Academic unit key Symbol Academic unit ARCH Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning BUS Stephen M. Ross School of Business COE College of Engineering DENT School of Dentistry GFSPP Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy HHRS Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies LAW Law School LSA College of Literature, Science, and the Arts MED Medical School SMTD School of Music, Theatre & Dance PHARM School of Pharmacy SOE Marsal Family School of Education SNS School for Environment and Sustainability SOAD Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design SOI School of Information SON School of Nursing SOK School of Kinesiology SOSW School of Social Work SPH School of Public Health MDNG Matriculated, did not graduate The following is a list of University of Michigan alumni.

There are more than 640,000 living alumni of the University of Michigan in 180 countries across the globe. Notable alumni include computer scientist and entrepreneur Larry Page, actor James Earl Jones, and President of the United States Gerald Ford.

Nobel laureates

Stanley Cohen (Ph.D. 1949), co-winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering growth factors (proteins regulating cell growth) in human and animal tissue Jerome Karle (Ph.D. 1944), co-winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing direct methods for the determination of crystal structures Paul Milgrom (BA 1970), co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats Marshall Nirenberg (Ph.D. 1957), co-winner of 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for interpreting the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis H. David Politzer (BS 1969), co-winner of 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction Robert Shiller (BA 1967), co-winner of 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for empiricizing asset prices Richard Smalley (COE: BS 1965), co-winner of 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of fullerenes Samuel C. C. Ting (BS 1959, Ph.D. 1962), co-winner of 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind (J/ψ particle) Thomas H. Weller (A.B. 1936, M.S. 1937), co-winner of 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue

Activists Benjamin Aaron (LS&A 1937), scholar of labor law; director of the National War Labor Board during World War II; vice chairman of the National Wage Stabilization Board during the Truman administration Ricardo Ainslie (Ph.D.), native of Mexico City, Mexico; Guggenheim award winner Santos Primo Amadeo (BA), a.k.a. "Champion of Hábeas Corpus;" attorney and law professor at the University of Puerto Rico; senator in the Puerto Rico legislature; counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union branch in Puerto Rico, established in 1937; winner of a Guggenheim award Huwaida Arraf (LS&A: 1998), Palestinian rights activist; co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement; chair of the Free Gaza Movement Octavia Williams Bates (BA 1877; LAW 1896), suffragist, clubwoman, author; focused on the political enfranchisement of women Jan BenDor (SOSW M.S.W.), women's rights activist, member of Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, 'founding mother of the Rape Crisis Center movement in Michigan,' active in the Michigan Women's Task Force on Rape Mary Frances Berry (LAW: JD/Ph.D.), former chairwoman of United States Civil Rights Commission, first African-American chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder Bunyan Bryant, environmental justice advocate Cindy Cohn (LAW: JD 1988), attorney for Bernstein v. United States, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation Richard Cordley (BA 1854), abolitionist minister who served Lawrence, Kansas, during the 19th century George William Crockett (LAW: JD 1934), attorney; state court judge in Detroit, Michigan; US Representative; national vice president of the National Lawyers Guild; participated in the founding convention of the racially integrated National Lawyers Guild in 1937, and later served as its national vice president; first African-American lawyer in the U.S. Department of Labor (1939–1943) Clarence Darrow (LAW 1878), Leopold and Loeb lawyer, defense attorney for John T. Scopes Terry Davis (BUS: MBA 1962), member of the UK Parliament for 28 years, now secretary general of the Council of Europe and human rights activist Geoffrey Fieger (BA 1974; MA 1976), attorney; defense attorney for Jack Kevorkian Maureen Greenwood, human rights activist active in Russia, former director of Policy Initiatives, Women, and Population Program at the United Nations Foundation Alan Haber, first president of the Students for a Democratic Society Tom Hayden, author of Port Huron Statement; member of Chicago Seven; co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society; member of each house of California's Legislature Alireza Jafarzadeh, Iranian activist and nuclear analyst Lyman T. Johnson (AM 1931), history graduate; the grandson of slaves; successfully sued to integrate the University of Kentucky, opening that state's colleges and universities to African-Americans five years before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling Belford Vance Lawson, Jr., attorney who made at least eight appearances before the Supreme Court; attended Michigan and became the school's first African-American varsity football player Susan Lederman (BA 1958), president of the League of US Women Voters Michael Newdow (LAW: JD 1988), made headlines by challenging the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance Carl Oglesby, writer, academic, and political activist; president of the radical student organization Students for a Democratic Society 1965–1966Kauffman, Bill (May 19, 2008) When the Left Was Right , The American Conservative Laura Packard (BS 1997), health care activist, spoke at 2020 Democratic National Convention, founder of Health Care Voices, executive director of Health Care Voter, executive director of Get America Covered H. Anna Quinby, lawyer, editor, business manager, social reformer, first woman from Ohio admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States Milo Radulovich, became a symbol of the excesses of anti-Communism when he challenged his removal from the Air Force Reserve (judged a security risk) and his story was chronicled by Edward Murrow in 1953 on the television newsmagazine program See It Now; in 2008 the Board of Regents approved a posthumous Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in physics Ralph Rose, six-time Olympic medalist, began the tradition of refusing to dip the United States flag during opening ceremonies Eliza Read Sunderland (PH.B 1889; Ph.D. 1892), writer, educator, lecturer, women's rights advocate, first president of the Western Women's Conference Jack Hood Vaughn (BA, MA), second director of the United States Peace Corps, succeeding Sargent Shriver Raoul Wallenberg (ARCH: B.Arch. 1935), Swedish diplomat, rescued thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, primarily in Hungary Jerry White (BUS: MBA 2005), co-founder and executive director of the Landmine Survivors Network Mary Chawner Woody, president, North Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union Hao Wu (BUS: MBA 2000), documentary filmmaker and blogger; controversially imprisoned by Chinese government for 5 months in 2006

Aerospace

Robert A. Fuhrman (BS AE), pioneering Lockheed engineer who played a central role in the creation of the Polaris and Poseidon missiles; during more than three decades at Lockheed, he served as president of three of its companies: Lockheed-Georgia, Lockheed-California, and Lockheed Missiles & Space; became president and chief operating officer of the corporation in 1986 and vice chairman in 1988; retired in 1990 Edgar Nathaniel Gott (COE: 1909), early aviation industry executive; co-founder and first president of the Boeing Company; senior executive of several aircraft companies, including Fokker and Consolidated Aircraft Robert Hall (COE: BSE 1927), designer of the Granville Brothers Aircraft Gee Bee Z racer that won the 1931 Thompson Trophy race; Grumman test pilot; credited with major role in the design of the Grumman F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat and TBM Avenger Willis Hawkins (COE: BSE 1937), Lockheed engineer; contributed to the designs of historic Lockheed aircraft including the Constellation, P-80 Shooting Star, XF-90, F-94 Starfire, F-104 Starfighter and C-130 Hercules; later president of Lockheed Clarence "Kelly" Johnson (COE: 1932 BSE, 1933 MSE, 1964 PhD (Hon.)), founder of the Lockheed Skunk Works; designer of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-80 Shooting Star, JetStar, F-104 Starfighter, U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird; winner of the National Medal of Science Vania Jordanova (Ph.D. 1995), physicist, fellow of the American Geophysical Union Edgar J. Lesher, aircraft designer; pilot; professor of aerospace engineering Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill (COE: MSE) OC, known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes"; first female aircraft designer, first woman to earn an aeronautical engineering degree, first woman in Canada to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Astronauts

Two NASA space flights have been crewed entirely by University of Michigan degree-holders. Gemini IV's all-Michigan crew flew in 1965 and has a campus plaza named after them: James McDivitt (COE: BSE AA 1959, ScD hon. 1965), graduated first in his class; command pilot Gemini 4 part of an all UM crew, 1965; commander Apollo 9; Program Manager for Apollo 12–16; brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; vice president (retired), Rockwell International Corporation Ed White (COE: MSAE 1959, Hon. PhD Astronautics 1965), first American to walk in space (Gemini 4) part of an all UM crew, 1965; died in Apollo 1 test accident, 1967 Apollo 15's all-Michigan crew left a plaque on the Moon establishing a lunar chapter of the University of Michigan Alumni Association in 1971: James Irwin (COE: MSAE 1957), Apollo 15, 1971, one of twelve men to have walked on the Moon; one of six men to ride the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon David Scott (MDNG: 1949–1950; ScD hon. 1971), Apollo 15, 1971; one of twelve men to have walked on the Moon; first man to drive a lunar rover on the Moon Alfred Worden (COE: MSAE 1964, Scd hon. 1971), Apollo 15, 1971

Other astronaut alumni include: Daniel T. Barry (medical internship), retired NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, (M.S. (Dual) 2012), NASA astronaut, 2021 Theodore Freeman (COE: MSAE 1960), one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA; died in T-38 crash at Ellington Air Force Base Karl G. Henize (Ph.D. 1954), STS-51-F, 1985 Jack Lousma (COE: BSAE 1959), Skylab 3 1973; STS-3, 1982 Donald Ray McMonagle (MBA 2003), retired USAF colonel, USAF; became manager of launch integration at the Kennedy Space Center in 1997 James M. Taylor (B.S. 1959), Air Force astronaut, test pilot

NASA Claudia Alexander (Ph.D. 1993), member of the technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the last project manager of NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter; project manager of NASA's role in the European-led Rosetta mission to study comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko; once named UM's Woman of the Year Spence M. Armstrong (M.S.), retired United States Air Force general officer, combat veteran, and test pilot; spent eleven years as a senior executive at NASA Jim Blinn, computer scientist who first became widely known for his work as a computer graphics expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Scott J. Bolton (B.S.E.), principal investigator with NASA on various research programs since 1988; principal investigator of Juno, a New Frontiers program mission to Jupiter which began primary science in 2016