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==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{see also|List of University of Rochester people|List of Eastman School of Music people}}
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The University of Rochester has more than 120,000 alumni.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni Directory |url=https://www.rochester.edu/alumni/stay-connected/find-your-classmates |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=University of Rochester Alumni |language=en |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320142656/https://www.rochester.edu/alumni/stay-connected/find-your-classmates |url-status=live }}</ref> Alumni, faculty, and affiliates of the university include recipients of 9 [[National Medal of Science|National Medals of Science]], and 13 [[Pulitzer Prize]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Rochester Points of Pride |url=https://www.rochester.edu/about/pride.html |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=University of Rochester |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211201923/https://www.rochester.edu/about/pride.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Thirteen graduates or faculty members have earned a [[Nobel Prize]], and 13 have earned a [[Pulitzer Prize]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Rochester Points of Pride |url=https://www.rochester.edu/about/pride.html |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=University of Rochester |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211201923/https://www.rochester.edu/about/pride.html |url-status=live }}</ref> while others have earned the highest honors awarded to Americans by the United States government. These include 4 recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation ([[Alejandro Zaffaroni]], [[Rangaswamy Srinivasan]], Dace Viceps Madore, Maya Koster).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alejandro Zaffaroni |url=https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/alejandro-zaffaroni/ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=National Science and Technology Medals Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518133908/https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/alejandro-zaffaroni/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=October 2013 |title=Presidential Mettle |url=https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V76N1/0504_innews.html |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=www.rochester.edu |archive-date=August 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812201644/https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V76N1/0504_innews.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2007 |title=Childhood Vaccine with Rochester Roots Recognized |url=https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V70N1/gazette2.html |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=www.rochester.edu |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303205735/https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V70N1/gazette2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Many scientists on NASA's advisory board for the [[James Webb Space Telescope]] are alumni or faculty members.<ref>{{cite web |title=NewsCenter - University of Rochester |url=http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103130445/http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/ |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=November 3, 2016 |website=NewsCenter}}</ref>

Rochester graduates have been leaders in business. Notable alumni include [[Joseph C. Wilson (entrepreneur)|Joseph C. Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fowle |first=Farnsworth |date=November 23, 1971 |title=Joseph C. Wilson of Xerox Dies at 61; Headed Presidential Panel on Health |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/23/archives/joseph-c-wilson-of-xerox-dies-at-61-headed-presidential-panel-on.html |access-date=March 25, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325110854/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/23/archives/joseph-c-wilson-of-xerox-dies-at-61-headed-presidential-panel-on.html |url-status=live }}</ref> founder and CEO of [[Xerox]]; [[Barry Meyer]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=UR in Hollywood |url=https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V63N2-3/feature16.html |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=www.rochester.edu |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325110854/https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V63N2-3/feature16.html |url-status=live }}</ref> chairman and CEO of [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]]., and billionaires [[Paul Singer (businessman)|Paul Singer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Singer |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/paul-singer/ |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413202540/https://www.forbes.com/profile/paul-singer/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Zekelman Industries|Alan Zekelman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Zekelman |url=https://simon.rochester.edu/executive-education/program/2013-simon-nyc-conference/speakers-and-panelists-2013/alan-zekelman/index.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714021049/http://www.simon.rochester.edu/executive-education/program/2013-simon-nyc-conference/speakers-and-panelists-2013/alan-zekelman/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=simon.rochester.edu }}</ref>

In addition, Rochester alumni have served in the [[United States Congress]] or held other senior government positions. These include Congressmen [[Sereno E. Payne]], [[Jacob Sloat Fassett]], and [[Samuel S. Stratton]], Ambassadors [[Kenneth Keating]] and [[George F. Ward]], senior government officials [[Steven Chu]], [[Vittorio Grilli]], [[Larry Kudlow|Lawrence Kudlow]], [[Anthony Petruccelli]] and [[Donald C. Winter]], as well as Governor [[Josh Shapiro]].

Other notable alumni include:
* [[Mary Calderone]] (MD 1939), medical director of [[Planned Parenthood]] and "mother of sex education"
* [[Arthur Kornberg]] (MD 1941), recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[J. C. R. Licklider]] (PhD 1942), [[computer science]] pioneer
* [[Herbert York]] (BS, MS 1943), 1st Chief Scientist of [[DARPA]], founding chancellor of [[University of California, San Diego]]
* [[Galway Kinnell]] (MA 1949), poet, recipient of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and [[National Book Award]]
* [[Donald Henderson]] (MD 1954), recipient of the [[National Medal of Science]] for eradicating [[smallpox]] and [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
* [[Masatoshi Koshiba]] (PhD 1955), recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
* [[Harvey J. Alter]] (BA 1956, MD 1960), recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for his work that led to the discovery of the [[hepatitis C virus]]
* [[E. C. George Sudarshan]] (PhD 1958), theoretical [[physicist]] and a professor
* [[Ron Carter]] (BA 1959), jazz musician, recipient of three [[Grammy Awards]]
* [[Chuck Mangione]] (BM 1963), musician and actor, recipient of two [[Grammy Awards]]
* [[Robert Forster]] (BA 1964), actor
* [[Stephen Kotkin]] (BA 1981), historian, author, and scholar of international relations
* [[Renée Fleming]] (MM 1983), singer, recipient of the [[National Medal of Arts]]
* [[Bruce Schneier]] (BS 1984), [[cryptographer]], [[computer security]] professional, [[privacy]] specialist, and writer
* [[Lance Reddick]] (BM), actor and musician