UToledo Alumni Impact the Community

The University of Toledo Notable Alumni

Leslie Adams - Internationally recognized artist who specializes in figurative art and portraiture

Howard An, MD - World-renowned spine expert and Morton International Endowed Chair for Spine Surgery at Rush Medical Center

Darrick Antell, MD - World-renowned plastic surgeon

Marion Antonini - Former executive at Willys Motor, Prestolite, Xerox, KD Equities, Kohlberg and Welbilt

Charles Balch, MD - World-renowned melanoma expert

Frederick Baur, PhD - Inventor of the Pringles can

Alan Barry - Former president and CEO of Masco Corporation

Christopher Bussert, JD - Trademark attorney whose clients have included Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Co. and National Football League Properties Inc.

Bill Cunningham, JD - Syndicated radio and television talk show host; Fox News contributor

Robert Dempsey, PhD - Flight director for the International Space Station

Andrew Douglas - 139th Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

Chuck Ealey - Former Canadian Football League quarterback and College Football Haller of Famer

Andrew Fenaday - Movie producer and writer

Phil Fontanarosa, MD - Former executive editor of the Journal of American Medical Association

William Gerstenmaier - Former associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA

Bruce Gradkowski - Former NFL quarterback

Philip Baker Hall - Movie and television actor

Arthur Hatch, Jr. - Inventor of the carbon arc projection lamp and Academy Award winner

Marvin Herb - Chairman of HERBCO L.L.C.

Steve Howell, PhD - Developed the practice of differential photometry using CCDs and has applied the technique to ground-based exoplanet transit detections

Julius Jacobson, MD - Father of microsurgery

Foy Kohler - Ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

Judith Ann Lanzinger - 150th Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Retired)

David Liddle, PhD - Co-founder of Interval Research Corporation

Nina McClelland, PhD - Former chair of the Board of Directors of NSF International

Melissa Monich - Former vice president of research and development at Procter & Gamble

John Neff - Investor and portfolio manager of Vanguard’s Windsor Fund

Christi Paul - Journalist and former CNN anchor

Michael Sallah - Two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient in investigative journalism

John Savage - Founder of Savage and Associates 

Robert Savage - Co-founder of Savage and Associates

Karen Seibert, PhD - Former vice president for research for Pfizer Inc. overseeing development of Celebrex

John Snow - Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and chairman of Cerberus Capital Management

Elin Suleymanov - Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States

Charles Sullivan - Former chairman of Interstate Bakeries Corporation

Chester Taylor - Former NFL running back

Mildred Taylor - Newbery Medal recipient for “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”

Tom Wakefield, MD - Professor emeritus of surgery and former director of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan

Allan Williams - Partner in Foresight Theatrical

Albert Wright Jr., PhD - President and CEO, West Virginia University Health System

Bill Yosses - Former White House executive pastry chef

Last Updated: 6/30/25