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This list of New York University alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, fictional students, and current students of New York University. NYU offers degrees from 18 colleges, schools, and divisions. Since its founding in 1831, NYU has awarded over 362,000 degrees to more than 350,000 alumni.[1] As of February, 2013, NYU has 1,664 alumni with Wikipedia articles:
Notes
The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent NYU schools and colleges:
* | Did not graduate |
CAS
|
College of Arts and Science |
NURSING
|
College of Nursing |
GAL
|
Gallatin School of Individualized Study |
GSAS
|
Graduate School of Arts and Science |
IFA
|
Institute of Fine Arts |
SCPS
|
School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
ENG
|
School of Engineering (discontinued/merged, now Poly) |
LAW
|
School of Law |
MED
|
School of Medicine |
POLY
|
Polytechnic Institute |
SSW
|
Ehrenkranz School of Social Work |
STEINHARDT
|
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
STERN
|
Stern School of Business |
TSOA
|
Tisch School of the Arts |
ARTS
|
University College of Arts and Sciences (discontinued/merged; now CAS) |
WAG
|
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
WSC
|
Washington Square College (discontinued/merged; now CAS) |
Academia and research
Educators
Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
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John S. Allen | 1936 | GSAS | Ph.D. | First president of the University of South Florida in Tampa; interim president of the University of Florida in Gainesville | [2][3] |
Edward J. Bloustein | 1948 | WSC | B.A. | Seventeenth president of Rutgers University; professor at NYU Law | [4] |
Truesdel Peck Calkins | G | unknown | Founder and first president of Hofstra University | [5][6] | |
Frank A. Cipriani | GSAS | M.A., Ph.D. | Fifth President of SUNY Farmingdale | [7][8] | |
Katharine Culbert Lyall | 1969 | Stern | M.B.A. | President, University of Wisconsin–Madison | |
John Anderson Fry | 1986 | Stern | M.B.A. | President, Drexel University | |
Michael J. Garanzini | 1978 | STEINHARDT | M.A. | President, Loyola University Chicago | [9] |
Hugh M. Gloster | 1943 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Seventh president of Morehouse College | [10] |
Marc Gustafson | 2007 | CAS | B.A. | Founder of Reach the world and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship | [11] |
Gabriel Hawawini | 1977 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Dean, INSEAD | [12] |
Morris Janowitz | 1941 | WSC | B.A. | Made major contributions to sociological theory | [13][14] |
Richard Joel | 1972, 1975 | Law | B.A., J.D. | Fourth and current president of Yeshiva University | [15] |
Kim Won-yong | 1959 | Ph.D. | 'Father of Korean Archaeology', Prof. Seoul National University | ||
Paul Kurtz | 1948 | WSC | B.A. | (The Pope of Unbelievers) | |
James Milliken | 1969 | CAS | B.A. | President of the University of Nebraska | |
Leonard Peikoff | 1964 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Intellectual heir of Ayn Rand; leading figure of Objectivism | |
Nicanor Reyes, Sr. | 1917 | Stern | B.A. | Founder and first president of the Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines | [16] |
James Ford Rhodes | 1865* | 1916 Pulitzer Prize for History of the Civil War | |||
Robert Sobel | 1957 | Ph.D. | Historian best remembered for his business histories | ||
Samuel Merrill Woodbridge | 1838 | B.A. | Reformed Church clergyman, Professor of Metaphysics and Philosophy of the Human Mind at Rutgers College (now University) (1857–1864), and Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Government New Brunswick Theological Seminary (1857–1901). Also taught didactic, polemic and pastoral theology. From 1883 until retirement, "Dean of the Seminary" and "President of the Faculty"—both positions predecessors to seminary president. | [17][18][19] | |
Jan Zaprudnik | 1969 | Ph.D. | Leader of the Belarusian community in the U.S. | ||
Ben Zinn | 1961 | B.S. | International soccer player and academic at the Georgia Institute of Technology | [20] | |
Howard Zinn | 1951 | CAS | B.A. | author of A People's History of the United States |
Professors and researchers
Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
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Sylvan Barnet | 1948 | CAS | B.A. | Shakespearean scholar | |
E. Lloyd Du Brul | 1937 | DENT | D.D.S. | Author of Sicher and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy | |
Avery Fisher | 1929 | ENG | B.S. | inventor of the first stereo radio-phonograph | |
Corwin Hansch | GSAS | Ph.D. | inventor of the Hansch equation | ||
Tito Boeri | 1990 | Ph.D. | Professor at Bocconi University, Milan and director of Fondazione RDB | ||
Steve Holt | 1966 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Director, NASA Godard Space Flight Center | |
Eric R. Kandel | 1955 | Med | M.D. | 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Peter Lax | 1947, 1949 | GSAS | B.A., Ph.D. | 2005 Abel Prize laureate | |
Martin Hellman | 1966 | GSAS | B.A. | invented the public key cryptography | |
Marvin S. Housman | Med | M.D. | Chairman, CEO of Axonyx | ||
John Harvey Kellogg | 1875 | Med | Co-Inventor of Kellogg's cereals | ||
Barbara Keyfitz | 1970 | Courant | Ph.D. | Director of the Fields Institute | |
Anne Kinney | 1984 | GSAS | Ph.D. | Director, Physics and Astronomy Division at NASA | |
David Korn | 1969 | Courant | Ph.D. | creator of the Korn shell, | |
Cathleen Synge Morawetz | 1951 | Ph.D. | National Academy of Science | ||
Lee Morin | 1978–1982 | Med | M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D. | Astronaut | |
Louis Nirenberg | 1949 | Ph.D. | National Academy of Science | ||
Frederick Reines | 1944 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics | |
Clifford Shull | 1941 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics | |
John Wellborn Root | 1969 | ARTS | B.S. | Inventor of the floating raft system | |
Dennis Tito | 1962 | CAS | B.A. | first commercial space flight customer | |
Alfred Vail | 1836 | B.A. | Inventor | ||
George Wald | 1927 | WSC | B.S. | 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Robert M. White | 1951 | ENG | B.S. | Air Force Test Pilot | |
Minoru Yamasaki | 1951 | GSAS | M.A. | works include the World Trade Center |
MacArthur Fellows
Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
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Milton Babbitt | 1935 | ARTS | B.A. | 1986 MacArthur Fellow | |
Majora Carter | Tisch | M.F.A. | 2005 MacArthur Fellow | ||
Sylvia A. Law | 1968 | Law | J.D. | 1983 MacArthur Fellow; professor | |
George Perle | 1956 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1974 MacArthur Fellow; professor of music | |
Charles Simic | 1966 | ARTS | B.A. | 1983 MacArthur Fellow |
National Medal of Science recipients
Name | Year | School | Degree | Notability | Reference |
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Joseph B. Keller | 1943–1948 | GSAS | B.A., M.A., Ph.D. | 1988 National Medal of Science recipient | |
Peter Lax | 1947, 1949 | GSAS | B.A., Ph.D. | 1986 National Medal of Science recipient | |
Cathleen Synge Morawetz | 1951 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1998 National Medal of Science recipient (first woman recipient) | |
Louis Nirenberg | 1949 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1995 National Medal of Science recipient | |
Frederick Reines | 1944 | GSAS | Ph.D. | 1985 National Medal of Science recipient | |
Albert Sabin | 1931 | Med | M.D. | 1988 National Medal of Science recipient |
Nobel laureates
Business
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
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Warren Adler | B.A., 1949 | author of War of the Roses and Random Hearts | |
Kobi Alexander | Stern, M.B.A., 1980 | Founder and former CEO of Comverse Technology | |
Maria Bartiromo | CAS, B.A., 1987 | Host of Market Week with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC | |
Ursula Burns | POLY, B.S., 1980 | Madam Chairman and CEO of Xerox | [34] |
Charles Ranlett Flint | POLY, B.S., 1868 | Founder of IBM | |
Arthur C. Martinez | POLY, B.S., 1960 | Former Chairman and CEO of Sears | [35] |
Stewart G. Nagler | POLY, B.S., 1963 | Vice Chairman, CFO and Director of MetLife | [36] |
Robert J. Stevens | POLY, M.S., 1985 | Chairman, President and CEO of Lockheed Martin | [37] |
Edward H. Bersoff | Stern 1962–1968, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. | Chairman, Greenwich Associates | |
Thor Bjorgolfsson | Stern, B.S., 1991 | Iceland's first billionaire | |
David Boies | Law L.L.M., 1967 | Founder & Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner | |
Erin Callan | Law 1990, J.D. | Former CFO Lehman Brothers | |
Jake Burton Carpenter | economics degree 1977 WSUC | designer of modern snowboard and founder of Burton Snowboards. | |
Ben Cohen | Art Therapy * | Founder, Ben & Jerry's | |
Robert B. Cohen | 1947 | Founded Hudson News in 1987 | [38] |
Alan Weinberger | B.A., 1967, J.D., 1970 | Founder and CEO, ASCII Group | |
Jerome H. Coles | CAS B.A., 1935 | namesake of NYU's Sports Center | |
Howard Cosell | CAS B.A., 1938; J.D. 1941 | Sportscaster | |
John J. Creedon | Stern 1955, B.S. Law 1957, J.D. | Former CEO and Chairman, MetLife | |
Marvin Davis | ENG, B.S. | CEO, Paramount Pictures | |
Renato A. DiPentima | Stern, M.B.A. | President and chief executive, SRA International Inc. | |
Thomas E. Dooley | Stern, M.B.A. 1984 | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and CFO of Viacom | |
Shreshth Dugar | CAS 2011, B.A. | Marketing Director, DateMySchool | [39] |
Israel Englander | Stern, B.S. 1972 | Founder, Millennium Partners | |
Salvatore Ferragamo | Stern, M.B.A. | Ferragamo Design | |
Randall W. Forsyth | New York University College of Arts and Science, B.S. | Editor-in-Chief, Barons.com | |
Richard S. Fuld | Stern 1973, M.B.A. | CEO, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. | |
Tom Freston | Stern, M.B.A. | MTV Networks | |
Abraham George | Stern, 1973, 1975, M.B.A, Ph.D. | Founder of The George Foundation and Multinational Computer Models | |
Kayalakakam M. George | Stern 1948, M.B.A | CEO of Palai Central Bank (1956–60) | |
Harvey Golub | Stern 1961, B.S. | Chairman of American Express (1994–2001) | |
Alan Greenspan | Stern 1948 1950 1977, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. | former Chairman of the Federal Reserve | |
Robert Greifeld | Stern 1977, M.B.A. | CEO, NASDAQ | |
Harold Sydney Geneen | Stern 1941, B.S. | Investor, turnaround expert; fmr. CEO, ITT | |
H. Dale Hemmerdinger | WSC 1967 | President, Hemmerdinger Foundation | |
Carl Icahn | MED* | Billionaire Shareholder Activist | |
Henry Kaufman | Stern 1948, B.A., Stern 1958, Ph.D. | Wall Street financial consultant | |
Paul Kangas | Stern, M.B.A. | Host, Nightly Business Report | |
Herb Kelleher | Law 1955, LL.B. | Founder and CEO, Southwest Airlines | |
Abby F. Kohnstramm | Stern, M.B.A. | Senior VP, IBM | |
Eugene Kleiner | M.A.,1948 | one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins | |
Liliana Lovell | Stern, M.B.A. | Founder of the Coyote Ugly Saloon | |
Jeffrey Koo | Stern 1962 | China Trust Commercial Bank | |
Kenneth Langone | Stern 1960, M.B.A. | Founder, Home Depot | |
Alan Levin | Stern 1976, M.B.A. | CFO, Pfizer | |
Paul Levitz | Stern* | President of DC Comics, the oldest comic company in the U.S. | |
Martin Lipton | Law 1955, J.D. | Co-Founder, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |
John C. Malone | M.A. | CEO of Liberty Media, billionaire | |
Monroe G. Milstein | Stern, M.B.A. | CEO, Burlington Coat Factory | |
Cathy Minehan | Stern 1977, M.B.A. | President, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston | |
Karl A. Minner | CAS B.A., 1993 | President and CEO, Nexus Legal Cash | |
Joseph Nacchio | Stern 1970, B.S. | CEO, Quest | |
Roy Neuberger | coursework* | Founder, Neuberger & Berman | |
Dean R. O'Hare | Stern 1963, B.S. | CEO, Chubb Corp. | |
Park Chong-sup | Stern, M.B.A. | CEO, Hyundai Electronics Industries | |
Andrew J. Perlman | Med, MD. Ph.D. | Executive VP, Tularik Inc. | |
Chris Policinski | Stern 1982, M.B.A. | CEO, Land O'Lakes | |
Kenneth Quinn | Stern, M.B.A. | CEO, Citibank Canada | |
Marc Rich | CAS, B.A. | billionaire, commodities trader, criminal | |
Leonard Riggio | Stern 1964, M.B.A. | CEO and owner, Barnes & Noble | |
Edouard de Rothschild | Stern 1985, M.B.A. | Rothschild Banque | |
Jay Schulberg | 1961 | Advertising executive at Ogilvy & Mather and Bozell Worldwide; creator of Got Milk? milk-mustache campaign | [40] |
Dan Schulman | Stern, M.B.A. | Chief executive officer, Virgin Mobile USA | |
William T. Schwendler | B.S., 1924 | CEO, Grumman | |
Walter V. Shipley | Stern 1956, B.S. | Chairman and CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank | |
Larry Silverstein | CAS B.A., 1952 | Owner of World Trade Center site | |
Robert Soros | CAS B.A., 1986 | Head of Soros fund Management, son of George Soros | |
Mark Spitznagel | Courant, M.S. | Investor, hedge fund manager | |
Ernest E. Stempel | Law J.D. | Former CEO, A.I.G. | |
Leonard N. Stern | Stern 1957, B.S., 1959, M.B.A. | Namesake of NYU's Stern School of Business, CEO, The Hartz Group | |
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs | Stern, M.B.A. | GBS Finanzas | |
Sy Syms | CAS B.A., 1946 | Founder, Syms Clothing | |
Henry Taub | Stern 1947, B.S. | Taub Foundation | |
Maurice Tempelsman | Stern* | Chairman of Lazare Kaplan International Inc.; former companion to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | [41][42] |
Laurence Alan Tisch | Stern 1942, B.Sc. | American media mogul and billionaire; president and chief exeutive officer, CBS | |
Francesco Trapani | Stern, M.B.A. | CEO of Bulgari | |
Christy Turlington | Gallatin 1999, B.A. | Supermodel | |
Agnes Varis | Stern 1979, M.B.A. | Founder of Aegis Pharmaceuticals | |
Martin D. Weiss | B.A. (Liberal Arts) | Financial market analyst, founder of Weiss Research, Inc | |
Sharef Masarwa | B.A. (Business) | Market analyst, founder of Masarwa Research, Inc | |
Hardik H. Modi | M.S. (Computer Science) | Analyst, Initiator of IAM Practice L&T Infotech Ltd | |
Reifeld Bernhard | M.A. (Economics) | The resolver of the Israel-Palestine conflict | |
Denise Sung Lee | B.A. (Social Science) | Principal, Khronicle Partners, Inc. Management Consulting | |
Peggy Yu | Stern, M.B.A. | Founder of dangdang.com, the largest online Chinese language retailer | |
Jack Dorsey | * [citation needed] | Creator of Twitter, and Founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company | [43] |
Entertainment
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
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Aziz Ansari | Stern 2004, B.S | Parks and Recreation, Human Giant, Scrubs, Stand up comedian | |
Paul Thomas Anderson | TSOA 1993,*Dropped Out after 2 days. | Magnolia, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood | |
Ashley Argota | NURSING,Current Student | True Jackson, VP, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures | |
Annes Kim | TSOA 1998, B.F.A. | The Search for the Blue Whale in July, War Veteran, 45 Rock | |
Alec Baldwin | TSOA 1993, B.F.A. | The Hunt for Red October, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, 30 Rock | |
DJ SWB | NYU 2006, B.S.A. | This Is How We Do Vol 1 – 6 | |
Kristen Bell | TSOA 1998–2001* | Veronica Mars, Pulse, Heroes, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Gossip Girl | |
Julie Benz | TSOA 1994, B.F.A. | Jawbreaker, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
Justin Blanchard | TSOA 2001, B.F.A. | Journey's End (Broadway), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
Alexis Bledel | TSOA*, | Gilmore Girls, Sin City, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Tuck Everlasting | |
Barry Bostwick | TSOA | Original Broadway Cast of Grease, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City | |
Martin Brest | TSOA 1973, B.F.A. | Beverly Hills Cop, Meet Joe Black, Gigli | |
Kyung Taek Kwak | TSOA | film director, screenwriter, Friend | |
Susan Cartsonis | TSOA | President of Wind Dance Films | |
Vinnette Justine Carroll | ARTS 1946, M.A. | first African American woman to direct on Broadway | |
Jennifer Charles | TSOA 1990, B.F.A. | Musician, Writer, Actress | |
Chris Columbus | TSOA | both Home Alone movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, Stepmom, first two Harry Potter movies, Rent | |
Bud Cort | TSOA 1967–1969* | Harold and Maude, MASH, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | |
Billy Crudup | TSOA 1994, M.F.A. | Sleepers, Big Fish, Watchmen, Public Enemies | |
Alan Shapiro | TSOA 1981, B.F.A. | The Crush, Flipper, Tiger Town, The Outsiders (series) | |
Billy Crystal | TSOA 1970, B.F.A. | Analyze This/That, City Slickers 1 & 2, When Harry Met Sally | |
John Cusack | TSOA* | High Fidelity, Con Air | |
Julie Delpy | TSOA | Homo Faber, Three Colors: White, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset | |
Drea de Matteo | TSOA | The Sopranos, Joey | |
Amanda Detmer | TSOA, M.F.A. | Actress | |
Tony DiSanto | TSOA | Producer | |
Michael Dougherty | TSOA, M.F.A. | X2, Superman Returns | |
Matthew Morrison | TSOA 1993, B.F.A. | Glee, The Hunt for Red October, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, 30 Rock | |
Lisa Edelstein | TSOA 1988, B.F.A. | House | |
Kathryn Erbe | TSOA* | What About Bob?, Law and Order: Criminal Intent | |
Raul Esparza | TSOA 1992, B.F.A. | Actor | |
Dakota Fanning | Gallatin,Current Student | Actress, I Am Sam Charlotte's Web, Coraline, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn | |
Mitch Fatel | TSOA 1988* | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy Central Presents: Mitch Fatel, Super Retardo CD | [44] |
Wayne Federman | TSOA 1981* | Legally Blonde, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Curb Your Enthusiasm | |
Bridget Fonda | TSOA 1987, B.F.A. | Doc Hollywood, Jackie Brown | |
Marc Forster | TSOA 1990–1993* | Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland | |
Griffin Frazen | Gallatin 2009, B.A. | Grounded For Life | |
Melissa Gallo | TSOA 2003, B.F.A. | One Life to live | |
Edi Gathegi | TSOA | Gone Baby Gone, House M.D., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon | |
Jordan Gelber | TSOA | Avenue Q, The Sopranos, Law & Order: SVU | |
Stefani Germanotta | TSOA | Singer, phylantrophist. | |
Gina Gershon | TSOA 1983, B.F.A. | The Insider, Showgirls, Bound | |
Donald Glover | TSOA 2006, B.F.A | Community, Mystery Team, 30 Rock-writer, Childish Gambino | |
Lou Gossett | CAS, 1959, B.A. | Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman | |
Jennifer Graziano | NYU Steinhardt | Mob Wives | |
Bryan Greenberg | TSOA* | Prime | |
Peter Guber | Stern, M.B.A. | Mandalay Pictures | |
Matthew Gray Gubler | TSOA 2002, M.F.A. | (500) Days of Summer, Criminal Minds, RV, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | |
TSOA 1996, M.F.A. | Dexter | ||
Regina Hall | GSAS 1997, M.A. | Scary Movie | |
Wood Harris | TSOA 1983, M.F.A. | Above The Rim | |
Anne Hathaway | Gallatin, TSOA* | The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Ella Enchanted, Rachel Gets Married, Alice in Wonderland | |
Ethan Hawke | CAS* | Training Day, Dead Poets Society, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset | |
Amy Heckerling | TSOA, B.F.A. | Look who's talking, Loser, Clueless | |
Antony Hegarty | TSOA, (E.T.W.) 1992 B.F.A. | Antony and the Johnsons: "Swanlights", "The Crying Light", "I Am a Bird Now" (UK Mercury Prize 2005) | |
Israel Hicks | M.F.A. | stage director who presented August Wilson's entire 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle | [45] |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | TSOA 1989, B.F.A., | Capote, Boogie Nights, Happiness, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Almost Famous | |
Todd Holoubek | TSOA 2002, B.F.A. | MTV: The State | |
Wendy Hoopes | TSOA 2002, B.F.A. | Spinster, Killing Cinderella, TV SHOW: Daria | |
Bryce Dallas Howard | TSOA | The Village, Lady in the Water, Terminator Salvation, Twilight: Eclipse | |
Neal Huff | TSOA, M.F.A. | Take Me Out, The Little Dog Laughed | |
Felicity Huffman | TSOA | Transamerica, Desperate Housewives | |
Tamara Jenkins | TSOA | Slums of Beverly Films | |
Jim Jarmusch | TSOA* | Stranger than Paradise, Down By Law, Broken Flowers | |
Alexa Ray Joel | TSOA* | Singer-songwriter, pianist | |
Kristen Johnston | TSOA, B.F.A. | 3rd Rock from the Sun | |
Jeffrey Katzenberg | TSOA* | Shrek, Co-Founder of DreamWorks | |
Eriq La Salle | TSOA, B.F.A. | "ER" | |
Daniel Dae Kim | TSOA 1996, M.F.A. | ABC series "Lost" | |
Stanley Kramer | TSOA 1993, B.F.A. | High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac | |
Peter Krause | TSOA | Dirty Sexy Money, Six Feet Under | |
Martin Kunert | TSOA | Voices of Iraq, MTV's Fear | |
Tony Kushner | TSOA 1984, M.F.A. | Tony Award | |
Ang Lee | TSOA, M.F.A. | Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility | |
Spike Lee | TSOA 1982, M.F.A. | Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Bamboozled, Jungle Fever | |
Thomas Lennon | MTV: The State, Reno 911!, Taxi (screenwriter) | ||
Ken Leung | CAS, B.A. | Lost, X-Men: The Last Stand, Shanghai Kiss | |
Bai Ling | TSOA 1991–?? | Anna and the King | |
Zoe Lister-Jones | TSOA B.A. | The Little Dog Laughed | |
Bruce Mailman | M.F.A. | Theatre founder of the nightclub The Saint | [46] |
Jesse L. Martin | TSOA 1989, M.F.A. | Ed Green in "Law and Order", Rent | |
Mary Stuart Masterson | TSOA* | Fried Green Tomatoes, The Postman | |
Melina Matsoukas | TSOA* | Director "We Found Love" by Rihanna, "Diva" by Beyoncé | |
TSOA | Intensity, Scrubs, Point Break | ||
John Melendez | TSOA 1988* | The Howard Stern Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | [47] |
Idina Menzel | TSOA* | Wicked, Rent, Enchanted, Rescue Me | |
Ismail Merchant | Stern, M.B.A. | co-founded Merchant Ivory Productions | |
Jesse Merz | TSOA 1996, B.F.A. | My Own Private Idaho, Homeward Bound | |
Debra Messing | TSOA 1987, M.F.A. | Will and Grace | |
Leah Meyerhoff | TSOA 2007, M.F.A. | Twitch | |
Kate Mulgrew | TSOA 1976, A.A. | Star Trek Voyager | |
Jeff Nimoy | CAS, B.A. | Naruto, Digimon, Trigun | |
Jerry O'Connell | TSOA 1997, B.F.A. | Sliders, The Bachelor | |
Charlie O'Connell | TSOA 1995, B.F.A. | Crossing Jordan, Mission to Mars | |
Ryan Scott Oliver | TSOA 2007, M.F.A | Musical Theatre Composer- "Mrs. Sharp," "Darling," "35MM" | |
Ashley Olsen | Gallatin* | Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute | |
Mary-Kate Olsen | Gallatin*, leave of absence | Factory Girl, Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute | |
Haley Joel Osment | TSOA 2010, B.F.A. | The Sixth Sense, Pay It Forward, AI, Secondhand Lions | |
Jorge Pupo | TSOA 1981, B.F.A. | Actor, Narrator | |
Ted Raimi | B.A. | seaQuest DSV, Xena: Warrior Princess | |
Anthony Rapp | TSOA 1989* | Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, Dazed and Confused | |
Brett Ratner | TSOA | Tower Heist, New York, I Love You, Rush Hour | |
Meg Ryan | CAS, B.A. | When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, City of Angels, You`ve Got Mail | |
Adam Sandler | TSOA 1991, B.F.A. | Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy, Punchdrunk Love, Funny People | |
Andy Samberg | TSOA 2000, B.F.A. | The Lonely Island, Saturday Night Live, Hot Rod | |
Martin Scorsese | CAS 1964, B.A GSAS 1966, M.A. | The Aviator, Casino, Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Gangs of New York | |
Joshua Seth | CAS, 1991, B.A. | Digimon, Wolf's Rain, Trigun | |
John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | Moonstruck; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
Sheetal Sheth | TSOA 1997, B.A. | ABCD; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | |
M. Night Shyamalan | TSOA | The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, The Last Airbender, Lady in the Water | |
Neil Simon | ARTS 1944–1945* | The Odd Couple; winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
Eulalie Spence | B.S. 1937 | Her, Fool's Errand (Opened on Broadway in 1927) | |
Cole Sprouse | GAL Current Student | "The Suite life of Zach and Cody," "The Suite Life on Deck," "Big Daddy" | |
Dylan Sprouse | GAL Current Student | "The Suite life of Zach and Cody," "The Suite Life on Deck," "Big Daddy" | |
Morgan Spurlock | TSOA, B.F.A. | Supersize Me | |
Barry Sonnenfeld | TSOA* | Oz, Men in Black | |
Peter Steinfeld | B.A. | Drowning Mona, Be Cool, 21 | [48] |
Maura Tierney | TSOA* | ER, News Radio, Primary Colors | |
Casey Wilson | TSOA, 2002 | Happy Endings, Saturday Night Live | |
Chandra Wilson | TSOA 1991, B.F.A. | Grey's Anatomy | |
Mara Wilson | TSOA, current student | Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street | |
Rainn Wilson | TSOA, M.F.A. | The Office | |
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo | TSOA 2003, B.F.A. | After.Life | |
Doug Wright | TSOA 1987 | Quills; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
Academy Award winners
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Woody Allen | TSOA 1953* | Academy Award 1977, Annie Hall; 1986, Hannah and her Sisters | |
Michael Arndt | TSOA 1987 | Academy Award 2007, Little Miss Sunshine | |
Elmer Bernstein | ARTS 1942, B.A. | Academy Award 1968, Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
Mark Bridges | ARTS 1987, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2012, The Artist | |
James L. Brooks | TSOA* | Academy Award 1984, Terms of Endearment | |
John Canemaker | TSOA | Academy Award 2006, The Moon and the Son | |
Joel Coen | TSOA, 1978, B.F.A. | Academy Award 1996, Fargo; 2008, No Country For Old Men | [49] |
Geoffrey Fletcher | TSOA 1999, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2010, Precious | |
Whoopi Goldberg | GSAS | Academy Award 1991, Ghost | [50] |
Louis Gossett, Jr. | ARTS coursework* | Academy Award 1982, An Officer and a Gentleman | |
Anne Hathaway | Gallatin, TSOA | Academy Award 2012, Les Misérables | |
Marcia Gay Harden | TSOA 1981, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2000, Pollock | |
Bernard Herrmann | WSC student under Percy Grainger | Academy Award 1941, The Devil and Daniel Webster | |
Lora Hirschberg | TSOA 1985, B.F.A. | Academy Award 2011, Inception | |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | TSOA 1989, B.F.A., | Academy Award 2005, Capote | |
Angelina Jolie | TSOA 1993, B.F.A., | Academy Award 2000, Girl, Interrupted | |
Burt Lancaster | TSOA coursework* | Academy Award 1960, Elmer Gantry | |
Charles Kaufman | TSOA 1980 | Academy Award 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
Ang Lee | TSOA, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2005, Brokeback Mountain | |
Luke Matheny | TSOA, M.F.A. | Academy Award 2011, God of Love | |
Alan Menken | Steinhardt, B.A. | Academy Award 1995, Pocahontas; 1992, Aladdin; 1991, Beauty and the Beast; 1989, The Little Mermaid. | |
Carole Bayer Sager | CAS 1979, B.A. | Academy Award 1981, Arthur's Them | |
Thelma Schoonmaker | TSOA | Academy Award 2005, The Aviator | |
Martin Scorsese | ARTS B.A. 1964, M.F.A. 1966* | Academy Award 2006, The Departed | |
John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | Academy Award 1987, Moonstruck | |
Oliver Stone | TSOA 1970, M.F.A. | Academy Award 1978, Midnight Express; 1986, Platoon; 1989, Born on the Fourth of July | |
Jim Taylor | TSOA 1996 | Academy Award 2004, Sideways | |
Marisa Tomei | TSOA 1983, B.F.A. | Academy Award 1992, My Cousin Vinny | |
Ken Perlin | GSAS 1986, Ph.D. | Academy Award 1997, for the development of Perlin noise | |
Paul Francis Webster | ARTS 1928–1930 * | Academy Award 1953, "Secret Love" | |
Victor J. Zolfo | TSOA 1985 | Academy Award 2009, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Emmy Award winners
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Woody Allen | TSOA 1953* | Emmy Award 1957 | |
Vinnette Justine Carroll | GSAS 1946, M.A. | Emmy Award 1964 for "Beyond the Blues" | |
Cy Coleman | Steinhardt | Emmy Award | |
Tony Kushner | TSOA 1984, M.F.A. | Emmy Award | |
Ian Nelson | CAS* | Emmy Award for "WINNERS" | |
Jonathan Meath | TSOA 1979, B.A. | Emmy nominations TV production | [51][52] |
Debra Messing | TSOA 1993, M.F.A. | Emmy Award 2003 for Will and Grace | |
Camryn Manheim | TSOA 1987, M.F.A. | Emmy Award for The Practice | |
Terrance Moran | Steinhardt 1964, B.A.; 1965, M.A.; 1971, Ph.D. | Emmy Award 1987 for "McSorley's, New York" | |
Jeffrey Wright | TSOA* | Emmy Award 2003 |
Grammy Award winners
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Cy Coleman | Steinhardt | 1992 Grammy Award for The Will Rogers Follies | |
Todd Coolman | Steinhardt | 1999 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes | |
Fred Ebb | ARTS 1955, B.A. | Grammy Award 1967 for Cabaret | |
Stefani Germanotta (known professionally as Lady Gaga) | TSOA* 2003–2005 | Grammy Awards 2010 and 2011 recipient in several categories | |
Evelyn Lear | Grammy Award 1966 for her performance of the opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg | ||
Melissa Manchester | TSOA 1970–1971 | Grammy Award 1982 for "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" | |
Mark Ronson | TSOA* | Grammy Award 2007 for producer on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black | |
Rick Rubin | CAS* | Grammy Award 2012 for producer on Adele's 21, among others | |
Carole Bayer Sager | CAS 1979, B.A. | Grammy Award 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For" | |
Wayne Shorter | Steinhardt 1956, B.M.E. | Grammy Award 2004 for the album Alegria | |
Mary Wilson | Gallatin | Grammy Award 1999 and 2001 with The Supremes |
Tony Award winners
Medicine
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Julius Axelrod | Med 1941, M.Sc. | 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Arthur Agatston | Med 1973, M.D. | author of "The South Beach Diet" | |
Peter B. Berger | Med 1983, M.D. | interventional cardiologist and Director of Clinical Research at Geisinger Clinic | |
Frederick Cook | Med 1890, M.D. | Explorer | |
Fred Epstein | WSC 1959, B.A. | pediatric neurosurgeon | |
William Alexander Hammond | Med 1848, M.D. | Surgeon General, pioneer in neurology | |
Henry Lee | Med 1974–1975, M.S., Ph.D. | One the world's foremost forensic scientists | |
Maclyn McCarty | Med 1940–1941, Research Fellow | demonstrated that DNA transmits genetic traits | |
Walter Reed | Med | discovered the mosquito transmisison of yellow fever | |
Albert Sabin | Med 1931, M.D. | developer of the oral vaccine for polio | |
Arthur M. Sackler | Med, M.D. | founder, Creedmore Institute of Psychobiological Studies | |
Stephen Smith | Med, M.D. | Founder, American Public Health Association | |
Jonas Salk | Med 1938, M.D. | discoverer of the Salk vaccine (the first polio vaccine) |
Music
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Milton Babbitt | B.A., 1935 | 1986 MacArthur Fellow, 1982 Pulitzer Prize special citation | |
Arthur Berger | B.A., 1932 | Composer | |
Cy Coleman | Steinhardt | Tony Award for City of Angels 1990, On the Twentieth Century 1978 | |
Betty Comden | Steinhardt | partner of Adolph Green, recipient of several Tony Awards | |
Clive Davis | CAS, B.A., 1953 | founder, Arista Records | |
Neil Diamond | CAS, Hon. Ph.D. 2003 | Singer/songwriter | |
Carlos Dengler | CAS | Interpol's first bassist/keyboardist | |
Dave Douglas | Steinhardt, B.A. | Jazz trumpeter | |
Greg Drudy | Previous student | Interpol's first drummer | |
Fred Ebb | B.A., 1939 | 1967 Tony Award, 1967 Grammy Award for Cabaret | |
Colleen Fitzpatrick | B.A., 1991 | a.k.a. Vitamin C | |
Bernard Garfield | B.A., 1948 | Bassoonist and composer | |
Stefani Germanotta | TSOA* | a.k.a. Lady Gaga | |
Midori Goto | M.A., 2001 | Violinist | |
Albert Hammond, Jr. | TSOA | The Strokes' guitarist | |
Antony Hegarty | TSOA | Mercury prize-winning lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons | |
Barbara Ireland | TSOA | Singing partner with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam in his band The Hank Khoir | |
Daniel Kessler | GAL | Interpol's guitarist/backing vocalist | |
Paul Banks | GAL | Interpol's guitarist/lead vocalist | |
Talib Kweli | previous student | member of rap duo Black Star | |
Elodie Lauten | Steinhardt 1986, M.A. | Composer | |
Tania Leon | Steinhardt | famous conductor, composer of "Scourge of Hyacinths", | |
Enoch Light | Steinhardt | pioneer of music recording | |
Melissa Manchester[53] | independent studies, 1970–1971 | 1982 Grammy Award | |
V.J. Manzo | M.A. algorithmic composition in music, interactive music systems | published open source music technology projects Modal Object Library and EAMIR[54] and was a 2007 IMA winner[55] | |
Caroline Polachek | former student | Founding member of experimental band Chairlift | |
David Portner | former student | Founding member of experimental band Animal Collective | |
Robert Reynolds | Law, J.D., 2001 | Entertainment lawyer, manager of The Killers | |
Jerry Ross | studied under Rudolph Schramm | Composer | |
Rick Rubin | former student, lived on campus | Cofounder of Def Jam while at NYU | |
Carole Bayer Sager | B.A., 1979 | 1987 Grammy Award | |
Blake Schwarzenbach | B.A., 1991 | Lead singer for bands Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil. | |
Patti Scialfa | Gallatin, Received music degree after transferring from the University Of Miami. | Singer and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. | |
Wayne Shorter | Steinhardt 1956, B.M.E. | among the most influential hard-bop and modal jazz saxophonists | |
Russell Simmons | former student | Cofounder of Def Jam while at NYU | |
Eileen Southern | Steinhardt 1961, Ph.D. | first African American woman appointed a tenured full professor at Harvard | |
Louise Talma | B.A., 1927 | Composer | |
Mary Wilson | Gallatin | The Supremes |
Politics and government
Members of the United States House of Representatives
Members of the United States Senate
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Lamar Alexander | Law 1965, J.D. | United States Senate | |
Rudy Boschwitz | SternM.B.A., 1950, Law J.D., 1953 | United States Senate | |
Edward Irving Edwards | Law, LL.B. | United States Senate (1923–1929), Governor of New Jersey | |
Henry Drury Hatfield | Med M.D., 1904 | United States Senate (1929–1935), Governor of West Virginia | |
Jacob Javits | CAS 1923, B.A., Law 1926, LL.B. | United States Senate | |
James Edward Murray | Law 1900, J.D. | United States Senate (1934–1961) | |
Tasker Lowndes Oddie | Law 1895, LL.B. | United States Senate (1921–1933) | |
James Aloysius O'Gorman | Law 1887, J.D. | United States Senate(1911–1917) | |
Bob Packwood | Law 1957, J.D. | United States Senate(1969–1995) | |
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff | B.A., 1929 | United States Senate 1963–1981 | |
Elihu Root | Law 1867, LL.B. | United States Senate | |
Samuel J. Tilden | CAS 1838 B.A., Law 1841 LL.B. | United States Senate, Governor of New York | |
Arthur Walsh | Stern 1915 | United States Senate |
Government, international organizations and other
Press, literature and arts
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Kenny Albert | CAS 1990, B.A. | Play-by-play broadcaster, New York Rangers and Fox Sports | |
Kathy Acker | Blood and Guts in High School | ||
David Antin | GSAS 1966, M.A. | recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry | |
Ann Shoket | 1994, B.A. | Current Editor in Chief of Seventeen Magazine | |
Jacob M. Appel | GSAS 2000, M.F.A. | Author of Arborophilia, Creve Coeur, idiosyncratic bioethicist | [67] |
Ted Baehr | Law, J.D. | chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission | |
Maria Bartiromo | CAS, 1987 B.A. | News anchor on CNBC, has also written 2 books | |
Leonard Baskin | noted for his sculpting | ||
Stacey Bradford | M.A., Journalism | Financial journalist, author, and commentator | |
Rita Mae Brown | Law 1964, M.A. | Rubyfruit Jungle | |
Eileen Rose Busby | earned B.A. at age 62 | Author | |
Candace Bushnell | CAS, B.A. | New York Observer: Sex and the City | |
Fortuna Calvo-Roth | professor | President of New York chapter, Women in Communications | [68] |
Bliss Carman | visiting scholar | Canadian Poet | |
Carson McCullers | GSAS* | author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | |
Countee Cullen | GSAS | author of Ballad of the Brown Girl, Color, Color | |
Noon Meem Danish | Former teaching staff | Urdu poet | [69] |
Miriam Davenport | IFA* | Painter and sculptor | |
Midge Decter | ARTS* | Journalist | |
Crystal Eastman | Law 1907, LL.B. | a leader in early 20th-century feminist and civil liberties activism | |
Ralph Ellison | Faculty 1970–1980 | American Academy of Arts & Letters | |
Wayne Federman | TSOA* | MARAVICH author, comedian The Tonight Show | |
Tom Ford | TSOA* | Design Director for Gucci | |
William Gaines | CAS 1948, B.A. | founder of MAD magazine | |
Michael Gartner | Law 1972, J.D. | 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing | |
Yury Gitman | TSOA M.F.A. | inventor of electronic art | |
Jorie Graham | TSOA 1973, B.F.A. | known for complex metaphors and philosophical content | |
Adolph Green | WSC 1938* | met Betty Comden at NYU | |
Raymond P. Hammond | GAL 2000, MA | Editor-in-Chief, New York Quarterly | |
Sean Hannity | coursework* | Co-Host of "Hannity and Colmes" on Fox News Channel | |
Joseph Heller | GSAS 1945* | "Catch-22" | |
Don Hewitt | coursework* | creator, "60 minutes" | |
Andrew Kirtzman | Journalism degree | NY1 and WCBS-TV reporter, author | |
Alen Pol Kobryn | CAS* | Poet | [70] |
William Lashner | Law, J.D. | author of legal thrillers | |
Paola Lawton | CAS | Journalist | |
Ira Levin | ARTS 1950, B.A. | known for the broadway musical "Deathtrap" | |
Paul Levinson | WSC 1974 B.A.; Steinhardt 1979 Ph.D. | author of The Plot To Save Socrates | |
Leonard Maltin | WSC, B.A. (journalism) | film critic on Entertainment Tonight | |
Demetri Martin* | Law, J.D. | Comedian who appears on The Daily Show | |
Leonard Michaels | WSC 1953, B.A. | essayist known for his compelling urban tales of whimsy and tragedy | |
Frank McCourt | WSC 1953, B.A. | 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing | |
Davi Napoleon | TSOA 1989 Ph.D. | Arts journalist and reviewer, author of Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater | |
William Phillips | GSAS 1930, M.A. | cofounder of Partisan Review | |
James Amos Porter | GSAS, M.A. | African American painter and art historian | |
Dorothy Rabinowitz | GSAS 1960, Ph.D. | 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary | |
Charles Reznikoff | Law 1916, LL.B. | Objectivist Poet | |
Charlie Rose | coursework* | host of "60 minutes" | |
J. D. Salinger | coursework* | Catcher in the Rye | |
Gerald Schoenfeld | Law, J.D. | Chairman of the Shubert Organization (1972–2008) | [71] |
Ben Shahn | Artist | ||
John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Tony Award | |
Delmore Schwartz | noted for lyrical descriptions of isolation and the search for identity | ||
Sara Shepard | ARTS* | author of Pretty Little Liars series and The Lying Game series | |
George Segal | ENG 1950, B.S. | sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures | |
Robert Sobel | CAS 1957, Ph.d. | Noted business historian; author For Want of a Nail. | |
Danielle Steel | TSOA 1963–1967* | Romance novel author | |
Darin Strauss | ENG 1996, M.F.A. | Guggenheim-winning novelist; Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy | |
Harold C. Schonberg | GSAS 1939, M.A. | 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | |
Amy Vanderbilt | an acknowledged authority on manners, mores | ||
Brian K. Vaughan | Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Pride of Baghdad | ||
Saul Williams | GSAS 1995, M.A. | The Seventh Octave, Said the Shotgun to the Head | |
Robert Anton Wilson | 1957–1958 | author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy | |
James N. Wood | Former Director and President of the Art Institute of Chicago (1980–2004); December 2006: Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust | [72] |
Pulitzer Prize winners
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Jorie Graham | undergraduate/Film | 1996 Pulitzer prize for Poetry | |
Michael Gartner | Law 1972, J.D. | 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing | |
Morton Gould | CAS studied under Abby Whiteside | 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Stringmusic | |
Galway Kinnell | professor | 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | |
Frank McCourt | CAS 1953, B.A. | 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing | |
George Perle | GSAS 1956, Ph.D. | 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Woodwind Quintet No. 4 | |
Dorothy Rabinowitz | GSAS 1960, Ph.D. | 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary | |
James Ford Rhodes | CAS, 1865– * | 1916 Pulitzer Prize for History of the Civil War | |
Harold C. Schonberg | GSAS 1939, M.A., | 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | |
William Schuman | Stern* | 1943 Pulitzer Prize for "A Free Song" | |
John Patrick Shanley | Steinhardt 1977, M.A. | 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
Charles Simic | CAS 1966, B.A. | 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (The World doesn't end) | |
Neil Simon | CAS 1944–1945* | 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Lost in Yonkers) | |
Moneta Sleet Jr. | Master's in journalism | 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (Photo of grieving widow Coretta Scott King) | |
Irwin Unger | professor | 1965 Pulitzer Prize for History (The Greenback Era) | |
Donald Wallance | CAS 1930, B.A. | Industrial designer | [73] |
Gene Weingarten | CAS 1968-1972 | 2008, 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing | |
Doug Wright | TSOA 1987 | 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
Lawrence Wright | fellow, Center for Law and Security | 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction |
- Joel Wachs (born 1939)—Los Angeles City Council member for thirty years (1970–2001), president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City
Sports
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abraham Balk | 1947 | foil and épée fencer, 5 NCAA gold medals, selected to 1948 Olympics team | ||
Anjelina Belakovskaia | GSAS 2001, M.S. | U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1995, 1996, 1999 | ||
Moe Berg | ARTS 1918–1919* | Major League baseball Player, spy, quiz show host | ||
Gary Bettman | Law 1977, J.D. | NHL Commissioner | ||
Howard Cann | NYU basketball player 1914–1917 and 1919–1920; coach 1923–1958 | |||
Ben Carnevale | NYU basketball player 1934–1938; Navy Basketball coach 1947–1967 | |||
Rudy D'Amico | NBA basketball scout, and former college and professional basketball coach | |||
Hank Greenberg | coursework* | Major League baseball player, 5-time All-Star, 2-time American League Most Valuable Player, elected to the Hall of Fame | ||
Gary Gubner | World record-holding shotputter and Olympic weightlifter | |||
Happy Hairston | NBA player, 1971 champion with the Los Angeles Lakers | |||
Carol Heiss | CAS | Gold Medal Winner, Olympic Winter Games 1960 | ||
Nat Holman | Hall of Fame basketball player and coach | |||
Edith Master | Olympic bronze medalist equestrian | |||
Irv Mondschein | Olympic decathlete and three-time U.S. champion, NCAA high-jump champion, and All-East football player | |||
Samuel Jones | Olympic Gold Medalist, high jump, 1904 | |||
Satch Sanders | NBA player, 1961–1966, 1968–1969 champion with the Boston Celtics | |||
Mika'il Sankofa | CAS, 1988 | Olympic gold medalist, fencing, 1988, 1992 | ||
Dolph Schayes | NBA player, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, and coach | |||
Robert Shmalo | CAS | International ice dancing competitor | ||
Ed Smith | 1934 | NFL Boston Redskins, Green Bay Packers 1936–1937, Model for Heisman Trophy | [74] | |
Moe Spahn | American Basketball League (MVP) | [75] | ||
Ken Strong | All-American, 1928 | NFL Staten Island Stapletons, New York Giants 1929–1947, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||
Paul Tagliabue | Law 1965, J.D. | NFL Commissioner | ||
Sidney Tannenbaum | 2-time All-American basketball guard; left as NYU all-time scorer; pro player | |||
John Woodruff | GSAS 1941, M.A. | Olympic gold medalist, 800 m, 1936 |
Bob Arum New York University. Founder and CEO of Top Rank, one of the most successful professional boxing promotion companies in boxing history.
Other
Name | Relation to NYU | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Sir Harold Acton | major benefactor | donated the Villa LaPietra Campus to NYU | |
Elmer Holmes Bobst | major benefactor | namesake of NYU's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library | |
Charles Butler | president of council | 1835–? | |
Albert Gallatin | founder of NYU | Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson | |
Martin Kimmel | major benefactor | namesake of NYU's Kimmel Center for Student Life | |
Morgan Lewis | one of the founders of NYU | Governor of New York (1804–1807) | |
Michael Steinhardt | major benefactor | namesake of NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | |
Leonard N. Stern | major benefactor | namesake of NYU's Stern School of Business | |
Preston Tisch | major benefactor | namesake of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts |
Fictional
The following are characters in film, television, literature, and other media that have a connection to the university:
Name | Portrayal | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Princess Daisy | played by Samantha Mathis | Paleontology student in Super Mario Bros. (film) | |
Darin | played by Jarrad Paul | Kramer's NYU intern for his startup Kramerica Corporation Seinfeld (TV series) | |
James Dalton | played by Patrick Swayze | "The Cooler" at The Double Deuce | |
Ross Geller | played by David Schwimmer | in the popular serial Friends as a tenured professor of paleontology. | |
Bud Fox | played by Charlie Sheen | main character in Wall Street (film) | |
Charlie of Spin City | played by Charlie Sheen | Mayor's Chief of Staff | |
Paul Finch | played by Eddie Kaye Thomas | in the American Pie films | |
Victor Ward | in Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis | ||
Denise Fleming | played by Lauren Ambrose | in the film Can't Hardly Wait | |
Tom Collins | originated by Jesse L. Martin | in the musical Rent is a professor at NYU. | |
Fritz the Cat | voiced by Skip Hinnant | in the film directed by Ralph Bakshi | |
Theo Huxtable | played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner | in The Cosby Show | |
Dr. Guy Luthan | played by Hugh Grant | in Extreme Measures (NYU Med Student) | |
Jack Campbell | played by Nicolas Cage | in The Family Man | |
Alvy Singer | played Woody Allen | in Annie Hall | |
Dalton | played by Patrick Swayze | in Road House graduated from NYU with a degree in philosophy | |
Alex Foreman | played by Scarlett Johansson | in In Good Company (2004) | |
Dr. Roy Tam | played by Sab Shimono | is an NYU science professor in The Shadow (1994) | |
Will Truman | played by Eric McCormack | in Will and Grace | |
Blair Waldorf | played by Leighton Meester | in Gossip Girl | |
Dan Humphrey | played by Penn Badgley | in Gossip Girl | |
Vanessa Abrams | played by Jessica Szohr | in Gossip Girl | |
Georgina Sparks | played by Michelle Trachtenberg | in Gossip Girl | |
Olivia Burke | played by Hilary Duff | in Gossip Girl | |
Em Lewin | played by Kristen Stewart | in Adventureland | |
Tyler Hawkins | played by Robert Pattinson | in Remember Me | |
Ally Craig | played by Emilie De Ravin | in Remember Me | |
Robert "Moose" Alexander III | played by Adam G. Sevani | in Step Up 3D | |
Camille Gage | played by Alyson Stoner | in Step Up 3D | |
Topanga Lawrence | played by Danielle Fishel | in Boy Meets World | Ends up with a scholarship to NYU Law in Season 7 |
Grace | played by Selena Gomez | in Monte Carlo |
See also
- List of NYU Polytechnic Institute people
- List of NYU Stern people
- List of New York University faculty and staff
- List of people from New York City
References
- ^ "New York University Alumni". NYU Office of Development & Alumni Relations. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
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