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List of Michigan State University people

Michigan State University alumni number around 634,300 worldwide.[1] Famous Spartans include NBA star Earvin "Magic" Johnson; MLB stars Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, Robin Roberts; NFL stars Brad Van Pelt, Bubba Smith, Herb Adderley and Joe DeLamielleure; actors James Caan and Robert Urich; Evil Dead trilogy director Sam Raimi; LGBT rights activist and internet personality Tyler Oakley; former Michigan governors James Blanchard, Fred M. Warner, and John Engler; U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow; former U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham; billionaires Eli Broad, Reinhold Schmieding, Drayton McLane, Jr., Harley Hotchkiss, Thomas H. Bailey, Tom Gores, Andrew Beal and Dan Gilbert.

Liberty Hyde Bailey, Class of 1882

Michigan State's faculty and academic staff number around 4,500 researchers. Throughout the years, notable researchers have included William J. Beal, who developed hybrid corn; psychologist Erich Fromm; G. Malcolm Trout, who invented the process for the homogenization of milk; and Barnett Rosenberg, the discoverer of cancer-fighting drug cisplatin.

In addition to faculty, Michigan State has around 6,000 administration and non-academic staff. This includes the university's governing board, the board of trustees. Elected by statewide referendum every two years, trustees have eight-year terms, with two of the eight elected every other year.[2] As of 2007, the board is made up of three Republicans and five Democrats, and has a 4:4 gender balance.[3]

Other notable staff members include President Samuel L. Stanley, Athletic Director Alan Haller, men's basketball coach Tom Izzo, ice hockey coach Danton Cole, and football coach Jonathan Smith.

Table of contents

Notable alumni:

Academia:Education • Medicine • Science • Social science
Arts & media:Cinema • Journalism • Literature • Music • Television & radio • Visual arts
Business:Consumer goods • Finance • Industry
Politics & government:Activism • Diplomacy • Law • Public office
Sports & athletics:Baseball • Basketball • Football • Ice hockey • Running • Soccer • Olympians • MMA

Faculty & administration:

Notable faculty:Arts & humanities • Science • Social science
Current administration:Board of Trustees • Head coaches
Former administration:Former presidents

Notes       External links

Notable alumni

Academia

Administration

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
David Kpakpoe AcquayeB.S.1952professor, first head of the Soil Science, dean of agriculture, University of Ghana[4]
Debra D. AustinB.A.former chancellor, State University System of Florida[5]
Jacquelynn BaasB.A.1971curator, cultural historian, writer, and Director Emeritus, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive[6]
Hugh P. BakerB.S.1901President, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Dean, New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University[7]
Sian BeilockPh.D.2003President, Dartmouth College[8]
Warren W. BrandtB.S.1944First President, Virginia Commonwealth University[9]
Frank A BucklessB.A.1981dean, Poole College of Management. NC State[10]
Edgar A. BurnettB.S.1887Chancellor, University of Nebraska, 1927–1938[11]
Kenyon ButterfieldB.S.1891President, University of Rhode Island, UMass, and Michigan State University, appointed to the Country Life Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt[12]
Antoinette Candia-BaileyM.A.2001vice president for student affairs at Lincoln University, 2023[13]
Oscar CluteB.S.1862President, Michigan State, Florida Agricultural College (predecessor to University of Florida), ordained minister[14]
Richard A. CosierB.A.1969Dean Emeritus, Krannert School of Management, Purdue[15]
Raymond W. CrossPh.D.1991President, University of Wisconsin System[16]
William H. CunninghamB.B.A., M.B.A.1966, 1967former Chancellor, University of Texas System[17]
Paul D'AnieriB.A.1986Vice President and Provost, University of California, Riverside[18]
Grover C. DillmanB.S.1913President, Michigan Tech University, 1935–1956[19]
Jeffrey DockingB.A.1983President, Adrian College[20]
Michael DriscollB.S., M.S., Ph.D.1983, 1985, 1988President, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of Alaska Anchorage[21]
Karen Brown DunlapB.A.former president and managing director, The Poynter Institute[22]
Kristie L. EbiB.S.1972founder, former director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington School of Public Health[23]
Michael R. FerrariB.A., M.A., D.B.A.Senior VP, EFL Associates, a consulting firm focusing on higher education; former Chancellor, Texas Christian University; former president, Drake University[24]
Glenn GoerkePh.D.1962former President/Chancellor, University of Houston, University of Houston–Clear Lake, University of Houston–Victoria, and Indiana University East[25]
Lloyd Vincent HackleyB.A.former Chancellor, Fayetteville State University[26]
Stanley O. IkenberryM.A., Ph.D.1957, 1960former President (twice), University of Illinois[27]
Charles L. IngersollB.S.second President (1882–91), Colorado State University, credited with broadening and liberalizing the school's formerly narrow, vocational curriculum[28]
Charles KieslerB.A.1958former Chancellor, University of Missouri[29]
William Edward LaveryB.A.1953former president, Virginia Tech[30]
Jay Robert McCollB.S.1890dean of engineering, University of Detroit[31]
Charles McKennyB.S.1881former president, Central Michigan University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Eastern Michigan University[32]
George E. RossB.A., M.B.A.former president, Alcorn State University and Central Michigan University[33]
William H. SewellB.A., M.A.1933, 1934former Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–Madison[34]
Albert SobeyB.S.1909founder and first president, Kettering University[35]
James D. SpanioloB.A.1968former president, University of Texas at Arlington[36]
Teresa A. SullivanB.A.1970former president, University of Virginia[37]
Dwight B. Waldoattended1881–82first President, Western Michigan University[38]
Marcellette G. WilliamsB.A., M.A., Ph.D.former Chancellor (first African American, first woman), University of Massachusetts Amherst[39]
John D. WilsonB.A.1952former president, Washington and Lee University and Wells College[40]
Philip B. WoodworthB.S.1886former president, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology[41]

Biology

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Edgar AndersonB.S.1918Botanical Geneticist[42]
Liberty Hyde BaileyB.S.1882Botanist, Horticulturist, the "Father of Modern Horticulture", Author, Philosopher[43]
Charles Fuller BakerB.S.1892Professor of Biology, Botany, College Dean[7]
Charles E. BesseyB.S.1869Pioneer 19th-century Botany Educator; former president, American Association for the Advancement of Science[44]
Louis George CarpenterB.S., M.S.1879, 1883pioneer, expert on irrigation engineering[45]
Robert L. CarrollB.S.1959Vertebrate Paleontologist, former director of Redpath Museum, McGill University[46]
William James ClenchB.S.1921former Curator of the Mollusk Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology[47]
Leon Jacob Coleattended1890sgeneticist and ornithologist, nicknamed the "father of American bird banding"[48]
Albert John CookB.S.1862Zoology, Entomology Educator; Chairman, California State Commission of Horticulture[49]
Larry DaltonB.S.1965chemist best known for polymeric nonlinear electro-optics[50]
Arnold L. DemainB.S. M.S.1949 1950former professor of microbiology, MIT, founder and head of the Department of Fermentation Microbiology, Merck & Co, world-leading industrial microbiologist[51]
C. Kurt DewhurstB.A.1970curator and folklorist, Director Emeritus of the Michigan State University Museum, past president, American Folklore Society[52]
Michael DonoghueB.A.1976Vice president, Evelyn Hutchinson Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale; former director of the university's Peabody Museum of Natural History; elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005[53]
Mary K. FirestoneB.S M.S. Ph.D.member, National Academy of Sciences, professor of soil microbiology in the Department of Environmental Studies, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley[54]
Charles Christian GeorgesonB.S.1877founding director of Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station, namesake of Georgeson Botanical Garden at University of Alaska[55]
Byron HalstedB.S.1871botany educator, former president of the Botanical Society of America[56]
Ulysses P. HedrickB.S.1893Botanist, Horticulturalist[57]
Perry G. HoldenM.S.1895first Professor of Agronomy in the US (1896)[58]
Maurice G. KainsB.S.1895Botanist and Horticulturalist, best-selling author on farm management[59]
Ezra J. KrausB.S.1907former chair of Botany Department, University of Chicago[60]
Minakata Kumagusudid not graduateNaturalist, known for study of slime molds in early 20th-century Japan[61]
Henry J. OostingM.S.1927ecologist at Duke University[62]
James W. ToumeyB.S.1889Botanist, co-founder, early Dean of Yale School of Forestry; namesake of the cactus genus Toumeya and New Hampshire's Yale-Toumey Forest[63]
Samuel Mills TracyB.S., M.S.1868, 1871Botany Educator; donator and founder of Tracy Herbarium at Texas A&M[64]
Truman G. YunckerB.S.1915Bacteriologist, Botanist; chair of Botany Department, DePauw University; appointed curator of DePauw Herbarium, later named the T.G. Yuncker Herbarium[65]

Business

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Deborah A. Cobb-ClarkB.A.1983Australian economist, professor, University of Sydney[66]
Scott DeRuePh.D.former dean of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan[67]
Connel FullenkampB.A.1987economics professor at Duke University, financial trainer of US banks and corporations for the International Monetary Fund[68]
John Thomas MentzerM.B.A, Ph.D.Chancellor's Professor and Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business, University of Tennessee[69]

Education

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
William Chandler BagleyB.S.1895Educator, Pedagogy reformer championing Essentialism (as opposed to the Progressivism championed by John Dewey); founder, School and Society; editor-in-chief, Journal of the National Education Association, 1920–25[70]
Christine L. BorgmanB.A.1973Presidential Chair in Information Studies, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA[71]
Catherine CorriganB.S.1995meteorite curator at the Smithsonian[72]
Eugene DavenportB.S., M.S.1878, 1884agriculture educator; invited in 1891 by the government of Brazil to duplicate Michigan State with "Little Lansings"; dean of University of Illinois, College of Agriculture[73]
Eduard C. LindemanB.A.1911pioneer and champion of adult education[74]
Myrtle Craig MowbrayB.S.1907first African American woman to graduate from MSU; professor at historically black colleges and universities in Kansas and Missouri[75]
Roy PeaB.A.1974education scholar, Rhodes Scholar[76]
Marta TiendaB.A.1972director, Graduate Studies; former director, Office of Population Research, Princeton University; TIAA Trustee since 2005[77]
Boyce Courtney WilliamsM.A., Ph.D.Vice President at the NCATE[78]

Engineering

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Bruce AblesonB.A.1984created Open Diary, the first online blogging community[79]
Susan AveryB.S.1972first woman president and director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution[80]
Rolla C. CarpenterB.S., M.S.1873, 1876pioneer in heating and ventilating buildings as an Engineering Professor at Michigan State and Cornell; co-planned "Collegeville", the first subdivision in what later became East Lansing[81][82]
Lloyd Groff CopemanB.S.1903invented first electric stove (precursor to the microwave oven)[83]
Ryan M. EusticeB.S.1998roboticist, Senior Vice President of Human-centric AI and Technology Adoption at the Toyota Research Institute[84]
Charles E. FerrisB.S.1890first Dean, University of Tennessee Engineering School; organized East Tennessee chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers[85]
Martha GrayB.A.1978biomedical engineer, professor, MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science[86]
Ivan LaHaieB.S.1976electrical engineer, IEEE Fellow for radar contributions[87]
Gary StarkweatherB.S.1960invented the laser printer[88]
Ellen D. WilliamsB.S.1976Nanotechnology Researcher; member, National Academy of Sciences[89]

Law

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Douglas LaycockB.A.1970Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law[90]

Medicine

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Lisa BeroB.S.1980internationally-recognized former chair within the World Health Organization (WHO), professor of medical and pharmaceutical policy, University of Colorado School of Medicine[91]
Vence L. Bonham Jr.B.A.1978Deputy Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health, and leader of the NHGRI Health Disparities Unit[92]
Myrtelle Canavanattended1898–99pioneer pathologist[93]
Raymond J DingledineB.S.1971professor, associate dean, Emory University, elected National Academy of Medicine, and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[94]
Darlene DixonPh.D.1985veterinary scientist, toxicologic pathologist, and senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health[95]
Max EssexD.V.M1967virologist, professor (Emeritus) of Health Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health[96]
Eldon Leroy FoltzB.S.1941former chair of neurosurgery, UC Irvine School of Medicine[97]
Alfred D. HersheyB.S., Ph.D.1930, 19341969 Nobel Laureate for physiology or medicine[98]
Richard E. HolmesM.D.1977among the first African-Americans to attend Mississippi State University[99]
Delano MeriwetherB.S.1963immunologist, first African American accepted to Duke University School of Medicine, champion sprinter[100]
Barbara Ross-LeeD.O.1969first African-American woman dean of a U.S. medical school: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine[101]
David SulzerB.S.professor of neurobiology, Columbia, musician[102]
Michael VanRooyenB.S.1984director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard Medical School[103]
Walter WillettB.S.1966epidemiology professor, Harvard School of Public Health[104]

Physics

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
John G. AndersonB.S. Physics,1970Seismologist[105]
Lyman J. BriggsB.S.1893Physicist; Director of the National Bureau of Standards; chaired the Uranium Committee (precursor to the Manhattan Project)[106]
Gregory CharvatB.S., M.S., Ph.D.2002, 2003, 2007led an MIT research team to develop radar that can penetrate walls and display real-time video of the activity on the other side[107]
John Park FinleyB.S.1873Meteorologist, pioneered tornado forecasting[108]
Scott GaudiB.S.1995professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, former chair of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, was co-chair of the National Academy of Sciences Exoplanet Science Strategy study[109]
T. A. HeppenheimerB.S., M.S.1967, 1968Aeronautics and Space Scholar, Researcher and Author; Researcher Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; has held research fellowships at Caltech and the Max Planck Institute[110]
Donald KeckB.S., M.S.1962, 1964co-developed low-loss optical fiber; Recipient, National Medal of Technology[111]
James H. KimballB.S.1912Meteorologist who pioneered oceanic weather mapping facilitating early transatlantic aviation[112]
Eugene ParkerB.S.1948Astrophysicist, developed concept of supersonic solar wind; Bruce Prize, Kyoto Prize winner[113]
Nan PhinneyB.S.1966Accelerator Physicist at SLAC, American Physical Society Fellow[114]
Charles E. St. JohnB.S.1887Physicist at Mt. Wilson observatory; starred scientist, American Men of Science, 1903–1943[115]

Psychology

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Richard N. AslinB.A.1971Psychologist, focusing on speech perception[116]
Charles BrainerdB.S., M.A. Ph.D.1966 1968 1970psychology professor, Cornell, known for co-developing fuzzy-trace theory[117]
Jennifer CrockerB.A.1975Professor, Ohio Eminent Scholar in Social Psychology at Ohio State; past President, Society for Personality and Social Psychology[118]
Paul DresselM.A.1934founding director of Michigan State University's Counseling Center[119]
Raquel GurB.S. M.A. Ph.D.1971, 1972, 1974research psychiatrist and expert on schizophrenia, professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania[120]
Daniel WegnerB.S.1970Psychologist, introduced ironic process theory[121]

Other sciences

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Fang ShiminPh.D.1995better known with his penname, Fang Zhouzi, a popular scientific writer in China[122]
Verghese KurienM.S.1948dairy scientist, father of White Revolution in India; Padma Vibhushan recipient[123]
Steven LalleyB.S1976statistician and mathematician, professor, former department chair at The University of Chicago[124]
Daniel MindiolaB.S.1992Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania[125]

Social science

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Jeffrey ArnettB.S.1980Clark University professor who carved out the research discipline: emerging adulthood, for which he coined the term[126]
David W. BlightB.A.1971Sterling Professor of History, African American Studies, Yale[127]
Charles ButterworthB.A.1959political philosophy scholar focusing on the Greek, medieval Islamic, and Enlightenment periods[128]
Annping ChinB.S.1972historian and sinologist, senior lecturer at Yale[129]
Angela D. DillardB.A.1988scholar and author in African American Studies, University of Michigan[130]
Anthony LeiserowitzB.A.1990researcher, human geographer at Yale University, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication[131]
Theodore J. LowiB.A.1954Political Science Scholar; Author of treatise The End of Liberalism; Distinguished Professor, Cornell University; voted one of the most influential political thinkers of the modern era by the American Political Science Association[132]
Rollo MaytransferredScholar, the "Father of American Existential Psychology"[133]
W.J.T. MitchellB.A.1963Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History, University of Chicago, Guggenheim Fellow[134]
Stephen O. MurrayB.A.1972Scholar of Gay Anthropology, Sociology[135]
Adrian PonceB.S.1993chair, Chemical Safety Committee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech[136]
Peter SchmidtB.A., M.A., Ph.D.1969, 1970, 1970MSU Distinguished Professor, econometrics pioneer[137]
Theda SkocpolB.A.1969former dean, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; appointed senior adviser in the social sciences to Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study[138]
Douglas V. SteereB.S.1923Quaker philosopher, religious leader, Rhodes Scholar (1925)[139]
Marilyn StokstadM.A.1953art historian[140]
Richard YarboroughB.A.1973professor of English and African American literature; Faculty Research Associate; former interim director, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, UCLA[141]

Arts and media

Cinema

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
James Caandid not graduateactor, Las Vegas series, The Godfather, Mickey Blue Eyes[142]
Jim CashB.A.1970Hollywood writer, Top Gun, Legal Eagles, Dick Tracy[143]
Areeya ChumsaiB.A.1993filmmaker, author, lecturer, teacher, journalist and former Miss Thailand[144]
Michael CiminoB.A.1959Academy Award-winning writer, director; directed, co-wrote The Deer Hunter[145]
Edward S. FeldmanB.A.1950film and television producer[146]
Sarah HabelB.A.2004actress[147]
Greg HarrisonB.A.1991film director of Groove (2000) and November (2004)[148]
Anthony HealdB.A.1971actor, The Silence of the Lambs[149]
Walter HillB.A.1962producer, director of Last Man Standing and 48 Hrs.[150]
David MageeB.A.1984screenwriter, nominated for 2004 Academy Award for Finding Neverland[151]
Bill MechanicB.A.1973CEO, Pandemonium Films; former CEO, 20th Century Fox; producer of 82nd Academy Awards[152]
Bob MurawskiB.A.film editor, winner, 2010 Academy Award for editing The Hurt Locker[153]
Sam Raimidid not graduatedirector, producer, actor (Spider-Man, Evil Dead series)[154]
Michealene RisleyB.A.award-winning writer, director; human rights activist[155]
Tom Sizemoredid not graduateactor, Saving Private Ryan[156]
Bernard WhiteB.A.actor, screenwriter and film director[157]

Journalism

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Tim AlbertaB.A.2008journalist and author, has written articles for The Hotline, The Wall Street Journal, The National Journal, The National Review, Politico, and The Atlantic[158]
Amy AstleyB.A.1989editor-in-chief, Architectural Digest, editor, founded Teen Vogue[159]
Ray Stannard BakerB.S.1889early 20th-century "muckraker" journalist; won 1940 Pulitzer Prize for last two volumes of biography of President Woodrow Wilson[160]
Jack BerryB.S.1956Sports journalist with The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, United Press International, and the Golf Writers' Association of America[161]
Richard CooperB.A.1969won 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Attica Prison riot coverage[162]
Craig CustanceB.A.1999sports journalist, author[163]
M.L. ElrickB.A.19902009 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, Detroit Free Press[164]
Ryan FieldB.A.1999sports anchor, WABC-TV[165]
Martin FinnB.A.2002Fox News Channel producer for anchor Shepard Smith[166]
Susan GoldbergB.A.1984editor-in-chief of National Geographic, editorial director, National Geographic Partners; first woman to hold position in National Geographic's history (published since 1888)[167]
Don GonyeaB.A.1978White House correspondent, National Public Radio; won Peabody Award[168]
Chris HansenB.A.Dateline NBC correspondent[169]
Tanya HartB.A.Emmy Award-winning commentator, host of "Hollywood Live with Tanya Hart", syndicated on American Urban Radio Networks; owns Tanya Hart Communications, Inc., a multimedia company[170]
Thom HartmannB.A.broadcaster on Free Speech TV (formerly of Air America Radio), author[171]
Jemele HillB.A.1997columnist, The Atlantic, former television host at ESPN, columnist ESPN Page 2[172]
Adrienne LaFranceB.A.2004executive editor of The Atlantic[173]
Wanda LauB.S.award-winning editor of technology and practice for Architect Magazine[174]
Myra MacPhersonB.A.1956Pulitzer Prize nominee, journalist, author[175][176]
Jim MitzelfeldB.A.1984Pulitzer Prize winner, former journalist, federal attorney[177][178]
James C. MooreB.A.1974award-winning writer (including an Emmy, Edward R. Murrow Award, and Dartmouth College National Media Award for Economic Understanding); New York Times bestseller (as co-author) of Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential[179]
Suzanne SenaB.A.Fox News anchor[180]
Fay Gillis Wellsdid not graduatefirst woman to parachute from an aircraft; White House correspondent for Storer Broadcasting Co.[181]

Literature

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Verna AardemaB.A.1934award-winning author of children's novels using an African motif[182]
Diane AsitimbayB.A.author, poet, teacher, and intercultural trainer[183]
Wilton BarnhardtB.A.1982novelist; director of M.F.A. program in Creative Writing, NC State University; former Sports Illustrated reporter[citation needed]
Tom BissellB.A.1996author, journalist[184]
Jan Harold BrunvandB.A.1955writer, folklorist scholar, popularized the term "urban legend"[185]
Stephanie Burgisattendedfantasy novelist, music historian[186]
Jeanne CavelosB.S.1982American science fiction writer, editor, educator, and former astrophysicist[187]
Kelly DiPucchioB.A.1989author of children's books[188]
Carolyn ForchéB.A.1972poet, editor, human rights advocate[189]
Richard FordB.A.1966writer of novel Independence Day; first to win both the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award[190]
R. Barri FlowersB.A., M.S.1977, 1980author of fiction and nonfiction; inducted into MSU Criminal Justice Wall of Fame in 2006[191]
Peter GentB.A.1964novelist, athlete, wrote novel-turned-film North Dallas Forty[192]
Dan GerberB.A.1962poet, novelist and essayist[193]
Jennifer GreeneB.A.romance novelist, published 85 books, inducted into Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame[194]
Jim HarrisonB.A., M.A.1960, 1966author, Guggenheim Fellowship recipient; novel, Legends of the Fall, basis for Hollywood film of same name[195]
Helen Hullattended1905–07novelist, early feminist, English professor, Wellesley, Columbia[196]
Cynthia HuntingtonB.A.award-winning poet[197]
Beverly JenkinsB.A.award-winning novelist of mainly African-American historical romance, noted as one of the "100 most popular African American authors"[198]
Geoff JohnsB.A.1995award-winning comic book author (Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Night), New York Times bestselling author[199]
Josh Kilmer-PurcellB.A.1991New York Times bestselling author of memoirs I Am Not Myself These Days and "The Bucolic Plague, novel Candy Everybody Wants, and The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook; starred in television reality series The Fabulous Beekman Boys[200]
Michael P. Kube-McDowellB.A.1976award-winning science fiction writer; author of more than 500 nonfiction articles[201]
Allison LeottaB.A.1991crime thriller novelist, former federal prosecutor[202]
Josh MalermanB.A.musician, novelist, novel Bird Box basis for Hollywood film[203]
Tom McGuaneB.A.1962novelist[204]
Nnedi OkoraforM.A.award-winning science fiction/fantasy novelist[205]
Daniel O'MalleyB.A.novelist[206]
Janice RadwayB.A.1971author, literary and cultural studies scholar[207]
Alma RoutsongB.A.1949author, alternative fiction[208]
Sandra SeatonM.A.1989award-winning playwright and librettist[209]
Elizabeth SimsB.A.novelist, crime and mystery writer; Lambda Literary Award winner; contributing editor at Writer's Digest magazine[210]
Robin SloanB.A.2002noted novelist, short story writer, literary magazine founder, columnist,The Atlantic[211]
Vernor VingeB.S.science fiction writer; retired math and computer science professor, San Diego State University[212]
Bob WoodB.A.1980author of Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks and Big Ten Country[213]
Timothy ZahnB.S.1973science fiction writer; winner of Hugo Award for novella Cascade Point; author of New York Times best-selling Star Wars novel Heir to the Empire[214]

Music

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Bethany BeardsleeB.A.1948soprano noted for her performances of contemporary classical music[215]
Dee Dee Bridgewaterdid not graduateGrammy and Tony Award-winning jazz singer, actress[216]
Henry ButlerM.M.1974jazz pianist[217]
James ChanceattendedNo wave jazz musician[218]
Dorothy DeLayB.M.1936master violin teacher; trained superstars Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, and Sarah Chang[219]
Thaddeus DixonB.M.2006songwriter, music producer, director, and instructor at UC Berkeley[220]
Clare FischerB.M.1951Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, and pianist; Latin Jazz motif[221]
GRiZdid not graduateAmerican DJ and electronic producer[222]
Tee Grizzleydid not graduateAmerican rapper, singer, and songwriter; "First Day Out"[223]
Milt Jacksondid not graduatejazz vibraphonist; member of the Modern Jazz Quartet[224]
Dave KirchgessnerB.A.singer, Mustard Plug[225]
Angela LanzaB.A.2006singer, toured overseas with USO[226]
Lazarusmedicine (did not graduate)rapper, songwriter[227]
Jacques LevyPh.D.1961lyricist, librettist and theatrical director whose collaborators included Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn and Lucy Simon; others who have performed his work include Joe Cocker, Crystal Gayle and Carly Simon[228]
David MaslankaM.M., Ph.D.1967, 1971composer, best known for his works for wind ensemble
Dika NewlinB.M.1940musicologist, composer, pianist[229]
Izler SolomonB.M.conductor, led major Midwest city orchestras; founder, Lansing Symphony Orchestra[230]
Noel Paul Stookeydid not graduate"Paul" of 60s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary[231]
Ben WilliamsB.M.2007jazz bassist, winner of the 2009 Thelonious Monk Award[232]
Janet WilliamsB.M.1982internationally renowned soprano[233]

Television and radio

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
John AhlersB.A.Anaheim Ducks play-by-play announcer[234]
Emanuele BerryB.A.2012writer, radio producer, and journalist; executive editor at This American Life, and Fulbright recipient[235]
Tom Bodettdid not graduateauthor, satirist, pitchman for Motel 6[236]
Clark BuntingB.A., M.A.1977, 1984president, CEO of The Discovery Channel[237]
Chayse Dacodaattendedinterior designer, television personality, Emmy nominee[238]
Ryan DevlinB.A.2003actor, TV host, producer[239]
Carol DuvallB.A.long-running host of The Carol Duvall Show, HGTV[240]
Chad Everettdid not graduateactor, starred in Medical Center[241]
Pat FoleyB.A.1977TV play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks; inductee in the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame[242]
Dan GheeslingB.A., M.A.2005, 2006Big Brother 10 winner; Big Brother 14 runner-up[243]
Timothy Granaderos2009actor and model, starred in T@gged, 13 Reasons Why, in addition to several music videos[244]
Bob GuineyB.A.1993appeared on The Bachelor's fourth season[245]
Bob HeethuisB.A.1983Phoenix Coyotes Radio play-by-play announcer[246]
Jon-Erik HexumB.A.1980actor, starred in Voyagers!, Making of a Male Model, and Cover Up[247]
Kay KoplovitzM.A.1968founded USA Networks and the Sci-Fi Channel in 1992; women's business advocate[248]
Dennis LewinB.A.1965Senior Vice President of ABC Sports, producing broadcasts for the Olympic Games, Monday Night Football, and Wide World of Sports for 30 years; winner of 13 Emmy Awards; board chairman of Little League Baseball International[249][250]
Jackie MartlingB.S.1971stand-up comedian, member of The Howard Stern Show until 2001[251]
Matt McConnellB.A.1985Television Play-By-Play Broadcaster, Arizona Coyotes (NHL); 2013 Arizona Sports Broadcaster of the Year[252]
Jon Misch2010Survivor: San Juan del Sur contestant[253]
Tyler OakleyB.A.2011YouTube video blogger and internet personality[254]
Tim O'BrienB.A.lawyer, professor, award-winning legal correspondent at ABC News and CNN[255]
Michael OlmanB.A.1990TV/film audio recording specialist, won Emmys for 24 (2) and Dinosaur Planet[256]
Susan PackardB.A., M.A.1979, 1981founding CEO of HGTV (1997 Cable TV "Woman of the Year"); president of brand outreach for Scripps Networks New Ventures[257]
James QuelloB.A.1935former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)[258]
Jay SchadlerB.A.1974ABC News correspondent, Emmy Award winner[259]
Susan SpencerB.A.1968CBS News correspondent, Emmy Award winner[260]
Ed SwiderskiB.S.2002The Bachelorette season 5 contestant and winner[261]
Robert UrichM.A.1971actor, Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire[262]
Mike ValentiB.A.2002host of the Valenti and Foster show on 97.1 The Ticket, WXYT-FM;[263]

Theatre

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
William David BrohnB.A.1955Tony Award-winning Broadway musical arranger for Ragtime; won Drama Desk Award for Miss Saigon orchestration[264]
Robert LyonsB.A.writer, playwright, director[265]
Michael P. PriceB.A.1969executive director of Goodspeed Musicals, the major producer of American musical theatre[266]

Visual arts

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Haider Alispecial course2016photographer, graphic designer, singer-songwriter[267][268]
Mona A. El-BayoumiB.F.A.1985painter, mixed media artist[269]
Ginger Gilmourspecial coursesculptor[270]
Eric Millikinpainter, webcomics artist, Pulitzer winner[271]

Business

Consumer goods

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Julie Aigner-ClarkB.A.1988founder of the Baby Einstein company[272]
Michael R. CannonB.A.president of Global Operations, Dell[273]
James M. CorneliusB.A., M.B.A.1965, 1967former CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb[274]
Dale F. ElliottB.S.1979president, American Standard Brands[275]
Drayton McLane, Jr.M.B.A.1959owner of Houston Astros; director of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.[276]
Mark A. MurrayB.A.president and CEO of Meijer; former president of Grand Valley State University (2001–2006)[277]
Ankur WarikooM.S.cofounder and board member of nearbuy.com

Finance

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Thomas H. BaileyB.A.1961founder and former CEO, Janus Capital Group[278]
Eli BroadB.B.A.1954billionaire industrialist and philanthropist; former CEO of AIG[279]
Carl EnglishB.A.1968COO, American Electric Power Company, Inc.[280]
Dan GilbertB.B.A.1982chairman and Founder of Quicken Loans; owner, NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers[281]
Tom GoresB.S.1986global private-equity magnate, billionaire, owner of NBA's Detroit Pistons[282]
Ernest GreenB.A., M.A.1962, 1964Little Rock Nine member; Assistant Labor Secretary (Carter administration); vice president, manager at Lehman Brothers[283]
Gregory P. JosefowiczB.A.1974board of directors, Winn-Dixie; former chairman, CEO, Borders, Inc.[284]
Andrew LahdeB.A.former hedge fund manager, founder, Lahde Capital[285]
M. Peter McPhersonB.A.1963chairman, Dow Jones; president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; MSU president 1993–2004[286]
William RaduchelB.A.1966independent director, advisor, former Harvard professor[287]
Albert B. RatnerB.S.co-chairman of the board, former CEO, Forest City Enterprises[288]
Edward W. ScottB.A., M.A.businessman, philanthropist[289]

Industry

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Montie BrewerB.B.A.former president and CEO, Air Canada[290]
Michael BudmanB.A.1969co-founder of Roots Canada athletic wear[291]
Rufus T. Bushdid not graduate19th-century oil refining industrialist, yachtsman, New York socialite[292]
Jack DeBoerB.A.1952notable hotelier, founder of five national hotel brands, including Residence Inn[293]
Jim DelligattiB.A.1964creator of the Big Mac sandwich, owner of over 50 McDonald's restaurants[294]
Chris Densongraduatedinnovation expert, marketer, humorist and podcast host of the Innovation Crush, director of Ignition Factory, Omnicom Group[295]
Molly FletcherB.A.1993sports agent, president of client representation, Career Sports & Entertainment[296]
Mary Kay HenryB.A.1979president, Service Employees International Union[297]
James P. HoffaB.A.1963president, Teamsters; son of Jimmy Hoffa[298]
Michael C. HyterB.A.1978business leader, president and CEO of The Executive Leadership Council (ELC)[299]
Laura M. LabovichB.A.1994author, national job search expert, speaker, CEO[300]
Michael LamachB.S.1985CEO, Ingersoll-Rand Corp.[301]
Craig MenearB.B.A.1979president, CEO Home Depot[302]
Russell MawbyB.S., Ph.D.1959philanthropist, 25-year CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation[303]
John H. McConnellB.B.A.1949founder, chairman-emeritus, Worthington Industries; former owner of NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets[304]
Dawn RileyB.A.1986first woman yachting CEO; America's Cup participant; educator[305]
Reinhold SchmiedingB.A.1977specialized medical tools manufacturer, Forbes 400 billionaire[306]
Rick SirvaitisB.A., M.A.1971, 1976president of Storeboard Media LLC.[307]
JR ShawB.B.A.1955Canadian communications company founder/owner[308]
Robert C. StempelM.B.A.1970former chairman, CEO, General Motors[309]
Paul WatermanB.S.1987CEO of BP Castrol and Elementis Plc
Kate Williamschef and restaurateur, owner of Lady of the House in Detroit[310]

Politics and government

Activism

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
John H. AdamsB.A.1959environmental activist, lawyer, and co-founder of the Natural Resource Defense Council, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom[311]
Abraham AiyashB.A.2017US foreign policy activist, House majority floor leader, Michigan House of Representatives, 4th legislative district[312]
Suzanne Marie BabichB.S.1981public health scientist, author, dietitian and vegetarianism activist, professor, Fulbright Award winner[313]
Gladys BeckwithB.A., M.A. Ph.D.1951 1956 1968activist, founder of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame[314]
Richard ConlinB.A.1968affordable housing activist and developer, former member of the Seattle City Council president[315]
Donald N. DuquetteB.A.1969founding director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic, University of Michigan Law School[316]
Emma Genevieve GilletteB.S.1920the "Mother of Michigan's State Park system"[317]
Shelly GrabeB.A.1996women’s rights activist, social psychology professor, provost, UC Santa Cruz[318]
Florence HallB.S.1909led Woman's Land Army of America during World War II[319]
Rutherford P. Hayesattended1876-77library innovator, banker, son of U.S. Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes[320]
Jon HoadleyB.A.2006former executive director, National Stonewall Democrats[321]
Susan JacobyB.A.1965journalist; author, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism; NYC Program Director, Center for Inquiry[322]
Russell KirkB.A.1940National Review magazine co-founder, "father of the modern conservative movement"[323]
Jeffrey MillertransferredKent State shootings victim[324]
Michael Schwernertransferredcivil rights activist, martyr; along with James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, was murdered by Philadelphia, MS-area Ku Klux Klan members for his African American voter registration efforts during Freedom Summer, 1964[325]
Lou SheldonB.A.1957evangelical conservative activist, founder and chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition[326]
Jim WallisB.A.1970liberal Christian evangelical activist; author, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It[327]

Diplomacy

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Richard Clark BarkleyB.A.1954former U.S. Ambassador to East Germany and Turkey[328]
Stuart A. BernsteinB.A.1960former U.S. ambassador to Denmark[329]
Clarence A. BoonstraB.A.1936former US ambassador to Costa Rica[330]
Robin DialloB.A.1982Former US Ambassador to Haiti[331]
John A. HeffernB.A.1976former the United States Ambassador to Armenia from 2011 to 2014[332]
Donna HrinakB.A.1972U.S. ambassador to Venezuela[333]
John C. KornblumB.A.1964former ambassador to Germany[334]
Roger A. MeeceB.S.1971former U.S. ambassador to Malawi and Congo[335]
Peter F. SecchiaB.A.1963former U.S. Ambassador to Italy[336]

Armed Forces

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Judith FedderB.S.1980Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force[337]
William F. Friedmanattendedleading cryptographer, led the research division of the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service[338]
John D. HutsonB.A.1969former president and dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Rear Admiral (retired), U.S. Navy; former Staff Judge Advocate and Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Investigative Command[339]
Frederick J. KenneyB.A.1981former American rear admiral and Judge Advocate General, U.S. Coast Guard[340]
Paul T. MikolashekM.A.1982U.S. Army lieutenant general[341]
Caral SpanglerB.A.1980Assistant Secretary, US Army[342]
Donald A. StrohB.S.1915U.S. Army major general[343]
Frances C. WilsonB.S.retired Lieutenant General of United States Marine Corps; former president of National Defense University[344]

Law

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Rosemarie AquilinaB.A.1979Judge of the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County, Michigan, presided over the trial and sentencing of Larry Nassar
Dennis ArcherJ.D.1970†former president of the American Bar Association, the first African American elected to the position; former justice, Michigan Supreme Court; former mayor of Detroit, chairman of Detroit-based law firm Dickinson Wright[345]
W. Scott BalesB.A.1978Justice, Arizona Supreme Court[346]
Debra BowenB.A.1979California Secretary of State[347]
William L. CarpenterB.S.1876Justice, Michigan Supreme Court[348]
Robert Hardy ClelandB.A.1969judge, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan[349]
Jeffrey CummingsB.A.1984Judge, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois[350]
John F. DeanB.S.1970first African-American judge, US Tax Court[351]
Geoffrey FiegerJ.D.1979†attorney for Jack Kevorkian; 1998 Democratic candidate for Michigan governor[352]
John Warner FitzgeraldB.A.former chief justice, Michigan Supreme Court[353]
John D. HutsonB.A.1969President, Franklin Pierce Law Center Rear Admiral (retired), U.S. Navy[354]
Wallace B. JeffersonB.A.1985first African American Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas[355]
Carlotta Walls LaNiertransferredLittle Rock Nine member; real estate entrepreneur in Englewood, Colorado[356]
Michael W. McConnellB.A.1976former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit[357]
Allen B. MorseGraduated1859Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1886–93[358]
Robert ResslerB.S., M.S.1972criminologist, coined the term "serial killer"[359]
Andree Layton RoafB.S.1972first African-American woman on the Arkansas Supreme Court[360]
Valerie ZacharyB.A. with honor1984judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals[361]
†Graduate of the Detroit College of Law before its merger with Michigan State

Public office

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Spencer AbrahamB.A.1974former U.S. Secretary of Energy and U.S. Senator from Michigan[362]
Sandra E. AdamsB.A.1978rear admiral in U.S. Navy[363]
Tylease AlliB.A.2002Reading Clerk, Democratic, US House of Representatives[364]
George R. AriyoshiB.A.1949third governor of Hawaii[365]
Adnan BadranM.A., Ph.D.1961, 1963former Prime Minister of Jordan[366]
James BlanchardB.A.1964former Michigan governor (1983–1991); former Ambassador to Canada (1993–1996; appointed by President Bill Clinton)[367]
Eljay B. BowronB.S.1973former director of the US Secret Service, chairman, co-founder, Torchstone Global, LLC, a security company[368]
Augustus CainePh.D.Secretary of Education of Liberia, 1965–1970[369]
Albert J. Campbellattended1870srepresentative, U.S. Congress, Montana 1899–1901[370]
Linda ChapinB.A.first Chairman of the Orange County Commission in Florida; unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000[371]
Ted ChudleighB.S.1965member, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, (Canada)[372]
Donald G. CookB.S.1969Commander, Air Education and Training Command, U.S. Air Force[373]
Richard CordrayB.A.1981Ohio State Treasurer (2007–2009); Ohio Attorney General (2009–2011); inaugural chief, United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2011–2017)[374]
Charles Dwight CurtissB.S.1911former commissioner, Federal Highway Administration[375]
Nancy E. DickB.A.1951former Lieutenant Governor, Colorado, first woman[376]
Emily DievendorfB.A.2001representative, Michigan House of Representatives, 77th district, first openly nonbinary Michigan state representative[377]
Tony EarlB.A.1958former Wisconsin governor, (currently on governing board, Common Cause-Wisconsin)[378]
John EnglerB.S.1971former Michigan governor (1991–2003)[379]
Bob EvnenB.A.1974Secretary of State, Nebraska[380]
Robert A. FicanoB.A.1974former Wayne County (Michigan) Executive[381]
Penny HarringtonB.A.1964former police chief; first woman to head a major US city police force (Portland, Oregon)[382]
Jason E. HammondB.S., M.S.1886, 1900former Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction[383]
Jim HillB.A.1969first African American elected statewide in Oregon[384]
Tim Johnson1970–1971Democratic Senator of South Dakota (1997–present)[385]
Don A. JonesB.S.1933rear admiral and civil engineer who served as the seventh Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and second Director of the Environmental Science Services Administration Corps[386]
Moussa KoussaB.A.1978former Foreign Minister of Libya, 2009–2011[387]
Lee Wan-kooM.S.1984Prime Minister of South Korea[388]
Wilson LivingoodB.A.1961former United States House Sergeant at Arms[389]
Chris MagnusB.A.Chief of Police of Tucson, Arizona[390]
Harry MonibaPh.D.vice president of Liberia, 1984–90[391]
Frederick H. MuellerB.S.1914former United States Secretary of Commerce under President Dwight Eisenhower[392]
Shahzada Jamal NazirB.A.1999former Federal Minister for the ministries of National Health Services, Religious Affairs, National Harmony, National Heritage & Integration, in the government of Pakistan[393]
James S. Nunneley1933former Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives[394]
Diane PappasB.A.Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives[395]
Peter RheinsteinB.A., M.S.1964former official of the Food and Drug Administration[396]
Helen RosenthalB.A.1982New York City Council member, 6th District[397]
Debbie StabenowB.A., M.A.1972, 1975U.S. Senator from Michigan[398]
David A. StockmanB.A.1968former director of Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan[399]
Marta SuplicyB.A. in PsychologyMayor of São Paulo, 2001–2004; Senator for São Paulo, 2010–present[400]
Clay TallmanB.A.1895commissioner, United States General Land Office, member Nevada State Senate 1909 to 1913, president pro tempore[401]
Bob TraxlerB.A.1953U.S. Congress, Michigan, 1974–93; Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 1992–present[402]
John P. WaltersB.A.1974former director, Office of National Drug Control Policy[403]
Fred M. Warnerattended, did not graduate1880sGovernor of Michigan, 1905–1911[404]
Gretchen WhitmerB.A., J.D.1993, 199849th Governor of Michigan, second woman to hold the position[405]

Sports and athletics

Baseball

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Steve GarveyB.A.1968former first baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers[406]
Kirk GibsonB.A.1979former manager, Arizona Diamondbacks; former outfielder, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers[407]
Mike MarshallB.S., M.S., PhD1965, 1967, 1978former closer for several Major League teams[408]
Anthony Misiewiczcurrent pitcher, Seattle Mariners[409]
Mark MulderB.A.1998former pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals[410]
Dale PetroskeyB.A.1978President, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum[411]
Robin RobertsB.A.1947former pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies; Hall of Fame member[412]

Basketball

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Maurice Agerformer professional basketball player
Alan Andersonformer professional basketball player[413]
Charlie BellB.S.2000former professional basketball player[414]
Miles Bridgesprofessional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets
Shannon Brownprofessional basketball player with the Miami Heat[415]
Ben Carterprofessional basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Mateen CleavesB.S.2000former professional basketball player[416]
Deyonta Davisprofessional basketball player
Paul Davisformer professional basketball player[417]
Draymond GreenB.A.2012professional basketball player with the Golden State Warriors[418]
Johnny Greenformer professional basketball player[419]
Gary Harrisprofessional basketball player with the Denver Nuggets
Mark HollisB.S.1985former team manager; current athletic director
Jaren Jackson Jr.professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies
Earvin "Magic" Johnsonbusinessman and former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player[420]
Greg Kelserbroadcaster and former professional basketball player[421]
Erazem Lorbekformer professional basketball player
Kalin Lucasprofessional basketball player Forlì of the Serie A2
Matt Mazzaformer professional basketball player[422]
Adreian PayneB.S.2014professional basketball player
Morris PetersonB.S.2000former professional basketball player[423]
Zach Randolphformer professional basketball player[424]
Shawn RespertB.S.1995former professional basketball player
Jason Richardsonformer professional basketball player[425]
Scott SkilesB.S.1986former professional basketball player, former coach of the Chicago Bulls[426]
Steve SmithB.S.1991former professional basketball player; philanthropist[427]
Eric SnowB.S.1995former professional basketball player[428]
Denzel Valentineprofessional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls[429]
Sam VincentB.S.1981former professional basketball player
Kevin WillisB.S.1984former professional basketball player[430]

Bodybuilding

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Colette NelsonB.S.IFBB professional bodybuilder[431]

Football

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Flozell AdamsB.A.1998former offensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys[432]
Herb AdderleyB.S.1961former cornerback, Green Bay Packers; elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980[433]
Brian AllenB.A.2017center, Los Angeles Rams[434]
Denicos AllenB.S.2014linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Morten AndersenB.A.1982former placekicker, New Orleans Saints; all-time leading scorer in NFL history[435]
Fred ArbanasB.A.1961former tight end, Kansas City Chiefs[436]
Edwin BakerB.A.2013running back, New Orleans Saints
Tony BanksB.A.1996former quarterback, Houston Texans[437]
Le'Veon BellNFL running back, Kansas City Chiefs
Larry BetheaB.A.1977former NFL defensive end, Dallas Cowboys
Ed BuddeB.S.1963former offensive lineman, Kansas City Chiefs[438]
Max BulloughB.A.2014former NFL linebacker, Houston Texans
Derek Bunch1985former NFL linebacker, Washington Redskins
Plaxico BurressB.A.2000former wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers[439]
Garrett CelekB.S.2011former NFL tight end, San Francisco 49ers
Connor CookB.A., M.A.2014, 2015quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals
Kirk CousinsB.A.2011quarterback, Minnesota Vikings
Demetrious Cox2016safety, Carolina Panthers
B.J. CunninghamB.S.2012wide receiver, Chicago Bears
Kellen DavisB.A.2007former NFL tight end, New York Jets
Joe DeLamielleureB.A.1973former guard, Buffalo Bills; elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003[440]
Darqueze DennardB.A.2014cornerback, Cincinnati Bengals
Tony Discenzoformer tackle, Boston Patriots and Buffalo Bills[441]
Kurtis DrummondB.A.2015safety, Houston Texans
T. J. DuckettB.A.2002former running back, Seattle Seahawks[442]
Billy Joe DuPreeB.A.1972former NFL tight end, Dallas Cowboys
Paul EdingerB.S.2000former placekicker, Minnesota Vikings[443]
Dixon EdwardsB.A.1990former NFL linebacker, Dallas Cowboys
Brandon FieldsB.A.2007former NFL punter, Miami Dolphins
Fou FonotiB.A.2014offensive tackle, San Francisco 49ers
Wayne FontesB.S.1961former coach, Detroit Lions[444]
Bennie FowlerB.A.2014wide receiver, Denver Broncos
Dan FranceB.A.2014offensive tackle, Cincinnati Bengals
William Gholstondefensive end, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Joel Heathdefensive tackle, Houston Texans
Tyler HooverB.A.2014defensive end, Indianapolis Colts
Brian HoyerB.A.2008quarterback, Houston Texans
Mark IngramB.S.1996former wide receiver, Philadelphia Eagles[445]
Taiwan JonesB.A.2015linebacker, New York Jets
Jeremy LangfordB.A.2015running back, Chicago Bears
Tony LippettB.A.2015wide receiver, Miami Dolphins
Keshawn MartinB.A.2011wide receiver, Houston Texans
Derrick MasonB.A.1997former wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens[446]
Brandon McKinneyB.A.2006former defensive tackle, Indianapolis Colts
Jim MillerB.S.2002former quarterback, New York Giants[447]
Earl MorrallB.A.1955former quarterback, Baltimore Colts[448]
Muhsin MuhammadB.A.1996former wide receiver, Carolina Panthers[449]
Keith MumpheryB.A.2015wide receiver, Houston Texans
Domata Pekodefensive tackle, Cincinnati Bengals[450]
Julian PetersonB.A.2000former linebacker, Detroit Lions[451]
Javon RingerB.S.2009former running back, Tennessee Titans
Andre RisonB.A.1989former wide receiver, Oakland Raiders[452]
Trenton RobinsonB.A.2011defensive back, Washington Redskins
Charles RogersB.S.2003former wide receiver, Detroit Lions[453]
Marcus RushB.A.2015linebacker, San Francisco 49ers
George SaimesB.S.1963former safety, Buffalo Bills[454]
Dion SimsB.A.2013tight end, Miami Dolphins
Bubba SmithB.A.1966former defensive end, Baltimore Colts; actor, Police Academy[455]
Jeff SmokerB.S.2007former quarterback, Arizona Rattlers[456]
Drew StantonB.S.2007quarterback, Arizona Cardinals[457]
Kevin VickersonB.A.2005defensive tackle, New York Jets
Trae Waynescornerback, Minnesota Vikings
George WebsterB.A.1966former linebacker, Houston Oilers[455]
Tyrone WillinghamB.A.1977former wide receiver; head coach of Stanford, Notre Dame and Washington
Jerel WorthyB.A.2012defensive tackle, Kansas City Chiefs

Golf

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Emily Bastel GlaserB.S.2002head coach of Florida Gators women's golf team; former LPGA Tour pro golfer[458]

Gymnastics

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Stanley TarshisNCAA champion gymnast – horizontal bar[459]

Ice hockey

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Justin Abdelkaderwinger, Detroit Red Wings
Rod Brind'AmourB.S.1989right wing, Carolina Hurricanes[460]
Anson CarterB.S.1996right wing, Carolina Hurricanes[461]
Adam HallB.S.2002right wing, Philadelphia Flyers[462]
Duncan Keithdefense, Chicago Blackhawks[463]
John-Michael LilesB.S.2003defense, Toronto Maple Leafs[464]
Donald McSweenB.S.1987defense, Buffalo Sabres[465]
Drew Millerdid not graduateleft wing, Detroit Red Wings[466]
Kelly MillerB.S.1985former left wing, Washington Capitals[467]
Kip MillerB.S.1990former forward, Washington Capitals; 1990 Hobey Baker Award winner[468]
Ryan MillerB.S.2002goaltender, Vancouver Canucks; 2001 Hobey Baker Award winner[469]
Corey Troppforward, Columbus Blue Jackets[470]

Running

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Michael Wardian1996marathoner[471]

Soccer

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Kevin ReimanB.S.2008midfielder, Real Salt Lake[472]

Olympians

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Fred AldermanB.S.1927winner of gold medal in 4x400-meter relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics[473]
Savatheda FynesB.S.winner of gold medal in 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics[474]
Linda GustavsonB.A.1972winner of gold, silver and bronze medals in 4x100-meter freestyle relay, and 400- and 100-meter freestyle events at the 1968 Summer Olympics[475]
Pam KruseB.A., M.A., PhD1973, 1975, 1979winner of silver medal in 800-meter freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics[476]
Allan KwartlerB.S.1948three-time Olympic saber champion[477]
Howard PattersonB.A.1950competitor in 100-meter backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics[478]
Clarke ScholesB.A.1952winner of gold medal in 100-meter freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics[479]
Ken WalshB.A.1967winner of gold medals in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and 4x100-meter medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics[480]

Mixed martial arts

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
Rashad EvansB.S.2003professional mixed martial artist; won The Ultimate Fighter 2, former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion[481][482]
Gray Maynard2003three-time NCAA All-American wrestler; professional MMA fighter; former UFC Lightweight Champion[483][484]

Wrestling

NameDegreeYearCommentsReference
George "The Animal" SteeleB.S.1960American professional wrestler, school teacher, author, and actor[485][circular reference]

Faculty and administration

Notable faculty

Arts and humanities

NameTenureCommentsReference
Theophilus C. Abbot1858–1889Professor of English literature, president, State Agricultural College[486]
Wes "Warmdaddy" AndersonpresentAssociate Professor of Jazz studies, Michigan State University[487]
Michael DeasepresentAssociate Professor of Jazz Studies, Michigan State University
John T. Madden1989–2017Director, Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band[488]
Henry R. Pattengill1886–1890Assistant professor of English[489]
H. Owen Reed1939–1976composer, conductor, music theorist[490]
A. J. M. Smith1943–1972Canadian poet and anthologist[491]
Diane Wakoskiretired 2011Professor of Creative Writing, Michigan State University[citation needed]
Rodney WhitakerpresentDirector of Jazz Studies, Michigan State University[492]

Science

NameTenureCommentsReference
Selman Akbulut1986–presentmathematician specializing in real algebraic geometry and 4-dimensional manifolds[493]
James C. Anthony2003–presentpsychopathologist[494]
Warren Babcock1891–1913Professor of Mathematics; secretary of the faculty, 1898–1913; second mayor of East Lansing[495]
William J. Beal1871–1910developed hybrid corn; co-planned "Collegeville", the first subdivision in what later became East Lansing, Michigan[496]
Marc Breedlove2001–presentneuroscientist specializing in steroid hormones and sexual behavior[497]
John C. Holmes1855–1861horticulturalist; founder of MSU[498]
Richard Lenski1991–presentmicrobiologist; conductor of the E. coli long-term evolution experiment[499]
Robert Root-Bernstein1987–presentphysiologist, author, MacArthur Fellow[500]
Dennis R. Heldman1966–1984food scientist; Institute of Food Technologists President (2006–07)[501]
Barry Pittendrigh2016–presentmolecular biologist[502]
Barnett Rosenberg1961–1997discoverer of cisplatin[503]
Anatoliy Skorokhod1993–2011probabilist[504][circular reference]
Horst Stöcker1982–1985theoretical physicist[505]
Walter M. Urbain1965–1975food scientist[506]

Social science

NameTenureCommentsReference
Walter Adams1947–1992economist, former president of Michigan State (1969)[507]
Mohammed Ayoob1990–presentprofessor of international relations and Muslim studies[508]
Kent John Chabotar1972–1975political scientist; president, Guilford College[509]
Robert C. Craig1966–1989professor in the department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education[510]
Wesley R. Fishel1951–1977political science; head of MSU Vietnam Advisory Group (1955–1958)[511]
Erich Fromm1957–1961psychologist and philosopher

Current administration

Board of trustees

Current Trustees
NameEnd of termPositionReference
Dianne Byrum2025Chair[512]
Dan Kelly2025Vice Chair[512]
Joel Ferguson2021[512]
Melanie Foster2023[512]
Brian Mosallam2021[512]
Renee Knake Jefferson2023[512]
Brianna T. Scott2027[512]
Kelly Tebay2027[512]

Head coaches

NameTenureCommentsReference
Bill Beekman2018–presentathletic director[513]
Adam Nightingale2022–presentmen's ice hockey coach[514]
Mel Tucker2020–presentmen's football[515]
Tom Izzo1995–presentmen's basketball[516]
Suzy Merchant2007–presentwomen's basketball[517]

Former administration

Presidents

NameAdministrationCommentsReference
Joseph R. Williams1857–1859first president of the college; lieutenant governor of Michigan[518]
Lewis R. Fiske1859–1862Methodist minister; president of Albion College[519]
Theophilus C. Abbot1862–1885professor of English literature; earned an LL.D. from the University of Michigan[486]
Edwin Willits1885–1889former principal for the State Normal School; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for the Cleveland administration[520]
Oscar Clute1889–1893[521]
Lewis G. Gorton1893–1895[522]
Jonathan L. Snyder1896–1915[523]
Frank S. Kedzie1915–1921[524]
David Friday1922–1923[525]
Kenyon L. Butterfield1924–1928[526]
Robert S. Shaw1928–1941[527]
John A. Hannah1941–1969Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights[528]
Walter Adams1969–1970[529]
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr.1970–197811th United States Deputy Secretary of State[530]
Edgar L. Harden1978–1979President of Northern Michigan University[531]
M. Cecil Mackey1979–1985President of University of South Florida, President of Texas Tech University[532]
John A. DiBiaggio1985–1992President of the University of Connecticut, President of Tufts University,[533]
Gordon Guyer1992–1993Vice President for Governmental Affairs at MSU[534]
M. Peter McPherson1993–2004Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury, Chairman of Dow Jones[535]
Lou Anna K. Simon2004–2018John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education at MSU[536]
John Engler2018–201946th Governor of Michigan
Satish Udpa2019–2019
Samuel L. Stanley Jr.2019–2022President of Stony Brook University

References

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