List of Rider University people

This is a list of notable graduates of Rider University (formerly Rider College) in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Notable alumni

Business

• Alfred Altomari, MBA, former CEO of Barrier Therapeutics
• Ralph J. Anderson Jr., Partner of Friedman LLP^[1]
• Stephen J. Cosgrove, Vice president, corporate controller, Johnson & Johnson.^[2]
• Gary R. Effren, president of Akeena Solar^[3]
• Neil B. Friedman, president of Mattel Brands^[4]
• David T. Giddings, MBA, president and CEO of Digilab; former chairman, president & CEO of Diametrics Medical^[5]
• Jack Goldstein, former president & COO of Chiron^[6]
• John Guarino, CEO of Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada
• Richard A. Kohlberger, executive vice president, chief legal officer & secretary of UST^[7]
• Thomas J. Lynch, CEO of Tyco Electronics^[8]
• Thomas J. Marino, co-CEO of CohnReznick
• Carol Meyrowitz, CEO of TJX Companies
• Robert Miller, Canadian billionaire who founded Future Electronics^[9]
• Peter J. Neff, MBA, former president & CEO of Genovo; former president of Rhone-Poulenc^[10]
• Thomas O'Riordan, former CEO of American Sporting Goods^[11]
• Donald Monks, Vice chairman & Chief Administrative Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon^[12]
• Thomas McCabe, Vice President and Fiduciary Investment Officer, Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Co. FSB^[13]
• Charles H. Podowski, MBA, president & CEO of Auto Club Group Insurance^[14]
• Mike Pulli, CEO of Pace plc^[15]
• Michael Rosinski, CEO of Astoria Software.^[16]
• George H. Sands, founder and former CEO of Hilton Reality
• Ronald Schlosser, chairman & CEO of Haights Cross Communications; former president & CEO of Thomson Learning^[17]
• Robert Schimek, Senior Vice President & CFO, American International Group.^[18][19]
• John T. Spitznagel, chairman & CEO of Oceana Therapeutics^[20]
• Howard Stoeckel, CEO of Wawa
• Scott L. Tarriff, MBA, CEO of Eagle Pharmaceuticals; former CEO of Par Pharmaceutical^[21]
• John R. Tracy, VP Finance, Motorola, Inc^[22]
• Kenneth Yen, CEO of China Motor Corporation and Yulon
• Elliott Wahle, chairman & cofounder of Generation Capital; and chairman & CEO of Rustique Home Furnishings^[23]
• Meg Walsh, president of Medscape Consumer, internationally recognized authority in e-health^[24]
• Richard H. Wildnauer, MBA, former president and CEO of NeoStrata Company^[25]
• Charles W Ziegler, Jr, President ZieglerWorld^[26]

Government

• Antonio Arocho, an attorney and former chief operating officer of the Hispanic National Bar Association
• Milton Nathaniel Barnes, Liberian Ambassador to the United Nations
• Jack Casey, member of the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly
• Robert D. Clifton, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• John F. Cordisco, former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Frederick W. Donnelly, former Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey
• Eldridge Hawkins, Jr., Mayor of Orange, New Jersey
• Valerie Huttle, a Democrat who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where she represents the 37th Legislative District
• Robert E. Grossman, Judge on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York^[27]
• Vincent Ignizio, member of New York City Council; former member of New York State Assembly
• Peter Inverso, former member of the New Jersey State Senate
• Edward von Kloberg III, infamous lobbyist
• Paul Kramer, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Gregory Lorjuste, Associate Director of Scheduling to United States President Barack Obama
• James J. McCullough, former member of the New Jersey State Senate
• Connie Myers, MA, former member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Joseph A. Palaia, Monmouth County Freeholder, former member of the New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey State Senate
• Michael T. Peifer, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• David Rousseau, MBA, former New Jersey State Treasurer during Jon Corzine Administration^[28]
• Mark S. Schweiker, MA, 44th Governor of Pennsylvania
• Shirley Turner, MA, member & president pro tempore of the New Jersey State Senate

Sports

Baseball

• Jack Armstrong, former Major League Baseball pitcher; 1990 MLB All-Star and World Champion
• Kevin Barry, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Al Downing, former Major League Baseball pitcher; 1967 MLB All-Star & Strikeout Champion; 1971 MLB Comeback Player of the Year
• Jim Hoey, current Major League Baseball relief pitcher
• Jeff Kunkel, former Major League Baseball player; 3rd pick of the 1983 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers
• Danny Napoleon, former Major League Baseball outfielder

Basketball

• Dick Kuchen, former head basketball coach at Yale University and the University of California
• Digger Phelps, former Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball coach; ESPN analyst; alumnus of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (TKE)
• Jason Thompson, current National Basketball Association center; 12th pick in the 2008 NBA Draft

Soccer

• Jim McKeown, a retired American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League.
• Bobby Smith, National Soccer Hall of Fame member; former NASL and U.S. National defender

Other sports

• Nick Catone, Male Athlete of the Year (2004); professional MMA fighter currently competing in the UFC's Middleweight Division^[29]
• Caroline Lind, MBA, Olympic Gold Medal rower at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
• Carmelo Marrero - wrestler; current professional mixed martial arts fighter^[30]

Media & Entertainment

• David Bird, financial journalist
• John Bundy, magician with two appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman
• William Mastrosimone, playwright
• James Morgart, Horror film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and critic
• Roberta Naas, journalist
• Joanne Nosuchinsky, actress (summa cum laude^[31]) - The Awesome 80s Prom (Off Broadway), Miss New York USA 2013, Fox News Channel contributor, former occasional fill-in host for the network's overnight Red eye program and contributor to Sunday night's, The Greg Gutfeld Show, on Fox
• Tom Papa, comedian and host of NBC's The Marriage Ref
• Barbara Park, an author of children's books
• Gerald Peary, an American film critic, who has been a reviewer and columnist for the Boston Phoenix since 1996. Former Acting Curator of the Harvard Film Archive

Other

• Arthur Katalayi, MA, senior adviser and global ambassador at Giving Back to Africa

Notable faculty

• Sally Brophy (1928–2007), a television actor of the 1950s and 1960s, instructed theater arts at Rider for two decades. She was a graduate of the Royal Academy in London, England.
• Jack Sullivan, an American literary scholar, essayist, author, editor, musicologist, and short story writer.

References

1. Friedman: Ralph J. Anderson Jr.
2. http://www.rider.edu/172_1785.htm
3. Forbes: Gary R. Effren
4. BusinessWeek: Neil B. Friedman
5. LipoSciense: Board of Directors: David T. Giddings
6. Forbes: Jack Goldstein
7. ZoomInfo: Richard A. Kohlberger
8. Forbes: Thomas J. Lynch
9. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Robert-Miller_CC30.html
10. Forbes: Peter J. Neff
11. Forbes: Thomas O'Riordan
12. http://www.rider.edu/139_7397.htm
13. http://www.rider.edu/172_1785.htm
14. BusinessWeek: Charles H. Podowski
15. Pace plc: New Chief Executive Officer Appointment
16. Astoria Software: About Us: Management Team: Michael Rosinski
17. HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS NAMES RONALD SCHLOSSER CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
18. http://www.rider.edu/172_1785.htm
19. http://www.rider.edu/139_7397.htm
20. Oceana Therapeutics: Management Team: John T. Spitznagel
21. Forbes: Scott L. Tarriff
22. http://www.rider.edu/172_1785.htm
23. Generation Capital: About: Elliott Wahle
24. BusinessWeek: Meg Walsh
25. Wildnauer Named to Board of Directors by EuroMed
26. Rider Entrepreneurial Studies Newsletter
27. Duane Morris Partner Appointed U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York
28. Rider Hosts N.J. Treasurer, M.B.A. Alumnus David Rousseau
29. "Nick Catone UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014.
30. "Carmelo Marrero MMA Bio". Retrieved 2014.
31. Joanne Nosuchinsky: 5 things you didn't know...