List of College of William & Mary Alumni - Sciences

Sciences

Name Year Notability Ref.
Brown, David McDowellDavid McDowell Brown 1978 Astronaut, surgeon and pilot who died during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003
DeVita, Vincent T.Vincent T. DeVita 1957 Physician and pioneer in oncology; CEO of Yale University's Comprehensive Cancer Institute
Holsinger, SarahSarah Holsinger 1958 Head of the dairy products research unit of the U.S.D.A.'s Agricultural Research Service; developed enzyme treatment to make milk digestible by people with lactose intolerance, research that resulted in the commercial product Lactaid
Miller, George H.George H. Miller 1967 /
M.S. 1969 /
Ph.D 1972
Notable physicist; current director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Old, Jr., William ErwoodWilliam Erwood Old, Jr. 19?? Malacologist
Spicer, WilliamWilliam Spicer 1949 Professor of physics at Stanford University (1963–2004); developer of night vision technology; inventor of modern night vision devices
Winfree, William P.William P. Winfree 1975 !M.S. 1975 /
Ph.D. 1978
Experimental physicist who is known for his contributions to the field of nondestructive evaluation
Richels, Richard G.Richard G. Richels 1968 Directs global climate change research at the Electric Power Research Institute

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