List of Pace University people

The following is a partially sorted list of people associated with Pace University, including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others:

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Notable alumni

Arts and letters

• David Ehrenstein - Journalist; Film Critic
• Marv Goldberg '67 - Music historian in the field of Rhythm & Blues
• Jeff Rubens '61 - Statistician; coeditor of The Bridge World

Commerce, accountancy, and business

Pace University alumni obtain senior-level positions in private business sectors and with governmental agencies and major corporations such as: American Express, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, Kraft Foods, Mastercard, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Munich Re America, Nabisco, PepsiCo, Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Salomon Smith Barney, and Verizon.

• Ariane de Rothschild - Board of Director of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild and Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild. Wife of Baron Benjamin de Rothschild.
• Jeff Jacobson '93 - Vice-President, Kodak; COO, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group; President, Kodak's Graphic Solutions & Services^[2]
• Bob Miglani - Senior Director of Public Affairs, Pfizer, Inc.; Author of "Treat Your Customers"^[3]
• Kevin Huang - CEO, Pixel Interactive Media in Asia^[4][5]
• Richard F. Zannino '84 - CEO, Dow Jones & Company^[6]
• Michael A. Clinton '83 - Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer and Publishing Director, Hearst Corporation^[7]
• Desiree Reid '82 - Vice President and General Manager, Sean John Toiletries, a division of Estée Lauder^[8]
• Marie J. Toulantis '81 - CEO, Barnes&Noble.com - a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble^[9]
• William J. Fox - Co-Chairman, Loehmann's Holdings; Chairman, Nephros; Chairman & CEO, Arcade Marketing; former CEO of Revlon; former Senior Vice President, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings^[10][11]
• James E. Quinn '80 - President, Tiffany & Co.^[12][13]
• Herbert L. Henkel '79 - Chairman, Ingersoll-Rand Company; former President & CEO
• James N. Fernandez '78 - Executive Vice President & CFO, Tiffany & Co.; Board of Directors, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and of Aber Diamond Corporation^[14]
• Jack J. Ribeiro ’78 - Managing Partner, Global Financial Services, Deloitte & Touche^[15]
• Edward F. Murphy '74 - Executive Vice President of Corporate Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York^[16]
• Joseph R. Ficalora - Chairman, President, & CEO, New York Community Bancorp^[17][18]
• Robert Sands - President and COO, Constellation Brands; Chairman, ViaHealth Health System; President of the board of trustees of The Harley School; Chairman, New York Wine and Culinary Center^[19]
• Michael O'Reilly '71 - Vice Chairman & CFO, Chubb Corporation^[20]
• Dean R. O’Hare ’69 - Vice-Chairman, United States Council for International Business; former Chairmen & CEO, Chubb Corporation^[21]
• Peter K. Warren ’68 - former President, PepsiCo, Inc.
• Edward D. Miller '68 - Board of Directors, American Express Company; former President and CEO of AXA Financial, Inc.; Former Senior Vice Chairman, Chase Manhattan; Former President, Chemical Banking Corporation
• James E. Healey '64 - former Executive Vice President & CFO, Nabisco Holdings, Inc.; Former vice-president and Treasurer, Hellmann's and Best Foods^[22]
• Richard Grasso* - Chairman & CEO (1995–2003) of the New York Stock Exchange
• George A.W. Bundschuh ’55 - former President and former Vice-Chairman, New York Life Insurance Company^[23]
• Robert M. Schaeberle ’53 - former Chairman & CEO, Nabisco, Inc.^[24]

Engineering and technology

• Ivan G. Seidenberg '81 - President & CEO, Verizon - Pace University's "Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems" is named for his service as a University benefactor and trustee.
• John E. Boyd '76 - former Chairman, and former President & CEO, EUR Systems; former President & CEO of Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc.^[25]
• Herbert L. Henkel ’79 - Chairman, President & CEO, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd.
• Rob Enderle - Technical and legal analyst; Founder, The Enderle Group
• Carol F. St. Mark - former President and CEO, Pitney Bowes Business Services; Director, Gerber Scientific, Inc.^[26]

Entertainment

• Michelle Borth - Actress^[1]
• Rachael Ray* - television celebrity chef, 30 Minute Meals^[2]
• Vincent Pastore* - Actor; Best known for his role in The Sopranos as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
• Hank Wasiak - Emmy award winning actor, 7 Emmy-nominated executive producer^[27][28]
• Diana Scarwid - Actress; Academy Award nominee & Emmy nominee
• Paul Dano - Actor^[3]
• Donald Westwood - Soloist, New York City Opera; Producer/Stage Director, Belleayre Music Festival^[29]
• Glenn Taranto - Actor; known for his role as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
• Patrick Norton - Current host of Tekzilla and Systm; former host and managing editor, television show The Screen Savers
• Meaghan Jarensky '04 - Miss New York USA 2005; Miss USA finalist^[30]
• Cristina Masiello '06 - 2004 Miss Manhattan finalist^[31]
• Jarah Mariano - International model
• Alfred Preisser and Christopher McElroen - Co-Founders and Directors, The Classical Theatre of Harlem^[32]
• Bradley Cooper - American Actor '00^[4]

Law

Pace University alumni obtain positions in private sectors, governmental agencies, or as judges/justices in United States District courts or state courts.

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. '87 - Alumnus; Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law & Co-Director, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic; Radio co-host, Ring of Fire; former New York City assistant district attorney
• John P. Cahill '85 - Senior Policy Advisor & Secretary and Chief of Staff to New York State Governor George E. Pataki, and Development Chief of Lower Manhattan; former Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Malachy E. Mannion '79 - United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
• William Kunstler - Civil rights attorney, Associate Professor of Law (1951–1963)
• David M. Rosen Professor of Anthropology and Law
• C. Scott Vanderhoef '81 - County Executive, Rockland County, New York^[5]

Media and communications

• Dan Davids '72, '74 - Executive Vice President & General Manager, The History Channel^[33][34]
• Mel Karmazin '67 - CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio; Former President & CEO, CBS; former COO, Viacom
• Corey L. Galloway '02 - Director of Production for Television, Film, and Home Video, Sesame Workshop; Former manager/director of MTV Video Music Awards, MTV commercials, The Real World, and The Tom Green Show
• Mary O'Grady - Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
• Rossana Rosado - CEO & General Publisher, El Diario Newspaper; Former producer and Emmy Award winner, WPIX-NY Channel 11; First Hispanic woman to hold this high-ranking post in the newspaper publishing world.^[6][7][35]

Medicine

• Michele A. Quirolo - President & CEO, Visiting Nurse Service of Hudson Valley; Vice-Chairperson, National Association for Home Care and Hospice^[36][8]
• Marcia A. Harris-Owens ’70 - Physician; Division Head, UroGynecology, Carolinas HealthCare System^[37]

Politics and public service

• Charles H. Dyson ’30 - American businessman and philanthropist; Special consultant to the Secretary of War; Former U.S. Air Force colonel; recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and Order of the British Empire Commander's Badge; Former Executive-Vice President, Textron; founder & former chairman of The Dyson Foundation and The Dyson Kissner-Moran Corporation (now DKM Corp.) - Pace University's "Dyson Hall" and the "Dyson College of Arts and Sciences" are named in his honor for his service as a University benefactor and trustee.
• John P. Cahill '76 - Senior Policy Advisor & Secretary and Chief of Staff to New York State Governor George E. Pataki and Development Chief of Lower Manhattan; former Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Naomi Caplan Matusow ’79 - former New York State Assemblywoman, New York State Assembly^[38]
• James E. Davis '89 - New York City Council member and community activist
• Stephen DiBrienza '76 - Adjunct Professor of Political Science, New York City Council member (1986–2001); 2001 New York Public Advocate candidate^[39]
• Jim Dunnigan* - military wargame designer
• C. Scott Vanderhoef '81 - County Executive, Rockland County, New York^[5]
• Philip T. Sica - former marshal of the City of New York (Mayoral Appointment by John V. Lindsay); Republican nominee, Queens Borough President
• Fr. John Corapi - Television host, EWTN; Roman Catholic priest ordained by Pope John Paul II

Sports

• Edward W. Stack ’57 - Chairman (1977–2000) and current member, National Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors^[40][41]; Chairman & CEO, Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

Notable faculty

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. '87 - Alumnus; Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law & Co-Director, Pace Law School's Environmental Litigation Clinic; Radio host, Ring of Fire; former New York City assistant district attorney
• Ira Joe Fisher - CBS Broadcaster; Student Success Coordinator at Pace University's Center for Academic Excellence in Pleasantville.
• Richard Ottinger - former member of the United States House of Representatives; Professor of Environmental Studies; co-director of Pace's Center for Environmental Legal Studies
• Allen Oren - Associate Professor of Communications; Emmy Award winner for his documentary on the 125-year history of Madison Square Garden entitled "The World's Most Famous Arena and How It Got That Way" premiered on the MSG Network.^[42][43]; Feature reporter on News 12; Former entertainment editor of USA Today
• Harold Holzer - former professor of history; Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art (mma); co-chairman, United States 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, appointed by President Clinton in September 2000, and elected co-chairman in 2001^[44]
• Charles A. Agemian - Professor of Business; American Banker; Former Executive Vice-President, Chase Manhattan Bank; Former Chairman & CEO, Hackensack Trust Corp. (renamed Garden State National Bank)
• Jorge Pinto - Professor of International Business; Former executive director of the World Bank; former ambassador and consul general of Mexico in New York^[45]
• Randolph Scott-McLaughlin - Professor of Law; Executive Director of Hale House Center, Inc.; former director of the Center for Constitutional Rights^[46]
• Stephen DiBrienza '76 - Adjunct Professor of Political Science, New York City Council Member (1986–2001); 2001 New York Public Advocate candidate^[47]
• Jacob M. Appel, bioethicist and euthanasia advocate (former faculty)
• Ryan Scott Oliver award winning composer and professor for BFA Musical Theatre program.

Presidents of Pace

(*did not graduate)

References