New York University; Professors & Researchers, MacArthur Fellow, & National Medal of Science Recipients.
by Sylviastel | created - 08 Sep 2014 | updated - 09 Sep 2014 | PublicSylvan Barnet BA 1948; Shakespearan scholar.
E. Lloyd Du Brul DDS 1937; author of Sicher and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy.
Avery Fisher BS 1929; inventor of the first stereo radio phonograph.
Corwia Hansch Ph.D.; inventor of the Hansch equation.
Tito Boeri Ph.D. 1990; Professor at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and director of the Fondazione RDB.
Steve Holt Ph.D. 1966; Director of NASA Godard Space Flight Center.
Peter Lax BA 1947, Ph.D. 1949; 2005 Abel Prize Laureate; 1986 National Medal of Science Recipient.
Martin Hellman BA 1966; invented public key cryptography.
Marvin S. Houseman; MD; Chairman of CEO of Axonyx.
John Harvey Kellogg; MED 1875.
Barbara Keyfitz; Ph.D. 1970; Director of the Fields Institute.
Anne Kinney Ph.D. 1984; Director of Physics and Astronomy division at NASA.
David Korn Ph.D. 1969; creator of the Korn shell.
Cathleen Synge Morawetz Ph.D. 1951; National Academy of Science. 1998 National Medal of Science recipient (first woman honored).
Lee Morin M.Sc.,1978 MD, Ph.D. 1982; astronaut.
Louis Nirenberg Ph.D. 1949; National Academy of Science. 1995 National Medal of Science Recipient.
Frederick Reines Ph.D. 1944; 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics. 1985 National Medal of Science Recipient.
Clifford Shull Ph.D. 1941; 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics.
John Willborn Root BS 1969; inventor of the floating raft system.
Alfred Vail BA 1836; inventor.
Sylvia A. Law JD 1968; 1983 MacArthur Fellow; professor.
George Perle Ph.D. 1956; 1974 MacArthur Fellow, professor of music.
Charles Simic BA 1966; 1983 MacArthur Fellow.
Joseph B. Keller 1943-1948; BA, MA, Ph.D. 1988 National Medal of Science Recipient.
Albert Sabin MD 1931; 1988 National Medal of Science recipient.
1. Eric Kandel
The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed
Eric Kandel was born on November 7, 1929 in Vienna, Austria. He is a writer, known for The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed (2017), In Search of Memory (2009) and Nova (1974).
MD 1955; 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
2. Dennis Tito
Self | Late Show with David Letterman
Dennis Tito was born on August 8, 1940 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
BA 1962; first commercial space customer.
3. George Wald
George Wald was born on November 18, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Gateways to the Mind (1958), The Force Beyond (1977) and The Late Great Planet Earth (1978). He died on April 12, 1997 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
BS 1927; 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
4. Minoru Yamasaki
Designed the original World Trade Center with Emery Roth.
MA 1951; works include the World Trade Center.
5. Milton Babbitt
Music_department | Alice Cooper: (No More) Love at Your Convenience
Milton Babbitt was born on May 10, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Alice Cooper: (No More) Love at Your Convenience (1977), Alice Cooper: You and Me (1977) and C'è musica & musica (1972). He was married to Sylvia Babbitt and Sylvia Miller. He died on January 29, ...
1935 BA; 1986 MacArthur Fellow
6. Majora Carter
Actress | Ricki and the Flash
Majora Carter is known for Ricki and the Flash (2015), Dirt! The Movie (2009) and Do the Math (2013).
MFA Tisch; 2005 MacArthur Fellow
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