List of Tulane University people
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A list of notable people affiliated with Tulane University
, including graduates, former students, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
, including graduates, former students, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.
Academia
- Gail Agrawal, PH’83; L’83, dean, University of Iowa College of Law
- William BaléeWilliam BaléeWilliam Balée is a professor of anthropology and environmental studies at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in the Miami, Florida area and educated at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology before moving on to Columbia University in...
, professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Tulane - Elizabeth Hill BooneElizabeth Hill BooneElizabeth Hill Boone is an American art historian, ethnohistorian and academic, specialising in the study of Latin American art and in particular the early colonial and pre-Columbian art, iconography and pictoral codices associated with the Mixtec, Aztec and other Mesoamerican cultures in the...
, professor of Latin American art history at Tulane (1994–) - Christian M. M. BradyChristian M. M. BradyChristian M. M. Brady is an American targumist, Jewish studies scholar and academic. He is Dean of the Schreyer Honors College, Penn State University and is an Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Jewish Studies...
, targumist - Ian BremmerIan BremmerIan Bremmer is an American political scientist specializing in US foreign policy, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm...
, political scientist - Douglas BrinkleyDouglas BrinkleyDouglas Brinkley is an American author, professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy. Brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair...
, historian - Cleanth BrooksCleanth BrooksCleanth Brooks was an influential American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-twentieth century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education...
, literary critic - Richard Campanella, historian and geographer of New Orleans, professor at Tulane
- William Craft BrumfieldWilliam Craft BrumfieldWilliam Craft Brumfield is a contemporary American historian of Russian architecture, a preservationist and an architectural photographer. Brumfield is currently Professor of Slavic studies at Tulane University....
, professor and historian of Russian art and architecture - Florian CajoriFlorian CajoriFlorian Cajori was one of the most celebrated historians of mathematics in his day.- Biography :...
, historian - James CarvilleJames CarvilleChester James Carville, Jr. is an American political consultant, commentator, educator, actor, attorney, media personality, and prominent liberal pundit. Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill...
, faculty, political science - Winston ChangWinston ChangWinston Hsiao-tzu Chang was a president of Soochow University in Taipei.-Biography:He and his twin brother, John Chang, were born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and Chang Ya-juo in Guilin, but took their mother's surname as they were born out of wedlock, although they both were given the generation...
, president of Soochow University - Darron Collins, president of College of the Atlantic
- Scott CowenScott CowenScott S. Cowen is 14th president of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he is also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and professor of economics in Tulane's School of Liberal Arts. He has written more than a hundred peer-reviewed journal...
, president of Tulane - Henry E. ChambersHenry E. ChambersHenry Edward Chambers, Sr. , was an educator and historian from New Orleans, Louisiana, known principally for his 1925 work, History of Louisiana: State and People, a principal source for much on the 19th and early 20th centuries.-Background:Chambers was born to Captain Joseph Chambers and the...
, historian and educator, Tulane alumnus and faculty - Charles E. DunbarCharles E. DunbarCharles Edward Dunbar, Jr. , was an attorney who developed the modern civil service system in the U.S. state of Louisiana. He was the first chairman of the Louisiana State Civil Service Commission, having served from 1940-1947.Dunbar was born in McComb, Mississippi, to Charles Dunbar, Sr., and the...
(B.A, 1910), law professor, 1916–1941; civil serviceCivil serviceThe term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....
reformer - Kenneth W. HarlKenneth W. HarlKenneth W. Harl is an American scholar, author, classicist and numismatist. He received an undergraduate degree from Trinity College, a PhD from Yale University, and has been Professor of Classical and Byzantine History at Tulane University in New Orleans since 1978.Although he has a number of...
, historian - Melissa Harris-Perry, Professor of Political Science and anchor for MSNBC
- Brian Horowitz, prolific author and professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane
- James (Mac) HymanJames (Mac) HymanDr. James "Mac" Hyman is an applied mathematician at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. He received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University and his PhD from NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences....
, applied mathematician at Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - Walter IsaacsonWalter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson is a writer and biographer. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of TIME...
, author and former CEO of CNN, member of the Board of Tulane - T.R. KidderTristram Randolph KidderTristram Randolph Kidder is an archaeologist and geologist specializing in the evolution of human societies in Southeastern United States, especially Poverty Point, Louisiana. Kidder is particularly interested in the dynamics of human settlement in the Mississippi River Valley and how it was...
, archaeologist - Monty Krieger, National Academy of Sciences, professor MIT
- Adrienne KochAdrienne KochAdrienne Koch was an American historian, a specialist in American history of the eighteenth century.-Education:After her bachelor's degree from New York University, Koch took her master's degree and a doctorate in history from Columbia.-Teaching career:Koch taught at Tulane, Berkeley, and the...
, historian - John S. KyserJohn S. KyserJohn Schenebly Kyser was an American historian and geographer who served as the president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, from 1954-1966.-Background:...
, president of Northwestern State UniversityNorthwestern State UniversityNorthwestern State University, known as NSU, is a four-year public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System.NSU was founded in 1884 as...
from 1954–1966, taught at Tulane in the early 1920s - Joseph LakanalJoseph LakanalJoseph Lakanal was a French politician, and an original member of the Institut de France.-Early career:...
, president of the University (of Louisiana) in the early decades of the 19th century - Morris L. Marx, former president of University of West Florida
- Robert K. MertonRobert K. MertonRobert King Merton was a distinguished American sociologist. He spent most of his career teaching at Columbia University, where he attained the rank of University Professor...
, sociologist, former head of the Sociology Department - Claire MessudClaire MessudClaire Messud is an American novelist. She is best known as the author of the 2006 novel The Emperor's Children.-Early life:...
, faculty, novelist - Henry Armand Millon, A&S’47, ’49, A’53, dean, National Gallery of Art
- John MosierJohn MosierJohn Mosier is an American academic known for his work in English, film, and history.Mosier received his Ph.D. in 1968, from Tulane University. He completed his dissertation on the links between poetry and historiography....
, historian - Charles P. RolandCharles P. RolandCharles Pierce Roland is an American historian and professor emeritus of the University of Kentucky whose research specialty is in the fields of the American South and the Civil War.-Biographical sketch:...
, historian of the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
and the American South, professor at Tulane from 1952-1970 - Robert C. SnyderRobert C. SnyderRobert Craven Snyder, Sr. , was a professor and professor emeritus of English at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana...
, professor of English at Louisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...
, 1947 to 1989 - F. Jay TaylorF. Jay TaylorFoster Jay Taylor, known as F. Jay Taylor , was a historian who served from 1962 to 1987 as the president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana...
, Ph.D.Ph.D.A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
, president of Louisiana Tech University, 1962 to 1987 - Frank J. TiplerFrank J. TiplerFrank Jennings Tipler is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. Tipler has authored books and papers on the Omega Point, which he claims is a mechanism for the resurrection of the dead. It has been...
, mathematical physicist and cosmologist - Linda Wilson, 1957, former president of Radcliffe College
- Frank VandiverFrank VandiverFrank Everson Vandiver was an American Civil War historian and former president of Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas, as well as acting president of Rice University. Vandiver wrote, co-wrote, or edited 24 books, and wrote an additional 100 scholarly articles or reviews...
, Civil War scholar, acting president of Rice UniversityRice UniversityWilliam Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
1969–1970, president of Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
1981-1988
Architecture
- Nathaniel C. Curtis, Jr., architect of Louisiana Superdome
- John DesmondJohn DesmondJohn Jacob Desmond was an American architect in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who designed such public buildings as the Baton Rouge River Center, the Louisiana State University Student Union, Bluebonnet Swamp Interpretive Center, Louisiana Arts and Sciences Center, Louisiana State Archives, the...
, designer of many public buildings in Baton Rouge - Moise Goldsetin, architect of Moisant International Airport (now Armstrong International Airport)
- Robert IvyRobert IvyRobert Ivy was Editor in Chief of Architectural Record and Editorial Director and Vice-President of McGraw-Hill Construction Media.-Education:...
, CEO AIA - Reed Kroloff, former dean, former editor of Architecture magazine
- Wellington “Duke” Reiter, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Henry Hobson RichardsonHenry Hobson RichardsonHenry Hobson Richardson was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque...
, inventor of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture - A. Hays TownA. Hays TownA. Hays Town was an American architect whose career spanned over sixty-five years. While Town designed commercial and governmental buildings in the style of modern architecture for the first forty years of his career, he became best known for his residential architecture, which was heavily...
, architect - Leon C. WeissLeon C. WeissLeon Charles Weiss was the politically-connected architect who designed most major monuments of the Huey Pierce Long, Jr., gubernatorial administration in Louisiana, including the skyscraper-shaped capitol, the governor's mansion, and Louisiana State University buildings, all in Baton Rouge, and...
, architect of the Louisiana State Capitol
Arts and literature
- Lynda BenglisLynda BenglisLynda Benglis is an American sculptor known for her wax paintings and poured latex sculptures. After earning a BFA from Newcomb College in 1964, Benglis moved to New York, where she lives and works today...
, sculptor; N’64 - Andrew BreitbartAndrew BreitbartAndrew Breitbart is an American publisher, commentator for the Washington Times, author, an occasional guest commentator on various news programs who has served as an editor for the Drudge Report website...
, publisher and author; 91' - Edmund Graves BrownEdmund Graves BrownEdmund Graves Brown, Jr. was an American newspaper executive and a prominent member of the Ewing newspaper family of Louisiana. In 1952, after the deaths of two Ewing brothers, John D. Ewing and Wilson Ewing, Brown joined the management of the then family-owned Monroe News Star in Monroe, the seat...
, newspaper executive, Monroe News-Star; member of Ewing newspaper family - John Gregory BrownJohn Gregory Brown-Background and education:Brown was born on July 31, 1960 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1982, and his M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1988...
, novelist, 1982 - Amy CarterAmy CarterAmy Lynn Carter is the fourth child and only daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter. She entered the limelight as she lived as a child in the White House during the Carter presidency.-Early life:...
, G’96, children’s book author; daughter of former President Jimmy Carter - Hodding CarterHodding CarterWilliam Hodding Carter, II was a prominent Southern U.S. progressive journalist and author. Carter was born in Hammond, the largest community in Tangipahoa Parish, in southeastern Louisiana, to William Hodding Carter, I , and the former Irma Dutartre...
, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner - Rich Cohen, writer, 1990
- Nicole CooleyNicole CooleyNicole Ruth Cooley is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Breach . Her work has appeared in Poetry, Field, Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, The Paris Review, PEN America, The Missouri Review, The Nation, and Pedagogy...
, poet; Walt Whitman Award recipient - Peter CooleyPeter CooleyPeter Cooley is an American poet and Professor of English in the Department of English at Tulane University. He also directs Tulane’s Creative Writing Program...
, poet - Mignon FagetMignon FagetMignon Faget is a jewelry designer based in her native New Orleans, Louisiana. Her family settled in the city in the 18th century. The painter Jacqueline Humphries is her daughter....
, NewcombNewcomb-People:*Anthony Newcomb , American musicologist*Bernard A. Newcomb, American businessperson and philanthropist, co-founder of E*TRADE*Bryant B. Newcomb , American politician...
1955, artist, jewelry designer - William Harry Fitzpatrick, Winner of 1951 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing
- Alcée FortierAlcée FortierAlcée Fortier was a renowned Professor of Romance Languages at Tulane University in New Orleans. In the late 19th and early 20th century, he published numerous works on language, literature, Louisiana history and folklore, Louisiana Créole languages, and personal reminiscence. His perspective...
, folklorist and recorder of the story of Br'er Rabbit - Whitney GaskellWhitney GaskellWhitney Gaskell is an American author of seven comedic novels published by Bantam Books. She lives in South Florida with her husband, George Gaskell, and their son....
(Law 1997), novelist - Shirley Ann GrauShirley Ann GrauShirley Ann Grau Born in New Orleans, her work is set primarily in the Deep South, and explores issues of race and gender. She spent much of her childhood in rural Alabama with her mother. She graduated in 1950 from Newcomb College of Tulane University. Her 1964 saga The Keepers of the House was...
, 1950, author, Pulitzer Prize winner - Robert Lane GreeneRobert Lane GreeneRobert Lane Greene is an American journalist, best known for his work for The Economist and his book about the politics of language, You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity, published by Delacorte Press in 2011...
, magazine journalist - Jennifer GrotzJennifer GrotzJennifer Grotz is an American poet and translator who teaches English and creative writing at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers and at the University of Rochester, where she is Assistant Professor...
, award-winning poet - Ira B. Harkey Jr.Ira B. Harkey Jr.Ira B. Harkey Jr. was an author of books, professor of journalism, and editor and publisher of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Chronicle-Star from 1951 to 1963...
, Pulitzer Prize winner - Jonathan HensleighJonathan HensleighJonathan Blair Hensleigh is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action/adventure genre of films.-Early life:...
, Law, writer of "Die Hard: With a Vengeance," "Jumanji" and "Armageddon" - Ida KohlmeyerIda KohlmeyerIda Rittenberg Kohlmeyer was an American painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Louisiana. Notably her work is held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art...
, artist and associate on faculty 1950s - Nate LeeNate LeeNate Lee is an American author and former senior editor at Chicago's Newcity weekly magazine who advocated passionately for live theater. At Newcity, Lee wrote features, a weekly column called Urbanitie, theatre and film reviews as well as stories on architecture and historic preservation, and at...
, writer, senior editor for Chicago's NewcityNewcityNewcity is an independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago that specializes in music, stage, film and art and is notable for launching the careers of numerous cartoonists and writers and art critics. The publication was described by the Chicago Tribune as "sophisticated" and as an "alternative...
, B.A. 1978 - Odaline de la MartinezOdaline de la MartinezOdaline de la Martinez is a Cuban-American composer and conductor, currently residing in the UK. She is the artistic director of , a London-based contemporary music ensemble which she co-founded in 1976 with New Zealander flautist , and was the first woman to conduct at the BBC Promenade Concerts ...
, composer and conductor. First woman to conduct in a BBC Proms concert. - Bill Monroe (journalist)Bill Monroe (journalist)William Blanc "Bill" Monroe Jr. was an American television journalist for NBC News. He was the executive producer and fourth moderator of the NBC public affairs program Meet the Press , succeeding Lawrence E...
, A&S’42, broadcast journalist, former host of “Meet The Press” - John ReedJohn Reed (novelist)John Reed is an American novelist. He is the author of four novels: A Still Small Voice , Snowball's Chance with a preface by Alexander Cockburn, The Whole , and All the World's a Grave: A New Play by William Shakespeare...
, author, Snowball's Chance - Warren Joseph Rogers, Jr., A&S’44, editor, National Press Club President
- Mark RothkoMark RothkoMark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
, (visiting artist), artist - Mike SacksMike SacksMike Sacks is an American author, humor writer, and magazine editor based in New York City. Sacks was born in Virginia and raised in Maryland before attending Tulane University in New Orleans.-Career:...
, Magazine Editor/Humor Writer, 1990 - Tom Sancton, journalist/ musician; Andrew W. Mellon Professor
- Hunt SlonemHunt SlonemHunt Slonem is an artist who combines abstract expressionism and representational imagery. He is best known for his paintings of tropical birds, based on a personal aviary in which he keeps about 100 live birds of various species. His fascination with exotica can be traced to his experiences as a...
, B.A., 1973, artist, - John Kennedy TooleJohn Kennedy TooleJohn Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, best-known for his posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected...
, author, Pulitzer Prize winner - Pat Trivigno, Newcomb faculty 1947-1987, artist and professor of drawing and painting, head of the Newcomb art department
- Lawrence WrightLawrence WrightLawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law...
, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and journalist - Robert Owen Zeleny, A&S’52, editor-in-chief, World Book International
Business and economics
- Geoffrey BeeneGeoffrey BeeneGeoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer.Beene was born in Haynesville, Louisiana. He studied medicine at Tulane University, but dropped out in 1946, after three years. He moved to New York in 1947 to attend the Traphagen School of Fashion...
, fashion designer - Buzz Bennett, radio broadcasting consultant
- Carol Lavin Bernick, CEO, Alberto-Culver
- David BondermanDavid BondermanDavid Bonderman is a founding partner of TPG Capital and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital...
, faculty, founder of TPG Capital - Shannon Burchett, MBA, CEO, Risk Limited Corp; developer of RiskRank credit rating systems
- James BurkeJames Burke- Politics :*James F. Burke , United States Representative from Pennsylvania*Séamus Burke , Irish politician and Minister for Local Government 1923 to 1927 in the Government of the 4th Dáil...
, CEO, TXU Energy - Neil BushNeil BushNeil Mallon Bush is the fourth of six children of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush . His five siblings are George Walker Bush, the former President of the United States; Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida; Robin Bush, who died of leukemia in 1953 at the age of...
, B.A., M.B.A., 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive - Philip J. CarrollPhilip J. CarrollPhilip J. Carroll, Jr. is active in a variety of corporate and government roles.Carroll earned a Bachelor of science in Physics from Loyola University New Orleans in 1958 and a M.S...
, M.S., 1961, former CEO, Shell Oil Company and Fluor Corporation - James H. ClarkJames H. ClarkJames H. Clark is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation, myCFO and Healtheon...
, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and WebMD - Marion J. Epley, A&S’27, L’30, president and chair of the board, Texaco
- David FiloDavid FiloDavid Filo is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang.Until the company decided to switch to PHP, his Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side scripting software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server...
, 1988, co-founder of Yahoo! - Richard W. Freeman, 1934, chairman, Delta Airlines
- Andrew FriedmanAndrew FriedmanAndrew Friedman is the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays franchise in Major League Baseball. In that position, he acts as the team's General Manager.-Early life:...
, 1997, current GM for Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Julie Greenwald, NC '92, Chairwoman and Chief Operating Officer of the Atlantic Records Group
- Jimmy Horowitz, TC '83, President of Universal Pictures
- Samuel Israel IIISamuel Israel IIISamuel Israel III is a former hedge fund manager for the fraudulent Bayou Hedge Fund Group, which he founded in 1996. He was born in Louisiana....
, fraudulent hedge fund manager - C.P. Kanga, Venture Capitalist
- John E. Koerner III, President Barq's, three-time national champion water skiing
- Dominik Knoll, M.B.A., CEO of World Trade Center New Orleans
- John R. McGaha, B.S. COO Entergy
- Peter McNamaraPeter McNamaraPeter McNamara is a retired Australian tennis player.He won five singles and nineteen doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March 1983 when he became World number 7...
, B.S. CEO, McNamara Enterprises Underground Casino & Book Broker - James R. Moffett, Chairman Freeport-McMoRan
- John R. Runningen, Investment Banker, Runningen Associates, LLC. Former WebMD.
- Ricardo Salinas PliegoRicardo Salinas PliegoRicardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is a Mexican businessman and one of Forbes World's Richest People since 2000. He serves as President and CEO of Grupo Salinas and Grupo Elektra, two holdings with interests vested in telecommunications, media and retail stores, among those TV Azteca, Elektra,...
, M.B.A., 1979, Forbes World's Richest People - Muhamed SacirbeyMuhamed SacirbeyMuhamed Sacirbey is a Bosnian American lawyer, businessman and diplomat. Sacirbey rose to prominence in the 1990s when Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed him to be its ambassador to the United Nations. Sacirbey also served briefly as the Bosnian foreign minister...
, Bosnian-American businessperson - Peter SchlossPeter SchlossPeter Schloss, is one of the pioneers of satellite television in Asia and award winning corporate lawyer and interactive media executive in China. A founding member of the senior management team of Star TV, he specializes in cross-border media and internet financing and legal/regulatory issues...
, Chief Executive Officer, Broadwebasia, Director, Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) - Fred L. SmithFred L. SmithFred L. Smith, Jr. is the President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit libertarian think tank. He has written on topics as antitrust law, environmental regulation, and the economic impacts of global warming....
, president and founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute - Frank StewartFrank StewartFrancis Eugene "Frank" Stewart , a former Australian politician and rugby league footballer, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Lang between 1953 and 1977 and subsequently Grayndler between 1977 and 1979 for the Australian Labor Party. During his term in...
, chair, Stewart Capital LLC - Bobby Tudor, CEO, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., LLC
- Paul TulanePaul TulanePaul Tulane , an American philanthropist, was born near Princeton, New Jersey, the son of Louis Tulane, a French immigrant, and Maria Tulane. He was educated in private schools, including Somerville Academy of New Jersey, until he was fifteen years of age...
, (benefactor), philanthropist - Sam ZemurraySam ZemurraySamuel Zemurray was a U.S. businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade...
(benefactor), president, United Fruit Company
Entertainment
- Carlos BarbosaCarlos BarbosaCarlos Barbosa is a city in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2004 to be 22 664 inhabitants. It has an area of 208,16 km sq...
, A’83, production designer - Bryan BattBryan BattBryan Batt is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well...
, actor - Jordan BratmanJordan BratmanJordan Bratman is an American music marketer. He is best known for his high-profile marriage to singer Christina Aguilera, with whom he was married from 2005 to 2011 and had a son.-Early life:...
, music marketer - Marshall ColtMarshall ColtMarshall N. Colt is a marriage, family, and life enhancement therapist in San Diego, California, who was an actor of film and television from 1976 to 1995...
(Class of 1970), former actor and psychologist - Les CraneLes CraneLes Crane , born Lesley Stein, was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting who also scored a spoken word hit with his 1971 recording of the poem Desiderata, winning a "Best Spoken Word" Grammy.Born in Long Beach, New York , Crane...
, pioneer in interactive broadcasting, co-creator of pop music "Top 40" - John DohenyJohn DohenyJohn Steven "Pip" Doheny , is a jazz tenor saxophonist and band leader, who also plays flute, clarinet, and alto saxophone....
, jazz saxophonist, band-leader, and historian - Nicole 'Colie' Edison, member of MTV's The Real World: DenverThe Real World: DenverThe Real World: Denver is the eighteenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. This season premiered...
cast - Doug EllinDoug EllinDouglas Reed Ellin is the creator of the HBO television series Entourage. Ellin also serves as executive producer and head writer for the series. He attended Tulane University.-Life and career:...
, A&S 1990, television writer/director, creator of HBO's series Entourage - Evan FarmerEvan FarmerEvan Ragland Farmer, Jr. is an American actor, musician, designer, songwriter and television personality.-Career:Farmer then moved to NYC to get started in the entertainment business...
, all around Renaissance man and noted Eritrean - Paul Michael GlaserPaul Michael GlaserPaul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director, perhaps best known for his role as Detective David Starsky on the 1970s television series Starsky and Hutch; he also appeared as Captain Jack Steeper on the 1999 to 2005 NBC series Third Watch.-Early life:Glaser, the youngest of three...
, actor, TV's "Starsky and Hutch" - Carlin Glynn, NG-N’61, actress, Tony award winner
- Lawrence Gordon, 1958, film producer, current films include: "Lara Croft" (2 movies), "Mystery Men", "Die Hard" (2 movies).
- Scott GreensteinScott GreensteinScott Greenstein is President and Chief Content Officer of Sirius XM Radio. He overseees all of the satellite radio broadcaster’s programming and marketing activities...
, A&S’81, president, USA Films - Melissa Harris-Perry, Professor of Political Science and anchor for MSNBC
- Courtney HazlettCourtney HazlettCourtney Brooke Hazlett is a columnist and Celebrity Correspondent for todayshow.com, the official site for NBC's The Today Show. She is the author of "The Scoop" blog and column, featured on the todayshow.com, msnbc.com, and Newsvine websites...
, A&S'99, columnist and Celebrity Correspondent for MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada... - Rick HurstRick HurstRichard Douglas "Rick" Hurst an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard....
, actor; A&S’68 - Lauren HuttonLauren HuttonLauren Hutton is an American model and actress. She is best-known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Lassiter, and also for her fashion modeling career.-Personal life:...
, 1964, actress; model - Anthony JeselnikAnthony JeselnikAnthony Jeselnik is an American stand-up comedian and television writer.-Personal life:Jeselnik was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelors degree in English Literature from Tulane University, then moved to Los Angeles...
, comedian - Dave JeserDave JeserDave Jeser & Matt Silverstein are American television writers, co-executive producers of Napoleon Dynamite, and co-creators of Drawn Together...
, co-creator of Comedy Central's Drawn Together - Anthony LaciuraAnthony LaciuraAnthony Laciura is an American operatic tenor, noted for his abilities as a comprimario. Born in New Orleans, he studied voice there with Charles Paddock, also the teacher of Ticho Parly....
(G '79), actor - Christian LeBlancChristian LeBlancChristian Jules LeBlanc is an American actor.LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He first played the role from 1991 to 1993, and then resumed the role in 1997. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role six times, and won for Outstanding Lead Actor...
, 1980, actor - Shannon LeeShannon LeeShannon Emery Lee is an American actress. She is the daughter of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Cadwell, and the younger sister of Brandon Lee.-Personal life:...
, daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee - Elyse LurayElyse LurayElyse Luray is an American art historian and appraiser of historical objects who has become a television personality as a result of her appearances on a number of shows, most particularly as a member, since its premiere in 2003, of PBS's investigation-of-the-past series History Detectives...
, NC ’89, star of PBS’ “History Detectives” - Linda Taylor Miller, 1976, actress
- Enrique MurcianoEnrique MurcianoEnrique Ricardo Murciano is an American actor. He is best known for playing Special Agent Danny Taylor in the CBS drama Without a Trace.-Early life:...
, TC’95, actor, TV’s “Without a Trace” - Ed NelsonEd NelsonEdwin Stafford Nelson is an American actor.Nelson has appeared in numerous television shows, more than fifty motion pictures, and hundreds of stage productions. Until 2005, he was teaching acting and screenwriting in his native New Orleans at two local universities there...
, A&S’53, UC’00, actor, “Peyton Place”; - Bruce PaltrowBruce PaltrowBruce Weigert Paltrow was an American television and film director and producer. He was the husband of actress Blythe Danner, and was the father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.-Life and career:...
, 1965, television and film producer - Jake PaltrowJake PaltrowJacob Danner "Jake" Paltrow is an American film director.- Personal life :Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California, to film director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. He is the younger brother of Gwyneth...
, director and brother of Gwyneth Paltrow - Michael Price, Emmy award-winning writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons
- Emily Reichbach (Rosenthal), N'93, writer, You Can't Do That on Television; creator of SlimeCon
- Zachary RichardZachary RichardZachary Richard is a Cajun singer/songwriter and poet. His music is an innovative combination of Cajun and Zydeco musical styles.-Biography:...
, A&S’72, Cajun singer/songwriter and poet - Emily SaliersEmily SaliersEmily Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.-Background:...
, (attended), singer - Terry E. Schnuck, A&S’75, Tony Award Winning Broadway producer
- Howard K. SmithHoward K. SmithHoward Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original Edward R. Murrow boys.-Early life:...
, television journalist - Jerry SpringerJerry SpringerGerald Norman "Jerry" Springer is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991...
, B.A.Bachelor of ArtsA Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
, 1965, talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Oh. - Harold SylvesterHarold SylvesterHarold Sylvester is an American film and television actor.Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University, Sylvester is best known for his role on the TV series Married... with Children as Griff, the co-worker and friend of...
, actor/director - Sonia TetlowSonia TetlowSonia Tetlow is an American songwriter and musician. She fronts the band Herman Put Down The Gun and plays banjo in the alterna-grass group Roxie Watson...
, musician/ bass player in rock band Cowboy Mouth - Howard Scott WarshawHoward Scott WarshawHoward Scott Warshaw is an American former game designer who worked for Atari in the early 1980s, where he designed and programmed the games Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and infamously, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial...
, video game programmer/designer and documentary filmmaker. - Michael WhiteMichael White (clarinetist)Michael White is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator...
, jazz historian and musician
Law and politics
- William L. ArmstrongWilliam L. ArmstrongWilliam Lester "Bill" Armstrong is an American businessman and politician. He is member of the Republican party and was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Armstrong was born in Fremont, Nebraska...
, (B '58), former U.S. senator from Colorado; president of Colorado Christian University - Howard Henry Baker, Jr.Howard BakerHoward Henry Baker, Jr. is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan.Known in Washington, D.C...
, 1945, U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R) - Sidney BarthelemySidney BarthelemySidney John Barthelemy is a former American political figure. He served as Democratic mayor of New Orleans from 1986 to 1994...
, mayor of New Orleans - Sean M. BerkowitzSean M. BerkowitzSean M. Berkowitz is the former director of the Enron Task Force. He was tasked with prosecuting former employees of Enron who were thought to have engaged in white collar crime, principally accounting fraud. He was lead prosecutor in the joint trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling...
, 1989, chief prosecutor, Enron Task Force - Harry BlackmunHarry BlackmunHarold Andrew Blackmun was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994. He is best known as the author of Roe v. Wade.- Early years and professional career :...
, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court - Newton C. BlanchardNewton C. BlanchardNewton Crain Blanchard was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 33rd Governor of Louisiana. Born in Rapides Parish, he completed academic studies, studied law in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1868, and graduated from the Tulane University Law School in 1870...
, former governor of Louisiana (D) - Jean BoeseJean BoeseElsie Jean McGivney Boese, known as Jean Boese was the poet laureate of Louisiana from 1972–1980, and from 1984 until her death. She was also the Republican national committeewoman from Louisiana, having served from 1968-1974...
, Newcomb 1945, Louisiana poet laureate and Republican national committeewoman from Alexandria, La. (R) - Hale BoggsHale BoggsThomas Hale Boggs Sr. , was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana...
, Law, 1937, U.S. representative, 1941–1943, 1946–1972; house majority leader (D) - Lindy BoggsLindy BoggsMarie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, usually known as Lindy Boggs , is a United States political figure who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as ambassador to the Vatican. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana...
, Newcomb 1935, U.S. representative 1941-1943, 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor (D) - Stephen BreyerStephen BreyerStephen Gerald Breyer is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court....
, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court (D) - Edwin S. BroussardEdwin S. BroussardEdwin Sidney Broussard I was a United States senator from Louisiana. He was born in the village of Loureauville in Iberia Parish in the sugar-growing country of south Louisiana and attended public schools. He graduated from the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1896. He taught in the...
, U.S. senator from Louisiana (D) - James H. "Jim" Brown, Law, 1966, former Louisiana state senator, secretary of state, and insurance commissioner (D)
- Timothy G. BurnsTimothy Burns (Louisiana politician)Timothy G. Burns , also known as Tim Burns, is a tax attorney from Mandeville, Louisiana, who is a two-term Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 89 in St. Tammany Parish....
, B.A. 1979, M.B.A. 1980, J.D. 1983, Louisiana state representative from St. Tammany Parish since 2004 (R) - James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr.Buddy CaldwellJames David Caldwell, Sr., or Buddy Caldwell , is the Republican attorney general of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Prior to serving as attorney general, Caldwell was the district attorney for Madison, East Carroll, and Tensas parishes from 1979 to 2008...
, attorney general of Louisiana; former district attorney in TallulahTallulah, LouisianaTallulah is a city in and the parish seat of Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 9,189 at the 2000 census...
(D)-turned-(R) - Paul CapdeviellePaul CapdeviellePaul Capdevielle was mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 9, 1900 to December 5, 1904.Of French descent, he was educated at the Jesuit College of New Orleans, graduating in 1861...
, Law, mayor of New Orleans - Amy CarterAmy CarterAmy Lynn Carter is the fourth child and only daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter. She entered the limelight as she lived as a child in the White House during the Carter presidency.-Early life:...
, '96, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; children's book author. - Edith Brown ClementEdith Brown ClementEdith "Joy" Brown Clement is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.- Background :...
, Law, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (R) - Jan Crull Jr., Law, 1990, former Native American Rights advocate, HillHillA hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
staffer, international investment banker; multi Marquis Who's WhoMarquis Who's WhoMarquis Who's Who, a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc., is the American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies...
biographee - Alfred David Danziger Law 1904, assistant attorney general of the State of Louisiana 1934, executive counsel for Mayor Maestri (1936–1946).
- W. Eugene DavisW. Eugene DavisW. Eugene Davis is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His chambers are in Lafayette, Louisiana.Born in Winfield, Alabama, Davis attended the University of Alabama and Samford University. After three years at Samford, he received a scholarship to Tulane University...
, Law, 1960, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - Carlo V. di Florio, director of the S.E.C. Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations under President Barack Obama
- James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, Law, Lafayette congressman and Cajun cultural spokesman (D)
- Jack DonahueJack Donahue (Louisiana politician)John Leo Donahue, Jr., known as Jack Donahue is a building contractor and philanthropist in Mandeville, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 11...
, Graduate study, building contractor and state senator (R) - John Malcolm Duhé, Jr.John Malcolm Duhé, Jr.John Malcolm Duhé, Jr. is a retired senior judge on the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He currently practices law in Lafayette....
, Law, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - William T. DzurillaWilliam T. DzurillaWilliam T. Dzurilla, formerly William T. D'Zurilla, is an attorney, a partner in the law firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida office. He was a law clerk for Justice Byron White of the United States Supreme Court from 1982 to 1983...
, Law, 1981, international attorney and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White (1982–1983). - Wallace A. Edwards, Law, Judge 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
- Allen J. EllenderAllen J. EllenderAllen Joseph Ellender was a popular U.S. senator from Houma, Louisiana , who served from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the Conservative...
, Law 1913, U.S. senator, agriculture committee chair (D) - Donald EnsenatDonald EnsenatDonald B. Ensenat is a retired American diplomat. Until his retirement in 2007, he served as United States Chief of Protocol at the United States Department of State.-Personal:...
, Law, 1973, White House chief of protocol - Martin Leach-Cross FeldmanMartin Leach-Cross FeldmanMartin Leach-Cross Feldman is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 9, 1983, to a seat vacated by Jack M. Gordon. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 4,...
, B.A. 1955, J.D. 1957 Federal Judge (R) - C.B. ForgotstonC.B. ForgotstonCharlton Bath Forgotston, Jr., known as C.B. Forgotston , is an attorney, political pundit, and state government watchdog who resides in Hammond, the principal city of Tangipahoa Parish, a part of the Florida Parishes east of Baton Rouge in southeastern Louisiana...
, fellow of Tulane Institute of Politics, lecturer in law, political activist, state government watchdog - Garey ForsterGarey ForsterGarey Forster is an American radio host who served in District 98 as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1982–1997, when he resigned to become the state secretary of labor under Governor Murphy J...
, B.A., 1972, state representative from New Orleans and state labor secretary (R) - Murphy J. Foster, Sr.Murphy J. FosterMurphy James Foster, Sr. , was a Louisiana politician who served two terms as the 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900.Early and personal life...
, governor of Louisiana (D) - Rufus E. Foster, Law, 1895, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Frank FulcoFrank FulcoFrank J. Fulco, Sr. , was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1956–1972 and a leader of the Italian-American community in his native Louisiana...
, state representative from Shreveport; leader of Italian American community in Louisiana (D) - Juan Manuel García PassalacquaJuan Manuel García PassalacquaJuan Manuel Garcia-Passalacqua was a well known lawyer, writer and political analyst from Puerto Rico.-Early years:...
, 1967, leading political analyst in Puerto Rico (D) - Jim GarrisonJim GarrisonEarling Carothers "Jim" Garrison — who changed his first name to Jim in the early 1960s — was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy...
, Law, New Orleans district attorney (D) - Pedro A. GelabertPedro A. GelabertPedro A. Gelabert, a 1956 graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, served as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources from 1993 to 1996 during the governorship of Pedro Rosselló and as Chairman of the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board from...
, 1956, Puerto Rico Secretary of Natural Resources - Grant D. Gillham, A&S 1979, U.S. political consultant (DTS)
- Newt GingrichNewt GingrichNewton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....
, U.S. representatives, 1979–1998 and Speaker of the House, 1995-1998 (R) - Mara S. Berman Giulianti, N’66, mayor, HollywoodHollywood, Florida-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... - Matt Gorson, '70, Lawyer and President of Greenberg Traurig, donator of Gorson Porch
- John GrenierJohn GrenierJohn Edward Grenier was a Birmingham attorney and a pioneer in the development of the modern Republican Party in the U.S. state of Alabama. Grenier was a former litigator for Lange Simpson Robinson & Somerville, one of the oldest and most distinguished law firms in Birmingham. He was Alabama state...
, Birmingham, Alabama, lawyer and leader of the Alabama Republican Party (R) - Tim Griffin, (L '94), U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas
- Michael HahnMichael HahnGeorge Michael Hahn was the 19th Governor of Louisiana, Congressman, United States Senator during Reconstruction and after.-Early life:...
, governor of Louisiana (D) - Luther E. HallLuther E. HallLuther Egbert Hall was the 35th Governor of Louisiana from 1912 to 1916. Prior to that, he was a State Senator from 1898 to 1900, a State District Judge from 1900 to 1906, and State Appellate Judge from 1906 to 1911. Before his death, he was Assistant Attorney General from 1918 to 1921.In becoming...
, governor of Louisiana (D) - Felix Edward HébertFelix Edward HébertFelix Edward Hébert , known as F. Edward Hébert, was the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana, having represented the New Orleans-based First Congressional District as a Democrat from 1941 until his retirement in 1977.Hébert was born in...
, U.S. representatives, 1940-1977 (D) - Cameron HenryCameron HenryJohn Cameron Henry, Jr. is a business analyst from Metairie, Louisiana, who has been a Republican member of his state's House of Representatives from District 82 since January 2008. Henry is a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board and was an aide to Steve Scalise, his predecessor in...
, member of Louisiana House (R) - John S. Hunt, IIIJohn S. Hunt, IIIJohn Smoker Hunt, III , was a nephew of Louisiana Governors Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Earl Kemp Long who served on the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission from May 1964, to December 31, 1972. He was unseated in the September 30, 1972, Democratic runoff by Francis Edward Kennon, Jr...
, Monroe lawyer and member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, 1964-1972 (D) - Nita Rusich HutterNita HutterNita Rusich Hutter is a community college administrator from New Orleans, Louisiana, who is a departing Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 104 in nearby St. Bernard Parish.-Background:...
(M. Ed. 1978), state representative from St. Bernard Parish (R) - Raul Oswaldo Izurieta, Ecuador Labor Minister; L’68
- Lisa P. JacksonLisa P. JacksonLisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer currently serving as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency . Previously, she worked at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for 6 years, first as an assistant commissioner and later as commissioner...
, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (D) - Supriya Jindal (E '93 B '96) first lady of Louisiana (R)
- Stephen Douglas JohnsonStephen Douglas JohnsonStephen Douglas Johnson , also known as Steve Johnson, was a Washington, D.C. banking lawyer; a chief lobbyist for the banking and insurance industries; U.S...
(A.B.'85,L '88) U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit(1995–98)and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight (2001–03); whose premature death in 2003 was subject of a wire service obituary written by the late Ronald ReaganRonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
confidant Michael DeaverMichael DeaverMichael Keith Deaver was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff serving as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 until May 1985.-Early life:... - Alvin Olin KingAlvin Olin KingAlvin Olin King was a Louisiana politician allied with the popular Long faction of the state Democratic Party....
, former governor of Louisiana (D) - Richard W. LecheRichard W. LecheRichard Webster Leche was the 44th Governor of Louisiana from 1936 until 1939. Leche was the first governor of Louisiana sentenced to prison.- Early life :...
, former governor of Louisiana (D) - Montefiore Mordecai Lemann, served President Hoover on the Wickersham Commission on Law Observance and enforcement.
- Bob LivingstonBob LivingstonRobert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist and a former Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana...
, former U.S. representatives, 1977-1999 (R) - Hans Liljiberg, Law, Jefferson Parish judge and former district attorney
- Huey LongHuey LongHuey Pierce Long, Jr. , nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D...
, Law, former governor of Louisiana (D) - Charlton LyonsCharlton LyonsCharlton Havard Lyons, Sr., also known as Big Papa Lyons , was a Shreveport oilman who in 1964 waged the first determined Republican bid for the Louisiana governorship since Reconstruction. Lyons also made a strong but losing bid for the United States House of Representatives in a special election...
, "Father of the modern Republican Party in Louisiana" (R) - Angel MartínAngel MartínAngel Martín is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, appointed by Governor Luis A. Ferré in 1971, after having served as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury, or "Hacienda"....
, Law, former associate justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court - John Francis McCabe, Jr., Law, Superior Court of the District of Columbia and Asst. U.S. Attorney
- Kenneth McClintockKenneth McClintockKenneth D. McClintock-Hernández is the current Secretary of State of Puerto Rico. Mr. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton presidential campaign's National Hispanic Leadership Council in 2008, co-chaired Clinton's successful Puerto Rico primary campaign that year and served as the...
, Law, 1980, Puerto Rico's Secretary of State/Lt. Governor (D) - John McEnery, former governor of Louisiana (D)
- Tucker L. MelanconTucker L. MelanconTucker L. Melancon is an American judge who serves on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He is serving on senior status.-Education and career:Melancon graduated...
, Law, 1973, justice, 5th Circuit since 1994 (D) - Judge Henry MentzJudge Henry MentzHenry Alvan Mentz Jr. was a United States federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and unanimously approved by the Senate. He served on the Federal Bench for almost 20 years.-Early life:Mentz was born in New Orleans in 1920 but lived in Hammond, Louisiana, from 1928 until 1982...
, U.S. federal district judge 1982-2005 - John Willard "Jack" Montgomery, Sr.Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)John Willard Montgomery, Sr., known as Jack Montgomery , is an attorney in private practice in the small city of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, who served in the 26th District of the Louisiana State Senate for a single four-year term from 1968—1972...
, State senator, 1968-1972 (D) - Andrew G.T. Moore, 1960, justice Delaware Supreme Court
- Paul MorphyPaul MorphyPaul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion. He was a chess prodigy...
, L.L.B., April 7, 1857, chess prodigy - Jaime Morgan StubbeJaime Morgan StubbeJaime Morgan Stubbe, the last Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Maritime Authority or "Navieras de Puerto Rico', is currently the President of Palmas del Mar, Inc., the real estate developer that owns and operates the Palmas del Mar residential and tourist complex in Humacao, Puerto Rico...
, 1980, president, Palmas del Mar Inc., former Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development - Ray NaginRay NaginClarence Ray Nagin, Jr. is a former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Nagin gained international note in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area....
, M.B.A. 1994, mayor of New Orleans (D) - Francis T. NichollsFrancis T. NichollsFrancis Redding Tillou Nicholls was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
, governor of Louisiana (D) - Charles A. O'Neill, Law, 1893, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1922–1949)
- Terry O'NeillTerry O'Neill (feminist)Terry O'Neill is an American feminist attorney, professor and activist for social justice. She is president of the National Organization for Women since July 2009, and president of the NOW Foundation and chair of the NOW Political Action Committees.-Education and family:O'Neill graduated from...
, president of the National Organization for WomenNational Organization for WomenThe National Organization for Women is the largest feminist organization in the United States. It was founded in 1966 and has a membership of 500,000 contributing members. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S...
(NOW) - John H. OvertonJohn H. OvertonJohn Holmes Overton was an attorney and Democratic United States representative and U.S. senator from Louisiana...
, Law, 1897, former U.S. senator from Louisiana (D) - Leander PerezLeander PerezLeander Henry Perez, Sr. , was the Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century. Officially, he served as a district judge, later as district attorney, and as president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission...
, Law, judge and district attorney of Plaquemines Parish in first half of twentieth century (D) - Karen Carter PetersonKaren Carter PetersonKaren Carter Peterson is a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing the 5th District since 2010. She previously served as the representative from District 93 , in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as Speaker Pro Tempore...
, state representative and candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana (D) - Pedro PierluisiPedro PierluisiPedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the United States Democratic Party...
, Puerto Rico's member of Congress (D) and former Attorney General - David W. Pipes, Jr.David W. Pipes, Jr.David Washington Pipes, Jr. was a Houma, Louisiana lawyer and sugar planter and previously lifelong Democrat who defected to the Republican Party in 1940 to oppose the nomination of Henry A...
, Law, Terrebonne Parish planter and lawyer, congressional candidate (R) - Odell PollardOdell PollardOdell Pollard is a retired attorney in Searcy, the seat of White County in central Arkansas, who was a pioneer in the revitalization of the Republican Party in his state.-Early years:...
, attorney from SearcySearcy, ArkansasSearcy is the largest city and county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,663. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County...
, ArkansasArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
; former Arkansas Republican Party chairman and national committeeman (R) - Lawrence PonoroffLawrence PonoroffLawrence Ponoroff is the current dean of the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. He was previously the 21st dean of Tulane Law School from 2001–2009, taking the reins from Edward F. Sherman after having taught at Tulane Law for six years...
, dean of the Tulane University Law SchoolTulane University Law SchoolTulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.... - Robert PoydasheffRobert PoydasheffRobert S. "Bob" Poydasheff is a former mayor of Columbus, Georgia.Poydasheff served as mayor of Columbus from 2003 through 2006, having previously served on Columbus city council from 1994 through 2002. He served with distinction in the United States Army for 24 years, retiring at the rank of...
, Law, former mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003–2007) (R) - Bill Pryor, Law, 1987, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (R)
- William RehnquistWilliam RehnquistWilliam Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court (R) - Cedric RichmondCedric RichmondCedric Levon Richmond is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, which includes most of New Orleans. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...
, (L '98), U.S. House of Representatives, Louisiana - Beth RickeyBeth RickeyElizabeth Ann "Beth" Rickey was a Republican political activist from Louisiana who exposed the neo-Nazi connections of former State Representative David Duke, who ran for the U.S...
, entered but did not complete Ph.D. program in political science; political activist who opposed David DukeDavid DukeDavid Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
(R) - Christian RoseliusChristian RoseliusChristian Roselius was a Louisiana lawyer.-Biography:His early education was limited to the elementary schooling. In July 1820, he left Germany on board the bark “Jupiter” for New Orleans, having secured his passage by an indenture. He was then employed for several years in a printing office...
, 1857, chief justice, Louisiana Supreme Court (D) - Arnold Jack RosenthalArnold Jack RosenthalArnold Jack Rosenthal was an attorney and businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana, who from 1973 to 1977 was his city's last elected municipal commissioner of finance and utilities.-Family and educational background:...
, B.A., 1944, Law, 1946, AlexandriaAlexandria, LouisianaAlexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes....
politician (D) - Jared Y. Sanders, Jr.Jared Y. Sanders, Jr.Jared Young Sanders, Jr. , was a prominent Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, the Louisiana State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives, perhaps best known for his conservative opposition to legendary Governor and U.S...
, U.S. representative (D), later States Rights Party - Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.Jared Young Sanders, Sr. , was a journalist and attorney from Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, who served as his state's House Speaker , lieutenant governor , the 34th Governor , and U.S. representative...
, former governor of Louisiana (D) - Antonin ScaliaAntonin ScaliaAntonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
, faculty, U.S. Supreme Court (R) - Alvin A. SchallAlvin Anthony Schall- Early life and education :Born in New York, New York, Schall received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1966 and a J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1969.- Professional career :...
, Law, 1969, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Jock ScottJock ScottJohn Wyeth "Jock" Scott, II was a lawyer and college professor in Alexandria, who served three terms from District 26 in the Louisiana House of Representatives, first as a Democrat and then as a Republican . He was defeated in a race for the Louisiana State Senate in 1987...
, former state representative from Alexandria (R) - Nauman S. Scott, one of the first Louisiana U.S. District Court Judges to advocate desegregation (R)
- Nick Shapiro, 2002, assistant press secretary, Obama administration (D)
- Edward F. ShermanEdward F. ShermanEdward F. Sherman served as the 20th dean and is currently the W.R. Irby Chair in Law at the Tulane University Law School. He teaches Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He was previously the Professor of Law at Tulane...
, former dean and current professor at the Tulane University Law SchoolTulane University Law SchoolTulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.... - Scott M. Simon, architect and state representative (R)
- Oramel H. SimpsonOramel H. SimpsonOramel Hinckley Simpson was an American politician from the US state of Louisiana. He became the 39th Governor of Louisiana in 1926, upon the death of his predecessor, Henry L. Fuqua...
, former governor of Louisiana (D) - Lafe E. Solomon, General Counsel, National Labor Relations for Obama Administration
- Ira SorkinIra SorkinIra Lee Sorkin is an American attorney. He is best known for representing Bernard Madoff, the American businessman who has pleaded guilty to perpetrating the largest investor fraud ever committed by a single person.-Education and career:...
, BA 1965, attorney for Bernard Madoff - William SuterWilliam SuterWilliam K. Suter is the 19th and current Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, a position he has held since 1991. The clerk's responsibilities include managing the Supreme Court's docket and calendar and overseeing the Supreme Court Bar. The clerk also attends all oral arguments at the...
, Law 1962, clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court 1991–present - Lawson SwearingenLawson SwearingenLawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr. , is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented District 34 from 1980 to 1991, and a former president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, whose tenure extended from 1991 to 2001.-Early life:Swearingen was born in San Antonio,...
, Law 1969, state senator and president of the University of Monroe at Louisiana (D) - Gene Taylor, U.S. representative, 1989-2011 (D)
- Roy R. TheriotRoy R. TheriotRoy R. Theriot, Sr. , was the Democratic state comptroller of Louisiana from 1960-1973. Previously, Theriot was the mayor of Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish in south Louisiana from 1954-1960....
, Law, former Louisiana comptroller, 1960-1973 (D) - Michael F. "Mike" Thompson, Law, former Louisiana state representative from Lafayette (R)
- Tom ThornhillTom ThornhillThomas Wood Thornhill, known as Tom Thornhill is an attorney from Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, who served as the District 76 Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1996–2000....
, Postgraduate study, SlidellSlidell, LouisianaSlidell is a city situated on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 25,695 at the 2000 census. The Greater Slidell Community has a population of about 90,000...
attorney and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996-2000 (R) - Joseph F. ToomyJoseph F. ToomyJoseph Francis Toomy, known as Joe Toomy , is a self-employed insurance broker from Gretna, the seat of Jeffersons Parish, Louisiana, who served as the District 85 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1984 until term-limited in 2008. Toomy was a Democrat from 1984–1990, when he...
, B.A. and M.B.A., former state representative from Jefferson Parish (R) - David C. TreenDavid C. TreenDavid Conner "Dave" Treen, Sr. , was an American attorney and politician from Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana – the first Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He was the first Republican in modern times to have served in the U.S...
, former governor of Louisiana (R) - Jeffrey P. Victory, L'71, Louisiana Supreme Court justice from Shreveport (R)
- David VitterDavid VitterDavid Vitter is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of...
, Law, U.S. senator from Louisiana (R) - T. Semmes WalmsleyT. Semmes WalmsleyThomas Semmes Walmsley was Mayor of New Orleans from July 1929 to June 1936. He is best known for his intense rivalry with Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long.- Early life and career :...
, Law, mayor of New Orleans (D) - Elizabeth WeaverElizabeth Weaver-References:...
, N’62; L’65, Michigan Supreme Court justice - John G. Weinmann, ambassador to Finland; chief of White House protocol
- Edward Douglass White, Jr.Edward Douglass WhiteEdward Douglass White, Jr. , American politician and jurist, was a United States senator, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States. He was best known for formulating the Rule of Reason standard of antitrust law. He also sided with the...
, Law, 1868, 9th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (D) - Jacques Loeb Wiener, justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Pinkie C. WilkersonPinkie C. WilkersonPinkie Carolyn Wilkerson was an African American member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from her native Grambling, west of Ruston, Louisiana, who served from 1992 until her death in a six-vehicle traffic accident on Interstate 20 in Bossier City, Louisiana. Wilkerson was particularly...
, L.L.M., state representative (D) - John Clint WilliamsonJohn Clint WilliamsonJohn Clint Williamson, a U.S. diplomat and prosecutor, has served in a variety of senior-level roles with the United States Government, the United Nations, and currently with the European Union. In October 2011, he took up his duties as the European Union's Lead Prosecutor for the EU Special...
, U.S. ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues - Stephen J. WindhorstStephen J. WindhorstStephen Joseph Windhorst, known as Steve Windhorst , is a state judge of the 24th Judicial District Court in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson and Orleans parishes from 1992 to 2000...
, B.A., Law, district court judge, former state representative (R) - John Minor WisdomJohn Minor WisdomJohn Minor Wisdom , one of the "Fifth Circuit Four", and a liberal Republican from Louisiana, was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit during the 1950s and 1960s, when that court became known for a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of...
, Law, judge, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (R) - Bob WiseBob WiseRobert Ellsworth "Bob" Wise, Jr. is an American politician. A Democrat, Wise served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from January 2001 to January 2005.-Early life:...
, Law, 1975, former governor of West Virginia (D) - Henry L. YelvertonHenry L. YelvertonHenry Lee Yelverton, Jr. , was a judge for thirty-two years of the state district and appellate courts, based in Lake Charles, the seat of Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana.-Early years and education:...
, Latin, 1951, district and appellate judge based in Lake CharlesLake Charles, LouisianaLake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Located in Calcasieu Parish, a major cultural, industrial, and educational center in the southwest region of the state, and one of the most important in...
(D) - Donelson Caffery, Law, U.S. Senator, 1892-1900 (D)
Math, science and technology
- Jon-Erik BeckjordJon-Erik BeckjordJon-Erik Beckjord was a San Francisco-based paranormal investigator and photographer known for his far-reaching ideas regarding such phenomena as UFOs, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, and his specialty, Bigfoot, which he believed to be an extradimensional ghost-like entity that lives in...
, paranormal investigator and photographer - Alfred H. CliffordAlfred H. CliffordAlfred Hoblitzelle Clifford was an American mathematician who is known for Clifford theory and for his work on semigroups. The Alfred H. CliffordMathematics Research Library at Tulane University is named after him....
, faculty, mathematician - David FiloDavid FiloDavid Filo is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang.Until the company decided to switch to PHP, his Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side scripting software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server...
, B.S.C.E, co-founder, Yahoo! - Gordon G. GallupGordon G. GallupGordon G. Gallup, Jr. is a psychologist of the University at Albany's Psychology department, researching biopsychology. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1968, after which he joined the faculty of the Psychology Department at Tulane University...
, Jr., faculty (1968–1975), developer of the mirror test for self-awareness (1970) - Jan HamerJan HamerJan Hamer was an organic chemistry professor at Tulane University in New Orleans from 1960—1992. A Dutch citizen, Hamer received his Ph.D. from the University of Leiden in The Netherlands. He authored three chemistry books and was listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest...
(1927–2008), faculty (1960–1992), organic chemist - Walter KohnWalter KohnWalter Kohn is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to the understandings of the electronic properties of materials...
, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998 - Kurt Mislow, 1944, Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University
- John Leonard RiddellJohn Leonard RiddellJohn Leonard Riddell was a science lecturer, botanist, geologist, medical doctor, chemist, microscopist, numismatician, politician, and science fiction author in the United States. He was born in Leyden, Massachusetts, the son of John Riddell and Lephe Gates. He received his B.A. and M.A...
, faculty (1836–1865), microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope (1851) - Harold Rosen, B.S.E.E, 1947, engineer/inventor, famous for inventing the geostationary communications satellite
- J. Lawrence Smith, faculty, chemist and inventor of the inverted microscope (1850)
- Frank J. TiplerFrank J. TiplerFrank Jennings Tipler is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. Tipler has authored books and papers on the Omega Point, which he claims is a mechanism for the resurrection of the dead. It has been...
, faculty, physicist and author - Dave WinerDave WinerDave Winer is an American software developer, entrepreneur and writer in New York City. Winer is noted for his contributions to outliners, scripting, content management, and web services, as well as blogging and podcasting...
, B.A, Mathematics, 1976, Weblog and RSS pioneer, former Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellow - A. Baldwin WoodA. Baldwin WoodAlbert Baldwin Wood was an inventor and engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1899....
, B.S.M.E., 1899, (December 1, 1879 - May 10, 1956) engineer and inventor of the wood screw pump (1913) and the wood trash pump (1915)
Medicine
- Dale ArcherDale ArcherDr. Dale Archer, Jr. is a medical doctor , Board Certified Psychiatrist and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association who has helped thousands of patients for more than two decades. His focus is to give good common sense psychological advice...
, B.A., 1978, M.D., doctor and television personality - Regina BenjaminRegina BenjaminVice Admiral Regina Marcia Benjamin, USPHS is an American physician who serves as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama and served on the Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of...
, M.B.A., 1991, U.S. Surgeon General under President Barack Obama and the first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees - Cyril Y. BowersCyril Y. BowersCyril Y. Bowers, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, attended medical school at the University of Oregon and did an internship at the University of Washington. He then studied biochemistry at Cornell University and attended the Postgraduate School of...
, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher - George E. BurchGeorge E. BurchGeorge Edward Burch was a shaper of modern cardiology during the middle part of the twentieth century, whose accomplishments included elucidating the fundamental physiological basis of important cardiovascular diseases, in addition to contributions to the teaching of medicine and cardiology. He...
, M.D., 1933, internationally known cardiologist - Jay CavanaughJay CavanaughWhen considering the witches brew of concoctions the drug companies want to pour down my throat and into my veins I say a resounding "Just Say No". - Dr. Jay Cavanaugh, Overgrow forums, March 11, 2003....
, Ph.D, 1994, member, California State Board of Pharmacy (1980–90), director, American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, 2001 - Michael E. DeBakeyMichael E. DeBakeyMichael Elias DeBakey was a world-renowned Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator, and international medical statesman...
, M.D., 1932, pioneer of modern medicine and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal - Gerald DomingueGerald DomingueGerald Domingue is an American medical researcher and academic who served as Professor of Urology, Microbiology and Immunology in the Tulane University School of Medicine and Graduate School for thirty years and also as Director of Research in Urology...
- medical researcher and former professor of urology, microbiology and immunology - Thomas A. Farley, M.D., New York City health commissioner
- Vivian Fonseca, M.D., Vice President for Medicine and Science of the American Diabetes Association
- Robert I. Grossman, M.D., Dean and CEO of NYU School of Medicine and NYU Hospitals Center
- Louis J. Ignarro, faculty (1973–1985), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998)
- Thomas Naum JamesThomas Naum JamesThomas Naum James was a leading American cardiologist during the last half of the twentieth century. He was chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and then president of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston...
, M.D., 1949, director, World Health Organization cardiovascular center - Ruth Kirschstein, M.D., 1951, director, National Institutes of Health, for whom the Kirschstein NRSA grant program is named
- Abraham L. Levin, M.D., 1907, inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still used for duodenal drainage after surgery.
- Leslie L. Lukash, M.D., 1944, Nassau County, NY medical examiner, inspiration for the television show Quincy, M.D. Founded National Association of Medical Examiners.
- Rudolph MatasRudolph MatasRudolph Matas , a prominent and innovative surgeon was born outside of New Orleans in Bonnet Carre, Louisiana, on September 12, 1860. Matas spent much of his childhood in his parents' native land of Spain, returning to the New Orleans in 1877 to begin his medical training at the Medical School of...
, M.D., 1880, "father of vascular surgery" - William Larimer MellonWilliam Larimer MellonWilliam Larimer Mellon, Sr. , sometimes referred to as W. L., was a founder of Gulf Oil.-Biography:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1868 to James Ross Mellon, eldest son of Judge Thomas Mellon, and Rachel Larimer Mellon, daughter of railroad and land baron William Larimer, Jr...
, Jr., M.D., M’53, founder, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti - Alton OchsnerAlton OchsnerAlton Ochsner was a surgeon and medical researcher who worked at Tulane University and other New Orleans hospitals before he established his own world-renowned The Ochsner Clinic, now known as Ochsner Foundation Hospital...
, faculty, founder of Ochsner Clinic, pioneer anti-smoking advocate - Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., A&S 1960, M 1963, President of the American Medical Association.
- Andrew V. Schally, former faculty, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977), French Legion of Honor
- Harry V. SimsHarry V. SimsHarry Vernon Sims, Sr. , was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a president of the New Orleans Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who published numerous research articles on gynecology....
, M.D., 1915, American College of Surgeons - Ross Taubman, American Podiatric Medical Association president
- Luther Leonidas TerryLuther Leonidas TerryLuther Terry was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the ninth Surgeon General of the United States from 1961 to 1965, and is best known for his warnings against the dangers of and the impact of tobacco use on health.-Early years:Luther Leonidas Terry was born in Red...
, M.D., 1935, U.S. surgeon general (1961–1965) - Lewis ThomasLewis ThomasLewis Thomas was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.Thomas was born in Flushing, New York and attended Princeton University and Harvard Medical School...
, former faculty (1948–1950), physician, researcher, and essayist - Paul WehrlePaul WehrlePaul Francis Wehrle was a researcher and physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox.He graduated from the University of Arizona and received his M.D. degree from Tulane in 1947...
, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox - Charles B. Wilson, pioneer in pituitary tumor treatment; Cushing Medal recipient
- Jeremy D. Hantz, leader in diabetes research; Children's Research Institute
Military
- Douglas G. HurleyDouglas G. HurleyDouglas Gerald Hurley is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-127, which launched July 15, 2009. He was assigned and flew as pilot for STS-135, the final flight of the Space Shuttle program, in July 2011...
, NASA astronaut - John L. McLucasJohn L. McLucasJohn Luther McLucas was United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1973 to 1975, becoming Secretary of the Air Force on July 19, 1973. He had been Acting Secretary of the Air Force since May 15, 1973, and Under Secretary of the Air Force since March 1969...
, G’43, Secretary of the Air Force - William SuterWilliam SuterWilliam K. Suter is the 19th and current Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, a position he has held since 1991. The clerk's responsibilities include managing the Supreme Court's docket and calendar and overseeing the Supreme Court Bar. The clerk also attends all oral arguments at the...
, Law 1962, General US Army - James C. YarbroughJames C. Yarbrough-Education:He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from Tulane University in May 1979 and, as a Distinguished Military Graduate, was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps . He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Business Management from...
, General in the United States Army
Royalty and religion
- Jorge BolañosJorge BolañosJorge Alberto Bolaños Suarez is a Cuban politician and diplomat.Bolanos graduated in Political Sciences and International Law from the University of Havana and did postgraduate courses in Foreign Relations from the University of London.Ambassador Bolanos has been a member of the Cuban Foreign...
, son of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños - Lourdes de Flores, first lady of El Salvador
- Francis George, Ph.D., 1970, cardinal archbishop of Chicago
- Her Royal Highness Princess Padmaja Kumari Mewar, NC’03, kingdom of Mewar, India
- Rosalie Palter Cohen, First woman president of Jewish Federation. Also founded Woldenberg Retirement Community, a part of Touro Infirmary.
Sports
- Michael AubreyMichael AubreyRobert Michael Aubrey is an American baseball player currently in the Washington Nationals organization.-Amateur:He attended Southwood High School were he won Louisiana Baseball player of the year....
, baseball player - David Mark BergerDavid Mark BergerDavid Mark Berger was an American-born weightlifter for the Israeli Olympic team in 1972. A lawyer by education, Berger was one of 11 members of Israel’s Olympic team who were taken hostage and subsequently murdered by Arab terrorists at the Munich Olympic Games.Berger was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
, A&S'66, NCAA champion, member of '72 Israeli Olympic weightlifting team. - Josh Bobbitt, 1998, baseball All-American
- Brian Bormaster, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays
- Bubby BristerBubby BristerWalter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...
, NG-UC’85, former NFL quarterback - Bobby Brown, Medicine 1950, baseball player, president of the American League
- Janell BurseJanell BurseJanell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....
, basketball player in the WNBA - Chris Bush, 2004, NFL receiver
- Andy CannizaroAndy CannizaroAndrew Lee Cannizaro is a former Major League Baseball infielder.Cannizaro was drafted by the Yankees in the seventh round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft after two seasons at Tulane University....
, MLB shortstop and baseball All American - Kerwin Cook, 2001, NFL receiver
- Michael T. Coles, 2008, English table tennis Commonwealth Games bronze medalist
- Jerry DalrympleJerry DalrympleGerald R. "Jerry" Dalrymple was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the United States. Dalrymple was All-Southern in sophomore year; All-American in his junior and senior year at Tulane University. In 1931, he was the only unanimous All-American in the country...
, football All-American - John Dane III, (MS 1972, PhD 1975), Olympian
- JaJuan DawsonJaJuan DawsonJaJuan Dawson is a former wide receiver in the NFL. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans....
, 1999, NFL receiver - Augie Diaz, sailing world champion
- Corey DowdenCorey Dowden-Career:Dowden's first professional experience was in two seasons with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. He then spent a season with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League before returning to the Storm for another season. During the 1996 NFL season Dowden played...
, NFL defensive back - Barbara FarrisBarbara FarrisBarbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....
, UC’98, WNBA forward (New York Liberty) - Steve FoleySteve Foley (defensive back)Stephen James Foley is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He played his entire 11-year NFL career with the Denver Broncos after one year with the Jacksonville Express of the World Football League.As a member of the Broncos, Foley played in the Super Bowl twice...
, football, quarterback in 1977 near-undefeated season when Tulane beat LSU for the first time in 25 years - Matt FortéMatt FortéMatthew Garrett Forté is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bears in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
, NFL running back - Nolan FranzNolan FranzNolan Franz is a former wide receiver in the National Football League and the United States Football League.-Biography:Franz was born Nolan Clarence Franz on September 11, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-Career:...
, NFL wide receiver - G. Shelby Friedrichs, (B'62), Olympian, gold medal recipient 1968
- Lester GatewoodLester GatewoodLester Gatewood is a former center in the National Football League.-Career:Gatewood was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1943 NFL Draft and later played two seasons with the team. He played at the collegiate level at Baylor University and Tulane University.-References:...
, NFL center - Tony GiarratanoTony GiarratanoAnthony James Giarratano is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.Giarratano attended Tulane University. In 2½ seasons at Tulane, Giarratano recorded a .319 batting average and drove in 111 runs...
, MLB, Detroit Tigers - Brandon GomesBrandon GomesBrandon Gomes is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 17th Round of the 2007 MLB Draft out of Tulane University...
, MLB, Tampa Bay RaysTampa Bay RaysThe Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of MLB's American League. Since their inception in , the club has played at Tropicana Field... - Jim GuenoJim Gueno-Career:Gueno was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the ninth round of the 1976 NFL Draft and played with the team for five seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Tulane University.-References:...
, NFL linebacker - Ruffin HamiltonRuffin Hamilton-Career:Hamilton was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft and spent the 1994 NFL season with the team. After two years away from the NFL, he spent three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons....
, NFL linebacker - Phil HicksPhil HicksPhil Hicks is a retired American basketball player who played for three years at Tulane University, before being drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1976 NBA Draft. He played for the Rockets for only two games, before being traded to the Chicago Bulls...
, NBA basketball player - Rodney HolmanRodney HolmanRodney Holman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Detroit Lions . Holman graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1978 where he starred on the football team and was an all-state wrestler...
, 1981, NFL pro bowl tight end - Shooter Hunt, MLB, Minnesota Twins
- Barton W.B. Jahncke, (B'61), Olympian, gold medal recipient 1968
- Linton Johnson III, 2004, NBA player
- Shaun KingShaun KingShaun Earl King is a former Tulane University and National Football League quarterback.-High School:King is a 1995 graduate of Gibbs High School .-College:...
, 1999, NFL quarterback - Troy KropogTroy KropogTroy Michael Kropog is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Titans in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football for Tulane....
,2009–present, NFL lineman Tennessee Titans - Eric LaaksoEric LaaksoEric Henry Laakso was a retired NFL offensive tackle and guard who played seven seasons with the Miami Dolphins, a tenure which included two Super Bowls...
, 1976 Tulane Athlete of the year, NFL offensive tackle - J. P. Losman, NFL quarterback
- Donnie Maggs, 1984, NFL offensive lineman
- Seth MarlerSeth MarlerMichael Seth Marler , is an Arena football Placekicker for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.He played college football at Tulane...
, B’03, NFL kicker - Lonnie MartsLonnie MartsLonnie Marts is a former American Football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League. He currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida and coaches future NFL hopefuls with his athletic training company...
, 1990, NFL Linebacker (1991–2001) - Tommy MasonTommy MasonThomas Cyril Mason is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was selected first overall by the expansion Minnesota Vikings in the 1961 NFL Draft. In six seasons with the Vikings, he rushed for 3,252 yards and 28 touchdowns. In 1967, he was signed by the Los...
, NFL running back - Sylvester McGrewSylvester McGrew-Biography:McGrew was born Sylvester Lee McGrew on February 27, 1960 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-Career:McGrew played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1987 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at Tulane University.-References:...
, NFL defensive end - Mewelde MooreMewelde MooreMewelde Jaem Cadere Moore is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
, NFL running back - Max McGeeMax McGeeWilliam Max McGee was a professional football wide receiver who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1954-67. He served as the team's punter during a few years of his career. McGee may be best known for his performance during the first Super Bowl game. Prior to his NFL career, he played college...
, NFL wide receiver - Ed MorganEd MorganEdward Carre Morgan was a baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.-Biography:Ed Morgan was born May 22, 1904, in Cairo, Illinois.Morgan entered the Major Leagues in with the Cleveland Indians...
, baseball player - Steve MuraSteve MuraStephen Andrew Mura , is a retired Major League Baseball player; a pitcher from -. He played for the San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics....
, baseball player - Eddie Murray, UC’80, NFL kicker
- Phil NugentPhil NugentPhil Nugent is a former professional American football defensive back. He played for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League during the 1961 AFL season....
, football player - Micah OwingsMicah OwingsMicah Burton Owings is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher currently pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks....
, MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds - Richie PetitbonRichie PetitbonRichard Alvin Petitbon is a former American football safety and head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League...
, NFL player and coach - Eddie PriceEddie PriceEdward J. Price was an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulane University and was drafted in the second round of the 1950 NFL Draft. Price led the NFL in rushing in 1951...
, football player - Patrick RamseyPatrick RamseyPatrick Allen Ramsey is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins 32nd overall in the 2002 NFL Draft...
, NFL quarterback - Hamilton RichardsonHamilton RichardsonHamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson was a American tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s.Born August 24, 1933 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Richardson was ranked No. 1 in the United States in 1956 and 1958, and was ranked in the top ten in nine other years...
(1955), tennis player - Timothy John Robbie, A&S’77, former president, Miami Dolphins
- Anthony Scelfo, Tulane quarterback, 2009 left fielder Tampa Bay Rays
- Andy SheetsAndy SheetsAndrew Mark Sheets is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners , San Diego Padres , Anaheim Angels , Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays . He played first base for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp , and Hanshin Tigers , of the Nippon Professional Baseball league....
, baseball player - Joe SilipoJoe SilipoJoseph Martin Silipo was a Canadian and American football player in three professional football leagues....
, football player in the CFL, USFL and NFL - Steve GleasonSteve GleasonStephen Michael Gleason is a former American football safety of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at Washington State.As a free agent in 2008, Gleason retired from the NFL after eight...
, Football Player for the New Orleans Saints, NFL - Jerald SowellJerald SowellJerald Monye Sowell is an American Football fullback. He played his college ball at Tulane.-College years and early NFL career:...
, NFL running back - Mike TannenbaumMike TannenbaumMike Tannenbaum is a professional American football executive, currently serving as the general manager for the New York Jets of the National Football League.-Cleveland Browns:...
, general manager, New York Jets (NFL) - Eric Thomas (1987), NFL Defensive Back (1987–1995)
- Paul ThompsonPaul Thompson (basketball)Paul Thompson is a former American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. Thompson was originally drafted in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. In 1985, Thompson was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for two draft picks...
, NBA player - Dalton TruaxDalton TruaxDalton Truax is a former professional American football player. He played for the Oakland Raiders during the 1960 AFL season....
, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders - Jack Tuero, tennis, NCAA champion 1949
- Linda TueroLinda TueroLinda Tuero was a standout American amateur and professional tennis player. She was the Girls 14 and Girls 16 Champion in the USTA National Hard Court Championships, and the Girls 18 Singles Champion at the USTA National Clay Court Championships in both 1967 and 1968...
, tennis, winner of Italian Open - Clinton Wenzel, 1984, USFL Defensive Lineman
- John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player
- Jeremy Williams, 2010, Wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Roydell WilliamsRoydell WilliamsRoydell Williams is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tulane....
, NFL wide receiver - Frank WillsFrank Wills (baseball)Frank Lee Wills is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals , Seattle Mariners , Cleveland Indians , and Toronto Blue Jays...
, baseball player
Tulane presidents
| President | Years |
|---|---|
| Francis Lister Hawks | 1847-1849** |
| Theodore Howard McCaleb Theodore Howard McCaleb Theodore Howard McCaleb was a United States federal judge.Born in Claiborne County, Mississippi, McCaleb attended Yale College, and read law to enter the Bar in 1832... |
1850-1862** |
| University Closed-American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... |
1862–1865 |
| Thomas Hunt Thomas Hunt Thomas Hunt may refer to:*Thomas Hunt , MP for Bedford * Thomas Hunt formerly with Norwich City F.C.* Thomas Hunt , Englishman martyred with Thomas Sprott in 1600... |
1865-1867** |
| Randell Hunt | 1867-1884** |
| William Preston Johnston William Preston Johnston William Preston Johnston was a lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier.-Biography:Johnston was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Albert Sidney Johnston and Henritta Preston. At the age of four, his mother died, and he was reared by her family members... |
1884–1899 |
| William Oscar Rogers | 1899–1900 (acting) |
| Edwin Alderman Edwin Alderman Edwin Anderson Alderman served as the President of three universities. The University of Virginia's Alderman Library is named after him, as is in Wilmington and Alderman dorm at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill... |
1900–1904 |
| Edwin Boone Craighead | 1904–1912 |
| Robert Sharp | 1912–1913 (acting) 1913–1918 |
| Albert Bledsoe Dinwiddie | 1918–1935 |
| Douglas Smith Anderson | 1935–1936 (acting) |
| Robert Leonval Menuet | 1936–1937 (acting) |
| Rufus Carrollton Harris Rufus Carrollton Harris Rufus Carrollton Harris was the president of Tulane University from 1937–1959 and the 12th dean of the Tulane University Law School, from 1927–1937.-Education:... |
1937–1960 |
| Maxwell Edward Lapham | 1960 (acting) |
| Herbert Eugene Longenecker | 1960–1975 |
| Sheldon Hackney Sheldon Hackney Francis Sheldon Hackney is a prominent U.S. educator. He is the Boies Professor of United States History at the University of Pennsylvania. Hackney earned his Ph.D. in American History at Yale University, where he worked with eminent Southern historian C. Vann Woodward. He began his career as a... |
1975–1980 |
| Eamon Kelly Eamon Kelly Eamon Michael Kelly was the president of Tulane University from 1981 to 1998. He was born in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University.... |
1980–1981 (acting) 1981–1998 |
| Scott S. Cowen | 1998–present |
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