This is a list of notable individuals affiliated with
Tulane University, including alumni of non-matriculating and graduates, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (D)[30] (2009–2013)
Stephen Douglas Johnson, AB '85, L '88, U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit(1995–98) and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight (2001–03)[31]
Diplomats
Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1945), U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R)[13]
Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. Representative 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor (D), U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997-2001
Kristie Kenney, G '79, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, former ambassador to the Philippines and Ecuador [32]
John Giffen Weinmann, (A&S ’50, L ’52), former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and chief of protocol in the White House
Clint Williamson, (L '86) U.S. Ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, UN envoy, White House policy official
Adam Kwasman, B.A. Economics 2003, member of Arizona House of Representatives District 11; 2014 candidate for U.S. Congress (R)
Karen Carter Peterson, former state senator and state representative; candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd District (D)
Weldon Russell, state representative from Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes 1984–1988; realtor in
Amite (D)
William Tharp Cunningham, preparatory curriculum, Law, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1908–1912 (D)[44]
W. Eugene Davis, Law, 1960, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit[45]
Delzie Demaree, 1889 – 1987, botanist and plant collector who taught botany at Tulane from 1956 to 1958
Willey Glover Denis, 1879–1929, Newcomb A.B. 1899, Tulane M.A. 1902. Biochemist; her appointment as assistant professor at Tulane Medical School has been identified as the first appointment of a woman as a faculty member of a major medical institution in the U.S.
Anna Epps, microbiologist; possibly the first African-American woman with a PhD to lead a medical school[55]
Regina Benjamin, M.B.A., 1991, U.S. Surgeon General under President Barack Obama; first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees
Gerald Berenson, B.S. 1943, M.D. 1945, heart researcher, preventive medicine pioneer and founder of the Bogalusa Heart Study[58][59]
Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher
Murphy "Neal" Johnson, USAF F105-D pilot, Vietnam veteran, Colonel, Tulane University Green Wave football player. 6½ years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam's infamous "Hanoi Hilton."
Steve Foley, football, quarterback in 1973 season when Tulane beat
LSU for the first time in 25 years; played in two Super Bowls with
Denver Broncos[80]
John Leonard Riddell, faculty 1836–1865; microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope (1851)
^Brian Hieggelke (2009-06-05).
"Back through the Lookingglass". NewCity Stage. Retrieved 2010-10-31. ... Newcity's first senior editor Nate Lee penned a cover story that November, as the production moved from the confines of Chicago Filmmakers to the larger space inhabited by Remains Theatre. In the process of reporting, he insisted I see it and took me along. It was unforgettable, and probably had much to do with our growing and sustained commitment to theater coverage. (Though in fairness, Nate's passion for Chicago theater, or theatre, as he insisted, from our very first issues set the pace from day one.)
^Claire Chapman. NAIC Hires Veteran House Counsel as Its Lawyer Insurance Regulator, Vo.8, No. 42, November 3, 1997, P. 3 - one of the few articles which mentions Johnson's full education, e.g., University of Hamburg, Tulane University, Tulane Law School, and Boston University School of Law
^"Kristie Kenney". U.S. Department State. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^Patricia Delli Santi. Who's Who in America, 2011 65th ed. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 2010. p. 1003-1004 and numerous others like it - i.e., the 33rd ed. of the British D.I.B. has Crull listed alphabetically on pages 237-8 as follows:
Sheryl Crow,
Russell Crowe,
Tom Cruise,
Jan Crull Jr.,
Johan Cruyff,
Penélope Cruz and
Billy Crystal
^"Victor Gold". PBS: Bill Moyers Journal. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
^"Death Takes Dr. Dimitry"(PDF). New Orleans Item, No. 118. New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans Item. October 27, 1945. p. 7, col. 8.
Archived(PDF) from the original on September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^E. Wesley, Ely (2016-03-28).
"Curriculum Vitae"(PDF). World Congress of Internal Medicine. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
This is a list of notable individuals affiliated with
Tulane University, including alumni of non-matriculating and graduates, faculty, former faculty and major benefactors. Some especially notable individuals also are listed in the main university article.
Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. For alumni, the degree and year of graduation are noted when available.
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (D)[30] (2009–2013)
Stephen Douglas Johnson, AB '85, L '88, U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit(1995–98) and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight (2001–03)[31]
Diplomats
Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1945), U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R)[13]
Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. Representative 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor (D), U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997-2001
Kristie Kenney, G '79, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, former ambassador to the Philippines and Ecuador [32]
John Giffen Weinmann, (A&S ’50, L ’52), former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and chief of protocol in the White House
Clint Williamson, (L '86) U.S. Ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, UN envoy, White House policy official
Adam Kwasman, B.A. Economics 2003, member of Arizona House of Representatives District 11; 2014 candidate for U.S. Congress (R)
Karen Carter Peterson, former state senator and state representative; candidate for United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd District (D)
Weldon Russell, state representative from Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes 1984–1988; realtor in
Amite (D)
William Tharp Cunningham, preparatory curriculum, Law, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1908–1912 (D)[44]
W. Eugene Davis, Law, 1960, justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit[45]
Delzie Demaree, 1889 – 1987, botanist and plant collector who taught botany at Tulane from 1956 to 1958
Willey Glover Denis, 1879–1929, Newcomb A.B. 1899, Tulane M.A. 1902. Biochemist; her appointment as assistant professor at Tulane Medical School has been identified as the first appointment of a woman as a faculty member of a major medical institution in the U.S.
Anna Epps, microbiologist; possibly the first African-American woman with a PhD to lead a medical school[55]
Regina Benjamin, M.B.A., 1991, U.S. Surgeon General under President Barack Obama; first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees
Gerald Berenson, B.S. 1943, M.D. 1945, heart researcher, preventive medicine pioneer and founder of the Bogalusa Heart Study[58][59]
Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher
Murphy "Neal" Johnson, USAF F105-D pilot, Vietnam veteran, Colonel, Tulane University Green Wave football player. 6½ years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam's infamous "Hanoi Hilton."
Steve Foley, football, quarterback in 1973 season when Tulane beat
LSU for the first time in 25 years; played in two Super Bowls with
Denver Broncos[80]
John Leonard Riddell, faculty 1836–1865; microscopist, chemist, botanist, geologist, physician, inventor of the first practical mono-objective binocular microscope (1851)
^Brian Hieggelke (2009-06-05).
"Back through the Lookingglass". NewCity Stage. Retrieved 2010-10-31. ... Newcity's first senior editor Nate Lee penned a cover story that November, as the production moved from the confines of Chicago Filmmakers to the larger space inhabited by Remains Theatre. In the process of reporting, he insisted I see it and took me along. It was unforgettable, and probably had much to do with our growing and sustained commitment to theater coverage. (Though in fairness, Nate's passion for Chicago theater, or theatre, as he insisted, from our very first issues set the pace from day one.)
^Claire Chapman. NAIC Hires Veteran House Counsel as Its Lawyer Insurance Regulator, Vo.8, No. 42, November 3, 1997, P. 3 - one of the few articles which mentions Johnson's full education, e.g., University of Hamburg, Tulane University, Tulane Law School, and Boston University School of Law
^"Kristie Kenney". U.S. Department State. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^Patricia Delli Santi. Who's Who in America, 2011 65th ed. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 2010. p. 1003-1004 and numerous others like it - i.e., the 33rd ed. of the British D.I.B. has Crull listed alphabetically on pages 237-8 as follows:
Sheryl Crow,
Russell Crowe,
Tom Cruise,
Jan Crull Jr.,
Johan Cruyff,
Penélope Cruz and
Billy Crystal
^"Victor Gold". PBS: Bill Moyers Journal. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
^"Death Takes Dr. Dimitry"(PDF). New Orleans Item, No. 118. New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans Item. October 27, 1945. p. 7, col. 8.
Archived(PDF) from the original on September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^E. Wesley, Ely (2016-03-28).
"Curriculum Vitae"(PDF). World Congress of Internal Medicine. Retrieved 2017-09-10.