activist, and speaker David C. Turnley (BA 1977), photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography Claude H. Van Tyne (BA 1896), 1930 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The War of Independence Michael Vitez, (journalism fellow) winner of Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism; journalist, author Josh White, journalist; worked with a team covering the Virginia Tech shooting massacre, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize Roger Wilkins (AB 1953, LAW: LLB 1956, HLHD 1993), journalist of the Washington Post; shared the Pulitzer Prize for his Watergate editorials Julia Wolfe (BA), composer; winner of a 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music Taro Yamasaki (MDNG), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography Michigan alumnus Jeffrey Seller has produced two Pulitzer Prize winning plays on Broadway: Jeffrey Seller was the producer for: Rent, featuring music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1996. Seller also produced Hamilton which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016. Rhodes Scholars As of 2021, Michigan has matriculated 30 Rhodes Scholars. Some notable winners are linked below. James K. Watkins, 1911 Brand Blanshard, 1913 Albert C. Jacobs, 1921 Bertrand Harris Bronson, 1922 Allan Seager, 1930 Samuel Beer, 1932 Wilfred Sellars, 1934 R. V. Roosa, 1939 Abdul El-Sayed, 2009 Science Isabella Abbott (MS 1942), ethnobotanist, specialized in algae; more than 200 algae owe their discovery and scientific names to her Werner Emmanuel Bachmann (Ph.D. 1926), chemist; pioneer in steroid synthesis; carried out the first total synthesis of a steroidal hormone, equilenin; winner of a Guggenheim award Frank Benford (1910), an electrical engineer and physicist known for Benford’s Law, also devised in 1937 an instrument for measuring the refraction index of glass John Joseph Bittner (Ph.D. 1930), geneticist and cancer biologist, made contributions on the genetics of breast cancer John M. Carpenter (M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1963), nuclear engineer, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Rajeshwari Chatterjee (Ph.D. 1953), pioneer in Indian microwave engineering Christine L. Clouser (M.S., Ph.D.), American virologist Carol McDonald Connor (Ph.D. 2002), Educational Psychologist with contributions to early literacy and reading comprehension research Bernhard Dawson (B.S., Ph.D. 1933), U.S.-born Argentinian astronomer; namesake of Dawson crater David Mathias Dennison, physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and the physics of molecular structure; Guggenheim award winner Gerald R. Dickens (Ph.D. 1996), Professor of Earth Science at Rice University Charles Fremont Dight (MED 1879), medical