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List of Case Western Reserve University people

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This is a list of notable individuals associated with Case Western Reserve University, including students, alumni, and faculty.

Arts, journalism and entertainment

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Directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo have directed world-famous blockbusters Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Actor Rich Sommer appeared in Mad Men and The Devil Wears Prada.

Business and philanthropy

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Craig Newmark (BS '75, MS '77), tech billionaire, philanthropist, founder of Craigslist
Richard Thaler (BA '67) – one of the founders of behavioral economics and recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics

Education

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Government and military

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Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Representative (1997–2013) and U.S. presidential candidate (2004 and 2008)
Don Thomas, former NASA Astronaut. (Physics BS '73)
Elioda Tumwesigye, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Science Technology & Innovation, Republic of Uganda

History

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Law

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See Notable Graduates section
Attorney Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Tuskegee syphilis experiment victims in his career. He marched from Selma to Montgomery.

Science, technology, and medicine

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Case alum Herbert Henry Dow, founder of Dow Chemical
Julie Gerberding, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John Macleod, 1923 Nobel Prize winner for discovering insulin and Western Reserve University Professor of Physiology
Ferid Murad, 1998 Nobel Laureate and Case Medical School MD/PhD alumnus
David Satcher, former Surgeon General of the United States

Sports

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Case alum Don Shula (MA Physical Education '53), former coach of the Miami Dolphins

See also

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References

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  5. ^ "Personality: Dr. Regenia A. Perry". richmondfreepress.com. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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  8. ^ "Automation Founders Circle: Dr. Hans Baumann". ISA. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "Jamal Deen | Faculty of Engineering". www.eng.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  10. ^ B. J. Colangelo (May 21, 2018). "Miss Greater Cleveland and Mechanical Engineer Xyla Foxlin is Revolutionizing What it Means to be a Beauty Queen". Cleve Scene magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2021. ...Xyla Foxlin is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major at Case Western Reserve University, a robotics whiz kid, the founder and inventor of Parihug, a pilot, ...
  11. ^ "A. M. Turing Award". ACM. Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2007-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ ALUMNI PROFILE: WENDY COHN ’88 AND MARK TERMINI ’84 (31 March 2021). "Alumni Profile: Wendy Cohn '88 and Mark Termini '84". Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Cleveland State University. Retrieved 8 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  14. ^ Mayock, Emily. "BIG SHOT: A CWRU Hall of Famer's Heavy-Hitting—but Lesser-Known—Role in Some of Basketball's Biggest Deals". THINK. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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