EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded as a private medical college in 1846, merged into the State University of New York system in 1962.

Location:
Buffalo, NY

Founding Date:
1846

Enrollment:
17,400

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John R. Alm	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises
Wayne L. Berman	Activist	8-Nov-1956		Washington lobbyist
Wolf Blitzer	Journalist	22-Mar-1948		The Situation Room
Erich Bloch	Business	9-Jan-1925		Director of NSF, 1984-90
Leslie A. Brun	Business	c. 1952		Co-Founder, Hamilton Lane Advisors
Anthony Burgess	Novelist	25-Feb-1917	25-Nov-1993	A Clockwork Orange
Steve Carver	Film Director	5-Apr-1945		Lone Wolf McQuade
Maury Chaykin	Actor	27-Jul-1949	27-Jul-2010	A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Peter Christopherson	Electronic Musician	27-Feb-1955	24-Nov-2010	Sleazy of Throbbing Gristle, Coil
Chinh E. Chu	Business	c. 1966		Managing Director, Blackstone Group
Dennis E. Clements	Business	c. 1944		Group VP at Toyota, 2000-05
Edward P. Crapol	Historian	29-Sep-1936		America for Americans
Millard Drexler	Business	c. 1944		CEO of J. Crew
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett	Biologist	c. 1955		Genomic researcher
Julio M. Fuentes	Judge	16-Feb-1946		3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard H. Gallagher	Engineer	17-Nov-1927	30-Sep-1997	Finite element method
J. Joseph Garrahy	Politician	26-Nov-1930	24-Jan-2012	Governor of Rhode Island, 1977-85
Nick Gillespie	Journalist	8-Jul-1963		Reason magazine
Tony Gioia	Diplomat	1941		US Ambassador to Malta, 2001-04
Terry Gross	Radio Personality	14-Feb-1951		Host of Fresh Air on NPR
Scott Hassan	Computer Programmer	c. 1970		eGroups, Willow Garage
Mark W. Huddleston	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of New Hampshire
Howard Kurtz	Journalist	1-Aug-1953		Media critic
Robin Li	Business	c. 1968		CEO of Baidu
H. William Lichtenberger	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Praxair, 1992-2000
Margaret G. McGlynn	Business	16-Sep-1959		President, Vaccine Division, Merck
Eugene F. Pigott, Jr.	Judge	1946		Judge, NY Court of Appeals
Jeanine Pirro	Government	2-Jun-1951		Westchester County DA
Milton Plesur	Historian	16-Apr-1927	1987	Jewish Life in Twentieth-Century America
Robert N. Pokelwaldt	Business	c. 1936		CEO of York International, 1991-99
Vikki L. Pryor	Business	c. 1953		CEO of SBLI Mutual Life
Jack Quinn	Politician	13-Apr-1951		Congressman from New York, 1993-2005
Ishmael Reed	Novelist	22-Feb-1938		The Free-Lance Pallbearers
Peter Riegert	Actor	11-Apr-1947		Barbarians at the Gate
James M. Ringler	Business	1946		CEO of Premark, 1996-99
David Rynne	Business	c. 1941		CFO of Tandem Computers, 1983-96
Wilfrid Sellars	Philosopher	20-May-1912	2-Jul-1989	Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Ron Silver	Actor	2-Jul-1946	15-Mar-2009	Wiseguy
Harold J. Stone	Actor	3-Mar-1911	18-Nov-2005	The Harder They Fall
Hatim A. Tyabji	Business	1945		CEO of VeriFone, 1986-98
Paul Vogt	Actor	16-Dec-1964		MADtv
Harvey Weinstein	Film/TV Producer	19-Mar-1952		Miramax and The Weinstein Co.
Dave Weldon	Politician	31-Aug-1953		Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009
Jeffrey Wigand	Scientist	17-Dec-1942		Tobacco industry whistleblower
Kevin Zeese	Activist	1955		Common Sense for Drug Policy

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph A. Alutto	Educator	c. 1940		Provost of Ohio State University
Eric Bentley	Critic	14-Sep-1916		The Life of the Drama
Gregory Breit	Physicist	14-Jul-1899	11-Sep-1981	Proton-proton dispersion
Ronald H. Coase	Economist	29-Dec-1910	2-Sep-2013	Transactions costs and property rights
John Maxwell Coetzee	Novelist	9-Feb-1940		Reclusive South African novelist, essayist
Tony Conrad	Violinist	7-Mar-1940	9-Apr-2016	Violin, Theater of Eternal Music
Carl Cori	Scientist	5-Dec-1896	20-Oct-1984	Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Robert Creeley	Poet	21-May-1926	30-Mar-2005	Founded Black Mountain Review
Morton Feldman	Composer	12-Jan-1926	3-Sep-1987	Coptic Light
Leslie A. Fiedler	Critic	8-Mar-1917	29-Jan-2003	Love and Death in the American Novel
Lukas Foss	Conductor	15-Aug-1922	1-Feb-2009	Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71
Elizabeth Grosz	Educator	14-Oct-1952		Volatile Bodies
Mark W. Huddleston	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of New Hampshire
Gabriel Kolko	Historian	17-Aug-1932		Century of War
Paul Kurtz	Philosopher	21-Dec-1925	20-Oct-2012	Pro-skeptic activist
Charles Olson	Poet	27-Dec-1910	10-Jan-1970	The Maximus Poems
Milton Plesur	Historian	16-Apr-1927	1987	Jewish Life in Twentieth-Century America
Julius W. Pratt	Historian	25-Feb-1888	28-Jan-1983	Expansionists of 1812 and 1898
Archie Shepp	Jazz Musician	24-May-1937		Jazz tenor saxophonist
Craig Venter	Biologist	14-Oct-1946		Engineered the first man-made bacterial cell
James N. Wood	Administrator	20-Mar-1941	11-Jun-2010	President of Art Institute of Chicago, 1980-2004

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph A. Alutto	Educator	c. 1940		Provost of Ohio State University
Warren Bennis	Educator	8-Mar-1925	31-Jul-2014	Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge
Richard H. Heindel	Educator	24-Aug-1912	31-Jul-1979	The American Impact on Great Britain
Margaret G. McGlynn	Business	16-Sep-1959		President, Vaccine Division, Merck
Vikki L. Pryor	Business	c. 1953		CEO of SBLI Mutual Life
Steven B. Sample	Educator	29-Nov-1940	29-Mar-2016	President, University of Southern California, 1991-2010
Jon Whitmore	Educator	22-Mar-1945		President, San Jose State University

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