51 Notable alumni of Stevens Institute of Technology
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Stevens Institute of Technology is ranked #878 in the world and #239 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Stevens Institute of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Stevens Institute of Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jean Scholtz
computer scientist
Jean Clarice Scholtz is an American computer scientist known for her contributions to human–computer interaction, and particularly for developing the "Common Industry Format" for usability test results while at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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2. David Schenk Jacobus
1862-1955 (aged 93)
inventor
David Schenk Jacobus was an American mechanical engineer, head of the Engineering Department of Babcock & Wilcox, inventor and educator, who served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1916–17.
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3. Robert Thurston Kent
1880-1947 (aged 67)
engineer
Robert Thurston Kent was an American mechanical engineer, editor of Industrial Engineering and consultant, known as one of the foremen of scientific management.
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4. Richard H. Rice
1863-1922 (aged 59)
engineer
Richard Henry Rice was an American mechanical engineer and inventor who is known for many patents related to improvements to the Corliss steam engine, and his partnership in founding the Rice & Sargent Engine Company of Providence, Rhode Island.
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5. Paul Aaron Langevin Doty
1869-1938 (aged 69)
mechanical engineer
Paul Aaron Langevin Doty was an American mechanical engineer, vice-president and general manager of the St. Paul Gas Light Co., president of St. Paul Trust and Savings Bank, and investor. He was the 53rd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1934–35.
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6. William Raimond Baird
1848-1917 (aged 69)
William Raimond Baird was the namesake of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities and publisher of its early editions.
7. John A. Bensel
1863-1922 (aged 59)
civil engineer
John Anderson Bensel was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was President of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1910. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1911 to 1914.
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8. Lingan S. Randolph
1859-1922 (aged 63)
mechanical engineer
Lingan Strother Randolph was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1893 to 1918 at Virginia Tech.
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9. Frank D. Graham
1875-1965 (aged 90)
writer
Frank Duncan Graham was a prolific and eloquent writer of Audel's guides. Graham seemed to specialize in subjects related to steam engines and other types of engines.
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10. Alexander Crombie Humphreys
1851-1927 (aged 76)
mechanical engineer
Alexander Crombie Humphreys was a Scottish American mechanical and consulting engineer, along with a water-gas plant builder, and the 2nd President of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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11. Joseph Bushnell Ames
1878-1928 (aged 50)
writer
Joseph Bushnell Ames was an American novelist during the early 20th century.
12. Louis Alan Hazeltine
1886-1964 (aged 78)
physicist
engineer
Louis Alan Hazeltine was an engineer and physicist, the inventor of the Neutrodyne circuit, and the Hazeltine-Fremodyne Superregenerative circuit. He was the founder of the Hazeltine Corporation.
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13. Julian Kennedy
1852-1932 (aged 80)
mechanical engineer
Julian Kennedy was an American engineer and inventor, known for his national and international contributions to the steel industry. He was awarded the ASME Medal in 1928.
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14. Zehev Tadmor
1937-. (aged 89)
researcher
chemist
Zehev Tadmor is a retired Israeli chemical engineer who has served as distinguished professor, president, and chairman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He is also chairman of the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, a policy research center. His main research interest is polymer and plastics engineering and processing. He won the Emet Prize in...
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15. Lewis H. Nash
1852-1923 (aged 71)
inventor
politician
Lewis H. Nash was an American engineer who invented the liquid-ring-vacuum pump, and was the holder of over a hundred United States patents for pumps, engines, and other equipment. He founded the Nash Engineering Company in 1905, and served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
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16. John White Howell
1857-1937 (aged 80)
electrical engineer
John White Howell was an American electrical engineer who spent his entire professional career (1880 to 1930) working for Thomas Edison, specializing in the development and manufacturing of the incandescent lamp.
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17. Gerard J. Foschini
1940-2023 (aged 83)
inventor
Gerard Joseph Foschini, was an American telecommunications engineer who worked for Bell Laboratories from 1961 until his retirement. He died in September 2023. His research has covered many kinds of data communications, particularly wireless communications and optical communications. Foschini has also worked on point-to-point systems and networks.
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18. Chadwell O'Connor
1914-2007 (aged 93)
engineer
Chadwell O'Connor was an American inventor and steam engine enthusiast. He is most remembered as the inventor of an improved fluid-damped tripod head, for which he won Academy Awards in 1975 and 1992.
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19. John William Lieb
1860-1929 (aged 69)
electrical engineer
John William Lieb was an American electrical engineer for the Edison Electric Light Company. Lieb was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1904 to 1905. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "the development and operation of electric central stations for illumination and power."
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20. Aaron Cohen
1931-2010 (aged 79)
politician
Aaron Cohen was the Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA between 19 February 1992 and 1 November 1992 as well as the manager of the Space Shuttle Program from 1972.
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21. Bill Destler
1946-. (aged 80)
academic administrator
professor
William Wallace Destler is an American university professor and administrator who served as the ninth president of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2017.
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22. Peter Ashmun Ames
1888-1920 (aged 32)
socialite
Peter Ashmun Ames was an American British Army intelligence officer and member of the Cairo Gang who was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army. Patrick Moran was later executed for his assassination.
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23. Ronald C. Arkin
1949-. (aged 77)
university teacher
artificial intelligence researcher
Ronald Craig Arkin is an American roboticist and roboethicist, and a Regents' Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is known for the motor schema technique in robot navigation and for his book Behavior-Based Robotics.
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24. Thelma Estrin
1924-2014 (aged 90)
computer scientist
engineer
bioinformatician
Thelma Estrin was an American computer scientist and engineer who did pioneering work in the fields of expert systems and biomedical engineering. Estrin was one of the first to apply computer technology to healthcare and medical research. In 1954, Estrin helped to design the Weizmann Automatic Computer, or WEIZAC, the first computer in Israel and the Middle East, a moment...
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25. Igor Bensen
1917-2000 (aged 83)
inventor
aircraft pilot
Igor Vasilevich Bensen was a Russian-American engineer. He founded Bensen Aircraft, a US company which produced a successful line of gyrogliders (rotor kites) and autogyros.
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26. Jed Babbin
1950-. (aged 76)
writer
Jed Lloyd Babbin is an American lawyer, writer, and former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense who served during the first Bush administration. He is the author of the political books Inside the Asylum, Showdown, and In the Words of Our Enemies.
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27. David J. Farber
1934-2026 (aged 92)
computer scientist
information scientist
university teacher
David Jack Farber was an American professor of computer science, noted for his major contributions to programming languages and computer networking and was a distinguished professor and co-director of Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University in Japan.
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28. Howard Roger Garis
1873-1962 (aged 89)
writer
novelist
children's writer
journalist
Howard Roger Garis was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books were illustrated by Lansing Campbell. Garis and his wife, Lilian Garis, were possibly the most prolific children's authors of the early 20th century.
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29. Amber S. Gell
1984-. (aged 42)
military flight engineer
Amber S. Gell is an American executive, program manager, former engineer and scientist, and STEM education advocate who specializes in human performance in extreme environments. A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, she currently works for Kongsberg Satellite Services in Norway as the Director of Strategy and Partnerships. She formerly worked for Lockheed Martin as a Program Manager. She has won awards for...
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30. Charles Petzold
1953-. (aged 73)
computer scientist
programmer
writer
Charles Petzold is an American programmer and technical author on Microsoft Windows applications. He is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and was named one of Microsoft's seven Windows Pioneers.
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31. Richard Reeves
1936-2020 (aged 84)
journalist
biographer
Richard Furman Reeves was an American writer, syndicated columnist, and lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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32. David S. Rose
1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson
David Semel Rose is an American serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He is Chairman & CEO of the U.S Real Estate Market, a liquidity platform for institutional real estate investments,, Managing Partner of Rose Tech Ventures, a venture fund focused on Internet-based business, and Executive Chairman of Gust, which operates a collaboration platform for early stage angel investing.. He is...
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33. Augustus Moore Herring
1867-1926 (aged 59)
aircraft pilot
Augustus Moore Herring was an American aviation pioneer, who sometimes is claimed by Michigan promoters to be the first true aviator of a motorized heavier-than-air aircraft.
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34. Charles Stewart Mott
1875-1973 (aged 98)
businessperson
politician
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and businessman, philanthropist, a co-owner of General Motors, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan.
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35. Peter Cooper Hewitt
1861-1921 (aged 60)
electrical engineer
engineer
inventor
Peter Cooper Hewitt was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. Hewitt was issued U.S. patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. In 1903, Hewitt created an improved version that possessed higher color qualities which eventually found widespread industrial use.
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36. John McLean
1785-1861 (aged 76)
lawyer
judge
politician
John McLean was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and United States Supreme Courts. He was often discussed for the Whig Party nominations for president, and is also one of the few people who served in all three branches of government.
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37. Joseph Rochefort
1900-1976 (aged 76)
cryptographer
mathematician
military officer
Joseph John Rochefort was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway. His contributions and those of his team were pivotal to victory in the Pacific War.
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38. Sixto Durán-Ballén
1921-2016 (aged 95)
university teacher
architect
politician
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect who served as the 37th president of Ecuador from 1992 to 1996. He previously served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978. In 1951, he co-founded a political party, the Social Christian Party. In 1991, he left the Social Christian Party and formed a new conservative group, the...
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39. Igor Ansoff
1918-2002 (aged 84)
university teacher
economist
mathematician
Igor Ansoff was a Russian-American applied mathematician and business manager. He is known as the father of strategic management.
40. Frederick Reines
1918-1998 (aged 80)
physicist
university teacher
Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties."
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41. Samuel P. Bush
1863-1948 (aged 85)
entrepreneur
businessperson
Samuel Prescott Bush was an American steel industry executive and the patriarch of the Bush family. He was the father of U.S. senator Prescott Bush, the paternal grandfather of former U.S. president George H. W. Bush, and the patrilineal great-grandfather of former president George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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42. León Febres-Cordero
1931-2008 (aged 77)
chief officer
mechanical engineer
politician
León Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra, known in the Ecuadorian media as LFC or more simply Febres-Cordero, was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 35th President of Ecuador, serving a four-year term from 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988. During his presidency he sought to introduce market-oriented reforms, and also led a security crackdown on a small guerrilla group named ¡Alfaro...
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43. L. Sprague de Camp
1907-2000 (aged 93)
literary critic
journalist
military officer
writer
historian
Lyon Sprague de Camp was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s.
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44. Alexander Calder
1898-1976 (aged 78)
watercolorist
printmaker
draftsperson
sculptor
designer
Alexander "Sandy" Calder was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, "Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn't be broadcast to other...
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45. Marques Brownlee
1993-. (aged 33)
television producer
YouTuber
vlogger
Marques Keith Brownlee, also known professionally as MKBHD, is an American YouTuber, influencer, and professional ultimate frisbee player, best known for his videos reviewing technology devices. As of July 2025, he has more than 20 million subscribers across all channels and billions of total video views. In 2013, Vic Gundotra, a former senior vice president of Google, called Brownlee "the...
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46. Greg Gianforte
1961-. (aged 65)
business executive
engineer
businessperson
politician
Gregory Richard Gianforte is an American politician, businessman, and software engineer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2021.
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47. Frederick Winslow Taylor
1856-1915 (aged 59)
economist
Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book The Principles of Scientific Management which, in 2001, Fellows of the Academy of Management voted the most influential management book of the...
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48. Jay Weinberg
1990-. (aged 36)
drummer
Jay Bradley Weinberg is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of Slipknot. He is the son of longtime Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg. He played with the punk rock band the Reveling and toured in 2009 as a drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, substituting for his father. During 2010, he was briefly the drummer for...
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49. Carmelo Garcia
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Carmelo G. Garcia is an American politician from the state of New Jersey. He represented the 33rd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly as part of the Democratic Party for one two-year term. In June 2024, he pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and bribery charges related to his time working for the Newark, New Jersey, city government...
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50. Haoliang Xu
diplomat
Xu Haoliang is a Chinese diplomat serving as the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General since 2023, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 2023, and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support of UNDP in New York since 2019.
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51. Henry Gantt
1861-1919 (aged 58)
mechanical engineer
inventor
manager
industrial engineer
Henry Laurence Gantt was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s.
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