EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Pittsburgh, PA

Founding Date:
1787

Motto:
Veritas et Virtus

Team:
Panthers

Enrollment:
34,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ruggero J. Aldisert	Judge	10-Nov-1919		3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-86
Hervey Allen	Poet	8-Dec-1889	28-Dec-1949	Ballads of the Border
Susan E. Arnold	Business	c. 1954		Global Business President, Proctor & Gamble
Max Baer	Judge	24-Dec-1947		Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Joseph M. Barr	Politician	28-May-1906	26-Aug-1982	Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70
Donald R. Beall	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Rockwell, 1988-98
Steven C. Beering	Educator	20-Aug-1932		President of Purdue, 1983-2000
Michael Bilirakis	Politician	16-Jul-1930		Congressman from Florida, 1983-2007
Herbert W. Boyer	Biologist	10-Jul-1936		Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
James S. Broadhurst	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Eat’n Park Hospitality Group
Mary Beth Buchanan	Government	25-Jul-1963		US Attorney, Western Pennsylvania
William B. Buffum	Diplomat	10-Sep-1921	13-Apr-2012	US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1970-74
John Angus Campbell	Activist	10-Mar-1942		Discovery Institute
Benjamin L. Cardin	Politician	5-Oct-1943		US Senator from Maryland
Carol A. Cartwright	Educator	c. 1941		President of Kent State University, 1991-2006
Michael Chabon	Novelist	24-May-1963		The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Gabrielle Christian	Actor	30-Jul-1984		Spencer Carlin on South of Nowhere
Bill Cobey	Politician	13-May-1939		Congressman from North Carolina, 1985-87
Adrian Cronauer	Radio Personality	8-Sep-1938		Subject of biopic Good Morning Vietnam
Ray Danton	Actor	19-Sep-1931	11-Feb-1992	The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
George A. Davidson, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Consolidated Natural Gas, 1987-2000
Mike Ditka	Football	18-Oct-1939		Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92
Julie A. Dobson	Business	c. 1956		Former Bell Atlantic executive
Frank Donatelli	Activist	4-Jul-1949		McGuireWoods Consulting
Tony Dorsett	Football	7-Apr-1954		Dallas Cowboys RB
James H. Duff	Politician	21-Jan-1883	20-Dec-1969	Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51
Emerson D. Farley, Jr.	Doctor	c. 1938		Retired Physician, Richmond, Virginia
Tom Feeney	Politician	21-May-1958		Congressman from Florida, 2003-09
John A. Fees	Business	c. 1957		CEO, Babcock & Wilcox Companies
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Homer S. Ferguson	Politician	25-Feb-1889	17-Dec-1982	US Senator from Michigan, 1943-55
Larry Fitzgerald	Football	31-Aug-1983		Arizona Cardinals WR
Joe Flacco	Football	16-Jan-1985		Baltimore Ravens QB
Peter F. Flaherty	Politician	25-Jun-1924	18-Apr-2005	Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1970-77
Tony Fratto	Government	c. 1966		Deputy White House Press Secretary
Jack Gilbert	Poet	18-Feb-1925	13-Nov-2012	Refusing Heaven
Louise K. Goeser	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Ford Mexico
Marshall Goldberg	Football	25-Oct-1917	3-Apr-2006	Chicago Cardinals RB
William E. Green	Attorney	c. 1936		William Green & Associates
Ira J. Gumberg	Business	c. 1953		CEO of J. J. Gumberg Co.
Keith Haring	Painter	4-May-1958	16-Feb-1990	Abstract graffiti and mural artist
Melissa Hart	Politician	4-Apr-1962		Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 2001-07
Orrin Hatch	Politician	22-Mar-1934		US Senator from Utah
Philip S. Hench	Scientist	28-Feb-1896	30-Mar-1965	Adrenocortical hormones
Robert M. Hernandez	Business	c. 1945		Vice Chairman of USX, 1994-2001
Werner Herzog	Film Director	5-Sep-1942		Fitzcarraldo
James J. Howard	Business	1-Jul-1935		CEO of Northern States Power, 1987-2000
Frederick S. Humphries	Business	c. 1935		Former President, Florida A&M University
John Irving	Novelist	2-Mar-1942		The World According to Garp
Robinson Jeffers	Poet	10-Jan-1887	20-Jan-1962	Tamar and Other Poems
James E. Keeler	Astronomer	10-Sep-1857	12-Aug-1900	Composition of Saturn's rings
Gene Kelly	Actor	23-Aug-1912	2-Feb-1996	Singin' in the Rain
Richard B. Kelson	Business	20-Nov-1946		CFO of Alcoa, 1997-2006
Thomas A. Kinser	Business	c. 1944		Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
Robert L. Koch II	Business	c. 1938		President of Koch Enterprises
Paul C. Lauterbur	Scientist	6-May-1929	27-Mar-2007	Magnetic resonance imaging
Paul E. Lego	Business	16-May-1930		CEO of Westinghouse, 1990-93
William S. Lerach	Attorney	1946		Class-action litigator
Jacqueline W. Liebergott	Educator	17-Mar-1942		President of Emerson College, 1993-2011
Frank Lucchino	Judge	1939		Alleghany Orphans Court Judge
Wangari Maathai	Activist	1-Apr-1940	25-Sep-2011	Planted 12 million trees in Kenya
Lorin Maazel	Conductor	6-Mar-1930		Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Rachel Maines	Scholar	8-Jul-1950		The Technology of Orgasm
Mahmood Mamdani	Author	?		When Victims Become Killers
Joe Manganiello	Actor	28-Dec-1976		Alcide Herveaux on True Blood
Dan Marino	Football	15-Sep-1961		Miami Dolphins QB
Leonard H. Marks	Diplomat	5-Mar-1916	11-Aug-2006	Washington lawyer, diplomat
Anthony A. Massaro	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Lincoln Electric Holdings, 1996-2004
Daniel L. McFadden	Economist	29-Jul-1937		Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior
Thomas Mellon	Business	3-Feb-1813	3-Feb-1908	Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty
Eddie N. Moore	Educator	c. 1947		President, Virginia State University, 1993-2010
Jim Moran	Politician	16-May-1945		Congressman, Virginia 8th
Tim Murphy	Politician	11-Sep-1952		Congressman, Pennsylvania 18th
Jack Murtha	Politician	17-Jun-1932	8-Feb-2010	Pennsylvania Congressman, 1974-2010
William R. Newlin	Attorney	c. 1940		Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Madalyn Murray O'Hair	Religion	13-Apr-1919	Sep-1995	Atheist spokeswoman
Mark G. Papa	Business	c. 1947		CEO of EOG Resources
Thomas H. Patrick	Business	c. 1943		Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch, 2002-03
Ron Paul	Politician	20-Aug-1935		Congressman, Texas 14th
Luke Ravenstahl	Politician	6-Feb-1980		Mayor of Pittsburgh
David A. Reed	Politician	21-Dec-1880	10-Feb-1953	US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35
Lawrence Reed	Activist	1953		Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Harry Reems	Pornstar	27-Aug-1947	19-Mar-2013	Deep Throat
Leo Robin	Songwriter	6-Apr-1900	29-Dec-1984	Thanks For The Memory
Evans Rose	Attorney	10-Mar-1932	20-Jul-2012	Cohen & Grigsby
Zelda Rubinstein	Actor	1-Jan-1933	27-Jan-2010	Tangina in Poltergeist
Rick Santorum	Politician	10-May-1958		US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007
Richard Scaife	Activist	3-Jul-1932		The Republican George Soros
Marty Schottenheimer	Football	23-Sep-1943		Former NFL coach
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen
John J. Shea	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Spiegel, Inc., 1985-98
Bud Shuster	Politician	23-Jan-1932		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1972-2001
Robert Sterling	Actor	13-Nov-1917	30-May-2006	George Kerby on Topper
Gerald Stern	Poet	22-Feb-1925		Leaving Another Kingdom
L. Frederick Sutherland	Business	c. 1951		CFO of ARAMARK
Burton M. Tansky	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Neiman Marcus
Dick Thornburgh	Politician	16-Jul-1932		US Attorney General, 1988-91
Debra Todd	Judge	15-Oct-1957		Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Regis Toomey	Actor	13-Aug-1898	12-Oct-1991	Burke's Law
James Traficant	Politician	8-May-1941		Disgraced former Ohio Congressman
Tracey T. Travis	Business	c. 1962		CFO of Polo Ralph Lauren
Thomas J. Usher	Business	11-Sep-1942		CEO of US Steel, 1995-2004
JP Vranesevich	Business	c. 1979		AntiOnline, computer security wannabe
Carl Ware	Business	30-Sep-1943		Former Coca-Cola executive
Marna C. Whittington	Business	c. 1947		COO of Allianz Global Investors
Albert Wynn	Politician	10-Sep-1951		Congressman, Maryland 4th
John B. Yasinsky	Business	c. 1939		CEO of OMNOVA Solutions, 1999-2000
Vladimir Zworykin	Inventor	30-Jul-1889	29-Jul-1982	Patented color televison

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ruggero J. Aldisert	Judge	10-Nov-1919		3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-86
Myles Brand	Educator	17-May-1942	16-Sep-2009	President of the NCAA, 2003-09
Dennis Brutus	Poet	28-Nov-1924	26-Dec-2009	Sirens, Knuckles and Boots
William B. Buffum	Diplomat	10-Sep-1921	13-Apr-2012	US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1970-74
Haskell Curry	Mathematician	12-Sep-1900	1-Sep-1982	Combinatory Logic
Mark Harris	Novelist	19-Nov-1922	30-May-2007	Bang the Drum Slowly
Niels K. Jerne	Scientist	23-Dec-1911	7-Oct-1994	Immune theory (anti-antibody)
Samuel P. Langley	Astronomer	22-Aug-1834	2-Feb-1906	Heavier-than-air flying machine
Leonard H. Marks	Diplomat	5-Mar-1916	11-Aug-2006	Washington lawyer, diplomat
John McDowell	Philosopher	7-Mar-1942		Mind and World
Janne E. Nolan	Educator	c. 1954		Defense and foreign policy analyst
Mark A. Nordenberg	Educator	c. 1948		Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Jonas Salk	Scientist	28-Oct-1914	23-Jun-1995	Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Pamela Samuelson	Educator	c. 1949		Computer Law Professor at UC Berkeley
Ellery Schempp	Activist	1940		Abington School District v. Schempp
Wilfrid Sellars	Philosopher	20-May-1912	2-Jul-1989	Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Gayatri Spivak	Scholar	24-Feb-1942		Postcolonialist theorist, Can the Subaltern Speak?
Marina v.N. Whitman	Economist	6-Mar-1935		Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steven C. Beering	Educator	20-Aug-1932		President of Purdue, 1983-2000
Charles E. Bunch	Business	c. 1949		CEO of PPG Industries
Frank V. Cahouet	Business	25-May-1932		CEO of Mellon Financial, 1987-98
George A. Davidson, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Consolidated Natural Gas, 1987-2000
D. Michael Fisher	Judge	7-Nov-1944		3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
W. H. Krome George	Business	27-Mar-1918	6-Sep-2004	Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83
Ira J. Gumberg	Business	c. 1953		CEO of J. J. Gumberg Co.
Melissa Hart	Politician	4-Apr-1962		Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 2001-07
Frederick S. Humphries	Business	c. 1935		Former President, Florida A&M University
James E. Keeler	Astronomer	10-Sep-1857	12-Aug-1900	Composition of Saturn's rings
Richard B. Kelson	Business	20-Nov-1946		CFO of Alcoa, 1997-2006
Lawrence J. Korb	Author	9-Jul-1939		The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Samuel P. Langley	Astronomer	22-Aug-1834	2-Feb-1906	Heavier-than-air flying machine
Arthur Larson	Politician	4-Jul-1910	27-Mar-1993	Moderate conservative thinker
Paul E. Lego	Business	16-May-1930		CEO of Westinghouse, 1990-93
George L. Miles, Jr.	Business	c. 1942		CEO of WQED Multimedia
Mark A. Nordenberg	Educator	c. 1948		Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Thomas H. O'Brien	Business	c. 1938		CEO of PNC Financial, 1988-2000
John Peterson	Politician	25-Dec-1938		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1997-2007
Wesley W. Posvar	Educator	14-Sep-1925	27-Jul-2001	Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91
Evans Rose	Attorney	10-Mar-1932	20-Jul-2012	Cohen & Grigsby
Jonas Salk	Scientist	28-Oct-1914	23-Jun-1995	Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Frank Schlesinger	Astronomer	11-May-1871	10-Jul-1943	Stellar parallaxes
Thomas J. Usher	Business	11-Sep-1942		CEO of US Steel, 1995-2004

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Calipari	Basketball	10-Feb-1959		Head Coach, University of Kentucky
Kirk Ferentz	Football	1-Aug-1955		Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach
John Fox	Football	8-Feb-1955		Head Coach, Denver Broncos
Jon Gruden	Football	17-Aug-1963		Head Coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2002-08
Paul Hackett	Football	5-Jul-1947		USC Head Coach, 1998-2000
John Harbaugh	Football	23-Sep-1962		Head Coach, Baltimore Ravens
Walt Harris	Football	9-Nov-1946		Former NCAA coach
Ben Howland	Basketball	28-May-1957		Head Coach of UCLA, 2003-13
Marvin Lewis	Football	23-Sep-1958		Head Coach, Cincinnati Bengals
Johnny Majors	Football	21-May-1935		College football coach
Mike McCarthy	Football	10-Nov-1963		Head Coach, Green Bay Packers
Chris Petersen	Football	13-Oct-1964		Head Coach, Boise State
Clark Shaughnessy	Football	6-Mar-1892	15-May-1970	Invented football T-Formation
Jackie Sherrill	Football	28-Nov-1943		MSU Head Coach, 1991-2003
Pop Warner	Football	5-Apr-1871	7-Sep-1954	Coach and kids' football namesake

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