List of New York University alumni

This is a list of people associated with New York University.

Nobel Prizes

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Julius Axelrod	biochemist	MED 1941, M.Sc.	1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Saul Bellow	writer	professor	1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
Baruj Benacerraf	immunologist	professor 1956-1968	1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Mohamed ElBaradei	diplomat	LAW LL.M., 1967	2005 Nobel Peace Prize
Gertrude B. Elion	chemist	GSAS 1941	1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Robert F. Engle	economist	professor 1999-	2003 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Friedrich Hayek	economist	GSAS 1923-1924, postgraduate	1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
James Heckman	economist	associate adjunct professor 1972	2000 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Avram Hershko	chemist	adjunct professor 1998-	2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Eric R. Kandel	psychoanalyst, psychiatrist	MED 1955, M.D.	2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Arthur Kornberg	biochemist	MED, postgraduate	1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared with Ochoa
Wassily Leontief	economist	professor 1975-1999	1973 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Otto Loewi	physicist	professor 1940-1961	1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Robert S. Mulliken	physicist, chemist	professor 1926-1928	1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Gunnar Myrdal	economist	visiting professor	1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Severo Ochoa	physicist	professor 1942-1974	1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Edmund Phelps	economist	professor 1978-1979	2006 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Edward C. Prescott	economist	Shinsei visiting professor 2005-	2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Frederick Reines	physicist	GSAS 1944, Ph.D.	1995 Nobel Prize in Physics
Elihu Root	politician	LAW 1867, LL.B.	1912 Nobel Peace Prize
Paul A. Samuelson	economist	visiting professor	1970 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Clifford Shull	physicist	GSAS 1941, Ph.D.	1994 Nobel Prize in Physics
George Wald	scientist	WSC 1927, B.S.	1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Rosalyn Yalow	medical physicist	MED, coursework*	1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

National Medals of Science

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Kurt O. Friedrichs	mathematician	professor 1938-1974	1976 National Medal of Science recipient
Michael Heidelberger	immunologist	professor 1964-1991	1967 National Medal of Science recipient
Joseph B. Keller	mathematician	GSAS 1943-1948, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.	1988 National Medal of Science recipient
Peter Lax	mathematician	GSAS 1947, B.A., 1949, Ph.D.	1986 National Medal of Science recipient
Cathleen Synge Morawetz	mathematician	GSAS 1951, Ph.D.	1998 National Medal of Science recipient (the first woman to be awarded the medal)
Louis Nirenberg	mathematician	GSAS 1949, Ph.D.	1995 National Medal of Science recipient
Severo Ochoa	physicist	professor 1942-1974	1979 National Medal of Science recipient
Frederick Reines	physicist	GSAS 1944, Ph.D.	1985 National Medal of Science recipient
Albert Sabin	medical researcher	MED 1931, M.D.	1988 National Medal of Science recipient

Pulitzer Prizes

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Jorie Graham	Poet	undergraduate/Film	1996 Pulitzer prize for Poetry
Michael Gartner	journalist	LAW 1972, J.D.	2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Morton Gould	composer	CAS studied under Abby Whiteside	1995 Pulitzer Prize for Stringmusic
Galway Kinnell	poet	professor	1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Frank McCourt	author	CAS 1953, B.A.	1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing
George Perle	composer	GSAS 1956, Ph.D.	1986 Pulitzer Prize for Woodwind Quintet No. 4
Dorothy Rabinowitz	journalist and commentator	GSAS 1960, Ph.D.	2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
James Ford Rhodes	historian	CAS, 1865- *	1916 Pulitzer Prize for History of the Civil War
Harold C. Schonberg	music critic, journalist	GSAS 1939, M.A.,	1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
William Schuman	president, Juilliard School	STERN*	1943 Pulitzer Prize for "A Free Song"
John Patrick Shanley	playwright	STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.	2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Charles Simic	poet	CAS 1966, B.A.	1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (The World doesn`t end)
Neil Simon	playwright	CAS 1944 - 1945*	1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Lost in Yonkers)
Moneta Sleet Jr.	photojournalist	Master's in journalism	1969 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (Photo of grieving widow Coretta Scott King)
Irwin Unger	historian	professor	1965 Pulitzer Prize for History (The Greenback Era)
Doug Wright	playwright	TSOA 1987	2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Academy Awards

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Woody Allen	actor, director, screenwriter	TSOA 1953*	Academy Award 1977, Annie Hall; 1986, Hannah and her Sisters
Elmer Bernstein	composer	ARTS 1942, B.A.	Academy Award 1968, Thoroughly Modern Millie
John Canemaker	director	TSOA	Academy Award 2006, The Moon and the Son
Joel Coen	director	CAS, 1962-	Academy Award 1996, Fargo
Whoopi Goldberg	actress	GSAS, Ph.D. in literature	Academy Award 1990, Ghost
Louis Gossett, Jr.	actor, star basketball player	ARTS coursework*	Academy Award 1982, An Officer and a Gentleman
Marcia Gay Harden	actress	TSOA 1981, M.F.A.	Academy Award 2000, Pollock
Bernard Herrmann	composer	WSC student under Percy Grainger	Academy Award 1941, The Devil and Daniel Webster
Philip Seymour Hoffman	actor	TSOA 1989, B.F.A.,	Academy Award 2005, Capote
Angelina Jolie	actress	TSOA 1993*	Academy Award 1999, Girl, interrupted
Burt Lancaster	actor	TSOA coursework*	Academy Award 1960, Elmer Gantry
Charles Kaufman	playwright	TSOA 1980	Academy Award 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ang Lee	director	TSOA, M.F.A.	Academy Award 2005, Brokeback Mountain
Alan Menken	composer	CAS, B.A.	Academy Award 1995, Pocahontas; 1992, Aladdin; 1991, Beauty and the Beast
Carole Bayer Sager	lyricist, songwriter	CAS 1979, B.A.	Academy Award 1981, for "Arthur's Theme"
John Patrick Shanley	playwright	STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.	Academy Award 1987, Moonstruck
Oliver Stone	director, playwright	TSOA 1970, M.F.A.	Academy Award 1978, Midnight Express; 1986, Platoon; 1989, Born on the Fourth of July
Jim Taylor	playwright	TSOA 1996	Academy Award 2004, Sideways
Marisa Tomei	actress	TSOA 1983, B.F.A.	Academy Award 1992, My Cousin Vinny
Ken Perlin	professor at NYU	GSAS 1986, Ph.D.	Academy Award 1997, for the development of Perlin noise
Paul Francis Webster	lyricist	ARTS 1928 - 1930 *	Academy Award 1953, for "Secret Love"

Grammy Awards

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Cy Coleman	composer	STEINHARDT	Grammy Award 1993 for The Will Rogers Follies
Todd Coolman	jazz bassist	STEINHARDT	Grammy Award 2003 for Best Album Notes
Fred Ebb	lyricist	ARTS 1955, B.A.	Grammy Award 1967 for Cabaret
Evelyn Lear	soprano		Grammy Award 1966 for her performance of Berg's Wozzeck
Melissa Manchester	singer, actress	TSOA 1970-1971	Grammy Award 1982 for "You should hear how she talks about you"
Carole Bayer Sager	lyricist, songwriter	CAS 1979, B.A.	Grammy Award 1987 for "That's what's friends are for"
Wayne Shorter	saxophonist	STEINHARDT 1956, B.M.E.	Grammy Award 2004 for "Alegria"
Mary Wilson	singer	GAL, current student	Grammy Award 1999 and 2001 with "The Supremes"

Emmy Awards

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Woody Allen	director	TSOA 1953*	Emmy Award 1957
Vinnette Justine Carroll	playwright	GSAS 1946, M.A.	Emmy Award 1964 for "Beyond the Blues"
Cy Coleman	composer	STEINHARDT	Emmy Award
Tony Kushner	playwright	TSOA 1984, M.F.A.	Emmy Award
Don Hewitt	journalist	CAS*	Emmy Award for "60 minutes"
Debra Messing	actress	TSOA 1993, M.F.A.	Emmy Award 2003 for Will and Grace
Camryn Manheim	actress	TSOA 1987, M.F.A.	Emmy Award for The Practice
Terrance Moran	producer	STEINHARDT 1964, B.A.; 1965, M.A.; 1971, Ph.D.	Emmy Award 1987 for "McSorley's, New York"
Jeffrey Wright	actor	TSOA*	Emmy Award 2003

Tony Awards

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Trazana Beverley	actress	TSOA, B.F.A.	Tony Award 1976
Cy Coleman	composer, pianist	STEINHARDT	Tony Awards for City of Angels 1990, On the Twentieth Century 1978
Betty Comden	lyricist	STEINHARDT	Tony Award
Fred Ebb	lyricist	ARTS 1955, B.A.	Tony Award 1967for Cabaret
Tony Kushner	playwright	TSOA 1984, M.F.A.	Tony Award for best play, Angels in America
Idina Menzel	actress	TSOA 1993, B.F.A.	Tony Award as best actress in a musical for Wicked
John Patrick Shanley	playwright	STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.	Tony Award
George C. Wolfe	playwright	TSOA, M.F.A.	Tony Award 1996

MacArthur Fellowships

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Arthur G. Amsterdam	Professor of Law		1989 MacArthur Fellow
Milton Babbitt	Composer	ARTS 1935, B.A.	1986 MacArthur Fellow
Harold Bloom	Berg Professor of English		1985 MacArthur Fellow
Majora Carter	artist	TISCH, M.F.A.	2005 MacArthur Fellow
Joan Breton Connelly	Ass. Professor of Fine Arts		1996 MacArthur Fellow
Faye D. Ginsburg	Professor of Anthropology		1994 MacArthur Fellow
Fritz John	Professor of Mathematics		1984 MacArthur Fellow
Galway Kinnell	Professor of Creative Writing		1984 MacArthur Fellow
Sylvia A. Law	NYU Professor of Law	LAW 1968, J.D.	1983 MacArthur Fellow
David Levering Lewis	Professor of History		1999 MacArthur Fellow
Ruth Watson Lubic	Adjunct Professor		1993 MacArthur Fellow
Paule Marshall	Professor of English		1992 MacArthur Fellow
Deborah Meier	Research Scholar, Steinhardt		1987 MacArthur Fellow
Charles S. Peskin	Professor of Mathematics		1983 MacArthur Fellow
George Perle	Professor of Music	GSAS 1956, Ph.D.	1974 MacArthur Fellow
Robert Shapley	Professor of Neurology		1986 MacArthur Fellow
Charles Simic		ARTS 1966, B.A.	1983 MacArthur Fellow
Anna Deavere Smith	Professor of Performance Studies		1996 MacArthur Fellow
Deborah Willis	Professor of Photography		2000 MacArthur Fellow
Rita P. Wright	Professor of Anthropology		1988 MacArthur Fellow
Horng-Tzer Yau	Professor of Mathematics		2000 MacArthur Fellow

Alumni

Film, television, and theater

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Paul Thomas Anderson	filmmaker	TSOA 1993, M.F.A.	Magnolia, Boogie Nights
Alec Baldwin	actor	TSOA 1993, B.F.A.	The Hunt for Red October, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator
Kristen Bell	actress	TSOA*	Veronica Mars, Pulse
Julie Benz	actress	TSOA 1994, B.F.A.	Jawbreaker, Angel, Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Selma Blair	actress	TSOA*	The Fog, Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, Scream 2, Hellboy
Alexis Bledel	actress	TSOA*,	Gilmore Girls, Sin City
Barry Bostwick	actor	TSOA	Original Broadway Cast of Grease, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City
Martin Brest	director	TSOA 1973, B.F.A.	Beverly Hills Cop, Meet Joe Black, Gigli
James L. Brooks	producer	TSOA*	The Simpsons
Harry Carey	actor	LAW	Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Red River
Susan Cartsonis	president, Wind Dance Films	TSOA
Vinnette Justine Carroll	playwright	ARTS 1946, M.A.	first African American woman to direct on Broadway
Chris Columbus	director	TSOA	both Home Alone movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, Stepmom, first two Harry Potter movies, Rent
Bud Cort	actor	TSOA 1967-1969*	M*A*S*H
Billy Crudup	actor	TSOA 1994, M.F.A.	Sleepers, Big Fish
Billy Crystal	actor	TSOA 1970, B.F.A.	Analyze This/That, When Harry Met Sally
John Cusack	actor	TSOA*	High Fidelity, Con Air
Julie Delpy	actress	TSOA	Homo Faber, Three Colors: White
Amanda Detmer	actress	TSOA, M.F.A.
Michael Dougherty	writer	TSOA, M.F.A.	X2, Superman Returns
Kathryn Erbe	actor	TSOA*	What About Bob?, Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Raul Esparza	actor	TSOA 1992, B.F.A.
Wayne Federman	actor	TSOA*	Legally Blonde, 40-Year-Old Virgin, 50 First Dates, Max and Josh
Bridget Fonda	actress	TSOA 1987, B.F.A.	Doc Hollywood, Jackie Brown
Marc Forster	director	TSOA 1990-1993*	Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland
Melissa Gallo	actress	TSOA 2003, B.F.A.	One Life to live
Gina Gershon	actress	TSOA 1983, B.F.A.	The Insider, Showgirls
Whoopi Goldberg	actress	GSAS, Ph.D.	Ghost, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Lou Gossett	actor	CAS, 1959, B.A.	Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman
Bryan Greenberg	actor	TSOA*	Prime
Peter Gruber	CEO	STERN, M.B.A.	Mandalay Pictures
Matthew Gray Gubler	filmmaker, actor	TSOA 2002, M.F.A.	Criminal Minds, RV, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Regina Hall	actor	GSAS 1997, M.A.	Scary Movie
Wood Harris	actor	TSOA 1983, M.F.A.	Above The Rim
Anne Hathaway	actress	TSOA*	The Princess Diaries
Ethan Hawke	writer, actor	CAS*	Training Day, Dead Poets Society
Amy Heckerling	director	TSOA, B.F.A.	Look who's talking, Loser, Clueless
Philip Seymour Hoffman	actor	TSOA 1989, B.F.A.,	Capote, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Almost Famous
Todd Holoubek	actor	TSOA 2002, B.F.A.	MTV: The State
Wendy Hoopes	actor	TSOA 2002, B.F.A.	Spinster, Killing Cinderella, TV SHOW: Daria
Bryce Dallas Howard	actress	TSOA	The Village, Lady in the Water
Felicity Huffman	actress	TSOA	Transamerica, Desperate Housewives
Jim Jarmusch	director	TSOA*	Night on Earth
Kristen Johnston	actress	TSOA, B.F.A.	3rd Rock from the Sun
Jeffrey Katzenberg	producer	TSOA*	Shrek, Co-Founder of Dreamworks
Eriq La Salle	actor	TSOA, B.F.A.	"ER"
Daniel Dae Kim	Actor	TSOA 1996, M.F.A.	ABC series "Lost"
Stanley Kramer	producer	TSOA 1993, B.F.A.	High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac
Martin Kunert	writer, director, producer	TSOA	Voices of Iraq, MTV's Fear
Tony Kushner	playwright	TSOA 1984, M.F.A.	Tony Award
Ang Lee	director	TSOA, M.F.A.	Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility
Spike Lee	actor, director	TSOA 1982, M.F.A.	Malcolm X, Bamboozled, Jungle Fever
Thomas Lennon	actor, producer, screenwriter		MTV: The State, Reno 911!, Taxi (screenwriter)
Bai Ling	actress, model	TSOA 1991-??
Jesse L. Martin	actor	TSOA 1989, M.F.A.	Ed Green in "Law and Order", Rent
Mary Stuart Masterson	actress	TSOA*	Fried Green Tomatoes, The Postman
John C. McGinley	actor	TSOA	Intensity, Scrubs, Point Break
Ismail Merchant	producer	STERN, M.B.A.	co-founded Merchant Ivory Productions
Jesse Merz	actor, filmmaker	TSOA 1996, B.F.A.	My Own Private Idaho, Homeward Bound
Debra Messing	actress	TSOA 1987, M.F.A.	Will and Grace
Kate Mulgrew	actress	TSOA 1976, A.A.	Star Trek Voyager
Jeff Nimoy	voice actor, director	CAS, B.A.	Naruto, Digimon, Trigun
Jerry O'Connell	Actor	TSOA 1995, B.F.A.	Crossing Jordan, Mission to Mars
Ashley Olsen	actress	GAL, current student	Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute
Mary-Kate Olsen	actress	GAL, Dropped out	Factory Girl, Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute
Haley Joel Osment	actor	TSOA	The Sixth Sense, Pay It Forward, AI, Secondhand Lions
Ted Raimi	actor	B.A.	seaQuest DSV, Xena: Warrior Princess
Meg Ryan	actress	CAS, B.A.	When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, City of Angels, You`ve Got Mail
Adam Sandler	actor, comedian, producer	TSOA 1991, B.F.A.	Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy
Martin Scorsese	director	CAS 1964, B.A GSAS 1966, M.A.	The Aviator, Casino, Goodfellas, The last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver
Joshua Seth	voice actor, comedy hypnotist	CAS, 1991, B.A.	Digimon, Wolf's Rain, Trigun
John Patrick Shanley	playwright	TSOA 1977, M.A.	Moonstruck; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Sheetal Sheth	actress	TSOA 1997, B.A.	ABCD; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
M. Night Shyamalan	film director	TSOA	The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village
Neil Simon	playwright	ARTS 1944 - 1945*	The Odd Couple; winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Morgan Spurlock	director	TSOA, B.F.A.	Supersize Me
Barry Sonnenfeld	director	TSOA*	Men in Black
Maura Tierney	actress	TSOA*	ER, News Radio, Primary Colors
Chandra Wilson	actress	TSOA 1991, B.F.A.	Grey's Anatomy
Mara Wilson	actress	TSOA, current student	Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street
Doug Wright	playwright	TSOA 1987	Quills; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Press, literature and arts

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Demetri Martin*	Stand up comedian	LAW, J.D.	Comedian who appears on The Daily Show
Kenny Albert	sportscaster	CAS 1990, B.A.
Kathy Acker	author		Blood and Guts in High School
David Antin	poet	GSAS 1966, M.A.	recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry
Ted Baehr	media critic	LAW, J.D.	chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission
Maria Bartiromo	journalist	CAS, 1987 B.A.	News anchor on CNBC, has also written 2 books
Leonard Baskin	sculptor		noted for his bleak but impressive portrayals of the human figure
Rita Mae Brown	author	LAW 1964, M.A.	Rubyfruit Jungle
Candace Bushnell	columnist	CAS, B.A.	New York Observer: Sex and the City
Erin Clements	journalist	CAS, B.A.	TimeOut NY: Around Town Writer
Carson McCullers	novelist	GSAS*	author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Countee Cullen	poet	GSAS	author of Ballad of the Brown Girl, Color, Color
Miriam Davenport	painter and sculptor	IFA*
Midge Decter	journalist	ARTS*
Crystal Eastman	lawyer	LAW 1907, LL.B.	a leader in early 20th-century feminist and civil liberties activism
Wayne Federman	stand-up comedian	TSOA	comedian that appears on The Tonight Show
Tom Ford	designer	TSOA*	Design Director for Gucci
William Gaines	publisher	CAS 1948, B.A.	founder of MAD magazine
Michael Gartner	journalist	LAW 1972, J.D.	1997 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Yury Gitman	artist	TSOA M.F.A.	inventor of electronic art
Jorie Graham	poet	TSOA 1973, B.F.A.	known for complex metaphors and philosophical content
Adolph Green	lyricist and playwright	WSC 1938*	met Betty Comden at NYU
Sean Hannity	talk show host	coursework*	Co-Host of "Hannity and Colmes" on Fox News Channel
Joseph Heller	author	GSAS 1945*	"Catch-22"
Don Hewitt	journalist	coursework*	creator, "60 minutes"
William Lashner	author	LAW, J.D.	author of legal thrillers
Ira Levin	author	ARTS 1950, B.A.	known for the broadway musical "Deathtrap"
Paul Levinson	author, educator, media commentator	WSC 1974 B.A.; Steinhardt 1979 Ph.D.	author of The Plot To Save Socrates
Leonard Maltin	film critic	WSC, B.A. (journalism)	film critic on Entertainment Tonight
Leonard Michaels	author	WSC 1953, B.A.	essayist known for his compelling urban tales of whimsy and tragedy
Frank McCourt	author	WSC 1953, B.A.	1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing
Ken Munch	playwright	TSOA 1989 BFA	Author of The Amnesiac and Infection
William Phillips	editor	GSAS 1930, M.A.	cofounder of Partisan Review
James A. Porter	painter	GSAS, M.A.	African American painter and art historian
Dorothy Rabinowitz	journalist	GSAS 1960, Ph.D.	2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Charles Reznikoff	poet	LAW 1916, LL.B.	Objectivist Poet
Charlie Rose	journalist	coursework*	host of "60 minutes"
J.D. Salinger	author	coursework*	Catcher in the Rye
Ben Shahn	artist
John Patrick Shanley	playwright	STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.	recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Tony Award
Delmore Schwartz	poet		noted for lyrical descriptions of isolation and the search for identity
George Segal	sculptor	ENG 1950, B.S.	sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures
Robert Sobel	author	CAS 1957, Ph.d.	Noted business historian; author For Want of a Nail.
Danielle Steel	romance novel author	TSOA 1963 - 1967*
Darin Strauss	author	ENG 1996, M.F.A.	Guggenheim-winning novelist; Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy
Harold C. Schonberg	music critic	GSAS 1969, M.A.	1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Amy Vanderbilt	journalist		an acknowledged authority on manners, mores
Brian K. Vaughan	comic book writer		Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Pride of Baghdad
Saul Williams	poet	GSAS 1995, M.A.	The Seventh Octave, She, ,Said the Shotgun to the Head

Sports

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Anjelina Belakovskaia	grandmaster	GSAS 2001, M.S.	US Women's Chess Champion 1995, 1996, 1999
Moe Berg	baseball player	ARTS 1918-1919*	Major League baseball Player, spy, quiz show host
Gary Bettman	NHL Commissioner	LAW 1977, J.D.
Howard Cann	basketball coach		NYU basketball coach 1923-1958
Ben Carnevale	basketball coach		NYU basketball coach
Hank Greenberg	baseball player	coursework*
Happy Hairston	basketball player		NBA player, 1971 champion with the Los Angeles Lakers
Carol Heiss	figure skater	CAS	Gold Medal Winner, Olympic Winter Games 1960
Samuel Jones	athlete		Olympic Gold Medalist, high jump, 1902
Yong Sung Park	manager	STERN 1970, M.B.A.	President, International Judo Federation, Member of the IOC
Satch Sanders	basketball player		NBA player, 1961-1966, 1968-1969 champion with the Boston Celtics
Mika'il Sankofa	fencer	CAS, 1988	Olympic gold medalist, fencing, 1988, 1992
Robert Shmalo	figure skater	CAS	International ice dancing competitor
Ken Strong	football player	All-American, 1928	NFL Staten Island Stapletons, New York Giants 1929-1947, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967
Paul Tagliabue	NFL Commissioner	LAW 1965, J.D.
John Woodruff	athlete	ARTS 1939, GSAS 1941, M.A.	Olympic gold medalist, sprinter, 1936

Music

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Milton Babbitt	composer	B.A., 1935	1986 MacArthur Fellow, 1982 Pulitzer Prize special citation
Arthur Berger	composer	B.A., 1932
Cy Coleman	composer, pianist	STEINHARDT	Tony Award for City of Angels 1990, On the Twentieth Century 1978
Betty Comden	lyricist	STEINHARDT	partner of Adolph Green, recipient of several Tony Awards
Clive Davis	manager	CAS, B.A., 1953	founder, Arista Records
Neil Diamond	singer/songwriter	CAS, Hon. Ph.D. 2003
Carlos Dengler	musician	CAS	Interpol's bassist/keyboardist
Dave Douglas	jazz trumpeter	STEINHARDT, B.A.
Greg Drudy	musician	previous student	Interpol's first drummer
Fred Ebb	composer	B.A., 1939	1967 Tony Award, 1967 Grammy Award for Cabaret
Colleen Fitzpatrick	singer/songwriter	B.A., 1991	a.k.a. Vitamin C
Albert Hammond, Jr..	musician	TSOA	The Strokes' guitarist
Daniel Kessler	musician	previous student	Interpol's guitarist/backing vocalist
Elodie Lauten	composer	STEINHARDT 1986, M.A.
Tania Leon	composer, conductor	STEINHARDT	famous conductor, composer of "Scourge of Hyacinths",
Marvin David Levy	composer	STEINHARDT
Enoch Light	composer, recording engineer	STEINHARDT	pioneer of music recording
Melissa Manchester	singer/songwriter	independent studies, 1970 - 1971	1982 Grammy Award
Midori Goto	violinist	M.A., 2001
Carole Bayer Sager	songwriter and singer	B.A., 1979	1987 Grammy Award
Blake Schwarzenbach	songwriter, singer		Lead singer for bands Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil. Currently teaching English at Hunter College.
Eileen Southern	musicologist	STEINHARDT 1961, Ph.D.	first African American woman appointed a tenured full professor at Harvard
Wayne Shorter	saxophonist	STEINHARDT 1956, B.M.E.	among the most influential hard-bop and modal jazz saxophonists
Louise Talma	composer	B.A., 1927
Rick Rubin	Producer		Cofounder of Def Jam
Russell Simmons	Hip-hop Artist		Cofounder of Def Jam
Jerry Ross	composer	studied under Rudolph Schramm
Mary Wilson	singer	GAL	The Supremes

Business

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Warren Adler	businessman and novelist	B.A., 1949	author of War of the Roses and Random Hearts
Maria Bartiromo	television personality	CAS, B.A., 1987	Host of Market Week with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC
Marc Belzberg	business executive	STERN, M.B.A.	CEO of e-Sims
Edward H. Bersoff	businessman	STERN 1962-1968, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.	Chairman, Greenwich Associates
William R. Berkley	entrepreneur	STERN 1966, B.S.	President, WR Berkley Corp.
Thor Bjorgolfsson	entrepreneur	STERN, B.S., 1991	Iceland's first billionaire
Kevin Brine	entrepreneur	STERN 1981, M.B.A.	Brine Management LLC
Rohit Chaku	businessman	CAS B.A., 2002	Founder, J.Y. Associates
Ben Cohen	businessman	Art Therapy *	Founder, Ben & Jerry's
Jerome H. Coles	businessman, philanthropist	CAS B.A., 1935	namesake of NYU's Sports Center
Howard Cosell	sportscaster	CAS B.A., 1938; J.D. 1941
John J. Creedon	manager	STERN 1955, B.S. LAW 1957, J.D.	Former CEO and Chairman, MetLife
Marvin Davis	media executive	coursework*	CEO, Paramount Pictures
Renato A. DiPentima	manager	STERN, M.B.A.	President and chief executive, SRA International Inc.
Israel Englander	hedge fund manager	STERN, B.S. 1972	billionaire, head of Millenium Funds
Salvatore Ferragamo	manager	STERN, M.B.A.	Ferragamo Design
Richard S. Fuld	CEO	STERN 1973, M.B.A.	Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Tom Freston	CEO	STERN, M.B.A.	MTV Networks
Harvey Golub	banker	STERN 1961, B.S.	Chairman of American Express (1994-2001)
Alan Greenspan	banker	STERN 1948 1950 1977, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.	former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Robert Greifeld	CEO	STERN 1977, M.B.A.	CEO, NASDAQ
Harold Sydney Geneen	fmr. CEO, ITT	STERN 1941, B.S.	Investor, turnaround expert
H. Dale Hemmerdinger	businessman	WSC 1967	President, Hemmerdinger Foundation
Carl Icahn	Investor	#NYU medical school dropout*
Henry Kaufman	banker	STERN 1948, B.A., STERN 1958, Ph.D.	Wall Street financial consultant
Paul Kangas	journalist	STERN, M.B.A.	Host, Nightly Business Report
Herb Kelleher	entrepreneur	LAW 1955, LL.B.	Founder and CEO, Southwest Airlines
Abby F. Kohnstramm	Senior VP, IBM	STERN, M.B.A.
Eugene Kleiner	investor	M.A.,1948	one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins
Liliana Lovell	entrepreneur	STERN, M.B.A.	Founder of the Coyote Ugly Saloon
Jeffrey Koo	CEO	STERN 1962	China Trust Commercial Bank
Kenneth Langone	entrepreneur	STERN 1960, M.B.A.	Founder, Home Depot
Alan Levin	businessman	STERN 1976, M.B.A.	CFO, Pfizer
Paul Levitz	executive	coursework*	President of DC Comics, the oldest comic company in the U.S.
Martin Lipton	lawyer	LAW 1955, J.D.	Co-Founder, Lipton, Rosen, Wachtell, Katz
John C. Malone	CEO of Liberty Media	M.A.	billionaire
Monroe G. Milstein	business executive	STERN, M.B.A.	CEO, Burlington
Cathy Minehan	banker	STERN 1977, M.B.A.	President, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston
Joseph Nacchio	businessman	STERN 1970, B.S.	CEO, Quest
Roy Neuberger	businessman	coursework*	Founder, Neuberger & Berman
Dean R. O'Hare	businessman	STERN 1963, B.S.	CEO, Chubb Corp.
Park Chong-sup	business executive	STERN, M.B.A.	CEO, Hyundai Electronics Industries
Andrew J. Perlman	researcher	MED, MD. Ph.D.	Executive VP, Tularik Inc.
Chris Policinski	business executive	STERN 1982, M.B.A.	CEO, Land O'Lakes
Kenneth Quinn	business executive	STERN, M.B.A.	CEO, Citibank Canada
Marc Rich		CAS, B.A.	billionaire, commodities trader, criminal
Leonard Riggio	entrepreneur	STERN 1964, M.B.A.	CEO and owner, Barnes & Noble
Edouard de Rothschild	banker	STERN 1985, M.B.A.	Rothschild Banque
Allan L. Schuman	entrepreneur	STERN 1955, B.S.	CEO, Ecolab
Walter V. Shipley	banker	STERN 1956, B.S.	Chairman and CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank
Larry Silverstein	real estate developer	CAS B.A., 1952	Owner of World Trade Center site
Robert Soros	hedge fund manager	CAS B.A., 1986	Head of Soros fund Management, son of George Soros
Ernest E. Stempel	manager		former CEO, A.I.G.
Leonard N. Stern	CEO, The Hartz Group	STERN 1957, B.S., 1959, M.B.A.	Namesake of NYU's Stern School of Business
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs	banker	STERN, M.B.A.	GBS Finanzas
Henry Taub	president	STERN 1947, B.S.	Taub Foundation
Laurence Alan Tisch	entrepreneur	STERN 1942, B.Sc.	US Media Mogul, billionaire, President & CEO CBS
Francesco Trapani	business executive	STERN, M.B.A.	CEO of Bulgari
Christy Turlington	supermodel	GAL 1999, B.A.
Agnes Varis	entrepreneur	STERN 1979, M.B.A.	Founder of Aegis Pharmaceuticals
Peggy Yu	entrepreneur	STERN, M.B.A.	Founder of dangdang.com, the largest online Chinese language retailer
Mark Zinn	entrepreneur	STERN, 1987 B.S. Accounting/Philosophy	Class Action Claims Specialist

Politics and government

Members of the United States House of Representatives

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Jerome Anthony Ambro		B.A., 1955	United States House of Representatives
William Bernard Barry	D-NY 1935-1946	LAW LL.B., 1925	United States House of Representatives
Charles Robin Britt	D-NC 1983-1985	LAW LL.M., 1976	United States House of Representatives
Peter Angelo Cavicchia	R-NJ 1931-1937	LAW LL.B., 1908	United States House of Representatives (1931-1937)
Earl Thomas Coleman	D-MO 1976-1993	WAG 1963, M.P.A.	United States House of Representatives (1976-1993)
Maurice Connolly	D-IA 1921-1921	LAW LL.B., 1898	United States House of Representatives
Irwin Delmore Davidson		B.S., 1927, LAW LL.B., 1928	United States House of Representatives
Lawrence Joseph DeNardis		M.A., 1960; Ph.D., 1989	United States House of Representatives
Diana DeGette		LAW J.D., 1982	United States House of Representatives (1997-)
Steven Boghos Derounian		B.A., 1938	United States House of Representatives
Isidore Dollinger		B.C.S., 1925	United States House of Representatives (1949-1959)
Fred J. Eckert		LAW Postgraduate Work	United States House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador
Francis Edwin Dorn		Wagner, 1936*	United States House of Representatives
Smith Ely		LAW LL.B., 1846	United States House of Representatives
Leonard Farbstein		LAW LL.B. 1924	United States House of Representatives (1957-1971)
Hamilton Fish, Jr.		LAW LL.B. 1957	United States House of Representatives (1969-1995)
Cornelius Edward Gallagher		LAW Postgraduate 1948	United States House of Representatives (1959-1973)
Jacob A. Geissenhainer		LAW LL.B., 1862	United States House of Representatives
Benjamin A. Gilman		LAW LL.B., 1950	United States House of Representatives (1983-2003)
Anthony Jerome Griffin		LAW LL.B., 1892	United States House of Representatives (1918-1935)
Frank Joseph Guarini		LAW, J.D., 1950, LL.M., 1955	United States House of Representatives (1979-1993)
Cecil Landau Heftel		Graduate Work	United States House of Representatives(1977-1986)
Rush Holt		GSAS, M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1981	United States House of Representatives (1999-)
Stanley Nelson Lundine		LAW 1964, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives(1976-1987)
Mitchell Jenkins		LAW 1926, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Edward Aloysius Kenney		LAW LL.B. 1908	United States House of Representatives(1933-1938)
Eugene James Keogh		STERN, B.S.	United States House of Representatives (1937-1967)
Arthur George Klein		LAW 1926, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives (1946-1956)
Fiorello LaGuardia		LAW 1908, LL.B.,	United States House of Representatives (1916-1934)
			Mayor of New York City (1934-1945)
Jefferson Monroe Levy		LAW 1873, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives (1911-1915)
John MacCrate		LAW 1906, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Vito Marcantonio		LAW, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Raymond Joseph McGrath		M.A., 1968	United States House of Representatives (1981-1993)
Allan Langdon McDermott		LAW 1877, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives (1900-1907)
Thomas Joseph Meskill		LAW 1955, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives, Governor of Connecticut
Denis O`Leary		LAW 1890, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Nathan David Perlman		LAW LL.B. 1907	United States House of Representatives (1920-1927)
Anning Smith Prall		LAW 1908, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives(1923-1935)
Benjamin Rabin		LAW 1917, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Leo Frederick Rayfiel		LAW 1908, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Charles B. Rangel		LAW 1957, B.S.	United States House of Representatives
B. Caroll Reece		LAW 1916, M.A.	United States House of Representatives(1921-1961)
Matthew John Rinaldo		WAG 1979, M.P.A.	United States House of Representatives (1973-1993)
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal		LAW 1952, LL.M.	United States House of Representatives (1962-1983)
Chris Shays		STERN 1974, M.B.A. WAG 1978, M.P.A	United States House of Representatives
Isaac Siegel		LAW 1901, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Daniel Edgar Sickles		LAW 1846, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Andrew Lawrence Somers		coursework*	United States House of Representatives
James Tallmadge, Jr.		1st President of NYU	United States House of Representatives (1817-1819)
Ludwig Teller		LAW 1935, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives (1957-1961)
Herbert Tenzer		LAW 1927, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Nydia Velázquez		M.A., 1976	United States House of Representatives ([1992]-)
Elijah Ward		LAW 1943, LL.B.	United States House of Representatives
Arthur Vivian Watkins		1909-1910	United States House of Representatives
Leo C. Zeferetti		1963*	United States House of Representatives

Members of the United States Senate

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
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		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		LAW 1841 LL.B.	United States Senate, Governor of New York
Arthur Walsh		STERN 1915	United States Senate

Government, international organizations and other

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Lamar Alexander		LAW 1965, J.D.	U.S. Secretary of Education
Gloria Allred	feminist lawyer	GSAS M.A., 1971	Category:New York University alumni
Ruth Balser	legislator	Ph.D.	member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998 - present)
Carol Bellamy	lawyer	LAW J.D., 1968	Executive Director, UNICEF
David Boies	lawyer	LAW LL.M., 1967	United States v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore
Cristina Federica de Borbon	Princess of Spain	GSAS M.A., 1991
Thomas Buergenthal	legal scholar	LAW J.D., 1960	Judge, International Court of Justice (2000 -)
Eugene Chien	politician	GSAS Ph.D., 1973	Secretary of State, Taiwan
Roberto de Oliveira Campos	diplomat	graduate work	Brazilian Politician and Legislator, ambassador to the U.S. and UK
Richard Campagna	lawyer	M.A.	Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Candidate
Sripati Chandrasekhar	Indian politician	GSAS Ph.D., 1944	Indian Minister of Health and Family Planning under Indira Gandhi
Dae-Whan Chang	Korean businessman	GSAS Ph.D., 1987, M.A., 1985	Prime Minister - designate, South Korea
Clay Constantinou	diplomat	LAW LL.M., 1986	U.S. Ambassador to Luxemburg
Doris Ling-Cohan	judge	LAW J.D., 1979	Judge, New York State Supreme Court
Stavros Dimas	politician	GSAS M.A., 1969	European Commissioner for the Environment
William Donohue		GSAS Ph.D., 1980	President, Catholic League
William Henry Draper Jr	diplomat	GSAS M.A., 1917	Under Secretary of War and the Army
Nabil Elaraby	legal scholar	LAW LL.M., 1969; J.S.D., 1971	Judge, International Court of Justice
Mohamed ElBaradei	diplomat	LAW LL.M., 1967	Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997-)
Mark Everson	politician	GSAS M.S., 1977	U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Robert Patrick John Finn	diplomat	M.A.	U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Abraham Foxman	politician	LAW J.D.	President of the Anti-Defamation League
Louis Freeh	politician	LAW LL.M., 1984	FBI Director (1993-2001)
Guillermo Endara Galimany		Postgraduate work, NYU Law	President of Panama (1989-1994)
John William Gilbert	politician	??	Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom
Rudy Giuliani	politician	LAW J.D., 1968	Mayor of New York City (1994-2001)
Nancy Grace		LAW LL.M.	Court TV host
Muhammad Hassanein	politician	GSAS M.A., 1966	Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt
Dorothy Height	activist	ARTS B.A., GSAS M.A., 1930	American civil and women's rights activist
Heather M. Hodges	diplomat	M.A.	U.S. Ambassador to Moldova
T. J. Jemison	cleric	??	President of the National Baptist Convention from 1982 to 1994
Lazarus Joseph	government executive	??	N.Y. State Senator (21st District 1934-44, 24th District 1945) and Comptroller of the City of New York (1946-1954)
Meir Kahane	politician	GSAS M.A., 1957	Leader of the Kach political party in the Israeli Knesset
Judith Kaye	legal scholar	LAW LL.B., 1958	Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Raymond W. Kelly	government executive	LAW LL.M.	Police Commissioner of New York, Under Secretary of the Treasury
John F. Kennedy, Jr.	lawyer, journalist	LAW J.D., 1989	Son of President John F. Kennedy
Chen Li-an	politician	GSAS Ph.D.	Secretary of Defence, Taiwan (1990-1993), President of the Control Yuan
Marie-Chantal Miller	wife	IFA	Princess of Greece
Robert Mueller	politician	GSAS M.A. 1967	FBI Director under George W. Bush
Romulus Neagu	politician	GSAS MA	Member of the Romanian Parliament, Ambassador
Gonzalo Parra Aranguren	legal scholar	LAW LL.M., 1952	Judge, International Court of Justice
John F. Pierce	politician	STERN	Governor of the Central Bank in Trinidad and Tobago
Adam Shapiro	Political activist	GSAS M.A	Co-Founder, International Solidarity Movement
David Steinmann	lawyer, banker, chairman of JINSA	CAS B.A., 1962	Chairman, JINSA
Park Yong Sung	politician	STERN M.B.A.	Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce
Samuel Pierce	government executive	LAW LL.M., 1952	United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff		B.A., 1929	United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Elihu Root		LAW 1867, LL.B.	Secretary of War (1899-1903), Secretary of State (1905-1909)
Clifford Sobel	diplomat	STERN B.S., 1972	U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah	diplomat	STERN graduate studies	minister of communication, ambassador to the U.S. of the Republic of Ghana
Christopher A. Thomas	ambassador	GSAS M.A., International Relations	Chairman, Inter-American Economic Council
James Lopez Watson	legal scholar	B.A., 1947	Judge, United States Court of International Trade
Ernst Joseph Walch	politician	LAW M.C.J., 1981	Secretary of State of Liechtenstein
Edwin D. Williamson	government executive	LAW J.D., 1964	Director, White House Office of Government Ethics
Benjamin H. Wu	government executive	B.A., 1985	Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce
Ma Ying-jeou	politician	LAW LL.M., 1976	Major of Taipei, Taiwan Minister of Justice
Mary Carlin Yates	diplomat	M.A., Ph.D.	U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana

Spies

Name
Gaik Ovakimian	also known as	Nolan Thomas	spy

Humanities and social sciences

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Nicanor Reyes, Sr.	educator	STERN, 1917, B.A.	Founder and 1st President of the Far Eastern University in the Manila, Philippines
Edward J. Bloustein	educator	CAS, B.A.	President of Rutgers University
Frank A. Cipriani	educator	GSAS, Ph.D.	President of the University of the State of New York at Farmingdale
Hugh M. Gloster	educator	GSAS, 1943, Ph. D:	fifth president of Morehouse College
Friedrich Hayek	economist	GSAS 1923-1924, postgraduate	1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Gabriel Hawawini	educator	GSAS 1977, Ph.D.	Dean, INSEAD
Morris Janowitz	sociologist	CAS 1941, B.A.	made major contributions to sociological theory
Richard M. Joel	educator	LAW, J.D.	4th President of Yeshiva University
Kim, Won-yong	archaeologist	PhD, 1959	'Father of Korean Archaeology', Prof. Seoul National University
Paul Kurtz	philosopher	WSC 1948, B.A.	(The Pope of Unbelievers)
Katharine Culbert Lyall	educator	STERN 1969, M.B.A.	President, University of Wisconsin
James Milliken	philosopher	CAS 1969, B.A.	President of the University of Nebraska
Marc Gustafson	entrepreneur	CAS 2007, B.A.	founder of Reach the World and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship
Leonard Peikoff	philosopher (objectivism)	GSAS 1964, Ph.D.	Intellectual Heir of Ayn Rand leading figure of Objectivism
James Ford Rhodes	historian	1865*	1916 Pulitzer Prize for History of the Civil War
Robert N. Sobel	historian	1957, Ph.D.	Historian best remembered for his business histories
Jan Zaprudnik	historian	1969, Ph.D.	Leader of the Belarusian community in the US
Howard Zinn	Historian	CAS 1951, B.A.	author of A People's History of the United States
Dr. Abraham M. George	Philanthropist and Entrepreneur	Stern 1973, M.B.A, 1975, PhD.	Founder of The George Foundation and Multinational Computer Models

Medicine

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Julius Axelrod	biochemist	MED 1941, M.Sc.	1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Arthur Agatston	cardiologist	MED 1973, M.D.	author of "The South Beach Diet"
Frederick Cook	explorer	MED 1890, M.D.
Fred J. Epstein	pediatric neurosurgeon	WSC 19??, B.A.
Henry Lee	criminologist	MED 1974-1975, M.S., Ph.D.	One the world's foremost forensic scientists
Maclyn McCarty	geneticist	MED 1940 - 1941, Research Fellow	demonstrated that DNA transmits genetic traits
Walter Reed	medical researcher	MED	discovered the mosquito transmisison of yellow fever
Albert Sabin	medical researcher	MED 1931, M.D.	developer of the oral vaccine for polio
Arthur M. Sackler	physician, medical publisher	MED, M.D.	founder, Creedmore Institute of Psychobiological Studies
Stephen Smith	physician	MED, M.D.	Founder, American Public Health Assiciation
Jonas Salk	medical researcher	MED 1938, M.D.	discoverer of the Salk vaccine (the first polio vaccine)

Science and technology

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
E. Lloyd Du Brul	dentist, anatomist	DENT 1937, D.D.S.	Author of Sicher and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy
Gertrude B. Elion	chemist	MED 1941, M.Sc.	1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Avery Fisher	inventor	ENG 1929, B.S.	inventor of the first stereo radio-phonograph
Corwin Hansch	mathematician	GSAS Ph.D.	inventor of the Hansch equation
Steve Holt	scientist	GSAS 1966, Ph.D.	Director, NASA Godard Space Flight Center
Eric R. Kandel	psychoanalyst, psychiatrist	MED 1955, M.D.	2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Peter Lax	mathematician	GSAS 1947, B.A., 1949, Ph.D.	2005 Abel Prize laureate
Martin Hellman	cryptologist	GSAS 1966, B.A.,	invented the public key cryptography
Marvin S. Housman	businessman	MED, M.D.	Chairman, CEO of Axonyx
John Harvey Kellogg	businessman	MED, 1875	Co-Inventor of Kellogg's cereals
Anne Kinney	scientist	GSAS 1984, Ph.D.	Director, Physics and Astronomy Division at NASA
Lee M.E. Morin	astronaut	MED 1978-1982, M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D.
Frederick Reines	physicist	GSAS 1944, Ph.D.	1995 Nobel Prize in Physics
Clifford Shull	physicist	GSAS 1941, Ph.D.	1994 Nobel Prize in Physics
John Wellborn Root	architect	ARTS 1969, B.S.	Inventor of the floating raft system
Dennis Tito	businessman	CAS 1962, B.A.	first commercial space flight customer
Alfred Vail	inventor	1836, B.A.	inventor of the Morse code
George Wald	scientist	WSC 1927, B.S.	1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Robert M. White	flight engineer	ENG 1951, B.S.	Air Force Test Pilot
Minoru Yamasaki	architect	GSAS 1951, M.A.	works include the World Trade Center

Fictional

The following are characters in film, television, literature, and other media that have a connection to the university:

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
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
Charlie of Spin City		played by Charlie Sheen	Mayor's Chief of Staff
Finch			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			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 Nicholas Cage	in Family Man
Alvy Singer		played Woody Allen	in Annie Hall
Dalton			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)
Naina Catherine Kapoor		played by Preity Zinta	in Kal Ho Naa Ho

Notable faculty

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Edward Altman	economist	Professor, 1977 -	Inventor of the "Z-Score"
Henry Martyn Baird	historian	B.A., 1850, Professor 1859 - 1906	Historian of the Huguenots
William Baumol	economist	professor	member, National Academy of Science
Saul Bellow	writer	Professor	1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
Baruj Benacerraf	immunologist	Professor 1956-1968	1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Carl Bernstein	journalist	Professor	1973 Pulitzer Prize (Watergate)
Marsha Berger	mathematician	professor	member, National Academy of Science
Ben Bernanke	economist	Visiting Professor 1993	Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Ned Block	philosopher	Professor 1996-	contributed to matters of consciousness and cognitive science
Steven Brams	political scientist	Professor 1969 -	best known for his research on voting systems and approval voting
McGeorge Bundy	politician	Professor of History (1979-1989)	National Security Advisor under John F. Kennedy
Norman Cantor	historian	Professor 1978-2004	eminent medievalist
Jorge Castañeda	politician	Visiting Professor	Secretary of State of Mexico
Domingo Cavallo	politician	Guest Lecturer	former Minister of Finance, Republic of Argentina
Jeff Cheeger	mathematician	professor	member, National Academy of Science
Stephen Cohen	historian	Professor	eminent scholar on history and foreign relations of Russia
Richard Courant	mathematician		noted for the development of the finite element method
Peter F. Drucker	economist	Professor, 1950-1972	major contributor to management theory
E.L. Doctorow	novelist	Professor	author of Ragtime
Robert F. Engle	economist	Professor 1999-	2003 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Niall Ferguson	historian	Professor	best known for "Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World"
Erich Fromm	psychoanalyst	Professor of psychiatry 1962 - 1974	internationally renowned German-American psychologist and philosopher.
Carol Gilligan	ethicist	Professor	best known for her on ethical community and ethical relationships
Stephen Jay Gould	biologist	Vincent Astor Visiting Professor	known for his development of the evolutionary biology theory of Punctuated equilibrium and his scientific writings
Percy Grainger	composer	Professor 1932-1940	inventor of the "Free Music Machine", the forerunner of the synthesizer.
Mikhail Gromov	mathematician	Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics	made major contributions to metric geometry and symplectic geometry
Avram Hershko	chemist	Adjunct Professor 1998-	2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Sidney Hook	philosopher	Professor, 1927-1972	prominent philosopher who championed pragmatism
Tony Judt	historian	Professor	director of Erich Maria Remarque Institute and author of "Postwar"
Elias Khoury	novelist	Professor	Lebanese writer and critic
Saul Krugman	pediatrictian	Professor	developed first vaccine against Hepatitis B.
Spike Lee	Director, Actor, Producer, Social Activist	Professor	Film professor in the Tisch School of the Arts
Wassily Leontief	economist	Professor 1975-1999	1973 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Otto Loewi	physicist	Professor 1940-1961	1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Elizabeth McHenry	African American studies	Professor
Colin McLeod	geneticist	Professor 1941-1970	established that genes are made of DNA
Robert S. Mulliken	physicist, chemist	Professor 1926-1928	1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Gunnar Myrdal	economist	Visiting Professor	1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Ludwig von Mises	economist	Professor 1945-1969	leader of the Austrian School of Economics
Samuel Morse	inventor	Professor 1832-??	inventor of the Morse Code
Galway Kinnell	poet	Professor 1993 -	1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Pierre N. Leval	legal scholar	Professor	Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Theodor Meron	legal scholar	Professor	President, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Thomas Nagel	philosopher	Professor	scholar, philosophy of mind
Ronald K. Noble	attorney	Professor of Law	Interpol Secretary General 2000-Present
Bertell Ollman	political scientist	Full Professor
Ngugi wa Thiongo	author	Visiting Professor	Kenyan activist
Conor Cruise O'Brien	Irish politician and academic	Professor
Severo Ochoa	physicist	Professor 1942-1974	1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Henry Bamford Parkes	historian	Professor	author of Gods and Men, The Origins of Western Culture and A History of Mexico
Adam Penenberg	journalist	Professor	uncovered the journalistic fraud of The New Republic reporter Stephen Glass
F.E. Peters	Islamicist Historian	Professor 1961-	pioneer in comparative study of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Neil Postman	media theorist	1959-2003	author, Amusing Ourselves to Death; founder, Media ecology program
Joseph Ransohoff	physician	Professor at NYU 1962-1992
Curt Sachs	musicologist	Professor at NYU 1937-1953	co-author of the Sachs-Hornbostel scheme
Paul A. Samuelson	economist	Visiting Professor	1970 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
Thomas Sargent	economist	Professor	one of the leaders of the rational expectations revolution
Bob Shrum	politician	Professor	Democratic Political Consultant
Alan Sokal	physicist	Professor	known for the Sokal Affair
Darin Strauss	Novelist	Adjunct Professor 2000-Present	Author of Chang & Eng and The Real McCoy; 2005 teaching award-winner
Henry Tappan	philosopher	Professor of philosophy	First President of the University of Michigan
Allen Tate	poet	Professor 1948-1951	author, "Ode To the Confederate Dead"
Lewis Thomas	physician	Dean, NYU School of Medicine
Vivien Goldman	musician and music journalist	Professor, Clive Davis School of Recorded Music	Wrote the first biography of Bob Marley
Thomas Wolfe	novelist		famous American author
Cheryl D. Mills			former Deputy Counsel to President Clinton; lead defense attorney in his 1999 Senate Impeachment

Other important NYU people

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
Sir Harold Acton	historian	major benefactor	donated the Villa LaPietra Campus to NYU
Elmer Holmes Bobst	pharmaceutical executive	major benefactor	namesake of NYU's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
Kevin Brine	consultant	major benefactor
Charles Butler (NYU)	lawyer	president of council	began in 1835
Albert Gallatin		founding father of NYU	Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson
Martin Kimmel	philantrophist	major benefactors	namesake of NYU's Kimmel Center for Student Life
Morgan Lewis	politician	one of the founding fathers of NYU	Governor of New York (1804-1807)
Michael Steinhardt	philantrophist	major benefactors	namesake of NYU's Steinhardt School of Education
Leonard N. Stern	investor	major benefactor	namesake of NYU's Stern School of Business
Preston Tisch	entrepreneur	major benefactor	namesake of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts

New York University Presidents

Name	Occupation	Relation to NYU	Noted for
James M. Matthews		1st President of NYU	(1831-1839)
Theodore Frelinghuysen		2nd President of NYU	(1839-1850), Secretary of State, U.S. Senator
Isaac Ferris		3rd President of NYU	(1853-1870)
Howard Crosby		4th President of NYU	(1870-1881)
John Hall		5th President of NYU	(1881-1891)
Henry Mitchell MacCracken		6th President of NYU	(1891-1911) developer of the University Heights Campus
Elmer Ellsworth Brown		7th President of NYU	(1911-1933)
Harry Woodburn Chase		8th President of NYU	(1933-1951)
James Loomis Madden		Acting Chancellor	(1951-1952)
Henry Townley Heald		9th President of NYU	(1952-1956)
Carroll Vincent Newsom		10th President of NYU	(1956-1962)
James McNaughton Hester		11th President of NYU	(1962-1975)
John C. Sawhill		12th President of NYU	(1975-1980)
Ivan Loveridge Bennett		Acting President	(1980-1981)
John Brademas		13th President of NYU	(1981-1991), United States House of Representatives
L. Jay Oliva		14th President of NYU	(1991-2002)
John Sexton		15th President of NYU	(2003- )

(*did not graduate)

The following abbreviations are used to represent NYU schools and colleges:

CAS	College of Arts and Science
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-now CAS)
LAW	School of Law
MED	School of Medicine
SSW	Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
STEINHARDT	Steinhardt School of Education
STERN	Leonard N. Stern School of Business
TSOA	Tisch School of the Arts
ARTS	University College of Arts and Sciences (discontinued/merged-now CAS)
WAG	Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
WSC	Washington Square College (disconinued/merged-now CAS)