The list of University of Akron people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Akron. Class year usually indicates year of graduation, unless an entry is denoted by an asterisk (*). In this case, the student did not graduate from the university, and the class year indicates the last known year a former student attended. In the case of alumni with multiple graduation years, the earliest graduation year is shown.
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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John R. Adams | 1983 | District court judge | |
James E. Akins | Diplomat | ||
Alice M. Batchelder | Circuit judge | ||
Sam H. Bell | 1952 | District court judge | |
Ray C. Bliss | 1935 | Former chair of the Republican National Committee | |
Deborah L. Cook | Circuit judge | ||
Vernon Cook | State Representative | ||
Phil Davison | Minerva Councilman | ||
Peter C. Economus | 1970 | District court judge | |
James S. Gwin | 1979 | District court judge | |
Kermit L. Hall | Legal history scholar | ||
Michael Morell | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | ||
Sandra Pianalto | Economist | ||
Don Plusquellic | Mayor of Akron, Ohio | ||
Thomas C. Sawyer | Mayor of Akron; Congressman | ||
Betty Sutton | Congresswoman | ||
Mary Taylor | Ohio State Auditor | ||
Kim Zurz | Politician |
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Aaron Archer | Toy designer for Hasbro | ||
Dan Auerbach | Guitarist and vocalist (The Black Keys) | ||
George Brandes | Physicist and corporate leader | ||
David S. Brown | Historian and professor at Elizabethtown College | ||
Yvette Nicole Brown | Television and film actress from Drake and Josh and Community | ||
Michael Buckley | NY Times bestselling author of The Sisters Grimm series | ||
Patrick Carney | Drummer (The Black Keys) | ||
Alan H. Coogan | 1977 | Geologist specializing in applied sedimentary geology | |
David Drabold | 1983 | Distinguished Professor of Physics at Ohio University | |
Mary E. Gladwin | 1887 | Red Cross nurse in three wars | |
Nick Kosir | "The Dancing Weatherman"; Fox Weather meteorologist | ||
Katherine Kurt | 1880 | Homeopath | |
John E. Leland | 1986 | Director, University of Dayton Research Institute | [4] |
Paul T. Mikolashek | 1969 | U.S. Army lieutenant general | [5] |
Dan Moldea | Journalist | ||
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. | CEO of Goodyear | ||
Nikola Resanovic | Composer | ||
Mark Scatterday | Conductor | ||
Robert P. Schumaker | 2001 | Creator of AZFinText, a news-aware high-frequency stock prediction system | |
Joshua I. Smith | Businessman | ||
Irving C. Tomlinson | 1880 | Prominent Christian Scientist; secretary to Mary Baker Eddy | [6] |
Peter Wolf Toth | Sculptor | [7] | |
George Wallace | Comedian | ||
Daniel Asua Wubah | President of Millersville University |
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
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Alex Adams | Men's basketball | Head coach (1976) | |
Jim Aiken | Football | Head coach | |
George Babcock | Football | Head coach | |
Paul Baldacci | Football | Head coach | |
Russell Beichly | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Paul Bixler | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Red Blair | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
Dwight Bradley | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
J. D. Brookhart | Football | Head coach | |
Kenneth Cochrane | Football | Head coach | |
James W. Coleman | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
Frank Cook | Football | Head coach | |
Coleman Crawford | Men's basketball | Head coach (1990–1995) | |
Ken Cunningham | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Keith Dambrot | Men's basketball | Head coach (2004–present) | |
Jim Dennison | Football | Head coach | |
Otis Douglas | Football | Head coach | |
Thomas Dowler | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
Walter East | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Archie Eves | Football | Head coach | |
Gerry Faust | Football | Head coach | |
Forest Firestone | Football | Head coach | |
Frank Haggerty | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
John Heisman | Football | Head coach | |
Dan Hipsher | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
William Houghton | Football | Head coach | |
Bob Huggins | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Pat Knight | Men's basketball | Assistant coach (2000–2001) | [8] |
Gordon K. Larson | Football | Head coach | |
Tony Laterza | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Jack Lengyel | Football | Assistant coach (1959) | |
Joe McMullen | Football | Head coach | |
Lee Owens | Football | Head coach | |
Rev. Alfred W. Place | Football | Head coach | |
Bob Rupert | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Fred Sefton | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
Wyatt Webb | Men's basketball | Head coach | |
Clarence Weed | Men's basketball; football | Head coach | |
Earl Williams | Men's basketball | First head coach | |
Harry Wilson | Football | Head coach |
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
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Paul Alfred Biefeld | Physics and Astronomy (1906–1911) | Professor (former) | |
George Danhires | Professor (former) | [9] | |
Meredith Gardner | German | Professor (former) | |
John C. Green | Political Science | ||
Ralph P. Hummel | Public Administration and Urban Studies | Professor (former), author of The Bureaucratic Experience | [10] |
Parke Kolbe | University president (former) | [11] | |
Luis M. Proenza | University president (former) | ||
John F. Seiberling | Law | Politician | |
Jim Tressel | University vice president (former) |
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