List of Temple University people

This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of Temple University, a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Faculty

Russell Conwell – founder and first president of the university, author of Acres of Diamonds
Charles Ezra Beury – second president of the university
Robert Livingston Johnson – third president of the university
Millard E. Gladfelter – fourth president of the university
Paul R. Anderson – fifth president of the university
Marvin Wachman – sixth president of the university
Peter J. Liacouras – seventh president of the university
David Adamany – eighth president of the university
Ann Weaver Hart – ninth president of the university

Biology
Stephen Blair Hedges
Jody Hey
Masatoshi Nei

Communication
Sabrina Erdely - Reporter known for the defamatory Rolling Stone article "A Rape on Campus"
Joseph P. Folger

English

Samuel R. Delany – science fiction author
George W. Johnson – former chair of the Temple Department of English; later President of George Mason University (1979–1996)
Thomas Kinsella – Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher; author of numerous volumes of poetry and a translation of the ancient Irish epic The Tain (Táin Bó Cúailnge); while at Temple, he developed a program for students to study in Ireland called "the Irish Experience"
Sonia Sanchez – poet

History
Russell Weigley
Ralph F. Young

Law
C. Darnell Jones II
David Kairys
David G. Post

Mathematics

Emil Grosswald (1968–1980)
John Allen Paulos – author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

Music
Katherine Ciesinski
John Douglas – conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades
Aaron Levinson – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
Terell Stafford – Trumpet player

Philosophy
Lewis Gordon
Espen Hammer
Joseph Margolis
Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus
Miriam Solomon – Professor of Philosophy

Psychology
Lauren Alloy
Laurence Steinberg
Joseph Wolpe – South African psychiatrist and founding figure in behavior therapy

Religion
Ismail al-Faruqi
Michael Alexander
Edwin David Aponte
Leonard Swidler

Sociology
Annette Lareau

Sports
 Nikki Franke – fencer and fencing coach

Other disciplines
Molefi Asante – scholar, known for popularizing and developing Afrocentricity
Emile B. De Sauzé – language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language
Happy Fernandez – politician
Mary Stuart Fisher - radiologist
John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous
Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy
Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics", longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics
Lucia V. Streng  – chemist
Ann M. Valentine – chemist
Earl Bradley – pediatrician

Alumni

Academia

Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department
Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. 
Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator
David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College  
Noam Chomsky – linguist and activist, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology;  as child attended Temple-run experimental Deweyite school, Oak Lane Day School
Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network
Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized
Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Also, see Temple University School of Medicine, Notable Alumni and Pioneers
John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University
Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC
Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant
Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist  and author of I'm OK, You're OK
Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India
Donald Kraybill – foremost expert on Amish
Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center
Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University
JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin
Stephen Sheehi – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary;  author of Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (University Press of Florida, 2004), Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims (Clarity Press, 2011),  and Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860–1910,  (Princeton University Press, 2016).
Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and President of Princeton University
Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, Director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient

Art

Laura Marie Greenwood – painter
Trenton Doyle Hancock – artist
Andrew Hussie – webcomic artist
Simmie Knox  – presidential portrait painter (Clinton)
Nicholas Muellner – photographer and writer
Ralph Rucci – designer
Paula Scher – designer
Sarai Sherman – artist
Aaron Shikler – presidential portrait painter
Jen Simmons – designer and web developer

Broadcasting

Al Alberts – singer, Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV 
Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for Citadel Media
Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio
Howard Bryant – senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
Pat Callahan – host of This Week in Pro Football on 950 ESPN
Steve Capus –  president, NBC News
John Clark – sports anchorman for NBC 10 news
Fritz Coleman – weather anchor, KNBC-TV news
Tracy Davidson – news presenter for NBC 10 news
Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author
Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news
Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, NFL Hall of Famer writer.
Diplo – DJ/producer
Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com
Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality, Our World with Black Enterprise and online HuffPost Live host, BET News correspondent and a CNN political commentator.
John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio
Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC
Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show Radio Times
Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for Reuters, killed while covering the 2010 Thai political protests
Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor
Ronn Owens – radio talk show host
Ed Sciaky – disc jockey
Gene Shay – disc jockey
Terry Smith – broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Charles A. Williams III - writer and broadcaster
Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers

Business
John Carrig – former COO and president for ConocoPhillips
Sam Greenblatt – vice president of technology and architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell
Jai Gulati – CEO of Systel
Lewis Katz – businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Larry Miller – president of Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers
Rosemary Reed Miller - owner Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique
Brenton L. Saunders – CEO of Allergan, co-founder of Health Care Compliance Association
Ash Vasudevan – founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings

Film, theatre, and television

Bill Cosby – actor, comedian
Keith Andes – actor
Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive
Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer
David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker
Richard Brooks – Academy Award-winning Hollywood filmmaker
Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner up of Big Brother 16
Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer
Norman Fell – comic actor best known for Three's Company (attended  Theatre Dept. classes)
Jason Winston George – actor, Sunset Beach, Platinum
Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's Harry's Law)
William Goldenberg – Academy Award-winning Hollywood film editor
Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series Hill Street Blues.
Lois Hamilton – actress
Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tigre Hill – film director/producer
Saba Homayoon – actress
Irvin Kershner – film director, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Bruce Mailman – theatre producer and founder of The Saint
William Marchant – playwright and screenwriter
Adam McKay – Emmy-nominated director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Step Brothers (2008), Academy award-winning writer of The Big Short
Mary Lou Metzger – singer, dancer The Lawrence Welk Show
Kunal Nayyar – actor, plays  Raj on CBS's Big Bang Theory
Robert Prosky – actor 
Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Tony Award-nominated actress for Ghost the Musical
Herbert Rudley – actor
Bob Saget – comedian, game show host, Full House
Michael Schoeffling – actor who played Jake Ryan in 1980s film Sixteen Candles
Peter Shub – actor, clown, and circus producer
Svetlana Shusterman – from MTV's The Real World Key West
James Riordan Actor, Broadway, Television and Film actor
Tom Sizemore – actor
Hugh Panaro - Actor, Broadway
Paul F. Tompkins – actor, comedian
Dan Trachtenberg – film director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, and co-host The Totally Rad Show
Eric Wareheim – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Patricia Wettig – Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters, Prison Break
Jesse Williams – actor (Grey's Anatomy)
Danny Woodburn –  actor (Mickey on Seinfeld)
Colman Domingo - actor on Fear the Walking Dead

Government 

Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
Edward J. Bonin – Republican  U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
Frederick C. Branch – first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer
Horace J. Bryant – first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey
Jamira Burley - Municipal leader, national campaign deputy director
Michael E. Busch – Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
Jim Cawley – Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania 
Robert Coughlin – longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to United States House of Representatives
Harold L. Ervin - judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Edwin Duing Eshleman – former Republican congressman
Thomas M. Foglietta – U.S. Congressman and United States Ambassador to Italy
Vincent Fumo – Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
Tom Gannon - Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (1979–2006)
Nikoloz Gilauri – Prime Minister of Georgia
Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) – Pennsylvania State Representative 1979–2000.
Camillo Gonsalves (BA in Journalism) – Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations 
Theo-Ben Gurirab – President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1999–2000; Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005
Joe Hoeffel – former Democratic congressman
Malcolm Hoenlein – executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Vincent Hughes – Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat)
Zambry Abdul Kadir – current Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia, from political party UMNO
Kathleen Kane – first woman Attorney General of Pennsylvania, also convicted of felony perjury
Paul E. Kanjorski – U.S. Congressman, representing  Pennsylvania's 11th district
Guy Kratzer - Pennsylvania State Senator (1983-1986)
Jerome Kurtz – Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980)
David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) – 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada
Joseph Lazarow – Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976–1982
Bryan Lentz – private attorney; former Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (2007–2010); Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for 
 Joseph Melrose – former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at Ursinus College
Bernard T. Mittemeyer – lieutenant general and  former Surgeon General of the United States Army.
Francis J. Myers – former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
Pallam Raju – Former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development
Charles W. Sandman, Jr. – represented , 1967–1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973
Jim Saxton – U.S. Congressman representing 
Martin J. Silverstein – United States Ambassador to Uruguay
John F. Street – former Mayor of Philadelphia
Nao Takasugi – California State Assembly
R. K. Raghavan IPS – former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India

Literature

Sharmi Albrechtsen – author, blogger
Ben Bova – science fiction author
Frank Brookhouser – Journalist, columnist, and author.
Jim Callahan – retired football player and writer
Tony Campolo – author, pastor, and speaker
Anita Cornwell – author
Eric Corey Freed – architect, author, public speaker
Jeffrey Gitomer – author, speaker, business trainer
David Goodis – crime fiction writer
Helene Hanff – writer
Tom McHale – novelist
Ted Polhemus – writer, photographer, anthropologist
Jeffrey Robinson – author
Jerry Spinelli – writer
Lamont B. Steptoe – poet, photographer, publisher
Tony Trov – science fiction writer
Johnny Zito – science fiction writer

Music

Irving Berlin – honorary degree '54, songwriter
Rubén Colón Tarrats – orchestra director
Evelyn Simpson Curenton - composer
Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz – DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter
Alix Dobkin – singer/songwriter
Gilbere Forte – rapper
Joe Genaro – musician, guitarist and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen
Ariana Ghez – classic oboist
Julie Gold – songwriter, Grammy Award winner
Daryl Hall – musician
Marc-André Hamelin – pianist
Jared Hasselhoff – bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang
Mark Kramer – musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio
Fred Mascherino – musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
Joe Masteroff – Tony Award-winning playwright
Bill McGlaughlin – composer, conductor, radio host of Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday
John Oates – musician
Eric Owens – opera singer
Billy Paul – Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and War of the Gods
Fayette Pinkney – original member of The Three Degrees
Jimmy Pop – lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang
Jill Scott – R&B/soul artist
Allan Slutsky – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
Jeffrey Solow – Grammy nominated classical cellist
Terell Stafford – professional jazz trumpet player
Tim – Korean ballad singer
Susan Werner – singer-songwriter

Other 

John C. Allen – roller coaster designer
Ted Bundy - serial killer
Reed Erickson - transgender activist, engineer, and philanthropist
Judith E. Glaser – author and organizational anthropologist
E. Urner Goodman – early leader of the Boy Scouts of America
George E. Hargest - Noted philatelic and member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame. 
Donniel Hartman – Israeli rabbi
Linda and Terry Jamison – "The Psychic Twins"
Steven Levy – writer for Wired and author of Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Shantrelle P. Lewis – curator, historian, critic and filmmaker
Maralyn Lois Polak – journalist and author
Stephen Starr – celebrity restaurateur
John Thomas Taylor - congressional lobbyist for the American Legion
Diana Vincent – jewelry designer
Edith Windsor - Plaintiff in United States v. Windsor

Sports

Baseball

Bobby Higginson – Major League Baseball player, Detroit Tigers
John Marzano – former MLB catcher; sports analyst
Harry Shuman - MLB player, Pittsburgh Pirates

Football

Robby Anderson – NFL wide receiver, New York Jets
Matt Balasavage - Former NFL tight end, Baltimore Ravens
Stan Batinski – NFL offensive guard, Detroit Lions
Todd Bowles – NFL Head Coach, New York Jets
Raheem Brock – NFL defensive end, Indianapolis Colts
Matt Brown
Lem Burnham – NFL defensive end, Philadelphia Eagles, did not play Temple, earned Ph.D at Temple
Jim Callahan –  former Continental Football League player and writer
Larry Chester – NFL defensive tackle, Miami Dolphins
Jim Cooper – NFL offensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys
Mike Curcio – NFL linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers
Derek Dennis – American football offensive lineman
Randy Grossman – NFL tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers
Tom Hanson – NFL halfback, Philadelphia Eagles
James Harris – NFL defensive end, Oakland Raiders
Mike Jarmoluk – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
Lance Johnstone – NFL defensive end, Minnesota Vikings
Alex Joseph – NFL linebacker, San Francisco 49ers
Bucko Kilroy – NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
Dan Klecko – NFL fullback, Philadelphia Eagles
Joe Klecko – NFL defensive tackle, New York Jets; father of Dan Klecko
Terrance Knighton – NFL defensive tackle, Denver Broncos
Bill Manlove, national championship college coach
Jason McKie – NFL fullback, Chicago Bears
Brandon McManus – NFL placekicker, Denver Broncos
Nick Mike-Mayer – NFL placekicker, Atlanta Falcons
James Nixon – NFL cornerback, Green Bay Packers
James Parrish – former professional football player
Bernard Pierce – NFL, running back, Jacksonville Jaguars
Kevin Ross – NFL cornerback, Kansas City Chiefs
Sarah Schkeeper – WFA Guard, New York Sharks
Leslie Shepherd – NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins
Al Singleton – NFL linebacker, Dallas Cowboys
Rod Streater –  NFL, wide receiver, Oakland Raiders
Rian Wallace – NFL linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
Steve Watson – NFL wide receiver, Denver Broncos
Muhammad Wilkerson – NFL defensive end, New York Jets
Tavon Young – NFL cornerback, Baltimore Ravens
Henry Burris – CFL quarterback, Ottawa Redblacks

Basketball

Lavoy Allen – NBA player, Indiana Pacers
Rick Brunson – NBA player, Philadelphia 76ers
Mardy Collins – NBA player, New York Knicks
Candice Dupree – WNBA player, Phoenix Mercury
Mel Greenberg – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, reporter for Philadelphia Inquirer
Marc Jackson – professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player
Steve Javie – NBA referee
Eddie Jones – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks
Mark Macon – NBA player, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
Aaron McKie – NBA player, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers
Tim Perry – NBA player, Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers
Pepe Sánchez – former NBA player now with Spanish ACB; gold- medal winner  in basketball with Argentina, 2004 Summer Olympics
Khalif Wyatt (born 1991) – basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Other sports

Marcus McElhenney Olympian – Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight – bronze medal winner
Benny McLaughlin – National Soccer Hall of Fame
 Zach Pfeffer (born 1995) - soccer player
 Allen Rosenberg – rower and rowing coach
Jason Read – Olympic gold medalist, rowing
Gabe Sapolsky – professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro
Gil Stein – President of the NHL, 1992–1993

Fictional alumni 

 Toby Flenderson – character in the television series The Office; has a degree in social work from Temple University

References

[ James Hilty, Temple University: 125 Years of Service to Philadelphia, the Region and the World (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009).]p iai  

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