List of University of Louisville people

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The following is a list of people associated with the University of Louisville.

Notable alumni[]

Arts and entertainment[]

  • Harriette Simpson Arnow (BS 1930) – former author, best known for The Dollmaker
  • Larry Birkhead – photojournalist
  • Terry Bisson (BA 1964) – contemporary science fiction author[1]
  • Nick DeMartino (BA) – former Senior Vice President, Media and Technology for the American Film Institute
  • Bob Edwards (BA 1969) – former host of NPR's Morning Edition, host of The Bob Edwards Show on XM Satellite Radio and PRI's Bob Edwards Weekend
  • Howard Fineman (JD 1975) – Newsweek chief political analyst[2]
  • Sam Gilliam (BFA 1955, MFA 1961) – painter, specializing in color field and abstract art[3]
  • Sue Grafton (BA 1961) – contemporary detective novel author[4]
  • Edward N. Hamilton, Jr (BFA 1969) – sculptor, works include York, the Spirit of Freedom, and the Amistad Memorial[5]
  • Michael Jackman – columnist, poet, essayist, fiction writer, and college professor
  • Static Major – singer, songwriter, most famous from his work with Lil Wayne on "Lollipop"
  • Delfeayo Marsalis (MA 2004) – jazz trombonist and record producer; brother of Wynton Marsalis and son of Ellis Marsalis[6]
  • Amanda Matthews (BA) – sculptor and painter
  • Beverle Graves Myers – author of historical mystery novels and short stories[7]
  • Mary Spencer Nay (BA 1941, MA 1960) – painter and printmaker[8]
  • Marsha Norman (BA 1969) – Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright[9]
  • Barbara A. Perry (BA 1978) – author; political analyst; Senior Fellow, University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs; former Carter Glass Professor of Government, Sweet Briar College
  • Diane Sawyer – attended but did not graduate law school; anchor of ABC World News[10]
  • Ben Sollee – cellist, singer, and songwriter
  • Kenneth Victor Young (BA, MA) – painter, designer, educator[11]

Business[]

  • Owsley Brown Frazier (BA 1958, JD 1960) – former director of Brown-Forman Corporation[12]
  • Robert Nardelli (MBA 1975) – CEO of Chrysler; former CEO of Home Depot; former CEO of General Electric Company[13]
  • Frank Neuhauser (BS 1934) – patent attorney; winner of the first National Spelling Bee in 1925[14]
  • James Patterson (MBA 1955) – co-founder of Long John Silvers, Rally's Hamburgers, and Chi-Chi's restaurant chains, President of Pattco Investments[15]
  • Leslie Stephen Wright (1913–97) – President of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama 1958–83[16]

Politics[]

  • David L. Armstrong (JD 1969) – former mayor of Louisville (1996–2002)
  • Solon Borland (MD 1841) – former U.S. Senator (D), Arkansas[17]
  • Christopher Dodd (JD 1972) – former U.S. Senator (D), Connecticut[18]
  • James B. Edwards (DMD 1955) – former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Governor of South Carolina[19]
  • Charles R. Farnsley (LL.B. 1926) – Kentucky General Assembly 1936–40; Mayor of Louisville 1948–53; U.S. House of Representatives 1965–67
  • Gina Haspel Director of CIA. (BA 1978) [20]
  • Reuf Bajrovic former Minister of Energy of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA 2000) [21]
  • Henry D. Hatfield (DMD 1900) – former U.S. Senator and Governor of West Virginia[22]
  • David L. Huber – former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky
  • Addison James – United States Representative from Kentucky
  • Thomas Lee Judge – 18th governor of Montana[23]
  • John A. Logan (JD 1851) – Union General in the Civil War, won Medal of Honor at Vicksburg, led Union forces at Battle of Atlanta, Illinois state senator[24]
  • Romano Mazzoli (JD 1960) – representative for KY's 3rd US Congressional District 1971–95[25]
  • Mitch McConnell (BA 1964) – U.S. Senator and Majority Leader (R), Kentucky[26]
  • Louie Nunn (JD 1950) – Governor of Kentucky (1967–71)
  • Ben Waide (BS) – member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
  • Scott M. McLaughlin (2019) - Command Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion, 8th (U.S.) Cavalry Regiment

Religion[]

  • Aryeh Kaplan (BA 1961) – American Orthodox rabbi, author, and translator known for his knowledge of physics and kabbalah.

Science and engineering[]

  • James Gilbert Baker (BA 1935) – winner of Presidential Award for Merit, developed the Baker-Schmidt telescope, pushed for U2 spy plane development
  • Lawrence F. Dahl (BS 1951) – professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Keith Fitzgerald (BA 1994) – political scientist and immigration policy pundit
  • Thomas L. Maddin (1826–1908) – Confederate physician, professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine[27]
  • David Meade – book author[28]
  • Renã A. S. Robinson (B.S. 2000) – spectrometry, proteomics, Alzheimer's disease and aging
  • Gary Sullivan (B.S. 1982, MEng 1983) – researcher and standardization leader in video compression technology including H.264/AVC and HEVC
  • Chang-Lin Tien (MEng 1957) – UC Berkeley chancellor 1990–97; engineering scholar

Notable faculty[]

  • William Burke Belknap – economist; hardware manufacturer; philanthropist; horse breeder; Professor of Economics at the University of Louisville
  • Paul W. Ewald – evolutionary biologist credited as one scientist who devised the Trade-Off Hypothesis
  • Michael Jackman – columnist, poet, essayist and fiction writer
  • Kee Chang Huang – distinguished professor of pharmacology
  • John LaBarbera – jazz professor, nominated for 2005 Grammy award in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category for his CD On the Wild Side
  • Justin McCarthy – discredited Armenian genocide denier
  • Mary Spencer Nay – painter and printmaker[8]
  • Tom Owen – Professor of Libraries and Community Relations Associate, Louisville Metro Council representative
  • James Speed – lecturer, U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln
  • Eugenia Wang – professor with a primary focus in researching the genetic aspect of aging in humans
  • Manning G. Warren III – holder of the H. Edward Harter Chair of Commercial Law
  • Roman Yampolskiy – computer scientist known for his work on artificial intelligence safety

Notable athletic alumni[]

Football[]

Current NFL players[]

Current CFL players[]

Current AFL players[]

Current UFL players[]

Former pros[]

Men's basketball[]

All-Americans[]

(listed in chronological order)

Women's basketball[]

Baseball[]

Track and field[]

  • Tone Belt (2005–present) – won the 2007 NCAA indoor long jump national title, UofL's first-ever track national title in track and field[105]
  • Andre Black (2005–present) – won the 2007 NCAA indoor triple jump national title, UofL's second-ever national title in track and field[106]
  • Kelley Bowman (2002–06) – two-time All-American high jumper; finished 3rd in nation in the high jump at 2006 NCAA National Championships with a UofL record of 6 feet, 1.25 inches;[107] holds Kentucky high school girls' record (5 feet, 10.5 inches);[108] won four consecutive KY state titles at Berea High School; had 4th best jump in the nation in 2000[109]
  • Wesley Korir (2006–08) – multiple All-America in distance running; winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon; member of the Kenyan Parliament, 2013–2017[110]

Other sports[]

List of presidents of the University of Louisville[]

There have been 28 presidents and five interim presidents of what is (or was once a part of) the University of Louisville:

Jefferson Seminary (1813–29)[]

  • Mann Butler 1813–16
  • William Tompkins 1816–21
  • Charles M. M'Crohan 1821–25
  • Francis E. Goddard 1826–29

Louisville Collegiate Institute (1837–40)[]

  • Benjamin F. Farnsworth 1837–38
  • John Hopkins Harney 1838–40

Louisville College (1840–46)[]

  • John Hopkins Harney 1840–44

Louisville Medical Institute (1837–1846)[]

  • John Rowan 1837–42
  • William Garvin 1842–43
  • James Guthrie 1843–46

University of Louisville (post merger of LMI and LC) (1846–present)[]

  • Samuel Smith Nicholas 1846–47
  • James Guthrie 1847–69
  • Isaac Caldwell 1869–86
  • James Speed Pirtle 1886–05
  • Theodore L. Burnett 1905–11
  • David William Fairleigh 1911–14
  • Arthur Younger Ford 1914–26
  • George Colvin 1926–28
  • John Letcher Patterson 1928–29 (acting)
  • Raymond Asa Kent 1929–43
  • Einar William Jacobsen 1943–46
  • Frederick William Stamm 1946–47 (acting)
  • John Wilkinson Taylor 1947–50
  • Eli Huston Brown III 1950–51 (acting)
  • Philip Grant Davidson 1951–68

University of Louisville, as part of the Kentucky state system[]

  • Woodrow Mann Strickler 1968–72
  • William Ferdinand Ekstrom 1972–73 (acting)
  • James Grier Miller 1973–80
  • William Ferdinand Ekstrom 1980–81 (acting)
  • Donald C. Swain 1981–95
  • John W. Shumaker 1995–2002
  • Carol Garrison 2002 (acting)
  • James R. Ramsey 2002–16
  • Neville G. Pinto 2016–17 (acting)
  • Gregory C. Postel 2017–2018 (acting)
  • Neeli Bendapudi 2018–present

See also[]

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