Editing Purdue University (section)

==People==
{{See also|List of Purdue University presidents}}

===Faculty===
{{Main|List of Purdue University faculty}}
The original faculty of six in 1874 has grown to 2,563 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Purdue Statewide System by Fall 2007 totals. The number of faculty and staff members system-wide is 18,872.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/facts/pages/faculty_staff.html |title=Purdue University Facts Online : Faculty and Staff |publisher=Purdue.edu |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928032539/http://www.purdue.edu/facts/pages/faculty_staff.html |archive-date=September 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The current faculty includes scholars such as [[Arden L. Bement Jr.]] (director of the [[National Science Foundation]]), [[R. Graham Cooks]], [[Douglas Comer]], [[Louis de Branges de Bourcia]] (who proved the [[Bieberbach conjecture]]), [[Victor Raskin]], [[David Sanders (biologist)|David Sanders]], [[Leah Jamieson]], [[James L. Mohler]] (who has written several manuals of computer graphics), and [[Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.]] (inventor of the [[Wagstaff prime]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.purdue.edu/provost/shtml/profs.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116013426/http://www.purdue.edu/provost/shtml/profs.shtml |url-status=dead |title=Provost |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |access-date=December 19, 2008 }}</ref>

Purdue's tenured faculty comprises sixty [[Dean (education)|Academic Deans]], Associate Deans, and Assistant Deans; 63 Academic Department Heads; 753 Professors; 547 Associate Professors; and 447 Assistant Professors. Purdue employs 892 non-tenure-track faculty, Lecturers, and Postdoctoral Researchers at its West Lafayette campus. Purdue employs another 691 tenured and 1,021 Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Lecturers, and Postdoctoral Researchers at its Regional Campuses and Statewide Technology unit.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

Two faculty members (chemists [[Herbert C. Brown]] and [[Ei-ichi Negishi]]) have been awarded Nobel Prizes while at Purdue. In all, 13 Nobel Prizes in five fields have been associated with Purdue including students, researchers, and current and previous faculty.<ref>[http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/awards/nobel_winners.html "Purdue University Nobel Prizes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301014220/http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/awards/nobel_winners.html |date=March 1, 2013 }}. Purdue University. Retrieved March 2, 2013.</ref> Other notable faculty of the past have included Golden Gate Bridge designer [[Charles Alton Ellis]], efficiency expert [[Lillian Gilbreth]], food safety advocate [[Harvey Wiley]], aviator [[Amelia Earhart]], president of the [[National Association of Mathematicians]] [[Edray Goins]], radio pioneer [[Reginald Fessenden]], and [[Yeram S. Touloukian]], founder of the Thermophysical Properties Research Center.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

===Alumni===
{{Main|List of Purdue University alumni}}
[[File:Neil Armstrong pose.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Neil Armstrong]]]]
Purdue alumni have achieved recognition in a range of areas, particularly in the science, engineering, and aviation industries. The university's alumni pool collectively holds over 15,000 United States patents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100807FACCommence.html |title=Purdue Newsroom – President tells graduates they're joining a special group: Purdue alumni |publisher=Purdue.edu |date=August 7, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119195712/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100807FACCommence.html |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Purdue alumni include 27 astronauts, including [[Gus Grissom]], America's second man in space and first to fly in NASA's Gemini program, [[Neil Armstrong]], the first to walk on the Moon, and [[Eugene Cernan]], the last astronaut to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html |title=Purdue grads in space |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324222446/http://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Over one-third of all of NASA's crewed space missions have had at least one Purdue graduate as a crew member.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Purdue School of Aeronautics and Astronautics |work=College of Engineering web site |publisher=Purdue University |url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/AboutUs/History |access-date=August 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119123249/https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/AboutUs/History |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In science, Purdue has also produced Nobel Prize–winning physicists in [[Edward Mills Purcell]] and [[Ben Roy Mottelson]], as well as Nobel Prize–winning chemist [[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]]. Other noted Purdue alumni in science include pioneer of robotics and remote control technology [[Thomas B. Sheridan]]; [[Debian]] founder [[Ian Murdock]]; Chinese physicist [[Deng Jiaxian]], a founding father and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs; mathematician [[Yitang Zhang]]; chemist [[Lawrence Rocks (chemist)|Lawrence Rocks]]; biochemist [[Edwin T. Mertz]], credited with the discovery of high-protein corn and beans; Indian chemist [[CNR Rao]], who has been awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]], the highest civilian award in India;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pmindia.nic.in/press-details.php?nodeid=1748 |title=Press details |date=November 16, 2013 |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119004210/http://pmindia.nic.in/press-details.php?nodeid=1748 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 }}</ref> engineer [[Mohamed Atalla]] who invented the [[MOS transistor]];<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Honorary Degree |url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/hondocs03/03.ATALLA.html |website=Purdue University |access-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722023751/https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/hondocs03/03.ATALLA.html |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> physical organic chemist and advocate for women and minorities in science [[Nina Roscher]], who received the [[ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences]] (1996) and the [[Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring|Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring]] (1998);<ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 15, 2001 |title=Nina Matheny Roscher |journal=C&EN |pages=45}}</ref> and professor [[Reuben Olembo|Reuben J. Olembo]], a geneticist and environmentalist who went on to become the deputy executive director of [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]] and a UN [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations#Assistant Secretary-General|Assistant Secretary-General]], and who was recognised by Purdue in 1994 with a Distinguished Alumni Award for Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/connections/summer02/daa_list.htm |title=Purdue Agriculture Connections |website=www.agriculture.purdue.edu |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015121247/https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/connections/summer02/daa_list.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In business and economics, Purdue alumni include [[Stephen Bechtel, Jr.]], owner of [[Bechtel]] Corporation; Federal Reserve Bank president [[Jeffrey Lacker]]; and popcorn specialist [[Orville Redenbacher]]. In 2010, Bloomberg also revealed Purdue was one of the universities in America with the most undergraduate alumni serving as chief executive officers of [[S&P 500]] firms.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top 10 CEO Undergraduate Alma Maters |last=Ellis |first=James E. |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_21/b4179020050124.htm |newspaper=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303021641/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_21/b4179020050124.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> These include [[Gregory Wasson]], president/CEO of [[Walgreens]]; Mark Miller, chairman/president/CEO of [[Stericycle]]; Charles Davidson, former chairman/CEO of [[Noble Energy]]; Samuel Allen, chairman/president/CEO of [[Deere & Company]]; [[Don Thompson (executive)|Don Thompson]], president/COO of [[McDonald's]]; and [[John C. Martin (businessman)|John Martin]], chairman/CEO of [[Gilead Sciences, Inc.]]; and [[Patti Poppe]], CEO of [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company|PG&E]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100601BloombergCEO.html |title=Purdue Newsroom – Purdue on Bloomberg list for undergrad alumni as CEOs |publisher=Purdue.edu |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119200312/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100601BloombergCEO.html |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In government and culture, Purdue alumni include [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winners [[Booth Tarkington]] and [[John T. McCutcheon]], as well as Ginger Thompson, former New York Times reporter currently with ProPublica; [[Akinwumi Adesina]], former [[Nigeria]]n minister of Agriculture and Rural development and current President of the [[African Development Bank]]; [[Essam Sharaf]], former [[Egyptian Prime Minister]]; [[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]], theater and television director; [[James Thomson (executive)|James Thomson]], CEO of [[Rand Corporation]]; [[Brian Lamb]], founder and CEO of [[C-SPAN]]; [[Harry G. Leslie]], former Governor of Indiana; [[Kirk Fordice]], former Governor of Mississippi; [[Earl Butz]], former [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]; [[Birch Bayh]], former United States Senator; [[Herman Cain]], 2012 Presidential candidate; [[David McKinley]], current West Virginia Congressman; [[Sun Li-jen]], former [[Kuomintang]] general; [[Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu]], Indian Parliament member; [[Dulquer Salmaan]], Indian film actor; [[Blake Ragsdale Van Leer]], former [[Georgia Tech]] president; [[Anthony W. Miller]], former [[United States Deputy Secretary of Education]]; and [[Hugo F. Sonnenschein]], former [[University of Chicago]] president. [[Richard O. Klemm]], former CEO of Food Warming Equipment and [[Illinois]] state legislator, also graduated from Purdue University.<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 2002-2002,' Biographical Sketch of Dick Klemm, pg. 103</ref>

In sports, Purdue has produced basketball coach [[John Wooden]]; basketball Hall of Famers [[Stretch Murphy]], [[Piggy Lambert]], and [[Rick Mount]]; NBA Champions [[Paul Hoffman (basketball)|Paul Hoffman]], [[Herm Gilliam]], [[Frank Kendrick]], [[Jerry Sichting]], [[Glenn Robinson]], and [[Brian Cardinal]]; and NBA All-Stars [[Glenn Robinson]], [[Brad Miller (basketball)|Brad Miller]], [[Terry Dischinger]], and [[Joe Barry Carroll]]. Purdue has three NFL [[Super Bowl]]–winning quarterbacks in [[Drew Brees]], [[Bob Griese]], and [[Len Dawson]]. Additionally, a total of 19 Purdue alumni have been on a Super Bowl–winning team {{as of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/prospectus/prospectus.pdf |title=Boilermakers in the NFL |first=Matt |last=Rector |year=2011 |work=2011 Purdue Football Information Guide |page=180 |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083340/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/prospectus/prospectus.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Purdue also produced [[Super Bowl IV]] winning coach [[Hank Stram]]. [[2008 Daytona 500]] winner [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)|Ryan Newman]] graduated from Purdue with a bachelor's degree in vehicle structure engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduesports.com/genrel/021708aab.html |title=Ryan Newman Wins Daytona 500 |publisher=Purduesports.com |date=February 17, 2008 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813212812/http://www.purduesports.com/genrel/021708aab.html |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Three Purdue alumni have received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the highest civilian award of the United States: [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Brian Lamb]], and [[John Wooden]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leubsdorf |first=Ben |url=https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47639.pdf |title=Presidential Medal of Freedom |date=2024-05-23 |edition=4th |pages=12, 16, 32 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303042803/https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47639.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The {{convert|67000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Dauch Alumni Center houses the Purdue for Life Foundation. The foundation was created in 2020 by uniting the Purdue Alumni Association and the University Development Office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dauch Alumni Center |url=https://www.purdueforlife.org/about-us/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=Purdue for Life Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>