List of Alfred University people
This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Alfred University, located in Alfred, New York, US.
Alumni
Academia
- Eva Allen Alberti (1856-1938), dramatics teacher
- Marvin Bell, poet and author, known for protesting the Afghanistan and Iraq wars through his literary work
- Melvil Dewey, librarian, creator of the Dewey Decimal System, who attended in 1870 but did not graduate[citation needed]
- Michael Jones McKean, artist and educator whose emphasis on questioning object, time and anthropological norms have garnered international acclaim
Art
- Jerry Ackerman (MFA '52), mid-century modern industrial designer and ceramic artist
- Ying Miao , MFA 2009, mixed media contemporary artist
- Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist
- Arthur Eugene Baggs, ceramic artist and glaze chemist
- R. Guy Cowan, founder, Cowan Pottery
- Andrew Deutsch, electronic and sound artist
- Minhi Su England, glass artist, contestant on Season 3 of Blown Away
- Ken Ferguson, ceramist
- Creig Flessel, comic book artist and author
- Rob Forbes, ceramist, founder of Design Within Reach, and retailer PUBLIC Bikes.
- Julia Galloway, potter and educator
- Maija Grotell, ceramist
- Vivika Heino (MFA), ceramist, the second M.F.A. graduate from the ceramics program (following Daniel Rhodes)
- Ka Kwong Hui (BFA 1951, MFA 1952), potter, ceramist, and educator[1]
- Amy Karle, bioartist, provocateur and futurist.
- Jae Won Lee, ceramic artist and educator
- Charles Loloma, Hopi potter, business owner and director of plastic arts education
- Otellie Loloma, Hopi potter, dancer and art educator
- Nathan Lyons (1957),[2] founder, Director Emeritus of Visual Studies Workshop
- Kristen Morgin, sculptor
- Sandra Murchinson, multimedia artist and director of the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University
- Elizabeth Overbeck, ceramic artist, of the famed Overbeck Sisters
- Kenneth Price, modern ceramic sculptor[3]
- Daniel Rhodes, ceramist and noted author on ceramic technique
- Adelaïde Alsop Robineau, potter, china painter, one of the top ceramists at turn of the 19th century
- Annabeth Rosen, award-winning sculptor
- Siona Shimshi, painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer
- Robert C. Turner, ceramist, professor emeritus of ceramic art at Alfred till 1979.
- Betty Woodman, ceramic artist who studied at the School for American Craftsmen when it was located in the liberal arts program at Alfred University in 1948–49.
- Arnold Zimmerman, modern sculptor[citation needed]
Business
- Robert H. Benmosche 1966, CEO of American International Group; Chairman, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company[4]
- Peter Cuneo 1967, Chairman of Cuneo and Co. and Marvel Enterprises, Inc[citation needed]
- Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872-1949), dramatic coach, writer, lecturer, clubwoman, and executive[5]
- Rodney O. Martin, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Voya Financial[6]
- Steven Pressman (economist), economist with extensive experience in poverty and middle-class issues
Entertainment
- Chagmion Antoine, openly bisexual American network news journalist
- Rob Bartlett, comedian
- Max Davis and Griffin Sherry of the folk rock band The Ghost of Paul Revere
- Robert Forster, Oscar-nominated actor ("Jackie Brown"), attended for two years
- David Finfer, film editor ("The Fugitive," "Lost In America")
- Eric Harvey, former guitarist and keyboardist for the band Spoon
- Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969[7]
- Robert Klein, actor and comedian[8]
- Bill Pullman, actor ("While You Were Sleeping," independence Day,"), received an honorary doctorate in 2011; board of trustees member[9]
- Alan Uger, Emmy-winning writer-producer of "Family Ties," and two-time Writers Guild Award-winner ("Family Ties," "Blazing Saddles")
- Kat Wright, singer and songwriter, who has toured and recorded as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band
Engineering
- Flora A. Brewster (1852-1919), physician, surgeon, inventor
- Dr. Lowell Fitz Randolph, plant scientist (crop and plant genetics) and author, (1894-1980)[10]
- Van Derck Frechette, ceramic engineer; Alfred University professor and founder of study-abroad program for the College of Ceramics; internationally recognized expert in fractography; author of numerous books; American Ceramic Society Distinguished Life Member
- Samuel Hulbert, biomedical engineer; pioneer in ceramic devices; president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology[11]
- Marlin Miller, ceramic engineer; co-founder of Arrow International medical devices manufacturer and Norwich Ventures, a med-tech venture capital firm; Alfred University Trustee and greatest benefactor
- Joel Moskowitz, ceramic engineer; co-founder of Ceradyne; American Ceramic Society Distinguished Life Member; Alfred University Trustee and major benefactor
- L. David Pye, glass scientist; Alfred University professor; Dean of New York State College of Ceramics; American Ceramic Society Distinguished Life Member and Past President; founding member of the board of trustees of the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation, and founding editor of the International Journal of Applied Glass Science
- Clarence W. Spicer, 1891–1894, inventor; businessman; invented a universal joint; founded Spicer Manufacturing, now the Dana Holding Corporation[12]
Literature
- Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
- Ward Churchill, writer and political activist; received an honorary doctorate in 1992[13]
- Mary Bassett Clarke (1831–1908), writer
- Richard Dolan, author whose works include UFOs and the National Security State
- Peter Jenkins, author whose best-selling book A Walk Across America begins in Alfred[14]
- Robert Littell, author of nearly twenty spy novels including "The Company," which became a 2007 TV miniseries starring Michael Keaton, as well as "The Defection of A.J. Lewinter" and "The Once and Future Spy"
- Steve Skeates, comic book creator, author and Marvel and DC alum
Politics
- Kristin Beck, transgender retired United States Navy SEAL, author, human rights advocate and Democratic candidate to Congress in the 2016 Maryland primaries[15][16]
- Cathy Bissoon, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- William Wallace Brown, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania (1883–87)[17]
- Burrows Burdick, Wisconsin physician and legislator
- David Chesnoff, Criminal Defense Attorney[18]
- George P. Darrow, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania[19]
- Dean Fuleihan, First Deputy Mayor of New York City
- Rufus Mallory, United States Congressman from Oregon, (1867-1869), Speaker of the Oregon State House, (1872-1873)
- Karla Moskowitz, Associate Justice, New York Supreme Appellate Court
- Nancy Nadel, City Council member, Oakland, California[citation needed]
- Tony Ninos, Democrat who served the Florida House of Representatives
- Mike Pellicciotti, American politician and Washington State Treasurer
- Tom Reed, United States Congressman from New York, (2010–2022), Mayor of Corning, NY, (2008-2010).[20]
- Henry Moore Teller, United States Congressman from Colorado (1876–82, 1885–1909), Secretary of the Interior (1882–85)[21]
- Mandana Coleman Thorp (1843-1916), public official
- Augustus Everett Willson, Governor of Kentucky (1907-1911)
Sports
- Oluwale Bamgbose, professional Mixed Martial Artist, formerly competing in the UFC's middleweight division
- Bob Beyer, American basketball head coach
- Les Goble, American football player
- Bill Schuster, NCAA and National Football League official
- Frank Trigilio, American football player
- Ray Witter, American football player
- Alex Yunevich, American football player and coach
Faculty
- Charles Fergus Binns, author, educator and "the father of American studio ceramics"[22]
- Andrew Deutsch, video and sound artist, noise musician and educator
- Wayne Higby, ceramic artist; known for work in Raku ceramics and large bowl forms
- Michael Kay (professor), controversial educator who supported equal rights for students of color
- Timothy Z. Keith, award-winning doctor of psychology
- Hongwei Li, sculptor, former faculty. works have been exhibited at the Louvre and the Art Institute of Chicago
- Walter McConnell, American ceramic artist and ceramics instructor
- Daniel Rhodes, American ceramic artist, sculptor, author and educator
- Robert Chapman Turner, ceramics artist; founded the ceramics program at Black Mountain College
- William Underhill, instructor and sculptor of King Alfred in Alfred University's quad
- Arun Varshneya, glass scientist; President’s Award for lifetime achievement from the International Congress on Glass; American Ceramic Society Distinguished Life Member; President and CEO of Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc.
References
- ^ Hallmark, Kara Kelley. Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Artists of the American Mosaic. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 77–79. ISBN 9780313334511.
- ^ Alfred University : New York State College of Ceramics : News
- ^ Smith, Roberta. "Ken Price, Sculptor Whose Artworks Helped Elevate Ceramics, Dies at 77". The New York Times Online. New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Forbes. "Robert H. Benmosche". Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "LANGWORTHY, MARY LEWIS". The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women ... Vol. 2. Halvord Publishing Company. 1925. pp. 256–58. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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- ^ Banks, Harlan P.; Srb, Adrian M.; Uhl, Charles H. "Lowell Fitz Randolph (Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement)" (PDF). ecommons.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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