JMU's presidents

Julian A. Burruss

Samuel Page Duke

G. Tyler Miller

Ronald E. Carrier

Linwood H. Rose

World-Changer Profiles

James Madison

Carolyn Abitbol ('67)

Donna Amenta

Shawn Arnold ('76, '81M)

Andy Bacon ('00)

Carole Baldwin ('81)

Brian Balmages ('98)

John Barrick ('76)

Ken Bartee ('83)

Phil Bigler ('74, '76M)

Norlyn Bodkin

Keith Brill ('77)

Shelby Brown ('83)

Bill Buck

Tom Carr ('84)

Ginjer Norris Clarke ('94)

Dan Cole ('87)

Cynthia Coolbaugh ('70)

Maj. Patrick Creed ('93)

Joe Damico ('76, '77M)

Kai Degner ('03, '05M)

Mark Dertzbaugh ('82)

Sue Dickson ('52)

Lt. Col. Mike Dillon ('81)

Tom Dingledine

Dr. Dan Downey ('75)

Linia Duncan ('07)

Curt Dvonch ('08)

Katy Elmore ('01M)

Ed Estes

Karen Evans

Richard Evans

Vanessa Evans ('93, '97M)

Judith Flohr

Bruce and Lois Cardarella Forbes ('64)

Marlon Foster ('82, '95M)

Joanne Gabbin

Mark Gabriele ('95)

Chris Gatesman ('94M)

Elizabeth Gauldin ('50)

Valerie Gibbs ('11)

Joann Grayson

Oris Griffin

Jazminia Griffith ('06)

Jennifer Griffith ('09)

David Grimm ('74)

Debbie Grimm ('74)

Donna Sizemore Hale ('81)

Charles Haley ('87)

Barbara Hall ('82)

Sarita Hartz ('02)

Derwin Henderson ('83)

Mike Hoss ('84)

Vida Huber (1937-2005)

Dan Irwin ('90)

Eric Johnson ('95)

Pamela Johnson

Jessica Kahn ('91)

Josh Kelaher ('11)

Shannon Kennan ('97M)

Katie King ('97)

Lesley Kipling ('99)

Karina Kline-Gabel ('92)

Margot Knight ('74)

Jonathan Koves ('05)

Susan E. Kruck ('94) ('95M)

David LaMotte ('90)

Emily Lewis Lee ('43)

Steve Leeolou ('78)

Gordon Leisch ('56, '65M)

Gladys Kemp Lisanby ('49)

Nathan Lyon ('94)

Amy Macaleer ('01)

Gina MacDonald

Sonja Macys ('97)

Virginia Mann ('06)

Samier Mansur ('07)

Nate Marsh ('01)

Maj. Gen. Raymond Mason ('78)

Special Agent Charles T. May Jr. ('83)

Beth McGinnis ('00)

MeMe McKee ('99)

Amy McPherson ('83)

Challace McMillin

Matt Miller ('98)

Sushil Mittal

Roger Myers

Tracey Neale ('89)

Dee Nilsen ('00)

John B. Noftsinger Jr. ('85)

Nursing Student Association

Mary Ellen Garber Otto ('58)

Ross Paterson ('90)

Erin Peacock ('07)

Michael Peretich ('06)

Joy Petway ('07)

J. Peter Pham

Janet Phillips ('88)

Laurie Tusing Phillips ('85)

Robert and Frances Plecker

Ryan Powanda ('09)

Jim and Julie Riley ('99P, '05P)

Don Rhymer ('82)

Dave Rizzo ('83)

Dick and Shirley Hanson ('56) Roberts

James Robinson

Inez Graybeal Roop ('35)

John Rothenberger ('88)

Bertie Martin Selvey ('58)

W. Raymond "Buddy" Showalter Jr. ('50) (1928-2007)

Mary Slade

Charles Douglas 'Doug' Smith ('93)

Wesli Spencer ('06)

Anne Stewart

Stanley Stewart ('78)

Diane Strawbridge ('80, '02M)

Judy Strickler ('60)

Debra Sutton

Elizabeth Swallow

Laura Taalman

Kimberly Taylor ('79)

Jason Teasley ('02)

Casey Templeton ('06)

Bruce Thayer ('84)

Kathy Thomas ('78)

Mike Thomas ('76, '77M)

Jeff Tickle ('90)

Sean Tobin ('92)

Dennis Tracz ('78)

Kate Trammell

Christina Updike ('73)

Cathy Webb

Louise Wilkins-Haug ('76)

J. Craig Williams ('79)

Mandy Woodfield ('05)

Grace Wyngaard

Amy Porter Zacaroli ('88)

Elizabeth Gauldin ('50)

Space Scientist and Pioneer

When chemistry graduate Elizabeth Gauldin first went looking for a job as a chemist, prospective employers asked her whether she could type. Undaunted, she became one of the first female scientists in the U.S. space program. Quite literally, Elizabeth helped put man on the moon. In her own awe-inspired words, she says, "I have personally seen lunar dust." As a vital force in the Apollo, Skylab and Shuttle programs, she took part in the dramatic Apollo 13 and Skylab space rescues. This Madison original returns to campus often to lecture and visit classrooms and has established a scholarship for students studying space science at JMU. Elizabeth Gauldin won't admit she changed the world, but she sure shook up the universe.