This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Berkeley. Alumni who also served as faculty are listed in bold font, with degree and year.

Notable faculty members are in the article List of UC Berkeley faculty.

Chancellors and presidents

Paul Alivisatos, Ph.D. 1986 – former provost of UC Berkeley (2017–2021), president of the University of Chicago (2021–present) Douglas J. Bennet, M.A. 1960 – president of Wesleyan University (1995–2007); former CEO of National Public Radio (1983–1993) Frederic Lister Burk, B.L. 1883 – founding president of San Francisco State University (1899–1924) Wen-Tsuen Chen, M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1976 – president of National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2006–2010), Distinguished Chair Professor of National Tsing Hua University, Distinguished Research Fellow of Academia Sinica, Lifelong National Chair of the Ministry of Education (Taiwan), Fellow of the IEEE, winner of the Taylor L. Booth Education Award G. Wayne Clough, Ph.D. 1969 – president of Georgia Tech (1994–2008) Robert E. Connick, Ph.D. 1942 – professor of chemistry, dean of the College of Chemistry, vice-chancellor, UC Berkeley Dale R. Corson, Ph.D. 1938 – president of Cornell University (1969–1977) Reginald DesRoches, B.S. 1990, M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1998 – president of Rice University (2022–present) Gregory L. Fenves, M.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1984 – president of Emory University (2020–present) Dave Frohnmayer, J.D. 1967 – president of the University of Oregon (1994–2009) Geoffrey Gamble, Ph.D. 1975 – president, Montana State University (2000–2009)"Gamble Named MSU President." Montana State University Communications Services. October 5, 2000. Accessed 2013-08-10. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., Ph.D. 1986 (joint degree with GTU-Berkeley) – president of Loyola University of Chicago (2001–present) David P. Gardner, M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1966 – 15th president of the University of California Suresh Garimella, Ph.D. 1989 – v of the University of Vermont (2019–present) Andrew Gonzalez, Ph.D. 1970 – president of De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines (1979–1991, 1994–1998) Kohei Itoh, M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1994 – president of Keio University in Tokyo, Japan (2021–present) Sam Karunaratne, 1967 – vice-chancellor of the University of Moratuwa (1995–1999), Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (1999–present) Robert Kelley – 11th president of the University of North Dakota Clark Kerr, Ph.D. 1939 – professor of industrial relations, chancellor of UC Berkeley (1952–58), president of the University of California (1958–67) Jonathan Koppell, M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2001 – president of Montclair State University (2021–present) Lawrence J. Lau, M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1969 – vice-chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2004–2010) Karl C. Leebrick, B.S 1911, M.S. 1913, Ph.D 1917 – president of Kent State University and Moanaolu Community Junior College Shirley A. R. Lewis, M.S.W. c. 1962 – president of Paine College Gary S. May, M.S. 1987 and Ph.D. 1991 – chancellor of the University of California, Davis C. Daniel Mote Jr., B.S. 1959, M.S. 1960, Ph.D. 1963 – president of the University of Maryland, College Park (1998–2010) Emil M. Mrak, B.S. 1926, M.S, Ph.D. 1936 – former chancellor of the University of California, Davis David W. Oxtoby, Ph.D. 1975 – president of Pomona College (2003–2017) Darryll Pines, B.S. 1986 – president of the University of Maryland, College Park (2020–present) Kenneth Pitzer, Ph.D. 1937 – dean of the College of Chemistry (1951–60), professor of chemistry; president of Rice University (1961–1968) and Stanford University (1969–1971) William Powers Jr., B.A. 1967 – president of the University of Texas, Austin (2006–present) Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, B.A. 1898 – president of Mills College (1916–1943) Suzanne M. Rivera, MSW 1993 – president of Macalester College (2020–present) Ron Robin, Ph.D. 1986 – historian and 11th president of the University of Haifa Timothy Sands, B.S. 1980, M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1984 – president of Virginia Tech (2014–present), acting president of Purdue University (2012–2013), provost of Purdue University (2010–2014) Akilagpa Sawyerr – vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana (1985–1992) Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D. 1937 – chancellor, Berkeley campus (1958–1961) (also listed in the section Nobel laureates) Patricia Meyer Spacks, Ph.D. 1955 – president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001–present); Edgar F. Shannon Professor Emerita of English, University of Virginia Robert Sproul, B.S. 1913 – president of the University of California, Berkeley (1930–1958) Timothy W. Tong, M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1980 – president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Poly U) (2009–present) Blake Van Leer, M.S. 1918, Ph.D. 1924 – president of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) (1944–1956) John Philip Wernette, A.B. 1924 – president of the University of New Mexico (1945–1948) Timothy P. White, Ph.D. 1977 – president of the University of Idaho (2004–2008); chancellor, University of California, Riverside (2008–present) O. Meredith Wilson, Ph.D. 1943 – president of the University of Oregon (1954–1960) and the University of Montana (1960–1967) Xiang Zhang, Ph.D. 1996 – president and vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (2018–present)

Deans, directors, department heads

Asad Abidi, M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1981 – dean of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, member of the National Academy of Engineering Vikram David Amar, AB 1985 – dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law Steven Bachrach, Ph.D. – dean of Science at Monmouth University, previously the Dr D. R. Semmes Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas Barry C. Barish, B.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1962 – Maxine and Ronald Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Caltech, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the AAAS, director of the International Linear Collider, director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Robert O. Briggs, BA 1951 – former director of the University of California Marching Band (1973–1995) Jeffrey Brock, Ph.D. 1997 – dean of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, dean of Science of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics at Yale University Shih-Fu Chang, M.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1993 – dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering at Columbia University; member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Inventors Constance J. Chang-Hasnain, Ph.D. 1987 – John R. Whinnery Chair Professor, electrical engineering and computer sciences department; chair, nanoscale science and engineering graduate group, University of California, Berkeley; fellow of the IEEE, OSA and IEE You-Hua Chu, Ph.D. 1981 – former director of the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, former chair of the Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Michael J. Cima, B.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1986 – director of the MIT Ceramics Processing Research Laboratory; Sumitomo Electric Industries Chair Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology David Culler, B.A. 1980 – chair of the Department of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, associate chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (UC Berkeley), and associate CIO of the College of Engineering (UC Berkeley); co-founder of smart grid monitoring company Arch Rock (acquired by Cisco Systems), founding director of Infel Research, UC Berkeley, faculty director of i4Energy (also listed in Founders and co-founders) S. George Djorgovski, Ph.D. 1985 – director, Center for Data Driven Discovery and professor of Astronomy and Data Science, Caltech Persis Drell, Ph.D. 1983 – provost of Stanford University; dean of the School of Engineering at Stanford University; Director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) (2007–2012) Soumitra Dutta, M.S., Ph.D. computer science – dean of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, dean of the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University (2012–2018) Deborah Estrin, B.S. 1980 – professor of computer science at UCLA, director of the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS), fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the IEEE, and Fellow of the AAAS George Gerbner, B.A. 1942 – former dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania; founder of cultivation theory Eliza Atkins Gleason, M.A. 1936 – founding dean of the Atlanta University School of Library Service and the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Library Science Andrea Goldsmith, B.S. 1986, M.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1996 – dean of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science and Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University Barbara J. Grosz, M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1977 – dean, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study (2008–present); Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences, Harvard University; first tenured female professor at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; elected to National Academy of Engineering (2008) Robert Harvey, Ph.D. 1988 – chair, Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D. 1993 – associate dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley; member of the National Academy of Sciences Dan Fenno Henderson, doctorate (1955) – founder of the University of Washington Asian law programSanders, Eli. "Dan Henderson, UW program founder, dies." Seattle Times. March 18, 2001. Retrieved on May 5, 2012. Giles Henderson – Fulbright Scholar 1966–67; master of Pembroke College, Oxford John Joannopoulos, B.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1974 – director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies and Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ray Kappe, B.A. – founding chair of the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Harry C. Katz, AB 1973, Ph.D. 1977 – dean of Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations David R. Liu, Ph.D. 1999 – director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, vice chair of the faculty, Broad Institute and the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University Abbas Milani, B.A. 1970 – Hamid and Christian Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University Linda B. Nilson, B.A. 1970 – director emeritus of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University V. Vance Roley – dean of the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii Shawna Yang Ryan, B.A. 1998 – director and professor of Creative Writing, University of Hawaii at Manoa Kenneth Sacks, Ph.D. 1976 – dean of the college, professor of History and Classics, Brown University Charles Shank, B.S. 1965, M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1969 – director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1990–2005) Jane Shaw, Ph.D. 1994 – dean of Divinity, New College, Oxford since 2001 and formerly dean, Regent's Park College, Oxford Kirk R. Smith, B.A. 1968, M.P.H. 1972, Ph.D. 1977 – director of Global Health and Environment Program and professor of Environmental Health Science, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health; elected to National Academy of Sciences in 1997; shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; awarded the 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement Robert I. Sutton, B.A. 1977 – co-director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at Stanford University, faculty member of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University Max Tegmark, Ph.D. 1994 – president of the Future of Life Institute and professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology