EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana, name changed 1847 to The University of Louisiana, Tulane University of Louisiana in 1884 after a closure during the Civil War.

Location:
New Orleans, LA

Founding Date:
1834

Motto:
Non Sibi Sed Suis

Team:
Green Wave

Radio Station:
WTUL-FM

Enrollment:
13,200

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul S. Amos II	Business	c. 1978		President of Aflac
William L. Armstrong	Politician	16-Mar-1937	5-Jul-2016	US Senator from Colorado, 1979-91
Edward H. Austin, Jr.	Business	1941		Austin, Calvert & Flavin, Inc.
Howard Baker	Government	15-Nov-1925	26-Jun-2014	Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1987-88
Sidney Barthelemy	Politician	17-Mar-1942		Mayor of New Orleans, 1986-94
Frederick Barthelme	Novelist	10-Oct-1943		Moon Deluxe
Louis Beecherl	Business	10-Feb-1926	5-Jul-2011	CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77
Geoffrey Beene	Fashion Designer	30-Aug-1927	28-Sep-2004	Award-winning fashion designer
Regina Benjamin	Doctor	26-Oct-1956		US Surgeon General
Teel Bivins	Politician	22-Nov-1947	26-Oct-2009	US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06
Hale Boggs	Politician	15-Feb-1914	16-Oct-1972	Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72
Lindy Boggs	Politician	13-Mar-1916	27-Jul-2013	Congresswoman from Louisiana, 1973-91
Andrew Breitbart	Columnist	1-Feb-1969	1-Mar-2012	Washington Times columnist
Cleanth Brooks	Critic	16-Oct-1906	10-May-1994	The Well Wrought Urn
Neil Bush	Relative	22-Jan-1955		Silverado Savings & Loan
Florian Cajori	Historian	28-Feb-1859	14-Aug-1930	A History of Mathematics
Amy Carter	Relative	19-Oct-1967		Daughter of President Jimmy Carter
Edith Brown Clement	Judge	29-Apr-1948		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kent H. Courtney	Activist	23-Oct-1918	12-Aug-1997	Ultraconservative activist
W. Eugene Davis	Judge	18-Aug-1936		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908	11-Jul-2008	Father of cardiovascular surgery
Claiborne P. Deming	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Murphy Oil
Robert M. Devlin	Business	c. 1941		CEO of American General, 1996-2001
Glenn A. Eisenberg	Business	c. 1962		EVP Finance at Timken
Allen J. Ellender	Politician	24-Sep-1890	27-Jul-1972	US Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72
Evan Farmer	TV Personality	28-Jul-1972		Host of While You Were Out
John C. Favalora	Religion	5-Dec-1935		Catholic Archbishop of Miami
David Filo	Business	20-Apr-1966		Co-Founder of Yahoo
Murphy J. Foster	Politician	12-Jan-1849	12-Jun-1921	Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Michael A. Friedman	Doctor	c. 1944		Oncologist, City of Hope
Jim Garrison	Attorney	20-Nov-1921	21-Oct-1992	New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination
Francis Cardinal George	Religion	16-Jan-1937	17-Apr-2015	Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, 1997-2014
Newt Gingrich	Politician	17-Jun-1943		Speaker of the House, 1995-99
Paul Michael Glaser	Actor	25-Mar-1943		Starsky and Hutch
Shirley Ann Grau	Novelist	8-Jul-1929		The Keepers of the House
Tim Griffin	Politician	21-Aug-1968		Congressman, Arkansas 2nd
F. Edward Hebert	Politician	12-Oct-1901	29-Dec-1979	Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77
Robert C. Hinckley	Business	c. 1948		Former General Counsel, Xilinx
Lisa P. Jackson	Government	8-Feb-1962		EPA Administrator, 2009-13
Anthony Jeselnik	Comic	22-Dec-1978		Shakespeare
Miriam E. John	Scientist	c. 1948		VP at Sandia, 1999-2006
Bill Justis	Musician	14-Oct-1927	15-Jul-1982	Raunchy
Kristie Kenney	Diplomat	c. 1955		US Ambassador to the Philippines
John E. Koerner III	Business	c. 1943		President of Barq's, 1976-95
James A. Lash	Business	4-May-1944		Manchester Principal LLC
Francis L. Lawrence	Educator	25-Aug-1937	16-Apr-2013	President of Rutgers University, 1990-2002
Christian LeBlanc	Actor	25-Aug-1958		The Young and the Restless
Bob Livingston	Politician	30-Apr-1943		Congressman from Louisiana, 1977-99
Max McGee	Football	16-Jul-1932	20-Oct-2007	Former WR, Green Bay Packers
John H. F. Miner	Business	c. 1956		President of Intel Capital, 2003-05
James R. Moffett	Business	1938		Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan
Enrique Murciano	Actor	9-Jul-1973		Without a Trace
Ray Nagin	Politician	11-Jun-1956		Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10
Ed Nelson	Actor	21-Dec-1928	10-Aug-2014	Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place
Robert B. Oakley	Diplomat	12-Mar-1931	10-Dec-2014	US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-91
John H. Overton	Politician	17-Sep-1875	14-May-1948	US Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48
Pedro Pierluisi	Politician	26-Apr-1959		Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
Maureen E. Quinn	Diplomat	1956		US Ambassador to Qatar, 2001-04
Cedric Richmond	Politician	13-Sep-1973		Congressman, Louisiana 2nd
Thomas J. Rodi	Religion	27-Mar-1949		Catholic Archbishop of Mobile
Emily Saliers	Musician	22-Jul-1963		The Indigo Girls
Robert C. Skaggs, Jr.	Business	c. 1954		CEO of NiSource
Howard K. Smith	Journalist	12-May-1914	15-Feb-2002	Face the Nation
Jerry Springer	Talk Show Host	13-Feb-1944		The Jerry Springer Show
D. B. Sweeney	Actor	14-Nov-1961		Shoeless Joe in Eight Men Out
Gene Taylor	Politician	17-Sep-1953		Congressman from Mississippi, 1989-2011
John Kennedy Toole	Novelist	7-Dec-1937	26-Mar-1969	A Confederacy of Dunces
David C. Treen	Politician	16-Jul-1928	29-Oct-2009	Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84
David Vitter	Politician	3-May-1961		US Senator from Louisiana
Elizabeth A. Weaver	Judge	28-Mar-1941	21-Apr-2015	Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1994-2010
John Giffen Weinmann	Attorney	29-Aug-1928		White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93
Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.	Judge	2-Oct-1934		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Dave Winer	Computer Programmer	2-May-1955		Co-Creator of RSS, Scripting News
John Minor Wisdom	Judge	17-May-1905	15-May-1999	5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77
Bob Wise	Politician	6-Jan-1948		Governor of West Virginia, 2001-05
Lawrence Wright	Author	2-Aug-1947		The Looming Tower

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Bonderman	Business	27-Nov-1942		Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Florian Cajori	Historian	28-Feb-1859	14-Aug-1930	A History of Mathematics
Hodding Carter III	Journalist	7-Apr-1935		Carter Administration mouthpiece
Kent H. Courtney	Activist	23-Oct-1918	12-Aug-1997	Ultraconservative activist
Scott S. Cowen	Educator	c. 1946		President, Tulane University
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908	11-Jul-2008	Father of cardiovascular surgery
John B. Elstrott	Educator	30-May-1948		Tulane Institute for Entrepreneurship
Raymond A. Esthus	Historian	17-Mar-1925	2-Jan-2012	Theodore Roosevelt and Japan
Melissa Harris-Perry	Author	2-Oct-1973		Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
John R. Hubbard	Educator	3-Dec-1918	21-Aug-2011	President of USC, 1970-80
Louis J. Ignarro	Scientist	31-May-1941		Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Charles B. Knapp	Educator	13-Aug-1946		President, University of Georgia, 1987-97
Francis L. Lawrence	Educator	25-Aug-1937	16-Apr-2013	President of Rutgers University, 1990-2002
Robert L. Martensen	Doctor	1-Jan-1947	26-Sep-2013	The Brain Takes Shape: An Early History
Robert K. Merton	Sociologist	4-Jul-1910	23-Feb-2003	On the Shoulders of Giants
Andrew V. Schally	Scientist	30-Nov-1926		Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Lewis Thomas	Doctor	25-Nov-1913	3-Dec-1993	The Lives of a Cell
Jonathan Turley	Scholar	c. 1961		GWU law professor
David Vitter	Politician	3-May-1961		US Senator from Louisiana
John Minor Wisdom	Judge	17-May-1905	15-May-1999	5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Canizaro	Business	1937		Real estate mogul
Scott S. Cowen	Educator	c. 1946		President, Tulane University
Robert M. Devlin	Business	c. 1941		CEO of American General, 1996-2001
John B. Elstrott	Educator	30-May-1948		Tulane Institute for Entrepreneurship
Meyer Feldberg	Educator	17-Mar-1942		Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004
Philip Greer	Business	c. 1936		Weiss, Peck & Greer
Walter Isaacson	Author	20-May-1952		Former Managing Editor for Time
Charles B. Knapp	Educator	13-Aug-1946		President, University of Georgia, 1987-97
John E. Koerner III	Business	c. 1943		President of Barq's, 1976-95
James A. Lash	Business	4-May-1944		Manchester Principal LLC
Francis L. Lawrence	Educator	25-Aug-1937	16-Apr-2013	President of Rutgers University, 1990-2002
Lester A. Lefton	Educator	c. 1947		President, Kent State University
John J. Phelan, Jr.	Business	7-May-1931	4-Aug-2012	CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
H. Leighton Steward	Business	c. 1935		Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.
Stephen H. Weiss	Business	c. 1935	16-Apr-2008	Co-Founder, Weiss, Peck & Greer

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Arnsparger	Football	16-Dec-1926	17-Jul-2015	Former Dolphins, Giants Coach
Tommy Bowden	Football	10-Jul-1954		Head Coach, Clemson University, 1999-2008
Mack Brown	Football	27-Aug-1951		Head Coach, UT-Austin
Dennis Felton	Basketball	21-Jun-1963		UGA Head Coach
Vince Gibson	Football	27-Mar-1933	10-Jan-2012	Former NCAA coach
John Rauch	Football	20-Aug-1927	10-Jun-2008	Raiders Head Coach, 1966-68
Rich Rodriguez	Football	24-May-1963		Head Coach, University of Michigan
Clark Shaughnessy	Football	6-Mar-1892	15-May-1970	Invented football T-Formation
Mike Sherman	Football	19-Dec-1954		Head Coach at Texas A&M, 2008-11
Larry Smith	Football	12-Sep-1939	28-Jan-2008	Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000

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