L. Knapp, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin; internationally known for his research on nonverbal communication George Koob, professor; director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Leah Krubitzer, neuroscientist; Professor of Psychology at University of California, Davis and MacArthur Fellow (1998) Max G. Lagally, Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Steven Leath, president of Iowa State University from 2012 to 2017 and Auburn University from 2017 to 2019; appointed to the National Science Board in 2018 Herbert E. Longenecker, former president of Tulane University Ronald Mallett, theoretical physicist; best known for his scientific position on the possibility of time travel Robert McGrath, director of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute Eoin McKiernan, early scholar in Irish Studies Lane Mitchell, ceramic engineer; founded Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering John Pickles, Phillips Distinguished Professor of International Studies in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jonathan K. Pritchard, genetics professor at Stanford University Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Mayanist scholar and archeologist; contributed significantly to the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs James Purdy, scholar of digital rhetoric Merritt Roe Smith, historian; Leverett and William Cutten Professor of the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard Somerville, climate scientist; Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego George D. Stoddard, former president of the University of Illinois and the University of the State of New York; former chancellor of New York University and Long Island University Ian Waitz, vice chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Hultz Walker, chemist and professor; former chair of industrial chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former president of the American Electrochemical Society James J. Whalen, former president of Ithaca College Robert E. Witt, president of University of Alabama Iris Marion Young, political and social theorist, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago Koraly Pérez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University Entertainment and media Gerald W. Abrams, television producer; father of J.J. Abrams John Aniston, actor, Days of Our Lives; father of actress Jennifer Aniston Brian Baker, former Sprint spokesman Donald L. Barlett, investigative journalist; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Barnes (journalist), journalist; senior Washington correspondent for the Fox Business Network Donald P. Bellisario, television