University of Louisville
The University of Louisville ( U of L also called ) is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1798, are now enrolled at the University of Louisville 20,605 students.
Organizational structure
- Engineering ( JB Speed School of Engineering ) ( 1925)
- Arts and Sciences (1907 )
- Medicine ( 1837)
- Music ( 1932)
- Public Health and Information Sciences (1968 )
- Education and Human Development (1968 )
- Care (1979 )
- Law ( Brandeis School of Law ) ( 1846)
- Social Work (Kent School of Social Work ) ( 1936)
- Economics ( 1953)
- Dentistry ( 1887)
- Graduate School ( 1918)
Sports
The sports teams of the U of L are the Cardinals. The university is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 2014.
Well-known professors
- Jamey Aebersold ( born 1939 ), jazz saxophonist
- Justus Bier (1899-1990), German art historian
- Paul Cameron ( born 1939 ), psychologist
- Wendell Cherry (1935-1991), lawyer, entrepreneur, art collector and patron
- Milton Diamond ( born 1934 ), anatomist and reproductive biologist
- James Guthrie (1792-1869), politician and Minister of Finance, has been president of the University of Louisville
- Hackers Joachim ( b. 1968 ), Professor of Corporate Finance
- Richard Hamming (1915-1998), mathematician, Turing award winners
- Earl Harold Kleinert ( born 1921 ), a hand surgeon
- Justin A. McCarthy ( born 1945 ), historian and demographer
- George Perle (1915-2009), composer and music theorist
- James Speed (1812-1887), lawyer, politician and Minister of Justice
- John Wilkinson Taylor (1906-2001), Director-General of UNESCO, previously from 1947 to 1950 president of the University of Louisville
Famous graduates
- David Akers ( b. 1974 ), football player
- Matt Battaglia (born 1965 ), actor
- Deion Branch ( born 1979 ), football player
- William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957), lawyer and United States Solicitor General
- Jack Cady (1932-2004), author
- Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911), politician, Minister of Agriculture
- William Joseph Deboe (1849-1927), politician, Senator
- James B. Edwards (* 1927), politician, former Governor of South Carolina
- William Nicholas Hailmann, educator and founder of kindergartens in the U.S.
- James M. Hanks (1833-1909), politician, Congressman
- Klaus Hinrich Heberle (1931-1998), philosopher and political scientist
- Joe Jacoby ( born 1959 ), football player
- Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), politician, Speaker of the House
- Wesley Korir (* 1982 ), Kenyan marathon runner
- William L. Kruer ( b. 1942 ), Physicist
- Delfeayo Marsalis (born 1965 ), jazz trombonist and record producer
- Mitch McConnell ( b. 1942 ), politician, Senator
- Angel McCoughtry ( born 1986 ), basketball player
- Frank Minnifield ( born 1960 ), football player
- Tom Mintier, Journalist
- Eli Houston Murray (1843-1896), politician
- Diane Sawyer ( born 1945 ), TV journalist and presenter
- Gary Sullivan ( born 1960 ), software developers
- Johnny Unitas (1933-2002), football player