List of Queens College people
Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Queens College, City University of New York.
Notable alumni
Business
- Leslie Abramson - Attorney, defended Lyle and Erik Menendez
- Russell Artzt - Co founder Computer Associates
- Gary Barnett (real estate developer) - Founder of Extell Development Company
- Jill E. Barad - Former CEO of Mattel[1]
- Jerry Colonna - Well-known venture capitalist and entrepreneur coach
- Eugene R. Fidell - Attorney, Guantanamo Bay critic
- Steven W. Fisher - Attorney in Wendy's massacre
- Mark M. Ford - Entrepreneur
- Leonard P. Forman - CFO of the New York Times
- Leonard Grunstein - Finance Executive
- Charlie Harary - Investor and motivational speaker
- Patricia Hynes - Former president of the New York City Bar Association
- Frederick S. Jaffe - Former vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Alan Lazar - Partner of southern California Law Firm
- Stewart Liff - Management Consultant and Author
- Ruth Madoff - Wife of Bernard L. Madoff
- Donna Orender - WNBA president
- Cindy Rakowitz - Division President for Playboy Enterprises (1986-2001)
- Jeffrey Steinberger - Trial attorney, TV commentator & analyst
- John Tantillo - Marketing Consultant, credited with coining "The O'Reilly Factor"
- Charles Wang - founder of Computer Associates, owner of the New York Islanders
Education
- Stevanne Auerbach - Psychologist, "Dr. Toy"
- Werner Baer - Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign rifando
- Elaine Barkin - Music theorist educator
- Jean-Claude Brizard - CEO of Chicago Public Schools
- Vévé Amasasa Clark - Professor of African-American studies at the University of California, Berkeley
- Ester Fuchs Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, Columbia University
- Cheryl Lehman - Accounting academic
- Stephanie Pace Marshall - Founder of Illinois Math and Science Academy
- Marty Nemko - Career Coach, Author, Radio Host
- Edward John Ray - President of Oregon State University
- Linda Siegel - cognitive psychologist, holder of the Dorothy C. Lam Chair in Special Education at the University of British Columbia 1996–2015
Entertainment and media
- Ted Alexandro – comedian
- Martin Aronstein – theatrical lighting designer
- Annet Artani - Singer, songwriter, co-wrote "Everytime" with Britney Spears
- Lidia Bastianich - Celebrity chef and host of Lidia's Italy
- Joy Behar – comedian 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
- Danny Burstein - Broadway actor
- Fran Capo - Comedian
- Lucille Carra - Documentary film producer
- Angelo Corrao - Italian American Film Editor
- Jason Cuadrado - Director and producer
- Yanna Darili - Model, Greek television personality
- Pierre Desir - Filmmaker
- Fran Drescher – Actress, producer The Nanny
- Dennis Elsas – Radio personality: WNEW–FM, WFUV–FM
- Nargis Fakhri - Model and Bollywood actress
- Jon Favreau – actor and director, director of Iron Man and Iron Man 2
- David Zelag Goodman - Screenwriter, Playwright
- Marvin Hamlisch – Hollywood and Broadway composer
- Ron Jeremy – prolific pornographic film actor
- Herb Kaplow - Television news correspondent
- Jason Katims - Television writer and producer
- Carole King – songwriter and recording artist
- Richard Kline – "Larry Dallas" in Three's Company
- Carol Leifer – comedian
- Bob Linden - Host and producer of Go Vegan Radio
- Hal Linden - Actor, producer, and musician
- Perri Pierre – Actor and Film Producer
- DJ Rekha Malhotra – DJ, Producer, Educator of South Asian music
- 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.[2]
- 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
- Nestor Serrano - Actor
- Paul Simon – Singer, songwriter, actor Simon and Garfunkel
- Michael Stewart - Playwright
- Bobby Susser - Songwriter, record producer, and performer
- Lorenzo Thomas - Poet
- Mal Waldron – jazz pianist
- Dennis Wolfberg – comedian
- Marv Wolfman – comic book and animation writer
- Jay Wolpert - Television Producer, screenwriter
- Ben Younger - screenwriter and director
- Karim Metwaly - Youtuber
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
Government and politics
- Gary Ackerman - United States Representative from New York (1983- )
- Joel Benenson - Democratic pollster, chief political consultant for Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016
- Shifra Bronznick - Prominent Jewish Women's rights activist
- Kema Chikwe - National Women Leader of the Nigerian political party PDP, former aviation minister
- Anthony Como - NYC Council Member
- Costa Constantinides - NYC Council Member
- Joseph Crowley - United States Representative, New York's 7th congressional district, Queens County Democratic Chairman
- Mark Danish - Florida House of Representatives
- Adriano Espaillat - Politician
- Rafael Espinal - NYC Council Member
- Arthur J. Finkelstein - GOP political consultant
- Marvin E. Frankel - litigator, judge, legal scholar, and human rights activist
- Helen W. Gillmor - U.S. Federal Judge
- Deborah J. Glick - NY State Assemblywoman
- Mark M. Goldblatt - Political commentator
- Andrew Goodman - civil rights worker, murdered in Mississippi at the age of 20 during Freedom Summer of 1964, while still a student
- Dan Halloran - NYC council member, Theodist
- Julia Harrison - NYC Council Member
- Alan Hevesi - former New York State Comptroller, former New York State Assemblyman, former Queens College professor
- Andrew Hevesi - New York State Assembly
- Dov Hikind - New York State Assemblyman
- Blaise Ingoglia - California state assembly
- Dennis G. Jacobs- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[3]
- Jeffrey D. Klein - New York State senator
- Alan P. Krasnoff- Chesapeake, Virginia Mayor
- Rory I. Lancman - New York state Assemblyman
- Helen Marshall - Queens Borough President
- Nettie Mayersohn - New York state Assembleyman
- Hiram Monserrate - former New York State Senator
- Jose Peralta - Former New York State Assemblyman and New York State Senator
- Sylvia Pressler - Judge
- Toby Ann Stavisky - New York state Senator
- James Vacca - NYC Council Member
- Jeffrey White - North California District Judge
Humanities
- Yitzchok Adlerstein - Rabbi, Writer
- David A. Adler - Author
- Mel Alexenberg - Science Artist and Art Educator
- Amin Tarzi - Middle East Studies
- Toni Cade Bambara - Author, activist
- Nino Lo Bello - Journalist
- Michael Berenbaum - Scholar, writer, Rabbi
- Ann Birstein - Memoirist, Fullbright Scholar
- Erika Bourguignon - Anthropologist
- Alex Caldiero - Poet, scholar of humanities
- Vévé Amasasa Clark - Scholar of African American Studies
- Marylyn Dintenfass - Painter
- Alan Dugan - Poet
- Yael Eckstein - Religious Activist
- Marc Estrin -Political writer
- Jeff Faux - Foudner of economic policy institute
- Bella Feldman - Sculpting innovator
- Marie Ferrarella - Romance writer
- Juan Flores - Scholar of Latino Studies
- Ellen G. Friedman - Author, Woman's studies
- Ruth Gay - Writer about Jewish Life
- Jeff Gomez - Writer and transmedia producer
- Martin Gottlieb - Former editor at New York Times
- Robert Hessen - Economist, historian
- Cynthia Holz - Correspondent and Author
- Johanna Hurwitz - Children's Author
- Jane Irish - Ceramicist
- Susan Isaacs - Author, essayist, screenwriter
- Bernard Kalb - Journalist, media critic, author
- Marvin Kalb - Journalist
- Nasser Khalili - Scholar, philanthropist
- Bernard Krisher - Journalist
- Judith Lorber - Sociologist
- Felipe Luciano - Journalist
- Irving Malin - Literary critic
- Nellie Y. McKay - scholar and co-editor of Norton Anthology of African-American Literature
- Samuel Menashe - Poet, Biochemist, Veteran
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - Political Scientist
- Joan Nestle - Author
- Richard Ofshe - Sociologist
- Claude V. Palisca - Eminent professor of music history
- Irene Peslikis - Feminist artist
- Mark Podwal - Artist and physician
- Shana Poplack - Linguistics
- Dorothy Rabinowitz - awarded 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
- Marcia Resnick - Photographer
- Robert Rosenblum - Art historian, curator, writer
- John Rowan - Vietnam Veteran
- Lloyd Schwartz - Pulitzer Prize winner in Journalism
- Lowery Stokes Sims - Former curator at Museum of Arts and Design
- Marilyn Singer - Children's author
- Arnold Skemer - novelist and publisher
- Elliot Sperling - Expert on Tibet
- Linda Stein - Sculptor, feminist (interviewed in Borat)
- Rosalyn Terborg-Penn - historian[4]
- Eric Wolf - Anthropologist
Music
- Salman Ahmad – musician, Junoon
- Sol Berkowitz - Composer and music educator
- Peter Calandra - Pianist and composer
- Noel DaCosta - Jazz musician, composer
- Tina Chancey - Multi-instrumentalist
- Gil Dor - Israeli guitar player
- Leslie Dunner - Composer and conductor
- JoAnn Falletta - Classical Musician and orchestral conductor
- John Feeley – classical guitarist
- Ellie Greenwich - Singer, songwriter and producer
- Reri Grist - coloratura soprano
- Herbert Grossman - Conductor
- Lisa Gutkin - Grammy winning violinist
- Antonio Hart - Jazz Musician
- Conrad Herwig - Jazz trombonist
- Douglas Knehans - Composer
- Leo Kraft, composer
- Meyer Kupferman - Composer and clarinetist
- Paul Lansky – pioneer computer musician and composer at Princeton
- Carolyn Leigh - Lyricist, Composer
- Mimi Lerner - Opera singer
- Lewis Lockwood - Musicologist
- Frank Lopardo – American operatic tenor
- Marcus Miller - Jazz composer
- Tito Munoz - Conductor
- Arturo O'Farrill - Jazz Musician
- Lou Pearlman- Music Producer
- Luis Perdomo - Pianist
- Raoul Pleskow - Composer
- James Nyoraku Schlefer - Composer of Shakuhachi
- Erika Sunnegårdh - Operatic Soprano
- George Tsontakis - Composer and Conductor
- William Westney - Classical pianist
- Davide Zannoni - Classical music composer
Science and technology
- Kenneth Appel - Mathematician proved four color theorem
- Boris Aronov - Computer scientist (computational geometry)
- Inge Auerbacher - Chemist, author, playwright
- Steven J. Burakoff - cancer specialist and the author of Therepeutic Immunology (2001) and Graft-Vs.-Host Disease: Immunology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (1990)
- Anne Carter - Technology economist
- Arturo Casadevall - Molecular Microbiologist
- Marie Maynard Daly - Biochemist, first African American woman to earn a Phd in chemistry
- Edgar Gilbert - Coding Theorist
- David Gries - Computer Scientist
- Mohammad Salman Hamdani - Biochemist, cited in the Patriot Act for heroism on 9/11
- Michael Hecht - Researcher
- Steve Hoberman - Computer Scientist
- Richard Laub - Paleontologist
- Ira B. Lamster - Periodontist and professor of health management
- Jerry Lawson - Electronic engineer
- Stanley Milgram - Psychologist
- Robert Moog - inventor of the Moog synthesizer
- Howard Moskowitz - market researcher and psychophysicist
- Elizabeth F. Neufeld - Geneticist
- Nicholas Rescher - Philosopher
- Burton Speiser - Physician
- Russel Targ - Physicist
- Alexander L. Wolf - Computer Scientist, president of Association for Computing Machinery
- Aaron D. Wyner - information theorist noted for his contributions in coding theory[5]
Sports
- Jane Bartkowicz - Woman's tennis player
- Glenn Braica - Men's bastekball coach
- Charlie Hoefer - Basketball player
- Donna Orender (née Geils), Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star & current WNBA president
- Diana Redman - Israeli Soccer Player
- Norm Roberts - Assistant men's basketball coach at Kansas
- Hank Kraft Judo Instructor. Trained many international Judoka.
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
- 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)[6]
- Thea Musgrave, composer
- Bernard G. Okun, Economics/Statistician; Professor Emeritis
- 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
- Douglas Rushkoff, Media Expert and futurologist
- 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
References
- ↑ Morris, Kathleen (May 25, 1998). "THE RISE OF JILL BARAD". BusinessWeek. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ↑ 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. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ 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.
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