List of Washington University Alumni - Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Science, Engineering, and Medicine

• J. Michael Bailey (AB 1979): psychologist, professor, well-known researcher on sexual orientation
• Geoffrey Ballard (PhD 1963): developed Fuel cells; member of Order of Canada; founder of Ballard Power Systems
• Lt. Col. Robert Behnken (BSPhy 1992, BSME 1992): NASA Astronaut
• Corinne Bott-Silverman (AB 1975): first female cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic
• Ewald W. Busse (M.D.) dean of the Duke University School of Medicine (1974–1982)
• Clyde Cowan (AM, PhD 1949): co-discoverer of the neutrino
• Elizabeth A. Craig, biochemistry professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Kevin Ko (MD 2010): cardiologist and medical advisor for House (TV series)
• Arnold W. Donald (BS): President and CEO of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Eugene Foster (MD 1951): researcher who discovered the DNA link between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings
• Eric Green (MD PhD 1987): Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
• Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959): engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation
• Julian Hill (BS 1924): chemist; co-inventor of nylon
• Charlotte Jacobs (MD 1972): noted clinical oncologist, former director of the Clinical Cancer Center at Stanford University
• Edwin Krebs (MD 1943): Nobel laureate in medicine for work with protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
• J. C. R. Licklider (BS 1937): pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence
• W. E. Moerner (BS 1975) : Stanford University professor; pioneer in single molecule spectroscopy and member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Ben Moreell (BS 1913): U.S. Navy admiral; founder of the Navy's Seabees construction battalions
• Daniel Nathans (MD 1954): Nobel laureate in medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes; awarded National Medal of Science
• Michael E. Phelps (PhD 1970): developed PET scan
• Alton Ochsner (MD): surgeon and medical researcher at The Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans
• Harry Ringermacher (BS 1968, MS 1977, PhD 1980): physicist; awarded the Mensa International Copper Black Award for groundbreaking work in infrared imagery
• Joseph Edward Smadel (MD): inaugural recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
• John C. Sommerer (BSSSM 1979, MS 1979), Director of Science and Technology at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Sol Spiegelman (PhD 1944): molecular biologist
• Harvey Silverman (AB 1974, DMD 1978): pioneer in cosmetic dentistry; inventor of Perfect Smile, Rapid White, and White Light tooth whiteners
• Samuel Stanley (MD 1980): 5th President of stony Brook University
• Earl Sutherland (MD 1942): Nobel laureate in medicine for elucidating the mechanisms of the actions of hormones
• Kenneth S. Wagoner (MA, 1934; PhD 1938), experimental psychologist
• Michael J. Wendl (1958) engineering in terrain following technology and energy management theory
• Walter Wyman (MD 1873): 3rd US Surgeon General