Alumni Hall of Fame

The University of Maryland Alumni Association created the Alumni Hall of Fame to celebrate individuals whose personal and professional achievements have brought honor and distinction to the University of Maryland. Alumni are honored with a display in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. A new group of inductees is selected every five years. Visit https://alumni.umd.edu/about-us/hall-fame to read their brief biographies.

Inaugural members in 1995:

• Carmen Balthrop (B.M. 1971)
• Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd (B.S. 1908)
• A. James Clark (B.S. 1950)
• William P. Cole, Jr. (B.S. 1910)
• Mary Stallings Coleman (B.A. 1935)
• Geary F. Eppley (B.S. 1920, M.S. 1926)
• Charles L. Fefferman (B.S. 1966)
• Herbert A. Hauptman (Ph.D. 1955)
• Jim Henson (B.S. 1960)
• Steny H. Hoyer (B.S. 1963)
• Carlisle H. Humelsine (B.A. 1937)
• Munro Leaf (B.A. 1927)
• Samuel J. LeFrak (B.S. 1940)
• Parren J. Mitchell (M.A. 1952)
• Jane Cahill Pfeiffer (B.A. 1954)
• Judith A. Resnik (Ph.D. 1977)
• Chun-Shan Shen (Ph.D. 1961)
• William W. Skinner (B.S. 1895)
• Adele H. Stamp (M.A. 1924)
• Reginald V. Truitt (B.S. 1914, M.S. 1922)
• Millard E. Tydings (B.S. 1910)

Inductees in June 2000:

• Adisai Bodharamik (Ph.D. 1970)
• Waldo Burnside (B.S. 1949)
• Robert F. Chandler, Jr. (Ph.D. 1934)
• Ruth Davis (M.S. 1952, Ph.D.1955, honorary doctorate 1993)\
• Len Elmore (B.A. 1978)
• Norman "Boomer" Esiason (B.A. 1984)
• John E. Faber (B.S. 1926, M.S. 1928, Ph.D. 1937)
• Robert E. Fischell (M.S. 1953, honorary doctorate 1996)
• Harry Hughes (B.S. 1949)
• Hugh Jacobsen (B.A. 1951, honorary doctorate 1993)
• Albin O. Kuhn (B.S. 1938, M.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948)
• George J. Laurer (B.S. 1951)
• Kathleen Magee (M.Ed. 1972)
• Evelyn Pasteur Valentine (M.S. 1967, Ed.D. 1986)

Inductees in June 2005:

• Connie Chung (B.S. 1969)
• Larry David (B.A. 1970)
• Raymond Davis, Jr. (B.S. 1937, M.S. 1940)
• Carly Fiorina (M.B.A. 1980)
• Jon Franklin (B.S. 1970)
• Liz Lerman (B.A. 1970)
• Manning Marable (Ph.D. 1976)
• Russell Marker (B.S. 1923, M.S. 1924)
• Tobin Marks (B.S. 1966)
• Thomas "Mike" Miller, Jr. (B.S. 1964)
• Renaldo Nehemiah (B.A. 1981)
• Thomas Norris (B.S. 1967)
• Michael Olmert (B.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1980)
• Robert H. Smith (B.S. 1950)
• Gary Williams (B.S. 1968)
• Morgan Wootten (B.S. 1956)

Inductees in June 2010:

• Charles Bennett (B.S. 1978)
• Gail Berman (B.A. 1978)
• Lester R. Brown (M.S. 1959, L.L.D. (Hon) 1976)
• George Dantzig (B.S. 1936, D.Sc. (Hon) 1976)
• Mylo S. Downey (B.S. 1927, M.S. 1940)
• Jeong Kim (Ph.D. 1991)
• Charles Thomas "Tom" McMillen (B.S. 1974)
• Robert Parker, Jr. (B.A. 1970)
• Bernice Resnick Sandler (Ed.D. 1969)

Inductees in June 2015:

• Julius W. Becton, Jr. (B.A. 1967)
• Alma Gross Gildenhorn (B.A. 1953)
• Joseph B. Gildenhorn (B.S. 1951)
• Michael D. Griffin (Ph.D. 1977)
• Clifford Kendall (B.S. 1954)
• Catherine P. Mackin (B.A. 1960)
• William E. Maer (B.S. 1966, M.B.A. 1967)

Inductees in 2019:

• Florent Grobert (B.A. 2006)