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Wayne State University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Detroit, MI

Founding Date:
1868

Team:
Warriors

Enrollment:
31,000

Official Website:
http://www.wayne.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard A. Abdoo
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Wisconsin Energy, 1991-2004
Dennis Archer
Politician
1-Jan-1942   Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001
Richard C. Barkley
Diplomat
23-Dec-1932   US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90
Dan Benishek
Politician
20-Apr-1952   Congressman, Michigan 1st
Connie Binsfeld
Politician
18-Apr-1924 12-Jan-2014 Lt. Governor of Michigan, 1991-99
Christopher J. Birosak
Business
c. 1957   Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Tony Brown
Talk Show Host
11-Apr-1933   Host of Tony Brown's Journal
Wayne A. Budd
Attorney
18-Nov-1941   Partner, Goodwin Procter
Donald Byrd
Jazz Musician
9-Dec-1932 4-Feb-2013 Hard bop trumpeter
Larry Joe Campbell
Actor
29-Nov-1970   Andy on According to Jim
Jeffrey A. Connelly
Business
c. 1943   Former EVP, Coastal Corporation
John Conyers
Politician
16-May-1929   Congressman, Michigan 14th
Gary P. Coughlan
Business
c. 1944   CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001
Bob Davis
Politician
31-Jul-1932 16-Oct-2009 Congressman from Michigan, 1979-93
Hugh Downs
Journalist
14-Feb-1921   20/20
Wayne Dyer
Religion
10-May-1940 29-Aug-2015 The father of motivation
Keith Ellison
Politician
4-Aug-1963   Congressman, Minnesota 5th
Chad Everett
Actor
11-Jun-1936 24-Jul-2012 Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center
David E. Fry
Business
c. 1942   President of Northwood University, 1982-2006
Yousif B. Ghafari
Business
27-Sep-1952   US Ambassador to Slovenia
Gerald Greenwald
Business
11-Sep-1935   CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99
Robert Hayden
Poet
4-Aug-1913 25-Feb-1980 Words in the Mourning Time
Dennis M. Hertel
Politician
7-Dec-1948   Congressman from Michigan, 1981-93
Ernie Hudson
Actor
17-Dec-1945   Warden Glenn on Oz
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
TV Personality
27-Feb-1942   NPR, NewsHour reporter
Art James
Game Show Host
15-Oct-1929 28-Mar-2004 Announcer for Concentration
Michael M. E. Johns
Educator
c. 1941   Chancellor, Emory University
Casey Kasem
Radio Personality
27-Apr-1932 15-Jun-2014 American Top 40
Thorsten Kaye
Actor
22-Feb-1966   All My Children
Marilyn Kelly
Judge
15-Apr-1938   Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
Raymond M. Kethledge
Judge
11-Dec-1966   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
John Kluge
Business
21-Sep-1914 7-Sep-2010 Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc.
Philip Levine
Poet
10-Jan-1928 14-Feb-2015 What Work Is
Jack H. McDonald
Politician
28-Jun-1932   Congressman from Michigan, 1967-73
S. Epatha Merkerson
Actor
28-Nov-1952   Lt. Van Buren on Law & Order
Elvis Mitchell
Critic
1958   New York Times film critic
Kenya Moore
Actor
24-Jan-1971   Miss USA for 1993
Lawrence J. Murphy
Business
c. 1942   Core Industries
Daniel A. O'Donohue
Diplomat
27-Oct-1931   US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91
Gary Peters
Politician
1-Dec-1958   Congressman, Michigan 9th
Richard J. Peters
Business
c. 1948   President of Penske Corporation, 2000-02
Sidney A. Ribeau
Educator
c. 1947   President of Howard University
Lynn N. Rivers
Politician
19-Dec-1956   Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003
Vesta Roy
Politician
26-Mar-1925 8-Feb-2002 Governor of New Hampshire, 1982-83
Robert L. Ryan
Business
c. 1943   CFO of Medtronic, 1993-2005
Joe Schwarz
Politician
15-Nov-1937   Congressman from Michigan, 2005-07
Francis J. Sehn
Business
10-Apr-1918   The Fran Sehn Company
Tom Sizemore
Actor
29-Nov-1961   Heat
Tom Skerritt
Actor
25-Aug-1933   Viper in Top Gun
Jeffrey Tambor
Actor
8-Jul-1944   Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show
Deborah Tannen
Linguist
7-Jun-1951   You Just Don't Understand
Peter B. Teeley
Diplomat
12-Jan-1940   US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93
Helen Thomas
Journalist
4-Aug-1920 20-Jul-2013 White House reporter from 1961 - 2010
John Tillman
Activist
?   CEO, llinois Policy Institute
Michael Tolan
Actor
27-Nov-1924 31-Jan-2011 The Bold Ones
Lily Tomlin
Actor
1-Sep-1939   Laugh-In
Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully
Activist
15-Dec-1925 27-Dec-2003 Feminism activist
Reginald M. Turner, Jr.
Attorney
1960   Partner, Clark Hill
Michael Tylo
Actor
16-Oct-1948   Guiding Light
James H. Vandenberghe
Business
c. 1949   Vice Chairman of Lear
Michael A. Volkema
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Herman Miller, 1995-2004
Morry Weiss
Business
1940   CEO of American Greetings, 1987-2003
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Programmer
8-Jan-1923 5-Mar-2008 ELIZA
Ann C. Williams
Judge
16-Aug-1949   7th Circuit Court of Appeals

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dennis Archer
Politician
1-Jan-1942   Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001
John Berryman
Poet
25-Oct-1914 7-Jan-1972 Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
Susan S. Bies
Business
5-May-1947   Former EVP, First Tennessee National Corp
Herbert C. Brown
Chemist
22-May-1912 19-Dec-2004 Discovered organoboranes
John C. Harsanyi
Economist
29-May-1920 9-Aug-2000 Game theory
Daniel Keyes
Novelist
9-Aug-1927 15-Jun-2014 Flowers for Algernon
Keith Lehrer
Philosopher
10-Jan-1936   Metamind
Forrest McDonald
Historian
7-Jan-1927 19-Jan-2016 We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution
Gary Peters
Politician
1-Dec-1958   Congressman, Michigan 9th
John D. Petersen
Educator
21-Nov-1947   President, University of Tennessee System
W. D. Snodgrass
Poet
5-Jan-1926 13-Jan-2009 Heart's Needle
Anna Diggs Taylor
Judge
9-Dec-1932   Federal judge
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Judge
c. 1952   Justice, Michigan Supreme Court

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard M. Gabrys
Business
c. 1942   Deloitte & Touche
Marilyn Kelly
Judge
15-Apr-1938   Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
John D. Petersen
Educator
21-Nov-1947   President, University of Tennessee System
Irvin D. Reid
Educator
21-Feb-1941   President, Wayne State University
Alan E. Schwartz
Attorney
21-Dec-1925   Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn


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