Donald Byrne, coach of America's first varsity chess team John M. Carroll, studied human–computer interaction Paul F. Clark, professor of labor studies and head of the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations Paul DeMaine, a founder of the Computer Science Department Norman C. Deno, professor of Chemistry and seed germination researcher Jose Dolores Fuentes, atmospheric chemist, professor of meteorology William K. George, fluid dynamicist Lee Giles, co-creator of CiteSeer, David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology; former Program Manager, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Kathryn Gines, professor of philosophy Mary Godfrey, assistant professor of art education, the first African American faculty member Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22 Joshua Melko, professor of chemistry at the University of South Florida Vasant Honavar, professor, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and bioinformatics researcher and educator, former Program Director, National Science Foundation Ivan Illich, polymath: author, philosopher, and polemicist Mary Jane Irwin, computer scientist, National Academy of Science member Philip Jenkins, professor of religious studies and writer on modern religious controversies James Kasting, atmospheric chemist and astrobiologist, aka "Dr. Habitable Zone" Gary N. Knoppers, head of the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies; wrote a lengthy and prominent two-volume commentary on I Chronicles Bohdan Kulakowski, professor of mechanical engineering; head of the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) from 1992 to 2003 Alan MacEachren, professor of geography, notable for his contributions to geographic visualization Michael E. Mann, professor of atmospheric science, IPCC lead author, known for the hockey stick graph Mark D. Maughmer, developed first successful winglet designs for gliding competitions; aerodynamicist; author John D. McCarthy, professor of sociology, notable for his contributions to social movement studies and resource mobilization theory Webb Miller, one of the pioneers of computational biology; co-creator of BLAST, a research tool used by geneticists worldwide Michael G. Moore, pioneer of online learning and theory of distance education; listed (Routledge, 2017) as one of "most influential thinkers about education of all time" Erwin Wilhelm Müller, inventor of the field emission microscope, field ion microscope, and atom probe; first person to view atoms Robert Neffson, artist Masatoshi Nei, theoretical population geneticist and evolutionary biologist Jon Nese, lecturer in meteorology and former Weather Channel personality Joe Paterno, head football coach, 1966–2011 Roger Penrose Rene Portland, head women's basketball coach, 1980–2007 C. R. Rao, 2002 National Medal of Science-winning statistician Frank Ritter Theodore Roethke, 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry recipient Russ Rose,