A Sampling of Prominent Alumni
Sorted by Profession
Also, view list alphabetically or by major.
*Deceased
NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
- Kevin M. Brown '83, (History) Chief Operating Officer, American Red Cross
- Michael N. Castle '61, (Economics) U.S. Representative; former Governor of Delaware
- Michael Fleischer '88, (Government) Executive Director, New York State Thruway Authority
- Carl Hayden '63, (Asian Studies) Chairman, State University of New York Board of Trustees; former Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents
- John R. Leopold '64, (English Literature) Delegate, State of Maryland; former Member, National Council on Disability
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Tom Vilsack '72
- William P. Purcell III '76, (Government) Director, The Harvard Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; former Mayor, City of Nashville; former Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; 2006 "Public Official of the Year" by Governing Magazine
- *James S. Sherman 1878, Vice President of the United States
- Tom Vilsack '72, (History) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; former Governor of Iowa; Democratic Candidate for President in 2008
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OTHER GOVERNMENT NOTABLES
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Drew S. Days III '63
- Drew S. Days III '63, (English Literature) Professor of Law, Yale University; former U.S. Solicitor General
- John B. Emerson '75, (Government and Philosophy) President, Personal Investment Management for the Capital Group Companies; former Deputy Assistant to President Clinton
- Stephen R. Foley '84, (Creative Writing) Commander, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)
- Ralph Oman '62, (History) former Register of Copyrights of the United States
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Elihu Root 1864
- Alicia Davis '97, (Government and Spanish) Director of Marketing and Senior Project Manager, Target Point Consulting; former Regional Political Director, Republican National Committee; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Communications, U.S. Department of Commerce
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COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, DEANS, PROVOSTS AND LIBRARIANS
- Martha Denney '82, (French) Dean of the College, Haverford College (effective July 1, 2009)
- John W. Dwinelle 1834, Founder of the University of California (authored the "Organic Act that in 1868 created the Univ. of California).
- Charles L. Flynn, Jr. '74, (History) President, College of Mount St. Vincent
- Michael A. Keller '67, (Music) University Librarian, Stanford University
- Brian Levin-Stankevich '72 (History) Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
- Joseph S. Lewis III '75, (Art History) Dean, School of Art and Design at Alfred University
- Joe Morone '74, (Government) former President, Bentley College; CEO Albany International Corp
- Richard Pfau '64, (History) President, Averett University
- G. Jeremiah Ryan '72, (Government and Speech) President, Bergen Community College
- Thomas J. Schwarz '66, (Economics) SUNY Purchase
- *Edward J. Wickson 1869, Horticulturalist and Founder of the California State Horticultural Society and Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of California.
- Scott Wood '80, (Chemistry and Geology) Dean, University of Idaho College of Science
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FOREIGN AMBASSADORS
- Michael Klosson '71, (History and Public Policy) former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus; former U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
- *Sol M. Linowitz '35, (German and Philosophy) Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Chairman of the Board of Xerox; Co-Negotiator of the Panama Canal Treaties; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Edward Walker, Jr. '62
- *Arnold L. Raphel '64, (Government) U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
- Edward S. Walker, Jr. '62, (Philosophy) Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor in Global Political Theory at Hamilton College; former President and CEO, Middle East Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates
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CORPORATE EXECUTIVES
- *J. Carter Bacot '55, (Public Policy) Chairman, The Bank of New York
- Robert Bernstock '72, (History) President, Mailing and Shipping Services, U.S. Postal Service; former President, Campbell Soup Company
- David W. Blood '81, (Economics and Psychology) Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Generation Investment Management; former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Wayland F. Blood '53, (English Literature and Public Policy) Retired Vice President/Treasurer, Ford Motor Credit Co.
- *William M. Bristol 1882, Co-Founder, Bristol-Myers Co.
- Thomas R. Crane, Jr. '61, (Economics and Spanish) former President/CEO, Castrol
- Blake Darcy '78, (Government) Founder, DLJ Direct
- Gerald V. Dirvin '59, (English Literature) Retired Executive Vice President, Procter & Gamble
- Dan Ferguson '48, (Economics and History) Retired CEO, Newell Rubbermaid Company
- James L. Ferguson '49, (English Literature) Retired Chairman and CEO, General Foods
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Linda Johnson '80
- Amy Owens Goodfriend '82, (French) former Partner, Goldman Sachs
- Elbert O. Hand '61, (Art) Retired Chairman and CEO, Hartmarx Corp.
- Scott M. Hand '64, (History) President, Inco Ltd.
- David P. Hess '77, (Physics) President, Pratt & Whitney
- Joel W. Johnson '65, (Economics and English Literature) Retired President and CEO, Hormel Co.
- Linda Johnson '80, (American Studies) Acting President and CEO, National Constitution Center
- Kraig Kayser '82, (Economics) President and CEO, Seneca Food Corp.
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A.G. Lafley '69
- Kevin Kennedy '70, (Art) Chairman, Goldman Sachs Latin America
- William A. Kerr '79, (Government and History) Co-Chair Europe, The Bank of New York
- A.G. Lafley '69, (French and History) Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble
- Mark M. Leckie '75, (Economics) Vice President, The Gillette Company; Past President of Duracell, H.J. Heinz and Campbell Soups, U.S. Grocery Division
- Jack Levy '75, (History and Government) Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions Dept, Goldman Sachs
- James Logan '74, (Economics) CEO, Gotuit Media Corp.; Past President,
Microtouch Systems, Inc.
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John Rice '78
- Carl B. Menges '51, (Economics and English Literature) Retired Vice Chairman of the Board, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
- Adam Miller '92, (Philosophy) President and COO, Abernathy MacGregor Group
- Dan Nye '88, (Government) former CEO, LinkedIn
- Ronald Pressman '80, (Biology) President and CEO, GE Real Estate
- John Rice '78, (Economics) President and CEO, GE Infrastructure
- Stephen Sadove '73, (Government) Vice Chairman and COO, Saks Inc.
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Susan Skerritt K'78
- Susan Skerritt K'78, (Economics and Spanish) Managing Director, Bank of New York
- David Solomon '84, (Government) Co-Head of Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
- Michael Stone '72, (Government) Co-Chairman, The Beanstalk Group
- Rachel Tischler '92, (Theatre) Vice President of Entertainment Operations, USO
- Clyde Tuggle '84, (German) Senior Vice President, Coca-Cola Company
- Bill Weaver '65 (Philosophy) former CEO, Puget Sound Energy
- Jaime Yordan '71, (Foreign Languages) Vice Chair, Citibank; former Partner, Goldman Sachs
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ENTREPRENEURS
- *William M. Bristol 1882, Co-Founder, Bristol-Myers Co.
- Blake Darcy '78, (Government) Founder, DLJ Direct
- Leigh Keno '79 (Art) Founder, Antiques Road Show, Find!; recipient of the 2005 National Humanities Medal
- *William H. Masters '38, (English Literature) Co-Founder, Masters & Johnson Institute
- Jack Selby '96, (Economics) founder, PayPal; now a managing director at Clarium Capitol Management
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LEGAL CAREERS
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Mary Bonauto '83
- *Hugh R. Jones '35, (English Literature and Mathematics) Retired Justice, NY State Court of Appeals
- Percy R. Luney Jr. '70, (Geology) Founding Dean, Florida A&M University Law School; Vice President, Space Florida
- Audrey Moore '84, (Psychology) Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney's Office
- David A. Nelson '54, (English Literature and History) Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
- Stewart G. Pollock '54, (Philosophy) Retired Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
- John Reinstein '65, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
- Michael Rothenberg '86, (Philosophy) Executive Director, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- Roger G. Strand '55, (History) Senior Judge, U.S. District Court
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MEDICINE/HEALTH CARE
- Johannes Burlin '87, (Economics) President and CEO, Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (working on AIDS vaccine)
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Paul Greengard '48
- Paul Greengard '48, (Mathematics and Physics) Professor, Rockefeller University; 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Martin S. Hirsch '60, (Biology) Physician and Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School; former Director of AIDS Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Margaret Keller O'Bryon K'75, (Public Policy) President/CEO, Consumer Health Foundation
- Hugh A. Sampson Jr., M.D., '71, (Biology) President, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York; Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences
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ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
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Paul Lieberstein '89
- David Grubin '65, (English Literature) Independent Film Producer, Director and Writer (FDR, LBJ, Napoleon); recipient of three George Foster Peabody awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards, and nine Emmys
- John Hadity '83, (Sociology) Independent Producer and Financier; former Senior Vice President, Miramax
- John Hester '69, (Government) Attorney, MGM; former Senior Executive Vice President, Orion Pictures
- Paul Lieberstein '89, (Economics) Writer, Producer and Actor, The Office (2006 Emmy for Best Comedy Series)
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Thomas Tull '92
- Thomas Tull '92, (Government) Founder, Chairman and CEO, Legendary Pictures
- Gillian Zucker '90, (Creative Writing and Religion) President, Auto Club Speedway of Southern California
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NON-PROFITS
- Stephen Angell '41, (Economics and Public Policy) Co-Founder, Alternatives to Violence
- Daniel Becker '77, (Public Policy) Director Global Warming, Sierra Club
- Richard Burns '77, (English Literature) Executive Director, New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- Steve Culbertson '79, (English Literature and French) President and CEO, Youth Service America
- Curtis Decker '66, (History) Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
- Katherine Ertsgaard '83, (Economics) Executive Director, Rochester City Ballet/Draper Center for Dance
- Cynthia Sherwood Evans '82, (Government) Chief Financial Officer, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
- John Hewko '79, (Government and Russian Studies) Vice President, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Kimberley Intino '91, (Psychobiology) Director of Animal Sheltering Issues, Humane Society of the United States
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Robert Moses '56
- Henry Little '65, (History) Vice President, The Nature Conservancy
- Rev. Dr. Joel MacCollam '68, (German) President, World Emergency Relief
- Matt McKenna '72, (Philosophy and Speech) President, Keep America Beautiful; former Senior Vice President of Finance, PepsiCo
- David Morse '74, (History) Vice President of Communications, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Robert Moses '56, (Philosophy) Leader of the Civil Rights Movement; Founder, The Algebra Project
Ezra Pound 1905
- Nancy Roob '87, (Comparative Literature) President, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
- Vincent Strully '69, (Government), Founder, Executive Director and President, The New England Center for Children
- John Kellogg Werner '92, (Government) Founding Campus Director and Managning Director, Citizen Schools
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AUTHORS
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Samuel Hopkins Adams 1891, Author
- Terry Brooks '66, (English Literature) Fantasy Author, Shannara series, also Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Kamila Shamsie '94
- Carl Carmer '14, Stars Fell on Alabama
- Jane Mason '89, (Creative Writing) Writer/Editor, Flashlight Books; former Senior Editor, LucasFilm Ltd.
- Peter Meinke '55, (English Literature) Poet and Fiction Writer; past Director of the Eckerd College Writing Workshop; recipient of the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award
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John Nichols '62, (English Literature) Author, The Sterile Cuckoo
- *Ezra Pound 1905, Poet
- Preeta Samarasan '98, (History and Music) Author, Evening is the Whole Day
- Kamila Shamsie '94, (Creative Writing) Author, Salt and Saffron, Kartography
Lisa Reifenberg
Daniels '94
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JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA EXECUTIVES
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Stephanie Abarbanel '73, (Literature) former Senior Articles Editor, Woman's Day
- Henry Allen '63, (English Literature) Writer, The Washington Post; recipient of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize
- Lisa Reifenberg Daniels '94, (Mathematics and History) former Reporter, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show
Deborah Forte
Stone K'75
- Fabio Freyre '83, (Psychology) Group Vice President, Corporate Sales and Marketing, Time Inc.; former Publisher, Sports Illustrated
- Peter C. Haeffner '88, (Government) Publisher, TV Guide
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Joanna Langfield K'76, (Communications) Syndicated Radio Personality, Film Critic, Author and Television Commentator
- Christine Laine '83 MD, MPH, FACP, (Biology and Creative Writing) Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (youngest editor in the Journal's 82-year history)
- Stryker J. McGuire '69, (Spanish) Editor, International Quarterly and Contributing Editor for Newsweek; former London Bureau Chief, Newsweek
Christine Laine '83
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Neal Pilson '60, (History) former Senior Vice President, CBS Broadcast Group; former President, CBS Sports
- Barry Seaman '67, (Literature) former Special Projects Editor and former White House Correspondent, TIME Magazine
- Evan Smith '87, (Public Policy) President and Editor-in-Chief, Texas Monthly
- Richard W. Stanton '61, (French) Chief Operations Officer, Los Angeles Times
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Deborah Forte Stone K'75, (English Literature and Sociology) President,
Scholastic Media
Steve Wulf '72
- *Alexander Woollcott, 1909, Drama Critic, The New York Times
- Linda Woolley K'75, (Government) Executive Vice President, Direct Marketing Association
- Steve Wulf '72, (English Literature) Editor-in-Chief, ESPN Books; founding Executive Editor, ESPN Magazine
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THE ARTS
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Thomas Meehan '51
- William S Gaden '84, (Mathematics) Senior Vice President and General Manager, Rogers and Hammerstein Organization
- Bill Harley '77, (Religion) Singer/Songwriter (children's songs); 2007 Grammy for "Best Spoken Word for Children"
- *Harry Kondoleon '77 (English Literature) Obie Award-Winning Playwright and Novelist
- Thomas E. Meehan '51, (English Literature) Playwright, Ain't Broadway Grand, Annie, Space Balls; 2001 Tony Award, The Producers, and 2003 Tony for Hairspray
- Richard J. Nelson '72, (Religion) Playwright, Some Americans Abroad
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Melinda Wagner '79
- Michael Shapiro '72, (Art and History) Director, High Museum of Art
- Michael G. Sundell '56, (English Literature) former President, Yaddo Artists' Community
- Melinda Wagner '79, (Music) Composer; 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition
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ATHLETICS
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Francis F. Baker '36, (Science) Reserve Goalie, 1936 U.S. Olympic Bronze
Medal Hockey Team
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Gillian Zucker '90
- William E. Smith '80, (French) Senior Vice President General Manager, Minnesota Twins
- Gillian Zucker '90, (Creative Writing and Religion) President, Auto Club Speedway of Southern California
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OTHERS OF NOTE
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*Richard W. Couper '44, (History) former President, The New York Public Library; former President, The Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation
B.F. Skinner '26
- Sir David Hayes '81, (French) Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by decree of the President of France
- *B.F. Skinner '26, (English Literature) Behavioral Psychologist
- *Gerrit Smith 1818, Philanthropist and Leading Abolitionist
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Note: The major did not exist until well into the 20th Century; most graduates simply received the A.B degree
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