List of Drexel University alumni

The 16th largest private university in the nation,[1] Drexel is made up of nine colleges and four schools,[2] most of which serve both undergraduate and graduate students.

[3] Drexel was founded as a technical school in 1891 for the "improvement of industrial education as a means of opening better and wider avenues of employment to young men and women.

[6] Certificate-earning alumni such as artist Violet Oakley and illustrator Frank Schoonover reflect the early emphasis on art as part of the university's curriculum.

[7] With World War II, the university's technical programs swelled, and as a result Drexel graduated alumni such as Paul Baran, one of the founding fathers of the Internet and one of the inventors of the packet switching network, and Norman Joseph Woodland the inventor of barcode technology.

[8] In addition to its emphasis on technology Drexel has graduated several notable athletes such as National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball players Michael Anderson and Malik Rose, and several notable business people such as Raj Gupta, former president and chief executive officer of Rohm and Haas, and Nicholas Schorsch, chief executive officer of VEREIT, and Nicholas Howley, founder and chairman of TransDigm Group.

Seven men, three seated and four standing behind the three, look straight ahead with solemn expressions. Formally dressed in suits and ties, the men are about age 20.
The 1916 class of senior chemist students were among the first graduates to earn a bachelor's degree.
Michael Baum , class of 1985
A Caucasian female sitting at a desk holding a pen, with her face in profile. She is wearing a white high collared long sleeved shirt, belt, and checkered bottom with dark upswept hair.
Violet Oakley , class of 1948
A Caucasian male with silver cropped hair and a goatee looking off camera. He is wearing a white shirt opened at the neck with black jacket.
Jack Wall , class of 1986
An African American male with graying hair and round eyeglasses, wearing a suit with a bow tie, set against a white and red background reading World Science Festival.
George Campbell Jr. , class of 1968
An African American female with short dark hair, round eyeglasses, and a solemn expression sitting down and facing the camera.
Matilda Evans , class of 1897
A Caucasian female in profile wearing a high collared shirt with upswept hair.
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead , class of 1888
An older Caucasian female with parted dark hair swept back into a bun. She is wearing a dark high collared shirt with ruffles and facing the camera unsmiling.
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi , class of 1864
A Native American female wearing a dark shirt with a high collared white patterned chemisette. She has dark upswept hair, a solemn expression, and is facing the camera.
Susan La Flesche Picotte , class of 1889
A Caucasian female in profile, facing to the right, with dark hair in bobbed style.
Ruth Hale , Class of 1916
Victoria Napolitano , Class of 2010, with Drexel President John Fry and Alumni Board Chair Tony Noce
Lex Fridman , Class of 2014
Moogega Cooper , class of 2009
Astronaut James P. Bagian's NASA portrait.
James P. Bagian , class of 1973
Ashley Howard , Class of 2004
A Caucasian male wearing a blue winter jacket and a black cap both with a sports logo, a soccer ball with a wave superimposed, for the soccer team the Vancouver Whitecaps. The jacket also sports the number 27 and the subject is staring off camera.
Jeff Parke , class of 2003