List of University of Michigan Arts Alumni - Art, Architecture, Design

Art, Architecture, Design

• James Baird Civil engineer. Directed the construction of the Flatiron Building, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
• Bill Barrett, (B.S. 1958, M.S., M.F.A.) sculptor and painter
• John W. F. Bennett Civil engineer. Supervised the construction of important buildings in New York and London, including the Algonquin Hotel in New York and the Ritz and Waldorf Hotels in London.
• Charles Correa (ARCH: B.Arch. 1953); Honorary Doctor of Architecture degree from the UM in 1980.
• John De Lorean (BUS: MBA 1957) - GM Group Vice President and Designer of the "back to the future" gull-wing automobile
• John Dinkeloo - Civil Engineer and partner of 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche in the firm Roche-Dinkeloo.
• Alden B. Dow (b. April 10, 1904, Midland, Michigan – d. August 20, 1983) was an American architect; he was the son of Herbert Henry Dow (founder of the Dow Chemical Company) and Grace A. Dow.
• Dan Dworsky (ARCH: B.Arch. 1950). Designed the University's Crisler Arena as well as the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles; varsity football starting team at Michigan, 1945-1948 (including the national championship teams in 1947 and 1948); played professionally for the Los Angeles Dons in 1949. Member, Jewish Sports Hall of Fame; All Time 50 year Rose Bowl Team.
• Tony Fadell (COE: BSE CompE 1991) - "Father" of the Apple iPod.
• Jesse Frohman (B.A. Economics) is an internationally known photographer who lives and works in New York City.
• Mike Kelley (BFA 1976) Became bad boy gross out artist in L.A. in the style of Paul McCarthy.
• Richard Keyes (SOAD: BA Design 1957) Professor Emeritus at Long Beach City College, after a 30 year career there teaching life drawing and painting.
• Charles Willard Moore (ARCH: B.Arch 1947), 1992 Hon Arch D. Designer of Lurie Tower on Michigan's North Campus. Winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991.
• Robert Nickle (AB 1943) (b. 1919, Saginaw, Michigan - d. 1980) was an influential 20th Century American artist known primarily for his "street scrap" collage work. Nickle studied architecture and design at Michigan. Nickle worked and taught primarily in Chicago, Illinois where he was affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Ralph Rapson (September 13, 1914, Alma, Michigan – March 29, 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the head of architecture at the University of Minnesota for many years. He was one of the world's oldest practicing architects at his death at age 93, and also one of the most prolific.
• Warren M. Robbins (MFA) was an American art collector, whose collection of African art led to the formation of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
• Bernard "Tony" Rosenthal (B.A. 1936) sculptor of the abstract
• Colonel William A. Starrett, (COE: B.S.C.E. 1897, D.Eng. (hon.) 1931). Starrett was general contractor for the Empire State Building and responsible for its record-making construction pace (completed in one year and 45 days).
• John Tishman (COE: BSE EE 1946, honorary Doctorate of Engineering 2000), a founding partner of Tishman Realty and Construction. Tishman built the first three buildings 100 stories and above in the world—the John Hancock Center in Chicago and the twin, 110-story towers of the World Trade Center in New York. He also managed construction for Disney's $1-billion EPCOT Center in Florida, and the renovation and restoration of the landmark Carnegie Hall in New York.
• Raoul Wallenberg (ARCH: B.Arch 1935): Swedish diplomat famous for assisting Hungarian Jews in late World War II.
• Eric Staller (B.A. 1971) (Artist Architecture)