University of Louisville
The University of Louisville (also U of L is called) is a state university in Louisville in the US state of Kentucky . Founded in 1798, the University of Louisville now has 20,605 students.
Organizational structure
- Engineering (JB Speed School of Engineering) (1925)
- Arts and Sciences (1907)
- Medicine (1837)
- Music (1932)
- Public Health and Information Science (1968)
- Pedagogy and Human Development (1968)
- Nursing (1979)
- Law ( Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) (1846)
- Social Work (Kent School of Social Work) (1936)
- Economics (1953)
- Dentistry (1887)
- Graduate School (1918)
Sports
The U of L sports teams are the Cardinals . The university has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 2014 .
Well-known professors
- Jamey Aebersold (* 1939), jazz saxophonist
- Justus Bier (1899–1990), German art historian
- Paul Cameron (* 1939), psychologist
- Wendell Cherry (1935–1991), lawyer, entrepreneur, art collector and patron
- Milton Diamond (* 1934), anatomist and reproductive biologist
- James Guthrie (1792–1869), politician and Treasury Secretary, previously President of the University of Louisville
- Joachim Häcker (* 1968), Professor of Corporate Finance
- Richard Hamming (1915–1998), mathematician, Turing Prize winner
- Harold Earl Kleinert (1921–2013), hand surgeon
- Justin A. McCarthy (* 1945), historian and demographer
- George Perle (1915–2009), composer and music theorist
- James Speed (1812–1887), lawyer, politician, and attorney general
- John Wilkinson Taylor (1906–2001), Director General of UNESCO, previously President of the University of Louisville from 1947 to 1950
Famous Graduates
- David Akers (born 1974), football player
- Matt Battaglia (born 1965), actor
- Deion Branch (born 1979), football player
- Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), football player
- William Marshall Bullitt (1873–1957), lawyer and United States Solicitor General
- Jack Cady (1932-2004), author
- Norman Jay Colman (1827–1911), politician, Secretary of Agriculture
- Jessica Dawley (born 1983), poker player
- William Joseph Deboe (1849–1927), politician, senator
- Gorgui Dieng (* 1990), basketball player
- James B. Edwards (1927–2014), politician, former Governor of South Carolina
- Pervis Ellison (born 1967), basketball player
- Francisco García (born 1981), basketball player
- Joey Goebel (* 1980), novelist
- Darrell Griffith (born 1958), basketball player
- William Nicholas Hailmann , educator and founder of kindergartens in the USA
- James M. Hanks (1833-1909), politician, Congressman
- Montrezl Harrell (born 1994), basketball player
- Klaus Hinrich Heberle (1931–1998), philosopher and political scientist
- Joe Jacoby (born 1959), football player
- Lamar Jackson (born 1997), football player
- Michael C. Kerr (1827–1876), politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Wesley Korir (* 1982), Kenyan marathon runner and politician
- William L. Kruer (* 1942), physicist
- Delfeayo Marsalis (* 1965), jazz trombonist and music producer
- Mitch McConnell (born 1942), politician, senator
- Angel McCoughtry (born 1986), basketball player
- Frank Minnifield (born 1960), football player
- Tom Mintier , journalist
- Donovan Mitchell (born 1996), basketball player
- Eli Houston Murray (1843-1896), politician
- Diane Sawyer (* 1945), TV journalist and presenter
- Shoni Schimmel (* 1992), basketball player
- Gary Sullivan (* 1960), software developer
- Henry Hubert Turner (1892–1970), medical doctor and descriptor of Turner syndrome
- Johnny Unitas (1933-2002), football player
Web links
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- University of Louisville (English)
Coordinates: 38 ° 14 ′ 58 " N , 85 ° 44 ′ 53" W.