Notable International House Alumni

Luis Alvarez (1911-1988)

Luis Alvarez (1911-1988)

1965

SB’32, SM’34, PhD’36; Nobel laureate in physics, 1968; National Medal of Science: Physical Sciences, 1963

Hastings K. Banda (1898-1997)

Hastings K. Banda (1898-1997)

Summer 1933

PhB’31; President of Malawi (1966-94)

Walter Fred Berns, Jr. (1919-2015)

Walter Fred Berns, Jr. (1919-2015)

1951

AM’51, PhD’53; Faculty, 1984, 1989; National Humanities Medal, 2005

R. Darrell Bock (1927-2021)

R. Darrell Bock (1927-2021)

1951-52

SB’49, AM’50, PhD’52; Professor Emeritus, Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development; known for his influential work on educational metrics and his many contributions to the statistical framework known as item response theory (IRT).

Alberto Pedro Calderón (1920-1998)

Alberto Pedro Calderón (1920-1998)

1949, 1950, 1960

PhD’50; National Medal of Science: Mathematics & Computer Science, 1991; Partial Differential Equations Contributions To Studies Of Harmonic Analysis Pure Mathematics

A.W. Clausen (1923-2013)

A.W. Clausen (1923-2013)

1943-44

President and CEO of the Bank of America (1970-81) and President of the World Bank (1981-86)

James Watson Cronin (1931-2016)

James Watson Cronin (1931-2016)

1954

SM’53, PhD’55; University Professor Emeritus in Physics; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1980; National Medal of Science: Physical Sciences, 1999

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954)

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954)

1940 & 1942

Nobel laureate in Physics, 1938

Thomas Frank

Thomas Frank

1988-89

AM’89, PhD’94; Author, journalist, and columnist for the Wall Street Journal

Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

1934

AB’36; Former author and columnist of ‘Mathematical Games” in the magazine Scientific American

Mary Ann Glendon

Mary Ann Glendon

1959

AB’59, JD’61, MCL’63; National Humanities Medal 2005

John B. Goodenough

John B. Goodenough

1946-51

SM’50, PhD’52; Nobel laureate in Chemistry 2019; Credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery; Awards: 2011 National Medal of Science, the Japan Prize in 2001 and the Enrico Fermi Award in 2009

Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

1936-38

AB’38; Former chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize winner for her memoir Personal History, 1998; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2002

Nathan Hare

Nathan Hare

1954-55

AM’57, PhD’62; Author, activist, and sociologist; founding publisher of The Black Scholar, then dubbed “the most important journal devoted to black issues since the Crisis” by the New York Times

Warren E. Henry (1909-2001)

Warren E. Henry (1909-2001)

1938-41

PhD’41; Physicist and professor in magnetism and superconductivity; developed video amplifiers used in portable radar systems on warships in World War II; his demonstration of the proof of non-interacting paramagnetic ions is used in a number of physics texts

Deane R. Hinton (1914-2015)

Deane R. Hinton (1914-2015)

1942-43

AB’43; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador (1981-83), Pakistan (1983-86), Costa Rica (1987-90), and Panama (1990-94)

James Hoge

James Hoge

1958-59

AM’59; Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times (1958-84) and Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Watch (2010-13)

Donald Hopkins

Donald Hopkins

1963

MD’66; Director of health programs at the Carter Center; former Deputy Director of International Health, Centers for Disease Control; recipient of the MacArthur fellowship award

James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

1949

Author, Poet, Playwright; Leader of the Harlem Renaissance

Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. (1920-2001)

Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. (1920-2001)

1947-49

AM’49; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (1977-81) and the People’s Republic of China (1981-85)

Chimere Ikoku (1928-2002)

Chimere Ikoku (1928-2002)

1949-51

SM’52, PhD’64; Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria; pan-Africanist; anti-apartheid advocate

(George William) Senteza Kajubi (1926-2012)

(George William) Senteza Kajubi (1926-2012)

1952-1955

SM’55; Director, National Institute of Education at Makerere University College (1964-77) and first African Fulbright Scholar to the United States

Frances O. Kelsey (1914-2015)

Frances O. Kelsey (1914-2015)

1939-41

PhD’38, MD’50; Pharmacologist responsible for detecting Thalidomide danger

Zalmay Khalilzad

Zalmay Khalilzad

PhD’79; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003-05), Iraq (2005-07), and the United Nations (2007-09)

Tsung-Dao Lee

Tsung-Dao Lee

1946-49

PhD’50; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1957

Omar Ramadhan Mapuri

Omar Ramadhan Mapuri

1984

AM’85; Minister of Education and Minister for Home Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania

John Payne Mitchell

John Payne Mitchell

1955

PhD’55; former Director, General Civil Services of Liberia and the first African student to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago

Robert Mulliken (1896-1986)

Robert Mulliken (1896-1986)

1956

PhD’21; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1966

Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky

1968

AM’69, MBA’77, PhD’77; Author of V.I. Warshawski detective novels

Marjorie Holloman Parker (1916-2006)

Marjorie Holloman Parker (1916-2006)

1938

AM’51, PhD’51; Presidential appointee to City Council in Washington, D.C.

Roderick W. Pugh (1919-2010)

Roderick W. Pugh (1919-2010)

1946-49

PhD’49; Clinical Psychologist; Diplomat, American Board of Professional Psychology

David Rockefeller (1915-2017)

David Rockefeller (1915-2017)

1938-39

PhD’40; Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank (1969-81); University trustee

Bernard Sahlins (1921-2013)

Bernard Sahlins (1921-2013)

1941

AB’43; Co-founder of comedy troupe Second City

Ray Scherer (1919-2000)

Ray Scherer (1919-2000)

1946-47

AM’47; NBC correspondent and Vice President of RCA (1975-86)

Myron Scholes

Myron Scholes

1962

MBA’64, PhD’70; Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, 1997

Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell

1959

PhD’68; Economist; Winner of the National Humanities Medal, 2002; Senior Fellow in the Hoover Institution, Stanford University (1980-present)

George Stigler (1911-1991)

George Stigler (1911-1991)

1933-36

PhD’38; Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, 1982; National Medals of Science: Behavioral & Social Science, 1987

Daniel Tsui

Daniel Tsui

1961

SM’63; PhD’67; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1998

Chen Ning Yang

Chen Ning Yang

1946-50

PhD’48; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1957; National Medals of Science: Behavioral & Social Science, 1986

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