Brooklyn College

Notable alumni

• Donald Berman (B.A. 1974), News Producer, Entertainment Tonight
• Barbara Boxer (B.A. 1962),Senator (D- California)
• Oscar Brand (B.S. 1942), Folk singer, radio host, musicologist
• Paul Cohen (B.A. 1953), mathematician, winner of Fields Medal
• Stanley Cohen (B.A. 1943), Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1986)
• Alan Dershowitz (B.A. 1959), Harvard Law School professor and author
• Bob Dole (Army Special Training Program 1943,1944) , Senator from Kansas and Republican Presidential nominee in 1996
• R. Bruce Donoff (B.A. 1964), Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine
• Delia McQuade Emmons (B.A. 1973) ,Senior Vice President, American Stock Exchange
• Frank Field (meteorologist) (B.S. 1947), meteorologist and science editor
• George Friedman (B.A, 1956), Chairman and CEO, Parallel Communications, Inc.
• Allan Gibofsky (B.A. 1969), Professor, Hospital for Special Surgery Cornell University Medical College
• Beverly Hall ( B.A. 1970), State District Superintendent, Newark, New Jersey Schools
• Lionel Hurst ( B.A. 1980), Ambassador, Antigua and Barbuda Mission to the United States
• Myron Kandel, (B.A. 1952), Reporter, CNN
• Donald Kagan (B.A. 1954), historian; former Dean at Yale University
• Pamela Kendall (B.A. 1976), Vice President of Fixed Income Documentation, Deutsche Bank
• Barbara E. Klein (B.A. 1965), Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin
• Israel Kirzner (B.A. 1954), economist
• Mitchel Levitas, (B.A. 1951), Editor, New York Times Op,Ed Page
• Harvey Lichtenstein, (B.A. 1951), President and Executive Producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Jackson Mac Low (B.A. 1958), poet
• Michael Lynne (B.A. 1961), President and COO, New Line Cinema
• Marty Markowitz (B.A. 1970), Senator in the New York State Legislature; Brooklyn Borough President (2001,present)
• Paul Mazursky (B.A. 1951), Film Director, best known for Down and Out in Beverly Hills; Producer; Actor
• Barry Munitz ( B.A. 1963), Chancellor of the California State University System
• Gloria Naylor (B.A. 1981), Novelist; Winner American Book Award
• Peter Nero (B.A. 1956), Grammy Award Winning Pianist; Conductor; Composer
• William Paul (B.A. 1956), Head of the United States National Aids Program
• Deborah Poritz (B.A. 1958), Chief Justice, New Jersey State Supreme Court
• Ellen Prince (B.A. 1964), Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
• Stuart A. Rice (B.S. 1952), Notable physical chemist at The University of Chicago
• Stephen Riggio (B.A. 1975), CFO, Barnes & Noble, Inc.
• David Salzman (B.A. 1965), President, Quincy Jones David Salzman Entertainment Company
• Suzanne Scherer (M.F.A. 1989), Painter; First Woman Admitted to the Russian Academy of Art in Russia
• Irwin Shaw (B.A. 1934), playwright, screen writer, and author; winner of two O. Henry Awards
• Jimmy Smits (B.A. 1980), actor, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law; won an Emmy Award in 1990
• Zachary Solomon ( B.A. 1957), President and CEO, Associated Merchandising Corporation
• Thomas Tizzio (B.A. 1962), President and Director, American International Group
• Leonard Tow (B.A. 1950), Chairman, CEO, CFO, Citizens Utilities Corporation
• David Trinidad (M.F.A. 1980), poet
• Rochelle Udell (B.A. 1966), Editor-in-Chief, Self Magazine
• Nari Ward (M.F.A., 1991), Mixed-media Sculptor, Guggenheim Fellow, featured in Venice Biennale
• Joel Zwick (B.A. 1962), Theater and Television Producer, Family Matters