List of University of Connecticut people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Connecticut

Alumni Academics Academic administrators Stanley F. Battle – 12th chancellor: North Carolina A&T State University; 4th president: Coppin State University Raymond C. Bowen – 2nd president: La Guardia Community College; president: Shelby State Community College Scott S. Cowen – 14th president: Tulane University Thomas C. Duffy – former deputy dean: Yale School of Music Martha Piper – 14th president: University of British Columbia Joseph W. Polisi – 6th president: The Juilliard School William E. Trueheart – 7th president: Bryant University Gregory S. Woodward – 6th president: University of Hartford

Scholars and critics of literature, art and ethics Deborah Dancy – professor of painting Slawomir Dobrzanski – Kansas State University professor of music Bobbie Ann Mason – literary critic and novelist Michael North – literary critic Tim Page – Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Elaine Scarry – Harvard literature professor

Scholars of law and political scientists Edward C. Banfield – political scientist Richard Dekmejian – political scientist Florence Roisman – law professor

Scholars of the natural sciences

Scholars of the social sciences

Arts and entertainment

Authors, journalists and commentators

Business and industry

Civic leaders and activists Lottie B. Scott – civic leader and African-American civil rights advocate

Diplomacy, government, law, and politics Elected officials

Judges and attorneys

Diplomats, government officials and party leaders

Foreign officials Hajim al-Hassani – former speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government Bona Arsenault – former member of Parliament of Canada (1945–1957) Tansu Çiller – 22nd prime minister of Turkey (1993–1996)

Military Francis J. Evon Jr. – adjutant general of Connecticut, major general Willis Nichols Hawley – United States Army first sergeant Samuel Jaskilka – United States Marine Corps general Carl Kimmons – United States Navy officer; first person to rise through the ranks from mess attendant to commissioned officer Charles D. Luckey – United States Army lieutenant general Kenneth North – United States Air Force brigadier general Robert W. RisCassi – United States Army general Regina Rush-Kittle – United States Army Reserve command sergeant major Cornelius E. Ryan – United States Army major general Paul A. Yost Jr. – United States Coast Guard commandant

Sports Baseball

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Football

Men's hockey Todd Krygier – NHL left-winger Maxim Letunov – NHL center Cole Schneider – AHL and NHL right-winger Tage Thompson – NHL center

Men's soccer

Women's soccer Niki Cross – forward for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League Rachel Hill – forward for Orlando Pride of the NWSL Stephanie Labbé – Olympic bronze medalist, Canadian goalkeeper Sara Whalen (born 1976) – Olympic silver medalist

Other Dan Cramer – mixed martial artist for Bellator and UFC Fighting Championships Noah Dines – professional skier and world record holder for most human powered vertical feet skied in a single calendar year (3,590,097 feet) Emily Durgin – professional distance runner Bonnie Stoll – professional racquetball player and fitness trainer

Faculty

Current

Former Note: Years and official titles are given when possible.

Presidents of the University of Connecticut

The following persons have served as president of the University of Connecticut:

ImagePresidentTerm startTerm endPrincipals of Storrs Agricultural School (1881–1893)1Solomon Mead18811882actingHenry P. Armsby18821883Presidents of Storrs Agricultural College (1893–1899)1Benjamin F. Koons18831898Presidents of Connecticut Agricultural College (1899–1933)2George Washington Flint189819013Rufus W. Stimson19011908actingEdwin O. Smith190819084Charles L. Beach19081928actingCharles B. Gentry192819295George A. Works19291930Presidents of Connecticut State College (1933–1939)6Charles C. McCracken19301935actingCharles B. Gentry19351935Presidents of the University of Connecticut (1939–present)7Albert N. Jorgensen193519628Homer D. Babbidge, Jr.19621972actingEdward V. Gant19691969197219739Glenn W. Ferguson19731978actingEdward V. Gant1978197910John A. DiBiaggio19791985 11John T. Casteen III19851990 actingHarry J. Hartley19871987August 1990December 199012December 1990September 30, 199613Philip E. AustinOctober 1, 1996September 13, 200714Michael J. HoganSeptember 14, 2007June 10, 2010 actingPhilip E. AustinJune 11, 2010July 14, 201115Susan HerbstJuly 15, 2011July 31, 201916Thomas C. KatsouleasAugust 1, 2019June 30, 2021actingAndrew AgwunobiJuly 1, 2021January 31, 2022 interimRadenka MaricFebruary 1, 2022September 28, 202217September 28, 2022present

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