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

Presidents The followings have served as president of Temple University:

ImagePresidentTerm startTerm endRussell ConwellOctober 14, 1887December 6, 1925Charles Ezra BeuryJanuary 22, 1926August 30, 1941Robert Livingston JohnsonSeptember 17, 1941June 30, 1959Millard E. GladfelterJuly 1, 1959July 31, 1967Paul R. AndersonAugust 1, 1967June 30, 1973Marvin WachmanJuly 1, 1973June 30, 1982Peter J. LiacourasJuly 1, 1982August 1, 2000David AdamanyAugust 2, 2000June 30, 2006Ann Weaver HartJuly 1, 2006June 30, 2012Richard EnglertJuly 1, 2012December 31, 2012Neil D. TheobaldJanuary 1, 2013July 21, 2016Richard EnglertJuly 21, 2016October 11, 2016October 11, 2016June 30, 2021Jason WingardJuly 1, 2021March 31, 2023JoAnne A. EppsApril 11, 2023September 19, 2023Richard M. EnglertSeptember 26, 2023October 31, 2024John A. FryNovember 1, 2024present

Table notes:

Faculty

Biology Stephen Blair Hedges Jody Hey Masatoshi Nei

Business Subodha Kumar

Communication Joseph P. Folger

English

Sebastian Castillo Samuel R. Delany – science fiction author George W. Johnson – former chair of the Temple Department of English; later president of George Mason University (1979–1996) Thomas Kinsella – 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" Liz Moore – author of the New York Times bestseller The God of the Woods Miles Orvell – cultural historian, editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies Sonia Sanchez – poet

Film Stephen Cognetti Lauren Wolkstein

History Richard H. Immerman Alan McPherson David Alan Rosenberg Gregory J. W. Urwin Russell Weigley Ralph F. Young

Law Jim Drucker – former commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics C. Darnell Jones II David Kairys David G. Post

Mathematics

Emil Grosswald John Allen Paulos – author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences

Music Jeanne Behrend – pianist, musicologist, educator, and composer Katherine Ciesinski Joseph Conyers – bassist Rollo Dilworth – choral composer, conductor John Douglas – conductor and voice teacher; head of Temple's Opera Theatre program for two decades Cynthia Folio – composer, flutist, and music theorist Matthew Greenbaum – composer Aaron Levinson – Grammy Award-winning producer and musician Dick Oatts – saxophonist Terell Stafford – trumpet player

Philosophy Lewis Gordon Espen Hammer Joseph Margolis Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus Miriam Solomon

Psychology Lauren Alloy Rinad Beidas Laurence Steinberg Joseph Wolpe – South African psychiatrist and founding figure in behavior therapy

Religion Ismail al-Faruqi Michael Alexander Edwin David Aponte Khalid Yahya Blankinship Sr. Christine Schenk Leonard Swidler

Sociology Annette Lareau

Sports Nikki Franke – fencer and fencing coach

Other disciplines

Fauzia Ahmad – electrical engineer Muhammad Ahmad – historian and Black freedom activist, cofounder of the Revolutionary Action Movement Molefi Kete Asante – Africologist known for developing the theory of Afrocentricity and the nation's first PhD program in Black Studies Earl Bradley – pediatrician Emile B. De Sauzé – language educator known for developing the conversational method of learning a language Happy Fernandez – politician Mary Stuart Fisher – radiologist John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous Jacob Gershon-Cohen – professor of Research Radiology and developer of mammography for detecting breast cancer Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy Leah Modigliani – associate professor and program director of Visual Studies at Tyler School of Art and Architecture Mark L. Nelson – chemist and inventor of Nuzyra, an antibiotic FDA approved in 2018 Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics," longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics Theresa A. Powell – vice president of academic affairs Lucia V. Streng – chemist Ann M. Valentine – chemist

Alumni

Academia

Rebecca Alpert – activist, rabbi, and current chair of the religion department Edwin David Aponte – 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.) – educator John Baugh – linguist known for developing theory of linguistic profiling, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Susan H. Brandt – historian David Bressoud (Ph.D.) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network Miguel A. De La Torre – 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 – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome David Drasin – mathematician, specializing in function theory John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University Louis Filler – eminent professor of American Studies Gail F. Forrest – spinal cord researcher at Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Medical School Ben Goertzel – chief scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of I'm OK – You're OK Martin M. Kaplan (1915–2004) – virologist and WHO public health official Katalin Karikó – 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India Edmund Kornfeld – organic chemist Donald Kraybill – expert on the Amish Bill Mensch – computer scientist, founder, chairman and CEO of Western Design Center Robert K. Merton – sociologist, former professor at Columbia University and Harvard University, former chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University Elizabeth D. Peña – professor and associate dean of Faculty Development & Diversity at the University of California, Irvine Martin A. Pomerantz – physicist, astronomer, director of Bartol Research Institute, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Servant Award recipient Glenda Price – former president of Marygrove College JoAnne Robbins – noted authority on dysphagia, professor at University of Wisconsin Charles Coleman Sellers – historian, biographer, and librarian, winner of the Bancroft Prize in 1970 Stephen Sheehi – Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, College of William and Mary; author of Foundations of Modern Arab Identity (2004), Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslim (2011), and Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860–1910 (2016) Shirley M. Tilghman – former professor and president of Princeton University Patrick Henry Tolan – emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Charles S. Robb Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia Alan Wolfe – political scientist and sociologist on the faculty of Boston College, as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life

Art

Laura Marie Greenwood – painter Trenton Doyle Hancock – artist Andrew Hussie – webcomic artist Simmie Knox – presidential portrait painter (Clinton) Nicholas Muellner – photographer and writer Ralph Rucci – designer Paula Scher – designer Sarai Sherman – artist Aaron Shikler – presidential portrait painter Jen Simmons – designer and web developer Tammy Stoner – artist and writer Ann Wilson – painter

Broadcasting

Al Alberts – singer, Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV Bob Brinker – financial talk radio host for Citadel Media Tony Bruno – sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio Howard Bryant – senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Pat Callahan – host of This Week in Pro Football on 950 ESPN Steve Capus – president, NBC News John Clark – sports anchorman for NBC 10 news Fritz Coleman – weather anchor, KNBC-TV news Marsha Cooke – executive producer, ESPN Films, 30 for 30 Tracy Davidson – news presenter for NBC 10 news Jerry Del Colliano – radio/TV broadcaster, digital media expert, USC professor, author Vince DeMentri – anchorman for NBC 10 news Ray Didinger – award-winning sports journalist, Pro Football Hall of Famer writer Nick Gillespie – author, journalist, editor at reason.com Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor Marc Lamont Hill – academic, journalist, author, activist, and television personality, Our World with Black Enterprise and online HuffPost Live host, BET News correspondent, CNN political commentator John Kincade – sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio Mark Levin – conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC Marty Moss-Coane – host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show Radio Times Hiro Muramoto – Japanese cameraman for Reuters, killed while covering the 2010 Thai political protests Kevin Negandhi – ESPN anchor Ronn Owens – radio talk show host Ed Sciaky – disc jockey Gene Shay – disc jockey Eliot Shorr-Parks – Philadelphia Eagles reporter for WIP-FM Terry Smith – broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Dyana Williams – radio and television personality, journalist, and celebrity media coach Marc Zumoff – sportscaster, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia 76ers

Business John Carrig – former COO and president for ConocoPhillips Sam Greenblatt – vice president of Technology and Architecture in Enterprise Solution Group of Dell Jai Gulati – CEO of Systel Lewis Katz – businessman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, former co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer Larry Miller – president of Jordan Brand, former president of Portland Trail Blazers Rosemary Reed Miller – owner of Toast and Strawberries, Washington D.C. fashion boutique Ash Vasudevan – founding managing partner of Edge Holdings

Film, theatre, and television

Kalen Allen – actor and internet personality discovered by Ellen DeGeneres while at Temple Keith Andes – actor Darcy Antonellis – major film studio executive Joe Augustyn – screenwriter, producer Brooke Lewis Bellas – actor, producer David Brenner – standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker Richard Brooks – Academy Award-winning Hollywood filmmaker Quinta Brunson – actor, comedian Cody Calafiore – model, actor, runner-up of Big Brother 16, winner of Big Brother 22 Dennis Christopher – actor Bryan Terrell Clark – Broadway actor Bill Cosby – actor, comedian Nicholas P. Dallis – soap comic writer Colman Domingo – 2-time Academy Award-nominated actor Robin Atkin Downes - actor Norman Fell – comic actor best known for Three's Company (attended Theatre Dept. classes) Jason Winston George – actor, Sunset Beach, Platinum Johnny Ray Gill – actor, independent filmmaker (NBC's Harry's Law) William Goldenberg – Academy Award-winning Hollywood film editor Veronica Hamel – actress, known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series Hill Street Blues Lois Hamilton – actress Tim Heidecker – comedian and co-creator of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Debra Hill – film producer and screenwriter Tigre Hill – film director/producer Saba Homayoon – actress