List of Ithaca College alumni
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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
- 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, Speaker of the of Virginia House of Delegates[1]
- Emily Gallagher, member of the New York State Assembly
- 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
- Robert Iger (B.S. 1973), president and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
- Stew Leonard, Jr. (B.S. 1977), president and CEO, Stew Leonard's
- Scott Griesemer (B.S. 1995) Chief Operating Officer,HealthSun Health Plans, Chairman of the Board, Naranja Grande
Media and entertainment
Directors and producers
- Matthew Bennett (TV producer) (1986), scripted and non-scripted director and producer. Created modern Aftershow format with After the Catch.
- 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 One Day at a Time
- Deborah Snyder, film producer, DC Extended Universe
- Larry Teng, television director and producer
- Liz Tigelaar, television writer and executive producer, Life Unexpected and Casual
- Michael Miceli (B.S., 1999), director, "That Was New York" and "The Candy Store"
Actors and Designers
- Kathryn Allison, 2014 winner of the NYMF Next Big Broadway Sensation competition
- Erinn Bartlett, actress
- David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones
- Paul Gallo (B.F.A. 1974), Tony Award-nominated Broadway lighting designer;
- The Birthday Boys, actors, The Birthday Boys
- 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
- 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
- Sean Grandillo, actor, Spring Awakening, The Real O'Neals
- 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 and Fox's Grease: Live
- 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
- Robin Young, host of National Public Radio's Here and Now
- Kyle Clark, host of 9 News Denver’s Next With Kyle Clark
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
- Rick Beato (B.M. 1980), YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer and educator.
- 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
- Ruth Underwood, xylophonist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
- Rick Beato, music producer, YouTube personality
Editors and publishers
- Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events
- David A. Weiner, executive editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland and writer/director of In Search of Darkness
Journalists
- Luke Broadwater, Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award winner, Congressional Correspondent for The New York Times[5]
- 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
- Andrew Marchand, sports media reporter for the New York Post. Baseball writer for 11 years at ESPN.
Photographers
- Nydia Blas, visual artist whose works explore the identities of young black women
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, television writer and producer, Life Unexpected
- Michael Miceli (B.S. 1999), screenwriter, feature films "Due Season" and "Fallout"
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
- Jack Michaels (B.S. 1995), announcer for the Edmonton Oilers on Sportsnet
- 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
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
- Jerry Welsh, head coach college basketball Potsdam State University, head coach college basketball Iona College[8]
- 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
- Tim Locastro, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
- Travis Warech (born 1991), American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Scientists and engineers
- Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, inventor with over 20 patents in OLED materials and device architecture
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[9]
References
- ^ "Alumna Makes History in Virginia". Ithaca College. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Wrestling Alum, Luke Broadwater '02, Wins Pulitzer Prize". Ithaca College Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ The Pulitzer Prizes - The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners
- ^ Ithaca College Grad Wins Pulitzer - News Release - Ithaca College Office of Media Relations
- ^ "Jerry Welsh Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Ithaca College Quarterly".