List of Ithaca College alumni
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Ithacans are persons affiliated with Ithaca College, especially alumni. The following is a list of notable Ithacans.
Art
- Nydia Blas, a visual artist whose works explore the identities of young black women
- Cathleen Chaffee, art curator, art historian[1]
Business
- Chris Burch (B.S. 1976), founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital and co-founder of Tory Burch LLC[2]
- Bess Freedman. (B.S. 1992), CEO Brown Harris Stevens
- Edward Glazer (B.A. 1992), Co-owner and Co-chairman of Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United[3]
- Bob Iger (B.S. 1973), chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company[4]
- Stew Leonard, Jr. (B.S. 1977), president and CEO, Stew Leonard's
Entertainment
Actors
- Kathryn Allison, 2014 winner of the NYMF Next Big Broadway Sensation competition
- Erinn Bartlett, actress
- David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones[5]
- The Birthday Boys (2005, 2006), sketch comedy group and stars of IFC comedy show[6]
- John Ross Bowie, actor, The Big Bang Theory
- Kerry Butler (B.F.A. 1992), Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, Xanadu, Catch Me If You Can and Little Shop of Horrors[7][8]
- Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. 2001), Broadway actor, West Side Story
- Thom Christopher, Emmy Award winning actor, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and One Life to Live
- Andy Daly (1993), actor and comedian[9]
- Michelle Federer (B.F.A. 1995), theater and film actress; originated the character, Nessarose, in Broadway's Wicked[10][11]
- Ben Feldman, Emmy Award-nominated actor known for Mad Men and Superstore[12]
- Ilene Graff, actress and singer
- Sean Grandillo, actor, Spring Awakening, The Real O'Neals
- Jennifer Hall, actress
- Jeremy Jordan (B.F.A., 2007), Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-nominated star of Newsies and Bonnie & Clyde, also starred on Smash and in Joyful Noise[13]
- Ricki Lake (non-degreed), Emmy Award-winning actress, Serial Mom, Hairspray; television host
- Gavin MacLeod, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, The Love Boat, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Daniel McDonald, Tony Award-nominated actor
- Mark Moses, actor, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men
- David Newsom, actor and producer
- Joe Pera (2010), stand-up comedian, actor, star/creator of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You[14]
- CCH Pounder, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Bagdad Café, The Shield and Avatar[4]
- Judson Pratt (1938), television, film and stage actor known for Union Pacific, Sergeant Rutledge and Born Yesterday[15][16][17][18]
- Brian Sack, humorist, author, and contributor on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program
- Charlie Schlatter, actor, Diagnosis: Murder
- Amanda Setton (B.A. 2007), film and TV actress, Gossip Girl, The Mindy Project, The Crazy Ones[19]
- Aaron Tveit, Tony Award-winning actor in Moulin Rouge!, Catch Me If You Can and Next to Normal, starred in USA Network's Graceland and Fox's Grease: Live[20]
- Jeff Winkless, voice-over actor
Directors and producers
- Matthew Bennett (1986), scripted and non-scripted director and producer. Created modern Aftershow format with After the Catch.
- Bill D'Elia, writer, director and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and others; co-creator of Judging Amy
- Anna DeShawn, American media personality and podcaster
- Peter Dougherty (1977), creator of Yo! MTV Raps[21]
- Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman[22]
- Brian Herzlinger (1997), director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
- David Guy Levy, film producer, Would You Rather and Terri
- Jesse Zook Mann (B.S. 2002), Emmy Award-winning documentary film and television producer and director
- Mark Romanek, filmmaker (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) and Grammy Award-winning music video director
- Mike Royce, executive producer and writer, Everybody Loves Raymond and One Day at a Time
- Deborah Snyder (1991), executive producer of Suicide Squad, 300 and Watchmen
- Larry Teng, television director and producer
- Liz Tigelaar, television writer and executive producer, Life Unexpected and Casual
- Alex Westerman, Webby Award-winning creative director
Hosts, presenters, and news anchors
- David Brody (B.S.1988), Emmy Award winning journalist and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network
- Alan Colmes (non-degreed), television and radio host of Hannity & Colmes and The Alan Colmes Show[23]
- Chip Hines (B.A. 1990), host of Spotlight on CatholicTV
- Chris Kellogg, morning radio host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew
- Bob Kur (B.S. 1970), Washington Post Radio, former NBC News national reporter
- David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC World News anchor[4]
- Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), the first female network anchor
- Todd Schnitt, conservative radio personality and host of The Schnitt Show
- Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1998), television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis[24]
- Robin Young, host of National Public Radio's Here and Now
Music
- Kate Aldrich (B.M. 1996), internationally renowned mezzo-soprano
- Rick Beato (B.M. 1980), YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer and educator.
- Cindy Bradley (B.F.A. Jazz Studies 1998), jazz trumpet player and composer
- Nick Brignola, jazz baritone saxophonist
- Suzan Brittan, dance vocalist
- Robert E. Brown, lead ethnomusicologist and musician
- Ted Cohen (non-degreed), music industry executive[25]
- Alec Coone, multi-instrumentalist member of Balam Acab
- Patricia Craig, renowned operatic soprano
- Margaret Daum, opera singer
- Richard De Benedictis (B.A. 1958), Broadway and television composer
- Henrique de Curitiba, composer
- Gavin DeGraw (non-degreed), Grammy Award-nominated and platinum-selling musician[26]
- Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician
- Julius Eastman (non-degreed), composer of minimal music.
- Arnald Gabriel (1950), Conductor Emeritus of the U.S. Air Force Band[27]
- Matthew Hoch, singer; leading music scholar and teacher
- Scott LaFaro, influential jazz bassist with the Bill Evans Trio
- New York Voices, Grammy Award-winning vocal music group of Ithaca alumni
- Maureen Tucker, drummer for The Velvet Underground
- Ruth Underwood, xylophonist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
- Bora Yoon (B.A. 2002), musician
Screenwriters and designers
- Max Brallier, children's book author, Emmy Award-winning writer, and screenwriter. Author of The Last Kids on Earth and Eerie Elementary
- Paul Gallo (B.F.A. 1974), Tony Award-nominated lighting designer, has designed more than 200 shows in NYC and regional theaters[28][29]
- Allan Loeb, film screenwriter, Things We Lost in the Fire, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Dilemma
- Chris Regan (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show
- Rod Serling, former faculty, taught at Ithaca College Communications School 1967-1975; Emmy Award-winning screenwriter; creator of The Twilight Zone
Sportscasters
- Bruce Beck (B.S. 1978), weekend sports anchor for WNBC, NY
- Brendan Burke (B.S. 2006) sportscaster for Fox Sports and television announcer for New York Islanders on MSG Network
- Mike Catalana (B.S. 1985), sports director WHAM-TV Rochester, New York
- Ed Cohen (B.S 2005), WEPN-FM Radio voice of the New York Knicks.
- Kevin Connors (B.S. 1997), ESPN sportscaster[30]
- Thomas Donnelly, author of AEI's National Security Outlook
- Lanny Frattare (B.S. 1970), play-by-play announcer for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
- Eric Frede (B.S. 1988), Boston Bruins studio host, NESN
- Drew Goodman (B.S. 1985) Television Announcer Colorado Rockies 2002–present, Denver Nuggets 1994-2004
- Neil Hartman (B.S. 1982), sports anchor, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
- Jack Michaels (B.S. 1995), announcer for the Edmonton Oilers on Sportsnet
- Nick Nickson, hockey broadcaster for Los Angeles Kings
- Sal Paolantonio, ESPN sportscaster; member of the college's Philadelphia Executive Committee
- Eric Reid, TV announcer for Miami Heat
- Karl Ravech (B.S. 1987), ESPN sportscaster
Law
- Mitchell S. Goldberg (BA 1981), Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania[31]
Literature and journalism
- Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events
- Kristen Britain, author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call
- Jason Colavito, author
- Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star[32][33]
- Andrew Marchand, sports media reporter for the New York Post
- Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under
- Tish Rabe (1973), children's book author and writer of over 40 Dr. Seuss books
- Bill Roorbach, novelist, short story writer and memoirist
- K. M. Soehnlein, novelist and essayist
- Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series
- Julie Spira, author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating
- David A. Weiner (1990), executive editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland and writer/director of In Search of Darkness [34][35]
Politics
- Christopher Bateman, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
- Michael A. Battle, former Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice
- Ed Diana, county executive of Orange County, New York
- Richard K. Eaton, Senior Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
- Eileen Filler-Corn (B.A. 1986), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates[36]
- Emily Gallagher (2006), member of the New York State Assembly
- Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate
- Ben Walsh (B.A. 2001), mayor of Syracuse, New York
Science and medicine
- Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq[37]
- C. William Schwab (B.A. chemistry 1968 ), Chief of the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Research at the University of Pennsylvania,[38][39][40]
- Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, an inventor with over twenty patents related to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), materials, and device architecture
Sports
- Glen Cook, professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers
- Conor Heun, mixed martial artist
- Tommy Hicks, former light heavyweight boxer
- Henny Hiemenz, head college football coach, Carroll University
- George Kissell, coach for St. Louis Cardinals
- Tim Locastro, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
- Robert Marella, former professional wrestler (known as Gorilla Monsoon), ringside commentator for the World Wrestling Federation
- Emily Morley, the first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games
- Meghan Musnicki, rower and member of the gold medal-winning women's 8+ for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics
- Tom Nugent, college football head coach and sportscaster; College Football Hall of Famer; developer of the I Formation
- Les Otten (B.S. 1971), vice chairman and partner, Boston Red Sox Organization
- Eddie Sawyer, former Philadelphia Phillies manager and MLB scout
- Barry Smith, former NHL associate coach
- Travis Warech American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva
- Jerry Welsh, head coach college basketball Potsdam State University, head coach college basketball Iona College[41]
- Tony Wise, former NFL assistant coach
- Jeff Wittman, member of the College Football Hall of Fame.[42]
References
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- ↑ "College Graduate Has Part in Movie". The Ithaca Journal. September 25, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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- ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes - The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners
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