Duke University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Tim Cook

CEO of Apple Inc.

MBA

1988

Melinda French Gates

Co-founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

MBA

1987

Richard Nixon

37th President of the United States (attended Duke Law)

JD

1937

Elizabeth Dole

Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Labor & Transportation

JD

1965

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator from Kentucky

MD

1988

Ron Paul

Former U.S. Congressman and presidential candidate

MD

1961

Mike Posner

Singer-songwriter (Cooler Than Me)

BA (Sociology)

2009

Emily Procter

Actress (CSI: Miami, The West Wing)

BA (Journalism)

1991

Ken Jeong

Actor (The Hangover, Community), licensed physician

BS (Pre-med)

1990

Jay Bilas

ESPN basketball analyst, former Duke basketball player

BA, JD

1986, 1992

Grady Booch

Pioneer in software engineering; co-developer of the Unified Modeling Language (UML)

MS (EE)

1977

Richard Brodhead

Former President of Duke University

PhD (English)

1971 (Yale); Duke Admin

Charlie Rose

Television journalist and talk show host

JD

1968

Christian Laettner

Former NBA player, part of Duke’s legendary 1991–92 team

BA

1992

Grant Hill

Former NBA All-Star, co-owner of Atlanta Hawks

BA (History)

1994

Julian Abele (posthumous)

African-American architect of Duke’s West Campus

N/A

Honorary Recognition

Richard H. Thaler

Nobel Prize-winning behavioral economist (undergrad at Case Western)

MA (Economics)

1970s

Ed Skrein

British actor, briefly attended as exchange student

Attended

N/A

Kimberly Guilfoyle

Television personality, political figure

JD

1994

Brian Kobilka

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2012)

MD

1981

Rachel Sterne Haot

Former Chief Digital Officer of New York City

BA

2006

Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K)

Hall of Fame basketball coach; led Duke to 5 NCAA titles

Honorary Degree

N/A

Howard Dean

Former Governor of Vermont, DNC Chairman

BA (Political Science)

1971

Phil Jackson

NBA coach and player (guest lecturer and affiliate)

N/A

N/A

Jim VandeHei

Co-founder of Politico and Axios

BA (Journalism)

1994

Aasif Mandvi

Actor, comedian (The Daily Show)

BA (Theater)

1992

Dave McClure

Founder of 500 Startups

BS (Engineering)

1988

Elaine Marshall

North Carolina Secretary of State

JD

1981

Nancy Pfotenhauer

Political strategist and economist

BA (Economics)

1980s