University of Rochester

Located in Rochester, New York, USA and founded in 1850, the University of Rochester is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research institution. A member of the Association of American Universities, Rochester offers degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, as well as in several professional disciplines. The University's current president is Joel Seligman, who replaced Thomas H. Jackson as the University's 10th president on July 1, 2005.

Notable alumni

• George Abbott (B.A. 1911), Broadway showman who wrote, produced, and directed notable Broadway plays, including The Pajama Game (directed), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (directed), and Damn Yankees (co-wrote)
• Francis Bellamy, wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance, published in 1892
• Steven Chu (B.A. math and B.S. physics 1970), Nobel laureate (1997, physics)
• Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (B.S. 1943), Nobel laureate (1976, physiology or medicine)
• Frederick Fennell (B.A. 1937, M.A. 1939), internationally recognized conductor, and one of the primary figures in promoting the wind ensemble as a performing group
• Edward Gibson (B.S. 1959), former NASA astronaut
• Jeremy Glick, a passenger on United Flight 93 and widely considered to be a hero in the September 11 attacks
• Jerry Green (A.B. 1967, M.A. 1970, Ph.D. Economics 1970), John Leverette Professor and former Provost of Harvard University
• N. Katherine Hayles, Ph.D. 1977, critical theorist
• Susan Hockfield (B.S. 1973), sixteenth president of MIT
• Lawrence Kudlow (1969), Reagonomist of the Office of Management and Budget, CNBC host
• Jay Last (B.S. 1951), member of the Traitorous Eight that founded Silicon Valley
• James A. Pawelczyk (B.S. 1982), NASA astronaut
• Richard Rashid (M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1980 Computer Science), invented the Mach operating system, currently head of Microsoft Research
• Debra Jo Rupp (B.A. 1974), actress That '70s Show
• Bruce Schneier (B.S. Physics), noted computer security expert
• Avie Tevanian (B.A. Math 1983), an important figure in the development of the NeXT Computer and its successor, Mac OS X at Apple
• Richard Thaler (Ph.D 1974), economist know for pioneering behavioral finance
• Ivan Sag (B.A. 1971), professor of linguistics at Stanford University