18 Notable alumni of Harvey Mudd College
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
Harvey Mudd College is ranked #1,686 in the world and #418 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Harvey Mudd College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Harvey Mudd College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Denison Bollay
1952-. (aged 74)
engineer
Denison Bollay is a software engineer working on programming languages and search algorithms, with applications for e-commerce and financial information.
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2. Roger Thomas Howe
1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher
academic
electrical engineer
Roger Thomas Howe is the William E. Ayer Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He earned a B.S. degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, California) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 and 1984, respectively. He was a faculty member at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1984 to 1985, at...
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3. Joe Pelton
1977-. (aged 49)
poker player
Joe Pelton is an American business analyst and poker tournament player, who is based in Newport Beach, California. He attended Harvey Mudd College and graduated in 1999. While studying at Harvey Mudd, his nickname was the "Moral Pillar".
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4. F. Michael Christ
1955-. (aged 71)
mathematician
Francis Michael Christ is an American mathematician and professor at University of California, Berkeley, specializing in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables. He is known for the Christ–Kiselev maximal inequality.
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5. Jack Cuzick
1948-. (aged 78)
mathematician
epidemiologist
Sir Jack Martin Cuzick is an American-born British academic, director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London and head of the Centre for Cancer Prevention. He is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at the Wolfson Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
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6. Bruce Jay Nelson
1952-1999 (aged 47)
computer scientist
Bruce Jay Nelson was an American computer scientist best known as the inventor of the remote procedure call concept for computer network communications.
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7. Scott E. Fraser
1972-1976 (aged 4)
biophysicist
biologist
Scott E. Fraser is an American biophysicist and Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He is also the Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Convergent Bioscience and Director of Science Initiatives, where he is helping to launch USC’s Initiative in Convergent Bioscience. In addition, he holds joint appointments in the Departments of Physiology and...
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8. Robert Charrow
1944-. (aged 82)
writer
Robert Phillip Charrow is an American lawyer and government official.
9. Stanley G. Love
1965-. (aged 61)
astronaut
astronomer
Stanley Glen Love is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut from Oregon.
10. Richard Jones
1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat
Richard Henry Jones is an American diplomat and the former Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.
11. Amanda Simpson
1961-. (aged 65)
scientist
aircraft pilot
politician
Amanda Renae Simpson is an American pilot, businessperson and politician. Simpson is an advisor and consultant on aerospace, energy, and culture and belonging as Founder and CEO of Third Segment LLC.
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12. George Nelson
1950-. (aged 76)
astronomer
astronaut
physicist
university teacher
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and retired NASA astronaut.
13. Donald D. Chamberlin
1944-. (aged 82)
computer scientist
Donald D. Chamberlin is an American computer scientist who is one of the principal designers of the original SQL language specification with Raymond Boyce. He also made significant contributions to the development of XQuery.
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14. Tom Preston-Werner
1979-. (aged 47)
businessperson
business executive
software developer
programmer
software engineer
Thomas Preston-Werner is an American billionaire software developer and entrepreneur. He is an active contributor within the free and open-source software community, most prominently in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he lives.
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15. Sean Plott
1986-. (aged 40)
television presenter
professional gamer
esports commentator
Sean Saintmichael Plott, better known as Day, is an American esports commentator, player, event host, streamer and game designer. Plott is best known for his contributions in the professional StarCraft scene, where he regularly appeared first as a player and later as a commentator and host at various tournaments for the game for many years. He has also played other...
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16. Scott Pace
1959-. (aged 67)
academic
Scott Norman Pace currently serves as Director of the Space Policy Institute, Director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and Director of the MA International Science and Technology Policy program at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. He served as the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council from July 2017 to January 2021,...
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17. Patri Friedman
1976-. (aged 50)
nonprofit administrator
software engineer
poker player
Patri Friedman is an American libertarian, anarcho-capitalist, and theorist of political economy. He founded The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit that explores the creation of sovereign ocean colonies.
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18. Henry E. Brady
1947-. (aged 79)
university teacher
researcher
political scientist
Henry Eugene Brady is an American political scientist specializing in methodology and its application in a diverse array of political fields. He was Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley from 2009–2021 and holds the Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. He was elected President of the American...
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