Class of 1980
Marc Randolph
Co-founder of Netflix; entrepreneur (geology major)
Notable Alumni
Hamilton’s 23,100 alumni are collectively among the most loyal, passionate and accomplished graduates of any college in the country.
Alumni by Profession
Michael N. Castle ’61
(Economics) former U.S. Representative; former Governor of Delaware
W. Robert Connor ’56
(Greek and Latin) former President and CEO, The Teagle Foundation; former President and Director, National Humanities Center; appointed by President Clinton to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Stephen R. Foley ’84
(Creative Writing) former Commander, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)
Carl Hayden ’63
(Asian Studies) former Chairman, State University of New York Board of Trustees; former Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents
Christina H. Pearson ’95
(English Literature) Senior Director of Public Relations, Microsoft Corporation; former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
Elihu Root 1864*
U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State and Winner of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize
James S. Sherman 1878*
Vice President of the United States
David K. Smith ’79
(Geology) Nuclear Security Coordinator (Forensics), International Atomic Energy Agency
Gerrit Smith 1818*
Philanthropist and Leading Abolitionist
Tom Vilsack ’72
(History) President and CEO, U.S. Dairy Export Council; former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; former Governor of Iowa; Democratic Candidate for President in 2008
Martha Denney ’82
(French) Dean of the College, Haverford College
Brian Levin-Stankevich ’72
(History) Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Xavier University; former President, Westminster College
Thomas J. Schwarz ’66
(Economics) President, SUNY Purchase
Scott Wood ’80
(Chemistry and Geology) Dean, University of Idaho College of Science
John B. Emerson ’75
(Government and Philosophy) former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Michael Klosson ’71
(History and Public Policy) Vice President of Policy and Humanitarian Response, Save the Children Foundation; former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus
Edward “Alex” Lee ’72
(History), Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America and Cuba
Sol M. Linowitz ’35*
(German and Philosophy) Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Chairman of the Board of Xerox; Co-Negotiator of the Panama Canal Treaties; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
William H. Luers ’51
(Chemistry and Mathematics) Professor, Columbia University; Chairman and President, United Nations Association of the USA; former President, Metropolitan Museum of Art; former U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Venezuela
Edward S. Walker, Jr. ’62
(Philosophy) former President and CEO, Middle East Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates
Robert Bernstock ’72
(History) President and Chief Executive Officer, USCI Company; former President, Mailing and Shipping Services, U.S. Postal Service; former President, Campbell Soup Company
William M. Bristol 1882*
Co-Founder, Bristol-Myers Co.
Zeena Freeman ’89
(History) former COO, Shyp; former President, Black Diamond
Elbert O. Hand ’61
(Art) Co-CEO, Alister MacKenzie Apparel; retired Chairman and CEO, Hartmarx Corp
Joel Johnson ’65
(Economics, English Literature), Retired Chairman, President, and CEO, Hormel Foods Corp.
Silas Keehn ’52
(Economics and Government) retired President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Kevin Kennedy ’70
(Art) former President and CEO, Metropolitan Opera; Chairman, Wallace Foundation; Retired General Partner/Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
William A. Kerr ’79
(Government and History) former CAO - Global Operations and Technology, Bank of New York Mellon; former Co-Chair Europe, Bank of New York
A.G. Lafley ’69
(French and History) former President and CEO, Procter & Gamble
Jack Levy ’75
(History and Government) Partner, Centerview Partners LLC; former Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions Dept., Goldman Sachs
Dan Nye ’88
(Government) Board of Directors, Rocket Lawyer; former CEO, LinkedIn
Ronald Pressman ’80
(Biology) retired Chief Operating Officer, TIAA-CREF; former President and CEO, GE Real Estate
John Rice ’78
(Economics) Chairman, GE Gas Power
Philip R. Ruppel ’80
Chief Operating Officer, Phaidon Press
Stephen Sadove ’73
(Government) Retired Chairman and CEO, Saks Fifth Avenue
Stuart L. Scott ’61
(English Literature) retired Chairman and CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle
Jack Selby ’96
(Economics), Managing Director, Thiel Capital; Founder, Grandmaster Capital Management LLC; former CEO, Clarium; Co-founder, PayPal
Susan Skerritt K’77
(Economics and Spanish) Senior Adviser, Promontory Financial Group; former Chairwoman, CEO and President, Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation
Ian Stewart ’83
(Economics) former CEO, BNY Mellon Treasury Services, and former Chairman, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania
Clyde Tuggle ’84
(German) Co-Founder, Pine Island Capital Partners; former Senior Vice President, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Coca-Cola Co.
Jaime Yordan ’71
(Foreign Languages) Vice Chair, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.; former Partner, Goldman Sachs
William M. Bristol 1882*
Co-Founder, Bristol-Myers Co.
Harlow Bundy 1877*
Founder, The Bundy Time Recording Company (consolidated into one of IBM's forerunners)
Blake Darcy ’78
(Government) Founder, DLJ Direct; former CEO, Formula Investing LLC
Leigh Keno ’79
(Art) Appraiser, Antiques Roadshow; President, Keno Auctions; recipient of the 2005 National Humanities Medal
William H. Masters ’38*
(English Literature) Co-Founder, Masters & Johnson Institute
Michael Mathres ’96
(Art and Economics) Vice President and Head of Strategic Projects, MOOTRAL at Zaluvida; Founder and Director, Climate Capital Network; recipient of the 2004 Millenium Prize for Social Entrepreneurship
Marc Randolph ’80
(Geology) Co-Founder, Netflix
Seth DuCharme ’92
(English Literature) Acting U.S. Attorney General for the Eastern District of New York
Audrey Moore ’84
(Psychology) Executive Assistant District Attorney, Chief Diversity Officer, and Chief of the Special Victims Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Roger G. Strand ’55
(History) Senior Judge, U.S. District Court
Felix Fernandez-Alonso ’94
(Chemistry) Head of the Molecular Spectroscopy Group and coordinator of the Centre for Molecular Structure and Dynamics at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Johannes Burlin ’87
(Economics) Managing Partner, Linden Life Science; former President, Silliker North America; former President and CEO, Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (working on AIDS vaccine)
Martin S. Hirsch ’60
(Biology) Physician and Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School; former Director of AIDS Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Christine Laine ’83
(Biology and Creative Writing) Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (youngest in the journal's history)
B.F. Skinner ’26*
(English Literature) Behavioral Psychologist
Edward C. Taylor ’46
(Chemistry) The A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Princeton University; research in organic compounds has resulted in the successful tumor-fighting drug Alimta
Nat Faxon ’97
(Theatre) Actor, Screenwriter, Director and 2012 Academy Award recipient for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Descendants
Deirdre Fenton ’04
(Government) Producer, ESPN Films; 2016 Academy Award recipient for Best Documentary Feature for O.J. Made in America
Deborah Forte K’75
(English Literature and Sociology) President, Silvertongue Films; former President, Scholastic Media
John Hester ’69
(Government) Senior Advisor, MGM; former Senior Executive Vice President, Orion Pictures
Eric Kuhn ’09
(Government) Marketing & Business Development, Layer3 TV
Paul Lieberstein ’89
(Economics) Writer, Producer and Actor, The Office (2006 Emmy for Best Comedy Series)
Jane Mason ’89
(Creative Writing) Writer/Editor of Children’s Books; former Senior Editor, LucasFilm
Sarah Rafferty ’93
(English Literature and Theatre) Actress, Suits (USA Network)
Thomas Tull ’92
(Government) Founder, Legendary Entertainment
Richard W. Couper ’44*
(History) former President, The New York Public Library; former President, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Steve Culbertson ’79
(English Literature and French) President and CEO, Youth Service America
Katherine Ertsgaard ’83
(Economics) Executive Director, Rochester City Ballet/Draper Center for Dance
Cynthia Sherwood Evans ’82
(Government) Chief Financial Officer, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Brian Gallagher ’98
(French) CEO, Reach Out and Read
John Hewko ’79
(Government and Russian Studies) CEO and General Secretary, Rotary International; Vice President, Millennium Challenge Corp.
Linda Johnson ’80
(American Studies) President and CEO, Brooklyn Public Library
David Kunselman ’66
CEO, World Development Teams; former CEO, Development of World Orphan Care, World Orphan Network
Joel MacCollam ’68
(German) President, World Emergency Relief; former CEO, A Child's Hope Fund
David Morse ’74
(History) Chief Communications Officer, The Atlantic Philanthropies; former Vice President of Communications, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Moses ’56
(Philosophy) Leader of the Civil Rights Movement; Founder and President, The Algebra Project
Nancy Roob ’87
(Comparative Literature) President, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
David Weiss ’75
(Government) President and CEO, Global Communities (international development and humanitarian assistance organization)
John Kellogg Werner ’92
(Government) Vice President, Meta (augmented reality software); Founding Campus Director and former Managing Director, Citizen Schools
Samuel Hopkins Adams 1891*
Author
Terry Brooks ’66
(English Literature) Fantasy Author, Shannara series, also author of the novelization of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Peter Cameron ’82
(English Literature) Author, Andorra, The Weekend, The City of Your Final Destination, Coral Glynn
Jane Mason ’89
(Creative Writing) Writer/Editor of Children’s Books; former Senior Editor, LucasFilm
Peter Meinke ’55
(English Literature) Poet Laureate of Florida; past Director of the Eckerd College Writing Workshop; recipient of the 1986 Flannery O’Connor Award and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award
John Nichols ’62
(English Literature) Author, The Sterile Cuckoo
Christopher Whitcomb ’81
(History and English Literature) Author, Cold Zero and Black; former Special Agent, FBI
Stephanie Abarbanel ’73
(Literature) Independent Writing and Editing Professional; former Senior Articles Editor, Woman's Day
Henry Allen ’63
(English Literature) former Writer, The Washington Post; recipient of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize
Ellen Archer ’84
(French) President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing
Marjory Abrams Edelston ’85
(English Literature and Psychology) EVP and Chief Content Officer, Boardroom Inc. and Bottom Line Publications
Fabio Freyre ’83
(Psychology) Vice President of Advertising, Facebook; former Group Vice President, Corporate Sales and Marketing, Time Inc.; former Publisher, Sports Illustrated
Margot Gilman ’81
(Literature), Money Editor, Consumer Reports, former Executive Editor, Prevention Magazine
Sir David Hayes ’81
(French) Owner, The Argian Press; Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by decree of the President of France
Stryker J. McGuire ’69
(Spanish) Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets; former Editor, International Quarterly and Contributing Editor for Newsweek; former London Bureau Chief, Newsweek
Neal Pilson ’60
(History) President, Pilson Communications, Inc.; former Senior Vice President, CBS Broadcast Group; former President, CBS Sports
James P. Willse ’67
(English Literature) former Editor, Newark Star-Ledger (2005 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting of breaking news)
Alexander Woollcott 1909*
Drama Critic, The New York Times
Steve Wulf ’72
(English Literature) Founding Executive Editor, ESPN Magazine
William Gaden ’84
(Mathematics) Chief Operating Officer, Imagem Music Group; former Senior Vice President and General Manager, Rogers and Hammerstein Organization
Bill Harley ’77
(Religion) Storyteller/Musician/Author for Children; 2007 Grammy for “Best Spoken Word for Children”
Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley ’93
(Art History) Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Thomas Meehan ’51
(English Literature) Playwright, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie, Space Balls, Rocky the Musical; 2001 Tony Award for The Producers and 2003 Tony for Hairspray
Richard Nelson ’72
(Religion) Playwright, Some Americans Abroad
Cameron “Kip ” Paine ’94
(History) Vocalist with Chanticleer; recipient of 2000 Best Small Ensemble Grammy for Colors of Love
Michael Shapiro ’72
(Art and History) Director Emeritus, High Museum of Art
Josh Simpson ’72
world-renowned glass sculptor
Melinda Wagner ’79
(Music) Composer; 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition
Rachel Tischler ’92
(Theatre) General Manager, Arden Theatre Company; former Vice President of Entertainment Operations, USO
Francis F. Baker ’36*
(Science) Reserve Goalie, 1936 U.S. Olympic Bronze Medal Hockey Team
Guy Hebert ’89
(Art) former Goalie, Anaheim Mighty Ducks; 1998 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Jim Rushton ’92
(Economics) Chief Revenue Officer, Los Angeles Chargers
William E. Smith ’80
(French) Assistant to the President & CEO, Minor League Baseball; former Senior Vice President/General Manager, Minnesota Twins
Gillian Zucker ’90
(Creative Writing and Religion) President of Business Operations, Los Angeles Clippers; former President, Auto Club Speedway of Southern California
Alumni by MAJOR
Linda Johnson ’80
President and CEO, Brooklyn Public Library
Guy Hebert ’89
Former Goalie, Anaheim Mighty Ducks; 1998 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Elbert O. Hand ’61
Co-CEO, Alister MacKenzie Apparel; retired Chairman and CEO, Hartmarx Corp
Kevin Kennedy ’70
Former President and CEO, Metropolitan Opera; Chairman, Wallace Foundation; Retired General Partner/Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Leigh Keno ’79
Appraiser, Antiques Roadshow; President, Keno Auctions; recipient of the 2005 National Humanities Medal
Michael Mathres ’96
Vice President and Head of Strategic Projects, MOOTRAL at Zaluvida; Founder and Director, Climate Capital Network; recipient of the 2004 Millenium Prize for Social Entrepreneurship
Michael Shapiro ’72
Director Emeritus, High Museum of Art
Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley ’93
Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philip R. Ruppel ’80
President, McGraw-Hill Professional
Carl Hayden ’63
Former Chairman, State University of New York Board of Trustees; former Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents
Martin S. Hirsch ’60
Physician and Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School; former Director of AIDS Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Christine Laine ’83
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (youngest in the journal's history)
Ronald Pressman ’80
retired Chief Operating Officer, TIAA-CREF; former President and CEO, GE Real Estate
Felix Fernandez-Alonso ’94
Head of the Molecular Spectroscopy Group and coordinator of the Centre for Molecular Structure and Dynamics at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
William H. Luers ’51
Professor, Columbia University; Chairman and President, United Nations Association of the USA; former President, Metropolitan Museum of Art; former U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Venezuela
Edward C. Taylor ’46
The A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Princeton University; research in organic compounds has resulted in the successful tumor-fighting drug Alimta
Scott Wood ’80
Dean, University of Idaho College of Science
Nancy Roob ’87
President, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Stephen R. Foley ’84
former Commander, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)
Christine Laine ’83
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (youngest in the journal's history)
Jane Mason ’89
Writer/Editor of Children’s Books; former Senior Editor, LucasFilm
Kamila Shamsie ’94
Author, Salt and Saffron, Kartography, Broken Verses, Burnt Shadows
Gillian Zucker ’90
President of Business Operations, Los Angeles Clippers; former President, Auto Club Speedway of Southern California
Johannes Burlin ’87
Managing Partner, Linden Life Science; former President, Silliker North America; former President and CEO, Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (working on AIDS vaccine)
Michael N. Castle ’61
Former U.S. Representative; former Governor of Delaware
Katherine Ertsgaard ’83
Executive Director, Rochester City Ballet/Draper Center for Dance
Joel Johnson ’65
Retired Chairman, President,and CEO, Hormel Foods Corp.
Silas Keehn ’52
Retired President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Paul Lieberstein ’89
Writer, Producer and Actor, The Office (2006 Emmy for Best Comedy Series)
Michael Mathres ’96
Vice President and Head of Strategic Projects, MOOTRAL at Zaluvida; Founder and Director, Climate Capital Network; recipient of the 2004 Millenium Prize for Social Entrepreneurship
John Rice ’78
Chairman, GE Gas Power
Jim Rushton ’92
Chief Revenue Officer, Los Angeles Chargers
Thomas J. Schwarz ’66
President, SUNY Purchase
Jack Selby ’96
Managing Director, Thiel Capital; Founder, Grandmaster Capital Management LLC; former CEO, Clarium; Co-founder, PayPal
Susan Skerritt K’77
Senior Adviser, Promontory Financial Group; former Chairwoman, CEO and President, Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation
Ian Stewart ’83
former CEO, BNY Mellon Treasury Services, and former Chairman, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania
Henry Allen ’63
former Writer, The Washington Post; recipient of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize
Terry Brooks ’66
Fantasy Author, Shannara series, also author of the novelization of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Peter Cameron ’82
Author, Andorra, The Weekend, The City of Your Final Destination, Coral Glynn
Steve Culbertson ’79
President and CEO, Youth Service America
Marjory Abrams Edelston ’85
EVP and Chief Content Officer, Boardroom Inc. and Bottom Line Publications
Deborah Forte K’75
President, Silvertongue Films; former President, Scholastic Media
Joel Johnson ’65
Retired Chairman, President, and CEO, Hormel Foods Corp.
William H. Masters ’38*
Co-Founder, Masters & Johnson Institute
Thomas Meehan ’51
Playwright, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie, Space Balls, Rocky the Musical; 2001 Tony Award for The Producers and 2003 Tony for Hairspray
Peter Meinke ’55
Poet Laureate of Florida; past Director of the Eckerd College Writing Workshop; recipient of the 1986 Flannery O’Connor Award and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award
John Nichols ’62
Author, The Sterile Cuckoo
Christina H. Pearson ’95
Senior Director of Public Relations, Microsoft Corporation; former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
Sarah Rafferty ’93
Actress, Suits (USA Network)
Stuart L. Scott ’61
Retired Chairman and CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle
B.F. Skinner ’26*
Behavioral Psychologist
Christopher Whitcomb ’81
Author, Cold Zero and Black; former Special Agent, FBI
James P. Willse ’67
Former Editor, Newark Star-Ledger (2005 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting of breaking news)
Steve Wulf ’72
Founding Executive Editor, ESPN Magazine
Jaime Yordan ’71
Vice Chair, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.; former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Ellen Archer ’84
President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing
Steve Culbertson ’79
President and CEO, Youth Service America
Martha Denney ’82
Dean of the College, Haverford College
Brian Gallagher ’98
CEO, Reach Out and Read
Sir David Hayes ’81
Owner, The Argian Press; Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by decree of the President of France
A.G. Lafley ’69
Former President and CEO, Procter & Gamble
William E. Smith ’80
Assistant to the President & CEO, Minor League Baseball; former Senior Vice President/General Manager, Minnesota Twins
Marc Randolph ’80
Co-Founder, Netflix
David K. Smith ’79
Nuclear Security Coordinator (Forensics), International Atomic Energy Agency
Scott Wood ’80
Dean, University of Idaho College of Science
Sol M. Linowitz ’35*
Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Chairman of the Board of Xerox; Co-Negotiator of the Panama Canal Treaties; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Joel MacCollam ’68
President, World Emergency Relief; former CEO, A Child's Hope Fund
Clyde Tuggle ’84
Co-Founder, Pine Island Capital Partners; former Senior Vice President, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Coca-Cola Co.
Blake Darcy ’78
Founder, DLJ Direct; former CEO, Formula Investing LLC
John B. Emerson ’75
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Cynthia Sherwood Evans ’82
Chief Financial Officer, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Deirdre Fenton ’04
Producer, ESPN Films; 2016 Academy Award recipient for Best Documentary Feature for O.J. Made in America
John Hester ’69
Senior Advisor, MGM; former Senior Executive Vice President, Orion Pictures
John Hewko ’79
CEO and General Secretary, Rotary International; Vice President, Millennium Challenge Corp.
Silas Keehn ’52
Retired President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
William A. Kerr ’79
Former CAO - Global Operations and Technology, Bank of New York Mellon; former Co-Chair Europe, Bank of New York
Eric Kuhn ’09
Marketing & Business Development, Layer3 TV
Jack Levy ’75
Partner, Centerview Partners LLC; former Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions Dept., Goldman Sachs
Dan Nye ’88
Board of Directors, Rocket Lawyer; former CEO, LinkedIn
Stephen Sadove ’73
Retired Chairman and CEO, Saks Fifth Avenue
Thomas Tull ’92
Founder, Legendary Entertainment
David Weiss ’75
President and CEO, Global Communities (international development and humanitarian assistance organization)
John Kellogg Werner ’92
Vice President, Meta (augmented reality software); Founding Campus Director and former Managing Director, Citizen Schools
Robert Bernstock ’72
(History) President and Chief Executive Officer, USCI Company; former President, Mailing and Shipping Services, U.S. Postal Service; former President, Campbell Soup Company
Richard W. Couper ’44*
former President, The New York Public Library; former President, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Zeena Freeman ’89
former COO, Shyp; former President, Black Diamond
William A. Kerr ’79
Former CAO - Global Operations and Technology, Bank of New York Mellon; former Co-Chair Europe, Bank of New York
Michael Klosson ’71
Vice President of Policy and Humanitarian Response, Save the Children Foundation; former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus
A.G. Lafley ’69
Former President and CEO, Procter & Gamble
Edward “Alex” Lee ’72
Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America and Cuba
Brian Levin-Stankevich ’72
Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Xavier University; former President, Westminster College
Jack Levy ’75
Partner, Centerview Partners LLC; former Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions Dept., Goldman Sachs
David Morse ’74
Chief Communications Officer, The Atlantic Philanthropies; former Vice President of Communications, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Cameron “Kip ” Paine ’94
Vocalist with Chanticleer; recipient of 2000 Best Small Ensemble Grammy for Colors of Love
Neal Pilson ’60
President, Pilson Communications, Inc.; former Senior Vice President, CBS Broadcast Group; former President, CBS Sports
Michael Shapiro ’72
Director Emeritus, High Museum of Art
Roger G. Strand ’55
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court
Tom Vilsack ’72
President and CEO, U.S. Dairy Export Council; former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; former Governor of Iowa; Democratic Candidate for President in 2008
Christopher Whitcomb ’81
Author, Cold Zero and Black; former Special Agent, FBI
Stephanie Abarbanel ’73
Independent Writing and Editing Professional; former Senior Articles Editor, Woman's Day
Seth DuCharme ’92
Acting U.S. Attorney General for the Eastern District of New York
Margot Gilman ’81
Money Editor, Consumer Reports, former Executive Editor, Prevention Magazine
William Gaden ’84
Chief Operating Officer, Imagem Music Group; former Senior Vice President and General Manager, Rogers and Hammerstein Organization
William H. Luers ’51
Professor, Columbia University; Chairman and President, United Nations Association of the USA; former President, Metropolitan Museum of Art; former U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Venezuela
Melinda Wagner ’79
Composer; 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition
Marjory Abrams Edelston ’85
EVP and Chief Content Officer, Boardroom Inc. and Bottom Line Publications
Fabio Freyre ’83
Vice President of Advertising, Facebook; former Group Vice President, Corporate Sales and Marketing, Time Inc.; former Publisher, Sports Illustrated
Audrey Moore ’84
Executive Assistant District Attorney, Chief Diversity Officer, and Chief of the Special Victims Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney's Office
John B. Emerson ’75
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Sol M. Linowitz ’35*
Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Chairman of the Board of Xerox; Co-Negotiator of the Panama Canal Treaties; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Robert Moses ’56
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement; Founder and President, The Algebra Project
Edward S. Walker, Jr. ’62
former President and CEO, Middle East Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates
Michael Klosson ’71
Vice President of Policy and Humanitarian Response, Save the Children Foundation; former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus
Bill Harley ’77
Storyteller/Musician/Author for Children; 2007 Grammy for “Best Spoken Word for Children”
Richard Nelson ’72
Playwright, Some Americans Abroad
Gillian Zucker ’90
President of Business Operations, Los Angeles Clippers; former President, Auto Club Speedway of Southern California
John Hewko ’79
CEO and General Secretary, Rotary International; Vice President, Millennium Challenge Corp.
Deborah Forte K’75
President, Silvertongue Films; former President, Scholastic Media
Stryker J. McGuire ’69
Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets; former Editor, International Quarterly and Contributing Editor for Newsweek; former London Bureau Chief, Newsweek
Susan Skerritt K’78
Senior Adviser, Promontory Financial Group; former Chairwoman, CEO and President, Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation
Nat Faxon ’97
Actor, Screenwriter, Director and 2012 Academy Award recipient for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Descendants
Sarah Rafferty ’93
Actress, Suits (USA Network)
Rachel Tischler ’92
General Manager, Arden Theatre Company; former Vice President of Entertainment Operations, USO
Note: The major did not exist until well into the 20th century; most graduates simply received the A.B. degree
*Deceased
Sampling of Notable Alumni
Class of 1983
Mary Bonauto
Attorney, successfully argued gay marriage case before the U.S. Supreme Court (comparative literature and history double major)
Class of 1984
David Solomon
Chief executive officer, Goldman Sachs (government major)
Class of 2008
Sarah Maas
Best-selling author, Throne of Glass series (creative writing major)
Class of 1956
Robert Moses
Civil rights leader; founder, The Algebra Project (philosophy major)
Class of 1864
Elihu Root
U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of War, winner of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize
Class of 1990
Gillian Zucker
President of business operations, Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA (creative writing major)
Class of 1992
Thomas Tull
Founder, Legendary Entertainment media company; founder, Tulco data science company; minority owner, Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL (government major)
Class of 1972
Thomas Vilsack
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Barack Obama; former governor of Iowa (history major)
Class of 2016
Tsion Tesfaye
Entrepreneurial leadership fellow, African Leadership Academy; founder, Youth for Ethiopia (mathematics major)
Class of 2009
Eric Kuhn
Social media entrepreneur, talent agent, marketing executive, and Broadway co-producer (government major)
Class of 1983
Christine Laine
Physician and editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (biology major)
Class of 1926
B.F. Skinner
Behavioral psychologist (English literature major)
Class of 1985
Mason Ashe
Professional sports agent, named one of the 101 Most Important Minorities in Sports by Sports Illustrated (psychology major)
Class of 1993
Rachel Weiss
Vice president for digital innovation and entrepreneurship, L’Oreal (comparative literature major)