University of Wisconsin-Madison Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Gaylord Nelson

Founder of Earth Day, U.S. Senator

JD

1942

Tammy Baldwin

U.S. Senator from Wisconsin

BA, JD

1984, 1989

Dick Cheney

Former U.S. Vice President (attended, transferred)

N/A

N/A

Laurel Clark

NASA astronaut, died in Columbia disaster

MD

1987

Frank Lloyd Wright

Iconic American architect (attended, did not graduate)

N/A

1886–1887

John Muir

Naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club

BA

1863

Joan Cusack

Actress (In & Out, Working Girl)

BA

1984

Charles Lindbergh

Aviator (attended, did not graduate)

N/A

1920

Bud Selig

Former MLB Commissioner

BA

1956

Anders Holm

Comedian, actor (Workaholics)

BA

2003

Joyce Carol Oates

Award-winning author

MA

1961

Jim Lovell

NASA astronaut, Apollo 13 commander

BS

1952

Lynsey Addario

Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist

BA

1995

David J. Wineland

Nobel Prize in Physics (2012)

BS

1965

Jeffrey Sprecher

CEO of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE parent company)

BS

1978

Steve Levitan

Co-creator of Modern Family

BA

1984

Marjorie Blanchard

Co-author of The One Minute Manager

PhD

1982

Michael Mann

Film director (Heat, The Insider)

BA

1965

Carol Bartz

Former CEO of Yahoo!

BS

1971

Don Ameche

Academy Award–winning actor

BA

1928

Jim Cornette

Wrestling manager and personality

Attended

1980s

SuChin Pak

MTV News correspondent

BA

1997

Satya Nadella (briefly attended)

CEO of Microsoft (transferred to Manipal Institute of Tech)

N/A

N/A

Susan C. Bucklew

U.S. District Court Judge

JD

1969

Dale Chihuly

Renowned glass sculptor

MFA (briefly attended)

1960s