Notable alumni include: •
Shirley Abrahamson (class of 1950) – first female Justice, first female Chief Justice and longest ever serving Justice,
Wisconsin Supreme Court; past President, Conference of Chief Justices| Conference of [Supreme Court] Chief Justices •
Randy Altschuler (class of 1989) – co-founder, OfficeTiger; U.S. Congressional candidate,
New York's 1st congressional district •
Birdie Amsterdam (class of 1918) – first female
New York State Supreme Court Justice •
Charles Ardai (class of 1987) – founder and CEO, Juno; managing director, D.E. Shaw; author, editor, publisher/co-founder of
Hard Case Crime, TV producer of
Haven •
Martina Arroyo (class of 1953) – opera singer, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; member, National Council of the Arts; Kennedy Center Honoree; director, Carnegie Hall and Hunter College •
Eli Attie (class of 1985) – TV writer and producer, Emmy winner and former chief speechwriter for Al Gore •
Michelle Au (class of 1995) –
Georgia State Senator •
Rachel Axler (class of 1995) – four-time Emmy-winning TV writer •
Kyle Baker (class of 1983) – comic book artist/writer, cartoonist, animator and satirist •
Maria Bentel (class of 1946) – American architect and founding partner of the architecture firm Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners A.I.A •
Adam Berinsky (class of 1988) – Mitsui Professor of Political Science at
MIT •
Diana Bianchi (class of 1972) – first female Director,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development •
Etel Billig (unknown) – actress and founder of
Illinois Theatre Center •
Chana Bloch (class of 1957) – poet, translator •
Jeremy Blachman (class of 1996) – author, journalist, lawyer •
Angela Bofill (class of 1972) – jazz singer •
Alex Bores (class of 2009) -
New York State Assemblyman •
Anise Boyer (unknown) – actress and dancer known for her work during the
Harlem Renaissance •
Rachel M. Brownstein – literary critic, author, and academic •
Vanessa Brown (class of 1945) - actress •
Suse Broyde – professor of structural biology at
New York University •
Naomi Reice Buchwald (class of 1961) -- federal district court judge •
Michael A. Burstein (class of 1987) – science fiction writer •
Jeanne Cagney (circa class of 1936) - film, stage, and television actress •
Hortense Calisher (class of 1928) – novelist, second female President of the
American Academy of Arts and Letters •
Sewell Chan (class of 1994) – editor,
The New York Times •
Peggy Charren (class of 1949) – activist and founder of
Action for Children's Television, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient •
Perry Chen (class of 1994) – co-founder,
Kickstarter •
Louise Cochrane (circa class of 1936) – one of the first female TV producers •
Adam Cohen (class of 1997) – chemist and physicist, Harvard University •
Christopher Collet (class of 1986) – actor •
Olivia Cole (class of 1960) – actress, first African-American Emmy winner •
Nicholas Confessore (class of 1994) – Pulitzer Prize-winning political correspondent,
The New York Times •
Constance E. Cook (circa class of 1937) – New York State Assembly member •
Gloria M. Coruzzi (class of 1972) – plant molecular biologist, professor and former Chair of Biology,
NYU, Member of the
National Academy of Sciences. •
Marie Maynard Daly – first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University; first black woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. •
Jon Daniels (class of 1995) –
Texas Rangers General Manager; youngest-ever MLB GM •
Amy Davidson Sorkin (class of 1988) – executive editor of
The New Yorker •
Lucy Dawidowicz (class of 1932) – Holocaust historian •
Manohla Dargis (class of 1979) – chief film critic,
The New York Times •
Ruby Dee (class of 1939) – National Medal of Arts, Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award-winning actress; nominee for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; African American rights activist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and journalist •
Desmond Devlin (class of 1982) – writer,
MAD Magazine •
Ophelia Devore (class of 1936) – first mixed-race model, founder-Grace Del Marco agency. •
Diane di Prima (class of 1951) – poet •
Mildred S. Dresselhaus (class of 1947) – Presidential Medal of Freedom winner; first female Institute Professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; first and only female winner of the National Medal of Science in engineering; past President,
American Association for the Advancement of Science •
Jane Dubin (class of 1974) – Tony winning Broadway producer •
Sandi Simcha DuBowski (class of 1988) – filmmaker •
Dujeous (class of 1995) – (original members), hip-hop group •
Jewlia Eisenberg (class of 1988) – composer and musician •
Helen Epstein (class of 1965) – first female tenured journalism professor, New York University, author •
Sandra Fong (class of 2008) – Olympic athlete (shooting) •
Richard (DiMasi) Fontana (class of 1986) – free software and open source lawyer •
Yvette Fay Francis-McBarnette (class of circa 1941) – pioneering hematologist •
Michael C. Frank (class of 1999) – developmental psychologist,
Stanford University •
Linda P. Fried (class of 1966) – first female Dean, Columbia University School of Public Health •
Esther Friesner (class of 1968) – science fiction and fantasy author •
Susan Fuhrman (class of 1961) – first female President of
Teachers College, Columbia University; President of the National Academy of Education; former Dean of the
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education •
Hortense Gabel (circa class of 1930) – New York State Supreme Court Justice •
Leila Gerstein (class of 1990) – Emmy-winning TV producer and writer •
Eleanor Glueck (class of 1916) – criminologist,
Harvard University •
Jamal Greene (class of 1995) – professor of law,
Columbia Law School •
Martha Greenhouse (class of 1939) – actress and union leader •
Judd Greenstein (class of 1997) – composer, co-founder of
New Amsterdam Records •
Irene Greif (class of 1965) – computer scientist •
Brett Haber (class of 1987) – Emmy-winning former ESPN SportsCenter anchor, current Tennis Channel & NBC Olympics host •
E. Adelaide Hahn (circa class of 1911) – first female president of the Linguistic Society of America •
Avril Haines (class of 1987) – first female
Director of National Intelligence,
Deputy National Security Advisor and
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency •
Evelyn Handler (class of 1950) – first female President of both the
University of New Hampshire and
Brandeis University •
Christopher Hayes (class of 1997) – Two-time Emmy winning host, "
All In with Chris Hayes", MSNBC, editor-at-large, "
The Nation" •
Bernadine Healy (class of 1962) – first female
NIH director and
Red Cross president •
Carrie Kei Heim (class of 1991) – actress, lawyer •
Jonathan Hoefler (class of 1988) – typeface designer •
Steve Hofstetter (class of 1997) – comedian/radio personality •
Adam Horowitz (class of 1990) – TV writer and producer, screenwriter •
Florence Howe (class of 1946) – feminist activist •
Immortal Technique (class of 1996) – rapper/political activist •
Chris Jackson (class of 1989) – publisher • Keisha Sutton James – Deputy Manhattan Borough President •
Julia Jarcho – experimental playwright •
Elena Kagan (class of 1977) –
United States Supreme Court Justice, first female
United States Solicitor General and first female Dean of
Harvard Law School •
Jeremy Kahn (class of 1987) – mathematician •
Eric Kaplan (class of 1985) – TV writer and producer •
Elizabeth (Sister Mary Cordia) Karl (class of 1916) - mathematician •
Max Kellerman (class of 1991) – host, HBO Boxing, ESPN SportsNation •
Alice Kober (class of 1924) – classicist, the major contributor to the deciphering of
Linear B form of Ancient Greek •
Karen Kornbluh (class of 1981) – U.S. Ambassador to
OECD, primary drafter of 2008 Democratic Party platform •
Jean Kwok (class of 1986) – novelist •
Diane Lane (dropped out) – Academy Award nominee for best actress •
Evelyn Lauder (class of 1954) – philanthropist •
Jennifer 8. Lee (class of 1994) –
The New York Times journalist and author •
Adam Leon (class of 1999) – film director and writer •
Marilyn Levy (class of 1938) – photographic chemist at
Fort Monmouth •
Judy Lewent (class of 1966) – director of Dell, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola and MIT and former Exec. VP and CFO of
Merck •
Robert Lopez (class of 1993) –
Avenue Q,
Book of Mormon,
Frozen, and
Coco composer-lyricist, youngest
EGOT (Emmy (3), Grammy (3), Oscar (2) and Tony(3)) winner •
Audre Lorde (class of 1951) – poet, professor •
Mynette Louie (class of 1993) – film & TV producer; professor •
Nava Lubelski (class of 1986) – artist and author •
Cecelia Eaton Luschnig – classics scholar, professor at University of Idaho •
Nnenna Lynch (class of 1989) – track and cross country runner •
Shola Lynch (class of 1987) – film maker •
Mike Maronna (class of 1995) – actor (
The Adventures of Pete & Pete) •
Judith Matloff (class of 1976) – author and journalism professor •
Annette Michelson - film critic and writer •
Donna Minkowitz (class of 1981) – writer and journalist •
Lin-Manuel Miranda (class of 1998) – winner of a Pulitzer Prize, three Grammys, two Emmys, a MacArthur "Genius" Award and three Tony awards; creator and lead,
Hamilton and
In The Heights •
Samantha Massell (class of 2008) – actress •
Maria Muldaur (circa class of 1961) – folk singer •
Elizabeth Neufeld (circa class of 1944) – geneticist; second female winner of the Wolf Prize in Medicine; winner of the National Medal of Science and the Lasker Award •
Thisbe Nissen (class of 1990) – novelist •
Cynthia Nixon (class of 1984) – Tony, Grammy and (2) Emmy award-winning actress •
Doris Orgel (class of 1946) – children's literature author •
Mollie Orshansky (class of 1931) – statistician •
Cynthia Ozick (class of 1946) – novelist •
Ellen Ash Peters (class of 1947) – first female Justice and first female Chief Justice,
Connecticut Supreme Court, first female President of the
Conference of Supreme Court Chief Justices •
Marina Picciotto (class of 1981) – neuroscientist •
Pearl Primus (class of 1936) – choreographer/dancer •
Jennifer Raab (class of 1973) – former president,
Hunter College •
Margaret Raymond (class of 1976) – dean and law professor,
University of Wisconsin Law School •
Mina Rees (class of 1919) – mathematician, King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom (UK) winner; National Academies of Science Public Welfare Medal winner; first female President and first President Emerita, Graduate School and University Center at CUNY; first female President of
American Association for the Advancement of Science •
Eunice Reddick (class of 1969) – US Ambassador to Niger, Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe •
Vivian Reiss (class of 1970) – artist •
Gloria Rojas (class of 1955) – journalist •
Stefan Savage (class of 1987) – computer scientist, 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow •
Bruce Schneier (class of 1981) – security expert •
Sarah Schulman (class of 1975) – artist, writer, journalist, English Professor •
Lois G. Schwoerer (class of 1945) – historian •
Susan Sheehan (class of 1954) – journalist,
Pulitzer Prize winning author •
Martin Shkreli (did not graduate) – pharmaceutical CEO, felon •
Larissa Shmailo (class of 1974) – poet, translator, novelist, editor, and critic •
Amy Sohn (class of 1991) – novelist •
Christina Sormani (class of 1987) - mathematician, AMS Fellow •
Olivia P. Stokes - Baptist minister •
Jeannie Suk (class of 1991) – first female Asian-American tenured professor,
Harvard Law School •
Laura Taylor Swain (class of 1975) – federal district court judge •
Deborah Tannen (class of 1962) – professor of linguistics,
Georgetown University, author,
You Just Don't Understand •
Michael Thaddeus (class of 1984) – mathematics professor, college rankings whistleblower •
Judith Jarvis Thomson (class of 1946) – professor emerita of philosophy,
MIT •
Leonore Tiefer (class of 1961) – educator, researcher, therapist, and activist specializing in sexuality •
Tien Tzuo, (class of 1986) – tech entrepreneur •
Rebecca Wasserman-Hone – American wine expert based in France •
Nanette Wenger (class of 1947) – cardiologist •
Alma S. Woolley (class of 1950) – dean and professor emerita of
Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, author, historian • Marvin "
Young MC" Young (class of 1985) – rapper, music producer and songwriter •
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