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This page is a partial list of distinguished alumni of the University of Virginia.

Rectors and members of the Board of Visitors

Alumni

Space, land, and sea

Supreme Court

Politics

Military

Business

Science and technology

Alfred G. Gilman, Faculty 1971-1981- G protein pioneer, Nobel Laureate (Medicine and Physiology)

Barry J. Marshall, Faculty 1986-, co-discoverer of H.Pylori as the cause of peptic ulcer disease, Nobel Laureate (Medicine and Physiology)

Francis A. Carey, Faculty 1966- Author of Organic Chemistry, most widely used college organic chemistry text

Matthew A. Howard, Medicine 1985 - Neurosurgeon, inventor, co-founder of Stereotaxis Corp.

Ferid Murad, Faculty 1970-1981- Pioneer in role of Nitric Oxide in biology, Nobel Laureate (Medicine and Physiology)

William Barton Rogers Faculty 1835-1853 , Founder and President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert M Berne Faculty 1966-2001, Lead the lab that discovered role of Adenosine in coronary blood flow which led to development of widely used cardiac drug Adenocard

Leonard Malis, Med 1943- Neurosurgeon, first to use microsope in OR, introduced field of microsurgery

Wade Hampton Frost, Med 1903- Established epidemiology as a science, founding dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Alfred Chantin, Faculty 1935-1967, Discovered role of 2,3-DPG in oxygen transfer from hemoglobin which made enormous impact in blood transfusion therapy

S. Ward Casscells, Med 1939- pioneering orthopedic surgeon, introduced arthroscopy of the knee joint into practice in the United States

Andrea Saathoff, Grad 1999 - Researcher at Positive Survivors Research Center & Former member of US National Rowing Team


Writers and academics

Media

Virginius Dabney, Col 1921, Editor of Richmond Times Dispatch, author,Pulitzer prize winner(editorial writing)

Actors, musicians, and artists

Athletics

Chaplains

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