Tsui – professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics John Archibald Wheeler – professor emeritus of physics, later collaborator of Albert Einstein, advisor to Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne Eric Wieschaus – professor of molecular biology, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Andrew Wiles – professor of mathematics, proved Fermat's Last Theorem, winner of the Schock Prize (1995), Royal Medal (1996), Cole Prize (1996), Wolf Prize (1996), King Faisal Prize (1998) and Shaw Prize (2005) Edward Witten – professor emeritus of physics, Fields Medalist, 2012 Fundamental Physics Prize Andrew Yao – computer scientist, winner of the 2000 Turing award Engineering Amir Ali Ahmadi – professor of operations research and financial engineering Robert Calderbank – professor of electrical engineering, mathematics, and applied mathematics Erhan Çınlar – professor of operations research and financial engineering Ahmed Cemal Eringen – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, leading expert in elasticity theory, continuum mechanics, and plasticity Jianqing Fan – professor of operations research and financial engineering Jason W. Fleischer – associate professor of electrical engineering Claire F. Gmachl – professor of electrical engineering Brian Kernighan – professor of computer science and co-author of The C Programming Language William A. Massey – professor of operations research and financial engineering Robert Sedgewick – professor of computer science Alexander Smits – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, leading expert on turbulence and fluid dynamics Howard Stone – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and chemical engineering, leading expert in fluid dynamics Robert J. Vanderbei – professor of operations research and financial engineering, mathematics, astrophysics, computer science Business Gerhard Andlinger, A.B. 1952 – founder of Andlinger & Company James T. Aubrey, A.B. 1941 – president of CBS and MGM Norman Augustine, B.S.E. 1957– former CEO of Lockheed Martin Ben Baldanza, M.P.A./U.R.P. 1986 – former CEO of Spirit Airlines Alexander Bannwart, L.L.B 1906 Jeff Bezos, B.S.E. 1986 – founder of Amazon.com Frank Biondi, A.B. 1966 – former chairman of Viacom John C. Bogle, A.B. 1951 – former founder and CEO of The Vanguard Group, which pioneered the index fund Charles W. Coker, A.B. 1955 – former CEO and chairman of Sonoco Products Archibald Crossley, B. 1950 – pollster and pioneer in the field of public opinion research Franklin D'Olier, A.B. 1898 – former president and chairman of Prudential Insurance Company; first National Commander of the American Legion (1919–20) Steve Feinberg, A.B. 1982 – billionaire financier