List of University of Toledo people

The list of University of Toledo people includes notable alumni, former students, and faculty of the University of Toledo. The University of Toledo is a public university in Toledo, Ohio.

Alumni

Science

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Darrick E. Antell	1982	Board-certified plastic surgeon
David Applebaum	1978	Physician and rabbi
Bob Dempsey		NASA Flight Director
Fred Espenak		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

Technology and innovation

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Fredric J. Baur		Inventor of the Pringles can[1]
Richard Schreder	1938	Aircraft developer

Law and politics

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
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[2]
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
Judith Ann Lanzinger		Member 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
Matt Szollosi		Member of Ohio House of Representatives

Business

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Eric M. Miller	2005	Founder and CEO of Eric Miller Animation Studios
John Neff		One of Barron's magazine's "10 most influential investors of the 20th century"

Journalism and news

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Cliff Kincaid	c. 1976	Investigative journalist with Accuracy in Media and American Survival, Inc.	[3]
Christi Paul		CNN Headline News anchor	[4]
Michael Sallah		Washington Post investigative reporter; winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
G. Gordon Strong		Newspaper publisher

Academics

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Gary Clayton Anderson		American historian, specialist in American Indian studies, professor at the University of Oklahoma[5]
Mark Berger		Professor at University of Kentucky
William Marshall Grange		Hixson Lied Professor of Theatre and Film at University of Nebraska[6]
James T. Harris III		1980 graduate and President of Widener University[7]
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	Reference(s)
Richard DeVore	1955	Artist
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	Reference(s)
Margaret Carson		Long-time publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman[8]
Jon Hendricks		Jazz lyricist and singer

Film and television

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Bill Cunningham	1975 (J.D.)	Radio host, talk show host, The Bill Cunningham Show
Philip Baker Hall		Actor, Boogie Nights and You Kill Me
Jeff Johnson		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[9]

Athletics

Football

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Tom Amstutz	1976	College football player and former UT men's football coach[10]
John Brisker		Forward/guard for Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Condors and Seattle SuperSonics (1969-1975)
Chuck Ealey	1971	University of Toledo's starting quarterback for 35 straight wins from 1969–1971
Jerry Evans		Retired tight end for the Denver Broncos[11]
T. J. Fatinikun		Defensive end
Carl Ford		Retired NFL wide receiver for Green Bay Packers[12]
Todd France	2001	Former NFL kicker[13]
Bruce Gradkowski	2005	Quarterback for Pittsburgh Steelers [14]
John Greco	2007	Offensive guard for Cleveland Browns[15]
Kelly Herndon		Former starting cornerback for Seattle Seahawks (2007)[16]
Curtis Johnson	1969	Defensive back for the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins "no-name defense"[17]
Nick Kaczur	2004	Starting tackle for New England Patriots (2008)[18]
Brett Kern	2008	Punter for Tennessee Titans[19]
Jason Lamar		NFL and CFL player
Mel Long	1971	NCAA Hall of Fame
Greg Mancz		Center
Andy McCollum	1992	NFL center for the Detroit Lions, formerly with the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams
Lance Moore	2004	Wide receiver for New Orleans Saints, winners of Super Bowl XLIV
Jalen Parmele	2007	Running back for Baltimore Ravens
Dave Ridgway		Placekicker in the Canadian Football League
Chuck Sample		Fullback for the Green Bay Packers
Chester Taylor	2001	Former running back for the Chicago Bears[20]
Emlen Tunnell		NFL Hall of Fame
Brent Williams		Retired NFL defensive end
Dan Williams	1992	Retired defensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos

Basketball

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
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	Reference(s)
Stan Joplin		College basketball player, UT men's basketball coach from 1996 to 2008
Mitch Maier		Outfielder for the Kansas City Royals
Denny Stark		MLB pitcher

Track and field

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Sy Mah		Long-distance runner; held a Guinness World Record for the most lifetime marathons[21][22]

Tennis

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Vic Braden		Tennis instructor; former professional player; author; researcher; licensed psychologist

Wrestling

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Greg Wojciechowski		NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion in 1971

Winter sports

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Brock Kreitzburg		Bobsledder

Faculty

College of Business and Innovation

• Sonny Aris, department chair of Management
• Terribeth Gordon-Moore, department chair of Applied Organizational Technology
• Gary Insch, dean of College of Business and Innovation
• Thomas Sharkey, department chair of Marketing and International Business
• T.S. Ragu-Nathan, department chair of Information Operations Technology Management
• Donald Saftner, department chair of Accounting
• Mark Vonderembse, department chair of Finance

College of Engineering

• Abdollah A. Afjeh, department chair of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
• Mansoor Alam, department chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Vijay Devabhaktuni, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Ashok Kumar, department chair of Civil Engineering
• Glenn Lipscomb, department chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
• Arunan Nadarajah, department chair of Bioengineering
• Nagi Naganathan, dean of College of Engineering

College of Nursing

• Timothy Gaspar, dean of College of Nursing

College of Visual and Performing Arts

• Jason Stumbo, Director of Bands

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• Karen Bjorkman, dean of College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

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 L. Gaber Ph.D.	(2015-present)

Notes and references

1. Goodman, Rebecca (June 1, 2008). "In a Pringles can rests its inventor". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
2. Zimmer, Cathy (March 12, 2010). "UT awards first Chaudhary-Steinitz Honors Research Grant". Retrieved September 7, 2010.
3. "Cliff Kincaid's Biography". usasurvival.org. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
4. "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Christi Paul". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
5. "Inside Augsburg". Retrieved October 23, 2010.
6. "Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film". University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
7. "Widener University: About the President (Google cache)". Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
8. Bernard Holland (October 13, 2007). "Margaret Carson, Classical Music Publicist, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
9. http://www.buddytv.com/info/chris-zylka-info.aspx
10. ""Toledo Tom" and Rocket Football Have Been a Perfect Fit For 32 Years". Retrieved September 7, 2010.
11. "NFL.com stats page: Jerry Evans". Retrieved August 31, 2010.
12. "NFL.com stats page: Carl Ford". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
13. "NFL.com stats page: Todd France". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
14. "NFL.com stats page: Bruce Gradkowski". Retrieved August 31, 2010.
15. "NFL.com stats page: John Greco". Retrieved November 15, 2012.
16. "NFL.com stats page: Kelly Herndon". Retrieved August 31, 2010.
17. "NFL.com stats page: Curtis Johnson". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
18. "NFL.com stats page: Nick Kaczur". Retrieved August 31, 2010.
19. "NFL.com stats page: Brett Kern". Retrieved August 31, 2010.
20. "NFL.com stats page: Chester Taylor". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
21. Blaikie, David (February–March 1989). "Sy Mah, 1926-1988". Athletics Magazine. Toronto, Canada.
22. Rowe, William J. (May 1991). "A World Record Marathon Runner with Silent Ischemia without Coronary Atherosclerosis" (pdf). Chest. 99 (5): 1306–1308. doi:10.1378/chest.99.5.1306. ISSN 0012-3692. PMID 2019205. Retrieved December 26, 2010.