[edit] Press, literature and arts
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| Michael Gartner |
Journalist |
J.D. 1972 |
2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing |
| Charles Reznikoff |
Poet |
LL.B., 1916 |
Objectivist Poet |
| Demetri Martin |
Comedian |
J.D. 1998 (*did not graduate) |
Comedian for the Daily Show and others |
[edit] Sports
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| Gary Bettman |
NHL Commissioner |
J.D., 1977 |
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| Paul Tagliabue |
NFL Commissioner |
J.D. 1969 |
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| Bill Daly |
NHL Chief Legal Officer & Executive V.P. |
J.D. 1990 |
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| Howard Cosell |
Sportscaster |
B.A., 1938; J.D. 1941 |
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[edit] Business
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| John J. Creedon |
Manager |
B.S. 1955, JD. 1957 |
Former CEO and Chairman, MetLife |
| Herb Kelleher |
Founder and CEO |
LL.B., 1955 |
Southwest Airlines |
| Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam |
Founders |
J.D. 1985, J.D. 1986 |
Razor & Tie |
| Martin Lipton & Herbert Wachtell |
Co-Founder, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz |
J.D., 1955 |
inventor of the "poison pill", M&A Master |
[edit] Politics and government
[edit] Members of the United States Congress
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| Lamar Alexander |
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J.D., 1965 |
United States Senate |
| William Bernard Barry |
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LL.B., 1925 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Rudy Boschwitz |
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M.B.A., 1950, J.D., 1953 |
United States Senate |
| Charles Robin Britt |
|
LL.M., 1976 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Peter Angelo Cavicchia |
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LL.B., 1908 |
United States House of Representatives (1931-1937) |
| Maurice Conolly |
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LL.B., 1898 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Irwin Delmore Davison |
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B.S., 1927, LL.B., 1928 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Diana DeGette |
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J.D., 1982 |
United States House of Representatives (1997-) |
| Fred J. Eckert |
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Postgraduate Work, NYU Law School |
United States House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador |
| Smith Ely |
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LL.B., 1846 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Edward Irving Edwards |
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LL.B., ?? |
United States Senate (1923-1929), Governor of New Jersey |
| Leonard Farbstein |
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LL.B. 1924 |
United States House of Representatives (1957-1971) |
| Hamilton Fish, Jr. |
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LL.B. 1957 |
United States House of Representatives (1969-1995) |
| Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer |
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LL.B., 1862 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Anthony Jerome Griffin |
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LL.B., 1892 |
United States House of Representatives (1918-1935) |
| Frank Joseph Guarni |
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J.D., 1950, LL.M. 1955 |
United States House of Representatives (1979-1993) |
| Stanley Nelson Lundine |
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LL.B. 1964 |
United States House of Representatives(1976-1987) |
| Jacob Javits |
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LL.B., 1926 |
United States Senate |
| Mitchell Jenkins |
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LL.B., 1926 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Edward Aloysius Kenney |
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LL.B. 1908 |
United States House of Representatives(1933-1938) |
| Arthur George Klein |
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LL.B. 1926 |
United States House of Representatives (1946-1956) |
| Edward I. Koch |
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LL.B. 1948 |
United States House of Representatives (1969-1977) |
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Mayor of New York City (1978-1989) |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
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LL.B., 1908 |
United States House of Representatives (1916-1934) |
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Mayor of New York City (1934-1945) |
| Jefferson Monroe Levy |
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LL.B. 1873 |
United States House of Representatives (1911-1915) |
| John MacCrate |
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LL.B. 1906 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Allan Langdon McDermott |
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LL.B., 1877 |
United States House of Representatives (1900-1907) |
| Thomas Joseph Meskill |
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LL.B. 1955 |
United States House of Representatives |
| James Edward Murray |
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J.D., 1900 |
United States Senate (1934-1961) |
| Tasker Lowndes Oddie |
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LL.B. 1895 |
United States Senate (1921-1933) |
| James Aloysius O`Gorman |
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J.D., 1887 |
United States Senate(1911-1917) |
| Denis O`Leary |
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LL.B., 1890 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Bob Packwood |
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J.D., 1957 |
United States Senate(1969-1995) |
| Nathan David Perlman |
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LL.B. 1907 |
United States House of Representatives (1920-1927) |
| Anning Smith Prall |
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LL.B:, 1908 |
United States House of Representatives(1923-1935) |
| Benjamin Rabin |
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LL.B., 1917 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Leo Frederick Rayfiel |
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LL.B. 1908 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Elihu Root |
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LL.B., 1867 |
Secretary of War (1899-1903), Secretary of State (1905-1909) |
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United States Senate, 1912 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal |
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LL.M., 1952 |
United States House of Representatives (1962-1983) |
| Isaac Siegel |
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LL.B., 1901 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Daniel Edgar Sickles |
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LL.B., 1846 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Ludwig Teller |
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LL.B., 1935 |
United States House of Representatives (1957-1961) |
| Herbert Tenzer |
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LL.B. 1927 |
United States House of Representatives |
| Samuel J. Tilden |
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LL.B., 1941 |
United States Senate, Governor of the State of New York |
| Elijah Ward |
|
LL.B., 1943 |
United States House of Representatives |
[edit] Government, international organizations and other
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| Carol Bellamy |
lawyer |
J.D., 1968 |
Executive Director, UNICEF |
| David Boies |
lawyer |
LL.M., 1967 |
United States v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore |
| Thomas Buergenthal |
Legal Scholar |
J.D., 1960 |
Judge, International Court of Justice (2000 -) |
| Roberto de Oliveira Campos |
diplomat |
graduate work |
Brazilian Politician and Legislator, ambassador to the U.S. and UK. |
| Clay Constantinou |
diplomat |
LL.M., 1986 |
U.S. Ambassador to Luxemburg |
| Crystal Eastman |
activist |
J.D., 1907 |
Peace Activist |
| Nabil Elaraby |
legal scholar |
LL.M., 1969; J.S.D., 1971 |
Judge, International Court of Justice |
| Mohamed ElBaradei |
Diplomat and Nobel Laureate |
LL.M., 1971; J.S.D., 1974 |
Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997-) |
| Abraham H. Foxman |
Political Pundit |
J.D., 1965 |
National Director and Chairman of the Anti-Defamation League (1987-) |
| Louis Freeh |
politician |
LL.M., 1984 |
FBI Director (1993-2001) |
| Rudy Giuliani |
politician |
J.D., 1968 |
Mayor of New York City (1994-2001) |
| Nancy Grace |
|
LL.M. |
Court TV host |
| Dennis G. Jacobs |
Judge |
J.D., 1973 |
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Stanley Hendler |
Lawyer |
LL.B., 1948 |
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| Judith Kaye |
legal scholar |
LL.B., 1958 |
Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Lawyer, Journalist |
J.D., 1989 |
Son of President John F. Kennedy |
| Gonzalo Parra-Aranguen |
legal scholar |
LL.M., 1952 |
Judge, International Court of Justice |
| Edwin D. Williamson |
government executive |
J.D., 1964 |
Director, White House Office of Government Ethics |
| Ma Ying-Joeu |
politician |
LL.M., 1976 |
Major of Taipei, Taiwan Minister of Justice |
| Yaakov Neeman |
politician |
LL.M., J.S.D. |
Finance Minister of Israel; Chair, Neeman Committee |
| Philip Friedman |
Author |
J.D. 1969 |
Multiple N.Y. Times Bestseller |
