List of People From Wisconsin - Education

Education

• Thomas Barnett (1962–), Professor of Warfare Analysis & Research Development at the Naval War College (Chilton, Boscobel)
• Theodore Brameld (1904–1987), professor at Long Island University, Adelphi College, University of Minnesota, New York University, and Boston University (Neillsville)
• Arthur Louis Breslich (1873–1924), President of German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace College (Madison, Milwaukee)
• Ernest J. Briskey (1930–2006), Dean of Agricultural Science of Oregon State University (Waunakee)
• George Bunn (1865–1918), Dean of the William Mitchell College of Law (Sparta)
• Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Professor of Mathematical Biology at Arizona State University
• Joanne V. Creighton, President of Mount Holyoke College (Marinette)
• Tyler Dennett (1883–1949), Professor of American History at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University, Professor of International Relations at Princeton University, President of Williams College (Spencer)
• Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (1863–1944), Dean of Chicago Normal School (Dopp)
• Lars Paul Esbjörn (1808–1870), Professor of Theology at Illinois State Normal University (Clinton)
• Ernst Guillemin (1898–1970), electrical engineer and computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Milwaukee)
• Harlan Hanson (1925–1996), Director of the Advanced Placement program from 1965 to 1989 (Madison)
• Frederick Hemke (1935–), Professor of Saxophone at Northwestern University (Milwaukee)
• Bruno E. Jacob (1899–1979), Founder of the National Forensic League (Valders)
• Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833–1915), Founding President of Luther College
• John Leonora (1928–2006), Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at Loma Linda University (Milwaukee)
• A. Carl Leopold (1919–2009), Graduate Dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Madison)
• A. Starker Leopold (1913–1983), Professor of Zoology and Conservation at the University of California, Berkeley (Madison)
• Luna Leopold (1915–2006), Professor of Geology and Geophysics and of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley (Madison)
• James Maxwell, President of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary (Menomonee Falls)
• Charles McCarthy, librarian and political scientist (Madison)
• Thorbjorn N. Mohn (1844–1899), Founding President of St. Olaf College (Columbia County)
• Christian Keyser Preus (1852–1921), President of Luther College (Spring Prairie)
• Margarethe Schurz (1851–1876), opened first kindergarten in the United States (Watertown)
• Philip Stieg (1952–), Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Medical Center (Milwaukee)
• Rose Thering (1920–2006), Professor of Catholic-Jewish Dialogue at Seton Hall University (Plain, Racine)
• Gerald Charles Ward (1901–1978), Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Central Florida (Babcock)
• Norman Wengert (1916–2001), member of the faculty at the City College of New York, North Dakota State University, University of Maryland, College Park, Wayne State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Sarajevo (Milwaukee)
• James Wright (1939–), President of Dartmouth College (Madison)
• Nicholas S. Zeppos (1954–), Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (Milwaukee)