The following is a list of people related to Wayne State University.
Alumni
Academia
Sandra Arlinghaus, professor at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Rudine Sims Bishop, educator and "mother of" multicultural children's literature
Arthur Danto, Emeritus Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University
Wayne Dyer, self-help author and motivational speaker
Paul M. Fleiss, pediatrician, father of Heidi Fleiss
William J. Kaiser, professor and former department chair of Electrical Engineering at UCLA Abdi Kusow, professor of sociology and anthropology at Oakland University Emmett Leith, Schlumberger Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan and recipient of the National Medal of Science Douglas McGregor, management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president of Antioch College (1948 to 1954) Nancy Milio, originated the notion of healthy public policy, Professor Emeritus of Nursing and Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Godfrey Mwakikagile, Tanzanian scholar, author, Africanist, academic and political theorist; author of non-fiction books on African history, politics, and economics found in university and public libraries throughout the world; they are primarily for academicians. He went to school in the United States with the assistance of his managing editor at Tanzania's largest newspaper the Daily News, Benjamin Mkapa, who later served as ambassador to the United States and Canada at different times, Minister of Foreign Affairs among other cabinet posts, and President of Tanzania for two consecutive five-year terms Saul K. Padover, historian and political scientist at The New School of Social Research in New York City Sidney Ribeau, former President of Bowling Green State University, President of Howard University Rita Richey, first woman to earn a Ph.D. in instructional technology Dr. Michael Schwartz (attended), President of Cleveland State University, former President Emeritus of Kent State University Jacquelyn Taylor, Helen F. Pettit Professor of Nursing and Founder and executive director, Center for Research on People of Color at Columbia University Dennis Chima Ugwuegbu, Nigeria's first professor of psychology Stanley E. Zin, Richard M. Cyert and Morris H. DeGroot Professor of Economics and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; Frisch Medal winner
Broadcasting and journalism
Tony Brown, journalist, comedian, and businessman
Rachelle Consiglio, Executive Producer, The Jerry Springer Show and The Steve Wilkos Show; wife of Steve Wilkos Hugh Downs, news anchor for ABC's 20/20 Wayne Dyer, author, self-help advocate Mark Fritz, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Bob Giles, retired 40-year Detroit broadcast news manager for WWJ-TV News, WDIV-TV News, and WXYZ-TV Action News; inducted into Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2012 Darren M. Haynes, SportsCenter anchor at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut Jerry Hodak, former Chief Meteorologist for WXYZ-TV Detroit Casey Kasem, radio host Carol Martin, news anchor and journalist Elvis Mitchell, New York Times film critic (1999-2004), entertainment critic for NPR's Weekend Edition, host of The Treatment on KCRW; programmer of the LACMA Film Screening Program Helen Thomas, former White House correspondent; "First Lady of the Washington press corps" Sonny Eliot, Weatherman, actor and Comedian
Business
Tom Athans, co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio
Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna
Howard Birndorf, biotechnology entrepreneur, founding director of Neurocrine Biosciences Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org Bill Davidson, industrialist, billionaire, majority owner of the Detroit Pistons Yousif Ghafari, founder and chairman of Ghafari, Inc., philanthropist, and U.S. Ambassador Dan Gilbert, president and founder of Rock Financial and Quicken Loans, majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers Peter Karmanos, Jr., founder and CEO of Compuware Corporation; owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Plymouth Whalers, and Florida Everblades hockey franchises Madhusudhan Rao Lagadapati, chairman and CEO of Lanco Infratech. 29th richest person in India with US$2.3 billion in 2010 by Forbes David M. Overton, founder and CEO of The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. Dhiraj Rajaram, founder and chairman of Mu Sigma, Inc. Stephen M. Ross, law school graduate; real estate developer; provided $100 million naming gift for Ross School of Business; Forbes 400 rank: #68 at $4.5 billion David Salzman (1969), television producer and businessman