List of Duke University people

This list of Duke University people includes alumni, faculty, presidents, and major philanthropists of Duke University, which includes three undergraduate and ten graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Pratt School of Engineering, and Sanford School of Public Policy. The university's graduate and professional schools include the Graduate School, the Pratt School of Engineering, the Nicholas School of the Environment, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law, the Divinity School, and the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Famous alumni include U.S. President Richard Nixon; Chilean President Ricardo Lagos; former cabinet member and former Senator Elizabeth Dole; philanthropist Melinda French Gates; the chief executive officers of Apple (Tim Cook), Procter and Gamble (David S. Taylor), Bear Stearns (Alan Schwartz), Morgan Stanley (John J. Mack), Pfizer (Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.), McDonald's (Chris Kempczinski) and General Motors Corporation (Rick Wagoner); and the first United States Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients. Notable alumni media personalities include Dan Abrams, the former general manager of MSNBC; Jay Bilas, a commentator on ESPN; Sean McManus, the president of CBS News and CBS Sports; Charlie Rose, the former host of his eponymous PBS talk show and a 60 Minutes contributor; and Judy Woodruff, an anchor at CNN. William DeVries (GME 1971–79) was the first doctor to perform a successful permanent artificial heart implantation, and appeared on the cover of Time in 1984.

Current notable faculty include Manny Azenberg, a Broadway producer whose productions have won 40 Tony Awards; Adrian Bejan, namesake of the Bejan number; and David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times. Walter E. Dellinger III, formerly the United States Solicitor General, Assistant Attorney General, and head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Bill Clinton, serves as a law professor. Novelist and playwright Ariel Dorfman won the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award, while Peter Feaver was a member of the National Security Council under Clinton and George W. Bush. David Gergen served as an advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. John Hope Franklin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton, while William Raspberry, a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994. 15 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university.

James B. Duke established a $40 million trust fund, The Duke Endowment, in 1924, propelling the university to officially change its name in honor of his family's philanthropy.
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International academic prizes

Nobel laureates
Robert Lefkowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke and the 2012 Nobel laureate in Chemistry.

As of 2019, 15 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Duke University. The following list includes only those who have graduated from Duke or spent at least one year as a postdoctoral researcher/medical resident/visiting professor or two years as a faculty member at Duke.

Turing Award laureates

In the absence of a Nobel Prize in Computer science, the Turing Award generally is recognized as the highest honor in the subject and the "Nobel Prize of computing". As of 2015, 3 Turing Award laureates have been affiliated with Duke University.

Alumni
Selected Duke Alumni
Ricardo Lagos, Ph.D. 1966
U.S. President Richard Nixon, J.D. 1937
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, M.A. 1984
U.S. Senator and cabinet secretary Elizabeth Dole, A.B. 1958
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Juanita Kreps, Ph.D. 1948
U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr, J.D. 1973
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, M.D. 1961
U.S. Congressman Nick Rahall, A.B. 1971
Admiral Frank Bowman, B.S. 1966
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, A.M. 1976
Philanthropist Melinda Gates, A.B. 1986, M.B.A. 1987
Financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein, A.B. 1970
Apple CEO Tim Cook, M.B.A. 1988
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle, Ph.D. 1966
Astronaut Charles E. Brady, Jr., M.D. 1975
Actor Jared Harris, B.F.A. 1984
Actor and comedian Ken Jeong, B.S. 1990
Television journalist Charlie Rose, A.B. 1964, J.D. 1968
Two-time NBA All-Star Luol Deng
Seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill
two-time NCAA Champion, NBA All-Star Christian Laettner
Eight-time MLB All-Star Dick Groat

Government, law, and public policy
Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section.

Heads of State

Cabinet members and White House staff

Members of Congress
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives

Diplomats

Military

Law
Judges
Attorneys

Public policy

Governors

Mayors

State officials

Foreign officials

Other

Business

Education

University presidents and administrators

Professors and academics

Medicine, science and technology

Literature

Fine arts

Entertainment

Journalism and media

Athletics
See also men's basketball players, women's basketball players, and football players.

American football

Baseball

Basketball

Golf

Other

Fictional

Faculty

Current
Walter E. Dellinger III
Henry Petroski
Erwin Chemerinsky

Former

Men's basketball head coaches
Mike Krzyzewski
  • 1981 to present: Mike Krzyzewski, five-time national champion men's basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame[98]
  • 1975 to 1980: Bill Foster
  • 1974: Neill McGeachy
  • 1970 to 1973: Bucky Waters
  • 1960 to 1969: Vic Bubas, member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
  • 1951 to 1959: Harold Bradley
  • 1943 to 1950: Gerry Gerard
  • 1929 to 1942: Eddie Cameron, namesake of Cameron Indoor Stadium and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
  • 1925 to 1928: George Buchheit
  • 1923 to 1924: J.S. Burbage
  • 1922: James Baldwin
  • 1921: Floyd Egan
  • 1920: W.J. Rothensies
  • 1919: H.P. Cole
  • 1917 to 1918: Chick Doak
  • 1916: Bob Doak
  • 1914 to 1915: Noble Clay
  • 1913: Joseph Brinn
  • 1906 to 1912: W.W. Card

Football head coaches

Duke University presidents
President Tenure
Brantley York1838–1842
Braxton Craven1842–1863
William Trigg Gannaway*1864–1865
*Appointed president pro tempore during the break in Craven's presidency
Braxton Craven1866–1882
Marquis Lafayette Wood1883–1886
John Franklin Crowell1887–1894
John Carlisle Kilgo1894–1910
William Preston Few1910–1924
University officially established as Duke University in 1924
William Preston Few1924–1940
Robert Lee Flowers1941–1948
Arthur Hollis Edens1949–1960
Julian Deryl Hart1960–1963
Douglas Knight1963–1969
Terry Sanford1969–1985
H. Keith H. Brodie1985–1993
Nannerl O. Keohane1993–2004
Richard H. Brodhead2004–2017
Vincent E. Price2017–present

Major philanthropists

Donors who have contributed at least $20 million to the university or founding donors:

Donor Total Amount Year Purpose
The Duke Endowment$1.5+ billion[99][100][101][102]1924–
2006		Various
James B. Duke$40 million
($458 million in 2006 dollars)		1924For endowment; established The Duke Endowment later that year
Lord Corporation$261 million2019Unrestricted[103]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation$106.5+ million2002–2007$46.5 million for AIDS research,[104] $30 million for a new science facility and $5 million for student life initiatives,[105] $15 million for DukeEngage, a civic engagement program,[106] $9 million for undergraduate financial aid and $1 million for Fuqua students financial aid[107]
Bruce and Martha Karsh$85 million2005–2011For student financial aid[108][109][110]
Anne and Robert Bass$70 million1996–2013$20 million for the FOCUS program and various endowed chairs, $50 million for interdisciplinary research[111][112]
J. Michael and Christine Pearson$50+ million2014$30 million to the Pratt School of Engineering to advance engineering and science education, $15 million to the School of Nursing and $7.5 million to the Fuqua School of Business[113]
David Rubenstein$50 million2002–2013$13.6 million to Duke Libraries, $20.75 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy, $10 million to Duke athletics[114][115]
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.$35 million1999To endow the School of Engineering[116]
David H. Murdock$35 million2007For "translational medicine" research by the Duke Medical School[117]
Disque Deane$20 million
($34 million in
2005 dollars)		1986To "establish a research institute on the human future"[118]
Dr. Steven and Rebecca Scott$30 million2013$20 million for Duke Sports Medicine, $10 million for Duke athletic facility
Michael J. and Patty Fitzpatrick$25 million2000For a center for advanced photonics and communications[119]
William and Sue Gross$23 million2005$15 million for undergraduate scholarships, $5 million for medical students' scholarships, and $3 million to support faculty members of the Fuqua School of Business[120]
Peter and Ginny Nicholas$20+ million1999–
2004		$20 million for the School of the Environment and Earth Sciences;[121] $70 million pledged for the School of the Environment and $2 million pledged for Perkins library in 2003 still unpaid as of September 2010[122]
Bill and Melinda Gates$20 million1998For undergraduate scholarships[120]
Washington Duke$385,000
($7.9 million in 2005 dollars)		1892For original endowment and construction
Julian S. CarrN/A1892Donated site of East Campus

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