She is the author of five critically acclaimed novels.
#Notable alumni professional#
Scott Leonard ’87 found professional success in the early ’90s as a member of the a cappella group Rockappella, the house band on the popular PBS children’s show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Leonard also has produced four solo albums.Ĭonnie May Fowler ’82 is a novelist, memoirist and screenwriter. He then helped bring Corpse Bride to life and has since worked on a string of Academy Award nominated films, including Coraline, Fantastic Mr.
#Notable alumni tv#
Schiff worked on several TV series, receiving an Emmy Award for an episode of the stop motion television show Gary and Mike. Artsīrad Schiff ’93 is animation supervisor at LAIKA, an animation studio specializing in feature films, commercials and shorts. For more information about these alumni, and others, visit the alumni magazine archive. Here are just a few of those success stories. In a recent survey, 94 percent reported success in their postgraduate plans. If you know someone worthy of recognition, be sure to nominate them for one of these honors.Across the country and the world, our graduates are putting what they learned at UT to work, enjoying rewarding careers and purposeful lives. Learn more about the awards and recipients. So proud that we present a number of awards to our notable alumni each year, recognizing their lifetime achievements, generosity, and contributions to their communities. We are proud of the accomplishments of our alumni.
Ander Monson '97, director of the MFA program at the University of Arizona, has written six books and been selected for a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Barry Bearak '71 received a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for his coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan he's a correspondent for the N ew York Times.ġ3. Ismat Kittani '51 came to Knox from Iraq, helped establish our Honor Code, and went on to become president of the United Nations General Assembly.ġ2. Coughlin ’94 is the president & CEO of Shedd Aquarium, Chicago's most visited cultural attraction and a national leader in animal care, conservation education, and marine research.ġ1. Thomas Kurtz '50 co-created BASIC, the foundational language of computing.ġ0.
#Notable alumni series#
Thanks to his Netflix comedy special, Vir Das: Abroad Understanding, and a recently announced Hulu comedy series and second Netflix special, Das is poised to break into the American entertainment world with his unique brand of humor.ĩ. Vir Das '02, the biggest English-speaking comedian in India, is also one of its top actors, writers, musicians, and festival producers. Murrow awards, and the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award she anchors the evening newscasts at KMBC in Kansas City.Ĩ. Lara Moritz '90 won two Emmys, two Edward R. His currently chief executive officer of the social enterprise technology company Ona.ħ. Matt Berg '00 was named one of Time's "most influential people in the world." He developed ChildCount+, an open source mobile health system created the Last Mile Initiative, which brings basic information and communication technologies to rural African villages and was director of information and communications technology for the Millennium Villages Project at Columbia University's Earth Institute. The comic is now available in more than 400 public schools in Pakistan.Ħ. Gauher Aftab '05, inspired by his own encounter with terrorist rhetoric as a child in Pakistan, co-authored an educational comic, Paasban: The Guardian, to rebut violent extremist rhetoric. John Lawler '88 is vice president, strategy, at Ford Motor Companyĥ. Ladipo Lawani ’08 was recently named one of making Africa's 30 under 30 10 years by Forbes magazine for founding L&L foods, a food processing and packaging company that sources agricultural produce from Nigerian farmers and transforms them into quality snacks.Ĥ. Carol Craig '89 founded Craig Technologies, a national aerospace consulting company she was the Navy's first woman aviator in her P-3 Orion squadron.ģ. He served as chairman of the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign, advisor to President Obama, chief of staff for President Clinton, and chair of the Center for American Progress.Ģ. John Podesta '71 is a contributing columnist at the Washington Post. A baker’s dozen of Knox alumni who in some meaningful way represent thousands of other Knox alumni:ġ.