The list of University of Toledo people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Toledo. The University of Toledo is a public university in Toledo, Ohio.
Alumni
Science
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| David Applebaum |
1978 |
Physician and rabbi |
|
| Carolyn Cannon-Alfred |
|
Pharmacologist |
|
| Bob Dempsey |
1991 |
NASA Flight Director |
|
| Fred Espenak |
1976 |
Astrophysicist known for work relating to eclipse predictions |
|
| William H. Gerstenmaier |
1981 |
Masters in Mechanical Engineering; Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations for NASA since 2005 |
|
| Karen Seibert |
1987 |
instrumental in the elaboration of the COX-2 inflammatory pathway |
|
Medicine
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Darrick E. Antell |
|
World-renowned plastic surgeon |
|
Technology and innovation
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Fredric J. Baur |
|
Inventor of the Pringles can |
|
| Paul Chongkun Hong |
|
Distinguished University Professor |
|
| Richard Schreder |
1938 |
Aircraft developer |
|
| David Liddle |
|
Developer on the Xerox Star |
|
Law and politics
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Mike Bell |
1978 |
Former Mayor of Toledo |
|
| Daniel Bogden |
1981 (J.D.) |
United States Attorney for the District of Nevada |
|
| Shamila N. Chaudhary |
1999 |
United States Government adviser and expert on Pakistan |
|
| Andrew Douglas |
|
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court |
|
| Teresa Fedor |
1983 |
Member of Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate |
|
| Jack Ford |
|
Former mayor of Toledo |
|
| Stewart Greenleaf |
1966 (J.D.) |
Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate since 1979 |
|
| Patricia Kabbah |
|
Former First Lady of Sierra Leone |
|
| Alan George Lance |
1973 (J.D.) |
Federal judge, Idaho Attorney General (1995–2003), and the National Commander of The American Legion (1999–2000) |
|
| Judith Ann Lanzinger |
|
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court |
|
| Bob Latta |
1981 (J.D.) |
Member of the United States House of Representatives since 2007 |
|
| John W. Snow |
|
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2003–2006) |
|
| Ketil Solvik-Olsen |
|
Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (2013–2018) |
|
| Matt Szollosi |
|
Member of Ohio House of Representatives |
|
| Gene Zmuda |
1984 (J.D.) |
Municipal Court Judge and politician |
|
| Jack Zouhary |
1976 (J.D.) |
Federal district court judge |
|
Diplomats
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Elin Suleymanov |
1994 |
Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States |
|
Business
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| John Neff |
|
One of Barron's magazine's "10 most influential investors of the 20th century" |
|
Journalism and news
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Janet Cooke |
|
Disgraced American journalist, forced to return a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story |
|
| Cliff Kincaid |
c. 1976 |
Investigative journalist with Accuracy in Media and American Survival, Inc. |
|
| Christi Paul |
|
CNN Headline News anchor |
|
| Michael Sallah |
|
Washington Post investigative reporter; winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting |
|
| G. Gordon Strong |
|
Newspaper publisher |
|
Academics
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Mark Berger |
|
Professor at University of Kentucky |
|
| Robert Ghrist |
|
Professor at University of Pennsylvania |
|
| William Marshall Grange |
|
Hixson Lied Professor of Theatre and Film at University of Nebraska |
|
| Nina McClelland |
|
Dean Emeritus and former professor of chemistry |
|
| James T. Harris III |
|
1980 graduate and President of Widener University |
|
| Gerald Jakubowski |
|
Provost of California Maritime Academy; former President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
|
| Jim Rex |
|
South Carolina Superintendent of Education |
|
| Louis Shores |
|
Librarian |
|
Literature, art, and architecture
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Mari Evans |
|
Author and dramatist |
|
| Charlos Gary |
|
Cartoonist and comic strip artist |
|
| Mildred D. Taylor |
1965 |
Award-winning author |
|
| William Yosses |
|
White House Executive Pastry Chef |
|
Music
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Margaret Carson |
|
Long-time publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman |
|
| Jon Hendricks |
|
Jazz lyricist and singer |
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| Scott Mescudi |
|
Rap lyricist and singer |
|
Film and television
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Bill Cunningham |
1975 (J.D.) |
Radio host, talk show host, The Bill Cunningham Show |
|
| Philip Baker Hall |
|
Actor, Boogie Nights and You Kill Me |
|
| Andrew J. Fenady |
|
Actor, screenwriter, producer |
|
| Jeff Johnson |
1996 |
Social commentator for BET |
|
| Shirley Mitchell |
|
Radio, film, and television actress |
|
| Danny Thomas |
|
Nightclub comedian; television and film actor and producer; founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
|
| Chris Zylka |
|
Actor, The Secret Circle and The Amazing Spider-Man |
|
| Scott Wozniak |
|
YouTuber |
|
Athletics
Basketball
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Stan Joplin |
|
College basketball player, UT men's basketball coach from 1996 to 2008 |
|
| Phil Martin |
|
Former NBA guard |
|
| Steve Mix |
|
Former NBA All-Star, only men's player to have jersey retired (2/17/07), played 13 years in NBA |
|
| George Patterson |
|
NBA player |
|
Baseball
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Mitch Maier |
|
Outfielder for the Kansas City Royals |
|
| Denny Stark |
|
MLB pitcher |
|
Track and field
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Sy Mah |
|
Long-distance runner; held a Guinness World Record for the most lifetime marathons |
|
Tennis
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Vic Braden |
|
Tennis instructor; former professional player; author; researcher; licensed psychologist |
|
Wrestling
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Greg Wojciechowski |
|
NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion in 1971 |
|
Winter sports
| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
|
| Brock Kreitzburg |
|
Bobsledder |
|
Faculty
- Laurie Dinnebeil, Distinguished University Professor, and Daso Herb Endowed Chair
- Clyde Summers (1918–2010), labor lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
College of Engineering
- Glenn Lipscomb, department chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Nagi Naganathan, dean of College of Engineering
Heads of university
|
University Presidents |
Years as President |
| 1 |
Jerome Raymond |
(1909–1910) |
| 2 |
Charles A. Cockayne |
(1910–1914) |
| 3 |
A. Monroe Stowe |
(1914–1925) |
| 4 |
John W. Dowd |
(1925–1926) |
| 5 |
Earnest A. Smith |
(1927) |
| 6 |
Henry J. Doermann |
(1928–1932) |
| 7 |
Philip C. Nash |
(1933–1947) |
| 8 |
Wilbur W. White |
(1947–1950) |
| 9 |
Asa S. Knowles |
(1951–1958) |
| 10 |
William S. Carlson |
(1958–1972) |
| 11 |
Glen R. Driscoll |
(1972–1985) |
| 12 |
James Douglas McComas |
(1985–1988) |
| 13 |
Frank E. Horton |
(1989–1998) |
| 14 |
Vik J. Kapoor |
(1999–2000) |
| 15 |
Daniel M. Johnson |
(2001–2006) |
| 16 |
Lloyd Jacobs, M.D. |
(2006–2014) |
| – |
Nagi Naganathan, Ph.D. |
(Interim, 2014–2015) |
| 17 |
Sharon Gaber Ph.D. |
(2015–2020) |
| 18 |
Gregory Postel Ph.D. |
(2020-Present) |
