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We strive for the information in these lists to be as accurate as possible. Current information may not be available for all alumni. Our intent is to list career highlights. If you have comments or suggestions, please email Andrea Otlewski.

Actors

SELMA BLAIR, '95, was in the movies "The Alibi," "Pretty Persuasion," "The Deal," "DeMarco Affairs," "In Good Company," "Cruel Intentions," "The Sweetest Thing" and "Legally Blonde."

GAVIN CREEL, '98, played Bill in "Eloise at the Plaza," a Wonderful World of Disney movie. Creel was nominated in 2002 for a Tony for his role in "Thoroughly Modern Millie." He also appeared in "Bounce," a musical by Stephen Sondheim.

ANN B. DAVIS, '48, was an actor in the "The Brady Bunch" TV series. She also appeared in Brady Bunch films and "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult."

DANA ELCAR, '48-'51, appeared in "MacGyver."

DAVID ALLEN GRIER, '78, has appeared on TV in "In Living Color," "Life with Bonnie" and "DAG." He has appeared onstage in "Dream Girls" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."

SCOTT HOLLANDER, JD'90, had a character based on his real-life job as a children's advocacy lawyer in the TV show "The Guardian," which ran from 2001-04. Hollander heads KidsVoice, a nonprofit that gives neglected or abused children free legal services. The show's creator and one of its executive producers is Hollander's younger brother, David.

JAMES EARL JONES, '55, HLHD'70, acted in "Field of Dreams" and "A Clear and Present Danger." He was the voice of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" series and also appeared onstage in "The Great White Hope."

CHRISTINE LAHTI, '72, was an actor in the "Chicago Hope" series. She appeared in films such as "Swing Shift," "The Doctor" and "Running on Empty." She is now on the WB's "Jack and Bobby."

MATTHEW LETSCHER, '92, appeared on "Ellen," "Good Morning Miami" and "The Beach Boys" movie. He also appeared in "The Mask of Zorro."

LUCY LIU, '90, was an actor on TV shows "Ally McBeal," "NYPD Blue" and "ER." She was also in the movies "Charlie's Angels," "Payback," "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" and "Chicago."

STROTHER MARTIN, '47, was an actor in "Gunsmoke" and "Hud."

BOB MCGRATH, '54, was on "Sesame Street." He is also a musician.

MARIAN MERCER, '57, was on "Mary Hartman" and "Nine to Five." She appeared onstage in "Promises, Promises."

SARA MOULTON, '74, is the host of "Sara's Secrets" on the Food Network.

DENISE NICHOLAS, '63, was in "Room 227" and "In The Heat of the Night." She also was in "Ghost Dad."

DAVID PAYMER, '75, has appeared in "Mr. Saturday Night," "Quiz Show," "Get Shorty," "City Slickers," "Payback" and "In the Line of Fire."

JEAN PETERS, mid '40s, appeared in the films "Captain From Castile" and "Three Coins in a Fountain."

GILDA RADNER, '64-'70, was on "Saturday Night Live," where she played many memorable characters, including Baba Wawa, based on Barbara Walters.

Art/Design/Architecture

MICHELE OKA DONNER, '66, MFA'68, designed the entry to New York City's Hayden Planetarium.

DANIEL DWORSKY, '50, designed U-M's Crisler Arena.

ROBERT ISRAEL, MFA'64, is a set costume designer for theater, dance and opera.

KENNETH JAY LANE, '51-'52, is a fashion jewelry designer/owner of Kenneth Jay Lane Inc.

CHARLES W. MOORE, '47, HDRAC'92, designed much of the New Orleans World Fair.

WARREN ROBBINS, MA'49, is an art collector whose collection of African art led to the establishment of the Museum of African Art, part of the Smithsonian group.

BERNARD ROSENTHAL, '36, is a sculptor who created The Cube in Regents Plaza on U-M's campus. He also has three works permanently placed outdoors in New York City (Astor Place, 58th St., Pedestrian Plaza).

JASON RUBIN, '93, has created computer games such as "Ski Crazed" for Apple II. Cofounder of the Naughty Dog developing company, Rubin produced the popular "Crash Bandicoot" series before selling the company to Sony in 2000. He went on to make "Jak and Daxter," a popular action-adventure game for PlayStation 2.

Astronauts

THEODORE FREEMAN, MS'60, was an astronaut.

KARL HENIZE, PhD'54, was an astronaut.

JAMES B. IRWIN, MS'57, HSCD'71, was an astronaut.

JACK R. LOUSMA,'59, HSCD'73, was an astronaut.

JAMES A. MCDIVITT,'59, HSCD'65, was an astronaut.

DAVID R. SCOTT, '49-'50, was an astronaut.

EDWARD H. WHITE, MS'59, HSCD'71, made the first US space walk.

ALFRED WORDON, MSE'63, HSCD'71, was an astronaut.

Apollo 15, an all U-M space flight, flew to the moon from July 26-August 7, 1971, with astronauts Col. DAVID R. SCOTT, '49-'50, commander; Maj. ALFRED WORDEN, MS'63, command module pilot; Col. JAMES IRWIN, MS'57, lunar module pilot. It was first expedition with a lunar rover vehicle (used by Scott & Irwin who went to the surface of the moon) and the first flight in which all three astronauts were from the same university. They carried three U-M items: a miniature of the U-M flag, a miniature of the U-M Dept. of Aerospace Engineering seal, and a charter of the U-M Alumni Club of the Moon, which was left on the moon.

Business

HENRY W. BLOCH, '43, was the president of H&R; Block Inc.

MANUEL LUIS DEL VALLE, '67, is the president of Barcardi Corp.

JANE MATHEWS DENMAN, MBA'81, is the vice president of human resources of Orbitz.

JOEL MARVIN DORFMAN, '51, is the president and CEO of Thorn Apple Valley Inc.

TONY FADELL, '91, invented the iPod.

IRVINE O. HOCKADAY, LLB'61, is the president and CEO of Hallmark Cards Inc.

CHARLES E. HUMPHREY, '64, MBA'68, JD'68, is the president of Box Office Video.

DONALD R. MANDICH, '46, MBA'50, is the chairman of Comerica Inc.

PAUL M. OSTERGARD, JD'64, is the president of General Electric Foundation.

LARRY PAGE, '95, cofounded Google.

RAY T. PARFET JR., MBA'47, is the chairman and CEO of The Upjohn Co.

JOHN PARK, MBA'85, is the chief financial officer of Orbitz.

RALPH REINS, '63, is the president and chief operating officer of Mack Trucks Inc.

STEPHEN M. ROSS, '62, a New York City real estate developer, provided a gift of $100 million to the University of Michigan Business School in 2004. It is the largest donation ever to an American business school and the largest gift to U-M in its 187-year history.

PHILIP L. SMITH, '60, MBA'61, is the president and CEO of General Foods Corp./Pillsbury Co.

ROGER B. SMITH, '48, MBA'53, is the former chairman and CEO of General Motors.

HAROLD K. SPERLICH, MBA'61, is the president of Chrysler Corp.

A. ALFRED TAUBMAN, HLLD'48, was the founder of the Taubman Company, one of America's premier real estate developers and operator of regional shopping centers.

CHARLES WALGREEN, PHC'28, HMS'51, HLHD'92, is the founder of Walgreen's drugstores.

ARI WEINZWEIG, '78, is the cofounder of Zingerman's and wrote "Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating."

Directors/Screenwriters/Producers, Etc.

JOHN BRILEY, '51, MA'52, was a screenwriter/novelist of "Gandhi."

HERBERT BRODKIN, '24, was a TV producer for "The Defenders," "Playhouse 90," "Sakharov," "Skokie" and "Holocaust."

HAL COOPER, '46, was a TV producer/director for "Maude," "Dick Van Dyke Show," "Mayberry RFD," "That Girl," "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Empty Nest."

VALENTINE DAVIES, '27, was a screenwriter for "Miracle on 34th Street."

GARY HARDWICK, '82, is a novelist and filmmaker of "Deliver Us From Eva." Hardwick wrote the screenplay and directed the romantic comedy, which starred LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union.

MAX HODGE, '39, was a TV writer for "Wild, Wild West," "Mission: Impossible," "Marcus Welby" and "The Waltons."

LAWRENCE KASDAN, '70, MA'72, HLHD'00, was a screenwriter/director for "The Big Chill," "Body Heat," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Return of the Jedi" and "Silverado."

DAVID LEVIEN, '89, co-wrote and co-directed "The Knockaround Guys," a movie about the sons of New York gangsters. Levien also co-wrote the poker movie "Rounders," which starred Matt Damon.

JEFF MARX, '93, is a composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical "Avenue Q" with collaborator Robert Lopez. Together, they wrote the show's 21 songs.

ARTHUR MILLER, '38, HLHD'56, wrote "Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible," "The Misfits" and "Playing For Time."

DAVID MURRAY, '90, had his film "Livermore" shown nationwide on the PBS series "Independent Lens."

DAVID NEWMAN, '58, MA'59, was a screenwriter for the "Superman" movies (I, II and III), "Bonnie & Clyde," "What's Up Doc?" and "Still of the Night."

LESLIE NEWMAN, '58, was a screenwriter for "Superman."

DUDLEY NICHOLS, '14-'17, was a screenwriter for "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Stagecoach" and "The Informer."

JACK O'BRIEN, '61, MA'62, is a Broadway producer of "The Full Monty" and "Hairspray," for which he won a Tony in 2003. He also was the producer of "His Girl Friday" in London for the National Theatre of Great Britain.

SCOTT PETERSEN, '92, filmed a documentary called "Scrabylon," set primarily at the 2001 World Scrabble Championships in Las Vegas.

JOHN RICH, '48, MA'49, was a producer for "Maude," "That Girl," "Mayberry RFD" and "MacGyver."

TODD SAMOVITZ, '89, is co-author of the screenplay "Wonderland," which starred Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow.

ROBERT K. SHAYE, '60, co-produced "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." He is the president of New Line Cinema.

CHRIS SMITH, MA'00, co-produced "Antwone Fisher." Fisher was a student in Smith's screenwriting class at a South Central Los Angeles church. Smith helped Fisher get the story made into a movie.

ROGER L. STEVENS, '28-'30, HLLD'64, was a stage producer for "West Side Story," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "A Man for All Seasons" and "Annie."

Media

DONNA BRITT, MA'78, is a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post.

DAN DIERDORF, '68-'70, is a sportscaster.

RICH EISEN, '90, is the lead anchor for the NFL Network.

WIN ELLIOT, '37, was a sportscaster.

BILL FLEMING, '49, was a sportscaster.

JAMES RUSSELL GAINES, '73, is managing editor of Time magazine.

ARNOLD GINGRICH, '25, was a founder/publisher of Esquire magazine.

CATHY GUISEWITE, '72, is a cartoonist and created the comic strip "Cathy."

ANDREA JOYCE, '76, is a sportscaster.

SARA KRULWICH, '72, is a photographer for The New York Times.

JOHN MADIGAN, '58, is a publisher of the Chicago Tribune.

JANET MALCOLM, '55, was a writer for The New Yorker and wrote "In the Freud Archives."

BETH NISSEN, '75, is a journalist.

DANIEL OKRENT, '69, is the public editor for The New York Times. He wrote the nonfiction book "Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center."

JOHN PAPANEK, '73, is managing editor of Sports Illustrated.

P. ANTHONY RIDDER, '62, is the president of Knight-Ridder Inc.

DANIEL RIVKIN, '85, is the head of news for World Television Co., which produces Towards Freedom TV. The one-hour programs, created by a 10-member Arabic-speaking team, focus on news, discussions and features about freedom and democracy.

WILLIAM SHAWN, '25-'27, was editor of The New Yorker.

CAROLE SIMPSON, '62, is a TV journalist.

MIKE WALLACE, '39, HLLD'87, is a TV journalist for "60 Minutes."

LESLIE WAYNE, '70, is an editor for The New York Times.

MARGARET BOURKE WHITE, '22-'24, was a photographer/journalist.

STEVE WILDSTROM, '69, is the author of Business Week's Technology and You section.

ROGER WILKENS, '53, LLB'56, HLHD'93, was a journalist of the Washington Post. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for his Watergate editorials.

ROBIN WRIGHT, '70, MA'71, is a foreign correspondent.

Infamous Alumni

JOHN BUETTNER-JANUSCH, PhD’57, was convicted of making and selling LSD and methaqualone and was sentenced to five years. In 1987, he was charged with sending poisoned candy to the judge in the drug case.
DR. HARVEY CRIPPEN, 1883, killed his wife and buried her in the cellar of their home.
JOHN Z. DELOREAN, MBA’57, president of the DeLorean Motor Company, was caught in an FBI cocaine sting operation that led to a high profile trial for federal fraud and racketeering related to money he stole from the company.
TED KACZYNSKI, MA’64, PhD’ 67, began sending bombs around the country, targeting mainly universities and airlines. After more than 15 years with few clues, he finally was caught when his own brother recognized his peculiar phrasing from the published “Unabomber’s Manifesto.”
JACK KEVORKIAN, MD’52, MDres’58, known as “Dr. Death” for his role in assisted suicides, was tried and acquitted several times before being convicted of second-degree murder and sent to prison.
JOHN LIST, ’50, MBA’50, murdered his mother, wife and three children, left a written confession and disappeared for 18 years.
RICHARD A. LOEB’22, he and his friend Nathan Leopold, tried to commit the perfect murder in killing 14-year-old Bobby Franks, but their carelessness eventually led to their arrest.
HERMAN WEBSTER MUDGETT, MD1884, is believed to be America’s first serial killer.
ALFRED TAUBMAN, ’48, HLLD’91, was found guilty of price-fixing and sentenced to a year and a day in prison.
CAROLYN WARMUS, ’86, was accused of killing her lover’s wife, and her trial became known in the press as the “fatal attraction” murder case.

Performing Arts

ROBERTA ALEXANDER, MMUS'77, appeared onstage in "The Scarlet Pimpernel."

BECKY BAELING, '99, had her song "If You Love Me" on Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2003. Baeling also has her own album called "Beckstasy."

JULES BELKIN, '53, heads Jules Belkin Productions, one of the top US rock 'n' roll promoters. Belkin was instrumental in founding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

JUDY BROWN, MMUS'68, is a conductor and arranger.

ZUOHUANG CHEN, MMUS'82, PhD'85, is a conductor for the Central Philharmonic Orchestra (People's Republic of China) and the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.

CHIP DAVIS, '69, composed "Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas Live," "Convoy" and "The Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice."

HUNTER FOSTER, '92, was cast for the first-ever Broadway production of "Little Shop of Horrors." Foster starred in the hit Broadway musical "Urinetown."

CAROLYN JANTSCH, '06, is the principal tubist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the first female tubist with a major symphony orchestra.

IGGY POP, '63-'64, is a rock singer.

MADONNA, '78-'79, is a singer. She also appeared in "Evita," "A League of Their Own," "Dick Tracy" and "The Next Best Thing."

DEBBIE (TOMCHAK) MIDDLETON, '76, MMUS'77, composed the 20-minute piece "Overture 2000."

JESSYE NORMAN, MMUS'68, HSCD'87, is an opera/concert singer.

ROCO SACCANI, '84, is a pianist and conductor.

DAVID SHAYMAN, a.k.a. Disco D, '02, helped pioneer Detroit booty music and later gave it the "ghettotech" moniker. He relocated to New York and branched out as a producer of hip-hop, R&B;, and dancehall tracks for mainstream artists such as 50 Cent and Nina Sky.

DOUGLAS SILLS, '82, was cast for the first-ever Broadway production of "Little Shop of Horrors." Sills was a Tony nominee for leading actor in the musical "The Scarlet Pimpernel."

DANIEL WORLEY, MMUS'95, PhD'02, made history with "Freak Show," his rock opera CD/doctoral dissertation based loosely on the life of John Merrick. The subject of the play is "The Elephant Man."

JACK YELLEN, '13, was a songwriter for "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Are You From Dixie?"

Public Affairs/Politicians

MARY FRANCES BERRY, PhD'66, JD'70, HLLD'97, was the chair for the Commission on Civil Rights under President Jimmy Carter.

CLARENCE DARROW, 1878, was an attorney for the Scopes Monkey trial and the Leopold-Loeb trial.

GERALD FORD, '35, HLLD'74, was the president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

HAROLD FORD JR., JD'96, is a congressman representing Tennessee's 9th District.

RICHARD GEPHARDT, JD'65, is a US representative from Missouri and a former Democratic presidential candidate.

THOMAS HAYDEN, '60-'61, was an activist in the Chicago Seven.

RICHARD MATSCH, '51, JD'53, was the Colorado federal judge in the McVeigh Oklahoma City bombing trial.

MICHAEL NEWDOW, JD'88, made headlines in 2002 by challenging the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance, charging that the recitation of the Pledge in his daughter's public school violates the separation of church and state.

GUY VANDER JAGT, JD'60, was a congressman representing Michigan's 9th District.

RAOUL WALLENBERG, '35, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews by giving them Swedish passports during World War II.

CHARLES Z. WICK, '40, was the director of the US Information Agency.

GAIL WILENSKY, '64, MA'65, PhD'68, is a senior fellow at Project HOPE and a former HCFA administrator.

KAREN WOLFF, MMUS'76, PhD'79, was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Council on the Arts, the NEA's advisory body. The council makes recommendations on grants, funding guidelines and leadership initiatives to the NEA chairman. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will review the nominations.

Publishers

SUSIE ALBERT, '87, is the national accounts sales manager for DK Publishing.

LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM, '66, is the chairman of Time Warner Book Group, which is responsible for Warner Books and Little Brown.

ESTHER MARGOLIS, '58, is a founder, president and publisher of Newmark Press.

KAY RADTKE, '63, is the executive vice president, associate publisher of Applause Theater and Cinema Books.

Reality TV Stars

LINDSAY BRIEN, '99, was on "The Real World-Seattle." Brien now hosts a half-hour entertainment show called "The Spot."

KRISTY KRIZMANICH, '03, was on the ABC hit "The Bachelor."

SARAH-ELIZABETH LANGFORD, '00, competed as Miss District of Columbia in the 2002 Miss America Competition.

ADAM MESH, '97, was a contestant on "Average Joe." Later NBC brought him back on his own dating show, "Average Joe: Adam Returns."

JOSH SCHWADRON, '03, won NBC's extreme reality show "Fear Factor: Las Vegas."

JUDD WINNICK, '92, was on "The Real World-San Francisco." Winnick also wrote a novel, "Pedro and Me," and is a cartoonist.

Science/Medicine

ALEXA CANADY, '71, MD'75, is the chief of neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Michigan.

BENJAMIN S. CARSON, MD'77, is the director of the division of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University.

GWENDOLYN CHIVERS, '72, is the chief pharmacist at the University of Michigan Health Service.

GAYLE CRICK, '74, MM'84, is the manager of global marketing at Eli Lilly.

PAUL DE KRUIF, '10-'12, PhD'16, is the author of "Microbe Hunters."

JEROME P. HORWITZ, PhD'50, was an organic chemist who synthesized AZT in 1964, a drug now used to treat AIDS.

PETER LABADIE, '79, is the president of Williams-Labadie, a subsidiary of Leo Burnett Communications.

H. CLIFFORD LANE, '72, MD'76, is the deputy director for clinical research at the Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.

ROBERT LIPPER, PhD'78, is the vice president of Biopharmaceutics R&D;, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Co.

ISABELLA LUGOSKI KARLE, '41, MS'42, PhD'44, HSCD'76, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She was a member of the Manhattan Project.

EMIL JOHN KONOPINSKI, '33, MA'34, PhD'36, patented a device that made the first hydrogen bomb with Dr. Edward Teller. He was a member of the Manhattan Project.

WILLIAM J. MAYO, MD1883, is the co-founder of Mayo Clinic.

ANTONIA NOVELLO, '74, HLLD'94, was the first female US surgeon general.

CATHERINE POLLEY, '82, is the vice president of state government affairs for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.

JOHN CLARK SHEEHAN, MS'38, PhD'41, was a chemist who pioneered the first synthetic penicillin breakthrough in 1957.

LARRY WAGENKNECHT, '79, is the CEO of the Michigan Pharmacists Association.

GAIL WARDEN, MHA'63, is the president and CEO of Detroit's Henry Ford Health System.

DAVID ZACCARDELLI, PHARD'88, is the vice president of MDS Pharma Services.

Sports

JIM ABBOTT, '89, was a Major League Baseball player.

GEORGE ALLEN, '47, MA'48, was an NFL football coach.

JEFFERY BACKUS, '00, is an NFL football player.

RONALD BELLAMY, '03, is an NFL football player.

RED BERENSON, '62, MBA'66, was a former pro hockey player and U-M hockey coach.

BUBBA BERENZWEIG, '99, is an NHL hockey player.

STEVE BOROS, '63, was a manager of the San Diego Padres.

JASON BOTTERILL, '97, is an NHL hockey player.

ERIC BRACKINS, '01, was an NFL football player.

TOM BRADY, '00, is a former U-M quarterback and now plays for the New England Patriots.

DAVID BRANDT, '02, is an NFL football player.

MICHAEK CAMMALLERI, '00-'02, is an NHL hockey player.

MARK CAMPBELL, '99, is an NFL football player.

DON CANHAM, '41, MA'48, was a U-M track star and U-M athletic director.

ANTHONY CARTER, '78-'82, is an NFL football player.

TODD COLLINS, '95, is an NFL football player.

MICHAEL COMRIE, '98-'00, is an NHL hockey player.

DONALD GLOVER CONRAD, MBA'57, was the owner of the Hartford Whalers.

GREGORY CROZIER, '99, was an NHL hockey player.

DAVID DEBOL, '86, was an NHL hockey player.

CHALMERS (BUMP) ELLIOTT, '48, was a former U-M football coach.

FOREST EVASHEVSKI, '41, was a football player and coach.

BILL FREEHAN, '66, was a Major League Baseball player and a former U-M baseball coach.

WILLIAM CLAY FORD, '44, is the owner of the Detroit Lions.

CHARLIE GEHRINGER, '22-'23, was a Major League Baseball player.

IAN GOLD, '00, is an NFL football player.

JONATHAN GOODWIN, '01, is an NFL football player.

BRIAN GRIESE, '97, is an NFL football player.

JANET GUTHRIE, '60, was a racecar driver.

STEVEN HALKO, '99, was an NHL hockey player.

JAMES HALL, '99, is an NFL football player.

JIM HARBAUGH, '86, was an NFL football player and is now the head football coach for the University of San Diego.

TOM HARMON, '41, was a football player, Heisman Trophy winner and sportscaster.

DREW HENSON, '02, is an NFL football player.

ELROY HIRSCH, '44, was a football player and actor in "Unchained."

DESMOND HOWARD, '92, was an NFL football player and a Heisman Trophy winner.

JUWAN HOWARD, '95, is an NBA basketball player.

JEFF JILLSON, '02, is an NHL hockey player.

DHANI JONES, '00, is an NFL football player.

BENNIE JOPPRU, '02 is an NFL football player.

CATO JUNE, '02 is an NFL football player.

THOMAS ARTHUR KEATING, '65, was an NFL football player.

MIKE KNUBLE, '95, is an NHL hockey player.

MICHAEL KOMISAREK, '00-'02, is an NHL hockey player.

RON KRAMER, '57, was an NFL football player.

JOSH LANGFELD, '01, is an NHL hockey player

BARRY LARKIN, '86, is a Major League Baseball player.

TY LAW, '92-'94, is an NFL football player.

RICK LEACH, '75-'79, was a Major League Baseball player.

DON LUND, '45, was a Major League Baseball player.

BRIAN LUNDBERG, '85, was an NHL hockey player.

BARRY MACKAY, '57, has been covering tennis for USA Sports since 1981 and was the network's first tennis analyst on its inaugural 1984 US Open coverage. MacKay earned the No. 1 ranking and the Amateur Tennis Player of the Year Award in 1960. He is the president and owner of BMK Sports Inc. a company founded to promote and run the Sybase Open in San Jose, California.

LELAND MACPHAIL, 1907-08, is a former president and treasurer of the New York Yankees.

TIM MCCORMICK, '84, was an NBA basketball player.

REGGIE MCKENZIE, '72, was an NFL football player.

TERRY MILLS, '88-'90, was an NBA basketball player.

HAL MORRIS, '84, was a Major League Baseball player.

BRENDAN MORRISON, '97, is an NHL hockey player.

JOHN NAVARRE, '03, is an NFL football player.

ROBERT NEDERLANDER, '55, JD'58, was a managing partner of the New York Yankees.

STEVE ONTIVEROS, '80-'82, was a Major League Baseball player.

BENNIE OOSTERBAAN, '28, was a football player and former U-M football coach.

SHANTEE ORR, '99-'02, is an NFL football player.

JED ORTMEYER, '03, is an NHL hockey player.

CHRIS PERRY, '00-'03, is an NFL football player.

DAVE PETRUZIELLO, '02, is an NFL football player.

BRANCH RICKEY, '11, is a former president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey was instrumental in bringing Jackie Robinson to the major leagues.

ERIC RILEY, '93, was an NBA basketball player.

RUMEAL ROBINSON, '90, was an NBA basketball player.

ALAN I. ROTHENBERG, '60, was president of the Los Angeles Clippers.

JALEN ROSE, '92-'94, is an NBA basketball player.

CAZZIE RUSSELL, '64-'66, was an NBA basketball player.

CHRIS SABO, '81-'83, was a Major League Baseball player.

CORY SARGENT, '01, is an NFL football player.

JOHN L. SCHROEDER, '68, is a golfer.

AARON SHEA, '95-'99, is an NFL football player.

TED LYLE SIMMONS, '96, was a Major League Baseball player.

GEORGE SISLER, '15, was a Major League Baseball player.

TED SIZEMORE, '66, was a Major League Baseball player.

LARY SORENSON, '76, was a Major League Baseball player.

LARRY STEVENS, '00-'03, is an NFL football player.

TAI STREETS, '95-'98, is an NFL football player.

RICHARD STRENGER, '83, was an NFL football player.

DAVID TERRELL, '98-'00, is an NFL football player.

ANTHONY THOMAS, '01, is an NFL football player.

RUDY TOMJANOVICH, '66-'70, was an NBA basketball player and a coach.

AMANI TOOMER, '96, is an NFL football player.

JERAME TUMAN, '94-'98, is an NFL football player.

GARY WAYNE, '81-'84, was a Major League Baseball player.

DICK WAKEFIELD, '39-'41, was a Major League Baseball player.

CHRIS WEBBER, '91-'92, is an NBA basketball player.

TYRONE WHEATLEY, '91-'94, is an NFL football player.

JOSH WILLIAMS, '00, is an NFL football player.

MAURICE WILLIAMS, '01, is an NFL football player.

FRED WILPON, '58, is the chairman of board for the New York Mets.

ERIC WILSON, '00, is an NFL football player.

CHARLES WOODSON, '97, is an NFL football player and a Heisman Trophy winner.

GEOFF ZAHN, '68, is a former Major League Baseball player and U-M baseball coach.

Bo Schembechler, HLLD'05, winningest football coach in U-M history

Writers

MAX APPLE, '63, PhD'70, wrote "Free Agents," "Roommates" and "The Air Up There."

PHILIP BREITMEYER, '47, wrote "Lightening Ridge! Further Adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

MICHAEL BYERS, MFA'96, wrote "Long for this World."

JUDITH LEVINE CANTOR, '49, is the author of "Jews in Michigan," part of the series "Discovering the Peoples of Michigan."

JENNIFER COBURN, '88, has written "The Wife of Reilly" and "Reinventing Mona."

HAROLD COURLANDER, '31, is the author of more than 35 books, was a world famous anthropologist, writer and folklorist.

KC FREDERICK, '56, MA'58, PhD'63, wrote "Accomplices."

TERRY GAMBLE, '77, wrote "The Water Dancers," a novel set in northern Michigan.

FRANK B. GILBRETH, '33, wrote "Cheaper by the Dozen."

NEIL GORDON, '80, wrote "The Company You Keep."

THOMAS GRACE JR., '84, MARCH'86, is a best-selling author of the adventure thrillers "Spyder Web," "Quantum Web," "Twisted Web," "Bird of Prey" and "Cause of Death."

JUDITH GUEST, '59, wrote "Ordinary People." The novel was made into a movie directed by Robert Redford.

TONY RIDDER, '62, is the president and CEO of Knight Ridder.

ANN HAGEDORN, MALS'75, wrote "Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad."

STEVE HAMILTON, '83, wrote "Blood is the Sky," an Alex McKnight mystery set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

HERVIE HAUFLER, '41, is the author of "Codebreakers' Victory: How the Allied Cryptographers Won World War II."

JON HEIN, '89, is the creator of the popular Jump the Shark Web site. Hein has a book, "Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad." The term, which Hein credits to a U-M roommate, refers to a "Happy Days" episode in which Fonzi, wearing his leather jacket, jumped over a shark while water-skiing. It's now used to define the point when any TV show stops being good.

JOYCE HENRY, '48, is the author of "Beat the Bard: What's Your Shakespeare IQ?"

JAMES AVERY HOPWOOD, 1905, was a playwright who established the U-M Hopwood Awards.

MICHAEL JOSHUA, '95, wrote "Being 2000."

JANE KENYON, '70, MA'72, is a poet.

KARL LAGNEMMA, '94, wrote "On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction," eight stories that explore the mysteries of love.

SCOTT LASSER, MA'89, wrote a novel, "All I Could Get," a story about a man who studied at Dartmouth, lived in Colorado with his family and moved to New York City to fulfill his dream of wealth on Wall Street.

ROSS MACDONALD, MA'42, PhD'52, wrote the "Lew Archer Mystery Series."

JAMES MCCULLOUGH, '84, had his essays published in "Voelker's Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy."

BRAD MELTZER, '92, has written "The Zero Game, "The Tenth Justice," "Dead Even," "The First Counsel" and "The Millionaires."

MARCIA MULLER, '66, MA'71, is a novelist.

SUSAN ORLEAN, '76, wrote "The Orchid Thief." The book was made into the movie "Adaptation."

MARGE PIERCY, '57, wrote "Braided Lives" and "Fly Away Home."

DORIS RUBENSTEIN, '71, is the author of "The Good Corporate Citizen: A Practical Guide."

LOIS WELLS SANTALO, '43, wrote "Oops, I Lost My Sense of Humor."

ROB SIEGEL, '93, was the editor-in-chief of "The Onion." Siegel led the editorial staff of 10 to come up with funny headlines and tongue-in-cheek stories mocking American life, society and media.

ELLEN SLEZAK, '80, wrote "Last Year's Jesus: A Novella and Nine Stories."

BETTY SMITH, '21-'22, '27, '31, wrote "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

GILBERT SNIDER, MD'75, MDres'81, wrote the medical thriller entitled "Brain Warp."

RICHARD STEWART, '52, MD'55, MDres'61, MPHIH'62, wrote "Leper Priest of Moloka'i: The Father Damien Story."

DON SURATH, '67, is the author of "Conquering Cold Calling Fear."

JAMES TOBIN, '78, MA'79, PhD'86, wrote "To Conquer the Air," "Ernie Pyle's War" and "Great Projects."

ROBERT TRAVER, '28, wrote "Anatomy of a Murder."

CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG, '72, is the writer and illustrator of "The Wreck of the Zypher," "Jumanji" and "The Polar Express."

RICHARD J. WARD, MA'48, PhD'58, has published "Grampas Are for All Seasons."

EDMUND WHITE, '62, wrote for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

NANCY WILLARD, '58, PhD'63, wrote "A Visit to William Blake's Inn" and "Things Invisible to See."

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