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*[[Ernesto Quiñonez]] 1996 (BA, MA) national bestselling author of ''Bodega Dreams'' and other titles.
*[[Ernesto Quiñonez]] 1996 (BA, MA) national bestselling author of ''Bodega Dreams'' and other titles.
*[[A.H. Raskin]] - former labor editor, ''[[The New York Times]]''.
*[[A.H. Raskin]] - former labor editor, ''[[The New York Times]]''.
*[[Robert Rosen (writer)|Robert Rosen]] 1974 - author of the best-selling biography ''[[Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon]]''.
*[[Robert Rosen (writer)|Robert Rosen]] 1974 (BA, MA) - author of the best-selling biography ''[[Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon]]''.
*[[A.M. Rosenthal]] 1949 - former executive editor of ''[[The New York Times]]''.
*[[A.M. Rosenthal]] 1949 - former executive editor of ''[[The New York Times]]''.
*[[Henry Roth]] - novelist, author of ''[[Call It Sleep]]''
*[[Henry Roth]] - novelist, author of ''[[Call It Sleep]]''

Revision as of 15:47, 23 September 2009

Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of the City College of New York.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Nobel laureates

Politics, government, sociology, and philosophy

Psychology

The arts

Literature and journalism

Science and technology

  • Solomon A. Berson 1938 - medical scientist at Mt. Sinai Hospital who would probably have won a Nobel with his colleague Rosalyn Yalow had he not died prematurely
  • Julius Blank - engineer, member of the Traitorous Eight that founded Silicon Valley
  • Charles DeLisi 1963 (BA) - scientist, "Father of the Human Genome Project"
  • Joel S. Engel 1957 - scientist and electrical engineer instrumental in mobile phone technology
  • Adin Falkoff - engineer, computer scientist, co-inventor of the APL language interactive system
  • Jeffrey Flier 1969 - dean, Harvard Medical School
  • Wolcott Gibbs - distinguished chemistry professor at the Free Academy
  • George Washington Goethals 1887 - civil engineer, supervised the construction and opening of the Panama Canal
  • Joseph Goldberger - Started in engineering; transferred to Bellevue Hospital Medical School. Discovered that B vitamin deficiency was cause of pellagra; paved way for Elvehjem to narrow cause to vitamin B3
  • Dan Goldin - served as the 9th and longest-tenured administrator of NASA.
  • Andrew S. Grove 1960 - ChE. Founder and Former Chairman of Intel Corp. Dr. Grove donated $26 Million, the largest gift ever received by the City College of New York.
  • Herman Hollerith - early computer pioneer, invented Key punch
  • Robert E. Kahn - Internet pioneer, co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocol, co-recipient of the Turing Award in 2004
  • Michio Kaku - CCNY professor; theoretical physicist and co-founder of string field theory
  • Gary A. Klein 1964 - research psychologist, known for pioneering the field of naturalistic decision making
  • Leonard Kleinrock 1957 - Internet pioneer
  • Solomon Kullback - Mathematician; NSA cryptology pioneer
  • Arthur J. Levenson - Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, National Security Agency official, cryptographer, mathematician[4][5]
  • Michael A. Liguori 1979 - listed among the New York area's 100 best primary care doctors by New York Magazine
  • Albert Medwin 1949 BSEE - engineer and inventor, developed CMOS integrated circuit technology
  • Lewis Mumford - historian of technology; author of The City in History
  • Charles Lane Poor - noted astronomer
  • Jacob Rabinow - an engineer and an inventor. He earned a total of 230 U.S. patents on a variety of mechanical, optical and electrical devices. Mainly in defense systems, and eventually became Chief of the Electro-Mechanical Ordnance Division at NBS. Scientific achievements: Among them are the President's Certificate of Merit (1948), the Industrial R&D Scientist of the Year Award (1960), the IEEE's Harry Diamond Award (1977), and the Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award (1998). He published his book, Inventing for Fun and Profit, in 1989
  • Haskell Reich - physicist and scientist for IBM Research. He did his undergraduate degree at City College, and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1955, joining the research team of Dr. Richard Garwin at Watson Labs.[6][7]
  • Howard Rosenblum 1950 BSEE - NSA Engineer; developer of the STU (Secure Telephone Unit)
  • Mario Runco Jr. 1974 - astronaut.
  • Jonas Salk 1934 - inventor of the Salk vaccine (see polio vaccine)
  • Philip H. Sechzer 1934 - anesthesiologist, pioneer in pain management; inventor of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
  • Abraham Sinkov - Mathematician; NSA (National Security Agency) cryptology pioneer
  • David B. Steinman 1906 - engineer; bridge designer (Class 1906)
  • Leonard Susskind 1962 - physicist, string theory
  • Milton Zaslow 1942 - cryptologist, ranking National Security Administration (NSA) official[8]
  • Benjamin W. Zweifach 1931 - Professor Emeritus Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego[9]

Business

Sports

  • Benny Friedman - outstanding quarterback at the University of Michigan and superb NFL player, coached the CCNY football team from 1935 to 1941
  • Red Holzman 1942 - All-American guard at CCNY, legendary basketball coach for the New York Knicks.[10]
  • Harold Goldsmith 1952 - a foil and épée fencer, won the 1952 NCAA foil championship, competed in three Olympiads for the US, won 2 Pan American Games gold medals and 2 silver medals
  • Henry Wittenberg - Olympic wrestler, won gold medal at 1948 Olympics and silver medal in 1952
  • Ed Warner - player involved in the CCNY basketball scandal [2]
  • Ed Roman - player involved in the CCNY basketball scandal [3]
  • Floyd Layne - player involved in the CCNY basketball scandal [4]; later coached the CCNY men's basketball team
  • Al Roth - player involved in the CCNY basketball scandal [5]

Fictional

Prestigious Scholarships

Rhodes Scholars

  • James T. Molloy 1939
  • Lev A. Sviridov 2005
  • David L.V. Bauer 2009

Fulbright Scholars

  • Vera Grant 1995
  • Vivian Ka 2000
  • Jessica Tibbets 2007
  • Corey E. Sullivan (MA) 2008

Goldwater Scholars

  • Lev A. Sviridov 2004
  • Philipa A. Njau 2005
  • David L.V. Bauer 2007
  • Itamar M. Belisha 2007

Truman Scholars

  • Charles Claudio Simpkins 2005
  • David L.V. Bauer 2008
  • Don Gomez 2009

References

  1. ^ Obituary: Professor Sidney Morgenbesser | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET
  2. ^ Tobias, Sigmund, Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai, University of Illinois Press, 1999.
  3. ^ Fox, Margalit. "Elsie B. Washington, a Novelist, Dies at 66", The New York Times, May 16, 2009. Accessed May 18, 2009.
  4. ^ Schudel, Matt, Arthur J. Levenson Obituary in the Washington Post - Wednesday, September 5, 2007
  5. ^ Arthur J. Levenson Biography - Arlington National Cemetery
  6. ^ "Obituary of Dr. Haskell Reich' - The New York Times, October 15, 1983.
  7. ^ Brennan, Jean Ford (1971). "The IBM Watson Laboratory at Columbia University: A History", Armonk, New York : IBM Corporation, February 18, 1971. Cf. p.37
  8. ^ Milton Zaslow page at the National Security Administration
  9. ^ Benjamin W. Zweifach page - Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
  10. ^ Berkow, Ira. "Red Holzman, Hall of Fame Coach, Dies at 78", The New York Times, November 15, 1998. Accessed September 15, 2008.
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