The following is a list of some notable current and former faculty of New York Institute of Technology.
- Reino Aarnio, architect
- Rebecca Allen, artist
- Ernie Anastos, won 28 Emmy Awards and nominations, and was nominated for the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in writing
- Jim Blinn, computer scientist known for his work as a computer graphics expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Harvey Jerome Brudner, theoretical physicist/engineer
- Carter Burwell, composer of film scores
- Edwin Catmull, computer scientist and president of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. Turing Award winner
- James H. Clark, entrepreneur and computer scientist, founded companies, including Netscape Communications Corporation
- Evan Conti (born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player and coach
- Franklin C. Crow, computer scientist
- David DiFrancesco, photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer.
- Tom Duff, computer programmer
- Ed Emshwiller, visual artist
- Bernard Fryshman, physicist
- Andrew Glassner, expert in computer graphics
- William E. Glenn, inventor known for his contributions to imaging technology. He was awarded 136 U.S. patents.
- Ralph Guggenheim, video graphics designer
- Lance Williams, graphics researcher
- Alvy Ray Smith, pioneer in computer graphics
- Greg Panos, writer, futurist, educator
- Mehrdad Izady, contemporary writer on ethnic and cultural topics, particularly the Greater Middle East, and Kurds
- Lynn Rogoff, film and television producer, and stage playwright, theatre director and professor
- Sheldon D. Fields, scientist
- Frank Genese, architect
- Pat Hanrahan, computer graphics researcher. Turing Award winner
- Frederic Parke, creator of the first CG physically modeled human face
- Barbara, Lady Judge, Chairman Emeritus of the UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Jacques Stroweis, visual effects artist and computer scientist
- Melda N. Yildiz, two-time Fulbright Scholar. [2]
- Bruce Perens, computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement
- Harry Hurwitz, film director, screenwriter, actor and producer
- Morrie Yohai, food company executive best known for his creation of Cheez Doodles
- Joel B. Snyder, served as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers President
- W. Kenneth Riland, osteopathic physician (D.O.) whose patients included 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller
- Manfred Kirchheimer, documentary film maker
- John Lewis, computer scientist
- Han Schröder, Dutch architect and educator.
- Tony DiSpigna, American type designer and graphic designer
- Leonard Dinnerstein, American historian and author.
- Myrna Bain, American political activist, grass-roots organizer, scholar and writer.
- Rahmat Shoureshi, scientist
- Phyllis Birkby, American architect, feminist, filmmaker, teacher
- Francis Glebas, American keynote speaker, writer, film director, storyboard artist, and teacher. He worked in films such as Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dinosaur, Hercules, Treasure Planet, Fantasia 2000, [3] Piglet's Big Movie, [4] Space Chimps, Rio and Ice Age: Continental Drift.
- Hank Foley, scientist
- Edward Guiliano, author
- Harriet Harriss, UK-licensed architect, writer, and historian
- Alexandra W. Logue, behavioral scientist
- Bob Malvagna, American college baseball coach
- Richard "Buz" Cooper, MD, a hematologist/oncologist who founded University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Center. [5]
- Barbara Ross-Lee, American physician, academic, and the first African-American woman to serve as dean of a U.S. medical school; she is also known as the sister of Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis Ross, and singer-songwriters Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Evan Ross.
- Alexander Schure, American academic and entrepreneur.
- Matthew Schure, American educational psychologist, professor
- Frank Catalanotto, baseball coach
- Aaron Resnick, structural engineer and architect
- Norman Gevitz, medical sociologist and historian
- Alessandro Melis, Italian architect and the curator of the Italian National Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale
- James DeWoody, American painter, printmaker, and sculptor
- Peter G. Jordan, educator
- Elliot Tiber, artist, professor, and screenwriter
- William L. Haney, painter
- Michael Rees, American artist practicing sculpture making, installation, animation, and interactive computing
- Frank Mruk, an architect, author, artist and researcher
- Jerry W. McDaniel, American heterogeneous artist, graphics artist, illustrator, communication designer, and modernist painter.
- Stephen A. Lesser, an American architect
- Tyler Cymet, physician. In 2006 he discovered a new syndrome called Erondu–Cymet syndrome. [6]
References
- ^ "Faculty Profile: Claude Gagna".
- ^ "NYIT Fulbright Scholar Explores New Technologies in the Classroom | Box | NYIT". Nyit.edu. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ Kuklenski, Valerie. "'Fantasia 2000' breaks many Disney rules". Deseret News, January 7, 2000, pp. W6, W7. Retrieved on June 16, 2013.
- ^ Lemire, Christy. "'Piglet's Big Movie' charms its way into children's hearts" (Review). The Daily Gazette, March 21, 2003, p. D2. Retrieved on June 16, 2013.
- ^ Rappleye, Emily (2016-01-22). "Founder of UPenn's cancer center dies". Beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ Erondu, U. A.; Cymet, T. C. (Winter 2006). "Chromosome 21 abnormalities a review and report of a case of erondu-cymet syndrome". Comprehensive Therapy. 32 (4): 254–260. doi: 10.1007/BF02698072. PMID 17898432. S2CID 37968241.