List of University of Chicago Alumni - Education

Education

  • Dallin H. Oaks (J.D. 1957) - President of Brigham Young University (1971–1980).
  • John Alroy (Ph.D. 1994), Paleobiologist and researcher at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, UCSB, 2007 Charles Schuchert Award from The Paleontological Society.
  • Richard C. Atkinson (Ph.B. 1948) - President of the University of California (1995–2003).
  • Marguerite Ross Barnett (A.M. 1966, Ph.D. 1972) - First African-American and female President of the University of Houston (1990–92); first African-American Chancellor of the University of Missouri (1986–90).
  • Werner A. Baum (Ph.D.), the 2nd chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1973–1979) and the 7th president of University of Rhode Island (1968–1973).
  • Henry Bienen (A.M. 1962, Ph.D. 1966) - President of Northwestern University (1995–2009).
  • Leon Botstein (A.B. 1967) - President of Bard College (1975–present); Principal Conductor of American Symphony Orchestra.
  • Tom Campbell (A.B. 1973, A.M. 1973, Ph.D. 1980) - Dean of Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley (2002–2008).
  • Rebecca S. Chopp (Ph.D. 1983) - President of Swarthmore College; President of Colgate University (2002–2009); former dean of Yale Divinity School; former provost of Emory University; feminist theologian.
  • Elizabeth Coleman (A.B. 1958) - President of Bennington College (1987–present).
  • John Royston Coleman (Ph.D. 1950) - Labor economist; President of Haverford College; formerly dean of Carnegie-Mellon University; Author of Blue-Collar Journal; Host of CBS program "Money Talks"
  • May Louise Cowles - Economist; researcher, and nationwide advocate of Home Economics study.
  • Peter Dorman (Ph.D. 1985) - President, American University of Beirut (2008–present).
  • Luther H. Foster (A.M. 1941, Ph.D. 1951) - President of the Tuskegee Institute (1953–1981).
  • Robert Franklin (Ph.D. 1985) - President of Morehouse College (2007–present).
  • Adam Gamoran (A.B. 1979, A.M. 1979, Ph.D. 1984) - Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
  • Marvin L. Goldberger (Ph.D. 1948) - President of California Institute of Technology (1978–1987).
  • Clifton Daggett Gray (Ph.D.) - President of Bates College (1920–1944).
  • Susan Henking (Ph.D.) - President of Shimer College (2012-present)
  • Leo I. Higdon, Jr. (M.B.A. 1972) - President of Connecticut College (2006–present); President of the College of Charleston (2001–2006); President of Babson College (1997–2001); Dean of Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.
  • Chimere Ikoku (S.M. 1952, Ph.D. 1964) - Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria.
  • Howard Wesley Johnson (A.M. 1947) - President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1966–1971).
  • David Aaron Kessler (J.D. 1978) - Dean of the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine; Former Dean of Yale School of Medicine; Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner.
  • Werner Krieglstein (Ph.D. 1972) - Professor and philosopher; recipient of the CCHA's Distinguished Regional Humanities Educator Award in 2008 and a Fulbright scholar.
  • John S. Kyser (post-graduate) - President of Northwestern State University (1954–1966)
  • Benjamin E. Mays (A.M. 1925, Ph.D. 1935) - President of Morehouse College (1940–1967); recipient of the American Educator Award (1980); civil rights activist.
  • Deborah Meier (A.M. 1955) - Founder of small schools in New York and Boston; recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.
  • Herman Clarence Nixon, Professor, member of the Southern Agrarians.
  • Edison E. Oberholtzer (A.M. 1915) - Founder and 1st President of the University of Houston
  • G. Dennis O'Brien (Ph.D., 1961) - former president of Bucknell University and the University of Rochester
  • Leo J. O'Donovan (postdoctoral fellow at University of Chicago) - 47th President of Georgetown University.
  • Santa J. Ono (A.B. 1984)- 28th President University of Cincinnati.
  • William L. Pollard (Ph.D. 1976) - President of Medgar Evers College (2009–present).
  • James Monroe Smith (graduate work, 1922) - President of Louisiana State University, 1930-1939
  • Samuel L. Stanley (A.B. 1976) - President-elect of Stony Brook University (beginning July 1, 2009).
  • Vince Tinto, a noted theorist in the field of higher education, particularly concerning University student retention
  • David Truman (A.M. 1936, Ph.D. 1939) - President of Mount Holyoke College (1969–1978); President of Russell Sage Foundation (1978–1979).

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