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Notable alumni
Academia
College chancellors, presidents and vice-presidents
Monty Buell – chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at Walla Walla University
George Casella – statistician at Rutgers University, Cornell University, and the University of Florida
James Samuel Coleman – author of the Coleman Report on the sociology of education
Carl W. Condit – architectural historian, Northwestern University
Clarence Cory – the first Professor in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley; received BME degree from Purdue University in 1889 at the age of 16 and a Doctor of Engineering degree from Purdue University in 1914
Bruce E. Dale – Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
William E. Moore – chemistry professor and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern University; Moore was the first Black PhD in chemistry to graduate from Purdue
Toby Moskowitz – financial economist, University of Chicago
David Mount – computer scientist, University of Maryland
J. Keith Murnighan – Harold H. Hines Jr. Distinguished Professor of Risk Management at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Rick Mount – three-time All-American at Purdue and two-time Big Ten Player of the Year; NCAA Finals 1969; former American Basketball Association basketball player
Glenn Robinson – 1994 NCAA Player of the Year (John R. Wooden Award, Naismith Awards and four other polls), two-time 1st Team All-American; former NBA player, 1st pick overall in NBA draft (1994); NBA champion (2005) with San Antonio Spurs
John Wooden – Basketball Hall of Fame honoree as both player and coach; 10-time NCAA Champion coach at UCLA; 1932 National champion and All-American as player
Zach Edey – 2-time consensus national player of the year (2023–2024), 2 time all American; Currently playing for the Memphis Grizzlies.
Stephanie White – [17]- (1995–1999) former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Indiana Fever of the WNBA.
Jaden Ivey – (2020–2022) Top 5 pick in NBA Draft. Currently plays for Detroit Pistons
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