Diverse Notable Alumni
Diverse experiences lead to broader thinking and greater achievements. UChicago's diverse alumni have graduated and gone on to become Nobel Laureates in economics and physics, leaders in education and business, writers and directors, and groundbreakers in their fields. Read on to learn more about University of Chicago's diverse alumni.
Luis Alvarez (1911–1988)
SB'32, SM'34, PhD'36
Nobel laureate in physics, 1968
Marguerite Ross Barnett (1945–1992)
AM'66, PhD'72
First African American, female President of the University of Houston (1990–1992); first African American Chancellor of the University of Missouri (1986–1990)
Robert Bell
SM'73
Research Scientist in the AT&T Research Labs; 2003 AT&T Science and Technology Medalist
Isra Bhatty
AB'07
2008 Rhodes Scholar
Carol Moseley Braun
JD'72
First African American woman elected to U.S. Senate (Illinois), 1992–1998; U.S. Ambassador, 1999–2001
Jocelyn Carter-Miller
MBA'81
President of TechEdVentures, Inc.; former Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer for Office Depot, Inc.; former Corporate Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Motorola, Inc.; former Vice President in Marketing and Product Development, Mattel, Inc.
Anna Chlumsky
AB'02
Actress; best known for her work in the film My Girl and In the Loop
Ramsey Clark
AM'50, JD'51
Human rights activist; former U.S. Attorney General, 1967–1969
Robert C. Davidson, Jr.
MBA'69
Chairman and CEO of Surface Protection Industries, Inc.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912–2002)
X'33
First African American General of the Air Force, 1954; Commander of the Tuskegee Airmen; Assistant Secretary of Transportation under Richard Nixon
Willie D. Davis
MBA'68
Pro Football Hall of Fame member, 1981; University trustee
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
AB'52
Former President of the Republic of Bolivia
Arnold Donald
MBA'80
Chair of Missouri Botanical Garden's Board of Trustees; former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Juvenile Diabetes Research; former Chairman and CEO of Merisant Company
Katherine Dunham (1909–2006)
PhB'36
Dancer and choreographer
Luther H. Foster (1913–1994)
AM'41, PhD'51
Former President of Tuskegee Institute (1953–1981)
Clare Gillis
AB'98
Freelance journalist detained in Libya in April 2011
Mack Gipson, Jr. (1931–1995)
SM'61, PhD'63
First African American to obtain a PhD in geology; founding advisor of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists, 1981; former consultant to NASA
Philip Glass
AB'56
Composer and musician
Katharine Graham (1917–2001)
AB'38
Former chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize winner for her memoir Personal History, 1998
Harry Groves
JD'49
Lawyer and academic who has served as president of Central State University, dean of law faculty at the University of Malaya, and dean of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law