List of Stony Brook University people
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Contents
University presidents
| Name | Years served |
|---|---|
| Dr. John Francis Lee | 1961 |
| Dr. John S. Toll | 1965 - 1978 |
| Dr. John Marburger III | 1980 - 1994 |
| Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny | 1994 - 2009 |
| Dr. Samuel L. Stanley | 2009 - present |
Notable faculty
This list includes both present and former faculty members.
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Stony Brook |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas J. J. Altizer | Literary critic, philosopher and theologian | Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies |
| Robert Aumann | Nobel laureate in Economics | Visiting Leading Professor; founding member of Center for Game Theory in Economics |
| Amiri Baraka | Poet, playwright, activist | Professor Emeritus, Department of Africana Studies |
| Laurence Baxter | Statistician | |
| Jorge Benach | Co-discoverer of Lyme disease | Professor, Director of the Stony Brook Center for Infectious Diseases, and Chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology |
| Paul M. Bingham | Microbiologist and proponent of his own theory of human evolution | Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in the School of Medicine |
| Justus Buchler | Philosopher and metaphysician | Professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy[1] |
| Martin Canin | Pianist, Juilliard School, 1976–present | Artist in Residence, Music Department at the Staller Center (1965-1993) |
| William Chittick | Author of several influential books on Sufism and Islamic philosophy | Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies[2] |
| Richard Clark | Dermatologist, biomedical engineer | Professor, Health Sciences Center |
| Simon Donaldson | Mathematician, Fields Medallist (1986), Shaw Prize recipient (2009), Breakthrough Prize laureate (2014) | Permanent member, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics[3] |
| Lawrence Dutton | Violist, Emerson String Quartet, 1977–presen | Artist in Residence, Music Department at the Staller Center[4] |
| Thomas Flanagan | Writer, National Book Critics Circle Award winner (1979) | Professor, Department of English (1978-1996) |
| Douglas J. Futuyma | Evolutionary biologist, member of the United States National Academy of Sciences | |
| Richard J. Gambino | Materials science; recipient of the National Medal of Technology, 1995; helped invent magnetic materials used for erasable optical data storage | Professor of Materials Science and Engineering |
| H. Bentley Glass | Geneticist | |
| James Glimm | Mathematician; President of the American Mathematical Society; member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; recipient of the National Medal of Science | Former chairman, Department of Applied Mathematics |
| Lazar Gosman | Violinist, director of the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, and founder of the Soviet Emigre Orchestra | Professor of violin and chamber music |
| George W. Hart | Artist | Professor of Computer Science |
| Robert Harvey | Literary theorist, philosopher | Distinguished University Professor |
| Benjamin Hsiao | Materials Scientist, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | Chief Research Officer and Vice-President for Research (2012- ) |
| Jukka Jernvall | Research in mammalian dentition | Research Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology[5] |
| Allan Kaprow | Developer of Happenings | Department of Fine Arts, 1961–1968; Professor |
| Alfred Kazin | Writer, literary critic, and winner of the first Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award in Literary Criticism | Distinguished Professor, Department of English (1963-?) |
| Lee Koppelman | longtime Executive Director of the Long Island Regional Planning Board | Director of Stony Brook University's Center for Regional Policy Studies |
| Ron Kovic | Writer, anti-war activist, author of Born on the Fourth of July | Writer-in-residence (1983) |
| Donald Kuspit | Art critic | |
| Richard Leakey | Paleontologist and conservationist | Visiting Professor of Anthropology |
| Daniel Levy | German-American sociologist | Professor in the Department of Sociology |
| Don Ihde | Philosopher of science | Professor in the Department of Philosophy |
| Masayori Inouye | Researcher in antisense RNA | Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology[6] |
| Michael Kimmel | Sociologist | Professor in the Department of Social Sciences |
| Paul Lauterbur | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003 for work in MRI in the 1970s at SB[7] | |
| John Marburger III | Physicist; Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory; Science Advisor to former President George W. Bush | University President (1980–1994) |
| Dusa McDuff | Mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1994 | |
| Lynne Meadow | Theatrical Director of the Manhattan Theatre Club | |
| Emil Wolfgang Menzel, Jr. | Communication and cognition of chimpanzees | Professor of psychology |
| Harold Metcalf | Laser cooling research | Professor, Department of Physics |
| John Milnor | Mathematician; Fields Medallist (1962); Abel Prize laureate (2011); member of US National Academy of Sciences; recipient of the National Medal of Science; Wolf Prize laureate; three-time winner of the AMS Steele Prize in mathematics | Director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Stony Brook[8] |
| Homer A. Neal | Particle physicist | Provost (1981–1986)[9] |
| Patrice Nganang | Associate Professor of Comparative Literature | |
| Andrew J. Nicholson | Indologist, scholar of Hinduism | Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies and Department of Philosophy[10] |
| Mel Pekarsky | Artist | Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Department of Art |
| Massimo Pigliucci | Author, evolutionary biologist | Former professor of ecology and evolution |
| Philip Roth | Author | Visiting lecturer (1967-68) |
| Jim Simons | Recipient of the Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry; member of the US National Academy of Sciences; founder of Renaissance Technologies; philanthropist; benefactor of Stony Brook and other universities | Former chairman, Department of Mathematics |
| Louis Simpson | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of English |
| Noah Smith | Economics commentator | Assistant Professor |
| Dennis Sullivan | Mathematician; recipient of the Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, the Prix Élie Cartan of the French Academy of Sciences, the King Faisal International Prize for Science, the National Medal of Science, the AMS Steele Prize, the Balzan Prize and the Wolf Prize | |
| Esther Takeuchi | Chemist, holder of over 145 U.S. patents | Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Eckard Wimmer | Synthesis of first de novo poliovirus | Distinguished Professor[11] |
| Chen Ning Yang | Nobel Prize in Physics, 1957, shared with Tsung-Dao Lee for work on weak nuclear forces and parity | Professor (1965-1999)[12] |
| Shing-Tung Yau | Fields Medal-winning mathematician (1982) | Assistant professor (1972-1974) |
| Ron Overton | Author, recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts | Professor |
| Lowell Edwin Jones | Co-creator of the Farrell–Jones conjecture | Professor |
Notable alumni
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Stony Brook |
|---|---|---|
| Scott G. Abbey | Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of UBS AG | B.S., Mathematics & Psychology, 1972; M.S., 1974; Ph.D, Computer Science, 1975 |
| Craig Allen | WCBS-TV and WCBS-AM meteorologist | B.S., Meteorology |
| Scott Amron | Conceptual artist and electrical engineer | B.E., Electrical Engineering |
| Michael R. Anastasio | Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | M.A., Ph.D., Theoretical Nuclear Physics |
| Kenneth Andrews | Sociologist | PhD 1997 |
| Babette Babich | Philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University | B.A., 1980 |
| Kim Barnes Arico | Current head women's basketball coach at the University of Michigan | Attended and played basketball in 1988–89 (transferred to Montclair State University) |
| Joy Behar | Comedienne, TV personality, Talk show host | M.A., English Education |
| Heather A. Berlin | Neuroscientist, science communicator, TV show host | B.S., Psychology, Fine Art, Pre-Med |
| Mark Bridges | Costume designer | B.A., Theater Arts, 1983 |
| Peter Bucknell | Classical violist | D.M. |
| Jeffrey Carter Jr. | Senior Engineering Team Lead | B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1987 |
| Errol Cockfield Jr. | Press secretary to the Governor of New York | B.A., English, 1994 |
| Jesse Colombo | Economic analyst and Forbes columnist who predicted the Global Financial Crisis (2007-2010) at age 18 | B.S., 2008 |
| Daniel Corbett | BBC Weather forecaster | B.S., Meteorology |
| Steve Cuozzo | New York Post writer/editor | B.A., English, 1971 |
| Eric Corley | radio show host and publisher of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly magazine | |
| Jane Delgado | President and CEO of National Alliance for Hispanic Health | Ph.d., Clinical Psychology, 1981 |
| Glenn Dubin | Co-founder and CEO of Highbridge Capital Management | B.A., Economics, 1978 |
| Diane Farr | Author and actress, best known as Megan on NUMB3RS on CBS | B.A., 1995 |
| Mitchell B. Fox | Group President of Conde Nast Publications | B.S., Political Science |
| Robert Gallucci | Former ambassador and current dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University | B.A. 1967 |
| Steven K. Galson | Acting Surgeon General of the United States | |
| David Gelernter | Professor at Yale University, and victim of the Unabomber | Ph.D., Computer Science |
| Christine Goerke | Opera singer | B.A. |
| Ned Goldreyer | Television writer | B.A. |
| Stuart Goldstein | Squash player | |
| Edward Guiliano | President of New York Institute of Technology | Ph.D. |
| John L. Hennessy | President of Stanford University | M.A., Ph.D., Computer Science |
| Scott Higham | Investigative journalist for the Washington Post and winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize | |
| Hao Huang | Concert pianist and professor at Scripps College | D.M.A. in piano performance |
| Rachel Vetter Huang | Violinist and Lecturer in Music at Scripps College | D.M.A. in violin performance |
| Jainendra K. Jain | Erwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University | PhD 1985 |
| Suzanne Bennett Johnson | Former president of the American Psychological Association | Ph.D., 1974 |
| Jeffrey Owen Katz | Scientist, astronomer, mathematician | |
| Perry Kivolowitz | Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement winner | B.S. 1981, Computer Science |
| Adam Klein | Opera singer | B.A. |
| Joseph E. LeDoux | Neuroscientist | Ph.D. in 1977 |
| Patrick S. Lee | Lecturer at Hofstra University, artist, musician, composer, IT consultant | M.Mus./Ph.D. student (on hold) |
| Kevin Kwan Loucks | International concert pianist, founder and artistic director of Chamber Music OC, member of classical music ensemble Trio Céleste | D.M.A. in piano performance |
| Nick Mamatas | Author | B.A., 1992 |
| Geoffrey K. Martin | Mathematician | Ph.D 1983 |
| Doug McAdam | Sociologist | Ph.D. 1979 |
| Fulvio Melia | Author, physicist, and Aastrophysicist at the University of Arizona | M.S. 1980 |
| Britta Merwin | KPRC Channel 2 Houston Meteorologist | B.S., Meteorology |
| Steffen Mueller | Microbiologist | Ph.D. 2002 |
| Daniel Thomas Moran | Dentist; Assistant Clinical Professor at Boston University; Poet Laureate of Suffolk County]] B.S. 1979 | |
| Horaţiu Năstase | Physicist | PhD in May 2000 |
| Joe Nathan | Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Ron Nehring | Chairman of the California Republican Party | B.A. 1992 |
| James S. Olson | Historian | PhD |
| Jon Oringer | Founder and CEO of Shutterstock | B.S., Computer Science 1997, B.S., Mathematics 1997 |
| Sandy Pearlman | Rock music promoter | B.A. 1965, 1966 |
| Terry Pinkard | Hegel scholar and Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University | Ph.D., 1974 |
| Walter W. Powell | Sociologist | Ph.D. 1978 |
| Joshua Prager | Director of Center for Rehabilitation of Pain Syndromes at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; President of North American Neuromodulation Society | MD, MS, B.S. 1972 Stony Brook's SAB Concert Chairman |
| Norman Prusslin | President of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System; board member of the Press Club of Long Island | B.A. 1973 |
| Jeff Raskin | Author and co-creator of the Macintosh computer at Apple Computer, Inc. | B.S. 1964, B.A. 1965 |
| Burton Rocks | writer, and Sports Agent at C.L. Rocks Corporation | B.A. History, 1994 (Magna Cum Laude) |
| Alia Sabur | World's youngest college professor (age 18), B.S. at age 14 | B.S. 2003 Applied Mathematics summa cum laude[13] |
| Howard Saltz | Editor of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale | B.A., 1983; Editor-in-Chief of Statesman, 1981–82 |
| Laura Schlessinger | Commentator, host of the Dr. Laura radio call-in show | B.S. 1968 |
| Andrew Sega | Musician and software engineer | B.S., Computer Science / Philosophy |
| Abraham Silberschatz | Professor and Chair of the Computer Science department at Yale University | |
| Isabel Soveral | Composer | |
| Richard D. Stanley | Former CEO of DBS Bank, Singapore | |
| Michael Stebbins | Geneticist | PhD |
| William L. Stone | Professor of Pediatrics[14] | |
| Srinidhi Varadarajan | Director of the Terascale Computing Facility at Virginia Tech; assistant professor of computer science | |
| Susan R. Wessler | Molecular biologist and geneticist | B.A., 1974 |
| Randall L. Schweller | Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University | B.A., 1984[15] |
| Guoliang Yu | Powell Chair in Mathematics at Texas A&M University | PhD, 1991 |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.users.drew.edu/rcorring/downloads/Justus%20Buchler%20biography%20by%20Wallace.pdf
- ↑ http://naples.cc.stonybrook.edu/CAS/india.nsf/pages/faculty
- ↑ http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/people/faculty/bios/simon-donaldson
- ↑ http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/music.nsf/pages/dutton
- ↑ http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/research_faculty.htm
- ↑ http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/research/milestones1/page19/page19.html
- ↑ http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=5&num=755
- ↑ http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~jack/
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- ↑ http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/asianamerican/facultystaff/AndrewNicholson.html
- ↑ http://www.mgm.stonybrook.edu/wimmer/index.shtml
- ↑ http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~yang/
- ↑ http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liwhiz0422,0,4702323.story
- ↑ http://www.researchgate.net/profile/William_Stone2
- ↑ https://polisci.osu.edu/sites/polisci.osu.edu/files/Schweller%20cv%20(2014).pdf
External links
- Stony Brook University – Official website
