Notable Alumni of Rockefeller University

Miriam Adelson 1945–

Physician, businesswoman and conservative political donor

Spouse: Sheldon Adelson (CUNY--City College)

Child: Yasmin Lukatz (Stanford University)

Odile Jacob 1952–

French publisher, founder of Éditions Odile Jacob

Also attended: Harvard University

Chang Yi Wang 1951–

Immunologist, founder of United Biomedical

Yoshinori Ohsumi 1945–

Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy

Attended until 1977

David Baltimore 1938–2025

Biologist, 1975 Nobel laureate, former Caltech president

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1964

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swarthmore College

Spouse: Alice S. Huang (Johns Hopkins University, Wellesley College)

Ralph Steinman 1943–2011

Immunologist, 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

Also attended: Harvard University

Gerald Edelman 1929–2014

Biologist, 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania, Ursinus College

Robert Sapolsky 1957–

Stanford neuroscientist and primatologist

Doctor of Philosophy

Also attended: Harvard University

Svetlana Mojsov 1947–

Biochemist known for GLP-1 research

Jeffrey M. Friedman 1954–

Molecular geneticist who discovered leptin

Also attended: Albany Medical College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Seth Lloyd 1960–

MIT professor and quantum information scientist

Also attended: Harvard University

Peter O. Gray 1944–

Psychologist, Boston College research professor

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Mandë Holford 1901–

Harvard professor and chemist

Also attended: CUNY York College

M. R. C. Greenwood 1943–

Former president of the University of Hawaiʻi

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Vassar College

Peter Walter 1954–

Molecular biologist and biochemist

Manuel Elkin Patarroyo 1946–2025

Colombian immunologist, synthetic malaria vaccine researcher

Also attended: Yale University

Linda-Gail Bekker 1962–

Physician, CEO of Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

Nina Fedoroff 1942–

Molecular biologist known for transposable elements research

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1972

Also attended: Syracuse University

Erich Traub 1906–1985

German virologist specializing in foot-and-mouth disease

Daniel W. Stroock 1940–2025

Mathematician and probabilist

Also attended: Harvard University

Zena Werb 1945–2020

Cell biologist and UCSF professor

Jeffrey Ravetch 1951–

Immunologist and professor at Rockefeller University

Also attended: Yale University, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

David Malament 1947–

Philosopher of science specializing in physics

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Rocky Tuan 1951–

Bioengineer and former CUHK vice-chancellor

Also attended: Berea College

Cheng-Ming Chuong 1952–

USC pathology professor; Academia Sinica academician

Barbara Ehrenreich 1941–2022

Author and political activist

Also attended: Reed College

Spouse: John Ehrenreich (Harvard University, The New School)

Child: Rosa Brooks (Yale University, Harvard University)