List of Ithaca College alumni
This is a list of Ithaca College people.
Ithacans are persons affiliated with Ithaca College, especially alumni. The following is a list of such notable Ithacans.
Government
- 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
- Maggie Brooks, county executive of Monroe County, New York
- 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, member of Virginia House of Delegates
- Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate
Business
Executives
- Chris Burch (B.S. 1976), founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital; co-founder of Tory Burch LLC
- Nancy Daniels (1994), president and general manager, TLC
- Robert Iger (B.S. 1973), president and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
- Stew Leonard, Jr. (B.S. 1977), president and CEO, Stew Leonard's
- Jan Singer (1986), CEO, Victoria's Secret
Media and entertainment
Directors and producers
- 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
- Peter Dougherty (1977), creator of Yo! MTV Raps
- Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman
- Brian Herzlinger (1997), director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
- David Guy Levy, film producer, August and Terri
- 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 Lucky Louie
- Deborah Snyder, film producer, DC Extended Universe
- Larry Teng, television director and producer
- Liz Tigelaar, television writer and executive producer, Life Unexpected and Casual
Actors
- Kathryn Allison, 2014 winner of the NYMF Next Big Broadway Sensation competition
- Erinn Bartlett, actress[1]
- David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones
- 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
- Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. 2001), Broadway actor, West Side Story
- Andrew Daly, actor, Eastbound and Down, MADtv and Semi-Pro
- Ben Fankhauser, Broadway performer in Newsies
- Michelle Federer (B.F.A. 1995), theater and film actress; originated the character "Nessarose" in Broadway's Wicked
- Ben Feldman, Emmy Award-nominated actor, Mad Men and Superstore
- Ilene Graff, actress and singer
- Jennifer Hall, actress
- Jeremy Jordan, Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-nominated star of Supergirl, Newsies and Finding Neverland; also starred on Smash and in The Last 5 Years
- Ricki Lake, Emmy Award-winning actress, Serial Mom, Hairspray; television host
- Gavin MacLeod, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Daniel McDonald, Tony Award-nominated actor
- Mark Moses, actor, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men
- David Newsom, actor and producer
- C. C. H. Pounder, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Bagdad Café, The Shield, Avatar and NCIS New Orleans
- 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[2]
- Aaron Tveit, Broadway lead actor of Catch Me If You Can and Next to Normal, starred in USA Network's Graceland the sitcom "Braindead" and Fox's "Grease Live!" He is currently playing Christian in the Broadway rendition of Moulin Rouge in Boston's historic Emerson Colonial Theater
- Jeff Winkless, voice-over actor
Hosts
- Alan Colmes (attended), host of Hannity & Colmes and The Alan Colmes Show[3]
- Chip Hines (B.A. 1990), host of Spotlight on CatholicTV
- Chris Kellogg, morning radio host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew
- Ricki Lake (attended), Emmy Award-winning actress and television personality, The Ricki Lake Show[4]
- Todd Schnitt, conservative radio personality and host of The Schnitt Show
- Larry Wachs, host of The Regular Guys Show
- Robin Young, host of National Public Radio's Here and Now
Comedians
- Joe Pera (2010), stand-up comedian, star/creator of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You
Musicians
- Kate Aldrich (B.M. 1996), internationally renowned mezzo-soprano
- 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
- 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 (did not graduate), Grammy Award-nominated and platinum-selling musician best known for Billboard Hot 100 hits "I Don't Want to Be" and "Not Over You"
- Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician
- 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
Editors and publishers
- Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events
Journalists
- David Brody, journalist and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network
- Thomas Donnelly, author of AEI's National Security Outlook
- Bob Kur, former national NBC reporter, now with Washington Post Radio
- David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC news anchor for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
- Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), first female network anchor
- Lauren Dragan (B.M.O 2001), audio reviewer and writer with Wirecutter (website)
- Andrew Marchand, sports media reporter for the New York Post. Baseball writer for 11 years at ESPN.
Photographers
- Clay Enos
- Lauren DeCicca (B.F.A. 2011), photographer for the New York Times[5]
New media
- Alex Westerman, Webby Award-winning creative director
Writers
- Kristen Britain, author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call
- Jason Colavito, author
- Michael Levin (2011), television writer, co-host of the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast
- Allan Loeb, film screenwriter, Things We Lost in the Fire, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Dilemma
- Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star[6][7]
- 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
- Chris Regan (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show
- Bill Roorbach, novelist, short story writer and memoirist
- Rod Serling, former faculty, taught at Ithaca College Communications School 1967-1975; Emmy Award-winning screenwriter; creator of The Twilight Zone
- 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
- Liz Tigelaar, author and television writer and producer, Life Unexpected
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
- 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
- Nick Nickson, announcer 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
- Matt Willis (2006), ESPN NASCAR analyst[8]
Sport
Management
- Les Otten (B.S. 1971), vice chairman and partner, Boston Red Sox Organization
- Eddie Sawyer, professional baseball manager for the Philadelphia Phillies
Coaches
- Henny Hiemenz, head college football coach, Carroll University
- George Kissell, coach for St. Louis Cardinals
- Tom Nugent, college football head coach and sportscaster; College Football Hall of Famer; developer of the I Formation
- Eddie Sawyer, former Philadelphia Phillies manager and MLB scout
- Barry Smith, former NHL associate coach
Athletes
- Glen Cook, professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers
- Conor Heun, mixed martial artist
- Tommy Hicks, former light heavyweight boxer
- Robert Marella, former professional wrestler (known as Gorilla Monsoon); ringside commentator for the World Wrestling Federation
- Emily Morley, 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
Scientists and engineers
- Michael Meador (B.S. 1978), chemist, Nanotechnology Project Manager for NASA’s Game Changing Technologies Program, former Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy[9], and 2017 recipient of the Ithaca College lifetime achievement award
- Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, inventor with over 20 patents in OLED materials and device architecture
Medical Professions
- C. William Schwab (B.A. chemistry 1968 ), Chief of the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Research at Penn [10], [11], known internationally for his work in damage control surgery and the care of complex trauma, and the director of the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn (FICAP) [12]
Other
- Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq
- Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1998), television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis[13]
References
- ↑ "Erinn Bartlett". IMDb. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ Ophir, Edon. "Ithaca's own 'Gossip Girl,'" The Ithacan (Ithaca College), August 28, 2008. Archived November 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Roberts, Sam (2017-02-23). "Alan Colmes, Sean Hannity's Liberal Partner on Fox News, Dies at 66". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ↑ Ithaca College Alumni Association
- ↑ "A Taste of the Aegean, but Only a Taste". New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes - The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners
- ↑ Ithaca College Grad Wins Pulitzer - News Release - Ithaca College Office of Media Relations
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/rpm/blog/_/name/willis_matt
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/Research/faculty/Schwab.html
- ↑ https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/find-a-program-or-service/traumatology-surgical-critical-care-and-emergency-surgery/trauma-center/treatment-teams
- ↑ https://repository.upenn.edu/ldi_issuebriefs/32/
- ↑ http://www.ithaca.edu/icq/2004v2/toc.htm
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