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Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Temple University.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Academia

Leon Bass (Ph.D.) - educator
Noam Chomsky - linguist and activist; as child attended Temple-run experimental Deweyite school
Miguel A. De La Torre, Associate Professor of Social Ethics & Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized.
Richard J. Fox - Temple University trustee
Stephen G. Haines - organizational theorist and management consultant,
Michael Korostelev - Temple University graduate student, BSEE Temple 2009^[1]
Bill Mensch - computer scientist
Robert K. Merton - sociologist
Ned O'Malia - noted lecturer, religious tourist, mass-culture consumer, University of New Mexcio professor
William K. Ovalle, Jr - anatomy and histology lecturer, author, University of British Columbia professor
Shirley M. Tilghman - Current President of Princeton University

[edit] Art

Laura Marie Greenwood - painter
Trenton Doyle Hancock - artist

[edit] Broadcasting

Al Alberts - singer, Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV program
Tony Bruno - Sports radio talk show host on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio
Howard Bryant - Senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
Pat Callahan - host of "This Week in Pro Football" on 950 ESPN
Amy Caples - TV news anchor and reporter for KYW-TV and KYW NewsRadio
Steve Capus - president, NBC News
John Clark - Sports anchorman for NBC 10 news
Fritz Coleman - Weather anchor, KNBC-TV news
Vince DeMentri - anchorman for NBC 10 news
Ray Didinger - award-winning sports journalist
Diplo - DJ/producer
Anthony Gargano - sports radio talk show host, WIP (AM) in Philadelphia
Tamron Hall - MSNBC Anchor
Tim Heidecker - Host of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Rhea Hughes - radio host WIP (AM)
John Kincade - Sports radio talk show host on ESPN Radio
Mark Levin - conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host on WABC.
Sheri Lynch - syndicated radio co-host of The Bob & Sheri Show
Marty Moss-Coane - host, daily WHYY-FM local public radio show Radio Times
Ronn Owens - radio talk show host
Pierre Robert - midday DJ of WMMR 93.3 FM
Ed Sciaky - disc jockey
Gene Shay - disc jockey
Terry Smith - broadcaster, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Jamie Thom - Assistant Graphics Producer, ESPN - 2-time Emmy Award winner for best daily show: SportsCenter
Dan Trachtenberg - co-host, The Totally Rad Show
Marc Wallace - multi-award-winning TV documentarian.
James Walker - Columnist & Blogger for ESPN.COM covering the AFC North of the NFL
James "Big Jim" Willig - radio personality on KUFO in Portland, Oregon
Tyson Wocklish - NFL on Fox Statistician

[edit] Film and television

Keith Andes - actor
David Brenner - standup comedian, actor, author, filmmaker
Richard Brooks - Oscar award-winning Hollywood filmmaker
Bill Cosby - comedian, actor, author
Nicholas P. Dallis - soap comic writer
Leilani Decena - Television producer/writer
Madi DiStefano - performance artist and founder, BRAT Productions
Norman Fell - comic actor best known for Three's Company (attended Theatre Dept. classes)
Jason Winston George - actor, Sunset Beach, Platinum
Veronica Hamel - actress best known for playing Joyce Davenport on the television series Hill Street Blues.
Lois Hamilton - actress
Tigre Hill - Film director/producer
Saba Homayoon - actress
Chi Muoi Lo - actor, (Vanishing Son))
Bruce Mailman - theatre producer and founder of The Saint (club)
William Marchant - playwright and screenwriter
Adam McKay - Emmy Nominated director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Step Brothers (2008)
Mary Lou Metzger - singer, dancer The Lawrence Welk Show
Kunal Nayyar - Actor playing Raj on CBS's "Big Bang Theory" sitcom
Bob Saget - comedian, game show host, Full House.
Michael Schoeffling - actor who played Jake Ryan in 1980s film Sixteen Candles
Svetlana Shusterman - from MTV's The Real World Key West
Tom Sizemore - actor
Paul F. Tompkins - actor, comedian
Eric Wareheim and Tim Heidecker - comedians and creators of Tom Goes to the Mayor
Patricia Wettig - TV actress, thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters, Prison Break
Danny Woodburn - actor (Mickey on Seinfield)
Adam Yarosz - Independent Filmmaker

[edit] Government

Michael E. Busch, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
Edward J. Bonin - Republican U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania
Frederick C. Branch - first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer
Edwin Duing Eshleman former Republican congressman
Vincent Fumo - Democratic Pennsylvania state senator
Nikoloz Gilauri - Prime Minister of Georgia
Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (B.S. 1972) - Pennsylvania State Representative 1979-2000.^[2]
Joe Hoeffel - former Democratic congressman
Paul E. Kanjorski - U.S. Congressman, representing Pennsylvania's 11th district
David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊, pinyin: Lín Siqí) - former Lt. Governor of British Columbia,1988-95
Joseph Lazarow (1923-2008) - Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1976-1982^[3]
Francis J. Myers - former U.S. Senator and congressman, Pennsylvania
Charles W. Sandman, Jr. (1921-1985), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1967 to 1975 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973.^[4]
David Santoro - Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
Jim Saxton - U.S. Congressman, representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
John F. Street - Former Mayor of Philadelphia
Nao Takasugi - California State Assembly
Zambry Abdul Kadir - current disputed Menteri Besar of Perak, Malaysia from political party UMNO.
Pallam Raju - Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Defense, Government of India.

[edit] Literature

Ben Bova - science fiction author
Tony Campolo - Author, pastor, and speaker
Louie Dee - WWE.com writer/editor
Eric Corey Freed - Architect, Author, Public Speaker
Edward Morris, Jr. - Hugo Award-nominated author, freelance journalist
Jeffrey Robinson - Author
Tony Trov - Science Fiction Writer
Dick "Hoops" Weiss - New York sportswriter
Johnny Zito - Science Fiction Writer

[edit] Music

Alix Dobkin - singer/songwriter
Joe Genaro - musician, guitarist and songwriter with the Dead Milkmen
Julie Gold - songwriter, Grammy Award winner
Daryl Hall - musician
Marc-André Hamelin - virtuoso pianist
Jared Hasselhoff - bassist in band The Bloodhound Gang
Fred Mascherino - musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
Joe Masteroff - Tony Award-winning playwright
Bill McGlaughlin - composer, conductor, radio host of Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday
John Oates - Musician
Jimmy Pop - lead singer of band The Bloodhound Gang
Aaron Weiss - musician, mewithoutYou, brother of Michael Weiss
Michael Weiss - guitarist, mewithoutYou, brother of Aaron Weiss
Susan Werner - singer-songwriter
Tim - Korean ballad singer

[edit] Other

E. Urner Goodman - early leader of the Boy Scouts of America
Linda and Terry Jamison - "The Psychic Twins"
Pauric Sweeney - Irish fashion designer
Diana Vincent - jewelry designer
Alan H. Spritz - Former CEO of Carnival Fruit, Miami. Along with former wife Janice, a notable booster of the University of Miami, had the honor of his likeness serving as the logo of the Flanigan's Seafood Bar and Grill in South Florida, and the Dos Equis Beer Commercial featuring the 'Most Interesting Man In the World' is loosely based on his persona.
Bert M. Goodman - Former Assistant Distract Attorney, currently an Assessment Attorney. Often cited by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
1/8th Architects - (architectural firm of the future) Ben Estepani and Matt Kliwinski, co-founders, and CAD-Monkey Ben Warnke CAD-horse Michelle Lanney. Plans to take Philadelphia Architecture further than Louis I Kahn ever thought of.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Other sports

Marcus McElhenney Olympian - Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's eight - Bronze Medal Winner
Benny McLaughlin - National Soccer Hall of Fame
Gabe Sapolsky - professional wrestling booker, part founder of Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro
Gil Stein - President of the NHL, 1992-1993.

[edit] References

^ www.michaelkorostelev.com
^ "Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-03-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20000307111419/www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/061/061.htm.
^ Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Joseph Lazarow, 84, dies; helped bring casinos to A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2008. Accessed January 5, 2008.
^ Charles William Sandman, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 28, 2007.

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[1] "Joseph M. Gladeck, Jr. (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-03-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20000307111419/www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/061/061.htm.

[2] Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Joseph Lazarow, 84, dies; helped bring casinos to A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2008. Accessed January 5, 2008.

[3] Charles William Sandman, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 28, 2007.

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