List of Florida Institute of Technology people

This list contains people associated with the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty.

Alumni or attendees

Art, literature, and entertainment

Actors

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Richard Hatch		Original winner of the CBS Survivor television series	[1]
Jim Quinn	1988	Engineer at Orange County Choppers, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering	[2]

Writers

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Lela E. Buis	1991	Author, poet and playwright

Athletes

Baseball

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Tim Wakefield		Drafted by professional baseball in his junior year

Business

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Stephen Lee Morgan	1980s	COO of CLS America

Government and law

Judges

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Catharina Haynes	1983	Federal judge

Mayors

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Stephen R. Speed	1993	Former mayor of Dover, Delaware
Tom Stuart		Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, 1973 to 1977	[3]

Military

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Charles C. Cannon	1976	Major General USA, Ret.
Ann E. Dunwoody	1987	General USA, M.S., First female four-star general in the military
David A. Score	1989?	Rear Admiral NOAA, Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps	[4]
James L. Herdt	1992	9th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Larry L. Hereth	1992	Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District of the United States Coast Guard
Galen B. Jackman	1983	Major General US, Ret.; Chief of Legislative Liaison, U.S. Army	[5]
Waleed A. Samkari	1988	Brigadier General; former director of the Jordanian Maintenance Corps
Johnnie E. Wilson	1977	General USA, Ret.	[6]

Science and technology

Astronauts

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Albert Scott Crossfield	1982	USAF Astronaut, Honorary Doctorate of Science, 1982
Joan Higginbotham	1992	Engineer, NASA astronaut, M.S. Management Science, 1992, M.S. Space Systems, 1996
Kathryn P. Hire	1991	NASA Astronaut (STS-90)
Sunita Williams	1995	NASA Astronaut
George D. Zamka	1997	NASA Astronaut (STS-120)

Scientists and engineers

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Richard Adams	1976	Inventor	[7]
Wassim Michael Haddad	1987	IEEE Fellow and Full Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering	[8]
David A. King	1991	Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center	[9]
Felix Soto Toro	1990	Astronaut applicant, developed the advanced payload transfer measurement system for NASA	[10]

Royalty

Name	Class Year	Notability	Reference
Prince Louis of Luxembourg		Third son of Grand Duke Henri (monarch of Luxembourg, 2000–present); studied aeronautics and aeronautical management for two years (c.2009-2011) at FIT	[11][12][13]

Faculty and staff

Florida Institute of Technology presidents

Name	Notability	Reference
Anthony Catanese	Current university president

Faculty

Name	Notability	Reference
Guy André Boy	University Professor and Director of Human-Centered Design Institute
Cem Kaner	University Professor and Director of Center for Software Testing Education & Research
Buzz Aldrin	Second Man On The Moon.

References

1. "Biography for Richard Hatch". IMDb. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
2. "Team". Orange County Choppers. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
3. "Sheila Blackmon/Meridian Star, Tom Stuart, former mayor, dies". Franklin County Times. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
4. "Rear Admiral David A. Score, NOAA Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Director, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations". noaacorps.noaa.gov. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
5. "The Office of The Chief Legislative Liaison". Hqda.army.mil. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
6. African-American Ascends from Private to Four-Star General Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
7. "Richmond, Leigh, "Computer hums its own music" Evening Times Melbourne FL Monday November 11, 1974, A1". Exoticsciences.com. October 22, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
8. "Dr. Wassim M. Haddad". Georgia Tech. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
9. "NASA – NASA'S Marshall Center Director David King Receives Presidential Rank Award – Nation's Highest Honor for Federal Service". Nasa.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
10. "NASA Quest > Space Team Online". Quest.arc.nasa.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
11. "Viewing cable 09LUXEMBOURG325, LUXEMBOURG SOLDIER DIES IN KOSOVO". wikileaks.org. Retrieved 12 June 2014. NOTE: Prince Louis and his family are currently in the United States in F-visa status, while Prince Louis is studying at Florida Institute of Technology.
12. "Prince Louis taking to Florida skies". royalblog.nl. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2014. Prince Louis... is studying Aeronautics and Aeronautical Management at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.
13. "The Grand Ducal Family". Lux-arazzi. Retrieved 12 June 2014. After living and attending university in Florida for two years, the family now lives in London.