This list of Cornell University alumni includes notable education graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Cornell University, an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York.
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Alumni
Founders and leaders of academic institutions
John Cranford Adams (B.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1935) – 2nd president of Hofstra University (1944–1964) Ilesanmi Adesida (postdoctoral researcher 1979–1984) – dean of College of Engineering (2005–2012) and provost (2012–2015) at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; member of National Academy of Engineering (2006) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science John Agresto (Ph.D. 1974) – president of St. John's College in Santa Fe (1989–2000) Joseph A. Alutto (Ph.D. 1968 organizational behavior) – dean of the SUNY Buffalo School of Management (1976–1990) and of Ohio State University's Max M. Fisher College of Business (1991–2007); executive vice president and provost of Ohio State University (2007–2013); interim president of Ohio State (2007, 2013–2014) Elam Jonathan Anderson (M.A. 1915) – president of Linfield College (1932–1938) and the University of Redlands (1938–1944) James A. Anderson (Ph.D. 1980) – chancellor and professor of psychology at Fayetteville State University (2008–) Alfred Atkinson (M.S. 1912) – 4th president of Montana State University (1919–1937) and 12th president of University of Arizona (1937–1947) Nadine Aubry (Ph.D. 1987 mechanical and aerospace engineering) – dean of the College of Engineering and University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University; member of the National Academy of Engineering (2011) Joel D. Baines (Ph.D. 1988) – dean of Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine (2014–) Michael Barber (Ph.D. 1972) – vice chancellor (CEO) of Flinders University, Australia (2008–2014) James Francis Barker (mechanical engineering graduate 1893) – 2nd president of Rochester Institute of Technology (1916–1919) William S. Barker (M.A. 1959) – church historian who served as president of Covenant Theological Seminary (1977–1984) George Wells Beadle (Ph.D. 1930 genetics) – president of University of Chicago, 1961–1968 Steven D. Bennion (MPA) – president of Snow College (1982–1989), Brigham Young University–Idaho (then Ricks College) (1989–1997) and Southern Utah University (1997–2006) Sherwood Berg (M.A. 1948) – president of South Dakota State University (1975–1984) Katherine Bergeron (M.A., Ph.D.) – 11th president of Connecticut College (2014–) and former dean of the college at Brown University Ekanem Ikpi Braide (M.S., Ph.D., Parasitology) – founding vice chancellor of Federal University Lafia (2011–2016) Jamshed Bharucha (research associate 1982–1983) – 12th president of Cooper Union (2011–2015) Henry Bienen (B.S. 1960) – president of Northwestern University, 1995–2009 Claude Bissell (Ph.D. English Literature) – president of Carleton University (1956–1958) and the University of Toronto (1958–1971); Companion of the Order of Canada William Fremont Blackman (Ph.D. 1893) – 4th president of Rollins College (1902–1915) Edward J. Bloustein (Ph.D. 1954, LL.B. 1959) – president of Bennington College (1965–1971) and Rutgers University (1971–1989) John C. Bliss (A.B. 1889) – president of what is now State University of New York at New Paltz (1908–1923) John G. Bollinger (M.S. 1958 mechanical engineering) – former dean (1981–1999) and dean emeritus of College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison; member of the National Academy of Engineering (1983) Karen Boroff (B.S. ILR) – dean of Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University Jonathan M. Brand (J.D. 1996) – president of Doane College (2005–2011) and of Cornell College (2011–) John Casper Branner (B.S. 1882) – president of Stanford University, (1913–15); geologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1905) Hilton Marshall Briggs (Ph.D.) – 13th president of South Dakota State University (1958–1975) Victor L. Butterfield (B.A. 1927, M.A. 1928) – 11th president of Wesleyan University (1943–1967) Colin G. Campbell (B.A.) – 13th president of Wesleyan University (1970–1988) Carlos Eugenio Chardón (B.A. 1919, M.S. 1921) – chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico (1931–1935) J. Richard Chase (Ph.D.) – president of Biola University (1970–1982) and Wheaton College (Illinois) (1982–1993) Amrik Singh Cheema (Ph.D. Agriculture Extension) – vice chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University (1976–1981) Stanley Chodorow (B.A. 1964 government, Ph.D. 1968 history) – provost of the University of Pennsylvania (1994–1997) and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, San Diego Marc P. Christensen (B.S.