Stuart Fisher - radiologist John E. Fryer – psychiatrist and gay rights activist, also known as Dr. Henry Anonymous Jacob Gershon-Cohen – Professor of Research Radiology and developer of mammography for detecting breast cancer Chevalier Jackson – pioneer physician in laryngology and endoscopy Waldo Nelson – "father of pediatrics", longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics; author of Nelson Book of Pediatrics Lucia V. Streng – chemist Ann M. Valentine – chemist Earl Bradley – pediatrician Mark L. Nelson – chemist and inventor of Nuzyra, an antibiotic FDA approved in 2018 Alumni Academia Rebecca Alpert – activist, Rabbi, and current chair of the religion department Edwin David Aponte – author and educator, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity & Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. Leon Bass (Ph.D.) – educator John Baugh – linguist known for developing theory of linguistic profiling, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Susan H. Brandt - historian David Bressoud (Ph.D) – mathematician, former professor at Pennsylvania State University, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College Noam Chomsky – linguist and activist, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; as child attended Temple-run experimental Deweyite school, Oak Lane Day School Linda Darling-Hammond – Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she launched the School Redesign Network Miguel A. De La Torre – Associate Professor of Social Ethics; Director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology; author of several books concerning the marginalized Angelo DiGeorge – physician and known for discovery of autoimmune disorder referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Also, see Temple University School of Medicine, Notable Alumni and Pioneers David Drasin – mathematician, specializing in function theory. John Esposito – scholar of Middle East and Islamic studies, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University Louis Filler – eminent professor of American Studies Gail F. Forrest – spinal cord researcher at Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Medical School Ben Goertzel – Chief Scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC Stephen G. Haines – organizational theorist and management consultant Thomas Anthony Harris – psychiatrist and author of I'm OK, You're OK Nathan Katz – former professor at Williams College, current Florida International University professor and expert on Jewish communities in India Edmund Kornfeld