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This is a list of people who attended, or taught at, the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee , including those who attended Milwaukee State Normal School, Wisconsin State Teacher’s College, Wisconsin State College–Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Extension Center in Milwaukee:
Notable alumni
Academics
Larry N. Vanderhoef , chancellor of
University of California, Davis
George R. Blumenthal (B.S. Physics),
astrophysicist , the 10th chancellor of
University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher Bratton (1994 MFA Film), President of
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , former president of the
San Francisco Art Institute
Robert R. Caldwell (1992 Ph.D. Physics), Professor of Physics and Astronomy at
Dartmouth College , Fellow of the
American Physical Society
Juan Carlos Campuzano (1978 Ph.D. Physics), fellow of
American Physical Society ; 2011
Buckley Prize winner;
Argonne distinguished fellow; distinguished professor of physics at
University of Illinois, Chicago
Carlos Castillo-Chavez (1977 MS Mathematics), Regents and Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor at
Arizona State University ; fellow of
American Mathematical Society
Alok R. Chaturvedi (1989 Ph.D. MIS), professor of MIS at
Purdue University ; founder and director of
Krannert School of Management
SEAS Laboratory
James Elsner (1988 Ph.D.), Earl and Sophia Shaw Professor of Geography at
Florida State University
Keith Hamm (1977 PhD Political Science), Edwards Professor of Political Science at
Rice University
William D. Haseman (MBA in MIS), Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of MIS at
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
James G. Henderson (M.A. Education ), professor of education at
Kent State University , creator of
3S Understanding curriculum structure
Gary Hoover (1993 B.A. economics), Chair of Economics Department at
University of Oklahoma
George L. Kelling (M.S.W.), professor of criminal justice at
Rutgers University
Jack Kilby (1950 M.S. Electronic Engineering ),
Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2000, inventor of the
Integrated Circuit .
Oded Lowengart (PhD Marketing),
professor of
marketing at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in
Israel
Justin Marlowe (2004 PhD Political Science), Endowed Professor of Public Finance and associate dean at
University of Washington , fellow of the
National Academy of Public Administration
Laura Mersini-Houghton (2000 PhD Physics), theoretical
physicist -
cosmologist and professor at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James Otteson (1992 MA Philosophy), philosopher
Prakash Panangaden (PhD), fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , founding chair of the
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation
Marilyn Rantz (1992 Ph.D. Nursing),
Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing 2020
Havidan Rodriguez (1986 MA Sociology), sociologist, 20th president of the
University at Albany, SUNY
Jeanne W. Ross (PhD MIS),
organizational theorist and Principal Research Scientist at
MIT Sloan School of Management ; Director of MIT Sloan School’s
Center for Information Systems Research
Eileen Schwalbach (PhD Urban Education), 11th President of
Mount Mary College
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Jean Schwarzbauer (BS Chemistry), Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biology at
Princeton University
Eugenie Scott (BS, MS),
physical anthropologist , executive director of the
National Center for Science Education
Robert M. Stein (1977 PhD), Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at
Rice University , former Dean of Rice University School of Social Sciences
Jerry Straka (1986 MS Geophysical Sciences), tornado expert
Ron Tanner (1989 PhD American Literature), professor of writing at
Loyola University Maryland , two-term president of the
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Aaron Twerski (BS Philosophy)(born 1939), the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at
Brooklyn Law School , as well as a former Dean and professor of
tort law at
Hofstra University School of Law
Larry N. Vanderhoef (M.S. Biology), 5th chancellor of
University of California, Davis .
Wayne A. Wiegand (1970 MA History), library historian, author, and academic.
Ahmed I. Zayed (1979 PhD),
mathematician , chair and professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
DePaul University
Architecture and urban planning
Will Bruder (BA Fine Art),
architect
Andres Mignucci (1979 BS Arch),
FAIA , architect and urbanist, fellow of the
American Institute of Architects
Thomas Vonier (1974, M.Arch.), FAIA,
RIBA , Paris-based architect, founding president of the Continental Europe chapter of
American Institute of Architects , president of the
International Union of Architects
Business
Satya Nadella ,
CEO of
Microsoft Corporation
Steven Burd (1973 MA Economics), retired president and CEO of
Safeway Inc.
Steven Davis (1980 BA Business), CEO of
Bob Evans Restaurants ; former president of
Long John Silver's and
A&W Restaurants
Roger Fitzsimonds (1960 BA Business, '71 MBA Finance), retired chairman and CEO,
Firstar Corp (now
U.S. Bank )
Dennis R. Glass (1971 BA Business, '73 MBA), president and CEO of
Lincoln National Corporation
David Herro (1985 MA Economics),
Morningstar International Stock Fund Manager of the Decade, Republican donor
Albert Beckford Jones (MA), chief advisor to the
U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation
Gale E. Klappa (1972 BBA Communication), chairman, president and CEO of
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Dennis J. Kuester (1966 BBA), former chairman and CEO of
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation ; member of the
Federal Reserve Advisory Council
William H. Lacy Jr. (1968, BBA), former president and chief executive officer,
MGIC Investment Corp .
Satya Nadella (1990 MS Computer Science), CEO of
Microsoft
Keith Nosbusch (MBA), president and CEO of
Rockwell Automation , formerly Rockwell International
Richard Notebaert (1983, MBA), former chairman and CEO,
Qwest Communications International , Inc., and
Ameritech
Jack F. Reichert (1957), former president of
Brunswick Corp .
Deven Sharma (1980 MS, Industrial Engineering), former executive and president of
Standard & Poor's
James L. Ziemer (1975 BBA, 1986 EMBA), former president and CEO of
Harley-Davidson , Inc.
Edward J. Zore (1968 BS Economics, 1970 MS Economics), president and CEO of
Northwestern Mutual
Fine arts and pop culture
Willem Dafoe , AmericanAmerican actor
Trixie Mattel ,
drag artist and musician
Film, television and performing arts
Pamela Britton , Broadway, film and television actress (
D.O.A. ;
My Favorite Martian )
Frank Caliendo (1996 BA, Mass Communication-Broadcast Journalism), comedian
Willem Dafoe (1974), actor
Angna Enters , dancer, mime, painter, writer, novelist and playwright
Jed Allen Harris (1974 BFA), stage director
Tom Hewitt (1981 Professional Theatre Training Program), Broadway performer; 2001
Tony Award nominee for best actor in
Rocky Horror Show
Scott Jaeck (1977 BS, Architecture), television and stage actor
Trixie Mattel (2012 BFA, Music, Inter-Arts), drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
Jim Rygiel (1977 BFA, Painting and Drawing), Oscar winner of digital effects for Lord of the Rings
Tina Salaks , author, former
ASPCA officer, star of
Animal Precinct on
Animal Planet
Bryan W. Simon (1979 BA, Political Science), film and stage director
Chris M. Smith (1999 MFA, Film), filmmaker and founder of Bluemark Production and ZeroTV.com
Ray Szmanda , television personality
Music
Naima Adedapo (2007 BFA, Dance),
American Idol finalist
Victor DeLorenzo , drummer for
Violent Femmes
Herschel Burke Gilbert , (1939) composer of
film and
television
theme songs
Frederick Hemke (1961 BS, Music Education), saxophonist
Guy Hoffman (1978 BFA, Art), drummer and vocalist, former Violent Femmes and
BoDeans member
Andy Hurley (2014 BA, Committee Interdiciplinary), drummer for
Fall Out Boy
Jerome Kitzke (1978 BFA, Music), composer
Willie Pickens (1958 BS Music Education), jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis , harpist, Byzantine singer and composer
Warren Wiegratz (1968 BBA), saxophonist, leader of the band Streetlife
Visual arts
Ruth Asawa (1998 BFA, Art Education), Japanese American sculptor, a driving force behind the creation of
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Thomasita Fessler (1935 BA), painter
Michelle Grabner (1984 BFA Art, 1987 MA Art History), painter
Hanna Jubran (1980 BFA Art, 1983 MFA Sculpture), sculptor
Denis Kitchen (1968 BS, Mass Communications-Journalism),
underground comics artist, publisher, author, founder of the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Dennis Kois (1995, BA), museum designer (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian); Director, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Boston, MA
David Lenz (1963 BA, Spanish), painter
Geo Rutherford (2021, MFA), printmaker, book artist, and TikToker
Jan Serr (1968 MFA, Art), visual artist
Roy Staab (1968 BFA, Art), artist
Donald George Vogl (1958 MS, Art Education), artist, retired professor of art at
University of Notre Dame
Journalism and public media
Dorothy Fuldheim , journalist and anchor, "First Lady of Television News"
Raquel Rutledge ,
Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist
Maureen Bunyan , television journalist, lead co-anchor at
WJLA-TV
Milton Coleman (1968 BFA), deputy managing editor of The
Washington Post , president of
Inter American Press Association ; former president of
American Society of News Editors
Dorothy Fuldheim , journalist and anchor, "First Lady of Television News"
John K. Iglehart (1961 Journalism), founding editor of
Health Affairs
Derrick Zane Jackson , opinion columnist/associate editor for the
Boston Globe
Marc Jampole , public relations executive; former television news reporter
Ross A. Lewis (1923),
Pulitzer Prize -winning
editorial cartoonist
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Jim Ott ,
WTMJ-TV meteorologist; Wisconsin state representative
Scott Shuster (B.A. in Mass Communication), broadcast journalist
Peter James Spielmann (BA, Journalism), international desk editor for
Associated Press ; professor of journalism at
Columbia
Raquel Rutledge (1990 Journalism), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Terry Zahn , television reporter and anchorman
Literature
Emily Ballou , Australian-American poet, novelist and screenwriter
Sandra Tabatha Cicero , author
José Dalisay, Jr. (1988 Ph.D English), writer, poet, playwright
John Gurda (1978 MA Cultural Geography), writer and narrator of
The Making of Milwaukee ; eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Award of Merit
Ellen Hunnicutt , writer,
Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner
Adrienne L. Kaeppler ,
anthropologist , curator of Oceanic
Ethnology at the
National Museum of Natural History at the
Smithsonian Institution
Caroline Knox , poet
Marie Kohler (1979 MA English Literature), writer and playwright; member of the
Kohler family of Wisconsin
James Lowder (1999, MA Literary Studies), author and editor
Mary Rose O'Reilley , poet,
Walt Whitman Award recipient
Lynne Rae Perkins (1991 MA),
Newbery Award -winning writer
Virginia Satir (1936 BA Education), author and psychotherapist
Gordon Weaver , novelist and short-story writer,
O. Henry Award recipient
Golda Meir , the fourth
Prime Minister of Israel
Luis E. Arreaga ,
United States Ambassador to Guatemala
Alberto Fujimori , 90th
President of Peru
Politics and government
Luis E. Arreaga ,
U.S. Ambassador to Iceland ,
U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala
Peter W. Barca , U.S. Congressman and Wisconsin State Representative from Kenosha
Jeannette Bell , Wisconsin State Representative, mayor of
West Allis, Wisconsin
Tim Carpenter , Wisconsin State Senator from Milwaukee
Spencer Coggs , (1976 BS Community Education), Wisconsin State Senator, 2003–2013; Treasurer of the City of Milwaukee
Dennis Conta , politician and consultant, Secretary of the
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Alberta Darling , Wisconsin State Representative 1990-92, Wisconsin State Senator, 1992–present from River Hills
John E. Douglas , former special agent of U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), one of the first
criminal profilers , and
criminal psychology author
Alberto Fujimori , (1972 MS Mathematics),
President of Peru , 1990–2000
Eric Genrich , Mayor of
Green Bay , Wisconsin State Representative
Randall Gnant , (1967 BS History and Political Science), Arizona State Senate, 1995–2003; Senate President 2001–2003
Richard Grobschmidt , Wisconsin State Senate (1995–2003); Wisconsin State Assembly (1985–1995)
Jeff Halper (Ph.D. in Cultural and Applied Anthropology),
anthropologist , political activist, co-founder and director of the
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Nikiya Harris Dodd , Wisconsin State Senator from Milwaukee
Zuhdi Jasser , President and founder of
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Jerry Kleczka , U.S. Congressman 1984–2005
Chris Larson , Wisconsin State Senator from Milwaukee
Mary Lazich , President of the Wisconsin State Senate
Henry Maier (1964 MA Political Science), Milwaukee mayor 1960–1988
Golda Meir (1917, Education), fourth
Prime Minister of Israel ; one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence of the State of
Israel
Robert J. Modrzejewski (1957 BS Education), U.S. Marine Colonel (retired),
Medal of Honor from President
Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968
Paa Kwesi Nduom , former Minister for Economic Planning & Regional Cooperation, Energy, and Public Sector Reform of
Republic of Ghana
Jim Ott , Wisconsin State Representative from Mequon
Rudolph T. Randa , Article III federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Jim Risch , U.S. Senator from
Idaho
Margaret A. Rykowski ,
U.S. Navy admiral
Karen Sasahara ,
U.S. ambassadors to Jordan , Consul General in Jerusalem
Dawn Marie Sass , Treasurer of Wisconsin 2007–2011
Brad Schimel (1987 BA Political Science), the 44th
Wisconsin Attorney General
Martin E. Schreiber , assemblyman and Milwaukee alderman, father of Martin J. Schreiber
Martin J. Schreiber (1960, 3+3 Program),
38th
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and
39th Governor of Wisconsin
Steve Sisolak (1974, BS Business), 30th Governor of
Nevada
Lawrence H. Smith , congressman from Racine
Jim Steineke , Wisconsin State Representative from Kaukauna
Lena Taylor (1990, English), Wisconsin state senator; elected to Assembly in April 2003 special election; elected to Senate 2004
Wayne F. Whittow , Wisconsin senator, City Treasurer of Milwaukee
Brian E. Winski ,
United States Army
Major general , commander of the
101st Airborne Division
Science and technology
Michael Dhuey , electrical and computer engineer, co-inventor of the
Macintosh II and the
iPod
Luther Graef (1961 MS Structural Engineering), Founder of
Graef Anhalt Schloemer & Associates Inc. and former president of
American Society of Civil Engineers
Justin Jacobs (2005 MS Mathematics), recipient of
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Phil Katz (1984, BS Computer Science),
computer programmer known as the author of
PKZIP
Jack Kilby (1950 MS Electrical Engineering), engineer
Satya Nadella (MS Computer Science), CEO of
Microsoft
Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt (1985 PhD Physical Chemistry), scientist and inventor
Cheng Xu (1997 Ph.D Turbomachinery),
aerodynamic design engineer,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow
Scott Yanoff (1993 BS Computer Science), Internet pioneer
Sports
Athletes
Christine Boskoff , world-class mountaineer, reached more record summits than any other female in history
Tighe Dombrowski , MLS soccer player
Ricky Franklin , American basketball player
Don Gramenz ,
Minnesota Thunder defender
Sarah Hagen ,
American
footballer of
FC Kansas City
United States women's national soccer team
Demetrius Harris ,
NFL football player,
tight end of
Kansas City Chiefs
Chris Hill ,
Spirou Basket Charleroi basketball player
P. J. Johns , soccer goalkeeper, member of the
United States national futsal team
Ken Kranz ,
NFL football player
Alan Kulwicki (1977 BS Mechanical Engineering), 1992
NASCAR
Winston Cup champion, was named one of
NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers and was inducted into the
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Alan Kulwicki ,
NASCAR
Winston Cup champion, inducted into the
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Manny Lagos , MLS soccer player; U.S. Olympian
Greg Mahlberg ,
MLB baseball player
Paul Meyers , professional football player
Clem Neacy , NFL football player
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Dylan Page ,
Chorale Roanne Basket basketball player in
France
Allison Pottinger (MBA Marketing),
curler ; 2003 gold medalist and 2006 silver medalist at the World Curling Championships
Mike Reinfeldt (1975 BA Business), NFL All-Pro defensive back, General Manager of
Tennessee Titans , former
Seattle Seahawks Chief Financial Officer
Tony Sanneh , MLS soccer player;
United States men's national soccer team and U.S. World Cup team member
George H. Sutton , professional billiard player, the "handless billiard player"
Clay Tucker basketball player
Joventut Badalona basketball player
Daulton Varsho MLB baseball player
Mitchell Whitmore , speed skater
Whitey Wolter , NFL football player
Coaches and referees
Others
Notable faculty
Bruce Allen , physicist and professor, fellow of
American Physical Society and fellow of
Institute of Physics (UK)
David Backes , author; professor in journalism, advertising, and media studies
Anne Basting , professor of theater and expert on aging, dementia and the arts; 2016
MacArthur Fellowship winner
Robert J. Beck , scholar of international law
Sandra Braman , former professor of communication (no longer at UW-M)
Y. Austin Chang , former professor and department chair of
material engineering ; elected member of the
National Academy of Engineering ; elected foreign member of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences ; fellow of
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society ; fellow of ASM International
Francis D.K. Ching , professor of architecture, known for architectural and design graphics
Cecelia Condit , video artist, professor in film, video, animation and new genres
Melvyn Dubofsky , professor of history and sociology
Rebecca Dunham , poet, professor of English
Hugo O. Engelmann , sociologist, anthropologist and general systems theorist
Millicent (Penny) Ficken , – ornithologist who specialized in birds' vocalizations and their social behaviors
Louis Fortis , economist; state legislator; newspaper editor and publisher
Jane Gallop , writer, University distinguished professor
Al Ghorbanpoor , civil engineer and professor, fellow of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
Maria Goranova , professor of management
Robert G. Greenler , physicist, former president of
Optical Society of America in 1987
Martin Haberman , educator, University distinguished professor
John Brian Harley , professor of geography
William D. Haseman , Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Business
Ihab Hassan , Vilas Research Professor of English and comparative literature
Thomas Hubka , professor of architecture
Richard Klein , paleoanthropologist
Mark L. Knapp , professor of communication
John Koethe , professor of philosophy, poet and essayist
Markos Mamalakis , economist and professor
Christina Maranci , former associate professor, expert on the history and development of Armenian architecture
Kenneth J. Meier , political scientist
Jim Moody , federal government economist 1967-1969, US Congressman 1979-1982, former associate professor of economics
Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam Associate Professor of Political Science, later Labour Member of the British Parliament and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Satish Nambisan , professor of entrepreneurship & technology management, Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business; professor of industrial & manufacturing engineering, College of Engineering & Applied Science; author, The Global Brain.
Harold L. Nieburg , political scientist
Leonard Parker , physicist and professor, fellow of
American Physical Society
Brett Peters , industrial engineer, fellow of the
Institute of Industrial Engineers , dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science
Stephen Pevnick , inventor of Graphical Waterfall, professor of art
Amos Rapoport , University Distinguished Professor of Architecture
Pradeep Rohatgi , Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Herbert H. Rowen , historian of Early Modern Europe
Richard P. Smiraglia , knowledge organization
Leonard Sorkin , violinist
William H. Starbuck , organizational scientist
Anastasios Tsonis , distinguished professor of mathematical science
Hiroomi Umezawa , physicist and former Distinguished Professor at the Department of Physics
Harriet Werley , professor of nursing; charter fellow and a Living Legend of the
American Academy of Nursing ; fellow of the
American College of Medical Informatics ; founding editor of Research in Nursing and Health ; co-creator of the
Nursing Minimum Data Set
University chancellors
References