This is a list of notable alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Academia
University leaders
Name Class Major Notability Edwin Alderman 1882 Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tulane University and University of Virginia William Brantley Aycock Grad. Law Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill M. Katherine Banks 1985 Environmental Engineering 26th president of Texas A&M University Kemp P. Battle 1848 Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Erskine Bowles 1967 Business administration Former president of the University of North Carolina; former U.S. Senate candidate; former White House chief of staff; co-chair president of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Mary Sue Coleman Grad. Biochemistry Former president of the University of Michigan Margaret Mordecai Jones Cruikshank 1904 Education Former president of St. Mary's Junior College James Danieley Grad. Organic chemistry Former president of Elon University Adam Falk 1987 Physics President of Williams College Elson S. Floyd 1978 / Grad. Higher and adult education Former president of Washington State University Porter Lee Fortune Jr. 1941 / Grad. History Former chancellor of the University of Mississippi Julius Isaac Foust 1890Philosophy Former president of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro William C. Friday Grad. Law Former president of the University of North Carolina Carol Garrison 1974 / Grad. Epidemiology Former president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham R. Barbara Gitenstein Grad. English Current president of the College of New Jersey Edward Kidder Graham 1898 Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Frank Porter Graham 1909 Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and United States senator from North Carolina Gordon Gray 1930 Former president of the University of North Carolina, secretary of the Army, and National Security advisor Michael Hooker1969Philosophy Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charles Duncan McIver 1881 Founder of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Heather Monroe-Blum Grad. Epidemiology Former principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University Robert Hall Morrison 1818 First president of Davidson College Joseph S. Murphy Grad. Former president of Queens College and of Bennington College, and chancellor of the City University of New York J. Michael Ortiz Grad. Education Former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) William L. Pollard Grad. Social work Former president of Medgar Evers College and the University of the District of Columbia Thomas Ross Grad. Law Former president of the University of North Carolina, former president of Davidson College Terry Sanford 1939 / Grad. Law Former president of Duke University; senator from and governor of North Carolina Albert Micajah Shipp 1840 Former president of Wofford College and Greensboro College J. Carlyle Sitterson 1931 / Grad. History Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Holden Thorp 1986 Chemistry Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tony Waldrop 1974 / Grad. Political science / physiology President of the University of South Alabama; gold medalist, 1975 Pan American Games George T. Winston Former president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professors
Name Class Major Notability Dan Ariely Grad. Cognitive Psychology Professor of behavioral economics at Duke University Valerie Ashby Grad. Chemistry Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University Beth Allison Barr2004HistoryProfessor of history at Baylor University Donald H. Baucom 1971 / Grad. Psychology Professor of psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Volker Berghahn Grad.History Professor of history at Columbia University Lewis Binford 1954 Arts & sciences ArchaeologistSherilynn BlackPsychologyAssistant professor of the Practice of Medical Education at Duke University Andrew C. Boynton Grad. Business Dean of Carroll School of Management at Boston College Li Cai Grad. Statistics & Quantitative Psychology Professor of education and psychology at UCLA and director of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing Dan T. Carter Grad. History Professor of history at the University of South Carolina Meredith Clark2014Media StudiesProfessor of media studies at the University of Virginia W. H. Clatworthy Grad. Statistics Professor of mathematics at the University at Buffalo Albert Coates 1918 Arts & Sciences Founder and director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill David R. Colburn History Professor of history at UNC, East Carolina University, and the University of Florida Robert Digges Wimberly Connor 1899 Philosophy UNC professor, historian, and Archivist of the United States Frederick A. de Armas Grad. Comparative literature Professor in Spanish and comparative literature at the University of Chicago Elizabeth DeLong 1979 Biostatistics Professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke University Scott DeRue 1999 Business administration Current dean of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan David L. Downie Grad. Political science Professor of politics and environment policy at Fairfield University Carol Fowler Durham Grad. Nursing Professor of nursing and medical simulation leader at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charles Engel 1977 Economics and Political Science Professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin Christine Blasey Ford 1988 Psychology Professor of psychology at Palo Alto University, also known for testifying against Brett Kavanaugh at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing Glenda Gilmore Grad. History Professor of history at Yale University Bud Goodall Grad. Speech Professor of communication at Arizona State University William A. Graham 1966 Former dean of Harvard Divinity School James Haar Grad. Musicology W.R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill James N. Hardin Jr. 1964, 1967 German literature Distinguished professor at the University of South Carolina Joseph A. Helpern Grad. Neuroscience and Radiology Professor emeritus at the Medical University of South Carolina Peter Blair Henry 1991 Economics Dean of New York University Stern School of Business Robert Hobbs Grad. Art history Professor of art at Virginia Commonwealth University C. Hugh Holman Grad. English Professor of English and provost at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill E. Philip HowreyGrad. Economics Professor of economics at University of Michigan Rafat Hussain Grad. Public health Deputy head of the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England John D. Kasarda 1971 Sociology Director, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; developer of the aerotropolis concept Jack Knight 1974 / Grad. English & religious studies / law Professor at Duke University School of Law E. Christian Kopff Grad. Classics Director of the Center for Western Civilization, and associate director of the honors program at the University of Colorado Boulder Christina Kramer Grad. Slavic languages and literature Professor of Slavic and Balkan languages at University of Toronto Kenneth Margerison 1967 History Professor of history at Texas State University Leo Moser Grad. Mathematics Professor of mathematics at University of Alberta Charles Nam Grad. Sociology Professor of sociology at Florida State University Sharlotte NeelyGrad. Anthropology Professor emerita of Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University Kai Nielsen 1949 Professor of philosophy at Concordia University Kellis Parker 1964 Law Professor at Columbia Law School Arthur F. Raper 1924 / Grad. Sociology Professor at Agnes Scott College Dwijendra Kumar Ray-Chaudhuri Grad. Mathematics Professor of mathematics at Ohio State University D. W. Robertson Jr. 1935 / Grad.English Professor of medieval English at Princeton University Caryl Rusbult Grad.Psychology Professor of psychology at Vrije Universiteit Douglas A. Shackelford 1980 Dean of the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School Scott Silliman 1965 / Grad. Philosophy / law Professor of the practice of law at Duke Law School Susanne Sreedhar Grad. Philosophy Assistant professor of philosophy at Boston University Carol Miller Swain Grad. Political science Professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School Valerie Tiberius Grad. Philosophy Professor of philosophy at University of Minnesota Greg Turk Grad. Computer science Professor of computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology Bruce Waller Grad. Philosophy Professor of philosophy at Youngstown State University Odd Arne Westad Grad. History Professor of international history at the London School of Economics Ross T. Whitaker Grad. Computer science Director of the University of Utah School of Computing Walter Lee Williams Grad. History Professor of anthropology, history, and gender studies at the University of Southern California; former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive; arrested for sexual acts with underage boys and possession of erotic paraphernalias related to child pornography C. Vann Woodward Grad. History Sterling Professor of History at Yale and Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, recipient of Pulitzer Prize for History
Arts and literature
Artists
Name Class Major Notability Richard Adler 1943 Dramatic art Composer and lyricistBill Bamberger1979American studiesDocumentary photographerRichard Kern 1977Art Photographer Ben Long 1967 Did not graduate Artist Benjamin Forrest Williams 1949Art history Artist and art curator
Playwrights
Name Class Major Notability Paul Green 1921 Dramatic art Playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner Kermit Hunter Grad. Dramatic art / English Playwright Amon Liner 1965Dramatic art Poet and playwright
Poets
Name Class Major Notability Edgar Bowers 1950 Poet Hayden Carruth 1943Journalism Poet and winner of the National Book Award Cid Corman Poet and translator Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1941Journalism Poet and publisher Kerri French 2003 English Poet Donald Justice Grad.English Poet Amon Liner 1965Dramatic art Poet and playwright William Matthews Grad.English Poet Michael McFee 1976 / Grad. English Poet Joanna Pearson 2002 English Poet, novelist, and short-story writer Michael Rothenberg 1973 English Poet and editor
Writers