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This list of Clark University people features alumni, including currently matriculating students and alumni that are graduates or
non-matriculating students of
Clark University and faculty.
Alumni
Academia
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr. – father of
Buzz Aldrin (DSc 1969), worked with
Robert Goddard on his theories of rocketry (1915)
Mildred Allen – physicist (PhD Physics 1922)
Adelbert Ames, Jr. – research professor at
Dartmouth College , pioneered the study of physiological optics
Clarence Barber – Canadian economist (MA 1941)
Jill Beck – president of
Lawrence University , spent a summer as a
Radio City
Rockette while an undergraduate at Clark (BA Philosophy and Art History)
[1]
Gwen Bell – co-founder and president of
the Computer Museum (PhD Geography 1967, DSc 1994)
Samuel Flagg Bemis – two-time recipient of the
Pulitzer Prize (LHD 1937)
Moti Bodek –
Tel Aviv University &
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design professor (MPA 1995)
Hermon Carey Bumpus – Fifth president of Tufts College (now
Tufts University ) (LLD 1909)
Frederic Lister Burk (1862–1924),
Canadian-born American educator,
educational theorist ,
superintendent , educational reformer, and university president (Ph.D. 1898)
Alexander Francis Chamberlain – anthropologist
Pinkhos Churgin (1894–1957), Israeli first President of
Bar-Ilan University
Levi L. Conant – mathematician (no degree awarded; scholar of mathematics at Clark 1890–1891)
[2]
V. Raymond Edman – President of
Wheaton College (Illinois) (MA, PhD 1933)
Rona M. Fields – psychologist and author (MA 1965)
[3]
John H. Flavell –
Stanford University Professor (MA Psychology 1952, Phd 1955)
E. Franklin Frazier – sociologist (MA)
Yair Galily – Israeli sociologist (MSc Communications, 1996)
Arnold Gesell – Yale professor known for his contributions to child psychology (PhD Psychology 1906)
Henry H. Goddard – psychologist (PhD Psychology 1899)
Robert H. Goddard – rocket engineer, invented the modern day rocket (MA Physics 1910, PhD Physics 1911, DSc 1945)
Thomas F. Goreau – marine biologist and authority on coral reef ecology
Frederick Grinnell – cell biologist, bio-ethicist, shortlist 2010
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books (BA Chemistry 1966)
Clarence N. Hickman – rocket scientist and recipient of the
Medal for Merit , known as the "Father of Scientific Archery" and for his involvement in the development of the
bazooka (DSc 1946)
John Irwin Hutchinson – mathematician (no degree awarded; scholar and fellow in Mathematics at Clark 1890–1892)
[4]
Grayson L. Kirk – President of the
Council on Foreign Relations and president of
Columbia University during the
student protests of 1968 (LLD 1953)
John Kneller – English-American professor and fifth President of
Brooklyn College (B.A. 1938)
William L. Langer – historian, head of the Research and Analysis Branch of the
Office of Strategic Services (no degree awarded; took courses on international relations at Clark 1915–1917 while teaching at
Worcester Academy )
Solomon Lefschetz – mathematician (PhD 1911, DSc 1952)
J. Ross Mackay – Canadian geographer (BA Geography 1939)
Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune – geographer, university president, and recipient of the
Medal of Freedom (PhD Geography 1939, LLD 1960)
[5]
Margaret Morse Nice – ornithologist (MA Biology 1915)
Howard W. Odum – sociologist and founder of the journal
Social Forces (PhD Psychology 1909)
Vance Randolph – folklorist, his book Ozark Superstitions is dedicated to the memory of his Clark mentor G. Stanley Hall (MA Psychology)
Mannque Rho – South Korean theoretical physicist (Bachelor's 1960, DSc 2003)
Walter Ristow – head of map division at
New York Public Library and
Library of Congress (Doctorate)
[6]
W.S. Small – experimental psychologist
L. S. Stavrianos – historian (MA, PhD)
Francis Sumner – first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in psychology at an American university
Amy Tanner – psychologist
Lewis Terman – pioneer in
cognitive psychology (PhD 1905)
L.T.E. Thompson – physicist and ballistician (Physics MA 1915, PhD 1917)
Thomas Gordon Thompson – chemist and oceanographer, namesake of two oceanographic research ships (BA 1914)
Albert Potter Wills – PhD advisor of the Nobel Prize winner
Isidor Isaac Rabi (PhD 1897)
Business
Sonia Gardner – co-founder of
Avenue Capital Group
Jacob Hiatt – former president of Rand-Whitney, acquired by
Kraft Group in 1972, Hiatt's daughter Myra married
Robert Kraft ; namesake of Clark's Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education and Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology, life trustee of Clark University (master's 1946, LLD 1977)
Alan Kotok – computer pioneer,
Digital architect, associate chairman of
W3C (MBA 1978)
Marc Lasry – billionaire CEO and co-founder of
Avenue Capital Group (BA History 1981)
Jeffrey Lurie – billionaire owner of
Philadelphia Eagles
Michael Marcus – commodities trader
Hugh Panero – CEO of XM Radio (BA Government 1978)
Thomas Peterffy – billionaire entrepreneur, founder, chairman, and CEO of
Interactive Brokers Group and played a key role in founding the
Boston Options Exchange
Fred Rosen – former CEO of
Ticketmaster , co-founder of the
Bel Air Homeowners Alliance
Government, law, and public policy
Michael P. Ross is an American lawyer and former politician from
Boston, Massachusetts , who represented District 8 (which includes
Beacon Hill ,
Back Bay , and the
Fenway ) on the
Boston City Council from 2000 through 2013.
Richard T. Moore is a
Democratic politician from
Massachusetts and a former member of the
Massachusetts State Senate .
Adjoa Aiyetoro – lawyer, activist, executive director of the
National Conference of Black Lawyers 1993–1997
D'Army Bailey – former Circuit Court Judge in Shelby County, Tennessee, founder of the
National Civil Rights Museum , and civil rights activist
Terri Bonoff – former Minnesota state senator and deputy senate minority leader, and 2016 congressional candidate (BA Psychology and Sociology 1979)
David Brenerman – member of the
Maine House of Representatives and ceremonial mayor of Portland, Maine (BA 1973 Government)
Peng Chun Chang – high-level Chinese diplomat who played a pivotal role in the drafting of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (BA 1913, LLD 1938)
Beth Edmonds – Maine State Senator (BA Geography 1972)
Lauren Beth Gash – former Illinois State Representative
[7]
Matt Gilman – Massachusetts DUI lawyer (BA Government 2006)
John M. Granville –
USAID diplomat assassinated in
Sudan
Stephan Hay — member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Corey Hinderstein – Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, US National Nuclear Security Administration - Department of Energy (BA International Relations 1996)
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick – Chief Economist of the
U.S. Department of Commerce (2015–17), chief global economist of
Ford Motor Company , member of the Clark University Board of Trustees (2017–present) (MA International Development 1988, PhD Economics 1986)
[8]
Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside – Canadian ambassador to Mexico (1944–47) and commissioner of the
Northwest Territories (1947–50); taught history at Clark (MA 1921, PhD 1923, LLD 1951)
Joseph L. Kennedy – independent candidate in the
United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010 (BA Computer Science 1993)
Kim Chung-yum – South Korean Ambassador to Japan,
Chief Presidential Secretary , Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Finance (MA Economics 1959, LLD 1995)
Mark MacDonald – member of the
Vermont House of Representatives and
Vermont Senate (BA Government & International Relations 1972)
[9]
Raymond Mariano – mayor of
Worcester, MA , 1993–2001 (MPA 1982)
Floyd McKissick Jr. – North Carolina state senator, deputy senate minority leader (BA Geography)
Libérat Mfumukeko – Secretary-General of the
East African Community (MBA 1994)
Richard T. Moore – Massachusetts State Senator (BA History 1966)
Libby Pataki – First Lady of New York and wife of Republican presidential candidate
George Pataki
Michael P. Ross – member of the Boston City Council since 1999, representing District 8, which includes Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and the Fenway (BA 1993)
Suh Sang-chul – South Korean government minister killed in the
Rangoon bombing (Bachelor's 1958, master's 1959, posthumous LLD 1984)
Olta Xhaçka – Albanian Minister of Defense and former
Minister of Social Welfare and Youth
Medicine
Military
Andrew J. Olmsted – U.S. Army major; blogger; killed in action while serving in the Iraq War (BA Government & International Relations 1992)
Journalism and media
Literature
Art, entertainment, and architecture
Religion
Athletics and exploration
Activism and reform
Faculty
References
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^ Story, William Edward (4 March 1899).
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"On the Reduction of Hyperelliptic Functions (p: By a Transformation of the Second Degree ..." W. Fr. Kaestner. Retrieved 4 March 2019 – via Google Books.
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"Walter Ristow Dies at 97; Populist Curator of Maps – The New York Times" .
The New York Times . Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
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"The Voter's Self Defense System" .
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"U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Dr. Ellen Hughes-Cromwick as New Chief Economist | Department of Commerce" . Archived from
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^ Secretary of the Vermont Senate.
"Biography, Senator Mark A. MacDonald" . Vermont State Senate . Montpelier, VT: Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
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"Steven DePaul | Career Paths | Return on Education | Clark University" . www2.clarku.edu. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
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"The War Against Boys" . Ethics & Public Policy Center .
Campus Miscellaneous People