List Of Manhattan College People
This is a list of notable graduates of Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. Notable alumni Academia *Joseph A. Alutto – executive vice president and provost of Ohio State University *Edward Countryman – Class of 1966 – distinguished professor of history at Southern Methodist University * Christopher Coyne – Class of 1999 – F.A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University *Robert Jastrow – first chairman of NASA's Lunar Exploration Committee, professor at Yale and Dartmouth, recipient of Doctor of Science (honorary) *George E. McCarthy – National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology at Kenyon College * Kevin V. Mulcahy- Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor Louisiana State University * Mary Eileen O'Brien – president of Dominican University New York *L. Jay Oliva – 14th President of New York University *Henry Petroski – award-winning professor of civil engineering at Duke University * Ángel Ra ...
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Manhattan College
Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was later incorporated as an institution of higher education through a charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents. In 1922, it moved from Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly north of its original location on 131st Street in Manhattanville. Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, health, engineering, and science. Graduate programs are offered for education, business, science, and engineering. History Manhattan College was founded as the Academy of the Holy Infancy in 1853 by five French De La Salle Christian Brothers in a small building on Canal Street. When the need to expand forced them from Lower Manhattan, the college moved to 131st Street and Broadway, in the M ...
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