This is a list of notable current and former faculty, alumni, and non-graduating attendees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Nobel Laureates
Physics
- George E. Smith - 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics
- "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"
- Raymond Davis - 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
- for "pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos."
- John Robert Schrieffer - 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics ( first Penn faculty member to win )
- for the "theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory."
- Robert Hofstadter - 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics
- "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons."
Chemistry
- Irwin Rose - 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation."
- Alan MacDiarmid - 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers."
- Hideki Shirakawa - 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers."
- Alan J. Heeger - 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers."
- Ahmed H. Zewail - 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy."
- Christian B. Anfinsen - 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation"
- Vincent du Vigneaud - 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone."
Medicine
- Stanley B. Prusiner - 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- "for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection."
- Michael S. Brown - 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- for his discovery "concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism"
- Baruch Samuel Blumberg - 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases."
- Gerald Edelman - 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- for the discovery "concerning the chemical structure of antibodies."
- Haldan Keffer Hartline - 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- for the discovery "concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye."
- Ragnar Granit - 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- "for describing the different types of light-sensitive cells in the eye and how light interacts with them."
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof - 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle."
Economics
- Edmund S. Phelps - 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics
- "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy."
- Edward C. Prescott - 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
- "for his part in contributing to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."
- Lawrence Robert Klein - 1980 Nobel Prize in Economics
- "for the creation of economic models and their application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies."
- Simon Smith Kuznets - 1971 Nobel Prize in Economics
- "for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development."
Noted alumni
Academia
University leaders
- Cyrus Adler: Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary; President Dropsie College
- John Milton Bernhisel: Original Trustee of the University of Utah
- William Bingham: Banker and politician who was highly influential in the founding of Dickinson College -- "Bingham's Porch" was long a rallying cry at Dickinson
- James Lloyd Breck, Class of 1838: Founder of the Seabury Divinity School, now part of the Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, a prominent Episcopal seminary. Also namesake of the Breck School in Minneapolis, MN
- Gaylen Byker: President of Calvin College (1995- )
- Charles Caldwell: Together with Penn alumni John Esteen Cooke and Charles Wilkins Short, organized the Louisville (KY) Medical Institute (now the University of Louisville School of Medicine); Caldwell served as first dean from 1837-1838
- William P. Carey: Namesake and benefactor of the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University, and the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University
- Jared Cohon: President of Carnegie Mellon University.
- Al-Hassan Conteh: President of the University of Liberia.
- Lee Copeland: Former Dean of both the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design
- Robert A. Corrigan: President, San Francisco State University (1988- )
- Edward Cutbush, M.D.: Founder, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, and first dean (1834-1839)
- Robert Davidson, Class of 1771: President, Dickinson College, 1804-09
- Samuel Henry Dickson: Together with alumnus John Edwards Holbrook, he founded the Medical College of South Carolina (now the Medical University of South Carolina)
- Daniel Drake: Organized the Medical College of Ohio and Cincinnati College; both later became the University of Cincinnati
- Harold Dodds: fifteenth President of Princeton University, 1933-1957
- John W. Draper, M.D.: President, New York University Medical School 1850-1873; Founder NYU Medical School, and founding President of the American Chemical Society
- Thomas Messinger Drown, President, Lehigh University
- Arnold Eisen: Chancellor Jewish Theological Seminary
- Patrick Ellis, President, The Catholic University of America (1992-98); President, La Salle University (1977-92)
- Drew Gilpin Faust: President, Harvard University
- Sandra Featherman: President, University of New England, 1995-2006
- George Stuart Fullerton: American psychologist and philosopher, he was a professor, dean and vice-provost at Penn, as well as a professor at Columbia University and the University of Vienna; also President of the American Psychological Association
- Henry D. Gilpin: President, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1853-58)
- Israel Goldstein: Co-founder and the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Brandeis University
- Neil R. Grabois: President, Colgate University
- Frank Hastings Hamilton: One of the founders of Buffalo Medical College (now the State University of New York at Buffalo)
- Patrick T. Harker: President, University of Delaware
- Joel Henry Hildebrand: Former Dean of the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley; Hildebrand Hall on Berkeley's campus is named for him; also namesake of the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award sponsored by the American Chemical Society
- John Henry Hobart: Founder, Geneva College (now Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
- Elizabeth Hoffman: President, University of Colorado System (2000-2005)
- Joseph Hopkinson: President, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; he also served as successful counsel for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase in his impeachment trial before the United States Senate in 1804 and 1805
- Thomas Hunt: President of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University)
- Ralph Cooper Hutchinson: 7th President of Washington & Jefferson College; and President of Lafayette College
- Jacob Jeanes: Together with fellow alumnus Walter Williamson, established the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel University College of Medicine)
- Samuel Jones, Class of 1762: worked with James Manning to found the College of Rhode Island (now Brown University). Jones re-drafted the college's charter and raised money for its foundation
- Sir Paul Judge: Namesake and benefactor of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge
- Jared Potter Kirtland: He studied at Penn and ultimately received his degree from Yale University; he was a co-founder of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, as well as the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- Pleasant Williams Kittrell: Elected to the Texas Legislature, he introduced the bill that established the University of Texas; he attended Penn, but did not earn a degree
- Richard Kneedler: President Emeritus of Franklin and Marshall College
- Michael Kotlikoff: Dean, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (2007- )
- Peter J. Liacouras: President, Temple University (1982-2000)
- John Berrien Lindsley: Founded the Medical Department at the University of Nashville (now Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)
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