University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni

The list University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni includes Larry Gates, Leah Culver, Deke Slayton, Andreas Acrivos and Satish Dhawan. The list consists of 197 members.

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Larry Gates

American actor

Overview: Lawrence Wheaton Gates (September 24, 1915 – December 12, 1996) was an American actor.

Date of birth: 24 September 1915

Date of death: 12 December 1996

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Male actors from Saint Paul, Minnesota 45T

20th-century American male actors 10,174T

American male soap opera actors 938T
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Leah Culver

American computer scientist and entrepreneur

Overview: Leah Culver (born November 5, 1982) is a computer programmer and startup founder.

Date of birth: 5 November 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Female

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American women computer scientists 237T

21st-century American businesswomen 293T

American women bloggers 421T
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Melvin Calvin

American biochemist

Overview: Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel ...

Date of birth: 8 April 1911

Date of death: 8 January 1997

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Male

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Central High School (Detroit) alumni 24T

Jewish Nobel laureates 209T

Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 351T
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Deke Slayton

Astronaut

Overview: Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts ...

Date of birth: 1 March 1924

Date of death: 13 June 1993

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Deaths from brain cancer in Texas 20T

Deaths from brain cancer in the United States 537T

Deke Slayton 11T
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Andreas Acrivos

National Medal of Science laureate

Overview: Andreas Acrivos (13 June 1928 – 17 February 2025) was a Greek-American physicist who was the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, emeritus at the City College of New York. He was also ...

Date of birth: 13 June 1928

Date of death: 17 February 2025

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Scientist

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Physics of Fluids editors 4T

20th-century Greek physicists 40T

Engineers from Athens 23T
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Henry M. Morris

American young earth creationist and Christian apologist

Overview: Henry Madison Morris (October 6, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was an American young Earth creationist, Christian apologist, and engineer. He was one of the founders of the Creation Research Society and the ...

Date of birth: 6 October 1918

Date of death: 25 February 2006

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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American Christian Young Earth creationists 36T

Christian Young Earth creationists 48T

Creation scientists 7T
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Satish Dhawan

Aerospace engineer

Overview: Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1920

Date of death: 3 March 2002

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Physicist

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Engineers from Jammu and Kashmir 4T

Indian fluid dynamicists 14T

20th-century Indian engineers 196T
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Duane G. Carey

American astronaut

Overview: Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (born April 30, 1957 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.

Date of birth: 30 April 1957

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Male

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Space Shuttle program astronauts 353T

Aviators from Minnesota 29T

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni 137T
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Maggie Cheng

Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and network scientist

Overview: Maggie Xiaoyan Cheng (Chinese: 程晓燕) is an applied mathematician, computer scientist, and network scientist who works as a professor of applied mathematics at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where ...

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Mathematician

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Jeannette Brown

American organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author

Overview: Jeannette Elizabeth Brown (born May 13, 1934) is a retired American organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author.

Date of birth: 13 May 1934

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Chemist

Gender: Female

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New Dorp High School alumni 19T

20th-century American women scientists 967T

American women chemists 222T
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Scott D. Anderson

American aviator (1965–1999)

Overview: Major Scott Douglas Anderson (May 2, 1965 – March 23, 1999) was an American aviator, engineer, inventor, football player, musician, outdoor adventurer, and award-winning author. He flew F-16s and instructed ...

Date of birth: 2 May 1965

Date of death: 23 March 1999

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1999 7T

Christians from Minnesota 13T

Military personnel from Massachusetts 712T
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Eric W. Kaler

American university administrator

Overview: Eric W. Kaler (born 23 September 1956) is the 16th president of the University of Minnesota, succeeding Robert Bruininks on July 1, 2011. President Kaler was inaugurated on September 22, 2011. Before coming ...

Date of birth: 23 September 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Educator

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Minnesota CEMS 33T

Presidents of the University of Minnesota 16T

Presidents by university or college in the United States 132T
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Henning Linden

United States Army general

Overview: Henning Linden (September 3, 1892 – March 15, 1984) was a United States Army brigadier general during World War II. He was prominent for his role in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp while ...

Date of birth: 3 September 1892

Date of death: 15 March 1984

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Military,Military

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People from Mound, Minnesota 9T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,472T

Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) 635T
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Pat Mazorol

American politician

Overview: Patrick A. "Pat" Mazorol (born March 20, 1949) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 41B, which includes western Bloomington and ...

Date of birth: 20 March 1949

Age: 76

Occupation: Attorney

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21st-century American politicians 12,659T

William Mitchell College of Law alumni 82T

Minnesota lawyers 276T
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Ramesh K. Agarwal

Aerospace engineer

Overview: Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the director of Aerospace ...

Date of birth: 1947

Age: 77

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Stanford University School of Engineering alumni 173T

Indian emigrants to the United States 647T

Computational fluid dynamicists 38T
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Rod Driver

American politician

Overview: Rodney David Driver (July 1, 1932 – January 16, 2022) was an American mathematician known for research on differential equations, and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Repr ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1932

Date of death: 16 February 2022

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Mathematician

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21st-century American politicians 12,658T

Rhode Island Independents 9T

21st-century American mathematicians 1,439T
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George Philippidis

American renewable energy researcher

Overview: George Philippidis is a renewable energy leader who has published and spoken extensively about the global need for energy diversification over the last 20 years. He advocates the development of renewable ...

Nationality: American

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Biomass 19T

Biofuels 20T

People associated with renewable energy 50T
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Thomas Huntley

American politician

Overview: Thomas E. "Tom" Huntley (born February 10, 1938) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1938

Age: 87

Occupation: Politician

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Politicians from Duluth, Minnesota 44T

21st-century American politicians 12,659T

Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 866T
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Maher Alodan

Overview: Maher Alodan ( Arabic: ماهر العودان ) is a Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies and acting dean of the College of Engineering at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Nationality: Saudi Arabian

Occupation: Scientist

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Alfaisal University faculty 1T

King Saud University alumni 76T

Saudi Arabian engineers 15T
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Bruce A. Finlayson

Overview: Bruce A. Finlayson is an American chemical engineer and applied mathematician. He is currently the Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, USA. He is a member of the ...

Nationality: American

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Chemical engineering academics 35T

Fluid dynamicists 315T

University of Washington faculty 646T