–59); Director of American ExpressAmerican ExpressAmerican Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best... - Robert Parris MosesRobert Parris MosesRobert Parris Moses is an American, Harvard-trained educator who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and later founded the nationwide U.S. Algebra project.-Biography:...
(Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, 2006–) – Civil rightsAfrican-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)The African-American Civil Rights Movement refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring voting rights to them. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1955 and 1968, particularly in the South...
leader, creator of the Algebra ProjectAlgebra ProjectThe Algebra Project is a national U.S. mathematics literacy effort aimed at helping low-income students and students of color successfully achieve mathematical skills that are a prerequisite for a college preparatory mathematics sequence in high school...
, MacArthur "genius"MacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T... - Frances PerkinsFrances PerkinsFrances Perkins , born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition...
(Lecturer of Industrial & Labor Relations (?-1965) – U.S. Secretary of LaborUnited States Secretary of LaborThe United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
, 1933–45), first female U.S. CabinetUnited States CabinetThe Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, which are generally the heads of the federal executive departments...
member - Richard NeustadtRichard NeustadtRichard Elliott Neustadt was an American political scientist specializing in the United States presidency. He also served as advisor to several presidents.-Biography:...
(Professor of Public Administration, 1952?–54?) – politicalPoliticsPolitics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
scientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
specializing in the United States presidencyPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
. Advised American Democratic presidents John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
, Lyndon Johnson, and Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
. - Clinton RossiterClinton RossiterClinton Rossiter was a historian and political scientist who taught at Cornell University from 1946 until his suicide in 1970. He wrote The American Presidency along with 20 other books on American institutions, the United States Constitution, and history...
(Professor of Government, 1946–70) – Political scientist - Frederick A. SawyerFrederick A. SawyerFrederick Adolphus Sawyer was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Bolton, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Harvard University in 1844, taught school in New England from 1844 to 1859, and took charge of the State normal school at Charleston, South...
(Professor) – Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1873–74; Senator from South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, 1968–73 - Martin ShefterMartin ShefterMartin Allen Shefter is an American political scientist and author, noted for his research on New York City politics and on how changes in the international system shape political institutions and the conduct of politics in the United States....
(Professor of Government, 1986–) – Political scientist
Education
- Sarah Gibson BlandingSarah Gibson BlandingSarah Gibson Blanding was an American educator and academic administrator who served as Vassar’s sixth president and its first female president...
(Dean of Human Ecology, 1941–46) – President of Vassar CollegeVassar CollegeVassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
, 1946–1964 - Alan G. MertenAlan G. MertenAlan Gilbert Merten is currently the President of George Mason University.-Biography:Merten received an undergraduate degree in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a masters in Computer science from Stanford University, and a PhD in Computer Science at the University of...
(Dean of the Johnson SchoolSamuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of ManagementThe Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1946 and renamed in 1984 after Samuel Curtis Johnson, founder of S.C...
) – President of George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County... - Don Michael RandelDon Michael RandelDon Michael Randel is a prominent American musicologist, the fifth president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a member of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Britannica...
(University Provost, Dean of Arts & Sciences) – President of the University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, 2000–2006 - Benjamin Ide WheelerBenjamin Ide WheelerBenjamin Ide Wheeler was a Greek and comparative philology professor at Cornell University as well as President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919.-Biography:...
(Professor of Greek and Comparative PhilologyPhilologyPhilology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
) - President of the University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, 1899–1919
Athletics
- Bob BlackmanBob BlackmanBob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...
(Head Coach, Football, 1977–82) – Member of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... - Charles E. CourtneyCharles E. CourtneyCharles Edward Courtney was an American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur and finished a total of 88 victories.In 1877, he moved from an amateur to a professional rower,...
(Head Coach, Rowing, 1883–1920) – Noted rower and rowing coach - Melody DavidsonMelody DavidsonMelody Davidson is the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was the head coach of the gold medal winning 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics Canadian women's team....
(Head Coach, Women's Ice Hockey) – Head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey teamCanadian national women's hockey teamThe Canadian women's national ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. Canada has been by far one of the two most dominant teams in international competition. They have won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments, while their losses have only been against the United States and Sweden...
and the Canadian 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
women's hockey team - Edward MoylanEdward MoylanEdward Moylan was an outstanding Irish American tennis player in the mid-20th century. Moylan was a member of the U.S...
(Head Coach, Tennis and Squash, 1962–72) – Tennis player - Michael SliveMichael SliveMichael Lawrence "Mike" Slive is an American attorney and college sports executive. Slive is the current commissioner of the Southeastern Conference , a college athletics association. As part of his role as the SEC Commissioner, he served as the coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series for the...
(Director of Athletics) – Commissioner of the Southeastern ConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceThe Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
, 2002–present - Phil Sykes (Interim Head Coach, Field Hockey, 2003) – U.S. Olympic field hockey defender
See also
- List of Cornell University alumni
- List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation