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List of notable alumni and faculty of Hofstra University
The list of Hofstra University people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with
Hofstra University .
David B. Allison , class of 1987, Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor of Public Health,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Steven Feld , class of 1971, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist
Lawrence C. Levy (born 1950), executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, and journalist
Jonathan D. Moreno , BA 1973, professor at the
University of Pennsylvania ; Senior Fellow at the
Center for American Progress ; author
Sharon Oster , BA 1970, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management
Tina Park , trustee,
Los Angeles Community College District
Victor Ricciardi B.B.A. 1991, professor of business and author
Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson , visiting professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Steve Salbu (BA), dean emeritus of the
Scheller College of Business at the
Georgia Institute of Technology (2006-2014)
[1]
Morton O. Schapiro ,
President of
Northwestern University
Robert Swirsky , author, lecturer, and computer scientist
Chris Albrecht , former president and CEO of
Starz , LLC; former chairman of
HBO
Avi Arad , 1972, CEO of
Marvel Studios
Diane Garnick ,
investment manager , author
Gerald Guterman (attended), real estate investor and developer; Chairman and CEO of Guterman Partners, LLC
Charles Kushner , J.D. 1979, billionaire
real estate developer; founder and co-owner of
Kushner Properties
Ralph S. Larsen , B.B.A. 1962, chief executive officer of
Johnson & Johnson from 1989 to 2002
Richard W. Lewis , B.A., 1973, author, ABSOLUT BOOK: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story
Bernie Madoff , B.S. 1960, Wall Street investor convicted of multiple felonies related to the largest
Ponzi scheme in history
Kathryn V. Marinello , M.B.A, Chairman, CEO, and a Director of the Company for
Stream Global Services
Shawn Matthews , M.B.A., CEO of
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Robert McMahon , suspect in the 1978
Lufthansa heist
James C. Metzger , 1983, Chairman and CEO of The Whitmore Group, Ltd.
Tommy Mottola , former Chairman and CEO of
Sony Music Entertainment ; attended but did not graduate
Scott Ross , BS 1974, founder, Chairman, and CEO of
Digital Domain , Inc.
Steven C. Witkoff , J.D., real estate investor; founder of the Witkoff Group, LLC
Frank G. Zarb , former chairman of NASD, Inc. and the
Nasdaq Stock Market; current chairman of insurer
AIG
Government, law and politics
Bruce Blakeman ,
Nassau County Executive , former adjunct professor
Joseph Borg , J.D., Securities Commissioner of Alabama
Jon Bramnick , J.D., represents District 21 in the
New Jersey General Assembly
Norm Coleman , former
U.S. Senator (R-Minnesota)
Taylor Darling , Member of the
New York State Assembly
Thomas DiNapoli , 1976, former New York state assemblyman; current
New York State Comptroller
Timothy S. Driscoll , Justice of
Supreme Court of New York , Nassau County
Lenora Fulani , first woman and first African American to appear on the ballot for U.S. president in all 50 states
Owen H. Johnson , BA 1956, honorary JD '98, New York State Senator (R)
Peter S. Kalikow ,
MTA chairman
Norm Kent , BA 1971, attorney, publisher (
South Florida Gay News ), radio talk show host (Norm Kent Show ), chair of the board of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (
NORML )
Jeff Korek , New York City-based trial lawyer; partner at Gersowitz Libo & Korek, a personal injury law firm
Ron Kovic , activist, paraplegic, author of
Born on the Fourth of July
Norman F. Lent , former
U.S. Congressman , New York (R)
David A. Levy , former U.S. Congressman, New York (R)
Ed Mangano ,
Republican ,
Nassau County, NY
County Executive
Hun Many ,
Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia
Joseph Margiotta , former
Nassau County ,
Long Island Republican chairman
Mary Matalin , political consultant for the Republican Party; advisor to President
George W. Bush and Vice President
Dick Cheney (attended but did not graduate)
Richard McCormack , BA 1970, member of the
Vermont Senate
[2]
Thomas McKevitt , BS, JD, represents District 17 in the
New York State Assembly , which includes large portions of Nassau County
Joseph Mondello , BA 1962, Chairman, Nassau County (NY) Republican Committee
Robert O. Muller , JD 1974, co-founder of
International Campaign to Ban Landmines , the
Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1997
Callistus Ndlovu , Zimbabwean politician; taught history and politician science at Hofstra between 1969 and 1980
[3]
David Paterson , first African American
governor of New York ; former minority leader of the
New York State Senate
Evy Poumpouras , former U.S. Secret Service special agent
Kathleen Riebe , member of the
Utah State Senate
Howard Safir , former
New York City Police commissioner; former head of the
United States Marshals Service
Vincent Sapienza , former Commissioner of the
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Peter J. Schmitt , County Legislator of Nassau County, New York's 12th District
Luis R. Sepulveda , Member of the
New York State Senate , former Member of the
New York State Assembly
Richard Socarides , J.D., Head of Public Affairs for
Gerson Lehrman Group , former White House advisor
Maryanne Trump Barry ,
U.S. Court of Appeals
judge
Thomas C. Wales , assassinated
federal prosecutor
Film, theater, television, and radio
Scott Aharoni , film producer director and writer;
Bardo , The Untimely Gift
Avi Arad ,
film producer ; founder of Marvel Studios; producer of the Spider-Man and X-Men films
James Stacy Barbour , actor
Brian Barry ,
SAG actor,
X-Files ,
I Am Legend
Lou Berger , 1972, head writer for children's television show
Sesame Street ; winner of 10 Emmys for outstanding writing
James Caan (attended), actor,
The Godfather
Godfrey Cambridge (attended), actor, comedian,
Watermelon Man
Clifford Chapin , voice actor
Margaret Colin , actress
Alan Colmes , talk radio host, former co-host of Fox News Channel's
Hannity & Colmes
Ryan Colucci , film producer, director and writer;
Battle for Terra , Suburban Cowboy , With You , Orient City: Ronin & The Princess
Francis Ford Coppola ,
Academy Award -winning
director , producer and writer of classics including
The Godfather ,
The Godfather Part II ,
Apocalypse Now ,
Patton ,
The Outsiders ,
American Graffiti
Peter Dante , played lacrosse at Hofstra; actor;
The Waterboy ,
Big Daddy ,
Grandma's Boy
Robert Davi , actor;
Licence to Kill ,
Die Hard ,
The Goonies ,
Wiseguy
John DeBella , disc jockey,
WMGK
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Dennehy , actress
Rosemarie DeWitt , actress; granddaughter of
James Braddock
Meredith Eaton-Gilden , actress and psychologist
Steven Epstein , Sony Classical music producer
Joe Frank , radio
monologuist and playwright
Peter Friedman , actor
Lisa Glasberg , "Lisa G", radio and TV personality,
The Howard Stern Show
Adam Green ,
filmmaker , writer, director;
Hatchet ,
Spiral , and
Frozen
Ellie Greenwich , songwriter, "
Leader of the Pack ", "
Be My Baby ", "
Chapel Of Love "
Steven Haft ,
film producer and later senior executive at
AOL and
Time Inc
Rashad Haughton , writer, film director, actor, screenwriter; brother of singer, actress and model
Aaliyah
Monica Horan , actress,
Everybody Loves Raymond
Dan Ingram , disc jockey,
WCBS-FM , New York
Anthony Ingrassia , playwright, producer and director
Madeline Kahn ,
Tony Award winner for Best Actress,
The Sisters Rosensweig ; twice nominated for an
Academy Award ;
Paper Moon ,
Blazing Saddles ,
Young Frankenstein ,
High Anxiety
Lainie Kazan , actress, starred in
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Francis Kenny ,
cinematographer , 2012 ASC Presidents Award
Norm Kent , BA 1971, attorney, publisher, radio talk show host,
WFTL
Donnie Klang , solo artist,
Making the Band 4
Dennis Latos , film producer director and writer;
Bardo , The Untimely Gift
Frederic Lebow ,
screenwriter ,
While You Were Sleeping
Charles Ludlam , playwright
Tom McGowan , actor
Stewart Mead , actor and former airline pilot
Joe Morton , actor,
Terminator 2 ,
American Gangster
Katie Nolan , sports personality and television host
Lisa Ortiz , voice actress,
The Slayers ,
Pokémon ,
Sonic X
Matt Pieper , B.A. 2005, news anchor and reporter at News 12 the Bronx/Brooklyn in NYC
Andrew Rea , YouTuber and filmmaker,
Binging with Babish
Anwar Robinson , American Idol Top 10 finalist
Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson , NBA columnist, host on
MSG Networks ,
CBS Sports Radio
Robbie Rosen , B.S. 2016, American Idol contestant and EDM vocalist
Philip Rosenthal , creator, producer and writer,
Everybody Loves Raymond
Scott Ross , producer; executive; founder of
Digital Domain ; General Manager of
Industrial Light and Magic
Susan H. Schulman , theater director
Leslie Segrete , designer on TLC's
While You Were Out and
Trading Spaces
Mike Starr , screen and stage actor;
Goodfellas ,
Dumb and Dumber ,
Summer of Sam ,
The Natural ,
The Bodyguard ,
The Black Dahlia
Joey Styles , play-by-play announcer for
Extreme Championship Wrestling and
World Wrestling Entertainment
Susan Sullivan , actress
Eliot Wald , B.A. 1967, television and film writer
Mickey Waldman , received her
Juris Doctor in 1981;
WBAI radio host and producer
Christopher Walken , attended as a dance student but did not graduate; Academy Award-winning actor
Jay Wallace , president of Fox News
Emily Austin , social media influencer, sports journalist
Jean Butler , dancer and choreographer
August Darnell , aka Kid Creole, co-founder of
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band , and later,
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Gene Demby , journalist, reporter at
NPR and host of the
Code Switch podcast
Nelson DeMille , author
[4]
Stephen Dunn , Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 2001; former varsity basketball player
Marilyn French , feminist, author of
The Women's Room
Pamela Geller , blogger, author, political activist, and commentator
Patricia Reilly Giff , children's literature author, teacher
Brenda Janowitz , writer and attorney
Charlie Kadau , senior editor,
Mad Magazine
Madeline Kahn , Broadway Tony Award winner; appeared in television shows and movies including Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety
Larry Keigwin , dancer and choreographer; choreographed Broadway's If/Then
Donald S. Kellermann , journalist and opinion researcher
[5]
Frank Nappi , author of The Legend of Mickey Tussler series and other novels
Olivia , R&B singer
Robert Phillips , classical guitarist
Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson ,
sportswriter for
CBS
Bob Rozakis , writer, editor, Director of Production at DC Comics
Laurie Rozakis , writer of the Complete Idiots books
Michelle Sakhai , painter
Ron Shandler , national baseball analyst, writer
Maryann Ridini Spencer , award-winning author, TV/Film screenwriter/producer, lifestyle journalist, and television host
[1]
George Vecsey ,
sportswriter for
The New York Times
Kenny Adeleke (born 1983), Nigerian basketball player
Rick Apodaca ,
Puerto Rican professional
basketball player who has played in the
NCAA ,
USBL ,
NBDL , and the
National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico
[7]
[8]
Speedy Claxton ,
Golden State Warriors
point guard
Jimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the
Israeli National League
John Irving , led the nation in rebounding in NCAA Div 1, picked for NBA by Detroit; one of two Hofstra players with 1,000 pts AND 1,000 rebounds
Charles Jenkins ,
Philadelphia 76ers
guard
Bob McKillop , 1972, men's head basketball coach,
Davidson College
Nat Militzok , New York Knicks forward
Steve Nisenson , holder of Hofstra all-time scoring record for 43 years
Eli Pemberton (born 1997), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Norman Richardson
Loren Stokes ,
NBA free agent guard
Zeke Upshaw ,
NBA G League player
Charlie Adams ,
wide receiver for the
Houston Texans
Kyle Arrington ,
New England Patriots
cornerback
Stephen Bowen , defensive end,
Dallas Cowboys
Rocky Butler ,
quarterback for the
Toronto Argonauts
Giovanni Carmazzi , former professional quarterback, drafted 65th in 2000 by
San Francisco 49ers , but never took a regular season NFL snap
Wayne Chrebet , former
New York Jets wide receiver
Brian Clark ,
linebacker
Willie Colon ,
Pittsburgh Steelers
offensive line
Marques Colston , wide receiver for the
New Orleans Saints
Mike D'Amato , NFL defensive back, Oakland and New York Jets; Super Bowl III winner; Lacrosse All-American for Hofstra; only person to be All-American in lacrosse and win a Super Bowl
Jordan Dangerfield (born 1990), NFL football player
Devale Ellis , wide receiver for the
Detroit Lions
Dave Fiore , former San Francisco 49ers and
Washington Redskins
guard
Don Gault , quarterback,
Cleveland Browns
DeMingo Graham , former
offensive lineman for the
San Diego Chargers
Houston Texans
Arlen Harris ,
running back and
kick returner for the
Atlanta Falcons
Raheem Morris , BS
Physical Education 1997, former
head coach of the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
John Schmitt ,
center , played for 10 years with the New York Jets and one year with the
Green Bay Packers ; member of New York Jets
Super Bowl III Championship team
Lance Schulters ,
free safety for the
Miami Dolphins
Renauld Williams , former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
Yousef Al-Abed , Professor of
Molecular Medicine
Lance Becker , Professor of
Emergency Medicine
Peter B. Berger , Professor of
Cardiology
Herman A. Berliner ,
Provost ;
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ;
Dean of Faculties ; Lawrence Herbert Distinguished Professor
Joel Block , Clinical Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry
David Jung-Kuang Chiu , former professor; Dean of University Advisement; Director of Asian Studies
Barbara A. Cornblatt , Professor of
Psychiatry
Stephen Dolgin , Professor of
Surgery
Silvia Federici , Autonomist Marxist-feminist
Jay Fiedler (born 1971), NFL football quarterback, as Hofstra receivers coach in 1997
Monroe Freedman , Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics; former HLS Dean (1973–77); author of Lawyers' Ethics in an Adversarial System (1975), the seminal work on lawyer-client privilege
Michael J. Freeman , professor
Robert W. Greene (1929-2008), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, professor of journalism and mass media studies
Gary Gruber , professor, author, testing expert, physicist, educator
Tammy Hensrud , opera singer and adjunct professor of voice
Martha Hollander , professor, art historian, and poet
Ken Kelsch (1947-2023), professor of film, cinematographer
David Langer , professor of neurosurgery and radiology
Harvey J. Levin , former university research professor, first holder of Augustus B. Weller Chair in
Economics , communications economics author and government consultant
[14]
Thomas G. McGinn , Professor of
Medicine
Barbara Patton , assistant professor of Accounting, Taxation and Legal Studies in Business at
Frank G. Zarb School of Business since 2002
[15]
Leonid Poretsky , Professor of
Medicine
Sina Y. Rabbany , professor of engineering; Dean of the
Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science
Jesse Roth , Clinical Professor of
Molecular Medicine
David B. Samadi , Professor of
urology
[16]
Robert Sobel , professor and author
Kevin J. Tracey , Professor of
Molecular Medicine
Aaron Twerski (born 1939), the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at
Brooklyn Law School , as well as a former dean and professor of
tort law at
Hofstra University School of Law
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