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This list of Cornell University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of
Cornell University . Cornell counted 245,027 living alumni as of August 2008.
[1] Its alumni includes 25 recipients of
National Medal of Science and
National Medal of Technology and Innovation combined, 38
MacArthur Fellows , 34
Marshall Scholars and 31
Rhodes Scholars ,
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[4] 249 elected members of the
National Academy of Sciences , 201 elected members of the
National Academy of Engineering , 190 plus heads of higher learning institutions in the United States and around the world, and Cornell is the only university in the world with three female winners of unshared
Nobel Prizes among its graduates (
Pearl S. Buck ,
Barbara McClintock , and
Toni Morrison ).
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[6] Many alumni maintain university ties through
Homecoming 's reunion weekend, through Cornell Magazine ,
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Cornell Club of New York . In 2005, Cornell ranked No. 3 nationwide for gifts and bequests from alumni.
[1] Alumni are known as Cornellians , many of whom are noted for their accomplishments in public, professional, and corporate life.
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Fictional alumni have been portrayed in several films, television shows, and books. Characters include
Andy Bernard of
The Office ,
[9] Natalie Keener of
Up in the Air ,
[10] Tom Kirkman of
Designated Survivor , Christina Pagniacci of
Any Given Sunday ,
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Mitchell Pritchett of
Modern Family ,
[12] and Shane Patton of HBO's
The White Lotus .
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Academics
Presidents
Anthropology and sociology
Carol Aneshensel (B.S., M.A., Ph.D.) – sociologist; professor and vice chair for the Department of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health,
University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah T. Barrows (M.A. 1893) - American
phonetician , phonetics pioneer
Alfred Blumstein (B.A., Ph.D.) – criminologist and former dean of the
Heinz College at
Carnegie Mellon University ; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (1998)
Aaron Cicourel (Ph.D.) – professor emeritus of sociology at the
University of California, San Diego ; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992) and of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1982)
Kimberlé Crenshaw (B.A. 1981): founder of
critical race theory , highly influential black feminist and race theorist
Harry Edwards (Ph.D. 1970) – sociologist noted for work on race and sports,
Professor Emeritus at
University of California, Berkeley
Shelly Errington (M.A., Ph.D.) –
cultural anthropologist and a professor of anthropology at the
University of California, Santa Cruz ;
MacArthur Fellow (1981)
Diana E. Forsythe (Ph.D. 1974) – anthropologist at the
University of California, San Francisco noted for her work on
artificial intelligence and medical informatics
Daniel A. Foss (B.A.) –
sociologist , author of Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (1986), Freak Culture: Life Style and Politics (1972)
Ward Goodenough (B.A. 1940) – anthropologist at the
University of Pennsylvania ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1971), fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1975)
Sabine Hyland (B.A. 1986) –
anthropologist ; Professor of World Christianity at the
University of St Andrews known for her studies on
khipus and religion in
Peru ;
Guggenheim Fellow (2019)
Suzanne Maman – social scientist and HIV/AIDS researcher
Erik Mueggler (B.A.) –
anthropologist ; professor at the
University of Michigan ;
MacArthur Fellow (2002)
Mary Racelis (B.A. 1954) – anthropologist; sociologist; professor at
Ateneo de Manila University and
University of the Philippines Diliman ;
UNICEF Regional Director in Eastern and Southern Africa (1983–1992)
David M. Schneider (B.S. 1940, M.S. 1941) –
cultural anthropologist known for his studies of
kinship ; former William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Anthropology, and chairman of Anthropology (1963–1966) at the
University of Chicago
G. William Skinner (B.A. 1947, Ph.D. 1954) – anthropologist and sinologist best known for his delineation of the
physiographic macroregions of China ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1980)
Julian Steward (B.A. 1925 zoology and biology) – anthropologist best known for his development of a scientific theory of
cultural evolution ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1954)
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (Ph.D. 1954) –
social anthropologist and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at
Harvard University ; recipient of
Balzan Prize (1997) and
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (1998); member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1994)
Mildred Bertha Thurow Tate (Ph.D. 1935)
rural sociologist
Brackette Williams (B.S. 1973) –
anthropologist ;
MacArthur Fellow (1997)
Economics
Alice Amsden (B.A. 1965) – Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economics at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999–2012)
Luc Anselin (M.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1980) – one of the principal developers of the field of
spatial econometrics ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (2008) and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
Hugh E. Conway – labor economist, college professor, and construction industry expert
Maureen L. Cropper (M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1973 economics) – distinguished university professor at the
University of Maryland, College Park ;
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[15] member of the
National Academy of Sciences (2008)
Frank Fetter (M.A. 1892 philosophy) – economist who served as president of the
American Economic Association (1912–1913); member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Austin Frakt (B.S. 1994) – health care economist; founder of
The Incidental Economist
Robert Gilpin (M.S. 1954) – a scholar of
international political economy , professor emeritus of Politics and International Affairs at the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at
Princeton University , a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Claudia Goldin (B.A. magna cum laude 1968) – economist; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (2006)
Sanjeev Goyal (M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1990 economics) – professor of economics,
University of Cambridge and a fellow of the
British Academy
Charles Henry Hull (1886) – economist and historian; former dean of the College of Arts of Cornell University
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Paul L. Joskow (B.A. 1968) – economist, distinguished fellow of the
American Economic Association , fellow of the
Econometric Society and Industrial Organization Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, emeritus at
MIT , past department chair of MIT Department of Economics; current president of the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 2008
Ehud Kalai (M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1972) – game theorist, mathematical economist, and James J. O’Connor Distinguished Professor of Decision and Game Sciences at
Northwestern University ; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the
Econometric Society
Edwin W. Kemmerer (Ph.D. 1903) – economist at
Princeton University who served as president of the
American Economic Association (1926), known internationally as "The Money Doctor"; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1934)
Frank H. Knight (Ph.D. 1916) – influential scholar-economist, one of the original leaders of the "
Chicago School " of economic theory
John Williams Mellor (BSc 1950; MSc 1951; Ph.D.)
Sendhil Mullainathan (B.A. 1993) – behavioral economist at Harvard, co-founder of
MIT Poverty Action Lab ,
MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" recipient (2002),
Infosys Prize (social sciences) recipient (2018)
Edwin Griswold Nourse (1906) – agricultural economist; first chairman of the
US Council of Economic Advisers (1946–49); president of the
American Economic Association (1942) and vice president of the
Brookings Institution ;
Guggenheim Fellows ; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1934)
Thorstein Veblen (graduate study 1891–92, transferred) – economist, author of
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Government
John Mearsheimer
History
Glenn C. Altschuler (Ph.D. 1976) – Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and vice president for University Relations at Cornell University
Barbara Watson Andaya (Ph.D. 1975) – professor of Asian studies at the University of Hawaii and director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Leonard Andaya (Ph.D. 1972) – professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Hawaii
John L. Brooke (B.A. 1975) – Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of History at
Ohio State University ; recipient of
Bancroft Prize (1995)
Edward Countryman (M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1971) – historian and educator; recipient of
Bancroft Prize (1982)
Nancy F. Cott (B.A. 1967) – historian,
Sterling Professor of History and American Studies at
Yale University and Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at
Harvard University ; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Charlotte J. Erickson (M.A. 1947, Ph.D. 1951) – Paul Mellon Professor of American History at the
University of Cambridge (1983–1990);
MacArthur Fellow (1990) and
Guggenheim Fellow (1966–1967)
Louis R. Gottschalk (A.B. 1919, A.M. 1920, Ph.D. 1921) – professor of history (1927–1965), department chair (1937–1942), Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of History (1959–1965) at the
University of Chicago
Henry Guerlac (B.A. 1932 chemistry, M.A. 1933 biochemistry) – historian of science considered among the pioneers in the development of the academic field of the history of science; president of the
History of Science Society (1957–1960), recipient of the
George Sarton Medal (1973)
Marie Boas Hall (Ph.D. 1949) – historian of science; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1955) and of the
British Academy (1994), recipient of the
George Sarton Medal (1981)
Dominick LaCapra (B.A., Faculty 1969–) – Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor of Humanistic Studies at
Cornell University ; member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
Frederic C. Lane (B.A. 1921) – historian in
Medieval history , professor emeritus of history at
Johns Hopkins University ; president of the
American Historical Association (1964–1965); fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the
Medieval Academy of America
Melvyn P. Leffler (B.S. 1966) – Edward Stettinius Professor and former chairman of the Department of History, dean of the college and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the
University of Virginia ; recipient of the
George Louis Beer Prize (2008) and
Bancroft Prize (1993)
William Leuchtenburg (B.A. 1943) – historian, William Rand Kenan Jr. professor emeritus of history at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; recipient of
Bancroft Prize and
North Carolina Award for Literature
William McNeill (Ph.D. 1947) – professor emeritus of History at the
University of Chicago ; author of
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community ; recipient of the
National Humanities Medal (2010)
Anthony Milner (Ph.D.) – Basham Professor of Asian History, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
David Oshinsky (B.S. 1965, M.S. 1967) – historian, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for History in 2006 for his book
Polio: An American Story , Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair Emeritus in History at The
University of Texas at Austin , Distinguished Scholar in Residence,
New York University
Milton Osborne (Ph.D.) – Australian historian, author, and consultant specializing in Southeast Asia
Laura Otis (Ph.D. 1991 comparative literature) – historian of science and Professor of English at
Emory University ;
MacArthur Fellow (2000)
Richard Pipes (graduate of 1945) – historian in Russian history; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; recipient of
National Humanities Medal (2007)
Merle Calvin Ricklefs (Ph.D.) – scholar of the history and current affairs of Indonesia
Clinton Rossiter (1939; professor 1947–1970) – historian and political scientist; recipient of the
Bancroft Prize (1954) and the
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award (1953)
James Morton Smith (Ph.D. 1951) – historian; recipient of a
Guggenheim Fellowship (1960); director of the
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library (1976–1984)
Kazys Varnelis (M.A. 1990, Ph.D. 1994) – historian and theorist of architecture, specializing in network culture
Olin Dunbar Wheeler (1874) – historian, author, topographer, wrote especially about the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
David K. Wyatt (Ph.D. 1966) – John Stambaugh Professor of History and Asian Studies, emeritus, Cornell University
Mary E. Young (Ph.D. 1955) - Professor Emerita at the University of Rochester.
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Law
Philosophy
Thomas Nagel
Marilyn McCord Adams (Ph.D. 1967) – philosopher; Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2015)
Francis Fukuyama (B.A.) – philosopher, political economist, and professor at
Johns Hopkins University
Edmund Gettier – philosopher and professor emeritus at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst ; owes his reputation to a single three-page paper published in 1963 called "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"
Matthew Kramer (B.A. 1981, philosophy) – philosopher, professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the
University of Cambridge ; Fellow of the
British Academy (2014);
Guggenheim Fellow (2001–2002)
John Warwick Montgomery (A.B. 1952) – lawyer, professor, theologian, and academic known for his work in the field of Christian apologetics
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Thomas Nagel (B.A. 1958) – philosopher, author of What is it like to be a bat? and
Balzan Prize recipient (2008)
Dominik Perler (visiting scholar 1991–1992) – professor of philosophy at the
Humboldt University of Berlin ;
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize recipient (2005)
John Perry (Ph.D. 1968) – Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at
Stanford University and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the
University of California, Riverside ;
Jean Nicod Prize laureate (1999); member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) and of the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
David H. Sanford (Ph.D. 1966) – professor of philosophy at
Duke University
J. B. Schneewind (B.A.) – professor emeritus of Philosophy at
Johns Hopkins University , former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Pittsburgh and former provost of
Hunter College
CUNY ; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Samuel Weber (Ph.D. 1960) – Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities at
Northwestern University ; professor at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland
Jessica Wilson (Ph.D. 2001) – professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto
Paul Ziff (B.F.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1951) – artist and philosopher specializing in semantics and aesthetics
Architecture and design
Frederick L. Ackerman (
BArch 1901) – architect and urban planner
Raymond F. Almirall (1891) – architect of the Beaux-Arts period, practicing in New York City
Edmund Bacon (BArch 1932) – urban planner, reshaped
Philadelphia , 1949–1970
Pietro Belluschi (Civil engineering grad) – architect, leader of
Modernist architecture ; dean of the architecture and planning school at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1951–1965); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the
American Institute of Architects ; member of the
National Academy of Design ; recipient of
AIA Gold Medal (1972),
National Medal of Arts (1991)
Morris Fuller Benton (engineering, 1896) – engineer and typeface designer
Albert Cassell (BArch 1919) – designed buildings for
Howard University ,
Morgan State University , and
Virginia Union University
Vishaan Chakrabarti (B.S. Operations Research & Industrial Engineering and B.A. History of Art 1988)— architect and dean of
UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design
Peter H. Christensen – architectural historian
Gilmore David Clarke (B.S. 1913 landscape architecture and civil engineering) – designed the
Central Park Zoo and the
Unisphere
David Colleen – architect
Kimberly Dowdell (BArch 2006, trustee) – architect, real estate developer & educator; 100th president of the
American Institute of Architects and first Black woman to serve in the role
Peter Eisenman (BArch 1955) – a foremost practitioner of
deconstructivism in American architecture;
Wolf Prize in Arts
Frederick Earl Emmons (1907–1999), architect
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Earl Flansburgh (BArch 1954, trustee), Cambridge, Massachusetts-based architect and designer of the Cornell Campus Store
Ruth Reynolds Freeman (BArch 1936), architect; first female licensed architect in the state of Vermont.
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Kathryn Gleason (BS Landscape architecture, 1979) — Cornell University landscape architect and archaeologist
Edward Brodhead Green (1878) Buffalo-based architect
Lawrence Halprin (B.A.) – landscape architect, designer, and teacher; recipient of
National Medal of Arts (2002)
Margaret Hicks (BArch 1880) – first female architectural school graduate at Cornell
Douglas Honnold (1901–1974) – architect
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Emmett J. Hull (1906) – architect
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William B. Ittner (1887) - St. Louis-based architect and designer of school buildings
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Lee S. Jablin (BArch 1971) – founding partner of Harman Jablin Architects
Robert Trent Jones (1931) – designer of about 500 golf courses
Henri Jova (1949) – noted Atlanta architect, key figure in redevelopment of
Midtown Atlanta
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Raymond M. Kennedy (BArch 1915, MArch 1916) – designed
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
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Rem Koolhaas (MArch) – Dutch architect, journalist, and screenwriter,
Pritzker Architecture Prize winner
David Macpherson (civil engineering) – city planner for
San Antonio , Texas; designed the
Santa Fe Railroad
Khaled Malas (
MArch ) – architect and art historian
Tomás Mapúa (BArch 1911) – founded the
Mapúa Institute of Technology ; first
Filipino to earn a degree in architecture
Peter Marino (1971) – designer of boutique stores for luxury brands, and private residences for wealthy individuals
Richard Meier (BArch 1957, professor) – Pritzker Architecture Prize,
AIA Gold Medal winner
William Henry Miller (BArch 1872) – designed many iconic buildings on Cornell's Ithaca campus
Enrique Norten (MArch 1980) – Mexican architect, professor, 2003
World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition jury member
Nathaniel A. Owings (BArch 1927) – founding partner of
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill which popularized the International style after World War II
Lawrence Perkins (BArch 1930) and
Philip Will Jr. (BArch 1928) – founding partners of
Perkins and Will , designers of seven buildings on the Engineering Quad
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Emmanuel Pratt (BArch 1999) –
MacArthur Fellow (2019)
Frederick Roehrig (1883 architecture) – early 20th-century architect known for landmark buildings in
Pasadena, California , including the
Hotel Green
Richmond Shreve (BArch) – partner of architectural firm
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon , which designed the
Empire State Building
Charles Morse Stotz (BArch 1921, master's degree) – architect, historian, and preservationist of
Western Pennsylvania
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Vertner Tandy (MArch) – architect whose most famous commission was probably Villa Lewaro , the mansion of
Harlem millionairess
Madam C.J. Walker ; co-founder of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Olive Frances Tjaden (BArch 1925) pioneering woman architect; donor and namesake of Tjaden Hall
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Jan V. White (BArch 1951) –
communication designer , educator and writer
E. Stewart Williams (BArch 1932) –
Palm Springs, California -based architect with a distinctive
modernist style
David Williston (B.A. 1898) – first professionally trained African American landscape architect in the United States.
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Helen Binkerd Young (BArch 1900) – architect and lecturer
Ricardo Zurita (BArch 1984) – architect and designer of urban public projects
Art
Margaret Bourke-White
Business
Founders
Willis Carrier
Sanford Weill
David Duffield
James Altucher (B.S. 1989, Computer Science) - founder of Reset Inc., StockPickr
Richard Baker (B.S. 1988, hotel administration) – founder, president, and CEO of
NRDC Equity Partners and
Hudson's Bay Company , the owner of
Saks Fifth Avenue ,
Gilt Groupe ,
Lord & Taylor ,
The Bay ,
Home Outfitters ,
Zellers , and
Fields
André Balazs (class of 1979) – hotelier and businessman
Aldo Bensadoun (attended, transferred) – billionaire founder and executive chairman of the
ALDO Group
Amit Bhatia (B.S. 2001) – founder of Swordfish Investments; vice chairman of
Queen's Park Rangers
Wendell Brown (B.S. 1982) – co-founder of
Teleo ,
eVoice ,
LiveOps , and Nularis
Daniel Cane (B.S. 1997) – co-founder of
Blackboard Inc.
Willis Carrier (M.E. 1901) – founder of
Carrier Corporation ; inventor of
air conditioning
Gerald Cassidy (J.D. 1967) – co-founder and CEO of
Cassidy & Associates
Steve Conine (B.S. 1995) – billionaire co-founder of
Wayfair
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Joseph Coors (B.Chem. 1939, chemical engineering 1940) – co-founder of
The Heritage Foundation
Mac Cummings (B.A. 2001) – co-founder of Terakeet Corporation; director of Internet Finance
Tom Dinwoodie (B.S. 1978, civil and environmental engineering) – Cleantech entrepreneur, inventor, and founder of
SunPower Corporation Systems (formerly PowerLight Corporation)
Ira Drukier (B.S. 1966 engineering) – hotelier and philanthropist, who donated US$25 million in December 2014 to establish the Drukier Institute for Children's Health at the
Weill Cornell Medical College
David Duffield (B.E.E. 1962, M.B.A. 1964) – billionaire co-founder of
PeopleSoft and
Workday
John S. Dyson (B.S. 1965) – creator of the "I Love NY" campaign; owner of Millbrook Vineyards and Winery
David Edgerton (B.A. 1947, hotel administration) – co-founder of
Burger King Corporation
David Einhorn (B.A. 1991) – founder and president of
Greenlight Capital ; billionaire hedge fund manager
Chuck Feeney (B.S. 1956 hotel administration) – co-founder of
Duty Free Shoppers Group ; founder and director of
Atlantic Philanthropies ; founder of
General Atlantic ; billionaire philanthropist who has given away more than $8 billion
Russell W. Galbut (B.S. 1974 hotel administration) – co-founder of Crescent Heights, a real estate development company
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Frank Gannett (B.A. 1898) – founder of
Gannett , the largest U.S. newspaper publisher; namesake of Gannett Health Center
Art Gensler (BArch 1958) – founder and chairman of
Gensler
Stephen Gilfus (B.S. 1997) – co-founder of
Blackboard Inc. sold to Providence Equity for $1.6 billion.
Paul Graham (B.A.) – co-founder of
Viaweb , sold for $46.6 million to
Yahoo! and became Yahoo! Stores;
Lisp programmer, author, founder of
Y-Combinator
Leroy Grumman (B.S. 1916 mechanical engineering) – founder of
Grumman Aerospace Corporation ; recipient of the
Medal for Merit (1948)
Myra Hart (B.A. 1962, M.B.A. 1981, trustee, 1999–) – one of four co-founders of
Staples, Inc. ; professor at
Harvard Business School
Jeff Hawkins (B.S. 1979 electrical engineering) – founder of
Palm, Inc. and
Handspring ; inventor of the
Palm Pilot ; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (2003)
Christopher Hemmeter (B.S. 1962, hotel administration) – founder and chairman of Hemmeter Companies
Irwin M. Jacobs (B.E.E. 1956) – billionaire, co-founder and chairman of
Qualcomm ;
UCSD and
MIT engineering professor, pioneer of
CDMA wireless technology, philanthropist; recipient of numerous awards including
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1994),
Marconi Prize (2011),
IEEE Medal of Honor (2013); member of the
National Academy of Engineering (1982)
Stephen A. Jarislowsky (B.S. 1946 mechanical engineering) – billionaire businessman and philanthropist; founder, chairman, and CEO of Jarislowsky Fraser Limited
Seth Klarman (B.A. 1979) – founder and chairman of the
Baupost Group ; hedge fund manager, billionaire
Jules Kroll (B.A. 1963) – founder of
Kroll Inc. and the modern investigations, intelligence, and security industry; responsible for tracking the assets of
Jean-Claude Duvalier ,
Ferdinand and
Imelda Marcos , and
Saddam Hussein
Robert S. Langer (B.S. 1970, chemical engineering) – founder of
Moderna
David Litman (1979, 1982) – founder and CEO of
Hotels.com
Yossi Maiman – founder and owner of the Merhav Group, a shareholder of the
East Mediterranean Gas Company , and former chairman, chief executive officer and president of the
Ampal-American Israel Corporation
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James McLamore (B.A. 1947, hotel administration) – co-founder of
Burger King Corporation
Gary Mendell (B.S. 1979 hotel administration) – founder, chairman, and CEO of
HEI Hotels & Resorts
Robert Warren Miller (B.S. 1955, hotel administration) – billionaire co-founder of
Duty Free Shoppers Group
Howard Milstein (B.A. 1973) – billionaire real estate developer, financier, and philanthropist; chairman, president, and chief executive officer of
New York Private Bank & Trust
Jeff Morgan (B.S. City and Regional Planning) – founder of
Global Heritage Fund
Rohan Murty (B.S. Computer Science) – founder of
Murty Classical Library of India
Floyd R. Newman (B.S. 1912 chemistry) – founder of Allied Oil Company of Cleveland
Drew Nieporent (B.S. 1977 hotel administration) – founder of Myriad Restaurant Group
Franklin W. Olin (B.C.E. 1886) – founder of
Olin Corporation ; gave a gift to build Olin Hall in memory of his son Franklin W. Olin Jr.
John M. Olin (B.S. 1913 chemistry) – founder of
John M. Olin Foundation , president,
Olin Corporation ; namesake of Olin Library
Spencer Truman Olin (B.S. 1921 mechanical engineering) – industrialist and philanthropist; an executive of the
Olin Corporation ;
Republican Party leader
Peter Busch Orthwein (B.S. 1968, MBA 1969) – co-founder and chairman of
Thor Industries
Nathaniel A. Owings – founding partner of
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (
SOM )
Tom Peters (B.C.E. 1965, M.C.E. 1966) – business management motivational guru
Harris Rosen (B.S. 1961 hotel administration) – founder of
Rosen Hotels and Resorts ; major donor of
Rosen College of Hospitality Management (which was renamed due to his major donation)
Rob Ryan (B.A. 1969) – founder and chairman of
Ascend Communications
William Sanders (B.S. 1964) – founder of LaSalle Partners (later merged to form
Jones Lang LaSalle ); founder and chairman of Security Capital Group Incorporated; former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
Niraj Shah (born 1973/74) (B.S. 1995) – billionaire CEO and co-founder of
Wayfair
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Leonard Schleifer (B.S. 1970) – founder and CEO of
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ; billionaire
Seth M. Siegel (B.S. 1974, J. D. 1978) – founder of The Beanstalk Group
Robert F. Smith (B.S. chemical engineering) – billionaire investor; founder, chairman, and CEO of
Vista Equity Partners ; ranked by Forbes in 2015 as 268th richest man in America, and the second wealthiest African-American
Elmer Ambrose Sperry – founder of
Sperry Corporation , known for his invention of
Gyrostabilizer and the
Gyrocompass ; recipient of
John Fritz Medal (1927) and
Elliott Cresson Medal from the
Franklin Institute (1929), member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1925)
Clarence W. Spicer (engineering student) – founder of what is now
Dana Holding Corporation ; engineer, inventor, known for invention of
Universal joint ; inductee into the
Automotive Hall of Fame
John A. Swanson (B.S. 1962, M.S. 1963) – founder of
ANSYS and
John Fritz Medal winner; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (2009)
Jake Swirbul (attended) – co-founder of
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Michael Tien (B.S. 1972 electrical engineering) – founder and chairman of the apparel retail company
G2000
Robert V. Tishman (1937) – founder of
Tishman Speyer Properties
Robert I. Toll (B.A. 1963) – billionaire, co-founder of
Toll Brothers
Deena Varshavskaya – founder and CEO of
Wanelo
Tien Tzuo (B.S. 1990 electrical engineering) – founder and CEO of
Zuora
Jay Walker (B.S. 1977 industrial relations) – founder of
Priceline.com ; founder and chairman of
Walker Digital , a billionaire on Forbes list of the world's billionaires ($1.6 billion in 2000)
Colston Warne (bachelor's 1920, master's 1921 economics) – co-founder of the
Consumers Union and its
Consumer Reports monthly magazine and served as its president for 43 years;
[42] professor of economics at
Amherst College (1930–1969)
Sanford I. Weill (B.A. 1955 government) – billionaire, former chairman and CEO of
Citigroup ; founder of
Shearson Loeb Rhoades , sold for $930 million to
American Express ; namesake of
Weill Cornell Medical College
David F. Welch (Ph.D. 1985 electrical engineering) – co-founder, president of
Infinera Corp ; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (2016)
Justin DuPratt White (1890) – co-founder of
White & Case law firm; trustee of the
Cornell University Board of Trustees (1928–1939)
John Zimmer (B.S. 2006 hotel administration) – co-founder and COO of
Zimride ; co-founder and president of
Lyft
Chairpersons, CEOs, and executives
Joseph H. Boardman
Ratan Tata
Barry Weiss
Keith Barr (B.S. 1992 hotel administration) – CEO of
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (2017–)
Carl Bass (B.A. 1983 mathematics) – former CEO and president of
Autodesk (2006–2017)
Al Bernardin (1952) – creator of the
McDonald's
Quarter Pounder ;
[43] former vice president of Product Development for McDonald's
Mark Bertolini (MBA 1984) – CEO and president of
Aetna
Jeffrey Bleustein (B.S. 1960, B.M.E 1961) – chairman and former CEO of
Harley Davidson
Joseph H. Boardman (B.S. agriculture economics) – president and CEO of
Amtrak (2008–2016), 11th
Federal Railroad Administrator (2005–2008),
New York State
Commissioner of Transportation (1997–2005)
Val A. Browning (B.S. 1917) – president of
Browning Arms Company , American soldier in WWI
Walter S. Carpenter Jr. (undergrad 1906–09, dropped out) – president (1940–48) and chairman (1948–62) of
DuPont
Abby Joseph Cohen (B.A. 1973 economics and computer science, trustee) – partner and Senior Investment Strategist of
Goldman Sachs ; president of Global Markets Institute (GMI), Goldman Sachs
Jennie Chua (B.S. 1971, hotel administration) – CEO of
Capitaland Residential , former CEO of
Raffles Holdings
Heather Cho (B.S. 1999, hotel) – former VP of
Korean Air , fired after
Nut Rage incident
Adolph Coors II (B.A. 1907) – second president of
Coors Brewing Company
Pete Coors (B.S. 1969 industrial engineering) – executive of
Coors Brewing Company ; Senatorial candidate, 2004
Luciano Coutinho (Ph.D. economics) – president of the
Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Eric Daniels (B.A. 1973) – former CEO of
Lloyds Banking Group
Alonzo G. Decker Jr. (B.S. 1929 electrical engineering) – former president, CEO, and chairman of the board of
Black & Decker ; known for developing
power tools for use in the home, including the first
cordless
electric drill
Kenneth T. Derr (B.S. 1959 mechanical engineering, M.B.A. 1960, trustee) – chairman and CEO of
Chevron , 1989–99
Dave Dombrowski (undergrad 1974–75, transferred) – president, CEO, and general manager of the
Detroit Tigers
Jennifer Dulski (B.A., MBA) – president and chief operating officer of
Change.org
Henry D. Edelman (J.D. 1973) – president and CEO of
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) (1989–2008)
Richard J. Ferris (B.S. 1962) – president and CEO of
United Airlines (1976–1987)
Reggie Fils-Aimé (B.S. 1983 applied economics) – president and COO of
Nintendo of America (2006–2019)
J. Patrick Gallagher Jr (B.A. government) – president, CEO and chairman of
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Pawan Kumar Goenka – managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; chairman of SsangYong Motor Company in Korea
Harvey Golub (attended 1956–1958) – president (1991–1993), chairman and CEO (1993–2001) of
American Express ; chairman of the board at the
Campbell Soup Company (2004–2009); chairman of the
American International Group (AIG) (2009–2010); chairman of the board of Advisors of
Miller Buckfire (2011–)
Byron Grote (Ph.D. 1981 quantitative analysis) – chief financial officer of
BP
Raj Gupta (M.S. 1969 operations research) – chairman, CEO and president of
Rohm and Haas ,
[44] chairman of
Delphi Automotive (2015–)
Robert Harrison (B.A. 1976 government) – CEO of the
Clinton Global Initiative and
chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees ;
Rhodes Scholar
Dan Hesse (MBA 1977) – CEO of
Sprint Nextel
Matthew Hiltzik (B.S. 1994, ILR) – president and CEO of Hiltzik Strategies, a strategic consulting and communications firm
D. Brainerd Holmes (B.S. 1943 electrical engineering) – best known for directing NASA's crewed spaceflight program from September 1961 to June 1963; president of
Raytheon (1976–1986) and chairman of
Beechcraft ; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (1977)
F. Kenneth Iverson (1946, aeronautical engineering) – president of
Nucor Steel (1967–1998); inductee into the American Metal Market Steel Hall
[45] and the American National Business Hall of Fame; recipient of the
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1991) and member of the
National Academy of Engineering (1994)
Walter C. Johnsen (B.S 1973, Master of Engineering (chemical) 1974) – chairman and CEO of
Acme United Corporation
Robert D. Kennedy (B.S. 1954 mechanical engineering) – chairman, president, and CEO of
Union Carbide (1986–1995)
Shaygan Kheradpir (bachelor's, master's, and doctorate 1979–1987 electrical engineering) – CEO of
Juniper Networks
Jeff Jacobson (M.S. ILR) – CEO of
Xerox Corporation (2017–)
Ken Jautz (B.A.) – executive vice president of
CNN ; former foreign correspondent for the
Associated Press ; former CNN bureau chief in Germany
Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr. (B.A. 1922 chemistry) – president of
S. C. Johnson & Son ; benefactor and namesake of the
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on campus
Herbert Fisk Johnson III (5 Cornell degrees 1979–86) – billionaire, CEO of S. C. Johnson & Son; benefactor and Trustee Emeritus of Cornell
Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. (B.A. 1950 economics) – billionaire, chairman of S. C. Johnson & Son; benefactor and co-namesake of the
S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
S. Curtis Johnson (B.S. 1977) – billionaire, former chairman of
Diversey
Helen Johnson-Leipold (B.A. 1978 psychology) – billionaire businesswoman; chairman of
Johnson Financial Group , chairman and CEO of
Johnson Outdoors
Winnie Johnson-Marquart (B.S. 1981) – billionaire, president of the Johnson Family Foundation
Thomas W. Jones (B.A. 1969, M.R.P. 1972, trustee) – principal of TWJ Capital LLC
Paul L. Joskow (B.A. 1968) – president of the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 2008, economist
Charles F. Knight (1957, MBA 1959) – chairman (1974–2004), CEO (1973–2000) and president (1986–1988, 1995–1997) of
Emerson Electric Company
Douglas Leone (B.S. 1979 mechanical engineering) – venture capitalist and a partner at
Sequoia Capital ; billionaire
Oscar G. Mayer Jr. (1934) – chairman of
Oscar Mayer
Timothy Mayopoulos (B.A. 1980) – president and CEO of
Fannie Mae (2012–2018)
Lowell McAdam (M.E. 1976) – chairman and CEO of
Verizon
Mary Meeker (MBA 1986 finance) – venture capitalist and former Wall Street securities analyst
Peter C. Meinig (B.M.E 1962) – chairman and CEO of
HM International, LLC
Charles N. Mills (B.S. 1983, MBA 1984) – CEO of
Medline Industries (1997–)
Jon R. Moeller (B.S. 1986, MBA 1988) – CFO of
Procter & Gamble
Brian A. Murdock (B.S. 1978 economics) – president and CEO of
Strategic Investment Group (2014–) and former chairman and CEO of TD Asset Management (2009–2013)
[46]
Thomas Murphy (B.S. 1945) – former chairman and CEO of
Capital Cities /
ABC, Inc. ;
Television Hall of Fame ,
NATPE Lifetime Achievement Award (1996)
Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos (B.A. 1985) - President and COO of Flag Luxury Group
Lubna Olayan (B.S. 1977) – CEO of the Olayan Financing Company, the holding entity for the
Olayan Group 's operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East
Salil Parekh (M.E.) – CEO and managing director of
Infosys (2018–)
James Wentworth Parker (class of 1908) – president and general manager of
Detroit Edison Company (1943–1951) and of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1942–1943)
William D. Perez (B.A. 1969 government) – CEO of
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company , CEO of
Nike, Inc. , 2004–06
Victor Peng (MEng, electrical engineering) – president and CEO of
Xilinx (2018–)
Sandi Peterson (B.A.) – Group Worldwide chairman for
Johnson & Johnson
Joseph N. Pew Jr. (M.E. 1908) – vice president (1912–1947) and chairman (1947–1963) of
Sun Oil Company ; founder of
The Pew Charitable Trusts ; namesake of Pew Engineering Quad
James Pitaro (B.S. 1991) – president of
ESPN
Georges Plassat – chairman and chief executive officer of
Carrefour (2012–2017)
Lewis Platt (B.S. 1964 mechanical engineering) – CEO of
Hewlett-Packard (1992–99); chairman of
Boeing , 2003–05
Michael B. Polk (B.S. IEOR) – CEO of
Newell Brands (2011–)
Robert Purcell – chairman of
Cornell University Board of Trustees (1968–1978)
Justin Rattner (B.S. 1970 electrical engineering, M.S. 1972 computer science) – chief technology officer of
Intel ,
ABC News Person of the Week for his work on the
ASCI Red system (fastest computer in the world, 1996–2000), R&D Magazine ' s "Scientist of the Year", 1989
Bruce S. Raynor (B.S. 1972 industrial & labor relations) – president of
UNITE HERE
George Rea (1915) – first paid president of the
New York Curb Exchange
[47]
Kevin Reilly (B.A. 1984) – president of
NBC Entertainment (2004–2007), president (2007–2012) and chairman (2012–2014) of entertainment at
Fox , president of
TBS and
TNT (2014–)
Irene Rosenfeld (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1980) – CEO and chairwoman of
Kraft Foods
Frank Rosenfelt (LL.B. 1950) – former CEO of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studio
Jon Rubinstein (B.S. 1978, MEng 1979) – CEO of
Palm, Inc. ,
Apple SVP 1997–2006; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (2005)
Demir Sabancı (MBA 1999) – Turkish entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist
Vicki Saporta (class of 1974) – president and CEO of the
National Abortion Federation (1995–)
Robert Selander (B.S. 1972) – president and CEO of
MasterCard (1997–2010)
Daniel Schwartz (B.S. 2001 applied economics and management) – CEO of
Restaurant Brands International (
Burger King Corporation )
Steven Sinofsky (B.A. 1987) – president of
Windows and
Windows Live Engineering at
Microsoft
Charles E. Sporck (B.M.E. 1950) – microelectronics pioneer; co-founded the
Semiconductor Industry Association ; CEO and president of
National Semiconductor (1967–1991)
Kyung-Bae Suh (M.B.A. 1987) – chairman, CEO, and owner of
Amorepacific Corporation
Larry Tanenbaum (B.S. 1968) – chairman of
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Ratan Tata (BArch 1962) – chairman of
Tata Group , India's wealthiest business group, 1991–2012
Myron Charles Taylor (LL.B. 1894) – chairman and CEO of
U.S. Steel (1932–38); namesake of Taylor Hall;
Medal for Merit recipient
Walter C. Teagle (B.S. 1899, trustee, 1924–54) – president and chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey (now
ExxonMobil ); namesake of Teagle Hall
Andrew Tisch (B.S. 1971, hotel administration) – chairman of
Loews Corporation
James S. Tisch (B.A. 1975) – CEO of
Loews Corporation
Fred Tomczyk (B.S. 1977) – CEO of
TD Ameritrade ; former president and chief executive officer of
London Life Insurance Company
Arnold Tremere – executive director, government official (Canadian International Grains Institute)
Rick Tsai (Ph.D. 1981) – CEO of
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Harold Uris (B.S. 1925, trustee 1967–1972) – real estate investor and builder; namesake of Uris Hall
Sophie Vandebroek (Ph.D.) – chief technology officer of
Xerox and president of Xerox Innovation Group (2006–)
Charles W. Wason (1876) - president of the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railway Company
Randi Weingarten (B.S. 1980 ILR) - president of the
United Federation of Teachers (1998−2008) and of the
American Federation of Teachers (2008−)
Barry Weiss – chairman and CEO of
Island Def Jam and
Universal Motown Republic
Stephen H. Weiss (class of 1957) – investment banker and philanthropist
Tim Wentworth (B.S. ILR) – CEO and president of
Express Scripts (2016–)
Mark Whitacre (Ph.D. nutritional biochemistry) – COO of
Cypress Systems
Fuganto Widjaja (B.A. 2003) – Indonesian billionaire businessman
Lynton Wilson (M.A. economics) – president and CEO of
Redpath Industries Ltd. (1981–1988); vice-chairman of the
Bank of Nova Scotia ; at various times president, COO, CEO, and chairman of the board of
BCE Inc. (1990–2000); president and CEO of
BCE Inc. (1992–1993); chairman of
Nortel Networks (2000–2005); chairman of
CAE Inc. ; chancellor of
McMaster University (2007–2013); Officer of the
Order of Canada ; recipient of honorary degrees from six Canadian universities
Dennis Woodside (B.S. 1991) – CEO of
Motorola Mobility ; president of Google America[
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Robert D. Ziff (J.D. 1992) – billionaire co-CEO of Ziff Brothers Investments
Stephen Zinser – hedge fund manager who co-founded European Credit Management, a financial firm based in London, and served as its CEO
Education
See:
List of Cornell University alumni (education)
Entertainment
Film, radio, television and theatre
Christopher Reeve
Frank Morgan
Robert Ahrens (B.A.) - film and theatre producer
Ted Berkman (1933) – screenwriter, authored
Bedtime for Bonzo
Josh Bernstein (B.A. 1993 anthropology and psychology) – host of
Digging for the Truth on the
History Channel
Prashant Bhargava (B.A. 1994) filmmaker and director
Murray Burnett , co–wrote the play Everybody Comes to Rick's which was adapted into the film
Casablanca
Steve Carver (B.A.) – film director and producer
Dane Clark (bachelors 1930s) – actor,
Moonrise
Jordan Clarke (B.A. 1973 philosophy, M.F.A. 1973 acting) – actor, starred in
Guiding Light , winner of a
Daytime Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Charles Collingwood (B.A. 1939) – broadcast journalist and foreign correspondent
S.E. Cupp (B.A. 2000 art history) – co-host of
MSNBC 's
The Cycle
Gia Crovatin (B.A.) – actress
Gordon Davidson (1956) –
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director and
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play -winning stage and film director; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Maria Dizzia (theater) – actress, nominated for the 2010
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Ellen Albertini Dow (B.A. 1935 theater, M.A. 1938 theater) – actress,
Wedding Crashers and
The Wedding Singer
Dan Duryea (B.A. English) – actor
Rick Elice (B.A.) – writer and former stage actor
Jessica Ettinger (B.S. 1997) – news anchor with CBS 1010
WINS New York; anchor of
Today Show Radio, SiriusXM/NBC
Negin Farsad (B.A. 1998) - stand-up comedian, writer, panelist on
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Scott Ferguson (B.A. Theatre) – executive producer of
Succession
Zelda Fichandler – doyenne of
regional theater
Art Fleming – original
Jeopardy! host, 1964 to 1975
David Folkenflik (B.A. 1991 arts and sciences) – media correspondent for
NPR
Steven Franken (B.A. 1950) – actor, best known for his role in
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Robert N. Fried (B.S., M.S.) – film producer, screenwriter, studio executive and media entrepreneur; Academy Award recipient in 1992 for his short film,
Session Man
David F. Friedman (1942, electrical engineering) – filmmaker
Allen Funt (B.A. 1934 fine arts) – producer, created
Candid Camera
Carla Gallo (B.A. theater) – actress notable for recurring roles in the television series
Undeclared ,
Carnivàle ,
Bones ,
Californication
Eric Garcia (transferred 1992) – writer, author of
Matchstick Men
Joel Gertner (1993–1996, dropped out) – former
ECW personality
Sam Gold (B.A. English 2000) – theater director and actor; 2015
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical winner for
Fun Home
Meta Golding (theatre arts and international relations) – Haitian-American actress
Harold Gould (M.A. 1948 theater, Ph.D. 1953 dramatic speech and literature) – stage, screen, and television actor
Paul Green – playwright, known for
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, In Abraham's Bosom (1927)
Kovid Gupta (M.B.A. 2015) – screenwriter, author,
Kingdom of The Soap Queen: The Story of Balaji Telefilms
Carolyn Gusoff (B.A. 1984) – reporter and anchor with
WNBC in New York City
Joanna Guy (B.A. 2013) –
Miss Maryland 2012
Brian Hallisay (degree in economics and history) – actor from the television show
Privileged
Howard Hawks (mechanical engineering) – film director, producer, and writer of the classic Hollywood era; directed Scarface , His Girl Friday , The Big Sleep , and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hugh Herbert – actor, playwright and comedian
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Catherine Hicks (M.F.A. 1976?) – actress; played Annie Camden on
7th Heaven
John Hostetter (M.A. acting) – actor, played John the stage manager on
Murphy Brown for 62 episodes
[49]
Ricky Jay (Hotel) – magician, historian, actor, writer and scholar
[50]
[51]
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Frederick Johnson (B.A. 1978 English) – Emmy and WGA Award-winning television writer; credits include
All My Children ,
The Young and the Restless ,
Days of Our Lives ,
As The World Turns ,
One Life to Live ,
Guiding Light
Neeraj Khemlani (1992) – co-president of
CBS News
Sidney Kingsley (B.A. 1928) – playwright, screenwriter, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize in 1934 for the drama Men in White
Aditi Kinkhabwala (B.A. American Studies) – sports reporter for
NFL Network
Mia Korf – actress, best known for originating the role of
Blair Daimler Buchanan on
One Life to Live
Jamie Kovac (B.S. 2001, MEng 2002) – "Fury" on
American Gladiators
[53]
Polly Kreisman (B.A. 1978) - television (WWOR, WPIX) and print journalist, winner of 15 Emmy Awards
Ellie Krieger (B.S. 1988) – nutritionist, chef, and TV food celebrity
Arthur Laurents (B.A. 1937 English) – playwright, screenwriter, director, author, credits include
West Side Story ,
Rope , and
Gypsy
Leonard "Lenny" Lipton – author, filmmaker, and stereoscopic vision system inventor; founder of
StereoGraphics
Stuart Loory (B.A. 1954) – executive and reporter,
CNN
Jane Lynch (M.F.A. 1984 theater) – actress, best known for
Glee
Bill Maher (B.A. 1978 English) – comedian and satirist, best known for hosting the television series
Politically Incorrect and
Real Time with Bill Maher
Rob Marciano – journalist and
meteorologist
Ed Marinaro – film and television actor.
Louis Massiah (B.A. Astrophysics) – documentary filmmaker;
MacArthur Fellow (1996), Tribeca Film Institute Fellow (1990, 1996), Fleisher Founder's Award (2009)
Peter Marx - television host; information law attorney; technology business consultant; producer
Gardner McKay (attended for 2 years) – actor, artist, and author known for the lead role in the 1960s TV series
Adventures in Paradise
Carol Mendelsohn (B.A. 1973) – television producer; credits include
C.S.I.
Adolphe Menjou (B.S. engineering) – actor, known for his roles in
The Sheik ,
The Three Musketeers , and
Paths of Glory
Justin H. Min (B.A. 2011 Government and English) - actor; currently stars as
Ben Hargreeves in
The Umbrella Academy
Ronald D. Moore (failed out 1985) – writer and producer of
Star Trek: The Next Generation ,
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and the re-imagined
Battlestar Galactica ; two–time
Hugo Award winner, nominated for an Emmy Award
Frank Morgan (undergrad 1908–09, dropped out) – actor who played the Wizard in
The Wizard of Oz , two-time Academy Award nominee
Bill Nye (B.S. 1977 mechanical engineering, MEng 1977, Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor 2001–06) – star of
Bill Nye the Science Guy ; science education advocate
Adepero Oduye (1999) – actress in
12 Years a Slave and
Pariah
Keith Olbermann (B.S. 1979 communication arts) – sports commentator, MSNBC news anchor, co-host of
Football Night in America of
NBC
Peter Ostrum (D.V.M. 1984) – played
Charlie Bucket in
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Evan Parke (1990) – actor best known for his role as Hayes in
King Kong
Ethan Phillips (MFA) – actor and playwright
Bill Pidto (1987) – a host of
NHL Live on
NHL Network and former anchor at
ESPN , 1993–2008
Richard Price (B.S. 1971) – author,
The Wanderers and six other novels; Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for
The Color of Money and
Clockers
Keith Raywood (B.A. Architecture, 1980) – Emmy Award-winning production designer
Christopher Reeve (B.A. 1974 theater arts and English) – actor, best known for starring in
Superman and its sequels
Jason Reich (B.S. Communication 1998) – Emmy Award-winning writer for
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Christopher Rich (M.A. Theater Arts) – played Miller Redfield on
Murphy Brown
Daniel K. Riskin (Ph.D.) –evolutionary biologist and television personality, known for co-hosting the Canadian television series
Daily Planet
Casey Robinson – producer, director and screenwriter
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (B.A.) – director
William Sadler (M.F.A. 1974) – actor, known for films including
The Shawshank Redemption
Gene Saks (B.A. 1943)
[54] – stage and film director, an inductee of the
American Theater Hall of Fame ; seven-time nominee and three-time winner of
Tony Award ; four-time nominee of
Drama Desk Award
Andrea Savage (B.A. Political Science and Spanish, minor in Law Studies) – Actress,
Dog Bites Man
Dick Schaap (B.S. 1955) – sports newscaster on
ABC and
ESPN , two
Emmy Awards , author and co-author of 33 books
Jeremy Schaap (1991) – author, sports journalist, recipient of eight Emmy Awards
Robert Frederic Schenkkan Jr. (
M.F.A 1977) – award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and actor; the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1992) for his work The Kentucky Cycle , and the
Tony Award for Best Play (2014) for his drama All the Way earned
Bert Schneider – film and television producer,
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing
Hearts and Minds (1975)
Vivian Schiller (B.A. Russian) – former CEO of
NPR
Thelma Schoonmaker (B.A. 1961) – film editor, received the Academy Award for
Raging Bull ,
The Aviator , and
The Departed
David Seidler (1959) – screenwriter who won
83rd Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay for
The Kings Speech (2010)
[55]
Robert Smigel (undergrad 1978–80, transferred) – puppeteer behind
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ; first head writer of
Late Night with Conan O'Brien ; author of "TV Funhouse" animations on
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Smits (M.F.A. 1982) – actor
Sarah Spain – ESPN sports journalist
Tim Squyres (B.A. 1981) – Academy Award-nominated film editor, best known for
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gerald Stone (1957 political science) – Australian television and radio journalist, television executive, and author
Yale Summers (Bachelor's Business with honors, 1955) – actor and governing member of the
Screen Actors Guild
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Ken Sunshine (1970) – publicist
Dominique Thorne (B.S. 2019) –actress, known primarily as
Riri Williams/Ironheart in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Jennifer Tipton (B.A. 1958) – award-winning theatre and dance lighting designer;
MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
Franchot Tone (B.A. 1927) – actor, nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actor for
Mutiny on the Bounty
Ming Tsai (hotel administration) – celebrity chef of Ming's Quest , a cooking show featured on the
Fine Living Network , and
Simply Ming on
American Public Television
Jerry Wasserman (Ph.D. English Literature) – film and television actor; also professor and head of the Department of Theatre and Film at the
University of British Columbia
Whit Watson (B.A., English, 1993) – announcer on
Golf Channel , formerly at
ESPN and
Sun Sports ; winner of four Emmy Awards; former Sports Director at
WVBR
Andrew Weinberg (B.A. 1998) – television writer and co-winner of
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2007)
Pete van Wieren – sportscaster and sports reporter, best known for 33-year career calling
play-by-play for
Major League Baseball 's
Atlanta Braves
David Wild – writer and critic in the music and television industries, nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on America: A Tribute to Heroes
Sheri Wilner – playwright
Walt Witcover – theatre educator, né Walter Witcover Scheinman
Mary Woronov (did not graduate) – actress, member of
Andy Warhol 's
The Factory
Paula Vogel (1976, M.A, 2016, Ph.D.) – playwright who won the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive (1998)
Teddy Zee (B.S. 1979) – film producer, media and technology executive
Robert Zelnick (B.S.) – award-winning journalist; winner of two
Emmy Awards and two
Gavel Awards ; formerly
ABC News correspondent for more than 20 years, and professor of journalism at the
Boston University College of Communication
Music
Greg Graffin
Robert Moog
Robert Alexander Anderson (1916) – composer, wrote Christmas song "
Mele Kalikimaka "
Russ Barenberg –
Grammy –nominated
bluegrass musician
Herbert Barrett (B.A. 1930) – talent manager for hundreds of famous artists from the 1930s to 2000s
Harry Chapin (did not graduate) – folk musician known for the song "
Cat's in the Cradle "
Henrique de Curitiba (M.F.A. 1981) – composer
Mack David – eight-time Academy Award nominee for songs including "
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo "
Jeremy Dussolliet (B.S. 2009) – Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and member of the duo
Kinetics & One Love
Jared Emerson-Johnson (B.A. 2003) – video game music composer
Richard Fariña – folk musician
Joscelyn Godwin (Ph.D. 1969 musicology) – musicologist, translator, historian of the esoteric
Greg Graffin (Ph.D. 1991 evolutionary biology) – lead singer and co-founder of
Bad Religion
Laurens Hammond (B.S. 1916 mechanical engineering) – inventor of the
Hammond organ
Jesse Harris (B.A.) – Grammy Award-winning songwriter who wrote "
Don't Know Why " and "
Come Away with Me ", songs popularized by the artist
Norah Jones
Ari Hest (attended, transferred) – singer-songwriter
John S. Hilliard (D.M.A. 1983) – classical composer
Barry Kernfeld (M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1981) – musicologist, jazz saxophonist, known for writing The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Alex Kresovich (B.S. 2008) – music producer and songwriter
Huey Lewis (undergrad 1967–69, dropped out) – rock musician and member of
Huey Lewis and the News
Robert Moog (Ph.D. 1965) – inventor of the
Moog synthesizer and founder of
Moog Music
Charles Previn (B.A. 1910) – Academy Award-winning film composer, seven-time Academy Award nominee
Steve Reich (B.A. 1957) – Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, and one of the pioneers of
minimal music ; recipient of the
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013)
Christopher Rouse (D.M.A. 1977) – classical composer; winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Cary Sherman (1968) – chairman and CEO of the
Recording Industry Association of America
Tim Sommers (B.S. 2010) – Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter and member of the duo
Kinetics & One Love
Oliver Strunk (attended from 1917 to 1919 and in 1927) –
musicologist who was on the faculty of
Princeton University from 1937 to 1966; founding member and president (1959–1960) of the
American Musicological Society
Steven Stucky (D.M.A. 1978; Professor of Music Composition) – Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
Gil Trythall (D.M.A. 1960) – composer and pianist
Paul Francis Webster (undergrad 1927–1928, transferred) – Academy and
Grammy Award -winning lyricist
Peter Yarrow (B.A. 1959) – folk singer, member of
Peter, Paul and Mary
Andy Zax (B.A. 1986) twice-
Grammy –nominated producer and music historian, known for his complete audio restoration of the
Woodstock Festival
Other
Journalism
Keith Olbermann
Kate Snow
Eric Alterman (B.A. 1982 history and government) – author and columnist
Jim Axelrod (B.A. 1985 history) – national correspondent and reporter for
CBS News
Jane Brody (1962, Biochemistry) —
The New York Times health and nutrition journalist
[57]
Rodney A. Brooks (B.S. 1975 – personal finance editor with
USA Today
Marion Hamilton Carter (B.S. 1898) - educator, psychologist, journalist, and author
Julius Chambers (B.A. 1870) – author, editor, journalist, and travel writer
C.J. Chivers (B.A. 1987) – foreign correspondent with
The New York Times ; winner of
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting as part of a team of The New York Times reporters and photographers (2009) and winner of
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing (2017)
Michael Dirda (M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1977, comparative literature) – Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for
The Washington Post
Edward Jay Epstein (B.A., M.A.) – investigative journalist; former political science professor at
Harvard ,
UCLA , and
MIT
Michael Fremer (B.S. 1968 Industrial and Labor Relations) - audiophile journalist
[58]
Jeffrey Gettleman (B.A. 1994) – foreign correspondent,
The New York Times ;
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (2012)
Iser Ginzburg (MD 1900), physician and Yiddish journalist
Wendy M. Grossman (B.A. 1975) – journalist and blogger
Philip Gourevitch (B.A. 1986) – former editor of
The Paris Review ; 1998
National Book Critics Circle Award winner
Sally Jacobsen (M.A. Economics) – journalist and foreign correspondent; first woman to serve as international editor of the
Associated Press
[59]
Andy Kessler (B.S. 1980) – "Inside View" columnist,
Wall Street Journal opinion page; author
Austin H. Kiplinger (B.A. 1939) – journalist; editor of The Kiplinger Letter ; founder of
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine; winner of the
Peabody Award
John S. Knight – major newspaper publisher and editor, Pulitzer Prize winner
Steven Lagerfeld (B.A. 1977) – editor of
The Wilson Quarterly
Carl Leubsdorf (B.A. 1959 government) – journalist and columnist
Eric Lichtblau (B.A. 1987 English and political science) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for national reporting with The New York Times
Roger Lowenstein (B.A. 1973) – financial journalist and author of
When Genius Failed (2000)
Farhad Manjoo (2000) – journalist and author, columnist for
The Wall Street Journal ,
The New York Times
James C. McKinley Jr. (B.A. 1984) – foreign correspondent, The New York Times
Anne Morrissy Merick (1955) – journalist who broke barriers against women
[60]
Philip Merrill (B.A. 1955 government, trustee) – owner and publisher of The Capital Daily Newspaper in
Annapolis, MD and
Washingtonian magazine; international statesman; adviser to U.S. presidents
Jeremy O'Grady (MA Political Science) – founding editor of
The Week news digest magazine, and one of its original owners; now its editor-in-chief
Jon Ralston (B.A. 1981) - journalist, founder of The Nevada Independent
John Andrew Rea (B.A. 1869) – editor of
The Olympian ,
Minneapolis Tribune ,
Bismarck Tribune and the Dakota edition of the
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Kate Snow (B.S. 1991 communication) – journalist, correspondent,
NBC News
Andrew Ross Sorkin (B.S. 1999 communication) – journalist, co-anchor of
Squawk Box , author of Too Big to Fail
Howard Taubman (B.A. 1929) – chief music critic and chief theater critic for The New York Times in the 1950s and 1960s
William T. Vollmann (B.A. 1981 comparative literature) – journalist, author of numerous books on war, including a seven-volume treatise on violence
Robin Wolaner (B.S. 1975 industrial and labor relations) – founder of
Parenting Magazine
Sheryl WuDunn (B.A. 1981 European history) – journalist at
The New York Times , co-winner in 1990 of the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage on the
Tienanmen Square protests of 1989 , winner of the
George Polk Award in 1989, and winner of the
Overseas Press Club in 1990
Law
Supreme Court justices
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Federal judges
Ronnie Abrams
Douglas H. Ginsburg
Ronnie Abrams (B.A. 1990) – federal judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2012–)
Simon L. Adler (LL.B. 1889) –
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of New York
Mark J. Bennett (J.D. 1979) – judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and
Attorney General of Hawaii
Richard M. Berman (B.S. 1964) – senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Frederic Block (LL.B. 1959) – senior judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Robert Boochever (B.A. 1939, J.D. 1941) – senior judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ; chief justice of the
Alaska Supreme Court
Leonie Brinkema (J.D. 1976) – U.S. District Court judge
Brian Cogan (J.D. 1979) –
federal judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Christopher C. Conner (B.A. 1979) –
federal judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Paul A. Crotty (LL.B. 1967) – federal judge, Southern District of New York
Mary H. Donlon (LL.B. 1920) – U.S. Customs Court judge; first female editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Quarterly and of a U.S. law review
Henry White Edgerton (A.B. 1910) – justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Nancy Garlock Edmunds (B.A. 1969) – judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Harry T. Edwards (B.A. 1962 industrial & labor relations) – chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington, D.C.; professor at
New York University School of Law ; former professor at
Duke ,
Georgetown ,
Harvard ,
Pennsylvania , and
Michigan law schools; author
John T. Elfvin (B.E.E. 1942 electrical engineering) – federal judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
Thomas E. Fairchild (B.A. 1934) – senior justice (1981–2007) of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Phillip S. Figa (J.D. 1976) – federal judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Paul L. Friedman (B.A. 1965) – senior judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Nina Gershon (B.A. 1962 English) –
United States magistrate judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ; senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Douglas H. Ginsburg (B.S. 1970) – chief judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Peter W. Hall (J.D. 1977) – justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Emily C. Hewitt (A.B. 1966) – chief judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims
David N. Hurd (B.S. 1959) – judge of the
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
Edith Jones (B.A. 1971 economics) – justice of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Barbara Milano Keenan (B.A. 1971) – justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ;
justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia ; justice of the
Virginia Court of Appeals
Gladys Kessler (B.A. 1959) – senior judge for the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Frederick Bernard Lacey (LL.B. 1948) – judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Kenneth K. Lee (B.A. 1997) – justice of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Lloyd Francis MacMahon (B.A. 1936, LL.B. 1938) – federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Alison J. Nathan (B.A. 1994, J.D. 2000) – judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Edward Nottingham (B.A. 1969) –
United States federal judge in the
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Walter Chadwick Noyes (1888) –
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit judge
Marsha J. Pechman (B.A. 1973) –
Federal judge (1999–2011), Chief
Federal judge (2011–) of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Pamela Pepper (J.D. 1989) – judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2014–)
Sharon Prost – chief justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. (B.A. 1943, LL.B. 1947) – senior judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Robin S. Rosenbaum (B.A. 1988) –
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida judge
[63]
Max Rosenn (B.A. 1929) –
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge
Barbara Jacobs Rothstein (B.A. 1960) – chief judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington ; senior judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Amy J. St. Eve (B.S. 1987, J.D. 1990) – federal justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Karen Gren Scholer (J.D. 1982) - District Judge
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Frederic Palen Schoonmaker (B.A. 1891) – judge for the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Jonathan R. Steinberg (B.A. 1960) – justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Harold Montelle Stephens (A.B. 1909) – chief justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Joseph L. Tauro (LL.B. 1956) –
federal judge for the
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Elbert Tuttle (B.A. 1918, LL.B. 1923) – chief justice,
U.S. Court of Appeals ; ruled on many fundamental
1954 civil-rights cases
Richard C. Wesley (J.D. 1974) – justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Nina Appel - first female dean of
Loyola Law School
State and local judges
Other judges
Lawyers
Literature
Kurt Vonnegut
Diane Ackerman (M.F.A. 1973 poetry, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978) – author, poet, and naturalist
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred (M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1994) – scholar, author, and adviser to indigenous nations
Melissa Bank (M.F.A. 1998) – best-selling author;
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing , a bestseller in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and The Wonder Spot , a novel, have been translated into over thirty languages
Edward Bernays (B.S. 1912 agriculture) – public relations practitioner, author of
Propaganda
Morris Bishop (B.A. 1913, M.A. 1914, Ph.D. 1926; Professor of Romance Literature) – biographer, author, humorist, wrote the preeminent history of the university, A History of Cornell
Ken Blanchard (B.A. 1961, Ph.D. 1967) – management consultant, co-author of The One Minute Manager
Harold Bloom (B.A. 1951) – literary and cultural scholar-critic;
Sterling Professor of
Humanities at
Yale University ;
MacArthur Fellow (1985)
Susan Brownmiller (B.A. 1956) – feminist author and activist
Louis Bromfield (1914–1916 agriculture) –
Pulitzer Prize winner for best novel for
Early Autumn (1927) and pioneer of innovative scientific farming concepts
Pearl S. Buck (M.F.A. 1924) – author, novelist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938
NoViolet Bulawayo (M.F.A. 2010) – Zimbabwean author of
We Need New Names
Murray Burnett (B.A. 1931) – author of the play Everybody Comes to Rick's , which was turned into the film
Casablanca
George Lincoln Burr (B.A. 1881; John Stambaugh Professor of History 1888–?) – U.S. historian, diplomat, author, and educator
Fiona Cheong (B.A. English; M.F.A. Creative Writing) – author of
The Scent of the Gods , nominated for a National Book Award (1991)
George Cockcroft (B.A. 1954) – author,
The Dice Man ; uses the pen name
Luke Rhinehart
Ann Coulter (B.A. 1984 history) – book author and columnist
Junot Díaz (M.F.A. 1995) – critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning short-story writer;
MacArthur Fellowship (2012)
Alice Dunbar-Nelson (attended 1907–1908) – poet, journalist, political activist,
Harlem Renaissance influence
Jane Duran – Cuban-born poet, recipient of the
Forward Poetry Prize (1995) and the
Cholmondeley Award (2005)
Barry Eisler (J.D. 1989) – author, novelist
Sarah Elbert (B.A 1965, M.A 1966, Ph.D. 1974) – scholar
Richard Fariña (B.A. 1962 English) – author, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me ; folk singer
Jessie Redmon Fauset (B.A. 1905) – author from the
Harlem Renaissance
Nick Fowler (B.A. 1989) – musician, poet, author,
A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla
Alice Fulton (M.F.A. 1982; Ann S. Bowers Distinguished Professor of English) – poet, author, feminist,
MacArthur Fellow (1991)
William H. Gass (Ph.D. 1954 philosophy) – author, essayist
C. S. Giscombe (M.F.A. 1975) – poet and professor of English at
University of California, Berkeley ; recipient of
American Book Award for Prairie Style (2008)
Jon Gordon (B.A.) – author of The Energy Bus
Martin Hägglund (Ph.D. 2009 comparative literature) – literary theorist, philosopher
Lynne Hanley (B.A. English) – literary critic
E. D. Hirsch (B.A., 1950) – literary critic and educational theorist
Laura Howes (B.A. English) – a scholar of Middle English literature
Minfong Ho (B.A. Economics) – Chinese-American author
Laura Z. Hobson – author,
Gentleman's Agreement
Clifford Irving (B.A. 1951) – author of the
Howard Hughes biography hoax
Brenda Janowitz (1995) – fiction author and attorney
Michelle Knudsen (B.A. 1995 English) –
New York Times best-selling American author of 47 books for young readers
Anne LaBastille (B.A. 1955, Ph.D. 1969) – author and award-winning conservationist
Jean Lee Latham (B.A., M.A.) – writer specialized in biographies for children or young adults and
Newbery Medal recipient (1956) for her book
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Victor LaValle (B.A. English) – author
Philipp Meyer (B.A. English) – fiction writer and author of
American Rust and The Son
James H. Morey (M.A. 1987, Ph.D. 1990) – Medievalist and professor of English at
Emory University
Toni Morrison (M.A. 1955 M) - best-selling author;
The Bluest Eye and
Beloved . Nobel Prize in Literature. Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Lorrie Moore (M.F.A. 1982) – prize-winning short-story writer and novelist
Manuel Muñoz (M.F.A. 1998) – award-winning author and professor of creative writing
Ira B. Nadel (Ph.D. 1970) – prize-winning biographer and literary critic
John Naisbitt (graduate study) – best-selling writer in the area of
futures studies
George Jean Nathan (1904) – author, critic
Iddo Netanyahu (did not graduate) – Israeli physician, author and playwright; younger brother of
Benjamin Netanyahu
Nicholas Nicastro (B.A. 1985 English, M.A. 1991 archaeology, Ph.D. 2003 psychology) – historical novelist
Téa Obreht (MFA 2009) – novelist,
The Tiger's Wife
Stewart O'Nan (MFA 1992) – novelist,
Drue Heinz Literature Prize -winning author for In the Walled City in 1993, author of
Snow Angels
Julie Orringer (B.A. 1994 English) – short-story writer and novelist
Thomas Perry (B.A. 1969) – novelist,
Edgar Award winner
Darryl Ponicsan (M.A. 1965) – writer best known as the author of the 1971 novel
The Last Detail
Seksan Prasertkul (M.A., Ph.D. 1989 political science) –
Thai author,
National Artist of Thailand (literature)
Michael Punke (J.D. 1989) – author of
The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge , adapted as the film
The Revenant (2015)
Thomas Pynchon (B.A. 1959 English) – author,
Gravity's Rainbow and
Mason & Dixon ;
MacArthur Fellow (1988)
Kenneth Roberts (B.A. 1908) – novelist,
Northwest Passage
Laura Riding (attended 1918–21) – poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, and leader in
modernism
Matt Ruff (B.A. 1988) – author,
Fool on the Hill
Joanna Russ (B.A. 1957 English; professor) – feminist author,
The Female Man
Ira Sadoff (B.S. 1966 ILR) – poet, novelist, critic, True Faith 2012, Grazing 1999, Barter 2003
Kirkpatrick Sale (B.A. 1958 history) – independent scholar and author
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (undergrad) – critical theorist, literature professor
Elsie Singmaster – author,
Swords of Steel ;
Newbery Medal recipient in 1934
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Ph.D. 1967 comparative literature) – post-colonialist theorist, Can the Subaltern Speak? ; winner of
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy ; university professor at
Columbia University
Ellen Stekert – folklorist and folk musician
William Stokoe (B.A. 1941, Ph.D. 1946 English) – pioneered research on American Sign Language; co-authored A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles (1965), the first attempt to systematically represent and characterize ASL phonology,
Stokoe notation creator
William Strunk Jr. (Ph.D. 1896; professor) – author of
The Elements of Style
Hendrik Willem van Loon (1905; Professor of History 1915–17) – author of the first book to be awarded the
Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature
William T. Vollmann (B.A., Comparative Literature, 1977) – novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer, and essayist.
Kurt Vonnegut (undergrad 1941–1944) – author,
Slaughterhouse-Five ,
Cat's Cradle , and
Breakfast of Champions
James Weinstein (B.A. 1949 government) – author and publisher of
In These Times
Lauren Weisberger (B.A. 1999 English) – author,
The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing
E. B. White (B.A. 1921) – author,
Charlotte's Web and
Stuart Little ; co-author of
The Elements of Style
Nicola Yoon (B.S. 1994 Electrical Engineering) – author,
Everything, Everything (novel) and
The Sun Is Also a Star (novel)
Military
Major General
John M. Paxton Jr.
George Bell Jr. (
LL.B. , 1894),
United States Army
Major General who commanded the
33rd Infantry Division in
World War I and later the
United States VI Corps
Bruce C. Clarke –
United States Army
general
Alan Louis Eggers –
United States Army
sergeant ,
World War I ; awarded for heroic actions near Le Catelet, France
Rhonda Cornum (Ph.D. 1980 biochemistry and nutrition) – former
United States Army
Brigadier general ; former
prisoner of war
George William Goddard (1917-1918) - United States Air Force
brigadier general and a pioneer in
aerial photography
[65]
Webb Hayes (attended 1873–1875) – United States Army brigadier general,
Philippine–American War ; awarded for rescue of captives at
Vigan Island
George William Goddard (1917-1918) - United States Air Force brigadier general and a pioneer in aerial photography
Kenneth Nichols (B.S., M.S. civil engineering) –
United States Army
Major General and an engineer who worked on the
Manhattan Project ; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (1968)
[66]
John M. Paxton Jr. (B.S. 1973, MEng 1974) – major general,
United States Marine Corps ,
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
Erik M. Ross (B.A. 1988) –
U.S. Navy admiral
David A. Stafford (B.A. 1917) – brigadier general in the
United States Marine Corps
[67]
Matt Urban (Matty L. Urbanowitz, B.A. 1941, history, government) – United States Army (1941–46)
lieutenant colonel , World War II; awarded for valorous actions in France and
Belgium
Nobel laureates
Douglas Osheroff
Steven Weinberg
Toni Morrison
Chemistry
Physics
Arthur Ashkin (Ph.D. 1952 nuclear physics) – Physics 2018; pioneer in Optical tweezers; member of the National Academy of Engineering (1984) and the National Academy of Sciences (1996); recipient of the Harvey Prize (2004)
Sheldon Glashow (B.A. 1954 physics) – Physics 1979;
Physics (1979); member of the
National Academy of Sciences since 1977
Russell Hulse — Physics 1993; conducted award-winning research at Cornell's affiliated
Arecibo Observatory (1974)
[70] )
John M. Kosterlitz — Physics 2016; postdoctoral fellow (1973–1974); fellow of the
American Physical Society ; recipient of the
Maxwell Medal and Prize (1981) and the
Lars Onsager Prize (2000); member of the
National Academy of Sciences , since 2017
[71]
Douglas D. Osheroff (M.S. 1971 physics, Ph.D. 1973 physics) – Physics 1996;
MacArthur Fellow (1981); member of the
National Academy of Sciences , since 1987
Isidor Isaac Rabi (B.Chem. 1919; graduate study 1921–23, transferred) – Physics 1944; member of the
National Academy of Sciences , since 1940
David J. Thouless (Ph.D. 1958) – Physics 2016; fellow of the
Royal Society , of the
American Physical Society and of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1995); recipient of the
Maxwell Medal and Prize (1973), the
Wolf Prize in Physics (1990), the
Paul Dirac Medal (1993), and the
Lars Onsager Prize (2000)
Steven Weinberg (B.A. 1954 physics) – Physics 1979,
National Medal of Science (1991); member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1972)
Peace, literature, or economics
Physiology or medicine
Politics and government
Heads of state
Mario García Menocal
Lee Teng-Hui
U.S. Cabinet and cabinet-level ranks
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Janet Reno
Paul Wolfowitz
Sandy Berger (B.A. 1967 government) –
National Security Advisor to President
Bill Clinton , 1997–2001
Samuel Bodman (B.S. 1961 chemical engineering) –
Deputy Secretary of Commerce , 2001–2003,
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (2004–2005),
Secretary of Energy , 2005–2009; member of the
National Academy of Engineering (2006)
Jim Bridenstine (M.B.A) –
Administrator of NASA (2013-2018)
Lincoln D. Faurer (attended, did not graduate) – director,
National Security Agency 1981–85
W. Scott Gould (A.B.) –
United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (April 9, 2009 – May 17, 2013)
Stephen Hadley (B.A. 1969 government) –
National Security Advisor to President
George W. Bush , 2005–2009
Seth Harris (B.S. ILR 1983) –
Deputy Secretary of Labor (2009–2014) and Acting
Secretary of Labor (January 22, 2013 – July 23, 2013)
Eugene Kinckle Jones (M.A. 1908 social science) – member of
Franklin D. Roosevelt 's
Black Cabinet , executive secretary of the
National Urban League ; founder of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
C. Everett Koop (M.D. 1941) –
Surgeon General of the United States under president
Ronald Reagan , 1982–89; recipient of the
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1991)
Henry Morgenthau Jr. (undergrad 1909–10, 1912–13, dropped out) –
Secretary of the Treasury , 1934–45
Edmund Muskie (LL.B. 1939) – Governor of
Maine , 1955–59; Senator from Maine, 1959–80; vice presidential candidate, 1968;
Secretary of State , 1980–81
James Peake (M.D. 1972) – former
Surgeon General of the United States Army , 2000–2004;
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs , 2007–2009
Samuel Pierce (B.A. 1947, J.D. 1949; trustee, 1972–77, 1978–82) –
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under
Ronald Reagan , 1981–89
Thomas C. Reed (B.S. 1956 mechanical engineering) –
Secretary of the Air Force under
Gerald Ford and
Jimmy Carter , 1976–77
Janet Reno (B.A. 1960 chemistry; professor) –
Attorney General under
Bill Clinton , 1993–2001
William P. Rogers (LL.B. 1937) –
Attorney General , 1957–61,
Secretary of State (1969–73),
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 1973
Louis Wade Sullivan (Medical College Resident) –
Secretary of Health and Human Services under
George H. W. Bush , 1989–93; founder, dean and president of
Morehouse School of Medicine
Nancy Sutley (B.A.) –
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality under
Barack Obama (2009–2014)
Daniel I. Werfel (B.S. 1993, Industrial and Labor Relations) - Acting
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service under
Barack Obama (2013);
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service under
Joe Biden , Current
John P. White (B.S. 1959 ILR) –
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (1995–1997)
Paul Wolfowitz (B.A. 1965 mathematics and chemistry) –
Deputy Secretary of Defense under
George W. Bush , 2001–05, president of the
World Bank , 2005–2007
U.S. governors
Joseph B. Foraker
John Alden Dix (attended 1879–1882) – 38th Governor of New York, 1911–1912
Joseph B. Foraker (B.A. 1869) – Governor of
Ohio (1886–90); Senator of Ohio (1897–1909); one of eight members of Cornell's first graduating class
[73]
James Benton Grant (attended 1873–1874) – Governor of
Colorado , 1883–1885
Herbert James Hagerman (1890) –
17th Governor of the
New Mexico Territory (1906–1907)
Philip H. Hoff (J.D. 1951) – Governor of
Vermont (1963–69); first
Democrat to serve in that position since the
Civil War
[74]
Goodwin Knight (graduate study 1919–20) – Governor of California, 1953–1959
John T. Morrison (LL.B. degree 1890) –
sixth Governor of Idaho , 1903–1905
[75]
Edmund Muskie (LL.B. 1939) – Governor of
Maine , 1955–59; Senator from Maine, 1959–80; vice presidential candidate, 1968;
Secretary of State , 1980–81
Chuck Robb (undergrad 1957–58, transferred) – Senator from Virginia, 1989–2001;
Governor of Virginia , 1982–1986
Horace White (1887) – member of
New York State Senate , 1896–1908;
Lieutenant Governor of New York , 1909–1910; 37th
Governor of New York
U.S. Senators
Joseph B. Foraker (B.A. 1869) – Governor of
Ohio (1886–90); Senator of Ohio (1897–1909); one of eight members of Cornell's first graduating class
[73]
Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (1924) – Representative,
Missouri 11th District (1935–40); Senator of Missouri (1951–60)
Mark Kirk (B.A. 1981 history) –
Illinois 10th District, 2001–2011; senator, 2011–2017
Edmund Muskie (LL.B. 1939) – Governor of
Maine , 1955–59; Senator from Maine, 1959–80; vice presidential candidate, 1968;
Secretary of State , 1980–81
Chuck Robb (undergrad 1957–58, transferred) – senator,
Virginia , 1989–2001
U.S. Representatives
Gabby Giffords
John G. Alexander (J.D. 1916) –
Minnesota 3rd District, 1939–41
Rob Andrews (J.D. 1982) –
New Jersey 1st District, 1990–2014
Andrew Biemiller (B.A. 1926) –
Wisconsin , 1945–47, 1949–51
Jim Bridenstine (M.B.A) –
Oklahoma 1st District, 2013–2018; Administrator of
NASA (2018–)
Frederick Van Ness Bradley (1921) –
Michigan , 1939–47
Abraham Lincoln Brick (undergrad) –
Indiana , 1899–1908
Katherine Clark (J.D.) – Massachusetts 5th, 2013–present
Hansen Clarke (B.F.A.) –
Michigan 13th District, 2010–2013
Barber Conable (B.A. 1942 medieval history, LL.B. 1948) – New York 37th District, 1965–73; 35th District, 1973–83; 30th District, 1983–85; president of the
World Bank , 1986–91
Maurice Connolly (1897) –
Iowa , 1913–15
Sharice Davids (J.D. 2010) – Kansas 3rd district, 2019–
Thomas Joseph Downey (B.S. 1970) – New York 2nd District, 1975–93
Bob Filner (B.A. 1963 chemistry, Ph.D. 1973 history of science) – California 50th District, 1993–2003, 51st District, 2003–2012; San Diego mayor, 2012–2013
Chris Gibson (MPA 1995, M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 1998) – New York 20th District (2011–2013), 19th District (2013–)
Gabby Giffords (M.R.P. 1996) –
Arizona , 8th District, 2007–2012
Norman Judd Gould (M.E. 1899) – New York, 1915–23
Gilbert Gude (B.S. 1948) –
Maryland 8th District, 1967–77
Edwin Arthur Hall – New York, 1939–53
Nan Hayworth (M.D. 1985) – New York 19th district, 2011–2013
Joseph Clifford Hendrix (studies 1870–73; trustee) – New York, 1893–95
Lewis Henry (1909) – New York, 1922–23
Frank Horton (L.L.B. 1947) – New York 36th District (1963–73), 34th District (1973–83), 29th District, 1983–93
Charles Samuel Joelson (B.A. 1937, L.L.B. 1939) –
New Jersey , 1961–69
Clarence Evans Kilburn (1916) – New York, 1940–65
Mark Kirk (B.A. 1981 history) –
Illinois 10th District, 2001–2011; Senator, 2011–2017
Gary Alcide Lee (graduate study 1963) – New York, 1979–83
Norman F. Lent (L.L.B. 1957) – New York 5th District (1971–73), 4th District, 1973–93
Richard Dean McCarthy (graduate study) – New York, 1965–71
Dan Meuser (B.A. 1988) – Pennsylvania 9th, 2019–present
Clement Woodnutt Miller (1946 industrial & labor relations) – California, 1959–62
Robert J. Mrazek (B.A. 1967 government) – New York 3rd District, 1983–93
James R. Olin (B.E.E. 1943) –
Virginia , 1983–93
Richard Ottinger (B.A. 1950) – New York (1965–71, 1975–85); founder and second staff member of the
Peace Corps (1961–64); dean of
Pace Law School , 1994–99
James Parker (1887) – New York 29th District, 1913–33
Edward Worthington Pattison (B.A. 1953, L.L.B. 1957) – New York, 1975–79
John Raymond Pillion (L.L.B. 1927) – New York, 1953–65
Alexander Pirnie (1924, J.D. 1926) – New York 34th District (1959–63), 32nd District, 1963–73
Daniel A. Reed (1898) – New York 43rd District (1919–45, 1953–59), 45th District, 1945–53
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (B.A. 1933) –
Wisconsin , 1955–83
Howard Winfield Robison (1937, law 1939) – New York, 1958–75
James A. Roe (School of Military Aeronautics 1917) – New York, 1945–47
Kurt Schrader (B.A. 1973) –
Oregon 5th District, 2009–present
George Shiras III (1881) –
Pennsylvania , 1903–05
Henry P. Smith III (Law 1936) – New York, 1965–75
Elissa Slotkin (B.A. 1989) – Michigan 8th, 2019–
James H. Southard (law 1874) – Ohio, 1895–1907
Sam Steiger (attended two years) –
Arizona , 1946–47
Elmer E. Studley (1894) – New York, 1933–35
Frank Sundstrom (1924) –
New Jersey 11th District, 1943–49
Paul Harold Todd Jr. (B.S. 1942) –
Michigan (1965–67), CEO of
Planned Parenthood , 1967–70
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. (undergrad 1887–89) –
New Jersey , 1911–15
Beth Van Duyne (1995) -
Texas 24th , 2021-
George Ernest Waldo (undergrad 1868–70) – New York, 1905–09
John De Witt Warner (1872) – New York, 1891–95
John S. Wold (M.S. 1939) –
Wyoming , 1969–71
Diplomats
Alan Keyes
Parker W. Borg (
MPA 1965) –
United States Ambassador to Mali (1981–1984) and
United States Ambassador to Iceland (1993–1996)
William Brownfield (1974) – U.S. Ambassador to Chile (2002–2004),
Venezuela (2004–2007), and
Colombia (2007–2010)
Richard Burt (B.A. 1969) –
United States Ambassador to Germany (1985–1989); chief negotiator of the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (rank of Ambassador);
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (1983–1985)
Dwight L. Bush Sr. (B.A. 1979) – businessman;
United States Ambassador to Morocco (2014– )
Henry A. Byroade (M.S. 1940 civil engineering) – career diplomat serving as U.S. Ambassador to
Egypt (1955–1956), South Africa (1956–1959),
Afghanistan (1959–1962),
Burma (1963–1968),
Philippines (1969–1973),
Pakistan (1973–1977)
Timothy M. Carney (1975–1976 Southeast Asian studies) –
United States Ambassador to Sudan (1995–1997),
United States Ambassador to Haiti (1998–1999)
Chan Heng Chee (M.A. 1967 government) – Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S. (1996–2012) and to Mexico (1989–1991)
Arthur Hobson Dean (B.A. 1921, L.L.B. 1923) – international law expert, chief U.S. negotiator at
Panmunjeom , assisted with negotiations for
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty , delegate to the United Nations
Eric S. Edelman (B.A. 1972 history) –
United States Ambassador to Finland (1998–2001),
United States Ambassador to Turkey (2003–2005)
Glenn W. Ferguson (B.A. 1950 economics, MBA 1951) –
United States Ambassador to Kenya , 1966–1969, academic administrator
Robert Ford (M.A. 1940 history) – Canadian Ambassador to
Colombia (1957–1959),
Yugoslavia (1959–1961),
Egypt and
Sudan (1961–1964), the
USSR (1964–1980) and
Mongolia (1974–1980); a Companion of the
Order of Canada
Daniel Fried (B.A. 1974) – career diplomat;
United States Ambassador to Poland (1997–2000)
William vanden Heuvel (Bachelor and Law, editor-in-chief of
Cornell Law Review ) –
U.S. Ambassador to the European office of the United Nations (1977–79) and United States Deputy
Ambassador to the United Nations (1979–1981)
John H. Holdridge (1948–1950 Chinese language) –
United States Ambassador to Singapore (1975–1978),
United States Ambassador to Indonesia (1982–1986)
Jerome H. Holland (B.S. 1939, M.S. 1941) – First black member of the
New York Stock Exchange ; president of
Delaware State University (1953–60) and
Hampton University (1960–70);
United States Ambassador to Sweden , 1970–73; chairman of the
American Red Cross , 1979–85
Makila James ('79) –
United States Ambassador to Swaziland (2012–2016)
Alan Keyes (undergrad 1968–69, transferred) – diplomat, U.S. presidential candidate, 1996, 2000; U.S. Senate candidate from
Maryland (1988, 1992) and
Illinois (2004)
Edwin Jackson Kyle (M.S. 1902) –
United States Ambassador to Guatemala , 1945–48;
namesake of
Kyle Field
Sol Linowitz (J.D. 1938, trustee, 1966–95) – diplomat, ambassador, chairman of
Xerox , 1960–66;
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 1998
Simon Mbilinyi (BSc) –
Tanzanian Ambassador to
Belgium and
Luxembourg , 1985–1989;
Minister of Finance (1995–1996)
C. Steven McGann (1975–1978 graduate studies) –
United States Ambassador to Fiji ,
Kiribati ,
Nauru ,
Tonga , and
Tuvalu (2008–2011)
Francisco de Miguel (M.A. 1985) – Spanish career diplomat, Spain's Ambassador to Libya
Cameron Munter (B.A. 1976) –
United States Ambassador to Serbia (2007–2009),
United States Ambassador to Pakistan (2010–2012)
Michael Punke (J.D. 1989) –
United States Ambassador to the
World Trade Organization (2011– )
G. Frederick Reinhardt (M.A. 1935) – career diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to
South Vietnam (1955–1957), to the
United Arab Republic and
North Yemen (1960–1961) and to Italy (1961–1968)
Hu Shih (B.A. 1914) – China's Ambassador to the U.S., 1938–42; philosopher; poet
Moncrieff J. Spear (B.A. 1946) – former American diplomat
Willard Straight (
BArch 1901) – diplomat, investment banker, publisher,
World War I veteran, namesake of
Willard Straight Hall
Sao-Ke Alfred Sze (B.A. 1901) – China's Ambassador to the U.S. and later UK; founding member of World Bank; first Chinese student to attend Cornell
Sandra Louise Vogelgesang –
United States Ambassador to Nepal (1994–1997)
Ali Jehangir Siddiqui -
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States (2018), Diplomat, Businessman, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan (2017-2018), Pakistan's Ambassador at Large for Foreign Investment (2019-2022).
Other U.S. government
Alan B. Krueger
Terry Calvani (J.D. 1972) – commissioner of the
Federal Trade Commission (1983–1990)
Derek Chollet (B.A. 1993) –
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (2012–2014)
Robert Cardillo (B.A. 1983 government) – director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2014–2019)
[76]
Arun Chaudhary (B.A. 1997) –
White House official
videographer
[77]
David S. Cohen (B.A. 1985, Government) –
Deputy Director of the
CIA (2015–2017, 2021–),
Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing (2009–2011)
Walter Cruickshank (B.A. Geological Sciences) – deputy director and then acting director of US
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Elizabeth B. Drewry (Ph.D. 1933) – archivist with the
National Archives and director of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Anthony Fauci (M.D. 1966) -
Chief Medical Advisor to the U.S. President during the
COVID-19 pandemic
[78]
Stephen Friedman (B.A. 1959; trustee, 1993–) – chairman of The
Goldman Sachs Group , 1990–94; chairman of the
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2005–09); former Assistant for Economic Policy to President
George W. Bush (2002–04); director of the
United States National Economic Council , 2003–04
W. Scott Gould (A.B.) - United States
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs , 2013–2017
Jo Handelsman (B.S. 1979) – associate director for science at the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy (2014–2017); member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019)
Howard Hart –
Central Intelligence Agency officer
John Hillen (MBA) – 15th
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs (2005–2007)
Edward M. House (undergrad 1877–80, dropped out) – Foreign policy advisor for
Woodrow Wilson and
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Florence Kelley (B.A. 1882) – political and social reformer
Donald Kerr (B.S. 1963) – assistant director of the
F.B.I. ; former director of
Los Alamos National Laboratory
H. David Kotz (J.D. 1990) –
Inspector General of the
SEC
Stephen D. Krasner (B.A. 1963) –
Director of Policy Planning at the
U.S. State Department , professor of political science at
Stanford University
Alan Krueger (B.S. 1983) – labor economist and former chief economist for the
US Department of Labor ; chair of the
Council of Economic Advisers , 2011–2013
Celso Lafer (Ph.D. 1970) – Foreign Minister (1992–1992, 2001–2002) and Commerce Minister (1999–1999) of Brazil
David R. Macdonald (B.S. 1952) –
United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Enforcement, Operations, and Tariff Affairs) (1974–1976),
Under Secretary of the Navy (1976–1977), Deputy
U.S. Trade Representative (1981–1983)
Debbie Matz (B.S.) – Chairman of the
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) (2009–2016)
Kyle E. McSlarrow – Deputy Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Energy
Lenora Moragne (Ph.D. 1969) – head of the Division of Nutrition Education and Training at the
Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Amy Rosenbaum –
White House Director of Legislative Affairs , 2016-2017
Adam Segal – cybersecurity expert; director at the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program of the
Council on Foreign Relations
Raj Shah (B.A. 2006 government) – principal deputy press secretary at The
White House
Joseph Simons (A.B. 1980 economics and history) – chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission (2018–)
Alexander Vindman – American foreign affairs specialist serving on the
U.S. National Security Council as director for European Affairs
Andrew C. Weber – Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs; Obama administration
State and local government
Mandy Cohen
Florence Kelley
Carol Aichele (B.A.) – Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania (2011–2015)
Steve Aichele (B.A. 1970) – former Chief of Staff of Governor Tom Corbett
Nicole Alexander-Scott (B.Sc. 1997)
[79] — Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health
Alan A. Altshuler (B.A.) – Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation (1971–1975); former dean of the
Harvard Graduate School of Design and of the
Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University ; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
Jane Amero (B.A. 1963) – member of
Maine Senate (1992–2000)
Irma Anderson (B.S. Nursing) – Mayor of the city of
Richmond, California (2001–2006)
Patrice M. Arent (J.D. 1981) – a member of the
Utah House of Representatives (January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2002, January 1, 2011–) and the
Utah State Senate (January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2006)
Byron M. Baer – member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (1972–1993) and of the
New Jersey Senate (1994–2005)
Roy E. Baldwin (B.S. 1970) – member of
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2002–present)
Calvin Barton (1899) – Mayor of
Norwalk, Connecticut (1921–1923)
Ruth Bascom (Master's in Social Psychology) – first female mayor of
Eugene, Oregon (1993–1996)
Bob Bastian (Veterinary Medicine 1963) – member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1999–2008)
George A. Blauvelt (1890) – member of the
New York State Assembly (1911, 1912) and of the
New York State Senate (1913, 1914)
Peter Bowman (B.S. 1960 electrical engineering) – member of the
Maine Senate (2006–2010)
William B. Broydrick – Wisconsin politician
David Carlucci (B.S. 2002, ILR) – member of the
New York Senate (January 1, 2011–)
Nelson W. Cheney (B.A. 1899) – member of the
New York State Assembly (1916–1929) and of the
New York State Senate (1930–1938)
Parley Parker Christensen – Utah and California politician, Esperantist
Clem S. Clarke (two years, Geology) – oilman and Republican politician from Shreveport, Louisiana
[80]
Mandy Cohen (B.S. 2000) – Secretary of the
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services , Director of the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ernest E. Cole (B.S. 1895) –
Commissioner of Education of the State of New York , 1940–1942
Edwin L. Crawford – first county executive of
Broome County, New York
Clifford W. Crouch (AAS 1965, dairy science) – member of the
New York State Assembly
Charles d'Autremont (1868–1871) – Mayor of
Duluth, Minnesota
Melissa DeRosa (B.A.) – Executive Secretary to Governor Andrew Cuomo
Samuel B. Dicker (1911) – 58th Mayor of
Rochester, New York (1939–1955)
Harriet Drummond (B.S. 1974) – member of the
Alaska House of Representatives (2013– )
Robert Flanagan (J.D. 1974) – secretary of the
Maryland Department of Transportation (2003–2007) and member of the
Maryland House of Delegates (1987–2003)
John Ford – member of the
New York State Senate (1896–1900)
Vincent J. Gentile (B.A.) – member of the
New York State Senate (1997–2002) and of the
New York City Council (2003–2017)
Kim Gillan (Masters 1975) – member of the
Montana House of Representatives (1996–2004) and of the
Montana Senate (2004–2012)
Richard N. Gottfried (B.A. 1968) – member of the
New York State Assembly since 1971; more than 40 years
Geoffrey Gratwick (post-doctoral fellowship) – physician and member of the
Maine Senate (2012–)
Mark Green (B.A. 1967) – government consumer-affairs activist,
New York Public Advocate (1994–2001)
Dennis Hollingsworth (Dairy Science) – member of
California State Legislature (2000–2010)
Clinton T. Horton (B.A. 1898, LL.B. 1899) – a member of the
New York State Assembly (1912–1914) and of the
New York State Senate (1915–1916); Justice of the
New York Supreme Court (1922–1935)
Alyson Huber (B.S.) – member of the
California State Assembly (2008–2012); judge of the
Superior Court of
Sacramento County in California (2012–)
Tony Hwang (B.S.) – member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (2009–2015) and of the
Connecticut Senate (2015–)
Henry W. Jeffers (B.S. 1899) – chairman of the
New Jersey Republican State Committee (1935–1937); inventor of the
Rotolactor
Phyllis Kahn (A.B. 1957 physics) – member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives for more than 40 years (1973–)
Gail Laughlin (Law 1898) – lawyer; suffragist; member of the Maine State Senate
[81]
Gail Lavielle (B.A. English) – member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (2011–)
Harold O. Levy (B.A. 1974, J.D. 1977) –
Chancellor of New York City Schools 2000–2002
William Magee (bachelor's degree 1961, agricultural economics) –
Democratic Member of the
New York State Assembly
Stanley Makowski (attended with a certificate from ILR) – Mayor of the City of
Buffalo, New York (1973–1977)
Dan Meuser –
Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania (2011–2015)
Daneek Miller – member of the
New York City Council from the 27th District (January 1, 2014–)
Wheeler Milmoe (A.B. 1917) – member of the
New York State Assembly 1934–1952 and
New York State Senate (1953–1958)
E. Blackburn Moore – member (1933–1967), Speaker (1950–1967) of the
Virginia House of Delegates
Sherman Moreland (B.Litt. 1892, LL.B. 1894) – member of the
New York State Assembly (1903–1907) and
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Becky Morgan (B.S. 1960) –
California State Senator (1984–1993)
Svante Myrick (A.B. 2009) – Mayor of
Ithaca, New York (2012– ); former member of Ithaca Common Council for the 4th Ward
Benjamin Nichols (B.S. 1946, M.S. 1949) – Cornell professor of electrical and computer engineering and Socialist mayor of Ithaca (1989–1995)
Michael F. Nozzolio (Bachelor's ILR, Master's in Public Administration and Agricultural Economics) – former member of the
New York State Assembly (1983–1992) and the
New York State Senate (1993–)
William O'Brien (attended 2 years, mechanical engineering) – a member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1967), 11th
Minnesota State Auditor (1969–1971)
Bill O'Neill – member of the
New Mexico Legislature (2009–)
Ralph Perlman (Bachelor's) – Louisiana state budget director, 1967–1988
[82]
Charles Gilbert Peterson – Mayor of
Lockport, New York ; contractor
Fred B. Pitcher (B.S. 1888) –
New York State Senator (1919–1922)
Cuthbert W. Pound (1887 law professor) – member of
New York State Senate ; chief justice of the
New York Court of Appeals
Samuel Rabin – member of the
New York State Assembly (1945–1954);
New York Supreme Court Justice
Joseph D. Scholtz (B.A. 1912) – Mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky (1937–1941)
Martha Schrader (B.A.) – member of the
Oregon Senate (2009–2011);
Clackamas County, Oregon Commissioner (2003–2009, 2012–)
Samuel S. Slater (
B.L. and
LL.B. 1894) – member of the
New York State Assembly (1899–1900) and of the
New York State Senate (1901–1902)
Gayle Slossberg (B.S. 1987) –
Connecticut State Senator (2005–)
William T. Smith (1938) – member of the
New York State Senate (1963–1986)
Ellen Spiegel (B.S. 1984, consumer economics and public policy) – member of the
Nevada Assembly (2008–)
Karen Spilka (B.A.) –
Massachusetts State Senator (2005–); member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives (2001–2005)
Melanie Stansbury (M.S. 2007) – member of the
New Mexico House of Representatives (2019–present)
Thomas J. Surpless (1900) – member of the
New York State Assembly (1906–1909)
Gaye Symington (M.B.A. 1983) – member (1996–2009), Speaker (January 5, 2005 – January 8, 2009) of the
Vermont House of Representatives
Rick Taylor (Master's 1998 ILR) – member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2007–2010)
James S. Truman (Ph.B. 1896, LL.B. 1898) – member of the
New York State Senate (1925–1928)
Alicia Roth Weigel (B.A.) –
Human Rights Commissioner of Austin, Texas and
intersex activist
Roy P. Wilcox (LL.B. 1897) – Wisconsin politician
Henry D. Williams – member of the
New York State Assembly (1918) and of the
New York State Senate (1925–1930)
Mitchell Van Yahres (B.S. 1949) – Mayor of
Charlottesville, Virginia (1970–1972) and member of the
Virginia House of Delegates (1981–2005)
Frank L. Young (B.A. 1888) – member of the
New York State Assembly (1909–1912); Justice of the New York Supreme Court (1922–1930)
Non-U.S. governments
Erwin Engst (1941 agro-pastoral studies) – advisor to the People's Republic of China
María del Rosario Guerra de La Espriella (M.S. Agricultural Economy) – Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the
Government of Colombia (2006–2010) and Senator of Colombia (2014–)
Armando Samper Gnecco (B.S. 1943 agricultural economy) –
Minister of Agriculture of
Colombia
Ricardo Hausmann (Ph.D. 1981) – former Venezuelan Minister and ex-Chairman of the IMF – World Bank Development Committee
Isaac Herzog – President of Israel
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (Ph.D. 1950) – Governor of
Bihar (1979–85, 1993–98),
West Bengal (1998–1999), and
Haryana (2004–2009), India
Chih-Kung Lee (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1987) –
Minister of Economic Affairs of the
Republic of China (2016–)
Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (LL.M. 2002, J.S.D. 2005) – Princess of
Thailand
[83]
Yatarō Mishima (M.A) – 8th Governor of the
Bank of Japan (1913–1919)
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (Ph.D. 1994) – former
Nigerian Senator (2007–2011); daughter of former Nigerian President
Olusegun Obasanjo
Napsiah Omar (B.S. Nutrition and Education) – Malaysian educator and politician
Shih-wei Pan (M.A. Ph.D. ILR) – former Minister of Labor of the
Republic of China
Lim Chuan Poh (MBA 1993) – Singaporean civil servant and former army general who served as Chief of the Army (1998–2000) and
Chief of Defence Force (2000–2003) of the
Singapore Armed Forces
Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (LL.M. 1973) – Minister of
National Defence of Colombia (1995–1997) and
Justice and Law of Colombia (2011–2012);
Ambassador of Colombia to the United States (1997–1998)
Roberto Prats (B.A. 1990 public political analysis and economics) – Senator of
Puerto Rico
Charlie Rodríguez (B.A. 1976 in Government and History) – 11th
president of the Senate of Puerto Rico (1997–2000)
Martin Romualdez (B.A. 1985 government) – 28th
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines , member of the
House of Representatives of the Philippines from
Leyte , (2007–2016), (2019–present)
Chang San-cheng (Ph.D. 1981) – Taiwanese politician who was Premier of the
Republic of China from February 1, 2016, until May 20, 2016
José Serra (M.A., Ph.D. Economics) – Brazilian politician who served as a Brazil Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning and Minister of Health,
Mayor of São Paulo and Governor of
São Paulo state
Robert Sopuck (M.S. 1975) – member of
Canadian Parliament (2010–)
Huang Ta-chou (Ph.D. 1971 agriculture) – mayor of
Taipei (1990–1994)
Mamintal A.J. Tamano (LL.M. 1958) – Filipino statesman; former
Senator of the Philippines
Martín Travieso (Law 1903) – member of the
Puerto Rico Senate (1917–1921), Mayor of
San Juan, Puerto Rico (1921–1923), 4th
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1944–1948)
Ting-kuei Tsay (Ph.D. 1982) – vice-chairman of Taiwan's
Environmental Protection Administration , 2002–2004
[84]
Wu Tsung-tsong (M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1987) – minister without portfolio,
Executive Yuan ,
Republic of China (2016–)
William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire (Ph.D.) – scholar and Liberal Democrat peer
Psychology
John Wallace Baird (Ph.D. 1902 psychology) – Canadian psychologist who served as the 27th president of the
American Psychological Association (1918)
I. Madison Bentley (Ph.D. 1899) – 34th president of the
American Psychological Association (1925–1926); former faculty member and department chair of the Psychology Department at
Cornell University
Edwin G. Boring (1908, Ph.D. 1915 psychology; instructor of psychology 1913–1918) – experimental psychologist and historian of psychology; president of the American Psychological Association (1928), member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1932)
Urie Bronfenbrenner (B.A. 1938 psychology and music; Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of
Human Development and Psychology) – psychologist, pioneer in developmental psychology (
Ecological Systems Theory ), founder of the field of human ecology; co-founder of national
Head Start program
Joyce Brothers (B.S. 1947) – author, psychologist, and television personality
Serena Chen – social psychologist
Karl M. Dallenbach (Ph.D. 1913; faculty member 1916–1948) – experimental psychologist and editor of the
American Journal of Psychology
John E. Exner (Ph.D. 1958 clinical psychology) – psychologist known for
Exner system of scoring
J. P. Guilford (Ph.D. 1927) – a psychologist at the
University of Southern California who served as the president of the
American Psychological Association (1950); member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1954)
Suzanne Bennett Johnson (B.A. 1970 psychology) – a psychologist who served as the president of the American Psychological Association (2012)
James Maas (M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Psychology) – psychologist, coined the term "
power nap "
Abraham Maslow (undergrad 1928–29, transferred) – psychologist best known for
Maslow's hierarchy of needs ; president of the American Psychological Association (1968)
Helen Neville (Ph.D. Neuropsychology) – psychologist and neuroscientist at the
University of Oregon ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences (2014); fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the
American Psychological Society
Frank Parsons (B.S. civil engineering) – founder of the field of vocational psychology.
Walter Bowers Pillsbury (Ph.D. 1896) – psychologist who was on faculty with the
University of Michigan for his entire career; president of the
American Psychological Association (1910–1911), member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1925)
Frank Rosenblatt (A.B. 1950, Ph.D. 1956) – psychologist in the field of artificial intelligence; inventor of the
perceptron algorithm.
Elizabeth Spelke (Ph.D.) – cognitive psychologist; psychology professor at the
University of Pennsylvania ,
Cornell University ,
MIT and
Harvard University ; fellow of the
Society of Experimental Psychologists , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science ; member of the
National Academy of Sciences ; recipient of the 2009
Jean Nicod Prize
Robert Spitzer (B.A. 1953 psychology) – professor of psychiatry at
Columbia University , known for modernizing the classification of mental disorders and recognizing homosexuality as a non-mental disorder
Louis Leon Thurstone (Master of Mechanical Engineering 1912) – pioneer in the fields of
psychometrics and
psychophysics ; He conceived the approach to measurement known as the
law of comparative judgment , and is well known for his contributions to
factor analysis ; president of the
American Psychological Association (1933); co-founder and first president of the
Psychometric Society (1936); Fellow of the
American Statistical Association and member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1938)
Margaret Floy Washburn (Ph.D. 1894) – psychologist, first female Ph.D. in psychology; president of the
American Psychological Association (1921–1922); member of the
National Academy of Sciences (1931)
Religion
Science and medicine
See:
List of Cornell University alumni (natural sciences)
Sports
Baseball
Joe Birmingham – baseball player,
Cleveland Naps , 1906–1914
Jon Daniels (B.S. 1999) – general manager of the
Texas Rangers , youngest GM ever in
Major League Baseball
Robert A. DuPuy (J.D. 1973) – former president and chief operating officer of
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Joseph Iglehart (1914) – chairman of the board,
Baltimore Orioles , 1955–1965
[87]
Hughie Jennings (LL.B. study 1901–1904, dropped out; Baseball Coach, 1899–?) –
Baseball Hall of Fame -inducted shortstop;
Louisville Colonels (1891–1893),
Baltimore Orioles (1893–1899),
Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1900, 1903),
Philadelphia Phillies (1901–02),
Detroit Tigers (1907, 1909, 1912, 1918)
Rob Manfred (B.S. 1980) – chief operating officer of
Major League Baseball ;
[88] 10th Commissioner of
Major League Baseball
A. J. Preller (B.S. 1999) – general manager of the
Major League Baseball 's
San Diego Padres 2014–
Brandon Taubman (B.A. 2007), assistant general manager of the
Houston Astros , 2018–2019
Bill Walkenbach (B.A. 1998) – Cornell head baseball coach
Basketball
JC Tretter
Greg Bloedorn (1995) – former NFL offensive lineman and
long snapper for the
Seattle Seahawks
Kevin Boothe (B.S. 2005 hotel administration) – former
lineman for the
Oakland Raiders and
New York Giants
Al Dekdebrun –
Buffalo Bisons , 1946,
Chicago Rockets , 1947,
Boston Yanks , 1948,
New York Yankees , 1948
Pete Gogolak (1964) –
Buffalo Bills 1964–1965,
New York Giants , 1966–1975; first "soccer style" kicker in professional "American" football
Derrick Harmon (1984) –
San Francisco 49ers 1984–1986
Mort Landsberg (1919–1970) - NFL player
Bill Lazor (1994) – NFL assistant coach
Chad Levitt (1997) –
Oakland Raiders ,
St. Louis Rams
Ed Marinaro (B.S. 1972) –
Minnesota Vikings ,
New York Jets , and
Seattle Seahawks ; runner-up for the 1971
Heisman Trophy Award, actor on
Hill Street Blues
Jeff Mathews (2014) – quarterback for the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Lou Molinet (1928) –
Frankford Yellow Jackets , 1927 first
Hispanic-American player in the
National Football League
Seth Payne (1997) –
Jacksonville Jaguars , 1997–2001,
Houston Texans , 2001–2007
Lee Reherman (1988) –
Miami Dolphins , actor on
American Gladiators and
X-Files
Luke Tasker (2013) –
wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
JC Tretter (2012) – offensive guard for the
Green Bay Packers (2013–2016) and
Cleveland Browns (2017–present)
Bryan Walters (2010) – wide receiver for the
San Diego Chargers 2010–2011,
Seattle Seahawks (2012–2014),
Jacksonville Jaguars (2015–present)
Glenn "Pop" Warner (LL.B. 1894, football coach) – football player and coach; founder of
Pop Warner Little Scholars
Gary Wood (1964) –
New York Giants 1964–1966, 1968–1969,
New Orleans Saints , 1967
Ben Scrivens
Ice hockey
Gary Bettman (B.S. 1974) –
Commissioner of the
NHL (1993–)
Byron Bitz (2007) – forward for the
Boston Bruins 2008–2010,
Florida Panthers 2010–2011,
Vancouver Canucks 2011–2012
Ken Dryden (B.A. 1969) –
NHL
Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender, six-time
Stanley Cup winner,
Conn Smythe Trophy winner,
Calder Memorial Trophy winner, Canadian Member of Parliament
Colin Greening (2010) – Centre for the
Ottawa Senators 2011–2015,
Toronto Maple Leafs 2016–2019
Ned Harkness (lacrosse and hockey head coach) – Coach of Cornell NCAA hockey champions in 1967 and 1970; previously RPI coach of 1954 national champs; also head coach and then general manager of the
Detroit Red Wings
David LeNeveu – NHL goalie, previously for the
Phoenix Coyotes
Matt Moulson (2006) – left wing for the
Buffalo Sabres , and previously New York Islanders and Minnesota Wild.
Douglas Murray (2003) – defenseman for
Montreal Canadiens and previously San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins,
2010 Olympian
Riley Nash (2007–2010) – centre for the
Columbus Blue Jackets , formerly of the
Boston Bruins and
Carolina Hurricanes , 2011–present
Lance Nethery – NHL player, executive in the German Elite League
Joe Nieuwendyk (1988) –
NHL player, three-time
Stanley Cup champion,
2002 Olympic gold medalist
Ryan O'Byrne (2007) – former NHL defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens and
Colorado Avalanche
Rick Olczyk (Law 1996) – Assistant general manager of the
Carolina Hurricanes
Joakim Ryan (2015) – NHL defenseman for the
Los Angeles Kings and previously for the
San Jose Sharks
Ben Scrivens (2010) – former NHL goaltender for the
Montreal Canadiens ,
Toronto Maple Leafs ,
Los Angeles Kings and
Edmonton Oilers
Ryan Vesce (2004) – right wing for the
San Jose Sharks , 2008–2010
Lacrosse
Rebecca Johnston
Olympians
Jon Anderson (1971) – 1972 Olympian, track; winner of 1973 Boston Marathon
Edward Tiffin Cook Jr. (1910) – men's
pole vault Olympic gold medalist in 1908
Summer Olympics
Darren Eliot (1983) – NHL player,
Los Angeles Kings ,
Detroit Red Wings ,
Buffalo Sabres ; 1984 Olympian
Jamie Greubel (2006) –
bronze medalist in two-woman
bobsleigh at the 2014 Sochi games
Muhammad Halim (2008) – competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games, triple jump
Al Hall (1956) – four-time Olympian (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968), hammer throw
Rebecca Johnston (2012) - 4-time Olympic medalist for Canada
Robert J. Kane (1934, director of athletics) –
U.S. Olympic Committee president, 1976–1980; inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1986
Kent Manderville (1993) – NHL player,
Calgary Flames ,
Pittsburgh Penguins ; 1992 Olympic silver medalist with Team Canada
Edith Master (born 1932) – Olympic bronze medalist equestrian
Travis Mayer (undergrad 2000–01, on leave) – Olympic freestyle skiing silver medalist
Charles Moore (1951, director of Athletics, 1994–1999) –
1952 Olympic gold medalist (hurdles) and silver medalist (1600-meter relay); honored as Golden Olympian, 1996
Pablo Morales (J.D. 1994) – three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming,
1984 and
1992
David Munson (1906) – four-mile team Olympic gold medalist in 1904
Summer Olympics ; inducted into the
Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988
Richard Pew (1956) –
1956 Summer Olympics ,
épée fencing
Harry Porter (1905) –
1908 Summer Olympics high jump gold medalist
Alma Richards (1917) –
1912 Summer Olympics high jump gold medalist
Bo Roberson (1958) – the only person to earn an Ivy League degree, an
Olympic medal , a doctorate, and have a career in the
NFL
[90]
Jamie Silverstein (undergrad 2002–2004, 2006–) – Olympic figure skater
Donald Spero , Olympic rower, world champion, and venture capitalist
Racing
Tennis
William Larned – seven-time U.S. tennis championship winner
Dick Savitt (born 1927) – tennis player, ranked No. 2 in the world
Wrestling
Kyle Dake (B.A. 2013) – Freestyle Wrestling Olympic Gold Medalist in 2020, World Champion (2018, 2019, 2021), World Cup Gold Medalist (2018), 4-time NCAA Division I individual national titleholder (2010–2013)
Yianni Diakomihalis – Freestyle and Folkstyle Wrestling, 3-time NCAA Division I individual national titleholder (2018, 2019, 2021)
Joe DeMeo – U.S. Olympic wrestling assistant coach
Other
Crime
Nick Berg (undergrad 1996–98, transferred) – businessman beheaded by Islamic militants on May 7, 2004, during the
U.S.-led occupation of Iraq
Leo Frank (B.S. 1906 engineering) – factory manager; lynched in 1915 for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl; later believed to be innocent; subject of the musical
Parade
David G. Friehling (B.S. 1981) – accountant to Ponzi schemer
Bernard Madoff
Mark Gerard (D.V.M., 1962) – perpetrated horse racing fraud, switching horses' identities
[92]
Peter Huang (graduate study 1966–did not graduate) – political activist and failed assassin
Katrina Leung (B.S. 1976) – accused spy; case dismissed; later sentenced to terms of plea agreement
Robert Tappan Morris (graduate study 1988–89, suspended) – author of the
Morris Worm , which crippled the Internet in 1988
Michael Ross (B.S. 1981 agricultural economics) – convicted serial killer executed in
Connecticut on May 13, 2005
Michael Schwerner (B.A. 1961 sociology) – victim in the
murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner by the
Ku Klux Klan in 1964
Mark Whitacre (Ph.D. 1983 nutritional biochemistry) – highest-ranked executive in U.S. history of a Fortune 500 company to turn whistleblower and FBI informant; pleaded guilty to fraud
Other
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