Academia and Research
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barber, Benjamin | 1960 | Political theorist, author of Jihad vs. McWorld | |
| Buckley, Oliver | 1909 | President and director of Bell Labs, namesake of the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize. | |
| Cech, Thomas | 1970 | Co-winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute | |
| Coleman, Mary Sue | 1965 | President of the University of Michigan | |
| Grinker, Roy Richard | 1983 | Anthropologist, editor of Anthropological Quarterly | |
| Maxwell, David | 1966 | President of Drake University | |
| Myers-Scotton, Carol | 1955 | Linguist | |
| Noyes, William | 1879 | Chemist | |
| Patterson, Clair | 1943 | Geochemist, first person to accurately date the age of the earth, responsible for the removal of lead from gasoline |
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