List Of Temple University People - Temple University Film School

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

Faculty

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

Communication

• Sabrina Erdely
• Joseph P. Folger
• Emil Steiner

English

• Samuel R. Delany â€" science fiction author
• George W. Johnson â€" former chair of the Temple Department of English; later President of George Mason University (1979â€"1996)
• Thomas Kinsella â€" 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 â€" poet

History

• Russell Weigley
• Ralph F. Young

Law

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

Mathematics

• Emil Grosswald (1968â€"1980)
• John Allen Paulos â€" author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

Music

• Katherine Ciesinski
• John Douglas â€" conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades
• Aaron Levinson â€" Grammy Award-winning producer and musician

Philosophy

• Lewis Gordon
• Espen Hammer
• Joseph Margolis
• Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus
• Miriam Solomon â€" Professor of Philosophy

Psychology

• Lauren Alloy
• Laurence Steinberg
• Joseph Wolpe â€" 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 â€" fencer and fencing coach

Other disciplines

• Molefi Asante â€" scholar, known for popularizing and developing Afrocentricity
• Emile B. De Sauzé â€" language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language
• Happy Fernandez â€" politician
• Chevalier Jackson â€" pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy
• Waldo Nelson â€" "father of pediatrics", longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics
• Lucia V. Streng â€" chemist
• Ann M. Valentine â€" chemist

Alumni

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Academia

• Rebecca Alpert â€" activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department
• Edwin David Aponte â€" 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.) â€" educator
• David Bressoud (Ph.D) â€" mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College
• Noam Chomsky â€" linguist and activist, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; as child attended Temple-run experimental Deweyite school, Oak Lane Day School
• Miguel A. De La Torre â€" 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 â€" 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 â€" scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University
• Stephen G. Haines â€" organizational theorist and management consultant
• Linda Darling-Hammond â€" Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network
• Thomas Anthony Harris â€" psychiatrist and author of I'm OK, You're OK
• Nathan Katz â€" former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India
• Donald Kraybill â€" foremost expert on Amish
• Bill Mensch â€" computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center
• Robert K. Merton â€" sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University
• JoAnne Robbins â€" noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin
• Stephen Sheehi â€" Sultan Qaboos bin Said Eminent 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 1860â€"1910, (Princeton University Press, 2016).
• Shirley M. Tilghman â€" former professor and President of Princeton University
• Martin A. Pomerantz â€" physicist, astronomer, Director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient
• Ben Goertzel â€" Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC

Art

• Laura Marie Greenwood â€" painter
• Trenton Doyle Hancock â€" artist
• Ralph Rucci â€" designer
• Paula Scher â€" designer
• Sarai Sherman â€" artist
• Andrew Hussie â€" webcomic artist
• Simmie Knox â€" presidential portrait painter (Clinton)
• Aaron Shikler â€" presidential portrait painter

Broadcasting

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

Business

• John Carrig â€" former COO and president for ConocoPhillips
• Lewis Katz â€" businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Brenton L. Saunders â€" CEO of Actavis, co-founder of Health Care Compliance Association
• Ash Vasudevan â€" founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings
• Sam Greenblatt â€" vice president of technology and architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell
• Larry Miller â€" president of Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers
• Jai Gulati â€" CEO of Systel
• Howard Goldman â€" pioneering management consultant, Partner Management Associates, Author: Choose What Works
• Rosemary Reed Miller - owner Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique

Film, theatre, and television

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

Government

• Mari Carmen Aponte â€" U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
• Edward J. Bonin â€" Republican U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
• Frederick C. Branch â€" first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer
• Horace J. Bryant â€" first African American to serve in a State Cabinet position in New Jersey
• Michael E. Busch â€" Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Jim Cawley â€" Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
• Robert Coughlin â€" longstanding Republican Pennsylvania representative to United States House of Representatives
• Harold L. Ervin - judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
• Edwin Duing Eshleman â€" former Republican congressman
• Thomas M. Foglietta â€" U.S. Congressman and United States Ambassador to Italy
• Vincent Fumo â€" Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
• Nikoloz Gilauri â€" Prime Minister of Georgia
• Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) â€" Pennsylvania State Representative 1979â€"2000.
• Camillo Gonsalves (BA in Journalism) â€" Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations
• Theo-Ben Gurirab â€" President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1999â€"2000; Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005
• Joe Hoeffel â€" former Democratic congressman
• Malcolm Hoenlein â€" 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 â€" Pennsylvania state senator (Democrat)
• Zambry Abdul Kadir â€" current Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia, from political party UMNO
• Kathleen Kane â€" first woman Attorney General of Pennsylvania
• Paul E. Kanjorski â€" U.S. Congressman, representing Pennsylvania's 11th district
• Thomas W. Kelly â€" Lt. General Ret., US Army
• Jerome Kurtz â€" Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977â€"1980)
• David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊) â€" 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada
• Joseph Lazarow â€" Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976â€"1982
• Bryan Lentz â€" private attorney; former Pennsylvania State Representative for the 161st legislative district (2007â€"2010); Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
• Joseph Melrose â€" former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, currently a professor at Ursinus College
• Bernard T. Mittemeyer â€" lieutenant general and former Surgeon General of the United States Army.
• Francis J. Myers â€" former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
• Pallam Raju â€" Former Cabinet Minister of India for Human Resources Development
• Charles W. Sandman, Jr. â€" represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, 1967â€"1975; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973
• Jim Saxton â€" U.S. Congressman representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
• Martin J. Silverstein â€" United States Ambassador to Uruguay
• John F. Street â€" former Mayor of Philadelphia
• Nao Takasugi â€" California State Assembly
• R. K. Raghavan IPS â€" former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India

Literature

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

Music

• Irving Berlin â€" honorary degree '54, songwriter
• Dan "Soupy" Campbell â€" lead singer, The Wonder Years
• Rubén Colón Tarrats â€" orchestra director
• Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz â€" DJ, producer, rapper, and songwriter
• Alix Dobkin â€" singer/songwriter
• Gilbere Forte â€" rapper
• Joe Genaro â€" musician, guitarist and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen
• Ariana Ghez â€" classic oboist
• Julie Gold â€" songwriter, Grammy Award winner
• Tyler Grady â€" American Idol 2010 Top 24 finalist
• Daryl Hall â€" musician
• Marc-André Hamelin â€" pianist
• Jared Hasselhoff â€" bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang
• Mark Kramer â€" musician, producer-engineer, Mark Kramer Trio
• Fred Mascherino â€" musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
• Joe Masteroff â€" Tony Award-winning playwright
• Bill McGlaughlin â€" composer, conductor, radio host of Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday
• John Oates â€" musician
• Eric Owens â€" opera singer
• Billy Paul â€" Grammy Award winner and R&B singer, known for his number one single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and War of the Gods
• Fayette Pinkney â€" original member of The Three Degrees
• Jimmy Pop â€" lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang
• Jill Scott â€" R&B/soul artist
• Allan Slutsky â€" Grammy Award-winning producer and musician
• Terell Stafford â€" professional jazz trumpet player
• Tim â€" Korean ballad singer
• Aaron Weiss â€" musician, mewithoutYou; brother of Michael Weiss
• Michael Weiss â€" guitarist, mewithoutYou; brother of Aaron Weiss
• Susan Werner â€" singer-songwriter
• Cynthia Yeh â€" principal percussion, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Debbie, Kathy, Joni and Kim Sledge â€" members of Sister Sledge

Other

• John C. Allen â€" roller coaster designer
• Judith E. Glaser â€" author and organizational anthropologist
• E. Urner Goodman â€" 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 â€" Israeli rabbi
• Linda and Terry Jamison â€" "The Psychic Twins"
• Steven Levy â€" writer for Wired and author of Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
• Shantrelle P. Lewis â€" curator, historian, critic and filmmaker
• Maralyn Lois Polak â€" journalist and author
• Stephen Starr â€" celebrity restaurateur
• John Thomas Taylor - congressional lobbyist for the American Legion
• Diana Vincent â€" jewelry designer
• Ted Bundy - serial killer
• Edith Windsor - Plaintiff in United States v. Windsor

Sports

Baseball

• Bobby Higginson â€" Major League Baseball player, Detroit Tigers
• John Marzano â€" former MLB catcher; sports analyst

Football

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

Basketball

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

Other sports

• Marcus McElhenney Olympian â€" Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics â€" Men's eight â€" bronze medal winner
• Benny McLaughlin â€" National Soccer Hall of Fame
• Allen Rosenberg â€" rower and rowing coach
• Jason Read â€" Olympic gold medalist, rowing
• Gabe Sapolsky â€" professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro
• Gil Stein â€" President of the NHL, 1992â€"1993

References

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