Notable Alumni of Lehigh University

Alexander M. Patch 1889–1945

US Army general who commanded the Seventh Army

Attended until 1909

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point

Sibling: Joseph D. Patch (Carnegie Mellon University)

Ali Al-Naimi 1935–

Former Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

Also attended: Stanford University

Charlie Dent 1960–

Former Republican US representative from Pennsylvania

Master in Public Administration · Class of 1993

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

Leonard Lance 1952–

US Representative for New Jersey's 7th district

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1974

Also attended: Princeton University, Vanderbilt University

Alina Habba 1984–

Lawyer, acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey

Also attended: Widener University

Francis Eugene Walter 1894–1963

U.S. representative; chaired House Un-American Activities Committee

Also attended: George Washington University, Georgetown University

Thomas Duane 1955–

New York state senator, first openly gay member

Paul McHale 1950–

Politician, lawyer and Marine officer

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1972

Also attended: Georgetown University

Spouse: Martha Rainville (University of Mississippi)

Walter O. Hoffecker 1854–1934

US Representative from Delaware, engineer

Timothy D. Haugh 1969–

Retired Air Force general, former Cyber Command chief

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Naval Postgraduate School, Southern Methodist University

Donald L. Ritter 1940–

Former Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carville Benson 1872–1929

US Congressman from Maryland

Also attended: University of Baltimore

Lee Iacocca 1924–2019

Developed Ford Mustang, revived Chrysler as CEO

Industrial engineering

Also attended: Princeton University

Roger Penske 1937–

Team Penske owner and former racecar driver

Child: Jay Penske (University of Pennsylvania)

Stacey Cunningham 1974–

67th president of the New York Stock Exchange

James Ward Packard 1863–1928

Co-founder of Packard Motor Car Company

Cathy Engelbert 1964–

WNBA Commissioner, first female CEO of Deloitte

Bachelor of Science · Accounting · Class of 1986

Steve Chang 1954–

Founder and chairman of Trend Micro

Robert Serber 1909–1997

Theoretical physicist and Manhattan Project participant

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spouse: Charlotte Serber (University of Pennsylvania)

Terry Hart 1946–

Former NASA astronaut and engineer

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John-David F. Bartoe 1944–

Astrophysicist and astronaut

Also attended: Georgetown University

Paul Corkum 1943–

Canadian physicist specializing in attosecond science

Jesse W. Reno 1861–1947

Inventor of the first working escalator

Father: Jesse L. Reno (The United States Military Academy at West Point)

Andrew H. Knoll 1951–

Harvard paleontologist and professor

Also attended: Harvard University

Kenneth French 1954–

Finance professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School

Also attended: University of Rochester

John Kappler 1943–

Immunologist specializing in T cell biology

Spouse: Philippa Marrack (University of San Diego)

William Bowie 1872–1940

Geodesist, first President of the American Geophysical Union

Edward Stewart Kennedy 1912–2009

Historian of medieval Islamic astronomy

John W. Hutchinson 1939–

Harvard engineering professor in solid mechanics

Bachelor of Science · Applied mechanics · Class of 1960

Also attended: Harvard University

James E. Talmage 1862–1933

LDS Church apostle, geologist and chemist

Also attended: Illinois Wesleyan University, Johns Hopkins University, Brigham Young University-Provo

John M. Thome 1843–1908

American-Argentine astronomer

Stephen J. Benkovic 1938–

Chemist and Penn State professor

Bachelor of Arts · English-language literature, Chemistry · Class of 1960

Also attended: University of California-Santa Barbara, Cornell University

Richard Hawley Tucker 1859–1952

Astronomer

Lewis B. Stillwell 1863–1941

Electrical engineer, AIEE president

Also attended: Wesleyan University

Daniel McFarlan Moore 1869–1936

Electrical engineer and inventor of the Moore lamp

James R. Rice 1940–

Harvard professor of engineering and geophysics

James D. Foley 1942–

Computer graphics researcher, Georgia Tech professor emeritus

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Zhou Mingzhen 1918–1996

Vertebrate paleontologist, Chinese Academy of Sciences academician

Doctorate · Geology, Paleontology · Class of 1950

Also attended: University of Miami, Princeton University

Elliott Ward Cheney, Jr. 1929–2016

Mathematician, emeritus professor at UT Austin

Attended until 1952

Also attended: University of Kansas

Paul Guilfoyle 1949–

Actor, Captain Jim Brass in CSI

Also attended: Yale University

William P. Gottlieb 1917–2006

Photographer known for Golden Age jazz portraits

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park

Richard Harding Davis 1864–1916

Journalist, fiction writer and war correspondent

Sibling: Charles Belmont Davis (Lehigh University)

Don Most 1953–

Actor known as Ralph Malph in Happy Days

Robert Christopher Riley 1980–

Actor known for Hit the Floor and Dynasty

Martin Baron 1954–

Former editor of The Washington Post

Russell Lee 1903–1986

Photographer known for Farm Security Administration work

Spouse: Doris Lee (San Francisco Art Institute, Rockford University)

Jim Davidson 1963–

Actor and model

Joe Morgenstern 1932–

Film critic, formerly of The Wall Street Journal

Brian Tyler Cohen 1989–

Journalist and progressive podcast host

Go Yoon 1988–

South Korean actor in Sisyphus: The Myth

Paul Lewis Anderson 1880–1956

Photographer and young adult novelist

Attended until 1901

Todd McCaffrey 1956–

Science fiction writer, continued Dragonriders of Pern

Engineering physics · Attended until 1975

Mother: Anne McCaffrey (Harvard University)

CJ McCollum 1991–

NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks

Attended until 2013

Sibling: Errick McCollum (Goshen College)

John Fitch 1917–2012

Racing driver and inventor

Bobby Weaver 1958–

Olympic freestyle wrestler

Gina Lewandowski 1985–

Former soccer player, Notre Dame assistant coach

Al Holbert 1946–1988

Racing driver, five-time IMSA Camel GT champion

Daren Queenan 1966–

Former basketball player

Darian Cruz 1995–

Puerto Rican freestyle wrestler at 2024 Olympics

Bachelor of Arts · English studies · Class of 2018

Robert Durst 1943–2022

Real estate heir and convicted murderer

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1965

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Father: Seymour Durst (University of Southern California)

Sibling: Douglas Durst (University of California-Berkeley, New York University)

Fred Trump Jr. 1938–1981

Airplane pilot and elder brother of Donald Trump

Bachelor of Arts · Business

Child: Mary L. Trump (Tufts University, Adelphi University)

Sibling: Donald J. Trump (Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania)