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This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of
Temple University , a comprehensive
public research university in
Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania , USA.
Faculty
Russell Conwell
Biology
Business
Communication
English
Samuel R. Delany
Film
History
Law
Mathematics
John Allen Paulos
Music
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
Sports
Other disciplines
Alumni
Academia
Shirley M. Tilghman ,
President of Princeton University (Ph.D., biochemistry)
Katalin Karikó -
2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department
Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at
Christian Theological Seminary ,
Indianapolis .
Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator
John Baugh – linguist known for developing theory of
linguistic profiling , Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at
Washington University in St. Louis
Susan H. Brandt - historian
David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at
Pennsylvania State University , DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at
Macalester College
Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the
Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network
Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the
Iliff School of Theology ; author of several books concerning the marginalized
Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as
DiGeorge syndrome . Also, see
Temple University School of Medicine , Notable Alumni and Pioneers
David Drasin – mathematician, specializing in function theory.
John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at
Georgetown University
Louis Filler – eminent professor of
American Studies
Gail F. Forrest – spinal cord researcher at
Kessler Foundation and
New Jersey Medical School
Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC
Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant
Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of
I'm OK, You're OK
Nathan Katz – former professor at
Williams College , current
Florida International University professor and expert on
Jewish communities in India
Edmund Kornfeld – Organic chemist
Donald Kraybill – expert on Amish
Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of
Western Design Center
Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at
Columbia University and
Harvard University , former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at
Tulane University
Glenda Price - former president of
Marygrove College
JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on
dysphagia , professor at
University of Wisconsin
Charles Coleman Sellers – historian, biographer, and librarian, winner of the
Bancroft Prize in 1970
Stephen Sheehi
اسطفان شيحا – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies,
College of William and Mary ; author of
Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (
University Press of Florida , 2004),
Islamophobia :
The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims (Clarity Press, 2011), and
Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860–1910 , (
Princeton University Press , 2016).
Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and
President of Princeton University
Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, Director of
Bartol Research Institute ,
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and
National Science Foundation 's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient
Alan Wolfe – political scientist and sociologist on the faculty of Boston College who serves as director of the
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life . He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the
Future of American Democracy Foundation , a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies,[2] "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy".
Art
Broadcasting
Al Alberts – singer,
Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV
Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for
Citadel Media
Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on
ESPN ,
Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio
Howard Bryant – senior writer for
ESPN.com and
ESPN The Magazine
Pat Callahan – host of This Week in Pro Football on 950 ESPN
Steve Capus – president,
NBC News
John Clark – sports anchorman for
NBC 10 news
Fritz Coleman – weather anchor,
KNBC-TV news
Marsha Cooke - executive producer,
ESPN Films ,
30 for 30
Tracy Davidson – news presenter for
NBC 10 news
Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author
Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news
Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, NFL Hall of Famer writer.
Diplo – DJ/producer
Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com
Tamron Hall –
MSNBC anchor
Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality,
Our World with Black Enterprise and online
HuffPost Live host,
BET News correspondent and a
CNN political commentator.
John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on
ESPN Radio
Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on
WABC
Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily
WHYY-FM local
public radio show
Radio Times
Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for
Reuters , killed while covering the
2010 Thai political protests
Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor
Ronn Owens – radio
talk show host
Ed Sciaky – disc jockey
Gene Shay – disc jockey
Terry Smith – broadcaster,
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Dyana Williams - Radio and television personality, journalist, and celebrity media coach
Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers
Business
Film, theatre, and television
Bill Cosby – actor, comedian
Keith Andes – actor
Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive
Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer
David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker
Richard Brooks –
Academy Award -winning
Hollywood filmmaker
Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner up of
Big Brother 16 , winner of
Big Brother 22
Dennis Christopher – actor
Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer
Norman Fell – comic actor best known for
Three's Company (attended Theatre Dept. classes)
Jason Winston George – actor,
Sunset Beach ,
Platinum
Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's Harry's Law )
William Goldenberg –
Academy Award -winning
Hollywood film editor
Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series
Hill Street Blues .
Lois Hamilton – actress
Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of
Tom Goes to the Mayor and
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Debra Hill (1950-2005), film producer and screenwriter best known for making the movie,
Halloween .
[9]
Tigre Hill – film director/producer
Saba Homayoon – actress
Irvin Kershner – film director,
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Bruce Mailman – theatre producer and founder of
The Saint
William Marchant – playwright and screenwriter
Adam McKay –
Emmy -nominated director of
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004),
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and
Step Brothers (2008),
Academy award -winning writer of
The Big Short
Mary Lou Metzger – singer, dancer
The Lawrence Welk Show
Kunal Nayyar – actor, plays Raj on CBS's Big Bang Theory
Robert Prosky – actor
Da'Vine Joy Randolph –
Tony Award -nominated actress for
Ghost the Musical
Herbert Rudley – actor
Bob Saget – comedian, game show host,
Full House
Michael Schoeffling – actor who played Jake Ryan in 1980s film
Sixteen Candles
Peter Shub – actor, clown, and circus producer
Svetlana Shusterman – from MTV's
The Real World Key West
James Riordan – actor, Broadway, Television and Film actor
Tom Sizemore – actor
Hugh Panaro – actor, Broadway
Paul F. Tompkins – actor, comedian
Dan Trachtenberg – film director of
10 Cloverfield Lane , and co-host
The Totally Rad Show
Eric Wareheim – comedian and co-creator of
Tom Goes to the Mayor and
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Patricia Wettig –
Emmy Award and
Golden Globe Award -winning actress,
thirtysomething ,
Brothers & Sisters ,
Prison Break
Jesse Williams – actor (Grey's Anatomy )
Danny Woodburn – actor (Mickey on Seinfeld )
Colman Domingo – actor on
Fear the Walking Dead
Quinta Brunson – actor, comedian
Eric Owens (bass-baritone) – American operatic bass-baritone
Nadia Parfan – Ukrainian film director and creative producer
Government
Nikoloz Gilauri ,
Prime Minister of Georgia (business)
John F. Street ,
Mayor of Philadelphia (law)
Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to
El Salvador
Edward J. Bonin – Republican
U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
Frederick C. Branch – first African-American
U.S. Marine Corps officer
Horace J. Bryant – first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey
Jamira Burley – Municipal leader, national campaign deputy director
Michael E. Busch – Speaker of the
Maryland House of Delegates
Jim Cawley – Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
Robert Coughlin – longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to
United States House of Representatives
Mae E. De Vincentis – former United States Department of Defense official and the vice director for the Defense Logistics Agency
Harold L. Ervin – judge on the
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Edwin Duing Eshleman – former
Republican congressman
Thomas M. Foglietta – U.S. Congressman and
United States Ambassador to Italy
Vincent Fumo – Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
Tom Gannon –
Pennsylvania State Representative for the
161st legislative district (1979–2006)
Hage Geingob - President of the Republic of Namibia (March 21, 2015 – February 4, 2024)
Nikoloz Gilauri –
Prime Minister of Georgia
Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) –
Pennsylvania State Representative 1979–2000.
[10]
Camillo Gonsalves (BA in Journalism) –
Permanent Representative of
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the
United Nations
Theo-Ben Gurirab – President of the
United Nations General Assembly , 1999–2000; Speaker of the
National Assembly of Namibia since 2005
[11]
Stephen Hahn – Commissioner of the
Food and Drug Administration
Allison Hepler - state representative
[12]
Joe Hoeffel – former Democratic congressman
Malcolm Hoenlein – executive vice chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ;
[13] founding executive director of the
Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Vincent Hughes – Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat)
Zambry Abdul Kadir – current
Menteri Besar of
Perak ,
Malaysia , from political party
UMNO
Kathleen Kane – first woman
Attorney General of Pennsylvania, also convicted of felony perjury
[14]
Paul E. Kanjorski –
U.S. Congressman , representing
Pennsylvania's 11th district
[15]
Guy Kratzer – Pennsylvania State Senator (1983-1986)
Jerome Kurtz –
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980)
[16]
David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) – 25th
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia , Canada
Joseph Lazarow –
Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey , 1976–1982
[17]
Bryan Lentz – private attorney; former
Pennsylvania State Representative for the
161st legislative district (2007–2010);
Democratic nominee for
U.S. Representative for
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
Joseph Melrose – former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at
Ursinus College
Bernard T. Mittemeyer –
lieutenant general and former
Surgeon General of the United States Army .
Francis J. Myers – former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
Joseph M. Pratt , U.S. congressman from Philadelphia (1944-1945)
[18]
Cherinet Hariffo Political Science Graduate and Activist
R. K. Raghavan
IPS – former Director of the
Central Bureau of Investigation , India
Pallam Raju – Former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development
Charles W. Sandman, Jr. – represented
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district , 1967–1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973
[19]
Jim Saxton –
U.S. Congressman representing
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
Jacob Seidenberg - chairman of the Federal Services Impasses Panel
Younes Sekkouri –
Moroccan Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills
[20]
Martin J. Silverstein –
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
John F. Street – former
Mayor of Philadelphia
Nao Takasugi –
California State Assembly
Johnny Young –
U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia (2001-2004),
U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain (1997-2001),
U.S. Ambassador to Togo (1994-1997),
U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1989-1992)[
citation needed ]
Literature
Sharmi Albrechtsen – author, blogger
Ben Bova –
science fiction author
Frank Brookhouser – Journalist, columnist, and author.
Jim Callahan – retired football player and writer
Tony Campolo – author, pastor, and speaker
Anita Cornwell – author
Eric Corey Freed – architect, author, public speaker
Jeffrey Gitomer – author, speaker, business trainer
David Goodis –
crime fiction writer
Helene Hanff – writer
Tom McHale – novelist
Ted Polhemus – writer, photographer, anthropologist
Jeffrey Robinson – author
William Gardner Smith – author and journalist
Jerry Spinelli – writer
Lamont B. Steptoe – poet, photographer, publisher
Tony Trov – science fiction writer
Johnny Zito – science fiction writer
Sarah Micklow - opera singer
Sarah Micklow
Music
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Irving Berlin – honorary degree '54, songwriter
Rubén Colón Tarrats – orchestra director
Abbie Conant - classical trombonist
Norman Connors - Musician, Composer, Arranger, & Producer
Evelyn Simpson Curenton - composer
Diplo , born Thomas Wesley Pentz – DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter
Alix Dobkin – singer/songwriter
Pat Finnerty – musician, guitarist, and songwriter
Joe Genaro – musician, guitarist and songwriter with the
Dead Milkmen
Ariana Ghez – classic oboist
Alex G - musician, guitarist, and songwriter
Julie Gold – songwriter,
Grammy Award winner
Daryl Hall – musician
Marc-André Hamelin – pianist
Jared Hasselhoff – bassist in band
The Bloodhound Gang
Mark Kramer – musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio
Fred Mascherino – musician,
Taking Back Sunday ,
Breaking Pangaea
Joe Masteroff –
Tony Award -winning playwright
Bill McGlaughlin – composer, conductor, radio host of
Exploring Music and
Saint Paul Sunday
John Oates – musician
Eric Owens – opera singer
Billy Paul –
Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "
Me and Mrs. Jones " and
War of the Gods
James Poyser –
Grammy Award winning keyboardist, songwriter, and producer
Fayette Pinkney – original member of
The Three Degrees
Jimmy Pop – lead singer of
The Bloodhound Gang
Jill Scott – R&B/soul artist
Debbie Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group
Sister Sledge
Joni Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group
Sister Sledge
Kathy Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group
Sister Sledge
Kim Sledge – Singer and member of the disco/R&B group
Sister Sledge
Allan Slutsky – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
Jeffrey Solow – Grammy nominated classical cellist
Terell Stafford – professional jazz trumpet player
Tim – Korean ballad singer
Kenneth Thompkins - principal trombonist,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
[21]
[22]
Susan Werner – singer-songwriter
Other
Gary Tabach
Sports
Baseball
Robby Anderson –
NFL
wide receiver ,
New York Jets
Matt Balasavage – Former NFL
tight end ,
Baltimore Ravens
Stan Batinski –
NFL
offensive guard ,
Detroit Lions
Todd Bowles – NFL
Head Coach ,
New York Jets
Raheem Brock – NFL
defensive end ,
Indianapolis Colts
Matt Brown
Lem Burnham – NFL
defensive end ,
Philadelphia Eagles , did not play Temple, earned Ph.D at Temple
Jim Callahan – former
Continental Football League player and writer
Larry Chester –
NFL
defensive tackle ,
Miami Dolphins
Jim Cooper –
NFL
offensive tackle ,
Dallas Cowboys
Mike Curcio – NFL
linebacker ,
Philadelphia Eagles and
Green Bay Packers
Derek Dennis – American football offensive lineman
Randy Grossman – NFL
tight end ,
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tom Hanson – NFL
halfback ,
Philadelphia Eagles
James Harris – NFL defensive end,
Oakland Raiders
Mike Jarmoluk – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
Lance Johnstone – NFL defensive end,
Minnesota Vikings
Alex Joseph – NFL linebacker,
San Francisco 49ers
Bucko Kilroy – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
Dan Klecko – NFL
fullback , Philadelphia Eagles
Joe Klecko – NFL defensive tackle, New York Jets; father of
Dan Klecko
Terrance Knighton – NFL defensive tackle,
Denver Broncos
Bill Manlove , national championship college coach
Jason McKie – NFL fullback,
Chicago Bears
Brandon McManus – NFL
placekicker ,
Denver Broncos
Nick Mike-Mayer – NFL
placekicker ,
Atlanta Falcons
James Nixon – NFL
cornerback , Green Bay Packers
James Parrish – former professional
football player
Bernard Pierce – NFL,
running back ,
Jacksonville Jaguars
Britt Reid – former assistant coach in the NFL
Kevin Ross – NFL cornerback,
Kansas City Chiefs
Sarah Schkeeper –
WFA
Guard ,
New York Sharks
Leslie Shepherd – NFL
wide receiver ,
Washington Redskins
Al Singleton – NFL
linebacker , Dallas Cowboys
David Smukler (1914–1971) NFL football player
Rod Streater – NFL, wide receiver,
Oakland Raiders
Rian Wallace – NFL linebacker,
Pittsburgh Steelers
Steve Watson – NFL wide receiver,
Denver Broncos
Muhammad Wilkerson – NFL defensive end, New York Jets
Tavon Young – NFL cornerback, Baltimore Ravens
Henry Burris – CFL quarterback,
Ottawa Redblacks
Fencing
Basketball
Lavoy Allen –
NBA player,
Indiana Pacers
Rick Brunson – NBA player, Philadelphia 76ers
Mardy Collins – NBA player,
New York Knicks
Candice Dupree –
WNBA player,
Phoenix Mercury
Mel Greenberg –
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, reporter for
Philadelphia Inquirer
Marc Jackson – professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player
Steve Javie – NBA referee
Eddie Jones – NBA player,
Los Angeles Lakers ,
Miami Heat ,
Charlotte Hornets ,
Memphis Grizzlies ,
Dallas Mavericks
Mark Macon – NBA player,
Denver Nuggets ,
Detroit Pistons
Aaron McKie – NBA player,
Los Angeles Lakers , Philadelphia 76ers
Tim Perry – NBA player,
Phoenix Suns , Philadelphia 76ers
Pepe Sánchez – former NBA player now with
Spanish ACB ; gold- medal winner in basketball with Argentina,
2004 Summer Olympics
Khalif Wyatt (born 1991) – basketball player for
Hapoel Holon of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Other sports
Fictional alumni
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Campuses Schools Athletics People Miscellaneous
Founded : 1884
Students : 39,515
Endowment : 873 million