This is a list of people associated with Syracuse University, including founders, financial benefactors, notable alumni, notable educators, and speakers.

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

has over 250,000 alumni representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 170 countries and territories.

Founders

Jesse Truesdell Peck Jesse Truesdell Peck (April 4, 1811 – May 17, 1883) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872. Birth and family He was born on April 4, 1811, in Middlefield Center, Otsego County, New York. His family was of Eng ...

– first chairman of the university's board of trustees *

George F. Comstock George Franklin Comstock (1811–1892) was an American lawyer and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1860 to 1861. Personal life Comstock was born on August 24, 1811, in Williamstown, New York. He graduated from ...

* George L. Taylor * Charles Andrews

Notable Benefactors

John Dustin Archbold John Dustin Archbold (July 26, 1848 – December 6, 1916) was an American businessman and one of the United States' earliest oil refiners. His small oil company was bought out by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Archbold rose rapidl ...

– oil *

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in ...

– steel *

–real estate * Joseph Lubin – real estate * Donald Newhouse – publishing *

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. (born Solomon Isadore Neuhaus; May 24, 1895 – August 29, 1979) was an American broadcasting businessman, as well as a magazine and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of Advance Publications. Early life Newhouse ...

– publishing *

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. Samuel Irving "S.I." Newhouse Jr. (November 8, 1927 – October 1, 2017) was an American heir to a substantial magazine and media business. Together with his brother Donald, he owned Advance Publications, founded by their late father in 1922, wh ...

– publishing *

Eliphalet Remington Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as ''E. Remington'' followed by ''E. Remington & Son'' and then ''E. ...

– firearm * Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage – philanthropist *

Lyman Cornelius Smith Lyman Cornelius Smith (1850-1910) was an American innovator and industrialist. He is buried in a mausoleum in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York. Early business ventures L.C. Smith's first business venture occurred in 1873, when he opened a ...

– firearm and typewriter magnate * Thomas J. Watson – IBM * Martin J. Whitman – investment advisor

Notable alumni

Arts and letters

* Nilo Alcala – composer, first Philippine-born recipient of the

Aaron Copland House The Aaron Copland House, also known as Rock Hill or Copland House, is the former home of composer Aaron Copland for the last 30 years of his life, and now also a creative center for American music. Located on Washington Street in Cortlandt Manor ...

Residency Award and a Los Angeles Master Chorale commission * Julia Alvarez – poet, novelist, and essayist *

Donna Alvermann Donna Alvermann is an American educator and researcher in the field of Language and Literacy Education whose work focuses on adolescent literacy in and out of school, inclusive of new media and digital literacies. Her most recent research interest ...

– prominent professor and researcher in adolescent and media literacies * Joe Amato – author * Robb Armstrong – cartoonist of the comic strip Jump Start * Brad Anderson – cartoonist of the comic strip Marmaduke * Maltbie D. Babcock – 19th century clergyman and author * Harriete Estel Berman – artist * Nydia Blas – photographer * James Bishop – painter * Joel Brouwer – poet, educator, and journalist * Gordon Chandler – sculptor * Wendy Coakley-Thompson – novelist *

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...

– novelist; stayed only one semester, later admitting he came "more to play baseball than to study." * Virginia Cuthbert – artist * Mabel Potter Daggett – journalist and suffragist *

Aleš Debeljak Aleš Debeljak (25 December 1961 – 28 January 2016), was a Slovenian cultural critic, poet, and essayist. Biography Debeljak was born in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to a famil ...

– poet, essayist and sociologist *

Stephen Dunn Stephen Elliot Dunn (June 24, 1939June 24, 2021) was an American poet and educator who authored twenty-one collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2001 collection, ''Different Hours,'' and received an Academy Award ...

– poet, winner of the 2001

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

Birgitta Moran Farmer Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881–1939) was an American artist particularly known for her portrait miniatures. Life Farmer was born in Lyons, New York. She attended Lyons Public School and graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Rochester ...

– painter, winner of 1906 Hiram Gee Award in Painting *

Frances Farrand Dodge Frances Julia Farrand Dodge (22 November 1878 – 12 January 1969) was an American artist and teacher. Early life and education The eldest of four girls, Frances Farrand was born on 22 November 1878 in Lansing, Michigan. Her father, Hart Au ...

– watercolorist and landscape artist * Paul Finkelman – historian * Moses Finley – historian *

Carlisle Floyd Carlisle Sessions Floyd (June 11, 1926September 30, 2021) was an American composer primarily known for his operas. These stage works, for which he wrote the librettos, typically engage with themes from the American South, particularly the Post ...

– opera composer *

Whitney Gaskell Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books. Biography Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Ba ...

– novelist *

Sharon Gold Sharon Gold (born February 28, 1949) is an American artist and associate professor of painting at Syracuse University. Gold's artwork has been installed at MoMA PS1, Dia Art Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis ...

– artist and professor *

William Pratt Graham William Pratt Graham (November 24, 1871 – January 10, 1962) was an electrical engineering professor and the sixth chancellor of Syracuse University. Graham was the first alumnus of Syracuse as well as the first non-clergyman to hold that positi ...

– sixth chancellor of Syracuse University *

Clement Greenberg Clement Greenberg () (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formali ...

– art critic * Henry Grethel – fashion designer * Beth Gylys – poet and professor * Beth Harrington – filmmaker and musician * Michael Herr – writer and war correspondent *

Susan Joy Hassol Susan Joy Hassol is an American author and award-winning science communicator best known for her work around climate change. Hassol is the Director of Climate Communication and was the Senior Science Writer on the first three U.S. National Clima ...

– science communicator * Morton L. Janklow – literary agent *

Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two m ...

– novelist *

Betsey Johnson Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the ...

– fashion designer * David N. Johnson – composer, organist, and professor * Joseph S. Kozlowski – portrait artist *

Hilton Kramer Hilton Kramer (March 25, 1928 – March 27, 2012) was an American art critic and essayist. Biography Early life Kramer was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and was educated at Syracuse University, receiving a bachelor's degree in English; ...

– critic, "The Revenge of the Philistines" *

Barbara Kruger Barbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with the Pictures Generation. She is most known for her collage style that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captio ...

– collage artist *

Sol LeWitt Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he pref ...

– sculptor * James F. Light – literary scholar *

Mark Lombardi Mark Lombardi (March 23, 1951 – March 22, 2000) was an American neo-conceptual artist who specialized in drawings that document alleged financial and political frauds by power brokers, and in general "the uses and abuses of power"... Education a ...

– abstract painter * Jenni Lukac – contemporary artist *

John D. MacDonald John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida. On ...

– novelist *

Don Maloney Donald Michael Maloney (born September 5, 1958) is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player. He is currently the Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Calgary Flames. He was formerly the general manager of the Phoenix/Arizona Coy ...

– Japanophile author *

Barry N. Malzberg Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (born July 24, 1939) is an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and fantasy. Biography Malzberg originated from a Jewish family and graduated from Syracuse University in 1960. He worked as an invest ...

– science fiction writer * Jerre Mangione – novelist, and scholar of the Italian-American experience * Robert Mankoff – cartoonist and editor of ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' *

Donald Martino Donald James Martino (May 16, 1931 – December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. Biography Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino attended Plainfield High School. He began as a clarinetist, playing jazz for fun an ...

– Pulitzer Prize-winning composer * Clifton E. Marsh – historian of the

African diaspora The African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from native Africans or people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas. The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the West and Central Africans who were ...

Scott McCloud Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod; June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics: ''Understanding Comics'' (1993), '' Reinventing Comics'' (2000), and '' Making Comics'' (20 ...

– cartoonist and comics theorist *

Jay McInerney John Barrett "Jay" McInerney Jr. (; born January 13, 1955) is an American novelist, screenwriter, editor, and columnist. His novels include '' Bright Lights, Big City'', ''Ransom'', '' Story of My Life'', '' Brightness Falls'', and ''The Last ...

– novelist *

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...

– novelist * Robert O'Connor – novelist * Tom Perrotta – novelist and screenwriter * John Pfahl – photographer and professor *

Salvador Plascencia Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' (S ...

– novelist * Kim Ponders – novelist * William Powhida – artist * Mary Jo Putney – romance novelist *

Jim Ridlon James Arthur Ridlon (born July 11, 1934) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football and college lacrosse at Syracuse University. After footbal ...

– sports painter and sculptor, also a former professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

player * M. J. Rose – author and book marketing executive *

William Safire William Lewis Safire (; Safir; December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009Safire, William (1986). ''Take My Word for It: More on Language.'' Times Books. . p. 185.) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He ...

– Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator and former ''New York Times'' columnist * George Saunders – short-story writer *

Alice Sebold Alice Sebold (born September 6, 1963) is an American author. She is known for her novels ''The Lovely Bones'' and '' The Almost Moon'', and a memoir, '' Lucky''. ''The Lovely Bones'' was on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and was adapte ...

– novelist * Laurie Gwen Shapiro – novelist, director, Independent Spirit Award for '' Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale'' * Esther Baker Steele – educator, author, traveler, philanthropist *

Anthony Veasna So Anthony Veasna So (February 20, 1992 – December 8, 2020) was an American writer. His short stories were described by ''The New York Times'' as "crackling, kinetic and darkly comedic" and often drew from his upbringing as a child of Cambodian i ...

– Cambodian-American short story writer * Cheryl Strayed – novelist, memoirist, and essayist * Elizabeth Strout – novelist * William Tester – short story writer *

Dorothy Thompson Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and was one of the few women news commentators on radio ...

– journalist * Jack Tippit – cartoonist *

Ada Josephine Todd Ada Josephine Todd (also known as Adah J. Todd; June 16, 1858 – October 27, 1904) was an American author and educator. Early life and education Ada (or, "Adah") Josephine Todd was born in Redding, Connecticut, June 16, 1858. Her parents were S ...

– author and educator * Lori Weitzner – textile designer * Stephanie Welsh – Pulitzer prize winning photographer turned midwife * Ryan Van Winkle – poet *

Irene Vilar Irene Vilar (born c. 1969) is a Puerto Rican American editor, literary agent, environmental advocate, and author of several books dealing with national and generational trauma and women's reproductive rights. Biography Born in Arecibo, Puer ...

– author and literary agent * Kate Vrijmoet – artist * John A. Williams – novelist *

Howard Wyeth Howard Pyle Wyeth (April 22, 1944 – March 27, 1996), also known as Howie Wyeth, was an American drummer and pianist. Wyeth is remembered for work with the saxophonist James Moody, the rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, the electric guitarist Li ...

– drummer and pianist

Education

Donna Shalala, official portrait, 116th Congress

* Molly Corbett Broad – President,

American Council on Education The American Council on Education (ACE) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) U.S. higher education association established in 1918. ACE's members are the leaders of approximately 1,700 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher educatio ...

Walter Broadnax Walter Doyce Broadnax (October 21, 1944 – December 2, 2022) was an American academic administrator, educator, and university president. He was a Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Af ...

– President,

Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Foun ...

George Campbell Jr. George Campbell Jr. (born December 2, 1945) was the eleventh president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from July 2000 to July 2011. Education Campbell earned a PhD in theoretical physics from Syracuse University in 197 ...

– former President,

Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique ...

Mary Schmidt Campbell Mary Schmidt Campbell (born October 21, 1947), is an American academic administrator and museum curator. She began her tenure as the 10th president of Spelman College on August 1, 2015. Prior to this position, Schmidt Campbell held several positi ...

– President,

Spelman College Spelman College is a private, historically black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman rece ...

Kent John Chabotar Kent John Chabotar (born October 7, 1946) is an American political scientist and academic administrator. He was a professor of political science and president of Guilford College from 2002 to 2014. Biography Education Chabotar was born in New Yo ...

– President,

Guilford College Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society o ...

* R. Inslee Clark, Jr. – Director of Admissions,

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

* Michael Crow – President,

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

Mark Emmert Mark Allen Emmert (born December 16, 1952) is the current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He is the fifth CEO of the NCAA; he was named as the incoming president on April 27, 2010, and assumed his duties on November 1 ...

– President,

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seatt ...

* Paul Finkelman – President, Gratz College * Welthy Honsinger Fisher – Founder
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* A. Lee Fritschler – former President,

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = Jo ...

(MPA'60 & PhD '65) * Jonathan Gibralter – President, State University of New York at Farmingdale * Shelley Haley – Professor of Classics and Africana Studies,

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

* Kermit L. Hall – former president,

State University of New York at Albany The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one ...

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah ...

* Alice Ilchman – President,

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sarah Lawrence scholarship, particularly ...

* David Knapp – President,

University of Massachusetts The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and a medical ...

* Barry Mills – President,

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

Sean O'Keefe Sean Charles O'Keefe (born January 27, 1956) is a university professor at Syracuse University Maxwell School, former chairman of Airbus Group, Inc., former Secretary of the Navy, former Administrator of NASA, and former chancellor of Louisiana ...

– former Chancellor,

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 n ...

(LSU) * L. Jay Oliva – former president,

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

Joseph Rallo Joseph Rallo is the State of Louisiana's Commissioner of Higher Education. Previously he served as vice chancellor of the Texas Tech University System and as the 5th president of Angelo State University. He assumed his current position in 2015. E ...

– President,

Angelo State University Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the same year it too ...

* Mark Reckase – University Distinguished Professor Emeritus,

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It ...

* Kenneth P. Ruscio – President,

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexington ...

Donna Shalala Donna Edna Shalala ( ; born February 14, 1941) is an American politician and academic who served in the Carter and Clinton administrations, as well as in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. Shalala is a recipient of the Preside ...

– President,

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...

* Deborah F. Stanley – President,

State University of New York at Oswego State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public college in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York. It has two campuses: historic lakeside campus in Oswego and Metro Center in Syracuse, New York. SU ...

* Mitchel Wallerstein – President,

Baruch College Baruch College (officially the Bernard M. Baruch College) is a public college in New York City. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch, the college operates unde ...

Investors, industrialists, and executives

P.O. Ackley Parker Otto Ackley (May 25, 1903, Granville, New York – August 23, 1989) was an American gunsmith, barrel maker, author, columnist, and wildcat cartridge developer. The Ackley Improved family of wildcat cartridges are designed to be easily made ...

– world-renowned Gunsmith, CEO, P.O. Ackley Inc. * Daniel A. D'Aniello – co-founder and chairman, The

Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group is a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation based in the United States with $376 billion of assets under management. It specializes in private equity, real assets, and ...

* Ben Baldanza – airline executive and former CEO of

Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines Inc. (stylized as spirit) is a major ultra-low-cost U.S. carrier headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Latin Americ ...

Al-Waleed bin Talal Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud ( ar, الوليد بن طلال آل سعود; born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist and royal. He was listed on '' Time'' magazine's Time 100, an annual list of the ...

– founder and President, Kingdom Holding Co *

William J. Brodsky William J. Brodsky is an American businessman working as a director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, executive chairman of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges. Education Brods ...

– chairman and chief executive officer of the Chicago Board Options Exchange *

Stanley Chais Stanley Chais (March 27, 1926 – September 26, 2010) was an American investment advisor, money manager, and philanthropist. He operated " feeder funds" which collected money for funds related to the Madoff investment scandal. The widow, family, ...

(1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal *

Dennis Crowley Dennis Crowley (born June 19, 1976) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking sites Dodgeball and Foursquare. Education Crowley was born in Medway, Massachusetts to Mary Moraski Crowley and Dennis P Crowley. He ...

– co-founder, Foursquare (service) * Mary C. Daly - President and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco * Nick Donofrio – Senior Vice President, Technology & Manufacturing, IBM *

Bernard Goldberg Bernard Richard Goldberg (born May 31, 1945) is an American author, journalist, and political pundit. Goldberg has won fourteen Emmy Awards and was a producer, reporter and correspondent for CBS News for twenty-eight years (1972–2000) and a p ...

(1948) – Co-founder of

Raymour & Flanigan Raymour & Flanigan is a high-end American furniture retail chain, based in the Northeastern United States. Overview Raymour's Furniture Company, the predecessor of Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, was established by brothers Bernard Goldberg and Ar ...

William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the lat ...

– Director, Lazard Freres & Company * E. Floyd Kvamme – Partner Emeritus; Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. Chairman, Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under President George W Bush *

Jeff McCormick The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Massachusetts, concurrently with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat, and other elections to the United States Senate ...

– founder, Saturn Partners, and Independent candidate for governor in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2014 * Richard Menschel – (retired) senior director of

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, Ho ...

, philanthropist. * Robert Menschel – (retired) legendary senior director of

, philanthropist, created Wall Street's first institutional department. *

– former Chairman of

Airbus Airbus SE (; ; ; ) is a European multinational aerospace corporation. Airbus designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aerospace products worldwide and manufactures aircraft throughout the world. The company has three divisions: '' ...

Group, Inc. * Lowell W. Paxson – founder of Home Shopping Network * Kirthiga Reddy – former MD of Facebook India. * Arthur Rock – venture capitalist, cofounder of

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 ser ...

and father figure to Apple founder

Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; ...

Vishal Sikka Vishal Sikka (born May, 1967) is the Founder and CEO of Vianai, former CTO of SAP AG, and former CEO of Infosys. He currently also serves on Oracle's board of directors, the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford ...

– CEO & MD (Designate) Infosys Ltd. * Abhay Vakil – Indian businessman & non-executive director of Asian Paints Ltd * Martin J. Whitman – founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Third Avenue Value Fund

Hospitality, real estate, construction, and architecture

* Dean Alvord – developer known best for developing

Belle Terre, New York Belle Terre is a village in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 792 at the 2010 census. History The peninsula on which the community of Belle Terre is s ...

Prospect Park South Prospect Park South is a small neighborhood in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, located south of Prospect Park. It is included within the Prospect Park South Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation ...

, and

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. * Harley Baldwin – developer in

Aspen, Colorado Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Moun ...

* Thomas Wilson Boyde Jr. (1905–1981), American architect, first Black architect in

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Arthur Bridgman Clark Arthur Bridgman Clark (1866–1948) an American architect, printmaker, author, and professor, as well as the first mayor of Mayfield, California (1855–1925), and first head of Art and Architecture Department at Stanford University. He taught ...

– architect, professor, first head of the Art Department at Stanford University *

Thom Filicia The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas. Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation "Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h". People with the surname ...

– interior designer, author, television host *

Bruce Fowle Bruce Fowle is an American architect. He co-founded Fox & Fowle Architects in 1978 and is now Founding Principal Emeritus at FXCollaborative. Fowle's work ranges from high-rise, multi-use complexes to cultural institutions and private homes. Fo ...

– architect, Fox & Fowle Architects * James Garrison – architect, Garrison Architects * Adam Gross – architect, Ayers Saint Gross * Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr. – architect *

Lorimer Rich Lorimer Rich (December 24, 1891 – June 2, 1978) was an American architect, born in Camden, New York. He is now best remembered for collaborating with sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones on the winning entry in a nationwide competition to create a ...

– architect, designed the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, DC and the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier in Rome, NY * David Rockwell – founder and CEO, Rockwell Group * Steve Rubell – former Studio 54 club owner * Ian Schrager – hotelier and former Studio 54 club owner *

Werner Seligmann Werner Seligmann (March 30, 1930 – November 12, 1998) was an architect, urban designer and educator. Biography Werner Seligmann was born on March 30, 1930, in Osnabrück, Germany. His father, Fritz, was born December 31, 1902, in Krefeld, German ...

– architect *

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Law and public service

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, 47th

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, U.S. Senator from

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, Chairman of the

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Beau Biden Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III (February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015) was an American politician, lawyer, and officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from Wilmington, Delaware. The oldest child of current U.S. president Joe Bid ...

– former Attorney General of Delaware, son of Joe Biden *

Dave Bing David Bing (born November 24, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player, businessman, and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 2009 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After starring a ...

– former Mayor of

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, NBA Hall of Famer *

Carolyn Bourdeaux Carolyn Jordan Bourdeaux (born June 3, 1970) is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Georgia's 7th congressional district since 2021. The district was based in Gwinnett County, an affluent suburban county ...

– Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 7th district * Jon Bramnick – current

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Assembly Minority Leader * Angus Cameron – former Senator from Wisconsin *

Gary Chan Gary Chan Hak-kan, BBS, JP (born 24 April 1976) is a current member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He represents the New Territories North East constituency and is a member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progre ...

– Member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 2008 * George Fletcher Chandler – first Superintendent of the

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* John T. Connor – former US

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* David Crane – former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone *

Al D'Amato Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies. ...

– former Senator from New York *

Willy De Clercq Willy Clarisse Elvire Hector, Viscount De Clercq (8 July 1927 – 28 October 2011) was a Belgian liberal politician. De Clercq was born in Ghent, son of Frans de Clercq.Etat présent de la noblesse belge 2015, p. 62 After his law and notariat s ...

– former

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and External Relations, former Belgian Minister of Finance, Foreign Trade, and Budget; former Belgian Deputy Prime Minister * John A. DeFrancisco – New York State Senator * Robert Duffy – Mayor of

, Lt. Governor, New York State * Kwabena Dufuor – Finance Minister of Ghana and former of Governor,

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. * Ronald A. George – Maryland State Delegate * James E. Graves, Jr. – United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Fifth Circuit, formerly Mississippi Supreme Court Justice *

Stanley L. Greigg Stanley Lloyd Greigg (May 7, 1931 – June 13, 2002) was an American politician who served one term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwestern Iowa. A Democrat, he was elected to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of ...

– member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwestern

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* David Gurfein –

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, and CEO of nonprofit organization United American Patriots *

Steve Hagerty Stephen H. Hagerty (born November 15, 1968) is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and politician. He was the 21st mayor of Evanston, Illinois from May 8, 2017, to May 10, 2021. A month after Hagerty retired from office, Evanston was recognize ...

– 21st mayor of

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* Arthur T. Hannett – former Governor of

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* Kathy Hochul – Congresswoman, New York, Governor, New York State (’80) * John Katko – Congressman, New York *

Randy Kuhl John Randolph Kuhl Jr. (born April 19, 1943) is an American Republican politician. He is a former member of the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives. Kuhl represented New York's 29t ...

– Congressman, New York * Mordecai Lee – Wisconsin State Senator *

Belva A. Lockwood Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician, educator, and author who was active in the women's rights and women's suffrage movements. She was one of the first women lawyers in the United Sta ...

– (GC) First woman to receive her party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to argue a case before the US Supreme Court *

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Toby Moffett Anthony John Moffett, Jr. (born August 18, 1944) is a former American politician from the state of Connecticut. A Democrat, Moffett served in the United States House of Representatives as the member from Connecticut's 6th congressional distri ...

– Former US Congressman from Connecticut * John H. Mulroy – former Onondaga County Executive *

Norman A. Mordue Norman A. Mordue (born June 26, 1942) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Military service, education and career Mordue earned the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, an ...

– Chief Judge for the US District Court, Northern District of New York * Bismarck Myrick – former US Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia and Lesotho *

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administrator *

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– former Governor of Okinawa, Japan *

John Prevas John Prevas is a historian, classics scholar, author, and mediator. Prevas was scholar in residence and assistant professor of classics at Eckerd College from 2001 until 2011 teaching courses in ancient Greek and Roman history, Latin, and law. He ...

– Circuit Court Judge, City of Baltimore *

Elliott Portnoy Elliott I. Portnoy (born November 1, 1965) is an American attorney and the Global chief executive officer of Dentons—a law firm that launched March 28, 2013 with the combination of US/UKMEA firm SNR Denton, Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and ...

– Chairman of SNR Denton * Steven Rothman – Congressman, New Jersey *

Warren Rudman Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that ...

– former Senator, New Hampshire *

Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. Frederick James Scullin Jr. (born November 5, 1939) is an American attorney and Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Scullin was born in Syracuse, Ne ...

– Senior Judge for the US District Court, Northern District of New York *

– former Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, US House of Representatives from Florida * Salvador del Solar – former

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* Glenn T. Suddaby – Justice for the US District Court, Northern District of New York * John H. Terry – former US Congressman *

Sandra L. Townes Sandra Lynn Townes (September 29, 1944 – February 8, 2018) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Early life and education Born in Spartanburg ...

– Justice for the US District Court, Eastern District of New York * Mitchel Wallerstein – former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for counter-proliferation policy *

Ben Walsh Benjamin Walsh (born July 4, 1979) is an American politician currently serving as the 54th Mayor of Syracuse New York, United States. Walsh assumed office on January 1, 2018 as the first independent mayor of Syracuse and the second without major ...

– 54th Mayor of Syracuse *

George Warrington George David Warrington (September 19, 1952 – December 24, 2007) was an American transportation official, who served New Jersey Transit for 28 years, latterly in the post of executive director. He grew up in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey ...

–

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president and former

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...

president *

David P. Weber David Paul Weber is an American criminalist, and the former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He is the Principal Investigator of a $2.6 million grant by the U.S. Department of ...

– former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the US Securities and Exchange Commission *

John P. White John Patrick White (February 27, 1937 – September 3, 2017) was an American university professor and a government official who served in the Clinton Administration. Life and career White was born in Syracuse, New York in 1937 and received ...

– former Deputy Secretary, US Department of Defense

Media and communications

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Marv Albert Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American retired sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he wa ...

– sportscaster *

David Amber David Amber (born April 21, 1971) is a Canadian anchor for Sportsnet as a host and reporter. He is best known for his time doing ''NHL On the Fly'' on the NHL Network and as the anchor for ''Gate 5 Live'', ''Raptors Pregame'', and ''Raptors Po ...

– reporter,

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* Damon Amendolara – sportscaster * Emily Barkann –

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correspondent * Michael Barkann – sportscaster,

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, 94WIP Philadelphia *

Len Berman Leonard Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City. He is currently hosting the morning show on WOR-AM along with Michael Riedel. Berman is widely known for his television ...

– sportscaster *

Matthew Berry Matthew J. Berry (born December 29, 1969) is an American writer, columnist, fantasy sports analyst, and television personality. Berry started his career by writing for television and film and creating a few pilots and film scripts with his writin ...

–

fantasy sports analyst *

Paul Bouche Paul Bouche is an American television host, comedian, media personality and television producer. Paul is the host, creator and producer of a variety of television and radio programs and serves as CCO (Chief Creative Officer) of Astracanada Product ...

– TV producer - Media Personality * Contessa Brewer – broadcast journalist,

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...

Samantha Brown Samantha Elizabeth Brown (born March 31, 1970) is an American television host, notable for her work as the host of several Travel Channel shows including ''Girl Meets Hawaii'', ''Great Vacation Homes'', ''Great Hotels'', ''Passport to Europe'', ' ...

– TV host * Steve Bunin – sportscaster,

* Ryan Burr – sportscaster, ESPN, NBC and Golf Channel * Mary Calvi – journalist, anchor at WCBS-TV, New York City *

Craig Carton Craig Harris Carton (born January 31, 1969) is an American radio and television personality. He is the co-host of the ''Carton and Roberts'' sports radio program on WFAN (AM) in New York City, and is seen nationally on Fox Sports 1 as host of '' ...

– Co-Host, '' Boomer and Carton in the Morning'',

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NY *

Joe Castiglione Joseph John Castiglione (born March 2, 1947) is an American radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox baseball team,Joe Castig ...

– Boston Red Sox radio announcer *

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– radio and television announcerDeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 53. *

Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting '' American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 19 ...

– television personality, ''

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'' * Michael Cole – WWE commentator * Ed Coleman – sportscaster,

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Bob Costas Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019. He has received 28 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games from 19 ...

– sportscaster,

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and

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* Denise D'Ascenzo (19582019) television news anchorwoman ( WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut) *

Bob Dotson Robert Charles "Bob" Dotson (born October 3, 1946) is a ''New York Times'' best selling American author, teacher and television journalist. His long-running series, "The American Story with Bob Dotson," was a regular feature on NBC's ''Today'' ...

– journalist *

Ian Eagle Ian Eagle ( ; born February 9, 1969) is an American sports announcer. He calls NBA, NFL, and college basketball games on CBS, TNT, and TBS, as well as Brooklyn Nets games on the YES Network and French Open tennis for Tennis Channel. Other ...

– sportscaster, CBS and

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–

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and TV host * Susan Feeney – journalist, former senior editor for

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* Marty Glickman – sportscaster *

Jeff Glor Jeffrey Todd Glor (born July 12, 1975) is an American journalist, co-host of ''CBS Saturday Morning '' and a CBS News special correspondent. He had previously anchored the ''CBS Evening News'' from 2017 to 2019. Early life and education Glor was ...

– anchor, CBS Evening News * Daniel J. Halstead – publisher of ''The Syracuse Daily Union'' (1860), ''The Syracuse Daily Courier and Union'' (1860–1869), ''The Syracuse Daily Courier'' (1869–1888) and ''The Syracuse Courier'' (1888–1898) newspapers * Scott Hanson – sportscaster, NFL Network, host of

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Vaughn Harper Vaughn Harper (March 1, 1945 – July 9, 2016) was an American broadcast announcer and DJ. Early life Harper played high school basketball at Boys High School in Brooklyn and was an All American standout rebounder that played in the NIT tourna ...

– radio DJ, WBLS NY '

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Ariel Helwani Ariel Helwani (born July 8, 1982) is a Canadian-American sports journalist, known for his coverage of mixed martial arts (MMA). He is best known for his work at ''MMA Fighting'', but has also worked for Fox and ESPN. Helwani is widely considered ...

– MMA journalist * Deborah Henretta, senior advisor, SSA & Company; retired group president, Procter & Gamble *

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Director of Programming *

Avery Yale Kamila Avery Yale Kamila is an American journalist, vegan columnist and community organizer in the state of Maine. Biography Kamila was born in Westminster, Massachusetts in the 1970s and grew up on an organic farm in Litchfield, Maine. Kamila adopte ...

– vegan food columnist, Portland Press Herald *

Megyn Kelly Megyn Marie Kelly (; born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist and media personality. She currently hosts a talk show and podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', that airs live daily on SiriusXM. She was a talk show host at Fox News from 20 ...

– news anchor,

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Ted Koppel Edward James Martin Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is a British-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for ''Nightline'', from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005. Before ''Nightline'', he spent 20 years as a broadc ...

– broadcast journalist, "

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" *

Larry Kramer Laurence David Kramer (June 25, 1935May 27, 2020) was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to Lo ...

– President and Publisher of USA Today *

Steve Kroft Stephen F. Kroft (born August 22, 1945) is an American retired journalist, best known as a long-time correspondent for ''60 Minutes''. Kroft's investigative reporting garnered widespread acclaim, winning him three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy a ...

– co-editor and news correspondent, "

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" *

Michael Kranish Michael Kranish is an American author and former correspondent with '' The Boston Globe''. He joined '' The Washington Post'' in 2016, where he is an investigative political reporter. Biography A graduate of the Maxwell School of Citizenship ...

– journalist * Harold E. Martin –

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-winning newspaperman, '' Montgomery, Alabama Advertiser'' * Mike McAlary – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist *

Sean McDonough Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American sportscaster, currently employed by ESPN and WEEI Red Sox Radio Network. Early life The son of ''Boston Globe'' sportswriter Will McDonough, McDonough graduated from the S. I. Newhouse Sch ...

– sportscaster, ESPN * Joe McNally – photographer *

Jeanne Moos Jeanne Moos (born May 21) is an American national news correspondent for CNN. She is based at the network's studios in Manhattan. Biography A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Moos originally wanted to pursue a career in print journalism, b ...

– news correspondent, CNN *

Will Murray William Murray (born 1953) is an American novelist, journalist, short story, and comic book writer. Much of his fiction has been published under pseudonyms. With artist Steve Ditko, he co-created the superhero Squirrel Girl. Biography Early ...

– researcher and segment producer, ''

The Howard Stern Show ''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...

'' * Akshay Nanavati – USMC, author of ''Fearvana'' *

Jim Naughtie Alexander James Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. Between 1994 and 2015, he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's the ''Today programme''. In his 21-plus years on ...

– British journalist and radio presenter * Diane Nelson – President of

DC Entertainment DC Entertainment is an American entertainment company that was founded in September 2009 and was based in Burbank, California. The company is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery that manages its DC Comics units and characters in other unit ...

* Bob Neumeier – sportscaster, NBC * Donald Newhouse – president, Advance Publications * S.I. Newhouse, Jr. – Chairman & CEO, Advance Publications/ Chairman, Conde Nast Publications * Jeff Passan – baseball journalist, ESPN *

Greg Papa Gregory Charles Papa (born October 10, 1962) is an American sportscaster, currently employed as the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco 49ers. He has also broadcast for the Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Oakland Athletics ...

– sportscaster,

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Dave Pasch Dave Pasch (born August 11, 1972) is an ESPN announcer, covering the NBA, college football, and college basketball. He is also the radio play-by-play voice of the Arizona Cardinals. Personal life Pasch grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, to parents ...

– sportscaster, ESPN *

Henry Jarvis Raymond Henry Jarvis Raymond (January 24, 1820 – June 18, 1869) was an American journalist, politician, and co-founder of ''The New York Times'', which he founded with George Jones. He was a member of the New York State Assembly, Lieutenant Governor o ...

– (GWS), Founder of the

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

* Dave Roberts – weatherman, broadcaster and presenter,

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* Sam Roberts (radio personality) – broadcaster, SiriusXM -

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, WWE * Dan Roche – sportscaster, WBZ-TV, Boston, MA * Harry M. Rosenfeld – former editor, "

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large na ...

" * Dave Ryan – sportscaster, ESPN * Robert Scheer – editor-in-chief, ''

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'', former managing editor ''Ramparts'', Professor,

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Adam Schein Adam Schein is an American radio and TV sportscaster. He has worked for Sirius XM and CBS Sports Network. Education Schein graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1999, with a degree in broadcast jou ...

– SNY, Sirius XM Satellite radio NFL * Bob Shannon – radio DJ/Announcer, CBS-FM New York * Arun Shourie –

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

recipient,

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

Economist, former editor of ''

Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest se ...

'' and ''

Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...

'' *

Anish Shroff Anish Shroff (born 1982) is the radio play-by-play man for the Carolina Panthers and play-by-play announcer and on-air host at ESPN Early life and education Shroff was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, to Indian parents who are both from Mumbai. His ...

–

ESPNews ESPNews (pronounced "ESPN News", stylized ESPNEWS) is an American multinational digital cable and satellite television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company (which owns ...

anchor * Andrew Siciliano – sportscaster, NFL Network, host of DirecTV Red Zone Channel *

Fred Silverman Fred Silverman (September 13, 1937 – January 30, 2020) was an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at all of the Big Three television networks, and was responsible for bringing to television such programs as '' ...

– former president, NBC * Lakshmi Singh – newscaster, journalist, NPR * Jayson Stark – journalist, sportscaster, ESPN *

Dick Stockton Richard Edward Stokvis (born November 22, 1942), known professionally as Dick Stockton, is an American retired sportscaster. Stockton began his career in Philadelphia, then moved to Pittsburgh, where he worked as the sports director for KDKA-TV. ...

– sportscaster * John Sykes – President of iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises *

Mike Tirico Mike Tirico (; born December 13, 1966) is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's ''Sunday Night Football'', having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play anno ...

– sportscaster, NBC * Nick Wright – TV host, radio talk show,

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* Justin Robert Young – podcaster, journalist, comedian and writer *

Adam Zucker Adam M. Zucker (born October 27, 1976) is a sportscaster who works for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. He has been with CBS Sports Network since 2003 as the College Sports Television anchor. Early life and education Zucker is a native of Mo ...

– sportscaster/anchor, CBS Sports Network

Science, engineering, innovation, medicine, and exploration

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* Joseph A. Ahearn – Civil Engineer of the U.S. Air Force; member of the National Academy of Engineering. * Ishfaq Ahmad – Professor of Computer Science * Betty Lise Anderson – Professor of Optical Science *

Albert Baez Albert Vinicio Báez (; November 15, 1912 – March 20, 2007) was a Mexican-American physicist and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña, and an uncle of John C. Baez. He made important contributions to the early development of X- ...

– developer of the X-ray reflection microscope, physics educator, and father of

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...

. * John Boardman – physics educator, social activist, and gaming authority. * Daniela Bortoletto – experimental particle physicist, Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University. * Charles F. Brannock – inventor and manufacturer; inventor of the Brannock Device. *

Rubin Braunstein Rubin Braunstein (1922–2018) was an American physicist and educator. In 1955 he published the first measurements of light emission by semiconductor diodes made from crystals of gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium antimonide (GaSb), and indium pho ...

– semiconductor physics, pioneer of

LEDs A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (cor ...

. * Penny Budoff – physician and medical researcher; author of ''No More Hot Flashes and Even More Good News''. *

Marilyn Burns Marilyn Burns (born Mary Lynn Ann Burns; May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) was an American actress. Burns was known for playing Sally Hardesty in '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974), which established her as a scream queen and a catalyst ...

; mathematics educator and the author of over a dozen children's books on mathematics. *

– theoretical physicist who served as the eleventh president of

. * Eileen Collins – NASA astronaut and first female

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program n ...

commander. * Alice Carter Cook – botanist and writer, first woman PhD in botany from an American university * Tesfaye Dinka – Industrial Engineer and Prime Minister of Ethiopia from April to June 1991. * Nina Fedoroff – geneticist and molecular biologist; Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State. Recipient of the

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...

in 2007; member of the

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nat ...

. * Joan Feynman – astrophysicist, younger sister of physicist

Richard Feynman Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfl ...

. * Robert Finn – mathematician and professor. * Edith M. Flanigen – chemist and inventor; winner of the 2014

National Medal of Technology and Innovation The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development ...

. * George E. Fox – biologist and chemical engineer; co-discoverer of the

Archaea Archaea ( ; singular archaeon ) is a domain of single-celled organisms. These microorganisms lack cell nuclei and are therefore prokaryotes. Archaea were initially classified as bacteria, receiving the name archaebacteria (in the Archaeba ...

kingdom of organisms. * Jean Fréchet – chemist and professor emeritus at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...

. * Barry Gingell – internist, nutritionist, computer scientist and AIDS activist. * Joshua N. Goldberg – pioneering researcher in general relativity, professor emeritus at Syracuse University. *

Gabriela González Gabriela Ines González, (born 24 February 1965) is a professor of physics and astronomy at the Louisiana State University and was the spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration from March 2011 until March 2017. Biography Gabriela Gonz� ...

– former spokesperson for the

LIGO Scientific Collaboration The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a scientific collaboration of international physics institutes and research groups dedicated to the search for gravitational waves. History The LSC was established in 1997, under the leadership of Barr ...

. Winner of the

Award for Scientific Discovery (2017); member of the National Academy of Sciences. *

Hermann Gummel Hermann K. Gummel (5 July 1923 – 5 September 2022) was a German physicist and pioneer in the semiconductor industry. Gummel received his ''Diplom'' degree in physics from Philipps University ( Marburg, Germany) in 1952. He received his M.S. ...

– semiconductor device physicist; member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...

. * – particle physicist, neuroscientist, and author. * John J. Hopfield – spectroscopist and discoverer of the Hopfield bands of molecular oxygen (O₂). *

Robert Jarvik Robert Koffler Jarvik (born May 11, 1946) is an American scientist, researcher and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Early life Robert Jarvik was born in Midland, Michigan, to Norman Eugene Jarvik and Ed ...

– inventor of the first permanently implantable artificial heart * Hongxing Jiang – semiconductor physicist. *

Joel Lebowitz Joel Louis Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930) is a mathematical physicist widely acknowledged for his outstanding contributions to statistical physics, statistical mechanics and many other fields of Mathematics and Physics. Lebowitz has published ...

– statistical physicist; member of the

* Jingyu Lin – semiconductor physicist. *

Gilles Martin Gilles Martin, born May 14, 1956, is a French photojournalist and artivist. Biography Gilles Martin spent his early years in Touraine where his father painted watercolors. Thus he learned to appreciate nature and then, to take pictures of it. At ...

– French engineer, founder and executive chairman of Eurofins Scientific. *

William Ralph Maxon William Ralph Maxon, (February 27, 1877February 25, 1948) was an American botanist and pteridologist. He graduated from Syracuse University with a B.Ph. in biology, in 1898, and spent about one year at Columbia University doing post-graduate wor ...

– botanist and pteridologist. * Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou – pioneer in neuroelectric systems and biomedical engineering education. *

Pericles A. Mitkas Pericles A. Mitkas (born 1962 in Florina, Greece) is a Greek university lecturer in electronic and computer engineering. He holds American as well as Greek nationality and is Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). He was elected ...

– computer scientist and Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. * Story Musgrave – NASA astronaut. * V. Parmeswaran Nair – theoretical particle physicist, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York. * Ezra T. Newman – theoretical physicist, winner of the 2011 Einstein Prize. * Joy Osofsky – clinical and developmental psychologist, professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry, psychoanalyst * Yude Pan – forest ecologist. * Martin A. Pomerantz – astrophysicist, president emeritus of the

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, and pioneer of Antarctic astronomy. * Pierre Ramond – string theorist; winner of the 2004 Oskar Klein Medal. *

Harry Frederick Recher Emeritus Professor Harry Frederick Recher RZS (NSW) AM (born 27 March 1938, New York City) is an Australian ecologist, ornithologist and advocate for conservation. Recher grew up, in the United States of America. He studied at the State Univer ...

–

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

; winner of the 1994 D.L. Serventy Medal. * Mark Reed –

nanotechnology Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal ...

pioneer, Harold Hodgkinson Chair at Yale University. *

Elsa Reichmanis Elsa Reichmanis (born 9 December 1953 in Melbourne, Australia) is an American chemist, who was the 2003 president of the American Chemical Society. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for the discovery, devel ...

– optical and electronic materials; member of the

; 2001 recipient of the Perkin Medal. * Karin Rodland – cancer cell biologist; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Laboratory Fellow of the U.S.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of the United States Department of Energy national laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington. ...

. *

Charles Rosen Charles Welles Rosen (May 5, 1927December 9, 2012) was an American pianist and writer on music. He is remembered for his career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings, notable among them the book ''The Classical Sty ...

– robotics; co-founder of

Ridge Vineyards Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California. The original winery facilities are located at an elevation of on Mo ...

. * Joel Rosenbaum – cell biologist; winner of the E. B. Wilson Medal. * Rainer K. Sachs – theoretical astrophysicist, co-discoverer of the Sachs–Wolfe effect. *

Pantur Silaban Pantur Silaban (11 November 1937 – 1 August 2022) was an Indonesian physicist, regarded as one of the foremost in his profession in Indonesia, especially in the field of theoretical physics. He was also one of the earliest physicists from ASEA ...

– prominent Indonesian theoretical physicist. * Michael Streicher – developer of

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; winner of the W. R. Whitney Award. * Sultan bin Salman – first Arab, first Muslim and the youngest person to travel to space. * Salvatore Torquato – theoretical scientist who does research at the interface of physics, chemistry, and engineering. * José W. F. Valle – Brazilian-Spanish theoretical physicist noted for work on the mass of

neutrino A neutrino ( ; denoted by the Greek letter ) is a fermion (an elementary particle with spin of ) that interacts only via the weak interaction and gravity. The neutrino is so named because it is electrically neutral and because its rest mass ...

s. * James Tour – organic chemist and nanotechnologist. * Clarence Abiathar Waldo – mathematician and educator known for his role in the 1897

Indiana Pi Bill The Indiana Pi Bill is the popular name for bill #246 of the 1897 sitting of the Indiana General Assembly, one of the most notorious attempts to establish mathematical truth by legislative fiat. Despite its name, the main result claimed by the ...

affair. *

Sigi Ziering Sigi Ziering (March 20, 1928 – November 12, 2000) was a German-born American business executive, scientist, playwright and philanthropist. A Holocaust survivor, he immigrated to the United States with his family, earned a doctorate in theor ...

– industrial physicist, businessman, and philanthropist.

Sports

* Will Allen – football player * Doc Alexander – football player and coach * Gary Anderson – football player, former NFL record holder *

Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been named an NBA All-Star ten times and an All-NBA Team ...

– basketball player, Portland Trail Blazers * Julie Archoska – football player * Michael Carter-Williams – basketball player, Orlando Magic * Art Baker – football player * John Barsha – football player *

Mathieu Beaudoin Mathieu Beaudoin (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing who played predominantly in the American Hockey League (AHL). On July 3, 2010 Beaudoin was signed as a free agent to a one-year contract by the NHL' ...

– football player *

– basketball player, current mayor of

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

Jim Boeheim James Arthur Boeheim Jr. ( ; born November 17, 1944) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Boeheim has guided the Orange to ten Big East Conference ...

– basketball player and coach, Syracuse University, member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame *

Nathan Bombrys Nathan Bombrys is the Head of International Commercial Projects in the Scottish Rugby Union. He was previously the managing director of the Glasgow Warriors, a professional Scottish rugby union club playing in the Pro14. Business career Bombrys ...

– Managing Director of the

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became ...

, a professional Scottish rugby union club *

Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former American football player, sports analyst and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. Considered to be one ...

– football player, lacrosse player, actor, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame * Keith Bulluck – football player * Rob Burnett – football player *

Delone Carter Delone M. Carter (born June 22, 1987) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Syracuse and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Prior to college, Carter played for the ...

– football player * Irv Constantine – football player *

Derrick Coleman Derrick Demetrius Coleman (born June 21, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Coleman was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up and attended high school in Detroit, and attended college at Syracuse University. He was select ...

– basketball player *

Trevor Cooney Trevor Donald Cooney (born August 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Leyma Coruña of the LEB Oro. High school career Cooney, a 6'4 guard, grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and attended the Sanford School. ...

– pro basketball player *

Rakeem Christmas Rakeem Haleek Christmas (born December 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange for four seasons before being drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 36th overall pick i ...

– basketball player *

DaJuan Coleman DaJuan Coleman (born October 16, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for KK Zlatorog Laško of the Slovenian League 1. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange. High school career Coleman began his high school varsit ...

– basketball player, free agent *John Coleman (pitcher), John Coleman – baseball player *Jim Collins (linebacker), Jim Collins – football player *Tom Coughlin – VP football operations, Jacksonville Jaguars *Larry Csonka – football player *Donovin Darius – football player *Al Davis – NFL owner *Ernie Davis – football player, Heisman Trophy winner *John Desko – lacrosse coach *Riley Dixon – NFL punter *Sherman Douglas – basketball player *Dennis DuVal – basketball player *Randy Edsall – college football coach *Joe Ehrmann – football player *Tyler Ennis (basketball), Tyler Ennis—basketball player *David Falk – founder, SFX Basketball Group *Jonny Flynn – basketball player *Dwight Freeney – football player *Jim Frugone – football player *Gary Gait – lacrosse player *Paul Gait – lacrosse player *Jonah Goldman – MLB baseball player *Jerami Grant – pro basketball player, Detroit Pistons *Michael Gbinije — pro basketball player *Donté Greene – pro basketball player *Tim Green – football player *Morlon Greenwood – football player *Marvin Harrison – football player *Jason Hart (basketball), Jason Hart – basketball player *Qadry Ismail – football player *Tanard Jackson – football player *Paul Jappe – football player *Arthur Jones (American football), Arthur Jones – football player; currently competing for the NFL on the Colts *Chandler Jones – football player; currently playing for the Cardinals *Tebucky Jones – football player *Wesley Johnson (basketball), Wesley Johnson – basketball player *Daryl Johnston – football player *Dwayne Joseph – football player *Kris Joseph – basketball player, Brooklyn Nets *Mark Kerr (fighter), Mark Kerr – NCAA Wrestling Champion; retired Mixed martial arts (MMA), MMA fighter; 2-time Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC Heavyweight Tournament Winner *Rob Konrad – football player *Jim Konstanty – major league baseball pitcher *Floyd Little – football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame *Tyler Lydon – basketball player, Denver Nuggets *John Mackey (American football), John Mackey – former NFL tight end, has college award named after him *Olindo Mare – football player, Carolina Panthers *Doug Marrone – football coach *Frank Matteo – football player *Donovan McNabb – football player, Free Agent *Gerry McNamara – basketball player *Don McPherson – football player *Dave Meggyesy – football player *Fab Melo – basketball player *Chris McCullough—basketball player *Eddie Miller (basketball), Eddie Miller – basketball player *Art Monk – football player; NFL Hall of Fame inductee *Tim Moresco – football player *Joe Morris (American football), Joe Morris – football player *Larry Morris (American football running back), Larry Morris – football player *Lawrence Moten – basketball player *Tom Myers (safety), Tom Myers – football player *Jim Nance – football player *Ryan Nassib – football player, New York Giants *Doc Oberlander – former baseball player *Henry Obst – football player *Louis Orr – basketball player *Billy Owens – basketball player *Markus Paul – football player *Greg Paulus – football player and former Duke University basketball player *Scott Pioli – NFL executive *Casey Powell – lacrosse player *Michael Powell (lacrosse player), Mikey Powell – lacrosse player *Ryan Powell (lacrosse player), Ryan Powell – lacrosse player *Myer Prinstein – Olympic medalist *Andy Rautins – basketball player *

– former professional

player and renowned sports painter and sculptor *Jim Ringo – football player *Victor Ross – lacrosse player *Malachi Richardson—basketball player *Mike Rotunda – professional wrestler *Greg Sankey – Commissioner, Southeastern Conference *Danny Schayes – basketball player *Gerhard Schwedes – football player *Scott Schwedes – football player *Sam Sebo – football player *Rony Seikaly – basketball player *Wilmeth Sidat-Singh – football and basketball player *Kaseem Sinceno – football player *Walt Singer – football player *Anthony Smith (safety), Anthony Smith – football player *Walt Sweeney – football player *Kathrine Switzer – marathon runner *Etan Thomas – basketball player *Shamarko Thomas – football player *David Tyree – football player *Dion Waiters – basketball player *John Wallace (basketball), John Wallace – basketball player *Stan Walters – football player *Hakim Warrick – basketball player, Phoenix Suns *Dwayne Washington (basketball), Dwayne Washington – basketball player *Otis Wilson – football player *Ray Witter – football player *Paul Young (footballer, born 1968), Paul Young – Jamaican soccer player/manager *Katie Zaferes – triathlete

Entertainment and performing arts

*Elfriede Abbe – sculptor *Lynn Ahrens – musical theatre lyricist *Martin Bandier – chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV *Darryl Bell – actor *Craig Borten – screenwriter *

– TV Host "A Oscuras Pero Encendidos'; television producer *Eric Bress – film director and screenwriter *Tim Calpin – screenwriter *Warren Casey – writer, lyricist, screenwriter *Felix Cavaliere – singer with The Rascals *Priscilla Chan (singer), Priscilla Chan – singer *Clairo – singer-songwriter *

– host of ''

''; television producer *Ken Goldstein – musician known as "Jack Dempsey"; author *John Curran (director), John Curran – film director and screenwriter *Doug Davis (Business Person), Doug Davis – entertainment lawyer and Grammy Award-winning producer *Taye Diggs – actor *Heather Dubrow – actress; cast member on ''The Real Housewives of Orange County'' *Zach Tyler Eisen – voice actor; voice of Aang on ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' *Peter Falk – actor *Gary Farmer – actor *Vera Farmiga – actress *Wally Feresten – cue card supervisor for ''Saturday Night Live'' *Judy Freudberg – screenwriter *Jami Gong – stand-up comedian *Carl Gottlieb – screenwriter; vice-president of the Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, West *Peter Guber – CEO of Mandalay Entertainment and Co-owner of the Golden State Warriors *Dan Gurewitch – writer *Jay Harrington – actor *Elizabeth Hendrickson – actress *Bob Holz – musician *Miriam Hopkins – actress *Garland Jeffreys – musician *Miss Jones (radio personality), Miss Jones – radio DJ and singer *Irma Kalish – television writer *Joe Klotz – film editor *Lisa Lampanelli – comedian *Frank Langella – actor Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon *Meg LeFauve – screenwriter ''Inside Out (2015 film)'', ''Captain Marvel (film)'' *Sheldon Leonard – film and television actor, producer, director, and writer *Riki Lindhome – actress *Sam Lloyd – actor, musician *Frank J. Marion, Frank Marion – motion picture pioneer *Andy Mineo – rapper, singer, producer, director, actor and minister *Neal McDonough – actor *Sterling Morrison – musician *Jessie Mueller – Tony-winning actress *Suzanne Pleshette – actress *Mike Pollock (voice actor), Mike Pollock – voice actor *Lou Reed – musician *Kevin Michael Richardson – actor *Sam Roberts (radio personality), Sam Roberts – radio broadcaster *Doug Robinson (producer), Doug Robinson – television producer *Maria Sansone – television presenter *Ken Schretzmann – film editor *Reid Scott (actor), Reid Scott – actor *Tom Everett Scott – actor *Aaron Sorkin – Emmy- and Academy Award-winning screenwriter ''A Few Good Men'', ''The Social Network'', ''The West Wing'', ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'' *Lexington Steele – actor, director, and owner of Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc. *Jerry Stiller – actor *Habib Wali Mohammad, Habib Tabani – Pakistani ghazal singer and industrialist *Arielle Tepper – Broadway producer *Mark Tinker – television producer/director *Stephen A. Unger – executive recruiter, media and entertainment business *Jimmy Van Heusen – Academy Award-winning composer *Bill Viola – video artist *Michael H. Weber – screenwriter ''(500) Days of Summer'', ''The Spectacular Now'', ''The Fault in Our Stars (film), The Fault in Our Stars'', ''Paper Towns (film), Paper Towns'' *Peter Weller – actor *Vanessa Williams – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, Miss America *Pete Yorn – musician

Fictional characters

*Rachel Green – protagonist of hit sitcom Friends * Winston Schmidt – protagonist of hit sitcom New Girl * Nick Miller (New Girl), Nick Miller – protagonist of hit sitcom New Girl * List_of_New_Girl_characters#Winston_Bishop, Winston Bishop – protagonist of hit sitcom New Girl * Patrick Warburton – protagonist of hit sitcom Rules of Engagement (TV series) * Terry Jeffords – revealed on Brooklyn Nine-Nine to have played football while attending Syracuse University

Other

*Alexandra Curtis – Miss Rhode Island 2015 *Jane Dempsey Douglass – feminist theologian, ecclesiastical historian, and president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches *Marc S. Ellenbogen – diplomat, philanthropist, President, Prague Society for International Cooperation *Borys Gudziak – Catholic Bishop, Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, Metropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian Greek Catholic) *Michael Yeung Ming-cheung – Catholic Bishop, eighth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong *John Zogby – pollster, Zogby International *Neilia Hunter Biden – teacher, first wife of Joe Biden

Notable educators

*William Alston – philosopher. * Julia Alvarez – poet, novelist, and essayist. *Richard Arnowitt – theoretical physicist. *Donna Arzt – attorney and legal scholar. *Abhay Ashtekar – theoretical physicist and creator of the Ashtekar variables for quantum gravity; member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. *Ernst Bacon – prolific composer. *A. P. Balachandran – theoretical particle physicist. *Peter Bergmann – won the Einstein Prize for research on quantum gravity. *Catherine Bertini – United Nations under-secretary-general, winner of the 2003 World Food Prize. *Raymond Thayer Birge - physicist, subsequent president of the American Physical Society and chair of the

physics department. *Howard Boatwright – Music School dean. *Philip Booth (poet), Philip Booth – poet. *Mark Bowick – theoretical physicist noted for work in particle physics and condensed matter physics. *Zachary Braiterman – philosopher and religious studies scholar. *Arthur C. Brooks *Lori Brown (architect), Lori Brown – architect and associate professor. *Horace Campbell – Department of African American Studies and Department of Political Science. *Simon Catterall – theoretical physicist specializing in elementary particles. *Massimo Carmassi – architect. *Bill Cole (musician), Bill Cole – musician, author (Department of African American Studies) *Raymond Carver – short story writer. *David Crane (lawyer), David Crane – former Chief Prosecutor for Special Court of the Sierra Leone *Junot Diaz – writer *Geoffrey C. Fox – theoretical physicist and computer scientist. *Tess Gallagher - poet, essayist, short story writer. * Joshua N. Goldberg – theoretical physicist noted for work on general relativity. *John Langston Gwaltney – African American professor of anthropology, author of ''Drylongso: A Self Portrait of Black America''. *Per Brinch Hansen – computer scientist. *Douglas Holtz-Eakin – former Director of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (2003–2005), and chief economic policy adviser to U.S. Senator John McCain's John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, 2008 presidential campaign. *Henry Kandrup – theoretical astrophysicist. *Mary Karr – writer and poet. *Bruce Kingma – economist and academic entrepreneur *Arthur Komar – theoretical physicist. *Louis Krasner - violinist. *Edgar Lane – Professor of political science *Melvin Lax – theoretical physicist and member of the

*Cristina Marchetti – theoretical physicist specializing in soft condensed matter physics; member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. *Donald Marolf – theoretical physicist who has worked on quantum gravity and relativity. *Roscoe C. Martin (1903–1972) – Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University from 1949 to 1972. *Janis Mayes – author, literary critic. *Daniel Patrick Moynihan – Senator from New York, political scientist. *Ivan Meštrović – sculptor and artist. *Micere Mugo – poet and playwright (Department of African American Studies, Department of Literature). *Ei-ichi Negishi – chemist, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize. *Romita Ray – art historian *Fritz Rohrlich – theoretical physicist, pioneer of quantum electrodynamics. *Alexander Rosenberg – philosopher and novelist *Peter Saulson – experimental physicist noted for work on gravitational wave astronomy. * George Saunders – writer. *Milton Sernett – historian, author (Department of African American Studies, Department of History) *Delmore Schwartz – poet. *Harry Schwartz (journalist), Harry Schwartz – Soviet specialist, ''The New York Times'' editorial writer *Huston Smith – religious studies scholar. *Lee Smolin – theoretical physicist noted for work on quantum gravity. *Rafael Sorkin – theoretical physicist noted for work on quantum gravity. *Sheldon Stone - elementary particle physicist, winner of the Panofsky Prize *Eileen Strempel – soprano, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Fine Arts. *George Sudarshan – theoretical physicist, winner of the Dirac Prize. *Robert Thompson (media scholar), Robert Thompson – media historian. *Mark Trodden – theoretical cosmologist. *Douglas Unger – novelist. *Gabriel Vahanian – theologian, noted figure in the Death of God movement in 1960s. *Peter Van Inwagen – philosopher *Kameshwar C. Wali – theoretical physicist, author. *Johan Wiklund – Entrepreneurship professor and the Al Berg Chair at the Whitman School. *Frances Willard (suffragist), Frances Willard – 19th century educator, Temperance movement, temperance reformer, and Women's suffrage, women's suffragist. *Tobias Wolff – writer.

Notable commencement speakers and honored guests

*2022 – David Muir, Journalist and the anchor of ABC World News Tonight *2020 – Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman, New York, Governor, New York State (’80) *2018 – Mary C. Daly, Economist and President Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco Fed *2018 – Kathrine Switzer, Athlete, Author and Activist (’68, G’72) *2017 – Vernon Jordan, African-American Lawyer, Business Executive, and Civil Rights Activist *2016 – Donald Newhouse, President, Advance Publications *2015 – Mary Karr, Poet and Essayist *2014 – David Remnick, Editor-in-Chief, New Yorker *2013 – Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Columnist *2012 − Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright *2011 – J. Craig Venter, American biologist and entrepreneur, President of J. Craig Venter Institute *2010 – Jamie Dimon, CEO JPMorgan Chase & Co. *2009 – Joseph R. Biden Jr., Vice President of the United States of America *2008 – Bob Woodruff, ABC News journalist *2007 – Frank McCourt, author/Pulitzer Prize winner *2006 – Billy Joel, composer and singer *2005 – Jane Goodall, primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist *2004 – Phylicia Rashad, actress *2003 – Bill Clinton, former U.S. president, 1993–2001 *2002 – Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, 1994–2001 *2001 – Eileen Collins, American astronaut *2000 –

, American journalist *1999 – Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator (D-NY), 1999–present *1998 – Robert Fulghum, author, essayist *1996 –

, journalist, long-time correspondent

*1995 –

, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993–2001 *1994 – Kurt Vonnegut, novelist *1990 –

, journalist *1989 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (D-NY) *1988 – Malcolm Forbes, publisher of the Forbes magazine *1986 – Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York *1983 – Daniel Boorstin, Director, Library of Congress *1982 –

, journalist *1981 – Alexander Haig, U.S. Secretary of State, 1981–1982 *1980 – Bill Moyers, journalist *1979 – Tom Brokaw, journalist *1978 –

, journalist *1973 – Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator (D-MA), 1962–2009 *1969 – William F. Buckley, journalist *1968 – Walter Cronkite, journalist *1966 – Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York, 1959–1973 *1965 – Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator (D-NY), 1965–1968 *1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson, then U.S. President *1961 – Ayn Rand, novelist *1960 – Harry S. Truman, former U.S. president, 1945–1953 *1959 – Robert Frost, poet *1957 – John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator (D-MA), 1953–1960 *1937 – Herbert Hoover, former U.S. president, 1929–1933 *1930 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York, 1928–1932

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