List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
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This page lists notable alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Contents
Academia
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University leaders
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
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Edwin Alderman | 1882 | Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tulane University and University of Virginia | |
William Brantley Aycock | Grad | Law | Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Kemp P. Battle | 1848 | Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Erskine Bowles | 1967 | Business administration | Former president of the University of North Carolina; former U.S. Senate candidate; former White House Chief of Staff; co-chair president of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform |
Mary Sue Coleman | Grad. | Biochemistry | Current president of the University of Michigan |
James Danieley | Grad. | Organic chemistry | Former president of Elon University |
Elson S. Floyd | 1978 / Grad. | Higher and adult education | President of Washington State University |
Porter Lee Fortune, Jr. | 1941 / Grad. | History | Former chancellor of the University of Mississippi |
Julius Isaac Foust | 1890 | Philosophy | Former president of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
William C. Friday | Grad. | Law | Former president of the University of North Carolina |
Carol Garrison | 1974 / Grad. | Epidemiology | Former president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham |
R. Barbara Gitenstein | Grad. | English | Current president of The College of New Jersey |
Edward Kidder Graham | 1898 | Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Frank Porter Graham | 1909 | Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and United States Senator from North Carolina | |
William A. Graham | 1966 | Former dean of Harvard Divinity School | |
Gordon Gray | 1930 | Former president of the University of North Carolina, Secretary of the Army, and National Security Advisor | |
Michael Hooker | 1969 | Philosophy | Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Charles Duncan McIver | 1881 | Founder of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro | |
Heather Monroe-Blum | Grad. | Epidemiology | Former principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University |
J. Michael Ortiz | Grad. | Education | Former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) |
William L. Pollard | Grad. | Social Work | Former president of Medgar Evers College and the University of the District of Columbia |
Thomas Ross | Grad. | Law | Current president of the University of North Carolina, former president of Davidson College |
Terry Sanford | 1939 / Grad. | Law | Former president of Duke University; Senator from and Governor of North Carolina |
Albert Micajah Shipp | 1840 | Former president of Wofford College and Greensboro College | |
J. Carlyle Sitterson | 1931 / Grad. | History | Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Holden Thorp | 1986 | Chemistry | Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Tony Waldrop | 1974 / Grad. | Political science / physiology | President of the University of South Alabama; gold medalist, 1975 Pan American Games |
George T. Winston | Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Professors
Name | Class | Major | Notability | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Ariely | Grad. | Cognitive Psychology | Professor of behavioral economics at Duke University | |
Donald H. Baucom | 1971 / Grad. | Psychology | Professor of psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Volker Berghahn | Grad. | History | Professor of history at Columbia University | |
Lewis Binford | 1954 | Arts & sciences | Archaeologist | |
Dan T. Carter | Grad. | History | Professor of history at the University of South Carolina | |
W. H. Clatworthy | Grad. | Statistics | Professor of mathematics at the University at Buffalo | |
Albert Coates | 1918 | Arts & Sciences | Founder and director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Robert Digges Wimberly Connor | 1899 | Philosophy | UNC professor, historian, and Archivist of the United States | |
Frederick A. de Armas | Grad. | Comparative literature | Professor in Spanish and comparative literature at the University of Chicago | |
David L. Downie | Grad. | Political science | Professor of politics and environment policy at Fairfield University | |
Glenda Gilmore | Grad. | History | Professor of history at Yale University | |
Bud Goodall | Grad. | Speech | Professor of communication at Arizona State University | |
Megan P. Goodwin | Grad. | Religious studies | Lecturer in religious studies at Bates College | |
James Haar | Grad. | Musicology | W.R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |
Peter Blair Henry | 1991 | Economics | Dean of New York University Stern School of Business | |
Robert Hobbs | Grad. | Art history | Professor of art at Virginia Commonwealth University | |
E. Philip Howrey | Grad. | Economics | Professor of economics at University of Michigan | |
Rafat Hussain | Grad. | Public health | Deputy head of the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England | |
John D. Kasarda | 1971 | Sociology | Director, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; developer of the aerotropolis concept | |
Jack Knight | 1974 / Grad. | English & religious studies / law | Professor at Duke University School of Law | |
E. Christian Kopff | Grad. | Classics | Director of the Center for Western Civilization, and associate director of the honors program at the University of Colorado Boulder | |
Christina Kramer | Grad. | Slavic languages and literature | Professor of Slavic and Balkan languages at University of Toronto | |
Leo Moser | Grad. | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics at University of Alberta | |
Charles Nam | Grad. | Sociology | Professor of sociology at Florida State University | |
Kai Nielsen | 1949 | Professor of philosophy at Concordia University | ||
Arthur F. Raper | 1924 / Grad. | Sociology | Professor at Agnes Scott College | |
Dwijendra Kumar Ray-Chaudhuri | Grad. | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics at Ohio State University | |
D. W. Robertson, Jr. | 1935 / Grad. | English | Professor of medieval English at Princeton University | |
Caryl Rusbult | Grad. | Psychology | Professor of psychology at Vrije Universiteit | |
Scott Silliman | 1965 / Grad. | Philosophy / law | Professor of the practice of law at Duke Law School | |
Susanne Sreedhar | Grad. | Philosophy | Assistant professor of philosophy at Boston University | |
Carol Miller Swain | Grad. | Political science | Professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School | |
William Y. Thompson | Grad. | History | Professor of history at Louisiana Tech University | |
Valerie Tiberius | Grad. | Philosophy | Professor of philosophy at University of Minnesota | |
Greg Turk | Grad. | Computer science | Professor of computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology | |
Odd Arne Westad | Grad. | History | Professor of international history at the London School of Economics |
Arts and literature
Artists
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Adler | 1943 | Dramatic art | Composer and lyricist |
Richard Kern | 1977 | Art | Photographer |
Howard Little | Artist | ||
Ben Long | 1967 | Did not graduate | Artist |
Playwrights
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Paul Green | 1921 | Dramatic art | Playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner |
Kermit Hunter | Grad. | Dramatic art / English | Playwright |
Amon Liner | 1965 | Dramatic art | Poet and playwright |
Poets
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Edgar Bowers | 1950 | Poet | |
Hayden Carruth | 1943 | Journalism | Poet and winner of the National Book Award |
Cid Corman | Poet and translator | ||
Lawrence Ferlinghetti | 1941 | Journalism | Poet and publisher |
Kerri French | 2003 | English | Poet |
Patrick Herron | 1993 / Grad. | Philosophy / information science | Poet and information scientist |
Donald Justice | Grad. | English | Poet |
Amon Liner | 1965 | Dramatic art | Poet and playwright |
William Matthews | Grad. | English | Poet |
Michael McFee | 1976 / Grad. | English | Poet |
Michael Rothenberg | 1973 | English | Poet and editor |
Writers
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Russell Banks | 1967 | English | Novelist and poet |
Will Blythe | 1979 | English | Writer and author |
Taylor Branch | 1968 | Author and historian | |
Poppy Z. Brite | Novelist | ||
Don Brown | 1983 | Political science | Novelist and author |
Sarah Dessen | 1993 | English | Writer and author |
Clyde Edgerton | 1966 / Grad. | English | Novelist |
L. M. Elliott | Grad. | Journalism | Young adult novelist |
Thomas Fleming | Grad. | Classics | Writer and founding editor of neo-confederate journal Southern Partisan |
Shelby Foote | 1992 | Honorary | Historian and novelist |
Ben Fountain | 1980 | English | Writer and author |
Charles Frazier | 1973 | Novelist | |
Kaye Gibbons | 1984 | Novelist | |
Gail Godwin | 1960 | Journalism | Novelist |
Jenny Han | Writer | ||
Randall Kenan | 1985 | English | Writer |
Armistead Maupin | 1966 | English | Novelist |
Richard McKenna | 1956 | Arts & sciences | Novelist |
Lydia Millet | 1990 | Interdisciplinary studies | Novelist |
Joseph Mitchell | Writer for The New Yorker | ||
Lawrence Naumoff | 1969 | Arts & sciences | Novelist |
Jenny Offill | Novelist | ||
Mary Pope Osborne | 1971 | Religious studies | Author |
Walker Percy | 1937 | Arts & sciences | Novelist |
Charles F. Price | Grad. | Urban planning | Novelist |
Melanie Sumner | 1986 | Religious studies | Novelist |
Rysa Walker | Grad. | Political science | Novelist |
Daniel Wallace | 2008 | English | Novelist and teacher |
Brandon Wilson | 1973/Grad. | Theatre, Radio, Television & Motion Pictures | Author/Explorer |
Thomas Wolfe | 1920 | Arts & sciences | Novelist |
Other
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Brent Glass | Grad. | History | Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History |
Alexander Julian | 1969 | Fashion designer | |
Paul R. Laird | Grad. | Music | Musicologist |
Robert Spencer | Grad. | Religious studies | Author and blogger, known for critiques of Islam and research of Islamic terrorism and jihad |
C. Vann Woodward | Grad. | History | Historian |
Business
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
John Allison | 1971 | Business administration | Former CEO and president of Cato Institute; former chairman of BB&T Corporation/Branch Banking & Trust Co |
Robert J. Bach | 1984 | Economics | American Business Executive; former President of the Entertainment & Devices Division at Microsoft |
Max C. Chapman | 1966 | Economics | Former president and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co |
Warren Grice Elliott | 1867 | President of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | |
David Gardner | 1988 | English | Co-founder of The Motley Fool |
Peaches Golding | 1976 | Biology | High Sheriff of Bristol, England, 2010–11[1] |
Peter Grauer | 1968 | English | Chairman of Bloomberg L.P. |
Bowman Gray, Sr. | 1890 | Did not graduate | Former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds |
J. Frank Harrison III | 1977 | Business administration | CEO of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated |
William B. Harrison, Jr. | 1966 | Economics | Former CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase |
George Watts Hill | 1922 / Grad. | Commerce / law | Banker and philanthropist |
John Sprunt Hill | 1889 | Philosophy | Banker and philanthropist |
Walter E. Hussman, Jr. | 1969 | Journalism | Publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |
Richard "Dick" Jenrette | 1951 | Founder of the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and former chairman and CEO of The Equitable | |
William Johnson | Grad. | Law | President and CEO of Tennessee Valley Authority |
Jason Kilar | 1993 | Journalism / business administration | Former CEO of Hulu |
Paul Kolton | 1944 | Journalism | Former chairman of the American Stock Exchange.[2] |
Sallie Krawcheck | 1987 | Journalism | Chairman and CEO of Citigroup Global Wealth Management; former CFO of Citigroup Inc. |
Howard R. Levine | 1981 | Business administration | Chairman of the board and CEO of Family Dollar |
Scott Livengood | 1974 | Industrial relations | Owner and CEO of Dewey's Bakers; former CEO of Krispy Kreme |
Hugh McColl | 1957 | Business administration | Former CEO of Bank of America |
John Medlin | 1956 | Business administration | Former CEO of Wachovia |
Allen B. Morgan, Jr. | 1965 | History | Founder and former CEO of Morgan Keegan & Company |
Gary Parr | 1979 | Business administration | Vice chairman of Lazard |
Mercer "Merce" Reynolds III | 1967 | Business administration | Finance chair of U.S. President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and a U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
Julian Robertson | 1955 | Business administration | Founded the investment firm Tiger Management Corp. |
William H. Rogers, Jr. | Business administration | Chairman and CEO of SunTrust Banks | |
Bill Ruger | 1940 | Did not graduate | Founded firearms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger |
Pete Rummell | 1967 | Chemistry / English literature | Former Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Imagineering and St. Joe Company |
John Skipper | 1978 | English literature | President of ESPN |
Marcus G. Smith | Did not graduate | Journalism | President and COO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. |
Mitchell S. Steir | 1977 | Economics | Chairman and CEO of Studley, Inc. |
Ken Thompson | 1973 | American studies | Former chairman and CEO of Wachovia |
Hubertus van der Vaart | 1977 | Politics / economics | Co-founder and chairman of SEAF (Small Enterprise Assistance Funds) |
Thomas H. Weidemeyer | Senior vice president and COO of the United Parcel Service; director of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
Entertainment and broadcasting
Actors
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Whit Bissell | 1932 | Arts & sciences | Actor |
Dan Cortese | 1990 | Radio, television and motion picture | Actor and TV personality |
Billy Crudup | 1990 | Speech | Actor |
Michael Cumpsty | 1982 / Grad. | English / dramatic art | Actor |
Melissa Claire Egan | 2003 | Dramatic art | Soap opera actress |
John Forsythe | 1948 | Actor | |
Louise Fletcher | 1957 | Dramatic art | Academy Award-winning actress |
Rick Fox | 1994 | Radio, television and motion picture | Actor; former professional basketball player |
Ed Grady[3] | Theater / English | Actor | |
Andy Griffith | 1949 | Dramatic art | Actor, comedian, writer, and producer |
George Grizzard | 1949 | Radio, television and motion picture | Actor |
Anne Haney | 1956 | Radio, television and motion picture | Actress |
Liza Huber | Soap opera actress; daughter of Susan Lucci | ||
Ken Jeong | Grad. | Medicine | Actor and comedian |
Ben Jones | Actor; former U.S. Representative from Georgia | ||
Darwin Joston | 1960 | Dramatic art | Actor |
Kay Kyser | 1928 | Economics | Bandleader, radio personality, and movie actor |
Sharon Lawrence | 1983 | Journalism | Emmy Award-nominated actress |
Michael Louden | 1986 | Did not graduate | Actor |
Crystal McLaurin-Coney | 1993 | Journalism | Actress |
Jane McNeill[4] | Journalism | Actress | |
Jack Palance | Did not graduate | Actor | |
Jim Rash | 1994 | Radio, television and motion picture | Actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter |
Adam Reed | 1992 | Voice actor, writer, and producer | |
Jeff Richards | 1998 | Communications | Actor and comedian |
Nick Searcy | English | Actor | |
Randolph Scott | Did not graduate | Actor | |
Lionel Stander | Did not graduate | Actor | |
Christine White | English | Actress |
Broadcasters
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Ballen | 1995 | Political science | TV personality, producer, A&R executive in Mainland China |
Howie Carr | 1973 | Journalism | Radio personality |
Rick Dees | 1972 | Radio, television and motion picture | Radio personality and composer of novelty song "Disco Duck" |
Barry Farber | 1952 | Journalism | Conservative radio talk show host |
Ashlan Gorse | 2002 | Journalism | E! television network personality |
Kit Hoover | 1992 | Speech | Television personality |
Bomani Jones | Grad. | Economics | Radio and television personality |
Chris Matthews | Grad. | Did not graduate | Television personality and speechwriter for President Carter |
Wes Moss | 1998 | Economics | Contestant on The Apprentice 2 |
Elyse Ribbons | 2003 | Asian Studies | Actress, writer and popular radio host on CRI |
Rick Sebak | 1975 | English | WQED personality |
Musicians
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Adler | 1943 | Composer, lyricist, writer and producer (Broadway, TV); Songwriters Hall of Fame; UNC Lifetime Achievement Award | |
Emanuel Ayvas | 2005 | Lead singer and guitarist for Emanuel and the Fear | |
Laura Ballance | 1990 | Anthropology | Bassist in the rock band Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records |
Meg Christian | 1968 | Music | Singer and founder of lesbian record company, Olivia |
Anoop Desai | 2008 | Political science / American studies | American Idol 6th place finalist, singer |
Lisa Furukawa | 1999 | Music / Asian studies | Pianist, singer, and songwriter |
George Hamilton | Country music singer | ||
Wayne Handy | 1962 | Business administration | Rockabilly singer |
Brendan James | 2002 | Communications | Singer and songwriter |
Kay Kyser | 1928 | Economics | Bandleader, radio personality, and movie actor |
Lachi | 2005 | Economics, management and society | Alternative rock artist, author |
Tift Merritt | 2000 | Singer | |
Oliver | 1967 | Radio, television and motion picture | Pop singer |
David Olney | – | Did not graduate | Musician |
Chase Rice | 2009 | Country music singer and songwriter | |
Scott Routenberg | 2001 | Music and communications | Composer |
Rick Seibold | 2005 | Singer, songwriter, and producer | |
Bud Shank | 1947 | Musician |
Writers, producers, directors
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Andy Griffith | 1949 | Dramatic art | Actor, comedian, writer, and producer |
Brian Hargrove | 1977 | Dramatic art | TV writer and producer |
Josh Pate | 1992 | English | Screenwriter, director and producer |
Larry Peerce | 1951 | Film and television director | |
Michael Piller | 1970 | Radio, television and motion picture | Writer and co-creator of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager |
Peyton Reed | 1986 | Radio, television and motion picture | Director of Bring It On, The Break-Up and Ant-Man |
Hughes Winborne | 1975 | History | Academy Award-winning film editor |
Other
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Lewis Black | 1970 | Dramatic art | Comedian and playwright |
Wyatt Cenac | 1994 | Did not graduate | Comedian and producer |
Mamrie Hart | Dramatic art | Comedian | |
Jeff MacNelly | 1969 | Art | Three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Political Cartooning; creator of Shoe comic strip |
Journalism
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Jones Angell | 2001 | Journalism | Sportscaster and voice of the Tar Heels |
Brooke Baldwin | 2001 | Journalism and Spanish | Television journalist |
Jack Betts | 1968 | Journalism | Editor and columnist for the Charlotte Observer |
Furman Bisher | 1938 | Journalism | Sportswriter and editor |
Marty Brennaman | 1965 | Radio, television and motion picture | Sportscaster |
David Brinkley | – | Did not graduate | Television journalist |
Pamela Ashley Brown | 2006 | Journalism | Television journalist |
Frank Bruni | 1986 | English | Restaurant critic and op-ed columnist for the New York Times |
Heather Childers | 1991 | English | On-air personality for Fox News Channel |
Helene Cooper | 1987 | Journalism | New York Times correspondent |
Laurie Dhue | 1990 | Political science | TV news anchor, reporter |
Woody Durham | 1963 | Radio, television and motion picture | Sportscaster and voice of the Tar Heels |
Joseph Egemonye | 1970 | Journalism | Journalist; co-founder of the Winston-Salem Chronicle |
Samuel T. Francis | Grad. | History | Syndicated conservative columnist |
Peter Gammons | 1967 | Sportswriter and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Gail Gregg | 1975 | Journalism | Artist, photographer and journalist |
Carl Kasell | 1956 | NPR newscaster | |
Charles Kuralt | 1965 | Radio, television and motion picture | Journalist |
Jim Lampley | 1971 | English | Sportscaster |
Tristan Louis | 1993 | Journalism | Author and journalist |
Monica Malpass | 1983 | Journalism | News anchor and reporter for WPVI[5] |
John Manuel | Author; editor-in-chief of Baseball America | ||
Philip Meyer | Grad. | Political science | Journalist and professor of journalism |
Mick Mixon | 1980 | Radio, television and motion picture | Sportscaster and voice of the Carolina Panthers |
Roger Mudd | Grad. | History | Journalist and broadcaster |
Rob Nelson | 2000 | Journalism | Television journalist |
Karen L. Parker | 1965 | Journalism | First African-American female undergraduate; journalist for the Winston-Salem Journal |
Sophie Pyle | 2009 | Journalism | New media entrepreneur |
Don Robertson | 1950 | Communication | Sportscaster |
Robert Ruark | 1935 | Journalism | Syndicated columnist and author |
Reed Sarratt | 1937 | Journalism | Executive Director of the Southern Education Reporting Service and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association |
Stuart Scott | 1987 | Radio, television and motion picture | Sportscaster |
Lloyd Shearer[6] | 1936[7] | English[7] | Author of "Walter Scott's Personality Parade" column in Parade |
Stephen Stock | 1983 | Radio, television and motion picture | Investigative reporter |
James Surowiecki | 1988 | History | Journalist for The New Yorker; author of The Wisdom of Crowds |
Kayla Tausche | 2008 | Journalism | Reporter for CNBC |
Ami Vitale | 1994 | International studies | Photographer and journalist |
Tom Wicker | 1948 | Journalism | Author and New York Times journalist |
Perry Deane Young | 1993 | Journalism | Journalist and author |
Pulitzer Prize winners
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Joel Brinkley | 1975 | Journalism | Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting |
W. Horace Carter | 1949 | Journalism | Pulitzer Prize winner for public service, owner and publisher of the Tabor City Tribune |
Lenoir Chambers | 1914 | Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing; editor of The Virginian-Pilot | |
Sarah Cohen | 1979 | Economics | Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting |
Claudia Emerson | Grad | Creative writing | Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry |
Jeff MacNelly | Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial cartoons | ||
Gene Roberts | 1954 | Journalism | Pulitzer Prize–winning author; former executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer; former managing editor of The New York Times; professor of journalism at the University of Maryland |
Vermont C. Royster | 1935 | Journalism | Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing; former editor of the Wall Street Journal |
Melanie Sill | 1981 | Journalism | Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting, and editor of the Sacramento Bee |
Pat Stith | 1966 | Journalism | Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting, investigative reporter at the News & Observer |
Jim Yardley | 1986 | History | Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter |
Jonathan Yardley | 1961 | English | Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for the Washington Post |
Edwin Yoder | 1956 | English | Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing |
Michael York | Grad. | Law | Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting |
Politics and public life
President of the United States
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
James K. Polk | 1818 / Grad. | 11th President of the United States |
Vice President of the United States
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
William R. King | 1803 | 13th Vice President of the United States |
Governors
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Charles B. Aycock | 1880 | Oratory and essay writing | Former governor of North Carolina |
John Branch | 1801 | Arts & sciences | Former governor of and U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy |
Aaron V. Brown | 1814 | Former governor of and U.S. Representative from Tennessee; Postmaster General[8] | |
Tod Robinson Caldwell | 1840 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Gaston Caperton | 1963 | Business administration | Former governor of West Virginia |
Elias Carr | 1859 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Henry Toole Clark | 1826 / Grad. | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Steve Cowper | 1960 / Grad. | History / law | Former governor of Alaska |
Locke Craig | 1880 | Former governor of North Carolina | |
Mike Easley | 1972 | Political science | Former governor of North Carolina |
John C. B. Ehringhaus | 1902 | Former governor of North Carolina | |
John Willis Ellis | 1841 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Oliver Max Gardner | Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina |
William Alexander Graham | 1824 / Grad. | 19th-century US Senator and governor of North Carolina; Secretary of the Navy; Vice-Presidential Candidate; CSA Senator | |
Luther H. Hodges | 1919 | Former governor of North Carolina | |
Clyde R. Hoey | Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina |
James Holshouser | Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina |
Thomas Michael Holt | Did not graduate | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Jim Hunt | Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina |
William Walton Kitchin | Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina |
Charles Manly | 1814 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Angus Wilton McLean | 1892 / Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina |
William Miller | Did not graduate | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Dan K. Moore | 1927 / Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina, former justice of N.C. Supreme Court |
John Motley Morehead | 1817 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
William Dunn Moseley | 1818 | Arts & sciences | First governor of the State of Florida |
John Owen | Did not graduate | Former governor of North Carolina | |
Daniel Lindsay Russell | Did not graduate | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Terry Sanford | 1939 / Grad. | Law | Former senator from and governor of North Carolina; president of Duke University |
Alfred Moore Scales | Did not graduate | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. | 1815 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina, governor of Florida, and U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
David Lowry Swain | Did not graduate | 19th-century governor of North Carolina | |
John Swainson | Grad. | Law | Former governor of Michigan |
William B. Umstead | 1916 | Former governor of North Carolina, U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Zebulon Baird Vance | Former governor of North Carolina | ||
Warren Winslow | 19th-century governor of North Carolina; U.S. representative from North Carolina |
U.S. Senators
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Hart Benton | – | Did not graduate | Former senator from Missouri |
John Branch | 1801 | Former governor of and U.S. senator from North Carolina; Secretary of the Navy | |
Thomas Lanier Clingman | 1832 | Former U.S. senator and U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
John Eaton | Grad. | Senator from Tennessee and Secretary of War | |
John Edwards | Grad. | Law | Former senator from North Carolina; 2004 Democratic candidate for vice president; and 2004 and 2008 Democratic primary candidate for presidential nomination |
Samuel James Ervin Jr. | 1917 | Former senator from North Carolina | |
William Alexander Graham | 1824 / Grad. | 19th-century US senator and governor of North Carolina; Secretary of the Navy; vice-presidential candidate, and CSA Senator | |
William Henry Haywood, Jr. | 1819 / Grad. | Former senator from North Carolina | |
Willie Person Mangum | 1815 / Grad. | Former senator from North Carolina | |
Alfred O. P. Nicholson | 1827 | Former senator from Tennessee | |
John Pool | 1847 | Former senator from North Carolina | |
Terry Sanford | 1939 / Grad. | Law | Former senator from and governor of North Carolina; president of Duke University |
William R. Webb | 1867 / Grad. | Former senator from Tennessee | |
Paul Wellstone | 1965 / Grad. | Political Science | Former senator from Minnesota |
U.S. Representatives
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Laban Abernethy | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Hugh Quincy Alexander | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Sydenham Benoni Alexander | 1860 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Ike Franklin Andrews | 1950 / Grad. | Business / law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Thomas Samuel Ashe | 1832 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Cass Ballenger | 1948 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Michael D. Barnes | 1965 | U.S. representative from Maryland | |
Daniel Moreau Barringer | 1826 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
James Jefferson Britt | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Robin Britt | 1963 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Aaron V. Brown | 1814 | Former U.S. representative from and governor of Tennessee; Postmaster General | |
Jim Broyhill | 1950 | Business administration | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Alfred L. Bulwinkle | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Frank Ertel Carlyle | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
Henry Selby Clark | 1828 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
J. Bayard Clark | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Thomas Lanier Clingman | 1832 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Howard Coble | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Jim Cooper | 1975 | History & economics | U.S. representative from Tennessee |
Francis Burton Craige | 1829 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
William C. Cramer | 1946 | U.S. representative from Florida | |
William T. Crawford | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
John Reeves Jones Daniel | 1821 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Susan Davis | Grad. | Social work | U.S. representative from California |
James C. Dobbin | 1832 | U.S. representative from North Carolina and Secretary of the Navy | |
Richard Spaight Donnell | 1839 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Joseph Wilson Ervin | 1921 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Samuel James Ervin Jr. | 1917 | U.S. representative and senator from North Carolina | |
Alonzo Dillard Folger | 1912 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
John Hamlin Folger | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Daniel Munroe Forney | 1808 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Lawrence H. Fountain | 1934 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Virginia Foxx | 1968 / Grad. | English / education | U.S. representative from North Carolina elected in 2004 |
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Gwen Graham | 1984 | U.S. representative from Florida | |
James Graham | 1814 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
V. Lamar Gudger | 1940 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
William C. Hammer | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Micajah Thomas Hawkins | 1807 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
David N. Henderson | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
John S. Henderson | 1865 | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
John Hill | 1816 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Charles R. Jonas | 1925 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Ben Jones | Did not graduate | Former U.S. representative from Georgia and actor | |
Hamilton C. Jones | 1906 | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
William Carter Love | 1806 | Former U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Allard Lowenstein | 1949 | Former U.S. representative from New York | |
Willie Person Mangum | 1815 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
John Y. Mason | 1816 | Former U.S. representative from Virginia; United States Attorney General; and Secretary of the Navy | |
Mike McIntyre | 1978 / Grad. | Political science / law | Former U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Alex McMillan | 1954 | History | Former U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Brad Miller | 1975 | Former U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Anderson Mitchell | 1821 / Grad. | Former U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
James Turner Morehead | 1819 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Mick Mulvaney | Grad | Law | U.S. representative from South Carolina |
William H. Murfree | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
David Outlaw | 1824 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Ebenezer Pettigrew | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
David Price | 1961 | Arts & Sciences | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
George M. Pritchard | 1907 | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Abraham Rencher | 1822 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Sion Hart Rogers | 1846 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Charlie Rose | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Thomas Hart Ruffin | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
Romulus Mitchell Saunders | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
Samuel Tredwell Sawyer | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
Charles Biddle Shepard | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
William Crawford Sherrod | U.S. representative from Alabama | ||
Francis Edwin Shober | 1851 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr | 1815 | 19th-century governor of North Carolina; governor of Florida; and U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Charles Manly Stedman | 1861 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Walter Leak Steele | 1844 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Jacob Thompson | 1831 | U.S. representative from Mississippi; Secretary of the Interior | |
William B. Umstead | 1916 | Former governor of North Carolina; U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Tim Valentine | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Alfred Moore Waddell | U.S. representative from North Carolina | ||
Hallett Sydney Ward | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Lindsay Carter Warren | 1906 / Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Mel Watt | 1967 | Business Administration | Former U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Zebulon Weaver | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Edwin Y. Webb | Grad. | Law | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Lewis Williams | 1808 / Grad. | U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Warren Winslow | 1827 | 19th-century governor of and U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
Bartlett Yancey | U.S. representative from North Carolina |
U.S. cabinet members and other executive officers
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Claude Allen | 1982 | Political science | Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the George W. Bush administration |
Melody Barnes | 1986 | History | Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the Obama administration |
James Crawford Biggs | 1893 / Grad. | Philosophy / law | Former Solicitor General of the United States |
John Branch | 1801 | Former governor of and U.S. Senator from North Carolina; Secretary of the Navy | |
Jonathan W. Daniels | 1921 / Grad. | Former White House Press Secretary | |
James C. Dobbin | 1832 | U.S. representative from North Carolina and Secretary of the Navy | |
John Eaton | Grad. | Senator from Tennessee and Secretary of War | |
William Alexander Graham | 1824 / Grad. | 19th-century US senator and governor of North Carolina; Secretary of the Navy; vice-presidential candidate, and CSA Senator | |
C. Boyden Gray | Grad. | Law | Former White House counsel; former ambassador to the EU |
Gordon Gray | 1930 | Secretary of the Army; National Security Advisor; president of the University of North Carolina | |
Kevin Martin | 1989 | Political Science | Former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission |
John Y. Mason | 1816 | Former United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy | |
Colin R. McMillan | 1957 | Geology | Former assistant Secretary of the Navy; nominee for Secretary of Defense |
Kenneth Claiborne Royall | 1914 | Former Secretary of War and Secretary of the Army | |
Jacob Thompson | 1831 | U.S. representative from Mississippi; Secretary of the Interior |
Federal judges
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Lance M. Africk | 1973 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana |
James A. Beaty, Jr. | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
J. Spencer Bell | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
Frank William Bullock, Jr. | 1961 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
Algernon Lee Butler | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | ||
Eric L. Clay | 1969 | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Robert Hardy Cleland | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
Max O. Cogburn, Jr. | 1973 | Political science | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
Robert P. Dick | 1843 / Grad. | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | |
Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. | 1933 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina |
James Carroll Fox | 1950 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina |
Donnell Gilliam | 1909 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina |
Leo M. Gordon | 1973 | Judge of the United States Court of International Trade | |
Peter W. Hall | 1971 / Grad. | English / education | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
David Ezekiel Henderson | 1904 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | |
Karen L. Henderson | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
Truman McGill Hobbs | 1942 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | |
Algenon L. Marbley | 1976 | Political science | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
John Young Mason | 1816 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
Harold Brent McKnight | 1974 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
James Bryan McMillan | 1937 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | |
James Ward Morris | 1912 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | |
William Lindsay Osteen, Jr. | 1983 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
William Lindsay Osteen, Sr. | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
John J. Parker | 1907 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
James Dickson Phillips, Jr. | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
S. Jay Plager | 1952 | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
Martin Karl Reidinger | 1981 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
David B. Sentelle | 1965 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
Thomas Settle | 1850 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida | |
William Bostwick Sheppard | 1881 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida | |
Lacy Thornburg | 1952 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
Richard Lesley Voorhees | Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
Wilson Warlick | 1911 / Grad. | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
David Dortch Warriner | 1951 | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
Frank DeArmon Whitney | Grad. | Law / business | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
James A. Wynn, Jr. | 1975 | Journalism | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
Law
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Samuel Ashe | 1832 | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; U.S. representative from North Carolina | |
M.V. Barnhill | Grad. | law | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
William Horn Battle | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | ||
William H. Bobbitt | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | ||
Peter Carlisle | 1974 | Psychology | Mayor of Honolulu; former Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu |
J. Phil Carlton | Grad. | Law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Walter Clark | 1864 | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Roy Cooper | 1979 / Grad. | Political science / law | Current North Carolina Attorney General |
Joseph J. Davis | Grad. | Law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; U.S. representative from North Carolina |
Walter E. Dellinger III | 1963 | Political science | Former United States Solicitor General |
William A. Devin | Grad. | Law | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Robert P. Dick | 1843 | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | |
Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. | Grad. | Law | Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
James G. Exum | 1957 | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Franklin Freeman | Grad. | Law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Henry E. Frye | Grad. | Law | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; first African American chief justice |
Robin E. Hudson | Grad. | Law | Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Robert N. Hunter, Jr. | 1969 / Grad. | History / law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
J. Frank Huskins | 1930 / Grad. | Law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Barbara Jackson | 1984 / Grad. | Interdisciplinary studies / law | Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Matthias Evans Manly | 1824 | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Mark Martin | Grad. | Law | Current chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
John Y. Mason | 1816 | Former United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy | |
Burley Mitchell | Grad. | Law | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Dan K. Moore | 1927 / Grad. | Law | Former governor of North Carolina, former justice of N.C. Supreme Court |
Paul Martin Newby | Grad. | Law | Current justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Mike Nifong | 1978 | Law | District attorney for Durham County, North Carolina; disbarred for his handling of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case |
Robert F. Orr | 1968 / Grad. | Law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Susan Owens | Grad. | Law | Current justice of the Washington Supreme Court |
Sarah Parker | Grad. | Law | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
William B. Rodman | 1836 | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Aaron A. F. Seawell | 1884 | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Susie Sharp | Grad. | Law | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, first female chief justice |
James E. Shepherd | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | ||
David F. Simons | 1973 | Psychology | Attorney |
Clive Stafford Smith | Lawyer; founder of Reprieve | ||
Walter P. Stacy | 1908 | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Patricia Timmons-Goodson | 1976 / Grad. | Speech / law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Earl W. Vaughn | 1950 / Grad. | Law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, former chief justice of the North Carolina Court of Appeals |
John Webb | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | ||
Willis Whichard | 1962 / Grad. | History / law | Former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
J. Wallace Winborne | Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Religious leaders
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Clifton Daniel III | 1969 | Education | Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania; former bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina |
Thomas F. Davis | 1822 | Episcopal bishop of South Carolina | |
Sam Dixon | 1971 | Political science | Head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief |
William Mercer Green | 1818 | Episcopal bishop of Mississippi | |
Reid Larkin Neilson | Grad | Religious history | Managing director church history The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
James Hervey Otey | 1820 / Grad | First Episcopal bishop of Tennessee | |
Lon Solomon | 1971 | Chemistry | Megachurch evangelist; former member of President’s Committee on Intellectual Disabilities |
John Shelby Spong | 1952 | Arts & sciences | Episcopal bishop and progressive theologian |
Ruth Carter Stapleton | Evangelist, sister of Jimmy Carter | ||
G. Porter Taylor | 1972 | English | Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina |
Charles G. vonRosenberg | 1969 | Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of East Tennessee | |
Ben Witherington III | 1974 | English | United Methodist Church minister and New Testament scholar |
Other
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
James H. "Jim" Brown | 1963 | Political science | Former Louisiana state senator; secretary of state; insurance commissioner; father of journalist Campbell Brown |
Garry Conille | Grad. | Public health | Former Prime Minister of Haiti |
Walter H. Dalton | 1971 / Grad. | Law | Former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina |
Elizabeth Edwards | 1971 / Grad. | English / law | Attorney, author and wife of John Edwards |
Thad A. Eure | 1921 | Law | North Carolina Secretary of State |
Patricia Horoho | 1982 | Nursing | Surgeon General of the United States Army |
Jonathan Howes | Grad | City & regional planning | Former Mayor of Chapel Hill; Former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources[9] |
Rashad Hussain | 1999 | Philosophy / political science | United States special envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference |
John Brennan Hussey | 1955 | Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana | |
Karl Inderfurth | 1968 | Political science | Former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; former U.S. representative for special political affairs to the United Nations |
Jim Jordan | Grad. | Law | Political consultant |
Moushira Khattab | Grad. | International relations | Egyptian politician and diplomat |
Thomas Krajeski | Grad. | Russian literature | U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain; former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen |
Howard Nathaniel Lee | Grad. | Social work | Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education |
Mary J. Miller | Grad. | City and regional planning | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets |
Erica Payne | 1991 | Radio, television and motion picture | Founder of the Agenda Project |
Thomas J. Pearsall | 1927 | Law | Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1947 |
Otto Reich | 1966 | International studies | Former ambassador to Venezuela |
Robert Sprague | Grad. | Business | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives |
Ivy Taylor | Grad. | City and regional planning | Mayor of San Antonio |
Don Vaughan | 1974 | former member of the North Carolina State Senate | |
Shari Villarosa | 1972 | International studies | Current ambassador to Mauritius and to the Seychelles |
Richard Vinroot | 1963 / Grad. | Business / law | Mayor of Charlotte |
Daniel Werfel | Grad. | Law | Acting commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service |
Sciences
Name | Class | Major | Notability | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eben Alexander III | 1975 | Chemistry | Neurosurgeon and author | |
Francis Collins | Grad. | Medicine | Director of National Human Genome Project; director of National Institutes of Health (2009–present) | |
Robert F. Furchgott | 1937 | Chemistry | Chemist; Nobel Prize winner in 1998 | |
Seymour Geisser | Grad. | Statistics | Statistician and DNA evidence expert | |
Ma Haide | 1932 | Pre-medicine | Doctor and public health official in China | |
Howard T. Odum | 1947 | Zoology | Ecosystem ecologist | |
Tamara Sher | Grad. | Psychology | NIH researcher and IIT professor | |
Kevin R. Stone | Grad. | Medicine | Orthopedic surgeon | |
Charles Tart | Grad. | Psychology | Psychologist |
Sports
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Baseball
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Dustin Ackley | Professional baseball player | ||
Russ Adams | Professional baseball player | ||
Daniel Bard | 2006 | Professional baseball player | |
Mike Fox[10] | 1978 | Physical education | College baseball coach |
Moonlight Graham | Professional baseball player | ||
Adam Greenberg | Professional baseball player | ||
Matt Harvey | Professional baseball player | ||
Gary Hill | Professional baseball player | ||
Chris Iannetta | Professional baseball player | ||
Michael Jordan | 1986 | Geography | Former professional baseball and basketball player; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Mark Kingston[11] | 1995 | Communications | Professional baseball player, college baseball coach |
Andrew Miller | Professional baseball player | ||
Mike Morin | Professional baseball player | ||
Brian Roberts | Transferred to USC | Professional baseball player | |
Kyle Seager | Professional baseball player | ||
Paul Shuey | Professional baseball player | ||
Kyle Snyder | Professional baseball player | ||
B.J. Surhoff | Former Professional baseball player | ||
Walt Weiss | Former professional baseball player | ||
Brad Woodall | Professional baseball player |
Basketball players
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Harrison Barnes | Business administration | Professional basketball player | |
Dudley Bradley | 1979 | Recreation administration | Professional basketball player |
Pete Brennan | 1958 | Industrial relations | Professional basketball player |
Larry Brown | 1963 | History | College and professional basketball coach; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Steve Bucknall | 1989 | Radio, television and motion picture | Professional basketball player and coach |
Reggie Bullock | Professional basketball player | ||
Vince Carter | 2001 | African-American studies | Professional basketball player |
Pete Chilcutt | 1991 | Industrial relations / psychology | Professional basketball player |
Ed Cota | Professional basketball player | ||
Sylvia Crawley | 1994 | Radio, television and motion picture | Professional basketball player |
Billy Cunningham | 1971 | History | Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Brad Daugherty | 1986 | Radio, television and motion picture | Former professional basketball player and sportscaster |
Hubert Davis | 1992 | Criminal justice | Professional basketball player |
Walter Davis | 1988 | Recreation administration | Professional basketball player |
John Dillon | 1948 | Professional basketball player | |
Wayne Ellington | Professional basketball player | ||
Darrell Elston | 1974 | History | Professional basketball player |
Cecil Exum | 1984 | Professional basketball player | |
Raymond Felton | Professional basketball player | ||
Phil Ford | 1978 | Business administration | Professional basketball player |
Joseph Forte | Professional basketball player | ||
Rick Fox | 1994 | Radio, television and motion picture | Professional basketball player and actor |
George Glamack | Professional basketball player | ||
Danny Green | 2009 | Communications | Professional basketball player |
Tyler Hansbrough | 2009 | Communications | Professional basketball player |
Brendan Haywood | 2001 | Communications | Professional basketball player |
John Henson | Professional basketball player | ||
Antawn Jamison | Professional basketball player | ||
Bobby Jones | 1974 | Psychology | Professional basketball player |
Marion Jones | Professional basketball player; former track and field athlete | ||
Michael Jordan | 1986 | Geography | Former professional baseball and basketball player; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
George Karl | Professional basketball player and coach | ||
Tommy Kearns | 1958 | History | Professional basketball player |
Mitch Kupchak | 1976 | Political science / psychology | Professional basketball player and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers |
York Larese | 1961 | Sociology | Professional basketball player and coach |
Ivory Latta | 2007 | Exercise / sports science | Professional basketball player |
Ty Lawson | Professional basketball player | ||
George Lynch | 1993 | African studies | Professional basketball player |
Kendall Marshall | Professional basketball player | ||
Sean May | 2009 | African-American studies | Professional basketball player |
Bob McAdoo | Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame | ||
Rashad McCants | Professional basketball player | ||
Rashanda McCants | 2009 | Professional basketball player | |
Jeff McInnis | Professional basketball player | ||
Horace McKinney | 1948 | Professional basketball player and coach, college coach | |
Larry Miller | 1968 | Business administration | Professional basketball player |
Doug Moe | Professional basketball player and coach | ||
Eric Montross | 1994 | Professional basketball player | |
David Noel | 2006 | African-American studies | Professional basketball player |
Mike O'Koren | 1980 | Professional basketball player | |
Ademola Okulaja | 1999 | International studies | Professional basketball player |
Sam Perkins | 1984 | Radio, television and motion picture | Professional basketball player |
Dave Popson | 1987 | Geography | Professional basketball player |
J.R. Reid | 1992 | Radio, television and motion picture | Professional basketball player |
Henrik Rödl | 1993 | Biology | Professional basketball player and coach |
Lennie Rosenbluth | 1957 | Professional basketball player | |
Clifford Rozier | Professional basketball player | ||
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt | Professional basketball player | ||
Charlie Scott | Professional basketball player | ||
Lee Shaffer | 1960 | Business administration | Professional basketball player |
Charlotte Smith | 1999 | Sociology | Professional basketball player |
Kenny Smith | Professional basketball player and basketball analyst | ||
Jerry Stackhouse | 1999 | African-American studies | Professional basketball player |
Rasheed Wallace | Professional basketball player | ||
Marvin Williams | 2014 | African-American studies | Professional basketball player |
Scott Williams | Professional basketball player | ||
Shammond Williams | Professional basketball player | ||
Joe Wolf | 1987 | Industrial relations | Professional basketball player |
Al Wood | 1988 | Recreation administration | Professional basketball player |
James Worthy | 1985 | Recreation administration | Professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Brandan Wright | Professional basketball player | ||
Tyler Zeller | 2012 | Business administration | Professional basketball player |
Basketball coaches
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Larry Brown | 1963 | History | College and professional basketball coach; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Jason Capel | 2002 | Communications | College basketball coach |
Scott Cherry | 1993 | Business administration | College basketball coach |
Billy Cunningham | 1971 | History | Professional basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Matt Doherty | 1984 | Business administration | College basketball coach |
Eddie Fogler | 1970 / Grad. | Mathematics / physical education | College basketball coach |
George Karl | Professional basketball player and coach | ||
John Kuester | 1977 | Health | Professional and college coach |
Jeff Lebo | 1990 | Business administration | College basketball coach |
Monk McDonald | 1923 / Grad. | Medicine | College basketball player and coach |
Wes Miller | 2007 | Political science | College basketball coach |
Doug Moe | Professional basketball player and coach | ||
Mike O'Koren | 1980 | Recreation administration | Professional basketball player and coach |
Buzz Peterson | 1986 | Geography | College basketball coach |
King Rice | 1992 | Radio, television and motion picture | College basketball coach |
Henrik Rödl | 1993 | Biology | Professional basketball player and coach |
Tony Shaver | 1976 / Grad. | Business administration / education | College basketball coach |
Roy Williams | 1972 / Grad. | Education | College basketball coach; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Football players
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Sam Aiken | Professional football player | ||
Ethan Albright | Professional football player | ||
Frank Aschenbrenner | Professional football player | ||
Matthew Baker | Professional football player | ||
Connor Barth | 2007 | Communications studies | Professional football player |
Harris Barton | Finance | Professional football player | |
Giovani Bernard | Professional football player | ||
Dré Bly | Professional football player | ||
Brian Bollinger | Professional football player | ||
Omar Brown | Professional football player | ||
Jonathan Cooper | Professional football player | ||
Quinton Coples | Professional football player | ||
Alge Crumpler | Professional football player | ||
Ronald Curry | Professional football player | ||
Paul Davis | Professional football player | ||
Dave Drechsler | Professional football player | ||
Darian Durant | Professional football player | ||
Greg Ellis | Professional football player | ||
Brooks Foster | 2008 | Management & society | Professional football player |
Jeff Hayes | Professional football player | ||
William Henderson | Professional football player | ||
Nate Hobgood-Chittick | Professional football player | ||
Jesse Holley | Professional football player | ||
James Hurst | Professional football player | ||
Charlie Justice | Professional football player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame | ||
Kivuusama Mays | Professional football player | ||
Don McCauley | Professional football player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame | ||
Tom McCauley | Professional football player | ||
Natrone Means | Professional football player | ||
Hakeem Nicks | Professional football player, New York Giants | ||
Willie Parker | Professional football player | ||
Julius Peppers | Professional football player | ||
Jeff Reed | Professional football player | ||
Dexter Reid | Professional football player | ||
Jeff Saturday | Professional football player | ||
Brian Simmons | Professional football player | ||
Dave Simmons | Professional football player | ||
Lawrence Taylor | Professional football player and member of the Football Hall of Fame | ||
David Thornton | Professional football player | ||
Art Weiner | College Football Hall of Fame | ||
Brennan Williams | Professional football player | ||
T.J. Yates | Professional football player |
Football coaches
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Charlie Baggett | College and professional football coach | ||
Rod Broadway | College football coach | ||
Scot Dapp | Grad. | Physical education | College football coach |
Jim Tatum | 1939 | Business administration | College football coach |
Kevin Wilson | 1984 / Grad. | Mathematics / physical education | College football coach |
Golfers
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Donna Andrews | 1989 | Business administration | Professional golfer |
Raymond Floyd | Professional golfer | ||
Meaghan Francella | 2005 | Communications | Professional golfer |
Casey Grice | Professional golfer | ||
Cathy Johnston | Professional golfer | ||
Davis Love III | Professional golfer | ||
Ashley Prange | Professional golfer | ||
Harvie Ward | 1951 | Economics | Amateur golfer |
Mark Wilson | 1997 | Mathematics | Professional golfer |
Soccer
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Yael Averbuch | 2008 | Psychology | Professional soccer player |
Gregg Berhalter | Professional soccer player | ||
Chris Carrieri | Professional soccer player | ||
Lori Chalupny | 2006 | U.S. Women's National Team soccer player | |
Matt Crawford | 2003 | Biology | Professional soccer player |
Crystal Dunn | 2013 | Sociology | U.S Women's National Team soccer player |
Whitney Engen | 2010 | U.S Women's National Team soccer player | |
Lorrie Fair | U.S Women's National Team soccer player | ||
Michael Farfan | Professional soccer player | ||
Robyn Gayle | 2008 | Canada Women's National Team soccer player | |
Jordan Graye | 2010 | Professional soccer player | |
Mia Hamm | 1993 | Political science | U.S Women's National Team soccer player |
Ashlyn Harris | 2009 | Communications | United States Women's National Team soccer player |
Tobin Heath | 2010 | Communications | U.S. Women's National Team soccer player |
April Heinrichs | 1986 | Radio, television and motion picture | U.S Women's National Team soccer player |
Meghan Klingenberg | 2011 | U.S. Women's National Team soccer player | |
Chris Leitch | Professional soccer player | ||
Eric Lichaj | Professional soccer player | ||
Kristine Lilly | 1992 | U.S. Women's National Team soccer player | |
Kealia Ohai | 2013 | Professional soccer player | |
Heather O'Reilly | 2006 | U.S. Women's National Team soccer player | |
Cindy Parlow Cone | U.S. Women's National Team soccer player; soccer coach | ||
Logan Pause | 2007 | Economics | Professional soccer player |
Eddie Pope | Professional soccer player | ||
Eddie Robinson | Professional soccer player | ||
David Stokes | 2009 | Communications | Professional soccer player |
Carey Talley | Professional soccer player | ||
Lindsay Tarpley | 2005 | Professional soccer player | |
David Testo | 2009 | Management & society | Professional soccer player |
Nikki Washington | 2011 | Communications | Professional soccer player |
Cat Whitehill | 2003 | United States Women's National Team soccer player | |
Sheanon Williams | Professional soccer player | ||
Kerry Zavagnin | 2000 | Exercise & sports science | Professional soccer player |
Sports administrators
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
James Delany | 1970 / Grad. | Political science / law | Commissioner of the Big Ten |
Mitch Kupchak | 1976 | Political science / psychology | Professional basketball player and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers |
Ryan McDonough | 2002 | Journalism | General manager of the Phoenix Suns |
Danny Morrison | Grad. | Education administration & supervision | President of the Carolina Panthers |
John Swofford | 1971 | Psychology | Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference |
Norwood Teague | 1988 | Political science | College athletics director |
Todd Turner | 1973 | Religion | College athletics director |
Travis Tygart | 1993 | Philosophy | CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency |
Donnie Walsh | 1962 / Grad. | Political science / law | Former president of New York Knicks, former CEO of Indiana Pacers |
Track and field
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Jim Beatty | First person to run a four-minute mile indoors | ||
LaTasha Colander | 1998 | Communications | Former track and field athlete |
Dominic Demeritte | 1999 | Economics | Former track and field athlete |
Vikas Gowda | 2006 | Gold medalist 2014 Commonwealth Games in discus throw | |
Allen Johnson | Former track and field athlete | ||
Marion Jones | Former track and field athlete and professional basketball player | ||
Earl Owens | Professional runner and triathlete | ||
Alice Schmidt | 2004 | Middle distance runner | |
Ola Sesay | 2001 | Long jumper | |
Tony Waldrop | 1974 / Grad. | Political science / physiology | Gold medalist, 1975 Pan American Games in the 1500 meter; president of the University of South Alabama |
Other sports
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Rachel Dawson | 2007 | Field hockey | |
Katelyn Falgowski | 2011 | Field hockey | |
Shalane Flanagan | 2004 | Distance runner | |
Rob Koll | 1989 | Speech | College wrestling coach |
Robert Largman | 1983 | Business administration | US Fencing Team |
Sanaz Marand | 2010 | Psychology | Professional tennis player |
Richie Meade | 1976 / Grad. | College lacrosse coach | |
Nick Monroe | Professional tennis player | ||
Bill Roy | Grad. | U.S. Olympic and world champion skeet shooter; professor of English at United States Air Force Academy | |
Vic Seixas | 1949 | Tennis player, International Tennis Hall of Fame | |
Amy Swensen | 2002 | Field hockey | |
Cindy Werley | U.S. Olympic field hockey player |
Miscellaneous
Name | Class | Major | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Robert D. Atkinson | Grad. | City and regional planning | President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation |
Rye Barcott | 2001 | Peace, war, and defense | Founder of Carolina for Kibera |
Caleb Bradham | 1890 | Pharmacist and inventor of Pepsi-Cola | |
Charles E. Brady, Jr. | 1971 | Pre-medicine | Astronaut |
Eve Carson | 2008 | Biology and political science | Student Body President; murdered in 2008 |
Hinton James | 1798 | Arts & sciences | |
Jerry M. Linenger | Grad. | Public health | Astronaut |
Julia Compton Moore | 1950 | Wife of Hal Moore | |
Charles Moose | 1975 | History | Former police chief of Montgomery County, Maryland; investigated Beltway snipers in 2002 |
Johnston Pettigrew | 1847 | Arts & sciences | Confederate General in the American Civil War who participated in Pickett's Charge |
Jonathan Reckford | Political science | CEO of Habitat for Humanity International | |
Hunter Scott | 2007 | Economics / physics | Researcher on history of USS Indianapolis |
William E. Thornton | 1952 / Grad. | Physics / medicine |
References
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