Edward Albee, recipient (three times) of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Karim Alrawi, recipient of the Samuel Beckett Award for the Performing Arts, President of Egyptian Pen (1992–1994) Francis Andersen, Australian Hebrew and biblical studies scholar John Ashbery, American poet Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas, Uruguayan American Professor of Food Engineering and Director of the Center for Nonthermal Processing of Food at Washington State University George Benneh, Ghanaian academic, university administrator and public servant Victor Bianchini, U.S. federal judge, California State superior court judge, retired Colonel of U.S. Marine Corps; former law school dean Harold Bloom, literary theorist and critic Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1992–1996 Michael Broyde (born 1964), American law professor Kofi Abrefa Busia, Ghanaian academic and Prime Minister of Ghana (1969–1972) Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002 Kyle Carey, Celtic American musician Bob Carr, Australian politician Ron Castan, Australian Constitutional law barrister Lenora Champagne, playwright, performance artist and director Ibrahim M. El-Sherbiny, Egyptian materials scientist Dante R. Chialvo, scientist Dale Chihuly, glass sculptor and entrepreneur Eugenie Clark, American ichthyologist and founder of Mote Marine Laboratory George C. Clerk, Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist pioneer Aliye Pekin Çelik, United Nations Official J. M. Coetzee, South-African author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003 Nathan Collett, filmmaker Aaron Copland, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music Leah Curtis, Australian composer Myanna Dellinger, Danish-American law professor Vicente Blanco Gaspar, ambassador of Spain Arthur Deshaies, artist, printmaker, professor and head of the graphic workshop, Florida State University Rita Dove, U.S. Poet Laureate and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Eugenia Del Pino, developmental biologist, Ecuadorian Eric Foner, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History John Hope Franklin, historian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Maryellen Fullerton, lawyer and law professor and interim dean at Brooklyn Law School Radhika Gajjala, a communications and a cultural studies professor, Philip A. Gale, British chemist and university administrator, Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan Gabby Giffords, United States Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district Robert A. Gorman (born 1937), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Wendy Greengross (1925–2012), general practitioner and broadcaster Nigel Healey, Vice Chancellor, Fiji National University Robert Hess (1938–1994), President of Brooklyn College John Honnold (1915–2011), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Ross Horning, American historian Michael Janis, glass sculptor and educator Rahul M. Jindal,