List of Bucknell University alumni

This list of Bucknell University alumni includes graduates and former students of Bucknell University.

Academia

Philip Roth

Rob Andrews

Les Moonves

• Barbara F. Walter, political scientist, member of Council on Foreign Relations and professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.^[1]
• Peter Balakian, author and poet, professor at Colgate University
• Edward McNight Brawley, first African-American graduate, cofounder and president of Selma University and Morris College in Alabama
• Steven T. DeKosky, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Dennis A. Dougherty, Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology
• Kenneth Freeman, Former CEO of Quest Diagnostics. Current Dean of the Boston University School of Management.
• Frank A. Golder (1877–1929), historian of Russian and a key builder of the Hoover War Library ^[2]
• Mary W.M. Hargreaves, author, professor of history at the University of Kentucky, and associate editor/coeditor of The Papers of Henry Clay, volumes I through VI (Kentucky, 1959–1981)
• Marc Hauser, author, professor, and Director of the Cognitive Evolution Lab at Harvard University
• Ronald D. Liebowitz, president of Middlebury College
• Marty Makary, physician, author, health policy educator and television medical commentator
• David Nasaw, author, historian, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History of American History, City University of New York
• David T. Scadden, Scientific Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Business

• David West, CEO, Del Monte Foods
• Ted Ammon, New York financier
• Kunitake Andō, President & Group Chief Operating Officer of Sony Corporation
• Ronald S. Baron, New York financier, founder of Baron Funds
• Jonathan Baum, former CEO & Chairman Dreyfus Corporation^[3]
• Theodore Beale, a.k.a. Vox Day, musician, writer, publisher and philosopher
• Ben Benson, owner/founder of Ben Benson's Steak House & co-owner/founder of Smith and Wollensky in NYC
• Charles Brandes, Founder, Brandes Investment Partners
• Christopher O'Brien, President of Investcorp (private equity)
• Todd G. Buchholz, economist, investment manager, author, lecturer, and former White House director of economic policy; awarded the Allyn Young Teaching Prize by the Harvard University Department of Economics
• John Ernsberger, cofounder of STELLAService
• Jessica Jackley, cofounder of Kiva.org
• Benjamin K. Focht, US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Brian R. Giglio, founder and Chief Executive Officer of OrganiCloth
• Steve Holmes, CEO, Wyndham Worldwide
• Lee H. Idleman, former partner at Neuberger Berman
• Kenneth Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, and former director of the New York Stock Exchange
• Doug Lebda, founder & CEO of LendingTree
• Jordan Leiser, cofounder of STELLAService
• Matthew "Vader" Mosquera, founder of VPOC Technologies
• Les Moonves, President & CEO of CBS Television
• Paul JJ Payack, founder of the Global Language Monitor.
• Hal Richman, developer of Strat-O-Matic games and CEO of Strat-O-Matic Inc.
• Richard Johnson, founder of hotjobs.com
• Trisha Torrey, entrepreneur, author, and founder and director of AdvoConnection and the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
• Greg Skibiski Founder, former CEO & Chairman of Sense Networks
• Alan Stillman, Founder of T.G.I. Friday's and Smith and Wollensky restaurants
• Thomas L. Williams, CEO & Chairman of Parker Hannifin
• David Wood, leader of the Dell computer take-back campaign
• Richard Rowe, President and CEO Arkema Inc.
• Lance Fritz, President and CEO Union Pacific Railroad
• Charlie Collier, President and General Manager AMC
• Robert (Bob) Gamgort, CEO Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Entertainment

Film and television

• Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor; plays Chris Partlow on HBO's "The Wire"
• J.C. Spink (film producer), co-produced movies such as the American Pie series, The Hangover, and others
• Edward Herrmann, actor
• Evan Coyne Maloney, webmaster/documentary filmmaker
• Nyambi Nyambi, actor; plays Samuel on Mike & Molly
• Chris Bender, co-produced movies such as the American Pie series, The Hangover, and others
• Ralph Waite, actor
• Bill Westenhofer, Winner of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2008 (The Golden Compass) and 2013 (Life of Pi)
• Mark Tallman, actor

Music

• Bill Challis, pioneering jazz arranger (Jean Goldkette, Paul Whiteman, Bix Beiderbecke).
• Bruce Lundvall, President and CEO of The Blue Note Label Group, including Blue Note Records.
• Alex Necochea, guitarist/co-founder of heavy metal band, Bang Camaro.
• Martin Rubeo, musician and founder of alternative rock band Gramsci Melodic.

Other

• John McPherson, "Close to Home" cartoonist
• Garrett Neff, fashion model

Government

William B. Wood

Legislators

• Diane B. Allen, New Jersey State Senator, Legislative District 7
• Rob Andrews, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1990–2014)
• Matt Gabler, member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• John A. Giannetti, member of Maryland Senate, District 21
• Norman J. Levy, member of New York State Senate, (1971–1998)

Attorneys and Judges

• Thomas J. Baldrige, Pennsylvania lawyer, Attorney General, Superior Court judge and president judge
• Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, member of the United States Marine Corps, New York City Assistant District Attorney, and author
• William Hoeveler, U.S. District Judge, presided over Noriega trial

Mayors

• Neal Blaisdell, former mayor of Honolulu

Diplomats

• David Jayne Hill, diplomat, ambassador, and writer
• William Braucher Wood, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

Military

• Charles I. Carpenter, first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• Susan J. Crawford, lawyer and judge who served as the Convening Authority for the Guantanamo military commissions, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Inspector General of the Department of Defense; also Chair of Bucknell Board of Trustees
• Lewis Merrill, Union Army general. Attended prior to entering West Point.
• Theodore Van Kirk, Enola Gay Navigator on August 6, 1945
• Lawrence Wilkerson, retired Army colonel, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, vocal critic of the Iraq war. Attended for three years before volunteering for service in Vietnam

Activists

• Ye Htoon, Burmese political dissident

Other

• Ben T. Elliott, director of speech writing during President Ronald Reagan's administration
• Jay Fisette, member of Arlington County, Virginia's Board of Supervisors
• Dan Oates, Aurora, Colorado, Police Chief

Journalism

• Bill Saporito, managing editor of TIME Magazine
• Jim Vicevich, Radio talk show host of WTIC-AM's Sound Off Connecticut

Literature

• Theodore Beale, author, publisher and writer, also known as Vox Day
• David Kahn, historian, journalist, and writer
• Philip Roth, author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and recipient of the National Humanities Medal and the Man Booker International Prize, among many other honors.
• Nancy Wood, poet and photographer

Religion

• Tim Keller, theologian & pastor of the Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

Sports

• Jim Albus, American professional golfer
• Earl Beecham, American football player
• George Buckheit, long-distance runner
• Andrew Copelan, head coach of the Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse team
• Bill Courtney, head coach of the Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
• Matt Daley, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Sunil Gulati, President, United States Soccer Federation
• Clarke Hinkle, National Football League fullback & Hall of Fame inductee
• Jon Robert Holden, naturalized Russian basketball player, played for CSKA Moscow and Russian Olympic team
• Doggie Julian, former college and NBA basketball coach, led Holy Cross to NCAA national championship
• Bob Keegan, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Christopher McNaughton, German basketball international
• Christy Mathewson, former Major League Baseball player & member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (graduated at Keystone College)
• Mike Muscala, Atlanta Hawks Center/Power Forward
• Bill Reifsnyder, long-distance runner who won two U.S. marathon national titles
• Greg Schiano, former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football teams
• Scott Schulte, 2-time All-American water polo player, holds NCAA record for most goals in a career, leading scorer in NCAA tournament for four years
• Ray Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer of the New England Patriots
• Walt Szot, American football player^[4]
• Brett Wilkinson, Olympic rower in Athens 2004^[5]
• Ted Woodward, former head coach of the University of Maine basketball team
• Jay Wright, head coach of the Villanova University basketball team since 2001. 2016 National Champion.
• Weldon Wyckoff, former Major League Baseball player
• George Young, former New York Giants general manager

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