List of University at Buffalo people
This is a list of people connected to the University at Buffalo. There are more than 260,000 living alumni of UB. Notable alumni include the CEO's of Paramount Pictures and A+E Networks, two NASA astronauts, a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award, and a former Prime Minister. UB is one of the only two institutions of higher learning in the United States which were founded by a U.S. President (Millard Fillmore), with the other one being the University of Virginia.
Notable faculty
This list includes both present and former faculty members.
Nobel Laureates
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald H. Coase | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1991) | Former professor (1951–1958) |
| J.M. Coetzee | South African author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2003) | Former professor (1968–1971) |
| Carl Ferdinand Cori | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947) | Adjunct assistant professor |
| Sir John Carew Eccles | Australian winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1963) for discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane (synapse). | Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Biophysics (1968–1975) |
| Herbert A. Hauptman | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985) | Research Professor of Biophysical Sciences, Director of the Medical Foundation of Buffalo |
Award recipients
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Om P. Bahl | Molecular biologist and honored with the Padma Bhushan in 1973 for his contributions to science and engineering | Former professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences |
| John Barth | Author known for his postmodern works, such as The Sot-Weed Factor, Lost in the Funhouse, and Chimera; winner of the National Book Award | Former professor (1965–1973) |
| Robert Conquest | Poet honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom | Visiting Poet and Lecturer in English (1959-60) |
| Robert Creeley | Poet and winner of the Bollingen Prize for poetry | |
| Andreas W. Daum | Humboldt Prize winner and historian | Professor |
| Samuel R. Delany | Hugo Award winning author and literary critic | |
| David Del Tredici | Composer and Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| Carl Dennis | Poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Professor |
| Irving Feldman | Poet and MacArthur Foundation Fellow | Former professor (1962-2004) |
| Stephen McKinley Henderson | Obie Award winner and Tony Award-nominated stage and screen actor. Recognized as a veteran performer of playwright August Wilson's ouvre. | Professor and former chair in the Department of Theater and Dance |
| Edmund Klein | Dermatologist and winner of the Lasker Award | Research professor |
| Esther Takeuchi | Materials scientist, winner of the E. V. Murphree Award | |
| Richard Aaker Trythall | Composer, pianist, Guggenheim Fellow and winner of the Rome Prize | Former professor (1972–1973) |
Academia
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Alutto | Provost and interim president of Ohio State University | Dean of UB School of Management (1976-1990) |
| Warren Bennis | President of the University of Cincinnati | Provost (1967-71) |
| Ludwig von Bertalanffy | Austrian biologist, known as one of the founders of general systems theory (GST) | Professor in Center for Theoretical Biology |
| Lynne Billard | President of the American Statistical Association and the International Biometric Society | Visiting Professor |
| Jennifer Crocker | Psychologist and former president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology | Professor (1985-1995) |
| Tim Dean | British philosopher, author, notable in the field of contemporary queer theory | Director of The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture |
| Isaac Ehrlich | Academic economist and researcher, founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human Capital | Chair of the Department of Economics |
| Marvin Farber | Chairman of Department of Philosophy from 1937-1961; founder of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | Professor of Philosophy |
| Michel Foucault | Historian and philosopher | Visiting professor (early 1970s) |
| René Girard | Historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science | Distinguished Professor (1971–1976) |
| Paul Goldstein | Globally recognized expert on intellectual property law; awarding-winning author | professor of law (1967-1975) |
| Charles Haynie | long-time faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Degree Programs | An award was established in his name after his death in 2001 |
| Jörg Guido Hülsmann | Economist and member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts | Former professor |
| Bruce Jackson | Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1971); was nominated for a Grammy (1974); former president of the American Folklore Society (1984); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklore Center in the Library of Congress (1988–89, trustee 1984-89); and director, then trustee of the Newport Folk Foundation (1965—) | SUNY Distinguished Professor; Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture in 1997; James Agee Professor of American Culture |
| Robert L. Ketter | Authority on earthquake engineering research and a former president of UB | First chairman of the Civil Engineering Department; dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; university president from 1970 through 1981 |
| Paul Kurtz | Founder and chairman of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal), the Council for Secular Humanism, the Center for Inquiry, and Prometheus Books | Professor Emeritus of Philosophy |
| Olive P. Lester | Fellow of the American Psychological Association[1] | Chair of the Psychology Department 1952 (1952-1956 acting)-1966; 1973 Distinguished Alumni Award[2] |
| David Mark | Pioneer of Geographic information science | SUNY Distinguished Professor |
| Steve McCaffery | Canadian poet and scholar | Holds the Gray Chair at UB |
| Lester Walter Milbrath | Environmental academic and public intellectual | Professor of Political Science 1965-1991 |
| Teresa Miller | Established the Office of Inclusive Excellence and created the university's first strategic diversity and inclusion plan | Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence (2014-2017) |
| Charles Mingus | Jazz bassist, composer, bandleader and pianist. | Slee Professor of Music (1971) |
| Robert E. Paaswell | Interim president of the City College of New York, CEO of the Chicago Transit Authority | Professor (1964-1982) |
| Roswell Park | Founder of Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Former Professor of Surgery |
| Emanuel Parzen | Statistician, pioneered the use of kernel density estimation (Parzen window) | Former professor (1970–1978) |
| David Riesman | Law scholar and sociologist | Visiting Professor (1937–1941) |
| C. R. Rao | National Medal of Science honored mathematician and statistician | Professor |
| Stephen Schanuel | Mathematician known for discovering "Schanuel's lemma" | Professor of Mathematics |
| Albert R. Shadle | Professor | Chairman of Biology Department (1919–1953) and Professor of Biology |
| Bill Siemering | Director of Programming and founding program director for National Public Radio recipient of MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 1993 | first professional manager of university-sponsored radio station WBFO; |
| Leo Smit | Composer of contemporary classical music | Former professor |
| Harvey G. Stenger | President of Binghamton University | Former professor, dean, and Provost |
| John J. Tyson | Former president of the Society for Mathematical Biology | Former professor |
| Craig Venter | Geneticist; founder of Celera Genomics and the J. Craig Venter Institute; Time magazine's 2007 and 2008 lists of the 100 most influential people in the world | Former professor |
| Grace Wang | President of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute | Former professor |
| Ernst Witebsky | Formulated "Witebsky's postulates" that determine whether a disease entity can be regarded as an autoimmune disease | Former professor and chair of the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology (1941–1967); director of the Center for Immunology (1967 until his death in 1969) |
| Jon Whitmore | Former President of Texas Tech University and San Jose State University, CEO of ACT, Inc | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and Professor of Theatre (1985-1990) |
| Ta-You Wu | Chinese physicist known as the "Father of Chinese Physics" and president of Academia Sinica (1983–1994) | Former professor and chair of the Department of Physics (1968–1983) |
| Marvin Zelen | Biostatistician and developer of Zelen's design | Professor 1967-1977 |
Collegiate athletics
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Warde Manuel | Director of Athletics of the University of Michigan Wolverines | Former athletic director (2006-2012) |
| Danny White | Director of Athletics of the University of Central Florida Knights | Former Athletic Director(2012-2015) |
| Mark Alnutt | Director of Athletics of the Buffalo Bulls | Current Athletic Director(2018-present) |
Notable alumni
Law, politics, and government
Science, technology, and engineering
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Shulman Baker | Astronaut on the Space Shuttle Atlantis and NASA medical officer | B.A. '74 in Geology[3] |  |
| Erich Bloch | Former Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation | B.S. in Electrical Engineering | |
| Allison A. Campbell | President of the American Chemical Society | Ph.D. '91 | |
| Marvin Chodorow | Physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering | B.S. '34 | |
| Bram Cohen | Creator of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer client | ||
| Angelo F. Coniglio | Civil engineer, educator, genealogist and author | B.S.C.E. 1961, M.S.C.E. 1971 | |
| Alexander H. Flax | Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office | Ph.D. '58 | |
| Claire M. Fraser | President and Director of The Institute for Genomic Research | Ph.D. '81 | |
| Seymour Gitin | Director of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research | B.A. '56 | |
| Wilson Greatbach | Recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize and National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 1990 | M.S. in 1957 | |
| Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein | Mathematician and cryptanalyst | B.A. '36 | |
| Robert Gundlach | Inventor of the modern photocopier | B.S. in physics '49 | |
| Gregory Jarvis | NASA astronaut on the Space Shuttle Challenger | B.S. '67 | |
| Robert F. Landel | Jet Propulsion Laboratory physical chemist noted for his contribution to development of the Williams–Landel–Ferry equation | B.A. '50, M.A. '51 | |
| Jacob A. Marinsky | Chemist and co-discoverer of the element Promethium | B.S. '39 | |
| Norman McCombs | Recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2013 | B.S. in 1968 | |
| Robert Pound | Experimental physicist, co-discoverer of nuclear magnetic resonance in condensed matter, carried out Pound-Rebka experiment confirming gravitational time dilation, professor and chairman of the physics department at Harvard University | B.S. '41 in physics | |
| Janet Rideout | Scientist who discovered that azidothymidine could be used treat HIV | Ph.D. '68 | |
| Cynthia Rudin | Statistician and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association | M.A. '99 | |
| Christopher Scolese | Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, former Administrator of NASA, and recipient of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal | B.S. '74[4] | |
| Alfred P. Southwick | Steam-boat engineer, dentist, professor, credited with inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution | ||
| Nancy Temkin | Statistician and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association | Ph.D. '76 | |
| Jeffrey Umland | Chief Mechanical Engineer of NASA's InSight mission, former Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Curiosity rover | B.S. '85 and Ph.D '91 in Mechanical Engineering | |
| Alexander Vilenkin | Theoretical physicist and developer of the Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem | Ph.D '77 | |
| Jeffrey Wigand | First tobacco industry executive to become a major whistleblower against the industry; subject of the feature film The Insider | B.A. Chemistry, M.A. Biochemistry, Ph.D. Biochemistry | |
| John Wrench | Mathematician known for his work on calculating the mathematical constant pi to 100,000 decimal places | B.A. '33, M.A. '35 |
Medicine
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick J. Bancroft | Surgeon and first president of Colorado's State Board of Health | M.D. 1861 |
| Michael A. Caligiuri | President of City of Hope National Medical Center | |
| Sidney Farber | Pathologist regarded as the "father of modern chemotherapy" | |
| George Edward Fell | Early developer of artificial ventilation, also investigated the physiology of electrocution, created the final design for the first electric chair in New York State | |
| Wilson Greatbatch | Inventor of improved versions of the cardiac pacemaker | |
| Orvan Hess | Medical doctor noted for early use of penicillin and developing the cardiotocograph | |
| Peter Huttenlocher | Pediatric neurologist and considered to be one of the fathers of developmental cognitive neuroscience | |
| Jerome P. Kassirer | Nephrologist and former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine | M.D. '57 |
| Elad Levy | Neurosurgeon that progressed the field of endovascular neurosurgery for the treatment of stroke | Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery |
| Demetrius Klee Lopes | Cerebrovascular neurosurgeon | M.D. '95 |
| Mary Blair Moody | Physician and anatomist, first woman to earn a degree from the medical school | M.D. 1876 |
| Donnica Moore | Physician and women's health advocate; author and media commentator on women's health issues | M.D. '86 |
| Hobart Reimann | Virologist known for research on pneumonia, periodic disease and the common cold | M.D. |
| Joshua A. Siegel | Orthopaedic surgeon and fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | M.D. |
| George W. Thorn | Physician, pioneered use of cortisone to treat Addison's disease | M.D. '29 |
Business
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| John Alm | Former CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises | |
| Pete Augustine | Former President and CEO of New Era Cap Company | B.S. '87 in accounting and finance |
| Lucius L. Ball | Early Partner, Ball Corporation | M.D. 1889 |
| Alan Brownstein | Former CEO of the American Cancer Society | |
| Millard S. Drexler | Chairman of J. Crew and former CEO of Gap Inc. | |
| Ian Bruce Eichner | Founder of The Continuum Company, LLC; real estate developer | |
| Vadim Fedotov | Managing director at Gazprom-Media | B.A. '07 |
| Gregg S. Fisher | Founder of Gerstein Fisher | B.S. in Finance |
| Katherine Freund | Founder and President of ITNAmerica | B.A. '72 |
| John Hewitt | Founder and former CEO of Liberty Tax Service, Co-founder of Jackson Hewitt | |
| Lap Shun Hui | Co-founder of Everex and eMachines | |
| Jeremy Jacobs | Billionaire and CEO of Delaware North Companies and owner of the Boston Bruins | B.A. in Business Administration |
| Jeff Jacobson | Former CEO of Xerox | B.S. in Business Administration |
| John Kapoor | Billionaire and founder of Akorn | PhD |
| David Klein | CEO of Canopy Growth | M.B.A. |
| Laurent Levy | CEO of Nanobiotix | |
| Robin Yanhong Li | Billionaire and founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu.com, the most popular search engine in China. | M.S. Computer Science |
| Mindy Lubber | President of Ceres | MBA |
| Kevin P. Maloney | Founding Partner of Property Markets Group | |
| Robert E. Rich, Sr. | Founder of Rich Products Corporation | |
| Chris Sacca | #3 Venture Capitalist LOWERCASE Capital | coursework in mathematics |
| Paul Snyder | Founder of Freezer Queen and owner of the Buffalo Braves | |
| Bob Swan | CEO of Intel | B.S. in Business Administration |
| Christopher Thornberg | Founding Partner and CEO of Beacon Economics, LLC | B.S. '89 in Business Administration |
| Donato Tramuto | CEO of Tivity Health | |
| Linda J. Wachner | CEO of Warnaco Group | B.A. '66 |
News
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Arenstein | Edward R. Murrow Award-winning jornalist for CBS | ||
| Wolf Blitzer | Emmy Award-winning journalist for CNN | B.A. in history, 1970[5] |  |
| Liz Dribben | Buffalo's first woman TV anchor at WKBW-TV, CBS News producer | B.A. 1958 | |
| Greg D'Alba | Former President of CNN News Networks | B.A. '81 | |
| Ira Flatow | Emmy Award-winning science journalist; former host of Newton's Apple; current host of NPR's Science Friday | ||
| Terry Gross | Peabody Award-winning host of the radio interview program Fresh Air | ||
| Sharon A. Hill | Founder of Doubtful News and contributor to The Huffington Post | M.A. '10 | |
| Howard Kurtz | Media reporter and columnist at the Washington Post | B.A. in psychology/English 1974 | |
| Steve Liesman | Emmy Award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner; CNBC Senior Economics Reporter | ||
| Tom Toles | Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post | ||
| Nick Gillespie | Editor of Reason.com and Reason.tv and former editor-in-chief of Reason magazine | Ph.D. in English Literature | |
Art, Film, theatre, and television
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Melvin Bernhardt | Tony Award winning director | |
| Ellen Carey | Artist known for conceptual photography | M.F.A. '78 |
| Maury Chaykin | Actor | BFA in theatre, 1972[6] |
| Matthew Cooper | Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage - NBC Sports [7] | B.A. '14 Media Studies |
| Katharine Cornell | Tony Award-winning actress on broadway and member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame | Did not graduate |
| Jesse Cox | Youtuber | B.A. |
| Thomas Curley | 2015 Academy Award winner for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing | B.A. '01 Film Studies |
| Allan D'Arcangelo | American artist | B.A. in History '53 |
| Winston Duke | Actor known for portraying M'Baku in Black Panther | B.A. '08 |
| James Foley | Director of House of Cards | B.A. in Psychology '74 |
| Shep Gordon | Hollywood film agent and producer; featured in the 2014 documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon | B.A. '68 in Sociology |
| Brad Grey | Golden Globe winner; television and film producer; Former CEO of Paramount Pictures | B.A. '79 in communication and business |
| Max Grodénchik | Television and film actor | |
| Keith Hughes | Youtuber | M.A. '06 |
| Robert Lieberman | Director of Fire in the Sky and Table for Five | |
| Abbe Raven | Chairwoman and former CEO and president of A&E Television Networks, founder of The History Channel | B.A. '74 in theatre[8] |
| Alberto Rey | Artist | M.F.A. '87 |
| Peter Riegert | Academy and Emmy award nominated actor, screenwriter and film director | |
| Parry Shen | Chinese American actor | |
| Ron Silver | Tony Award winning Actor and political activist | |
| Ellen Spiro | Documentary filmmaker; Guggenheim and Rockefeller Fellow | |
| Victoria Siemer | Graphic artist, designer | B.F.A Communication Design |
| Anne Turyn | American photographer | M.F.A. |
| Roy Vongtama | Actor; board-certified radiation oncologist | M.D. '00 |
| John Walsh | Host of America's Most Wanted | 1965[9] |
| Harvey Weinstein | Film producer | [10] |
| Bil Zelman | Photographer and director | BFA '96 |
| Alan Zweibel | Comedy writer, multiple Emmy Award winner, and one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live |
Academia
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Paula Allen-Meares | Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| Mary Anne Bobinski | Dean of the Emory University School of Law | B.A., J.D. |
| Zhijian James Chen | Member of the National Academy of Sciences | Ph.D. in Biochemistry '91 |
| Steven A. Cohen | Executive Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University | Ph.D. and M.A. |
| Marc Edwards | Expert on water treatment and corrosion, professor at Virginia Tech, and MacArthur Fellow | |
| U. B. Desai | Founding Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | M.S. '76 |
| Karen Halbersleben | President of Northland College | Ph.D. in History '87 |
| Mark Huddleston | President of the University of New Hampshire | B.A. in Political Science '72 |
| Kay Johnson-Gentile | Professor at Buffalo State College | PhD in Elementary Education |
| Sung-Mo Kang | President of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | M.S. in Electrical Engineering '72 |
| Ann Kirschner | Academic; entrepreneur; author of Sala's Gift; launched NFL.COM for the National Football League; co-founder of Columbia University's interactive knowledge network Fathom.com; University Dean of William E. Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York | B.A. in English '72 |
| Brian Levin-Stankevich | Former president of Westminster College and former chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | |
| William M. London | Professor of public health and consumer advocate | Ed.M., Ed.D. |
| Elmira Mangum | Former president of Florida A&M University | Ph.D. |
| C. L. Max Nikias | President of the University of Southern California | Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering |
| A. Kenneth Pye | President of Southern Methodist University | B.A. |
| William J. Rapaport | Researcher on intentionality and artificial intelligence, professor at UB | M.S. '84 in Computer Science |
| Blair A. Rudes | Linguist known for his work on Native American languages | Ph.D. '76 in Linguistics, M.A. '74, B.A. '73 |
| Wilfrid Sellars | Philosopher | M.A. '34 |
| Richard D. Schafer | Mathematician and Fellow of the American Mathematical Society | |
| Murat Soygeniş | Architect and professor, Founding Principal, S+ ARCHITECTURE | M. Arch. in 1985 |
| Sema Soygeniş | Architect and professor, Dean - BAU School of Architecture | M. Arch. in 1986 |
| Robert E. Wright | Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College | M.A., History, Ph.D. History |
| Ewa Ziarek | Julian Park Professor of Comparative Literature at UB | Ph.D. and M.A. |
Literature
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Baxter | Author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; Guggenheim Fellow | |
| Bob Budiansky | Comic book writer, The Transformers | |
| Taylor Caldwell | Anglo-American novelist | B.A. in English, 1931 |
| Mary Cappello | Guggenheim Fellow and Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island | M.A. and Ph.D |
| Doris Davenport | Writer, educator, and literary and performance poet | M.A. |
| Graham Foust | Poet and associate professor at Saint Mary's College of California | Ph.D. '02 |
| Richard Hofstadter | Pulitzer Prize-winning historian; author of Anti-intellectualism in American Life and The Age of Reform | B.A. |
| Michael Kelleher | Poet; program director of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University | M.A. in English (Poetics) '01 |
| Anthony Petrosky | Poet and 1982 Walt Whitman Award winner | |
| Donald Revell | Poet, essayist, translator, Guggenheim Fellow, and 2004 Lenore Marshall Award winner | |
| Merlin Stone | Author of When God Was a Woman | B.S. '58 |
| Elizabeth Willis | Poet, literary critic, and Guggenheim Fellow |
Music
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Aikin | Operatic coloratura soprano | Music | |
| Jay Beckenstein | Saxophone player and co-founder of Spyro Gyra | B.A. in music, 1973 |  |
| Keith Buckley | Vocalist, lyricist and founding member of Buffalo-based hardcore band Every Time I Die and metal supergroup The Damned Things | B.A. in English | |
| Rob Derhak | Bassist, lyricist and founding member of Buffalo-based jam-band moe. | ||
| Ronnie James Dio | Heavy metal vocalist and songwriter; lead singer of Rainbow 1975-1979; lead singer and creator of Dio; lead singer of Black Sabbath 1979-1982 | ||
| Morton Feldman | Composer and Edgard Varèse Professor of Music | ||
| Chuck Garvey | Guitarist, lyricist and founding member of the Buffalo-based jam-band moe. | ||
| Willie Nile, aka Robert Noonan | Singer, songwriter | B.A. in Philosophy, 1971 | |
| Valerian Ruminski | Bass singer; recipient of a Richard Tucker Career Grant, the Lincoln Center Martin Segal Award, a William Mattheus Sullivan Foundation Grant, a 2004 Gerda Lissner Foundation Grant, a Liederkranz Prize, and the 1st Prize in the MacAllister Singing Competition | Bachelor of Music '95 | |
| Elliott Sharp | Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer | M.A. in Music Theory and Composition '77 | |
| Jonathan Donahue | Lead singer of Mercury Rev | B.A. English, 88' | |
Sports and athletics
| Name | Known for | Relationship to University at Buffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Akpoborie | Nigerian soccer player | |
| Eddie Basinski | Former MLB pitcher (1944-1945, 1947); third oldest living former MLB player | |
| Dave Hahn | Professional mountain guide, ski patroller, journalist and lecturer | B.A. '84 |
| Turner Battle | Former basketball player (led the Bulls to their first NIT appearance), basketball coach | B.A. in 2006 |
| Nick Bremigan | MLB umpire | |
| George Whitney Calhoun | Former football and hockey player, co-founder of the Green Bay Packers | |
| Louis Campbell | Basketball player, French Basketball Cup MVP | |
| Russell Cicerone | Soccer player and MLS draft pick | B.S. in 2017 |
| Patrick Clarke | Kicker for the China Arena Football League | |
| Marc Julian Copani | Professional wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Sam Craven | English soccer player | |
| Richard Deitsch | Sportswriter and radio host | |
| Cierra Dillard | Basketball player and WNBA draft pick | |
| Steve Geltz | MLB Pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays | B.A. in 2008 |
| James Gordon | Tight end for the Arena Football League | |
| Desmond Green | MAC champion; three-time Division 1 NCAA qualifier wrestler; mixed martial artist in Bellator | Major in Social Sciences 2011 |
| Demone Harris | Outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Joe Hesketh | Former MLB pitcher (1984-1994) | B.A. in 1980 |
| Adrian Hill | Official for the NFL | |
| Ezekiel Jackson | Professional wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Tyree Jackson | Quarterback for the XFL | |
| Anthony Johnson | Wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Chris Kanyon | Professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment | Bachelor's degree in physical therapy |
| Tim Kenney | Director of Athletics, St. Bonaventure University | |
| Cam Lewis | Cornerback for the Buffalo Bills | |
| Khalil Mack | NFL player, Chicago Bears, 5th overall 2014 draft pick | B.A. '14 |
| C. J. Massinburg | Guard for the Long Island Nets | |
| Liam McHugh | Studio host for the NBC Sports Network, anchoring much of its staple programming, including the NHL, Tour De France and college football/basketball | B.A. '97 in communication |
| Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe | Basketball player for Tall Ferns New Zealand | |
| Jim McNally | College football and NFL coach | |
| Steven Means | Defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons | |
| Tom Murphy | MLB player, Seattle Mariners | B.A. in 2012 |
| Matvey Natanzon | Backgammon player | B.A. in Accounting, 1991 |
| Branden Oliver | Running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League | B.A. in 2014 |
| Dominic Oppong | Canadian soccer player | |
| Sam Pellom | Forward for the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks] of the NBA | |
| Nick Perkins | Forward for Niigata Albirex BB basketball team | |
| Gerry Philbin | Member of the 1968 World Champion New York Jets | |
| E. Greenard Poles | Linebacker for the CFL | |
| Frank Reid | Defensive tackle in the CFL | |
| Stephanie Reid | Basketball player for the WNBL | |
| Jamey Richard | Center for the Indianapolis Colts | |
| Matt Rhule | Head coach of the Carolina Panthers | M.Ed. 2003 |
| Mason Schreck | Tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Jake Schum | Punter for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL | |
| Trevor Scott | Defensive end for the Oakland Raiders | |
| Kristjan Sokoli | NFL defensive end | |
| James Starks | Running back for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL | |
| John Stofa | Miami Dolphins (AFL, NFL) quarterback, first expansion draft selection of the Cincinnati Bengals AFL) | |
| Josh Thomas | Cornerback in the National Football League | |
| Mitchell Watt | Player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Super League | B.A. in 2012 |
| Drew Willy | NFL and CFL quarterback |
- Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953), former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
Chancellors and presidents
From its inception until 1962, the private school was known as the University of Buffalo, and it was headed by a chancellor. Since it became the public State University of New York at Buffalo, it has been called the University at Buffalo, and the CEO is its president.[11][12]
- Millard Fillmore, 1846–1874; 13th President of the United States and 12th Vice President of the United States
- Orsamus H. Marshall, 1882–1884
- E. Carleton Sprague, 1885–1895
- James O. Putnam, 1895–1902; New York State Senator and Postmaster General of Buffalo, first government supported cancer research program in the world (Roswell Park Cancer Institute) was founded at the University during his tenure.
- Wilson S. Bissell, 1902–1903; 36th United States Postmaster General
- Charles Phelps Norton, 1905–1920
- Samuel P. Capen, 1922–1950; former Director of the American Council on Education.
- T. R. McConnell, 1950–1954; former University of Minnesota Dean of the College of Sciences, Literature, and Arts.
- Clifford C. Furnas, 1954–1966; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for the United States.
- Claude E. Puffer (acting), 1955–1957;
- Martin Meyerson, 1966–1970; Interim Chancellor for the University of California Berkeley, President of the University of Pennsylvania
- Robert L. Ketter, 1970–1982
- Steven Sample, 1982–1991; 10th President of the University of Southern California
- Bill Greiner, 1991–2004
- John B. Simpson, 2004–2011 ; former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington
- Satish K. Tripathi, 2011–present
See also
References
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