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List of Wayne State University people

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The following is a list of notable people related to Wayne State University.

Alumni

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Academia

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Broadcasting and journalism

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Mark Fritz, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
  • Bob Giles, retired 40-year Detroit broadcast news manager for WWJ-TV News, WDIV-TV News, and WXYZ-TV Action News; inducted into Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2012
  • Darren M. Haynes, SportsCenter anchor at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut
  • Jerry Hodak, former Chief Meteorologist for WXYZ-TV Detroit
  • Casey Kasem, radio host
  • Carol Martin, news anchor and journalist
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times film critic (1999-2004), entertainment critic for NPR's Weekend Edition, host of The Treatment on KCRW; programmer of the LACMA Film Screening Program
  • Helen Thomas, former White House correspondent; "First Lady of the Washington press corps"

Business

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Computers, engineering, and technology

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  • Neal Vernon Loving (aeronautical engineering), turbulence specialist
  • Harold Mertz (mechanical engineering), created the standard crash test dummy (Hybrid III)
  • Ali Nasle (electrical engineering), founder of EDSA Micro Corporation; wrote the world's first digital short circuit program
  • Lawrence Patrick (mechanical and aeronautical engineering), researcher in the area of automotive passenger safety; vice president for research and development of Libbey Owens Ford Company, the original manufacturer of laminated safety glass
  • John Sawruk (mechanical engineering), engineer and executive with GM

Art and design

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Government and politics

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Law

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Literature

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Magic

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Military

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Motion pictures

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Performing arts

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Medicine

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Religion

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Science

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Sports

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Honorary graduates

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Faculty and staff

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University presidents

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  1. 1933 - 1942: Frank Cody
  2. 1942 - 1945: Warren E. Bow
  3. 1945 - 1952: David D. Henry
  4. 1952 - 1965: Clarence B. Hilberry[27]
  5. 1965 - 1971: William R. Keast[27]
  6. 1971 - 1978: George E. Gullen, Jr.[27]
  7. 1978 - 1982: Thomas Bonner[27]
  8. 1982 - 1997: David Adamany[27]
  9. 1997 - 2009: Irvin Reid[27]
  10. 2009 - 2010: Jay Noren[27]
  11. 2011 - 2013: Allan Gilmour
  12. 2013 - 2023: M. Roy Wilson
  13. 2023 - present: Kimberly Andrews Espy

Professors

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References

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  3. ^ "William Kaiser, Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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  5. ^ Tom Sakely, "Wayne State University commencement ceremonies set for Saturday, May 3, at Tom Adams Field on campus" Wayne State University press release, April 28, 2008.
  6. ^ Staff, "Thousands graduate from Wayne State and Oakland universities" The Detroit News, May 3, 2008
  7. ^ a b Stephen Bennett Phillips, Eric Ian Hornak Spoutz, "Ian Hornak Transparent Barricades," exhibition catalogue, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fine Art Program, Washington D.C., 2012
  8. ^ a b Joan Adan, Eric Ian Hornak Spoutz, "Transparent Barricades: Ian Hornak, A Retrospective," exhibition catalogue, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, California, May 2012
  9. ^ Yates, Shanique (March 20, 2024). "How Emeline King Made History As Ford Motor Company's First Black Woman Car Designer And Became The Interior Designer For The 1994 Ford Mustang". Yahoo! Tech. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  10. ^ "Darryl DeAngelo Terrell". Foundwork. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  11. ^ "Pi-Chao Chen *66". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2005-12-14. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  12. ^ Michigan Court of Appeals. Second District Judges: Elizabeth L. Gleicher Archived 2014-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (2007).
  13. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2020-01-03). "Patricia Alice Albrecht, Voice of 'Jem's Pizzazz, Has Died". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  14. ^ Who's Who in the West. 14th Edition. Chicago : Marquis Who's Who. 1974. p. 29. ISBN 0837909147.
  15. ^ Riley, Rochelle (2013-01-05). "Council Cargle could have worked anywhere, stayed in Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  16. ^ "Funeral Details for Arthur Fields | Ira Kaufman Chapel". www.irakaufman.com.
  17. ^ "Jeff Frankenstein". IMDb.
  18. ^ "Kenya Moore". IMDb.
  19. ^ "Wayne State University". Honors.wayne.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  20. ^ "Tom Skerritt". IMDb.
  21. ^ "NYC: Ex-Muslim to be ordained as rabbi". YNetNews.com. July 7, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  22. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (February 11, 2005). "Mary Kim Joh, 101, Who Wrote a Korean Anthem, Is Dead". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  23. ^ "Michigan Women's Hall of Fame: Shirley E. Schwartz" (PDF). Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  24. ^ Sakely (2008), ibid.
  25. ^ Staff (2008), ibid.
  26. ^ Kreps, Daniel (2019-05-04). "See Jack White Receive Honorary Doctorate From Wayne State University". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  27. ^ a b c d e f g http://strategicplanning.wayne.edu/pdfs/factbook.pdf p. 7 of 67
  28. ^ "David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS". Department of Surgery. Wayne State University School of Medicine. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  29. ^ Hopkins, Dianne McAfee (2003). "Grazier, Margaret Hayes". In Marilyn Lea Miller (ed.). Pioneers and Leaders in Library Services to Youth: A Biographical Dictionary. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-1-59158-028-7. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  30. ^ "Hidegorô Nakano". University of Saint Andrews, Scotland School of Mathematics and Statistics.