Notable Faculty and Alumni
Among the individuals who have attended, graduated, and taught at the University are astronaut Ellen S. Baker, American journalist Wolf Blitzer, CEO and founder of the History Channel Abbe Raven, CEO of Paramount Pictures Brad Grey, CEO and founder of Baidu Robin Li, Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Toles, Nobel Prize-winners, Ronald Coase, Herbert A. Hauptman and Sir John Carew Eccles. Billionaire and owner of the Boston Bruins, Jeremy Jacobs, musician and civil rights activist Charles Mingus, civil engineer, genealogist and author Angelo F. Coniglio, and American actor, director, and producer Ron Silver. Amongst the athletes who have graduated from the University are football players Gerry Philbin, Naaman Roosevelt and James Starks along with soccer players, Bobby Shuttleworth and Martin John.
Over the years the University at Buffalo has also been particularly distinguished in contemporary creative writing. Noted novelists who have taught on its faculty include John Barth, Raymond Federman, and Anthony Burgess. Noted faculty poets include George Starbuck (1983 Lenore Marshall Prize), Charles Olson, Robert Creeley (Bollingen Prize 1999), John Logan, (Lenore Marshall Prize 1982), Irving Feldman (MacArthur Foundation Fellow 1992), Carl Dennis (2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize; 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), Robert Hass (Poet Laureate of the United States 1995-97, 2007 National Book Award, 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), Charles Bernstein (co-founder of the University's notable Poetics Program), Steve McCaffery, and Susan Howe (Bollingen Prize 2011). Former UB students include Michael Casey (Yale Younger Poets Award), Tony Petrosky (Walt Whitman Award), Donald Revell (2004 Lenore Marshall Prize), Charles Baxter and Elizabeth Willis.
Political leaders that have attended and taught at the University, include the 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, and the Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Ji.
American Journalist and CNN Reporter, Wolf Blitzer (B.A.'70) Green Bay Packers Running Back, James Starks (B.A.'09) 21st Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (B.A.'93, M.A.'09) American Physician and NASA Astronaut, Ellen S. Baker (B.A.'74) Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Richard Hofstadter (B.A.'33) Host and co-executive producer of NPR's, Fresh Air, Terry Gross (Ed.M’75, B.A.’72)Read more about this topic: University At Buffalo, The State University Of New York
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