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This is a list of alumni of
Brooklyn College , a senior college of the
City University of New York , located in
Brooklyn , New York, United States.
Chancellors, deans, and presidents
Donald Kagan
Walter Adams (B.A. 1942), economist and President of
Michigan State University
Glenn Altschuler (B.A. 1971), Dean of the
Cornell University School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions , noted for his work on the history of
American popular culture
Samuel Baskin (B.A. 1942), psychologist and educational reformer and first President of the
Union Institute & University
Barbara Aronstein Black (B.A. 1953),
Dean at
Columbia University School of Law
Carmen Fariña (M.S.Ed. 1968),
New York City Schools Chancellor
Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999), President of
Kingsborough Community College , and acting Chancellor of the
City University of New York
Alfred Gottschalk (B.A. 1952), President of
Hebrew Union College and leader in the
Reform Judaism movement
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Donald Kagan (B.A. 1954), historian; Dean at
Yale University
Jeffrey Kraus (B.A. 1978), Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, (
Wagner College ) 2018–2021
Barry Munitz (B.A. 1963), Chancellor,
California State University (1991–98)
Steven Schwartz (B.A. 1967), Vice Chancellor of
Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia
Lisa Staiano-Coico , aka Lisa S. Coico (B.S. 1976), president of
City College of New York
Robert S. Stone (B.A. 1942), pioneering
pathologist ; Deans of the
University of New Mexico School of Medicine , University of Oregon School of Medicine, and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Director of The
National Institutes of Health 1973–1975
Donald P. Zingale (B.A. 1967), president of the
State University of New York at Cobleskill
Jerome H. Barkow (B.A. 1964), Canadian anthropologist at
Dalhousie University , has made important contributions to the field of
evolutionary psychology
Melvin Konner (B.A. 1966),
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and associate professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at
Emory University
Jeffrey Laitman (B.A. 1973), anatomist and physical anthropologist, Distinguished Professor of the
Mount Sinai School of Medicine , President-Elect of the
American Association of Anatomists
Sidney Mintz (B.A. 1943), anthropologist, known for his studies of Latin America and the
Caribbean
Marjorie Shostak (B.A. 1966),
anthropologist ; specialist in the
!Kung San people of the
Kalahari desert in south-western Africa
Richard J. Smith (B.A. 1969), Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished Professor of Physical Anthropology at
Washington University in St. Louis
Frank J. Coppa (B.A. 1960), historian, author, and educator who has written widely on the Papacy
Michael S. Cullen (B.A. 1962), historian, journalist and publicist, based in
Berlin ; credited with inspiring
Christo and Jeanne-Claude to
wrap the Reichstag
Jules Davids (B.A. 1942), Professor of Diplomatic History at
Georgetown University , aided
John F. Kennedy in writing
Profiles in Courage
Hal Draper (B.A. 1934), American socialist activist and author who played a significant role in the
Berkeley, California ,
Free Speech Movement
Theodore Draper (B.A. 1933), historian and political writer; wrote seminal works on the formative period of the
American Communist Party , the
Cuban Revolution , and the
Iran-Contra Affair
Melvyn Dubofsky (B.A. 1955), professor of history and sociology at the
Binghamton University , and a well-known labor historian
Yaffa Eliach (B.A. 1967), historian, author, and scholar of
Judaic Studies and the
Holocaust
John A. Garraty (B.A. 1941), historian, biographer, and president of the Society of American Historians
Eugene Genovese (B.A. 1953), historian of the
American South and
American slavery
Stuart D. Goldman (B.A. 1964), historian, author, and scholar in residence at the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research at the
Wilson Center in Washington, DC
Judith R. Goodstein (B.A. 1960),
historian of science ,
historian of mathematics , book author, and University Archivist Emeritus at the
California Institute of Technology
Greg Grandin (B.A. 1991), historian; professor of history at
New York University ; winner of the 2020
Pulitzer Prize for History
Oscar Handlin (B.A. 1934), Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus,
Harvard University ; winner of the
Pulitzer Prize in history, author
Gertrude Himmelfarb (B.A. 1942), historian and conservative
cultural critic
Elisheva Carlebach Jofen (B.A. 1976), scholar of early modern Jewish history
Thomas Kessner (B.A. 1963), American historian, a Distinguished Professor at
City University of New York , specializing in
social history and the history of
New York City
David Kranzler (B.A. 1953), librarian and historian specializing in the
rescue of Jews during the
Holocaust
Aileen S. Kraditor (B.A. 1950) American historian, specializing in the history of
feminism
Moses Rischin (B.A. 1947), Jewish historian and
Emeritus Professor of History at
San Francisco State University
Michele R. Salzman (B.A. 1973),
Classicist at the
University of California, Riverside , scholar of the religious and social history of
Late Antiquity
Albert A. Sicroff (B.A. 1940),
Hispanist , Professor of Spanish,
Queens College
Joel H. Silbey (B.A. 1955), historian and President White Professor of History at
Cornell University
Richard Slotkin (B.A. 1963),
cultural critic and historian of the Western United States
Clarence Taylor (B.A. 1975), professor emeritus of History at
Baruch College and author of books on racism, religion, and civil rights in 20th-century America
Alan Dershowitz
Alan S. Becker (B.A. 1966), Attorney, member of the
Florida House of Representatives , 1972–1978
Jules Coleman (B.A. 1968), scholar of law and jurisprudence and the
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of
Jurisprudence and Professor of Philosophy at
Yale Law School
Alan M. Dershowitz (B.A. 1959),
Harvard Law School professor and author
Stephen Gillers (B.A. 1964),
New York University School of Law professor and expert in
legal ethics
Gerald Gunther (A.B. 1949), William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at
Stanford Law School , among the 20 most widely cited legal scholars of the 20th century
Mary Noe (B.A. 1982), educator; writer; lecturer; Assistant Professor of Law, division of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies,
St. John's University
Anatole Beck (B.A. 1951), mathematician, known for his
Linear search problem
Paul Cohen (1953), winner of the
Fields Medal
Violet Haas (B.A. 1947), American applied mathematician specializing in
control theory and
optimal estimation ; professor of electrical engineering at
Purdue
Elaine Koppelman (B.A. 1957), mathematician; James Beall Professor of Mathematics at
Goucher College
Allen R Miller (B.S. 1965), mathematician and major contributor to the field of
special functions , especially
confluent hypergeometric functions
Teri Perl (B.A. 1947), American mathematics educator, co-founder of
The Learning Company , pioneering educational software publisher
Richard M. Pollack (B.A. 1956),
geometer and professor emeritus at the
Courant Institute of New York University; founding co-editor of the journal
Discrete and Computational Geometry
Irving Reiner (B.A. 1944), mathematician, dealt with representation theory of algebras and groups, and
number theory
Theodore J. Rivlin (B.A. 1948), mathematician, specializing in
approximation theory
Donald Solitar (B.A. 1953), American/Canadian mathematician, known for his work in
combinatorial group theory
Henry Wallman (B.S. 1933), mathematician, known for his work in
lattice theory ,
dimension theory ,
topology , and
electronic circuit design
Gerard Washnitzer (B.S. 1947), mathematician
Barbara Joans (B.A. 1956), anthropologist who researched
biker culture
Allan Gotthelf (B.A. 1963), professor of philosophy at the
University of Pittsburgh and specialist in
Objectivism and
Aristotle
Eli Hirsch (B.A. 1960), philosopher, the Charles Goldman Professor of Philosophy at
Brandeis University
Christia Mercer (B.A. 1974), Gustave M. Berne Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University
Jay Newman (B.A. 1973), philosopher concerned with the
philosophy of religion , philosophy of culture, and the ethics of
mass communication
Ben-Ami Scharfstein (B.A. 1939), prominent Israeli philosopher; winner of the 2005
Israel Prize
Israel Scheffler (B.A. 1945), philosopher of science and education
Eli Uncyk (B.A., cum laude, 1967); Articles Editor, N.Y.U Law School Journal of International Law and Politics, attorney
Helen A. Berger (B.A. 1971), American
sociologist known for her studies of the
Pagan community in the United States
Joseph Berger (B.A. 1949), theoretical
sociologist and senior fellow at the
Hoover Institution
Leo Bogart (B.A 1941), sociologist, media and marketing expert
Helen Fein (B.A. 1955), historical
sociologist , professor, specialized on
genocide , human rights, collective violence and other issues
Arne Kalleberg (B.A. 1971), Kenan Distinguished Professor of
Sociology at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Faculty Fellow at the
Carolina Population Center
Omar Lizardo (B.A. 1997),
sociologist and LeRoy Neiman Term chair Professor of Sociology at UCLA
Seymour M. Miller (B.A. 1943), economic-political sociologist, activist, and emeritus professor of sociology at
Boston University
Joyce Sparer Adler (B.A. 1935), critic, playwright, teacher and
Melville scholar
William Alfred (B.A. 1948), playwright and professor of
English literature at
Harvard University
Evelyn Torton Beck (B.A. 1954), scholar and activist who specializes in
Women's Studies , Jewish Women's Studies, and Lesbian Studies
Livia Bitton-Jackson (B.A. 1961) academic, author and a
Holocaust survivor
J. David Bleich (B.A. 1960), rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics
Zvi Bodie (B.A. 1965),
Boston University Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management and expert in pension finance
Eva Brann (B.A. 1950), longest-serving tutor (1957–present) at
St. John's College, Annapolis and a 2005 recipient of the
National Humanities Medal
John Castagna (B.S. 1976, M.A. 1980); American geophysicist, known for the
Mudrock line , currently the Margaret S. and
Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Faculty Chair in Applied Seismology at the
University of Houston
Jules Chametzky (B.A. 1950), literary critic, writer, editor, and unionist
Jonathan Chaves (B.A. 1965), Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the
George Washington University and translator of
Classical
Chinese poetry
Patricia Cronin (M.F.A. 1995),
Rome Prize -winning
feminist visual artist.
Doris Malkin Curtis (B.S. 1933),
paleontologist ,
stratigrapher , geologist and first woman president of the
Geological Society of America
Dorothy Dinnerstein (B.A. 1943), feminist academic and activist
Kenneth B. Eisenthal (B.A. 1954), Mark Hyman Professor of Chemistry Chair at
Columbia University and pioneering
physical chemist
Sandra Feldman (B.A 1960), President,
American Federation of Teachers
Aryeh Frimer (B.A. 1968), Professor of Chemistry at
Bar-Ilan University
Marilyn Gittell (B.A. 1952), education reformer, founder of the
Urban Affairs Review
Marc Goldstein (B.S. 1968),
urologist and the Matthew P. Hardy Distinguished Professor of
Reproductive Medicine , and Urology at
Weill Cornell Medical College of
Cornell University
Martin Haberman (B.A. 1953), educator and Distinguished Professor at the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee who developed interviewing techniques for identifying teachers and principals who will be successful in working with poor children.
Linda Heywood (B. A. 1973), professor of
African American studies and history at the
University of Boston
Raul Hilberg (B.A. 1948), Austrian-born American political scientist and historian, author of
The Destruction of the European Jews (1961)
Zoia Horn (B.A. 1939), first librarian ever jailed for refusing to divulge information that violated her belief in
intellectual freedom
Ellis Horowitz (B.S. 1964),
computer scientist and Professor of
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the
University of Southern California (USC)
Paul Ilie (B.A. 1954), specialist in modern and contemporary
Spanish literature
Eva Kollisch (B.A. 1951), writer, literary scholar,
pacifist and feminist
Annette Kolodny (B.A. 1962), feminist literary critic and activist
Sheldon Krimsky (B.S. 1963), Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at
Tufts University
Joel Lebowitz (B.A. 1952),
mathematical physicist acknowledged for his contributions to
statistical physics and
statistical mechanics , George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at
Rutgers University
Sandra Leiblum (B.A. 1965), author, lecturer, and researcher in
sexology
Leslie Libow (B.A. 1954), professor of
geriatrics and
palliative medicine at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine, author of one of the first geriatric-medicine textbooks in the United States
Edith H. Luchins (B.A. 1942),
Gestalt psychologist and mathematician; first female professor at the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nancy Lynch (B.A. 1968), mathematician and professor at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; winner of the 2007
Knuth Prize for contributions to the foundations of computer science
Leonard Mirman (B.A. 1963), mathematician and economist at the
University of Virginia , known for his contributions to
economics of uncertainty
Joseph Natoli (B.A. 1966), academic, known for works on
postmodernism
Cindy Nemser (B.A. 1959, M.A. 1964),
art historian and writer; founder and editor of the
Feminist Art Journal
John Parascandola (B.A. 1963),
medical historian
Alan W. Pollack (B.A. 1970),
musicologist , known for having musically analyzed every
Beatles song released
Ellen Prince (B.A. 1964),
linguist ; President of the
Linguistic Society of America ; pioneer in linguistic pragmatics
Gerald J. Prince (B.A. 1963), academic and literary theoretician at the
University of Pennsylvania and leading scholar of narrative poetics; shaped the discipline of
narratology
Patrice Rankine (B.A. 1992), Professor of Classics at the
University of Chicago and leading scholar in the area of
classical reception
Dennis Raphael (B.S. 1972),
health policy professor at
York University in Toronto
Buddy Ratner (B.S. 1967), professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering and director of the Research Center for Biomaterials at the
University of Washington
Stuart A. Rice (B.S. 1952),
physical chemist , Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service
Professor Emeritus at the
University of Chicago , Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Robert Rosen (B.A. 1955), theoretical
biologist and Professor of
Biophysics at
Dalhousie University
Jack M. Sasson (B.A. 1962), emeritus Mary Jane Werthan Professor of
Jewish Studies and
Hebrew Bible at
Vanderbilt Divinity School whose research focuses primarily on
Assyriology and
Hebrew Scriptures
Allen Schick (B.A. 1956), governance fellow of the
Brookings Institution , professor of political science at the
Maryland School of Public Policy of
University of Maryland, College Park and founding editor of the journal,
Public Budgeting and Finance
Ivan Schulman (B.A. 1953), major scholar of Spanish American Modernismo and the leading US scholar of the works of
José Martí .
Salvatore J. Stolfo (B.S. 1974), professor of computer science at
Columbia University and an expert in computer security
Albert Szabo (B.A. 1948), architect, educator, artist, and professor of architecture at the
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Robert H. Tamarin (B.A. 1963), emeritus professor of
biology , former Dean of the College of Sciences at the
University of Massachusetts ; developed
radioisotope ,
electrophoretic and
DNA fingerprinting techniques for use in the study of small mammals
Eve Tetaz (B.A. 1954), public school teacher known for nonviolent
civil resistance during protests against the war and occupation of Iraq
Jay Tischfield (B.A. 1967), MacMillan Professor and the Chair of the Department of Genetics at
Rutgers University
Frank P. Tomasulo (B.A. 1967), film professor, author, and academic administrator at Ithaca College, Georgia State University, Southern Methodist University, and Florida State University; Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Film & Video and Cinema Journal
Edward Baron Turk (B.A. 1967), author, arts critic, and educator who writes mainly on the culture of
France
Regina Weinreich (B.A. 1970), writer, journalist, teacher, and scholar of the artists of the
Beat Generation
Bruce Winick (B.A. 1965), the Silvers-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the
University of Miami and theorist on
mental health law
Jitu Weusi (M.S. 1996), American educator, community leader, writer, activist, and jazz and arts promoter.
Joel B. Wolowelsky (B.S. 1967),
Modern Orthodox
rabbi , professor, author, and dean of faculty at the
Yeshiva of Flatbush high school
Frieda Zames (B.A. 1954),
disability rights activist and mathematics professor
Rose Zimbardo (B.A., 1956), professor of English literature
Ira Rennert
Fred Bass (B.A. 1949), owner of New York City's
Strand Bookstore
Charles Biderman (B.A. 1967), founder and CEO of
TrimTabs Investment Research, Inc.
Joseph Cassano (B.A. 1977), head of Financial Product division at
American International Group 1987–2008
Bruce Chizen (B.S. 1978), President and CEO of
Adobe Systems
Bernard Cornfeld (B.A. 1950), businessman and international financier, sold investments in
mutual funds
Robert A. Daly , CEO of
Warner Bros. and
Los Angeles Dodgers
Benjamin Eisenstadt (B.A. 1954), creator of
Sweet'N Low , designer of the modern
sugar packet , and the founder of
Cumberland Packing Corporation
Irwin Federman (B.S. 1956), businessman, philanthropist and General Partner of
U.S. Venture Partners
Jerry Della Femina (A.A. 1957), chairman and CEO, Della Femina, Jeary and Partners
Milton Fisher (B.A. 1938), American attorney,
investment banker , author, teacher, and
matchmaker
Richard LaMotta (B.A. 1969), inventor and principal promoter of the
Chipwich
ice cream sandwich
Marjorie Magner (B.S. 1969), Chairman of
Gannett
Jerry Moss (B.A. 1957), co-founder of
A&M Records
Ira Rennert (B.A. 1955), billionaire investor and businessman
Steve Riggio (B.A. 1974), CEO of
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
George H. Ross (B.A. 1951), Executive Vice President and Senior Counsel of the
Trump Organization
Barry Salzberg (B.S. 1974), chief executive officer Deloitte, member of Deloitte's U.S. board of directors, the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Global Executive Committee, the DTT Global board of directors,
Deloitte LLP
Richard L. Sandor (B.A. 1962), businessman, economist, and entrepreneur, recognized as the "father of
financial futures "
Leonard Tow (B.A. 1950), chairman and CEO of
Citizens Communications
Charlie Shrem (B.A. 2012), co-founder and CEO of the
Bitcoin startup company
BitInstant
Agnes Varis (B.A. 1950), President and founder of Agvar Chemicals Inc. and Aegis Pharmaceuticals
Lester Wunderman (B.A. 1938), advertising executive considered the creator of modern-day
direct marketing
Sigi Ziering (B.S. 1953), German-born American business executive, playwright and philanthropist
James Franco
Paul Mazursky
Jimmy Smits
Letty Aronson (B.A. 1964), film producer; sister of
Woody Allen
Obba Babatundé (B.A. 1974),
Emmy and
Tony Award -nominated actor
Sandy Baron (B.A. 1957), comedian, stage, film, and television actor
Saul Bass ,
graphic designer and filmmaker, won the
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
Sarah Benson (M.F.A.), theatre director, artistic director of
SoHo Rep
Alvin Boretz (B.A. 1942), television writer for
GE Theater ,
Playhouse 90 ,
Armstrong Circle Theatre ,
Dr. Kildare ,
The Defenders , and
Kojak
Todd Brunel (M.M. 2007), American
clarinetist who leads a dual life as a
crossover classical and
jazz musician
Henry Chan (M.S. 1973), film and television director
Aleeza Chanowitz (B.A. 2016), an
Israeli-American director, screenwriter and actress. She is best known for creating and starring in the hit comedy series,
Chanshi
Jordan Charney (B.A. 1961), character actor
Dominic Chianese (B.A. 1961), film, television and theatre actor, known for his role as
Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the
HBO TV series
The Sopranos
Joan Cullman (born Joan Paley), Tony Award
Broadway producer
Jon Cypher (B.A. 1953), actor, known for his role as Chief of Police Fletcher Daniels in the
police drama
Hill Street Blues
Alfred Drake (B.A. 1936),
musical theater actor and singer
Joel Eisenberg (B.A. 1985),
author ,
screenwriter , and
producer
James Franco (M.F.A. 2010),
Golden Globe Award -winning film and TV actor, author
Richard Frankel (B.A. 1968), six-time Tony Award-winning theatrical producer
Devery Freeman (B.A. 1935), prolific screenwriter, novelist and union activist who helped to establish the
Writers Guild of America
Takeshi Fukunaga (B.A. 2007), Japanese filmmaker; Out of My Hand
Philip S. Goodman (B.A. 1948), screenwriter, producer, and director
Erica Hayden (M.A. 2008), radio personality, television host and
psychotherapist
Tijana Ibrahimovic (B.A. 2008),
Serbian
entertainment journalist and TV personality
C. Bernard Jackson (B.A. 1948), playwright who founded the Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Milt Jamin (B.A. 1963), American voice and film actor.
Marvin Kaplan (B.A. 1947), character actor, president of Los Angeles chapter of
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 1989–95; 2003–05
Robert Kerman (B.A. 1970), actor
Woodie King, Jr. (M.F.A. 1999), director and producer of stage and screen, and founding director of the New Federal Theatre
Mousa Kraish (B.A. 1998), actor and director
Tuli Kupferberg (B.A. 1948), counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher and co-founder of the band
The Fugs
Jean-Claude La Marre (B.A. 1992), Haitian-American writer, director, and film and television actor
Obafemi Lasode (M.A. 1984), Nigerian veteran film actor, songwriter, playwright, film producer and director
Ken Lerner (B.A. 1970), television and film actor
Michael Lerner (B.A. 1962),
Academy Award -nominated actor
Edie Locke , editor-in chief of
Mademoiselle
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Michael Lynne (B.A. 1961), co-founder and CEO of
New Line Cinema
Steve Malzberg (B.A. 1982), conservative radio broadcaster and host of The Steve Malzberg Show on the
WOR Radio Network
Paul Mazursky (B.A. 1951), Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, known for
An Unmarried Woman ,
Harry and Tonto and
Down and Out in Beverly Hills , among others; producer; actor
Neil Meron (B.A. 1976), film producer, won Academy Award for
Chicago in 2003
Jared Mezzocchi (M.F.A. 2009), multimedia theater director, theatrical designer
Bruce Morrow (born Bruce Meyerowitz) (Attended), known as Cousin Brucie,
radio performer ,
National Radio Hall of Fame
Oren Moverman (B.A. 1992), Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, Emmy Award-winning producer.
Larry Namer (B.A. 1971), founder of
E! Entertainment TV Network
Barry Oringer (B.A. 1958), prolific
producer and
screenwriter
Eric Overmyer (M.F.A. 1982), television writer and producer;
The Wire
Marcel Peragine (B.A. 1975, M.S. 1981), an American film editor and musician-composer who lives and works in Germany
Gil Portes (M.S. 1971), award-winning
Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter
Richard Portnow (B.A. 1967), actor, known for recurring role in
The Sopranos
Dennis Prager (B.A. 1970), syndicated radio talk show host, columnist, author, ethicist, and public speaker, founder of
PragerU .
Brian "Q" Quinn , comedian, stars in the popular TV show
Impractical Jokers
Mark Rappaport (B.A. 1964),
independent /
underground film director
David Rayfiel (B.A. 1947), screenwriter, frequent collaborator of director
Sydney Pollack
Richard Reicheg (B.A. 1962, MA 1973), actor, folk singer, and songwriter, known for the song "
Looking for an Echo "
Jason Reischel (M.A. 2016), singer-songwriter who sometimes goes by the stage name My Cousin, The Emperor.
Howard Rosenman (B.A. 1965), producer and motion picture executive
Marc Salem (B.A. 1975),
mentalist and
mind reader
George Schindler (B.A. 1952),
stage magician ,
magic consultant , and
ventriloquist , "lifetime
dean " of the
Society of American Magicians
Steve Schirripa (B.A. 1980), actor known for his role as
Bobby Baccalieri on the
HBO TV series
The Sopranos
Citizen Kafka (Richard Shulberg), (B.A. 1969), radio personality and folk musician
Roger S. H. Schulman (B.A. 1980), film and television writer and producer, co-wrote the animated feature
Shrek
Stuart Seide (B.A. 1967), artistic director of the
Théâtre du Nord in
Lille , France, and the first American to direct the
Comédie-Française
Jimmy Smits (B.A. 1980), actor,
NYPD Blue and
L.A. Law ; won
Emmy Award in 1990
Frank Tarloff (B.A. 1936),
blacklisted American screenwriter who won an
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for
Father Goose
Elliot Tiber (attended, but did not graduate), screenwriter, "saved"
Woodstock Festival
Adrianne Tolsch (B.A. 1961), comedian long associated with
Catch a Rising Star
Frank P. Tomasulo, PhD (B.A. 1967), award-winning film and media professor, noted journal editor and critic
Tom Topor (B.A. 1961), playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
Adam Wade (M.A. '87), singer, drummer, and television actor, noted for his stint as the host of the 1975
CBS game show
Musical Chairs , which made him the first African-American game show host
Naren Weiss (M.F.A. 2015), actor, playwright, and model
Andrew D. Weyman (B.A. 1973), television director and producer
Fawn Yacker (B.A. 1973), founding member of
The Nuclear Beauty Parlor , filmmaker, producer and cinematographer, known for her 2009 documentary
Training Rules
Henry Yuk (B.A. 1972), veteran American television and theater actor born in China's
Guangdong Province and raised in Brooklyn
Jason Zimbler (M.F.A. 2005), Environmentalist, former
child actor , best known for
Clarissa Explains It All (1991–1994)
Joel Zwick (B.A. 1962), theater and television producer,
Family Matters , director of
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Arturo O’Farrill
Harrison Sheckler
Walter Yetnikoff
Mark Barkan (B.A. 1956),
songwriter and
record producer and the
musical director for the television show
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Benjamin Bierman (M.M. 2002),
jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader
Susan Birkenhead (B.A. 1957), lyricist
Benjamin Boretz (B.A. 1954), 20th- and 21st-century composer and
music theorist
Oscar Brand (B.S. 1942),
folk singer , radio host, musicologist
Isidore Cohen (B.A 1941),
chamber musician , violinist, and member of the
Juilliard String Quartet and
Beaux Arts Trio
Alex Coletti (B.A. 1987), executive producer and director for
MTV Networks , now an independent producer
Eddie Daniels (B.A. 1963), jazz
clarinet and alto and tenor saxophone player; also a classical music clarinetist
Deborah Drattell (B.A. 1976),
composer , best known for opera
Rebekah Driscoll (M.M. 2012), composer
Sylvia Fine (B.A. 1933), lyricist; wife of comedian
Danny Kaye
Gary William Friedman (B.A. 1958), musician and composer of
musical theater
David Geffen , business magnate, co-created
Asylum Records ,
Geffen Records ,
DGC Records , and
DreamWorks SKG
Daniel Glass (B.A. 1977), music industry producer
Henry Gross (B.A. 1972), singer-songwriter and founding member of the retro pop group
Sha Na Na
Larry Harlow (musician) aka Lawrence Ira Khan (B.A. 1963), salsa composer, pianist, and musician
Fred Hellerman (B.A. 1949), folk singer, guitarist, producer and songwriter, primarily known as one of the members of
The Weavers
Cihan Kaan (B.S. 1999), musician; filmmaker; author; recorded
electronic music under the alias "8Bit"
Kim Ji-hyun , South Korean singer
Harvey Lichtenstein (B.A. 1951), President and Executive Producer of the
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Bob Margolis (B.A. 1974, M.M. 1977), composer of concert music and owner of Manhattan Beach Music Publishers
Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (B.A. 1949), folk singer (as Gladys Young), composer and teacher
Jerry Moss (B.A., 1957), co-founder of
A & M Records
Enisa Nikaj (B.B.A. 2017), also known as Enisa,
Montenegrin-American singer songwriter
Sonny Ochs (B.A. 1970), music producer, radio host, sister of singer-songwriter
Phil Ochs
Arturo O'Farrill (BMus 1996),
jazz musician and current pianist, composer, and director for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Lee Pockriss (B.A. 1948), songwriter who wrote many well-known popular songs, including "
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini "
Doc Pomus (attended, 1943–45),
blues singer, songwriter and member of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rafael Scarfullery (B.M. 1993),
Dominican classical guitarist
Harrison Sheckler (M.M. 2021), pianist and composer
Maynard Solomon (B.A. 1950), co-founder of
Vanguard Records , music producer, and
musicologist
David Sardy music producer, film composer
Jason Stanyek (B.M. 1990), ethnomusicologist, composer, and guitarist; professor at the University of Oxford
Dirk Weiler (M.M. 2002), singer and actor
Walter Yetnikoff (B.A. 1955), CEO of
CBS Records ,
Columbia Records /
Sony Music executive
Government, law, and public policy
Barbara Boxer
Shirley Chisholm
Bob Dole
Bernie Sanders
Cy A Adler (B.A. 1950), president of Shorewalkers, Inc.; author, organizer, and conservationist, advocate for shoreline issues in and around New York City
Dionisia Amaya (Adv. Cert. 1987), teacher and
Honduran
Garifuna community activist
Bill Baird (B.A. 1955), reproductive rights activist and co-director of the Pro Choice League
Barbara P. Berman (B.A. 1959),
Democratic Party politician who served in the
New Jersey General Assembly for a single term, where she represented the
6th Legislative District from 1978 to 1980
Dorothy Blum (B.A. 1944),
computer scientist ,
cryptanalyst , and
National Security Agency officer
Barbara Boxer (née Barbara Levy; B.A. 1962),
United States Representative and
United States Senator (
D – California)
Frank J. Brasco (B.A. 1955), member of the
United States House of Representatives 1967–75
Marshall Brement (B.A. 1951), career
United States Foreign Service officer;
United States Ambassador to Iceland 1981–1985
Erin Byrnes (M.S. 2010), member of the
Michigan House of Representatives for the 15th district since 2023
Shirley Chisholm (B.A. 1946), first African-American U.S.
Congresswoman , 1968–82
Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed (B.S. 1973), educator and representative for District 92 of the
Florida House of Representatives
Manuel F. Cohen (B.S. 1933), chairman,
Securities and Exchange Commission , 1964–69
William Colton (MSed 1971), represents District 47 in the
New York Assembly
Victoria Cruz (B.A. 1982),
LGBT rights activist and retired
domestic violence counselor
Donald J. Devine (M.A. 1965), political scientist; author; former director of the
United States Office of Personnel Management
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel (B.A. 1952), author, preservationist, curator, and chairwoman of the
New York State Council on the Arts
Martin Malave Dilan (B.A. 1984), represented District 17 in the
New York State Senate 2009–19
Bob Dole (attended 1943–1944), United States Senate Majority Leader and 1996 Republican Presidential Nominee
[3]
Bernard Edelman (B.A. 1968), Vietnam War veteran, author, editor, photographer, documentary filmmaker, public official and curator focused on the experience of fellow Vietnam War veterans
Stanley Fink (B.A. 1956), member of the New York State Assembly 1969–1986;
Speaker 1979–1986
Leonard Garment (B.A. 1946),
White House Counsel
Phillip Goldfeder (B.A. '04), Democratic New York State Assembly member from the borough of
Queens , 2011–2016.
Victor Gotbaum (B.A. 1948), labor leader
Ari Harow (B.A. 2000), former Chief of Staff of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
Cynthia Harrison (B.A. 1966), historian who taught at
George Washington University and is an advocate for
gender equality
Syed Fahad Hashmi (B.A. 2003), convicted terrorist
[4]
Dov Hikind (M.A. 1981), New York State Assemblyman representing
Brooklyn 's Assembly District 48
Herbert E. Horowitz (B.A. 1952), American Ambassador to
Gabon (1986–1989)
Rhoda Jacobs (B.A. 1962), represents District 42 in Brooklyn in the New York State Assembly, where she serves as Assistant Speaker
Ellen Jaffee (B.A. 1965), represents District 55 in the New York State Assembly
Kimberly Jean-Pierre (B.F.A. 2006), represents the 11th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly
Meir Kahane (B.A. 1954),
Israeli-American
Orthodox
rabbi , writer, and
ultra-nationalist politician who co-founded the
Jewish Defense League and served one term in Israel's
Knesset
Roberta Kalechofsky (B.A. 1952), writer, feminist, and animal rights activist; founder of Jews for Animal Rights
Abraham Katz (1926–2013) - diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
Vera Katz (B.A. 1955), mayor of
Portland, Oregon , 1993–2005
Ivan Lafayette (B.A. 1951), member of the New York State Assembly since 1977 and Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly since 2006
Sy Landy (B.A. 1952),
Trotskyist politician, co-founder of the
League for the Revolutionary Party
Howard L. Lasher (B.A. 1965), New York State Assemblyman and
New York City Councilman ; first Orthodox Jew elected to state office in New York
Burton Levin (B.A. 1952), US Ambassador to
Burma
Mark Lowenthal (B.A. 1969),
CIA 's Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production 2002–2005, where he was a key coordinator and valuator of the
National Intelligence Estimate on
Iraq leading up to
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Alan Maisel (Adv. Cert. 1990), New York State Assemblyman representing District 59
Marty Markowitz (B.A. 1970), New York State Senator;
Brooklyn
Borough President (2001–2013)
George Martinez (B.A 1998), educator, activist, artist, and hip-hop political pioneer
Mel Miller (B.A. 1961), member of the New York State Assembly 1971–1991;
Speaker 1987–1991
Joan Millman (B.A. 1962), New York State Assemblywoman representing District 52
Elvin Nimrod , Grenada Minister for Legal Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Manfred Ohrenstein (B.A. 1948), New York State Senate Minority Leader
Joseph Pennacchio (B.S. 1976), represents the
26th Legislative district in the New Jersey Senate
N. Nick Perry (B.A. 1978), New York State Assemblyman, District 58 (1993–2022);
United States Ambassador to Jamaica since 2022
Mary Pinkett (B.A. 1974), first African-American
New York City Councilwoman , serving the 28th and 35th districts from 1974 to 2001
Harvey Pitt (B.A. 1965), Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lucille Mason Rose (B.A. 1963),
African-American civil servant and first woman
Deputy Mayor of
New York City
Robert Rosenthal (B.A. 1938), highly decorated World War II pilot and assistant to the U.S. prosecutor at the
Nuremberg Trials
Gene Russianoff (B.A. 1974), staff attorney and chief spokesman for the
Straphangers Campaign , New York City-based public transport advocacy group
Edward Sagarin (B.A. 1961),
sociologist , pseudonymously wrote The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach (1951), considered one of the most influential works in the history of the
gay rights movement
John L. Sampson (B.A. 1987), represents District 19 in the New York State Senate where he serves in a leadership position as chairman of the Democratic Conference.
Bernie Sanders (attended 1959–1960), United States Senator for Vermont
[5]
James Sanders, Jr. (B.A. 1984), represents the 10th Senatorial District in the New York State Senate
Bernice Sandler (B.A. 1948), the 'Godmother of Title IX'
Sam Schwartz , aka "Gridlock Sam" (B.S. 1969),
transportation engineer , believed responsible for popularizing the word
gridlock
Murray Seeman (B.A. 1934), lawyer, real estate developer, and community leader
Frank Serpico (A.A. 1959), New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer famous for testifying against police corruption
Al Sharpton (1975), civil rights activist
Norman Siegel (B.A. 1965), director of the
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 1985–2000
Susan Silbey (B.A. 1962), sociologist at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , best known for her work on popular
legal consciousness
David Sive (B.A. 1943), attorney, environmentalist, and professor of
environmental law , who has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of
United States environmental law
Eleanor Sobel (B.A. 1967), State Representative in the
Florida House of Representatives , 1998–2006
Pamela Talkin (B.S. 1968, M.A. 1971), Marshal of the
Supreme Court of the United States and the first woman to hold this position
William L. Taylor (B.A. 1952), attorney and civil rights advocate
[6]
Seymour R. Thaler (B.A. 1940), member of the New York State Senate 1959–1971
Mark Treyger (B.A. 2005, M.A. 2009, M.S.Ed 2012), member of the
New York City Council , representing District 47
Beatrice N. Vaccara (B.A. 1943), economist and
economic statistician ; head of the Bureau of Industrial Economics at the
United States Department of Commerce
Eliezer Waldman (B.A. 1959), Israeli rabbi and former politician who served as a member of the
Knesset for
Tehiya between 1984 and 1990
Benjamin Ward (B.A. 1960), first African American
New York City Police Commissioner , 1983–89
John Earl Warren Jr. (Attended 1965–66),
United States Army officer and a recipient of the
Medal of Honor for his actions in the
Vietnam War .
Iris Weinshall (B.A. 1975), vice chancellor at the
City University of New York and Commissioner of the
New York City Department of Transportation
Moses M. Weinstein (B.A. 1934), lawyer and politician
Warren Weinstein (B.A. 1963), contractor; director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates kidnapped by
al-Qaeda in August 2011 and killed in January 2015 by a US-led drone strike on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Saul Weprin (B.A. 1948), member of the New York State Assembly 1973–1994;
Speaker 1991–1994
Jumaane Williams (B.A. 2001, M.A. 2005), Democratic politician, member of the New York City Council
Lynne Williams (M.A. 1975),
Maine politician and former chairperson of the
Maine Green Independent Party
Maxine Wolfe (B.A. 1961), activist for
AIDS ,
civil rights ,
lesbian rights , and
reproductive rights
Stanley Yolles (B.A. 1939), psychiatrist head of the
National Institute of Mental Health from 1964 to 1970
Jack B. Weinstein
Roger Andewelt (B.A. 1967), judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 2001
Noach Dear (B.S. 1975),
New York Supreme Court judge
Patricia DiMango (B.A. 1973), television personality and former
justice of the
Supreme court of
Kings County ,
New York
David Friedman (B.A. 1971), Associate Justice of the New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Arthur Gonzalez (M.S. 1976),
United States Bankruptcy Court Judge for the
Southern District of New York , presided over the bankruptcy proceedings for
WorldCom ,
Enron , and
Chrysler
Sterling Johnson, Jr. (B.A. 1963), senior
United States district judge for the
Eastern District of New York
Edward R. Korman (B.A. 1963), Senior Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Doris Ling-Cohan (B.A. 1976), judge on the
New York State Supreme Court
Rosemary S. Pooler (B.A. 1959), Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit
Deborah Poritz (B.A. 1958), first female
Chief Justice ,
New Jersey
State Supreme Court ; first female New Jersey
Attorney General , 1994–96
Jason K. Pulliam (B.A. 1995; M.A. 1997),
United States federal judge for the
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Joel Harvey Slomsky (B.A. 1967),
United States federal judge for the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
William C. Thompson (B.A. 1949), Brooklyn's first African American State Senator; Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jack B. Weinstein (B.A. 1943),
Columbia Law School professor and Senior Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Benjamin Brafman (B.A. 1971), prominent
criminal defense attorney
George Carroll (B.A. 1943), lawyer who was important civic figure in
Contra Costa County, California and the city of
Richmond
Jay Goldberg (B.A. 1954), trial attorney, formerly a member of the
Justice Department in the
Kennedy administration
Robert M. Kaufman (B.A. 1951), attorney, partner with the law firm
Proskauer Rose , and former president of the
New York City Bar Association
Harvey R. Miller (B.A. 1954), bankruptcy lawyer with
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Jay Neveloff (B.A.1971), real estate lawyer with the law firm
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel known for representing
Donald Trump and his companies.
Emanuel Quint (B.A. 1949), rabbi, lawyer, and co-founder of
Touro College
Madeline Amgott (B.A. 1942),
television news television producer
Charlotte Brooks (B.A. 1940), photographer and photojournalist
Stu Bykofsky (B.A. 1965), journalist and columnist for the
Philadelphia Daily News
Thom Calandra (B.A. 1979), founding editor and chief columnist for
CBS MarketWatch.com
John Cigna (A.A. 1956), radio personality at
KDKA-AM in
Pittsburgh , 1973–2001
Stan Fischler (B.A 1954), journalist, historian, hockey broadcaster, five-time
Emmy award winner, and member of the
Hockey Hall of Fame
Sylvan Fox (B.A. 1951), journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Marc Frons (B.A. 1977),
Chief Technology Officer of The New York Times
Gayle Gardner (B.A. 1969), American
sportscaster who worked for
ESPN and
NBC Sports ; the first female sports anchor to appear weekly on a major network and first woman to do televised
play-by-play of a
baseball game
Dele Giwa (B.A. 1977),
Nigerian journalist, editor and founder of
Newswatch magazine; killed by mail bomb in his home
Robert Greenfield (B.A. 1967), author, journalist and screenwriter
Dorie Greenspan (B.A. 1969), American author of cookbooks,
New York Times columnist,
James Beard Foundation Award award winner.
Yossi Klein Halevi (B.A. 1975), Israeli journalist; columnist for
The New Republic
Charles Lachman (B.A. 1974), Executive Producer of the news magazine program
Inside Edition
Victor Lasky (B.A 1940), Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and
syndicated newspaper columnist
Victoria Law (B.A. 2002), anarchist activist, and writer; co-founder of
Books Through Bars
Don Lemon (B.A. 1996),
news anchor , CNN
Marvin E. Newman (B.A. 1949), artist and photographer
Stanley Newman (B.S. 1973), puzzle creator, editor, and publisher
Stanley Penn , journalist, won a
Pulitzer Prize for National Affairs Reporting
Ekerete Udoh (M.A. 2006),
Nigerian politician, former columnist in
ThisDay Newspaper , and Chief Press Secretary to
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel , the
Ibom State Governor
Abraham Rabinovich (B.A. 1956), Israeli historian and journalist
Milt Rosenberg (B.A. 1946), host of Extension 720 on
WGN Radio in Chicago, Illinois.
Harold Schonberg (B.A. 1937), Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic and journalist, most notably for The New York Times
Allan Sloan (B.A. 1966), financial journalist; Senior Editor-at-Large for
Fortune Magazine
Dorothy Sucher [B.A. 1954], her reporting for a Maryland newspaper led to landmark Supreme Court case, Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler , which the paper won; author
Barry Sussman (B.A. 1956), editor, author, and public opinion analyst; city news editor at
The Washington Post at the time of the
Watergate break-in
Maia Szalavitz (B.A. 1991), reporter, author of
Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids
Glenn Thrush (B.A. 1990), journalist, pundit, and author. He has been the
White House
correspondent for
The New York Times since 2017
Gina Trapani (M.S 1998), tech blogger,
web developer , writer, and founder of the
Lifehacker blog
Annie Baker
Sam Levenson
Frank McCourt
Gloria Naylor
Peter Nero
Kwesi Abbensetts (B.A. 2012),
Guyanese photographer based in
New York City
Cecile Abish (B.A. 1953), artist known for sculpture and photography
Sam Abrams (B.A. 1958), "The Old Pothead Poet",
Rochester Institute of Technology professor,
Whitman scholar
Jack Adler (B.A. 1942), award-winning cover artist and
colorist for
DC Comics
Jack Agüeros (B.A. 1964),
Puerto Rican community activist, poet, writer, translator, and director of the
Museo del Barrio in New York City
Saladin Ahmed (M.F.A. 2002),
Arab-American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet
Mario Amaya (B.A. 1954), art critic; shot by
Valerie Solanas during her assassination attempt on
Andy Warhol
Suzanne Anker (B.A. 1967), visual artist, theorist and pioneer in
Bio Art
Rilla Askew (M.F.A 1989),
Oklahoma -based short story writer and novelist
Helène Aylon (B.A. 1960), multimedia
ecofeminist artist
Annie Baker (M.F.A. 2009),
Pulitzer Prize -winning playwright
Huáscar Barradas (B.M. 1987), Venezuelan
flautist and Professor of flute at the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales in
Caracas
Clare Barron (M.F.A. 2016), playwright and actor, won the 2015
Obie Award for Playwriting for You Got Older and was a finalist for the 2019
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Dance Nation
Jennifer Bartlett (M.A. 2004), poet, editor, and disability activist
Chloë Bass (M.F.A. 2011), American
conceptual artist who works in performance and
social practice
Gina Beavers (M.SEd, 2005), Greek-American painter, whose subject include food, makeup, and
viral images , often in
bas-relief
Paul Beatty (M.F.A. 1989),
African American poet, novelist, and critic
Betty T. Bennett (B.A. 1962), scholar on the life of
Frankenstein author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ,
Distinguished Professor of Literature and
Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences at
American University
Eddie Berganza (B.A. 1986), Group Editor for
DC Comics
Karen Berger (B.A. 1979), editor of DC Comics'
Vertigo imprint
Anselm Berrigan (M.F.A. 1998), poet and teacher and artistic director of the
St. Mark's Poetry Project from 2003 to 2007
Florence Bonime (B.A. 1975), American novelist; published under the name Florence Cummings
Michael Bradford (M.F.A. 2000), playwright and former artistic director of the
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Himan Brown (B.A. 1934), radio pioneer; producer of radio programming, including the
Inner Sanctum Mysteries and the
CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Anatole Broyard (attended 1937–41, did not graduate), writer, literary critic and editor for The New York Times
Madelyn Byrne (M.M. 1993), noted composer of both acoustic and
computer music
Emil Cadoo (B.A. 1952), American photographer
Sylvia Cassedy (B.A. 1951),
children's and
young adult fiction author, best known for her 1983 novel
Behind the Attic Wall
Allen Cohen (B.A. 1962), poet, founder and editor of the
San Francisco Oracle
underground newspaper (1966–68)
Garrard Conley (M.F.A. 2020), American author and
LGBTQ activist known for his autobiography
Boy Erased: A Memoir
Michael Corris (B.A. 1970), artist,
art historian , and writer on art
Patricia Cronin (M.F.A. 1988),
Rome Prize -winning feminist visual artist
Amanda Davis (M.F.A. 1998), writer; author of "Wonder When You'll Miss Me"
J. M. DeMatteis (B.A. 1976), writer of comic books
Thomas Devaney (MFA 1998), poet and 2014
Pew Fellow in the Arts
Kristoffer Díaz (MFA, 2009), American playwright, screenwriter, and educator; finalist for the 2010
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Dan DiDio (B.A. 1983), comic book editor and executive for
DC Comics
Sante D'Orazio (B.A. 1978), fashion photographer
Natalie Edgar (B.A. 1953),
abstract expressionist painter, former critic for
ARTnews
Hillard Elkins (B.A. 1950), theatre and film producer
Stanley Ellin (B.A. 1936),
Edgar Award -winning mystery author
Yevgeniy Fiks (B.F.A. 1997), multidisciplinary, Post-Soviet
conceptual artist
Jane Freilicher (B.A. 1947), representational painter and member of the informal
New York School
Robert Friend (B.A. 1934), Israeli poet and translator
Alice Friman (B.A. 1954), poet; Poet-in-Residence at
Georgia College
Gregory William Frux (M.F.A. 1985), traditional
realist artist , working mainly in the
landscape genre
Elizabeth Gaffney (M.F.A. 1997), novelist and staff editor of
The Paris Review , 1989–2005
Elliott Galkin (B.A. 1943), music critic of
The Baltimore Sun , director of the
Peabody Institute , and sometime conductor of the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Mike Garson (B.A. 1970), pianist; has worked with
David Bowie ,
Nine Inch Nails ,
Billy Corgan ,
Free Flight , and
The Smashing Pumpkins
Ja'Tovia Gary (B.A. 2012), American artist and filmmaker whose works explore
black feminist themes
Joe Glazer (B.A. 1938),
folk musician often referred to as "labor's troubadour"
Eunice Golden (M.F.A. 1980), American
feminist painter
David Gordon (B.F.A. 1956), dancer, choreographer, theatre director, writer
Shirley Gorelick (B.A. 1944), painter of psychological realism
Richard Grayson (B.A. 1973, M.F.A. 1976), writer, political activist and performance artist
Irving Greenfield (B.A. 1950), prolific author of more than 300 novels
Roya Hakakian (B.S. 1990), Jewish
Iranian-American writer
Jean Halpert–Ryden (attended in the 1930s), painter
[7]
John Harlacher (B.A. 2000), actor, stage director, and filmmaker responsible for the horror film
Urchin (2007)
Irving Harper (B.A. 1937), noted 20th-century industrial designer
Marvin Heiferman (B.A. 1968), influential American photography curator and writer
Michelle Herman (B.A. 1976), writer and Professor of English at
Ohio State University , and director of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing
Lee Israel (B,A, 1961), noted author who became a literary
forger and
thief ; subject of 2018 film
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Angela Jansen (B.A. 1951) American painter, sculptor, print-maker and photographer
Chester Kallman (B.A. 1941), poet, librettist, and translator; collaborator with
W. H. Auden
Howard Kaminsky (B.A. 1961), publisher, author and film producer
Karen Karnes (B.A. 1946), ceramist, known for her earth-toned stoneware ceramics
Ben Katchor (B.A. 1975), cartoonist, creator of
Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer
Ada Katz (B.S. 1950), wife and model of
Alex Katz
Sibyl Kempson (M.F.A. 2007), playwright and performer
Daniel Keyes (B.A. 1950. M.A. '61), author known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel
Flowers for Algernon
Amirtha Kidambi (M.M. 2012),
Jazz musician (vocal,
harmonium , composition)
Binnie Kirshenbaum (M.F.A. 1984), novelist, short story writer,
Columbia University creative writing professor
Sibyl Kempson (M.F.A. 2007), playwright and performer
Frances Koncan (M.F.A. 2013)
Anishinaabe -
Slovene journalist, theater director, and playwright from
Couchiching First Nation who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Frances Kornbluth (B.A. 1940),
abstract expressionist painter
Marni Kotak (M.F.A. 2006), artist known for her durational performance/exhibition "The Birth of Baby X," in which she gave birth to her son
Margia Kramer (B.A. 1961), documentary visual artist, writer and activist
Albert Kresch (B.A. 1943),
New York School painter and one of the original members of the Jane Street Gallery
Bernard Krigstein (B.A. 1940), illustrator and gallery artist who received acclaim for his innovative and influential approach to comic book art, notably in
EC Comics
Jacqueline Kudler (B.A. 1956), poet and educator who lived in
Sausalito, California
Mort Künstler (B.A. 1946), painter and illustrator of the
American Civil War
Ezra Laderman (B.A. 1950), composer of
classical music
Gabriel Laderman (B.A. 1952), painter and important exponent of the
Figurative revival
Abshalom Jac Lahav (M.F.A. 2008) Israeli-born, New York City–based artist known for his portraits of historical figures in modern contexts
Young Jean Lee (M.F.A. 2005),
OBIE Award -winning playwright and director of
experimental theater , artistic director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company
Alan Lelchuk (B.A. 1960), novelist
Sam Levenson (B.A. 1934), humorist, author
Fred Lonberg-Holm (B.M. 1988), cello player and composer
Leonard Lopate (B.A. 1967), host of the
public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show , broadcast on
WNYC
Robert Lyons (M.F.A. 2010), writer, playwright and director, best known as the artistic director the two-time
OBIE Award -winning
New Ohio Theatre in New York City
Jackson Mac Low (B.A. 1958), poet, performance artist, composer and playwright
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (M.F.A. 2011), Indo-Afro-Caribbean American theater director, playwright, producer and activist.
John Mahon (B.A. 1952), historian, author of New York's Fighting 69th
Wallace Markfield (B.A. 1947), comic novelist, film critic
Paule Marshall (B.A. 1953), author, novelist (
Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959),
Praisesong for the Widow (1983))
Cris Mazza (M.F.A. 1983), novelist, short story and non-fiction writer
Frank McCourt (M.A. 1967), Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Angela's Ashes and
'Tis
Dennis McFarland (B.A. 1975), novelist; The Music Room (1990)
Michael McKenzie (B.A. 1973), artist, publisher, curator, and writer
Murray Mednick (B.A. 1962), playwright
Sharon Mesmer (M.F.A. 1990), writer and poet of the
Flarf poetry movement
Annette Michelson (B.A. 1948), art and film critic and writer whose work contributed to the fields of
cinema studies and the
avant-garde in visual culture
Chiori Miyagawa (M.F.A. 1992), Japanese-born American playwright, poet, dramaturg, and fiction writer
Richard P. Minsky (B.A. 1968), scholar of
bookbinding and a
book artist
Emily Mitchell (M.F.A. 2005), Anglo-American novelist
Norman Narotzky (B.A. 1949), American and Spanish artist living in
Barcelona ; known for
abstractionism as well as
figurative painting and transitional styles
Gloria Naylor (B.A. 1981), novelist; Winner
National Book Award
Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow; B.A. 1956),
Grammy Award -winning pianist; conductor; composer
Harold Norse (B.A. 1938), poet and novelist
Marco Oppedisano (B.M. 1996), guitarist and composer of
electroacoustic music
Iris Owens (B.A. 1951), also known by her
pseudonym , Harriet Daimler, American novelist
Maia Cruz Palileo (M.F.A. 2008), artist
Victor Perera (B.A. 1956), Guatemalan-born author and journalist primarily concerned with
Latin America and
Sephardic Jewry
Angelo Parra (M.F.A. 1995), playwright
Benjamin Jason Parris (B.S. 1984), educator, museum planner, and author of fantasy series Wade of Aquitaine
Lincoln Peirce (M.F.A. 1987), cartoonist of the comic strip
Big Nate
Jed Perl (M.F.A. 1974),
art critic , formerly with
The New Republic from 1994 to 2014
Robert Phillips (M.A. 1982), Classical guitarist, composer, educator, and Head of Performing Arts at All Saints' Academy
Rosalie Purvis (M.F.A. 2007),
Dutch American theatre director and choreographer
Anna Rabinowitz (B.A. 1953), poet,
librettist , editor and editor emerita of American Letters & Commentary
Burton Raffel (B.A. 1948), teacher, poet and translator of
Beowulf ,
Horace ,
Rabelais and
Cervantes
Naomi Ragen (B.A. 1971), American-Israeli author, playwright and
women's rights activist
Elaine Reichek (B.A. 1963), New York-based visual artist, whose work often concerns the history of the embroidered
sampler
Eleanor Reissa (B.A. 1974) American actress, singer, theatre director, playwright,
librettist ; performs in English and
Yiddish , specializing in
Yiddish theatre and songs
Naomi Rosenblum (B.A. 1948), historian of photography, author of A World History of Photography (1984) and A History of Women Photographers (1994)
Martha Rosler (B.A. 1965), artist active in video, photo-text,
installation , and
performance
Norman Rosten (B.A. 1935), poet, playwright, novelist,
Poet Laureate of
Brooklyn (1979–1995)
Matthue Roth (M.F.A. 2014), columnist, author, poet,
spoken word performer,
video game designer , and screenwriter.
Theodore Isaac Rubin (B.A. 1946), psychiatrist and author; wrote story for the film
David and Lisa (1962)
Howard Sackler (B.A. 1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter and playwright, known for 1967 play
The Great White Hope
Ellen R. Sandor (B.A. 1963),
new media artist and photography collector; proponent of
PHSColograms , art that combines photography,
holography , sculpture, and
computer graphics
Kristina "Tina" Satter (M.F.A. 2008), playwright and director
Sapphire (M.F.A. 1995), author and
performance poet , author of the novel Push (1996)
Millicent Selsam (B.A. 1932),
children's author
Irwin Shaw (born Irwin Shamforoff; B.A. 1934), playwright, screenwriter, and short-story author and novelist (
The Young Lions ,
Rich Man, Poor Man ); winner of two
O. Henry Awards
Sara Shepard (M.F.A. 2005), author known for the bestselling
Pretty Little Liars and
The Lying Game book series; both were developed into television series on
ABC Family
Shraga Silverstein (B.A. 1940, M.A. 1954) Rabbi, educator and prolific author and translator
Walter Skolnik (B.A. 1955), composer and
musical educator
Jan Slepian (B.A. 1971), author of books for
children and
young adult fiction
Robert Kimmel Smith (B.A. 1951), children's author, known for
Chocolate Fever (1972) and
Jane's House (1982)
Sasson Soffer (B.A. 1954),
abstract painter and sculptor
Gilbert Sorrentino (B.A. 1957), novelist, short story writer, poet,
literary critic , and editor
Laurie Spiegel (B.A. 1975), electronic-music composer, inventor
Ed Spielman (A.A. 1965), writer and producer, one of the
creators of the TV series
Kung Fu ; also creator of the TV series
The Young Riders and
Dead Man's Gun
Jason Starr (M.F.A. 1990),
Anthony Award - and
Barry Award -winning author of
crime fiction novels and
thrillers
Claire Sterling (B.A. 1940), author and journalist, author of
The Terror Network (1981)
Ronald Tavel (B.A. 1957), screenwriter, director, novelist, poet and actor, known for his work with
Andy Warhol and
The Factory
Gregory Tague (B.A. 1979), multidisciplinary literary scholar; founder and editor of the
literary journal Literary
Veganism : An Online Journal
David Trinidad (M.F.A. 1990), poet
Alan Vega (B.A. 1960), vocalist for 1970s and 80s
electronic
protopunk duo
Suicide
Jericho Vincent (B.A. 2007), author and memoirist; Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood (2014)
Chiqui Vicioso (B.A. 1979), poet, writer, sociologist and
Dominican diplomat
Malvin Wald (B.A. 1936), screenwriter, authored the 1948 police drama
The Naked City
Nari Ward (M.F.A. 1992),
Jamaican -born artist based in New York City whose work is often composed of
found objects from his neighborhood, and "address issues related to
consumer culture , poverty, and
race "
Marion Winik (M.F.A. 1983), journalist and author, best known for her work on
NPR 's
All Things Considered
Richard Winston (B.A. 1939) and
Clara Brussel Winston (B.A. 1939), translators of
Thomas Mann ,
Franz Kafka ,
Hannah Arendt ,
Albert Speer ,
Hermann Hesse , and
Rolf Hochhuth .
Leah Nanako Winkler (M.F.A. 2018),
Japanese American playwright whose play God Said This won the 2018 Yale Drama Series Prize.
Adrianne Wortzel (B.A. 1964), contemporary artist who uses robotics
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright (M.F.A 1987),
New Romantic poet associated with
St. Mark's Poetry Project
John Yau (M.F.A. 1978), critic, essayist, poet, and prose writer
Rafi Zabor (B.A. 1967),
music journalist - and musician-turned-novelist
Malcah Zeldis (B.A. 1972), twentieth century Jewish American
folk painter
Alan Zelenetz (B.A. 1970), film producer and
comic-book writer, co-creator if the series
Alien Legion for the
Marvel Comics imprint
Epic Comics , and a founder of
Ovie Entertainment
Feenie Ziner (B.A. 1941), American children's literature writer and professor at the
University of Connecticut
Harriet Zinnes (M.A. 1944), American poet, fiction writer, translator, art critic, literary scholar and professor
J. David Bleich (B.A. 1960), authority on
Jewish law and ethics, including
Jewish medical ethics
Bhikkhu Bodhi (B.A. 1966), American
Buddhist monk , second president of the
Buddhist Publication Society , 1984–2002
Reeve Brenner (B.A. 1958),
Reform
rabbi , inventor and author
Robert H. Cochrane (B.A. 1948), bishop of the
Diocese of Olympia in
the Episcopal Church
Mariano Di Gangi (B.A. 1943), prominent minister of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC)
Theodore Drange (B.A. 1955),
philosopher of religion and
Professor Emeritus at
West Virginia University , noted for his
Argument from nonbelief
Israel Dresner (B.A. 1948), American
Reform
rabbi who was instrumental in the
Civil Rights Movement , and a close friend to Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Sylvia Ettenberg (B.A 1938), Jewish educator and one of the founders of the
Camp Ramah camping movement
Susie Fishbein (B.A. 1986),
Orthodox Jewish
kosher
cookbook author, and cooking teacher
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (B.A. 1961), senior disciple and biographer of
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , founder of the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
Blu Greenberg (B.A. 1957), co-founder and first president of the
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance ; active in the movement to bridge Judaism and
feminism
Jonathan Greenstein (B.S. 1989, M.S. 1991), antique
Judaica authentication expert
David Weiss Halivni (B.A. 1953), American-
Israeli
rabbi , scholar in the domain of
Jewish Sciences and professor of
Talmud
Norma Joseph (B.A. 1966), Canadian professor, Orthodox Jewish feminist, and activist
Adina Miles (B.A. 2009, M.S. 2012), better known as FlatbushGirl , comedian, activist and political candidate, who has attracted attention for her challenges to Orthodox Jewish standards for women
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow (B.A. 1955),
Hasidic
rebbe and
rosh yeshiva , current
Novominsker
Rebbe
Shais Rishon (B.A. 2005), pen name
MaNishtana , an African-American
Orthodox
rabbi , activist, and writer
Larry Rosenberg (B.A. 1954), American
Buddhist teacher and proponent of
anapanasati (mindful breath meditation)
Henry Rosenblum (B.A. 1969),
hazzan (cantor) of the Forest Hills Jewish Center in
Queens, NY and Dean of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1998–2010
Jacob J. Schacter (B.A. 1973), University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at
Yeshiva University
Pinchas Stolper (B.A. 1952),
Orthodox
rabbi , writer, and spokesman
Herbert Tarr (B.A. 1949),
Reform
rabbi who left his pulpit to become a novelist and
humorist
Eliezer Waldman (B.A. 1959), Israeli
Orthodox
rabbi and former politician, who served as a member of the
Knesset for
Tehiya between 1984 and 1990
Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (B.A. 1962), Executive Vice President Emeritus of the
Orthodox Union
Isaiah Zeldin (B.A. 1941) rabbi
Chaim Dovid Zwiebel (B.A. 1975), Executive Vice President of
Agudath Israel of America
Biochemistry and chemistry
Stanley Cohen
Samuel Ajl (B.A. 1945),
microbiologist and biochemist; expert in
microbial toxins
Stanley Cohen (B.A. 1943), biochemist and
Nobel laureate (
Physiology or Medicine , 1986)
Martha Greenblatt (B.S. 1962), chemist at
Rutgers University , received the 2003
American Chemical Society 's
Garvan-Olin Medal
Arthur R. Grossman (B.S. 1973), biologist whose research ranges across
plant biology ,
microbiology ,
marine biology ,
phytochemistry , and
photosynthesis
Alan Lambowitz (B.S. 1968), professor in Molecular Biosciences and
Oncology at the
University of Texas at Austin , pioneer of bio-molecular processes and concepts, such as
intron splicing
Jerry March (M.S. 1953), chemist and author of March's Advanced Organic Chemistry
Alexander H. Popkin (B.S. 1934), scientist and prolific inventor, developed
synthetic lubricant for car and truck engines and Esso Extra Gasoline, containing a detergent additive advertisers claimed "Put a Tiger in Your Tank"
Barnett Rosenberg (B.S. 1948),
chemist , known for his discovery of the anti-cancer drug
cisplatin
Howard Sachs (B.S. 1949), biochemist; pioneer the study of
neuroendocrinology
Nicholas Sand (B.A. 1966),
clandestine chemist and early proponent of
psychedelics
Seymour Shapiro (B.S. 1935),
organic chemist , known for his pioneering work on a class of drugs used to treat symptoms of
adult-onset diabetes
Karen Joy Shaw (B.S. 1976), American
microbiologist and discoverer of novel
antifungal and
antibacterial compounds
Harry Wiener (B.S. 1945) chemist, physician and psychologist, and pioneer in cheminformatics and chemical graph theory
Martin Goetz (B.A. 1953), pioneer in the development of the commercial software industry; holds the first U.S.
software patent
Lawrence Landweber (B.S. 1963), Internet pioneer, helped develop
CSNET , founding member and president of the
Internet Society
Jack Minker (B.S. 1949), authority in
artificial intelligence ,
deductive databases ,
logic programming and
non-monotonic reasoning
George Radin (B.A. 1951)
computer scientist , helped develop the
PL/I programming language and design the
OS/360 and
TSS/360 systems
Gerard Salton (B.S. 1950), pioneering computer scientist in the field of
information retrieval
Joan Targ (B.A. 1960), pioneer in computer education and older sister of chess champion
Bobby Fischer
Milton Abramowitz (B.A. 1940, M.S. 1942), mathematician, co-author of the
Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables (1964)
Ruth Aaronson Bari (B.A. 1939), mathematician known for her work in
graph theory and
homomorphisms
Richard Bellman (B.A. 1941),
applied mathematician and inventor of
dynamic programming
Sol Garfunkel (B.A. 1963), mathematician and long-time executive director of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications
Edna Grossman (B.S. 1968), mathematician
Frank Harary (B.A. 1941, M.A. 1945), mathematician, specializing in
graph theory
William Kantor (B.S. 1964), mathematician, specializing in
group theory and geometry.
Julian Keilson (B.S. 1947), mathematician, known for his work in
probability theory
Seymour Lipschutz (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1956), author of technical books on
pure mathematics and
probability , including a collection of
Schaum's Outlines
Abraham Nemeth (B.S. 1940), mathematician and inventor; developed the
Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation
Gloria Olive (B.A. 1944), New Zealand academic mathematician
Stanley Osher (B.A. 1962), pioneering mathematician in applied mathematics, computational science, and scientific computing
Donald Solitar (B.A. 1953), mathematician, known for his work in
combinatorial group theory ; the
Baumslag–Solitar groups are named after him and
Gilbert Baumslag , after their joint 1962 paper on these groups
Alexander Calandra (B.A 1935), scientist, educator, and author, professor of physics at
Washington University in St. Louis
Esther M. Conwell (B.S. 1942), physicist, contributed to development of semiconductors and lasers
Stanley Deser (B.S. 1949),
physicist known for his contributions to
general relativity , especially as co-developer of
ADM formalism , Ancell Professor of Physics at
Brandeis University
Robert Ehrlich (B.S. 1959), American
particle physicist and educator; author of books about the
tachyon , a hypothetical particle that travels faster than light
Jerry Goldstein (B.S. 1993), space physicist and professor
David L. Goodstein (B.S. 1960), physicist, educator, and Vice-
Provost and Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor of the
California Institute of Technology
Abraham Klein (B.A. 1947), theoretical physicist
Arthur Oliner (B.A. 1941), physicist and electrical engineer, best known for his contributions to engineering electromagnetics and
antenna theory
Leon Pape (B.S. 1949),
medical physicist specializing in
biophysics , radiological
health physics ,
electron microscopy , and membrane biophysics
Charles M. Sommerfield (B.S. 1953),
high-energy physicist and one of the namesakes of the
Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound
Larry Spruch (B.A. 1943), physicist specializing in theoretical
atomic physics and
astrophysics
Sheldon Stone (B.S. 1967), physicist at
Syracuse University best known for his work in experimental elementary particle physics, including the
Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment
Martin Summerfield (B.S. 1936),
physicist and
rocket scientist , co-founder of
Aerojet , and the inventor of
regenerative cooling for
liquid rocket engines
Psychiatry and Psychology
David Bakan (B.A. 1942), Professor of Psychology at the
University of Chicago and
York University
Robert A. Baron (B.A. 1964), Professor of Psychology and Wellington Professor of Management at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 's
Lally School of Management
Jack Block (b.a. 1945),
psychology professor at
UC Berkeley , creator, with his wife
Jeanne Block , of the
Block Study , a longitudinal study of children in Los Angeles
Jason Brandt (B.A. 1975), professor emeritus of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Neurology at
The Johns Hopkins University ; clinical neuropsychologist
William Breitbart (B.S. 1973),
psychiatrist , leader in the fields of
psychosomatic medicine ,
psycho-oncology , and
palliative care
Jean Lau Chin (B.A. 1966), American
clinical psychologist known for her work on diversity in
leadership ,
cultural competence in
mental health care , and Dean of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology at
Adelphi University
Emory L. Cowen (B.A. 1944),
psychologist who pioneered the promotion of wellness in mental health
Leah J. Dickstein (B.A. 1955, M.A. 1961), American psychiatrist; founder and president of the Association of Women Psychiatrists
Jack Drescher (B.A. 1972), psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst known for his work on
sexual orientation and
gender identity
Herbert J. Freudenberger (B.A. 1952),
psychologist , first to describe the symptoms of exhaustion professionally and conduct a comprehensive study on
burnout
Marvin Goldfried (B.A. 1957), psychologist, co-founder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration
Howard E. Gruber (B.A. 1943), psychologist and pioneer of the psychological study of creativity
Howard S. Hoffman (M.A. 1953), experimental psychologist
David Kantor (B.A 1950, M.A. 1952),
systems psychologist
Louise Kaplan (B.A. 1950),
psychologist and psychoanalyst best known for her research into sexual perversion and
fetishism
Saul Kassin (B.A. 1974), psychologist, author, and distinguished professor at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York
Herbert Kelman (B.A. 1947), professor of
social ethics at
Harvard University , known for his work on conflict resolution in the
Middle East
Howard H. Kendler (B.A. 1940), psychologist who conducted research on
latent and
discrimination learning
Zella Luria (B.A. 1944), American
psychologist and
feminist , known for her pioneering work on the development of
gender identity
Carol Nadelson (B.A. 1957), American psychiatrist; first female president of the
American Psychiatric Association
Ira Progoff (B. A. 1941),
psychotherapist , best known for his development of the
Intensive Journal Method
Leanne Rivlin (B.A. 1952), pioneer in
environmental psychology
Milton Rokeach (B.A. 1941), professor of
social psychology and developer of the
Rokeach Value Survey
Julian Rotter (B.A. 1937), psychologist, pioneered research on locus of control
Janina Scarlet (B.A. 2005, M.A. 2008) Ukrainian-born American author and
clinical psychologist known for utilizing
popular culture references in treating patients
Francine Shapiro (B.A. 1968, MA, 1972), psychologist and educator who originated and developed
EMDR
Irwin Silverman (B.A. 1958), professor of psychology at
York University , best known for work in
evolutionary psychology and
sex differences in intelligence
Roberta Temes (B.A. 1962), author, psychotherapist, and clinical
hypnotist
Dorothy Tennov (B.A. 1950), psychologist, introduced the term "
limerence " to describe the state of being in love
Hans Toch (B.A. 1952), prolific author and
social psychologist involved in
criminology and
criminal justice administration
Rhoda Unger (B.A. 1960), feminist psychologist, pioneering figure in the
Association for Women in Psychology
Beatrice A. Wright (B.A. 1938), psychologist known for her work in
rehabilitation counseling
Philip Zimbardo (B.A. 1954),
social psychologist and designer of the
Stanford Prison Experiment
Annette Aiello (B.A. 1972),
entomologist at the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ; specialist in
butterflies
Seymour Benzer (B.A. 1942), physicist, molecular biologist and
behavioral geneticist .
Baruch Brody (B.A. 1962),
bioethicist and director of the Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues at The
Baylor College of Medicine
Wylie Burke (B.A. 1970),
bioethicist and professor emerita at the
University of Washington , authority on the
translation of novel genomic technologies
Florence Comite (B.A. 1973),
endocrinologist who has developed therapies for
osteoporosis ,
endometriosis ,
fibroid disease , and
infertility
Felice Frankel (B.S. 1966), photographer of scientific images who has received multiple awards, both for the
aesthetic quality of her science photographs
Eli Friedman (B.S. 1953),
nephrologist , inventor of the first portable
dialysis machine
Herbert Friedman (B.S. 1936), pioneer in the use of
sounding rockets to conduct research for
solar physics ,
aeronomy , and
astronomy ; Wolf Prize in Physics
William Martin Gelbart (B.S. 1966), American geneticist at Harvard University best known for his work with fly genetics, the discovery of
decapentaplegic (dpp), and the formation of
Flybase
Leon Glass , (B.S. 1963), scientist; pioneered mathematical and physical methods to study biological systems, with special interest in vision, cardiac
arrhythmia , and
genetic networks
Aaron Goldberg (B.A. 1939), botanist; parasitologist; known for the
Goldberg system , a treatise on the classification, evolution and phylogeny of the
Monocotyledon and
Dicotyledons
Madelyn Gould (B.A. 1972) is the Irving Philips Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry at
Columbia University , notable for her study of youth suicide
Jay M. Gould , (B.A. 1936), statistician and
epidemiologist , founded the
Radiation and Public Health Project
Leonard Herzenberg (B.S. 1952), developed the
fluorescence-activated cell sorter which revolutionized the study of cancer cells and is the basis for purification of adult
stem cells ; recipient of the
Kyoto Prize in 2006
Howard W. Jaffe (B.A. 1942), geologist and mineralogist; a pioneer in the study of the
crystal chemistry of rock-forming minerals
Edith Kaplan (B.A. 1949), creator of several important
neuropsychological tests , including the
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination and the Boston Naming Test
Selna Kaplan (B.S. 1948), pediatric endocrinologist
Sol Katz (B.A. 1978), geologist, computer scientist, and early pioneer of Geospatial Free and Open Source Software
Joel S. Levine (B.S. 1964), planetary scientist at
NASA , author, and research professor in applied science at the
College of William & Mary
Stephen P. Maran (B.S. 1959), astronomer and
popularizer ; author of Astronomy for Dummies
Arthur Nowick (B.A. 1943),
materials scientist
William E. Paul (B.A. 1956),
immunologist and co-discoverer of
interleukin 4
Fredy Peccerelli (B.S. 1996),
forensic anthropologist , Director of the
Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation
George Plafker (B.A. 1949), geologist and seismologist, known for pioneering research in
subduction ,
tsunami , and the geology of Alaska
Flora G. Pollack (B.A. 1940),
mycologist at the
United States Department of Agriculture and the
American Type Culture Collection , best known for her work enhancing fungal preservation protocols and describing
coelomycetous fungal species
Estelle Ramey (B.A. 1936),
endocrinologist ,
physiologist , and
feminist
Michael Salzhauer (B.A. 1993), cosmetic and
plastic surgeon , author and inventor
Joseph D. Schulman (B.S. 1962), specialist in
human genetics and
infertility ; founder the Genetics & IVF Institute
Debra T. Silverman (B.A. 1970), biostatistician and epidemiologist specializing in
bladder cancer epidemiology and the
carcinogenicity of
diesel exhaust
Henry Spira (B.A. 1958), pioneering
animal rights activist
Dennis P. Tarnow (B.A. 1968), dentist and pioneer in
implant research
Edward Taub (B.S. 1953), behavioral neuroscientist on faculty at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Armin Tehrany (B.A. 1991),
orthopaedic surgeon and film producer
Wolf V. Vishniac (B.A. 1945),
microbiologist ; inventor of the "Wolf Trap," which tests for the possibility of life existing on other planets; namesake of the crater
Vishniac on
Mars
Michael Weitzman (B.A. 1968), pediatrician specializing in public health and policy including groundbreaking research on
lead poisoned children, prenatal tobacco and childhood secondhand smoke exposure, and childhood nutrition and obesity
Alex Crisano , basketball player for the
Philippine Patriots
Phil Farbman (1924–1996), basketball player in the
Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors and Boston Celtics
Nat Frankel , basketball player in the
Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the
American Basketball League (ABL)
Fran Fraschilla (B.A. 1980), basketball coach at
Manhattan College ,
St. John's University and
University of New Mexico ; now
ESPN broadcast analyst
Bill Green (M.A. 1967), basketball All-American
Mel Hirsch (B.A. 1943), professional basketball player who played for the
Boston Celtics , 1946–47
Marvin Kratter (1937), owner of
Boston Celtics
Johnny Most (B.A. 1947), sports announcer; radio voice of the
Boston Celtics
Tom Sealy , basketball player for the
Harlem Globetrotters and in the
National Basketball League
Karen Allison (B.A. 1961), American-Canadian
bridge player, winner of five national championships
Donald Aronow (B.A. 1950), designer, builder and racer of the Cigarette, Donzi, and
Formula speed boat
Clifton Bertrand (M.S.Ed 1971, Advanced Certificate 1975), Trinidadian
sprinter who competed at the
1960 Olympic Games and
1964 Olympic Games
Nina Kuscsik (B.A. 1957), retired female
long-distance runner ; first woman to officially win the
Boston Marathon
Nikki Franke (B.S. 1972), Olympic foil fencer and fencing coach
Irma Garcia (M.S. 2001),
athletics director at
St. Francis College ; first Latina athletic director in
NCAA Division I sports
Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), Olympic épée fencer
Pearson Jordan (B.S. 1990), Barbadian
sprinter who competed in the
men's 100 metres at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Allie Sherman , (B.A. 1943), President of
OTB ; NFL player and coach of the
New York Giants football team, 1961–68
Sydne Vogel (B.S. 2009), former competitive
figure skater , 1997
World Junior champion
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