List of Queens College people
Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Queens College, City University of New York.
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Notable alumni
Business
- Jill E. Barad - CEO of Mattel Inc (Responsible for making Barbie a household name) [1]
- Robert Bertoldi - Class of '76. CFO of Amphion Innovations PLC and co-founder of VennWorks LLC.
- Frank M. Boccio - Executive Vice President and CAO, New York Life Insurance Company
- Lawrence Cohen - Consultant and Entrepreneur. Former President and CEO of The Merv Griffin Group of Companies
- Jerry Colonna - Well-known venture capitalist and entrepreneur coach
- Linda Eagle - Founder and President, The Edcomm Group Banker's Academy (1989–2009).
- Daniel Goodman - CEO of Goodman Strategies
- Dan Hackman - President of Hackman Consulting Corp., author and journalist.
- Alan Lazar - Partner of southern California Law Firm
- Nathan Leventhal - Class of '63. Former New York City Deputy Mayor and President of Lincoln Center
- Allan Loren - Former Chairman & CEO, Dun and Bradstreet Corporation
- Ruth Madoff - Wife of Bernard L. Madoff
- Yaswant Sharma - Chief Accounts Payable Clerk Parts Authority INC.
- Donna Orender - WNBA president
- Cindy Rakowitz - Division President for Playboy Enterprises (1986-2001)
- Victor H. Ruiz - Graduated with BA Accounting 2009. CFO of Victor and Son Books distributors and one of the inspirations of the characters of the Entourage (TV Series) on HBO
- Leonard Schutzman - Chief Financial Officer, PepsiCo
- Jeffrey Steinberger - Trial attorney, TV commentator & analyst
- John Tantillo, PhD, '76, Branding and Marketing Consultant[2]
- Charles Wang - founder of Computer Associates, owner of the New York Islanders
- Robert Wann - Senior Executive VP and CEO of New York Community Bank
- Kenneth Correa, CFP - Executive Director at UBS Financial Services
Education
- Werner Baer - Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign rifando
- Vévé Amasasa Clark - Professor of African-American studies at the University of California, Berkeley
Entertainment and media
- Salman Ahmad – musician, Junoon
- Ted Alexandro – comedian
- Martin Aronstein – theatrical lighting designer
- Joy Behar – comedienne and co-host of The View
- Adrien Brody – Actor, Academy award winner. Attended as student in 1990
- Glen Brunman - Film and television soundtrack executive and producer
- Fran Drescher – actress, The Nanny
- Dennis Elsas – Radio personality: WNEW–FM, WFUV–FM
- Jon Favreau – actor and director, director of Iron Man and Iron Man 2
- Marvin Hamlisch – Hollywood and Broadway composer
- Ron Jeremy – prolific pornographic film actor
- Carole King – songwriter and recording artist
- Richard Kline – "Larry Dallas" in Three's Company
- Paul Lansky – pioneer computer musician and composer at Princeton
- Carol Leifer – comedienne
- Frank Lopardo – American operatic tenor
- Lou Pearlman-Music Producer
- DJ Rekha Malhotra – DJ, Producer, Educator of South Asian music
- Lisa Ratner – Award winning songwriter-producer – (Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Vanessa Williams), attended 1971–1975.
- Mary Murphy – Emmy Award-winning TV anchor
- Ray Romano – actor, comedian (attended 1975–1978 – dropped out after accumulating only 15 credits in three years but returned in later years during which he made Dean's list)
- Howie Rose – sportscaster for the New York Mets and New York Islanders.[3]
- Neil Rosen– Emmy award winning movie critic, NY1
- Michael Savage (formerly known as Michael Weiner) – radio talk show personality and author
- Nancy Savoca – screenwriter, film director and producer
- Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
- Paul Simon – musician, Simon and Garfunkel
- Mal Waldron – jazz pianist
- Dennis Wolfberg – comedian
- Marv Wolfman – comic book and animation writer
- Ben Younger - screenwriter and director
Fictional characters
- George Costanza - Fictional television character from Seinfeld
- Carrie Heffernan - Took courses for law during season 3 of 'King of Queens
- Eric Murphy - Fictional television character from Entourage. Attended for two years before dropping out to become the manager of Vincent Chase.
- Jerry Seinfeld - Fictional television character from "Seinfeld"
- Betty Suarez - Fictional television character from Ugly Betty. Graduated in 2005 with a BFA in Media
- Audrey James - Fictional character in novel Laylaby Celine Keating, who graduated from Queens College with a BA in Political Science and MA in Urban Studies.
Government and politics
- Kevan Abrahams - Nassau County Legislator (D) Nassau County 1st Legislative District
- Gary Ackerman - United States Representative from New York (1983- )
- Joel Benenson - Democratic pollster, American political consultant
- Shifra Bronznick - Prominent Jewish Women's rights activist
- Joseph Crowley - United States Representative, New York's 7th congressional district, Queens County Democratic Chairman
- Marvin E. Frankel - litigator, judge, legal scholar, and human rights activist.
- Andrew Goodman - civil rights worker, murdered in Mississippi at the age of 20 during Freedom Summer of 1964, while still a student
- Alan Hevesi - former New York State Comptroller, former New York State Assemblyman, former Queens College professor
- Dov Hikind - New York State Assemblyman
- Dennis G. Jacobs- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[4]
- Alan P. Krasnoff- Chesapeake, Virginia Mayor
- Rory I. Lancman - New York state Assemblyman
- Helen Marshall - Queens Borough President
- Hiram Monserrate - former New York State Senator
- Jose Peralta - Former New York State Assemblyman and New York State Senator
- Toby Ann Stavisky - New York state Senator
Humanities
- David A. Adler - author
- Bernard Kalb - journalist, media critic, author
- Marvin Kalb - journalist
- Nellie Y. McKay - scholar and co-editor of Norton Anthology of African-American Literature
- Rosalyn Terborg-Penn - historian[5]
- Dorothy Rabinowitz - awarded 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
- Lloyd Schwartz - Pulitzer Prize winner in Journalism
- Arnold Skemer - novelist and publisher
- Elliot Sperling - expert on Tibet
Science and technology
- Kenneth Appel - Mathematician proved four color theorem
- Steven J. Burakoff - cancer specialist and the author of Therepeutic Immunology (2001) and Graft-Vs.-Host Disease: Immunology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (1990)
- Richard Laub - paleontologist
- Stanley Milgram - psychologist
- Robert Moog - inventor of the Moog synthesizer
- Nicholas Rescher, philosopher
- Aaron D. Wyner - information theorist noted for his contributions in coding theory[6]
Banesh Hoffmann
Sports
- Donna Orender (née Geils), Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star & current WNBA president
- Norm Roberts - Assistant men's basketball coach at Kansas
- Hank Kraft Judo Instructor. Trained many international Judoka.
- Ron Liebman - Noted baseball researcher, statistician, and trivia expert
Notable faculty
Famous faculty at Queens College have included:
- Salman Ahmed, musician, band Junoon
- Benny Andrews, artist
- Donald Byrd, jazz musician
- Elliott Carter, composer
- Barry Commoner, biologist
- Luigi Dallapiccola, composer
- Bogdan Denitch, sociologist
- Joshua Freeman, historian
- Andrew Hacker, political scientist
- Michael Harrington, political philosopher
- Samuel Heilman, Sociologist
- Carl G. Hempel, philosopher
- Banesh Hoffmann, mathematician, worked with Albert Einstein
- Chin Kim, violinist
- Leo Kraft, composer
- John Frederick Lange, Jr., author
- Joseph McElroy, author
- Elliott Mendelson, mathematician
- Edwin E. Moise, mathematician
- Luc Montagnier, virologist, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (endowed professorship, 1997/8–2001)[7]
- Thea Musgrave, composer
- Marco Oppedisano, composer
- George Perle, composer
- Koppel Pinson, historian
- Hortense Powdermaker, anthropologist
- Gregory Rabassa, literary translator
- Stefan Ralescu, mathematician
- Karol Rathaus, composer
- Charles Repole, actor, theater director
- Arthur Sard, mathematician
- Bruce Saylor, composer
- Carl Schachter, music, Schenkerian analyst
- Dennis Sullivan, mathematician
- David Syrett, naval historian
- John Tytell, author
- Robert Ward, composer
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
- Roby Young, Soccer coach
- Bernard G. Okun, economist/statistician
References
- ↑ http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6100/Barad-Jill.html
- ↑ "John Tantillo, The Marketing Doctor - Marketing and Branding Expert".
- ↑ Howie Rose, MSG Network. Accessed September 20, 2007. "A graduate of Queens College, Rose’s career began in 1975 when he became one of the original voices for SportsPhone."
- ↑ http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/Judgesbio.htm
- ↑ "http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=779". Other EducationMakers. The History Makers. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ Burkhart, Ford. "Aaron D. Wyner, 58; Helped Speed Data Around the Globe", The New York Times, October 13, 1997. Accessed November 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Luc Montagnier". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 July 2014.