List of Tufts University people

The list of Tufts University people includes alumni, professors, and administrators associated with Tufts University. For a list of Tufts' presidents, see List of presidents of Tufts University. It includes alumni and affiliates of the acquired Jackson College for Women and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Academics

College and university presidents Lawrence S. Bacow, president of Tufts University, 29th president of Harvard University Elmer Hewitt Capen (B.A. 1860), president of Tufts College member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Leonard Carmichael (B.S. 1921), president of Tufts University and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution John Albert Cousens (B.A. 1903), president of Tufts College Oliver Dean, acting president of Tufts College between the terms of the first and second presidents; founder of Dean Academy Dan Ehrenkrantz (B.A. 1983), president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and influential rabbi John E. Endicott, co-president of Woosong University and American foreign policy analyst specializing in security issues Hollis Godfrey (B.S. 1895), president of Drexel University Frederick W. Hamilton (B.A. 1880, M.A. 1886), president of Tufts College William Leslie Hooper, acting president of Tufts College between the terms of the fourth and fifth elected presidents John Clarence Lee (STD 1896), president of St. Lawrence University; president and vice president of Lombard University Moshe Many, Israeli urologist; president of Tel Aviv University, and president of Ashkelon Academic College Kathleen McCartney (B.S. 1977), president of Smith College and former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education George Stewart Miller, acting president of Tufts College Miriam E. Nelson, president of Hampshire College Joseph W. Polisi (M.A. 1970), president of The Juilliard School Albert J. Simone, president of Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Hawaii system Katherine Haley Will (B.A. 1978), president of Gettysburg College and former chair of the Annapolis Group

Provosts, deans, and vice presidents

Lisa Anderson (M.A.), provost of the American University in Cairo and Middle East political scholar Scott C. Beardsley, dean of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business John L. Carroll, dean of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law and former chief U.S. magistrate judge for the Middle District of Alabama David R. Harris, provost of Tufts, president of Union College David W. Kennedy (M.A.L.D. 1979), vice president of international affairs at Brown University and legal scholar David Rosowsky (B.S./M.S. 1987), vice president of University of Vermont, former dean of engineering of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Richard J. Smith (M.D./M.S., 1973), dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Michelle Ann Williams (M.S. 1986), dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Professors and scholars Kuzhikalail M. Abraham (Ph.D. 1973), pioneer in lithium, lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and lithium-air batteries Saleem Ali (B.S 1994), Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environment at the University of Delaware David Autor (B.A. 1989), economics professor at MIT focused on the effects of technology on the workplace Arnaud Blin, French historian and political scientist Martha Constantine-Paton (B.S. 1969), founding member of McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT Ram Dass (B.A. 1952), aka Richard Alpert, former Harvard psychology professor involved with the Harvard Psilocybin Project Robert Daum, director of the Iona Pacific Inter-Religious Centre at the Vancouver School of Theology Prachi Deshpande (Ph.D. 2002), historian and professor at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Jay Famiglietti (B.S. 1982), professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine Rolf Faste (M.S. 1971), industrial designer and professor at Stanford University Lewis M. Feldstein, co-chairman of the Saguaro Seminar and president of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Matt Glaser, former chair of the string department at the Berklee College of Music, jazz and bluegrass violinist Alan L. Gropman (Ph.D., 1975), professor of history and grand strategy, National Defense University Thomas L. Hopkins, progressive education professor and theorist Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons and former executive director of MIT Media Lab Robert Kayen (B.S. 1981), professor of civil engineering at University of California, Berkeley, previously University of California, Los Angeles Jill Lepore (B.A. 1987), historian and professor at Harvard University Julie Livingston, one of thirty-four "genius" MacArthur Fellows in 2013, for her research at Rutgers University Mahmood Mamdani (M.A. 1968, M.A.L.D. 1969), African political expert and professor at Columbia University Frederick Nelson (B.S. 1954), mechanical engineer and professor Padraig O'Malley, professor of international studies specializing in the problems of divided societies Martin Theodore Orne, psychiatry and psychology professor and researcher Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor (B.A., 1989), historian and professor at Smith College Eric Rubin (M.D./Ph.D. 1990), chair, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873–1967), received a master's degree from Tufts College in 1897; chair of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at Vanderbilt University 1921–1942 Norman Wengert, political scientist and professor

Art Marion Boyd Allen (attended 1902–1909), painter David Armstrong, photographer David Aronson, painter, sculptor; emeritus professor of art, Boston University Art School Cheerleaders, performance art troupe Will Barnet (attended 1928–1930), painter and printmaker Kaiju Big Battel, performance art troupe Carol Beckwith, photographer, author, and artist Ture Bengtz, painter/printmaker, teacher Frank Weston Benson (diploma, 1883), painter Seamus Blackley, video game developer Sheila Blair (B.A. 1970), art historian Ruben Bolling, aka Ken Fisher, nationally syndicated cartoonist Jan Brett (attended 1969–70), illustrator Margaret Fitzhugh Browne, painter David Buckley (MFA 1977), painter, former musician with the Barracudas Lisa Bufano, performance artist Al Capp (non-degreed), cartoonist of Li'l Abner Marie Cosindas (attended 1947–50 and 1955–56), photographer Holly Coulis (M.F.A., 1998), painter Allan Rohan Crite (diploma, 1936), painter Taylor Davis, plywood sculptor Adio diBiccari, sculptor Philip-Lorca diCorcia, photographer Jim Dine (attended 1950–53 and 1955–58), painter and printmaker Omer Fast (BFA, 1995), video artist Zach Feuer (BFA 1996–2000), art dealer Margaret Henderson Floyd, art historian and author of Henry Hobson Richardson and other books on architectural history Esther Geller (1921), painter Kahlil Gibran (attended 1940–43), painter/sculptor Nan Goldin (diploma, 1977; fifth year certificate, 1978), photographer William Snelling Hadaway, artist, attended 1890s William Melton Halsey (1935–1939, recipient of William Paige Fellowship), painter and sculptor Doc Hammer (briefly attended), painter Todd Hido, photographer Nancy Holt (B.A. 1960), artist and sculptor Susan Howe (1961), poet, scholar, essayist and critic Joan Jonas (attended 1958–61), performance artist Lois Mailou Jones (diploma, 1927), painter Tom Jung, graphic designer and illustrator Ellsworth Kelly (diploma, 1948), painter, sculptor, and printmaker Eleanor de Laittre, artist Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky, painter, teacher Mira Lehr, painter May Hallowell Loud (attended 1879–83), painter Jim McNitt, mixed-media painter and photographer F. Luis Mora, artist and illustrator Mark Morrisroe, photographer Laurel Nakadate, video artist and photographer Sally Pierone (attended 1940–1942), artist Larry Poons (attended 1957–58), painter Liz Prince (2002–2007), comic book artist, Ignatz Award winner Richard Scarry (diploma, 1942), illustrator Elaine Spatz‑Rabinowitz (MFA, 1974), artist Doug and Mike Starn (diploma, 1984; fifth year certificate, 1985), photographers and performance artists Frank Stout (1949), painter Tom Sutton, illustrator and comic book artist Edmund Tarbell (diploma, 1882), painter Wallace Tripp (attended 1960, 1964), illustrator Cy Twombly (diploma, 1949), painter, sculptor, printmaker John A. Wilson, sculptor Peter Wolf, painter, singer Levni Yilmaz, animator and cartoonist

Architecture

Macy DuBois (B.A. 1951), Canadian architect whose work is prominent in Toronto Michael Van Valkenburgh (attended 1974–75), landscape architect

Business Yusuf Hassan Abdi (M.A.), former director of IRIN Peter Ackerman, managing director of Rockport Capital Vikram Akula (B.A. 1990), founder and CEO of SKS Microfinance Dan Barber (B.A. 1992), chef and co-owner of Blue Hill Restaurant John Bello (B.A. 1968), founder and former CEO of SoBe Beverages and former president of NFL Properties Samuel T. Byrne, founder of CrossHarbor Capital Partners and owner of the Yellowstone Club Dov Charney (attended), CEO and founder of American Apparel Charles S. Cohen (B.A. 1974), real estate developer and film producer William Cummings (B.A. 1958), head of the Cummings Foundation, one of the largest in New England, with over $2 billion in assets Susan Decker (B.S. 1984), former president of Yahoo!, Inc. Dick Dietrich (B.A. 1968), co-founder and CEO of GED Integrated Glass Solutions Jamie Dimon (B.A. 1978), CEO of JP Morgan Chase Corporation Peter R. Dolan (B.A. 1978), former CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb John J. Donovan, entrepreneur, founder of Cambridge Technology Partners Ben duPont (B.S. 1986), businessman, son of Pete du Pont Andrew Fastow, former CFO of Enron Lea Fastow née Weingarten, former Enron assistant treasurer and wife of Andrew Fastow Seth Godin (B.S. 1979), marketing expert and founder of Yoyodyne and Squidoo Bernard Marshall Gordon, former president and CEO of Analogic Corporation, Neurologica Corporation, and Gordon Engineering Company; inventor, holds over 30 patents Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of GOOD Magazine and co-founder of Ethos water, current national director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League Jacqueline Hernandez (B.A. 1988), president of Combate Americas, and CEO of Telemundo Media Eduardo Hochschild, chairman of Hochschild Mining Robert Hormats (B.A. 1965, M.A. 1966, M.A.L.D. 1967, Ph.D. 1970), vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International Meg Hourihan, co-founder of Pyra Labs, creator of Blogger Jeff Kindler (B.A. 1977), CEO of Pfizer Inc., former vice president of General Electric Co. and executive vice president of Corporate Relations at McDonald's Ellen J. Kullman (B.S. 1978), ex-CEO of DuPont and an adviser on President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Jim Manzi, former president, chairman, and CEO of Lotus Development Corporation John T. McCarthy (B.A. 1968, M.A. 1973), chairman of ING Group Turkey Harold McGraw III (B.A. 1972), president and CEO of McGraw-Hill Companies; Chairman of the Business Roundtable Umberto Milletti, CEO and co-founder of InsideView and co-founder of DigitalThink Soichiro Minami, Japanese businessman and billionaire who founded job search and human resources software firm Visional Susan Morse (B.A. 1969), first female president of the Olympic Club Khaldoon Al Mubarak (B.S.), CEO of Mubadala Development Company and chairman of Manchester City F.C. John Martin Mugar, retired chairman and president of Star Market Andrew M. Murstein, founder, board member, president, and largest shareholder of Medallion Financial Joseph Neubauer (B.S. 1963), former CEO and current chairman of the board of ARAMARK Corporation Pierre Omidyar (B.S. 1988), founder of eBay Roy Raymond, founder of Victoria's Secret lingerie retail stores