List of Syracuse University people

Education

• Molly Corbett Broad – president, American Council on Education
• Walter Broadnax – president, Clark Atlanta University
• George Campbell Jr. – former president, Cooper Union
• Mary Schmidt Campbell – president, Spelman College
• Kent John Chabotar – president, Guilford College
• R. Inslee Clark, Jr. – director of admissions, Yale College
• Michael Crow – president, Arizona State University
• Mark Emmert – president, University of Washington
• Paul Finkelman – president, Gratz College
• Welthy Honsinger Fisher – founder, World Education and World Literacy Canada
• A. Lee Fritschler – former president, Dickinson College (MPA'60 & PhD '65)
• Jonathan Gibralter – president, State University of New York at Farmingdale
• Shelley Haley – professor of Classics and Africana Studies, Hamilton College
• Kermit L. Hall – former president, State University of New York at Albany, Utah State University
• Alice Ilchman – president, Sarah Lawrence College
• David Knapp – president, University of Massachusetts
• Jay Maddock – Regents Professor, Texas A&M University
• Barry Mills – president, Bowdoin College
• Sean O'Keefe – former vhancellor, Louisiana State University (LSU)
• L. Jay Oliva – former president, New York University
• Maude B. Perkins (1874–1932), national general secretary of the Young People’s Branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
• Joseph Rallo – president, Angelo State University
• Mark Reckase – University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
• Kenneth P. Ruscio – president, Washington and Lee University
• Donna Shalala – president, University of Miami
• Deborah F. Stanley – president, State University of New York at Oswego
• Mitchel Wallerstein – president, Baruch College

Investors, industrialists, and executives

• P.O. Ackley – world-renowned gunsmith, CEO, P.O. Ackley Inc.
• Ben Baldanza – airline executive and former CEO of Spirit Airlines
• Al-Waleed bin Talal – founder and president, Kingdom Holding Co
• William J. Brodsky – chairman and chief executive officer of the Chicago Board Options Exchange
• Stanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
• Dennis Crowley – co-founder, Foursquare
• Mary C. Daly – president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Daniel A. D'Aniello – co-founder and chairman, the Carlyle Group
• Nick Donofrio – senior vice president, Technology & Manufacturing, IBM
• Bernard Goldberg (1948) – co-founder of Raymour & Flanigan
• William James – director, Lazard Freres & Company
• E. Floyd Kvamme – partner emeritus, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; chairman, Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under President George W Bush
• Jeff McCormick – founder, Saturn Partners, and Independent candidate for governor in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2014
• Richard Menschel – (retired) senior director of Goldman Sachs, philanthropist
• Robert Menschel – (retired) legendary senior director of Goldman Sachs, philanthropist, created Wall Street's first institutional department
• Sean O'Keefe – former chairman of Airbus Group, Inc.
• Lowell W. Paxson – founder of Home Shopping Network
• Kirthiga Reddy – former MD of Facebook India
• Arthur Rock – venture capitalist, co-founder of Intel and father figure to Apple founder Steve Jobs
• Vishal Sikka – CEO and MD (designate) Infosys Ltd.
• Rajesh Subramaniam – CEO and president, FedEx
• Abhay Vakil – Indian businessman and non-executive director of Asian Paints Ltd
• Martin J. Whitman – founder, co-chief investment officer, Third Avenue Value Fund

Hospitality, real estate, construction, and architecture

• Princess Rajwa Al Hussein – architect; member of the Jordanian royal family
• Dean Alvord – developer known best for developing Belle Terre, New York, Prospect Park South, and Roslyn Estates, New York
• Harley Baldwin – developer in Aspen, Colorado
• Thomas Wilson Boyde Jr. (1905–1981) – first Black architect in Rochester, New York
• Arthur Bridgman Clark – architect, professor, first head of the Art Department at Stanford University
• Thom Filicia – interior designer, author, television host
• Bruce Fowle – architect, Fox & Fowle Architects
• James Garrison – architect, Garrison Architects
• Adam Gross – architect, Ayers Saint Gross
• Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr. – architect
• Lorimer Rich – architect, designed the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, DC and the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier in Rome, NY
• David Rockwell – founder and CEO, Rockwell Group
• Steve Rubell – former Studio 54 club owner
• Ian Schrager – hotelier and former Studio 54 club owner
• Werner Seligmann – architect

Law and public service

• Bob Antonacci – former NYS Senate member, NYS Supreme Court judge
• Amir Hamzah Azizan – minister of Finance II, Malaysia
• Andrew P. Bakaj – U.S. attorney and lead counsel for the Whisteblower during the Impeachment Inquiry and the subsequent Impeachment of President Donald Trump
• Rostin Behnam – chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Craig Benson – former New Hampshire governor
• Beau Biden – former attorney general of Delaware, son of Joe Biden
• Joe Biden – 46th president of the United States, 47th vice president of the United States, U.S. senator from Delaware, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• Dave Bing – former mayor of Detroit, NBA Hall of Famer
• Carolyn Bourdeaux – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 7th district
• Jon Bramnick – New Jersey Assembly minority leader
• Angus Cameron – former senator from Wisconsin
• Gary Chan – member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 2008
• George Fletcher Chandler – first superintendent of the New York State Police
• John T. Connor – former US Secretary of Commerce
• David Crane – former chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
• Al D'Amato – former senator from New York
• Willy De Clercq – former European Commissioner for Trade and External Relations, former Belgian Minister of Finance, Foreign Trade, and Budget; former Belgian deputy prime minister
• John A. DeFrancisco – New York state senator
• Robert Duffy – mayor of Rochester, New York, lt. governor, New York State
• Kwabena Dufuor – finance minister of Ghana and former governor, Bank of Ghana
• Ronald A. George – Maryland state delegate
• James E. Graves, Jr. – United States Court of Appeals judge for the Fifth Circuit, formerly Mississippi Supreme Court justice
• Stanley L. Greigg – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwestern Iowa
• David Gurfein – U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, and CEO of nonprofit organization United American Patriots
• Alphonse A. Haettenschwiller – New Hampshire representative and United States Army Reserve officer
• Steve Hagerty – 21st mayor of Evanston, Illinois
• Arthur T. Hannett – former governor of New Mexico
• Kathy Hochul – congresswoman, New York; governor, New York State ('80)
• John Katko – congressman, New York
• Randy Kuhl – congressman, New York
• Mordecai Lee – Wisconsin state senator
• Belva A. Lockwood (GC) – first woman to receive her party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to argue a case before the US Supreme Court
• Oren Lyons – Onondaga faithkeeper and global indigenous leader
• William Magnarelli – New York state assemblyman
• Joanie Mahoney – former Onondaga County executive
• Neal P. McCurn – senior judge for the US District Court, Northern District of New York
• Theodore McKee – United States Court of Appeals chief judge for the Third Circuit
• Rodney C. Moen – Wisconsin state senator
• Toby Moffett – former US congressman from Connecticut
• Norman A. Mordue – chief judge for the US District Court, Northern District of New York
• John H. Mulroy – former Onondaga County executive
• Bismarck Myrick – former US ambassador to the Republic of Liberia and Lesotho
• Sean O'Keefe – former NASA administrator
• Masahide Ota – former governor of Okinawa, Japan
• Elliott Portnoy – chairman of SNR Denton
• John Prevas – circuit court judge, City of Baltimore
• Steven Rothman – congressman, New Jersey
• Warren Rudman – former senator, New Hampshire
• Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. – senior judge for the US District Court, Northern District of New York
• Donna Shalala – former secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, US House of Representatives from Florida
• Salvador del Solar – former prime minister of Peru
• Glenn T. Suddaby – justice for the US District Court, Northern District of New York
• John H. Terry – former US congressman
• Sandra L. Townes – justice for the US District Court, Eastern District of New York
• Harry L. Twaddle – U.S. Army major general
• Deborah VanAmerongen – strategic policy adviser
• Mitchel Wallerstein – former deputy assistant secretary of defense for counter-proliferation policy
• Ben Walsh – 54th mayor of Syracuse
• George Warrington – NJ Transit president and former Amtrak president
• David P. Weber – former assistant inspector general for Investigations at the US Securities and Exchange Commission
• John P. White – former deputy secretary, US Department of Defense
• Kalyan Roy – former member of the upper house of the Parliament of India

Media and communications

• Russ Alben – advertising executive, created the Timex tagline, "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
• Marv Albert – sportscaster
• David Amber – reporter, ESPN
• Damon Amendolara – sportscaster
• Michael Barkann – sportscaster, Comcast SportsNet, 94WIP Philadelphia
• Len Berman – sportscaster
• Matthew Berry – ESPN fantasy sports analyst
• Paul Bouche – TV producer, media personality
• Contessa Brewer – broadcast journalist, MSNBC
• Samantha Brown – TV host
• Steve Bunin – sportscaster, ESPN
• Ryan Burr – sportscaster, ESPN, NBC and Golf Channel
• Mary Calvi – journalist, anchor at WCBS-TV, New York City
• Craig Carton – co-host, Boomer and Carton in the Morning, WFAN NY
• Joe Castiglione – Boston Red Sox radio announcer
• Ernest Chappell – radio and television announcer
• Dick Clark – television personality, American Bandstand, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
• Michael Cole – WWE commentator
• Ed Coleman – sportscaster, WFAN NY
• Bob Costas – sportscaster, NBC Sports and MLB Network
• Denise D'Ascenzo (1958–2019) – television news anchorwoman (WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut)
• Bob Dotson – journalist
• Ian Eagle – sportscaster, CBS and YES
• Emme – plus-size model and TV host
• Susan Feeney – journalist, former senior editor for NPR
• Marty Glickman – sportscaster
• Jeff Glor – anchor, CBS Evening News
• Daniel J. Halstead – publisher of The Syracuse Daily Union (1860), The Syracuse Daily Courier and Union (1860–1869), The Syracuse Daily Courier (1869–1888) and The Syracuse Courier (1888–1898) newspapers
• Scott Hanson – sportscaster, NFL Network, host of NFL RedZone
• Vaughn Harper – radio DJ, WBLS NY Quiet Storm, basketball player, musician
• Ariel Helwani – MMA journalist
• Deborah Henretta – senior advisor, SSA & Company; retired group president, Procter & Gamble
• Larry Hryb – Xbox Live director of programming
• Avery Yale Kamila – vegan food columnist, Portland Press Herald
• Megyn Kelly – news anchor, Fox News Channel
• Ted Koppel – broadcast journalist, Nightline
• Larry Kramer – president and publisher of USA Today
• Michael Kranish – journalist
• Steve Kroft – co-editor and news correspondent, 60 Minutes
• Chris Licht – former chairman and CEO of CNN
• Mike McAlary – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Sean McDonough – sportscaster, ESPN
• Joe McNally – photographer
• Jeanne Moos – news correspondent, CNN
• Will Murray – researcher and segment producer, The Howard Stern Show
• Akshay Nanavati – USMC, author of Fearvana
• Jim Naughtie – British journalist and radio presenter
• Diane Nelson – president of DC Entertainment
• Bob Neumeier – sportscaster, NBC
• Donald Newhouse – president, Advance Publications
• S.I. Newhouse, Jr. – chairman and CEO of Advance Publications; chairman of Conde Nast Publications
• Greg Papa – sportscaster, Oakland Raiders
• Dave Pasch – sportscaster, ESPN
• Jeff Passan – baseball journalist, ESPN
• Henry Jarvis Raymond – (GWS), Founder of the New York Times
• Dave Roberts – weatherman, broadcaster and presenter, WPVI-TV
• Sam Roberts – broadcaster, SiriusXM, Jim Norton & Sam Roberts, WWE
• Dan Roche – sportscaster, WBZ-TV, Boston, MA
• Harry M. Rosenfeld – former editor, Washington Post
• Dave Ryan – sportscaster, ESPN
• Robert Scheer – editor-in-chief of TruthDig, former managing editor of Ramparts, professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
• Adam Schein – SNY, Sirius XM Satellite radio NFL
• Bob Shannon – radio DJ/Announcer, CBS-FM New York
• Arun Shourie – Padma Bhushan recipient, World Bank Economist, former editor of Times of India and Indian Express
• Anish Shroff – ESPNews anchor
• Andrew Siciliano – sportscaster, NFL Network, host of DirecTV Red Zone Channel
• Peggy Siegal – publicist, media strategist, founder of Peggy Siegal Company
• Fred Silverman – former president, NBC
• Lakshmi Singh – newscaster, journalist, NPR
• Jayson Stark – journalist, sportscaster, ESPN
• Dick Stockton – sportscaster
• John Sykes – president of iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises
• Mike Tirico – sportscaster, NBC
• Priit Vesilind – journalist, National Geographic
• Nick Wright – TV host, radio talk show, Fox Sports 1
• Justin Robert Young – podcaster, journalist, comedian and writer
• Adam Zucker – sportscaster/anchor, CBS Sports Network

Science, engineering, innovation, medicine, and exploration

• Joseph A. Ahearn – civil engineer of the U.S. Air Force; member of the National Academy of Engineering
• Ishfaq Ahmad – professor of Computer Science
• Betty Lise Anderson – professor of Optical Science
• Albert Baez – developer of the X-ray reflection microscope, physics educator, and father of Joan Baez
• John Boardman – physics educator, social activist, and gaming authority
• Daniela Bortoletto – experimental particle physicist, Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University
• Charles F. Brannock – inventor and manufacturer; inventor of the Brannock Device
• Rubin Braunstein – semiconductor physics, pioneer of LEDs
• Penny Budoff – physician and medical researcher; author of No More Hot Flashes and Even More Good News
• Marilyn Burns; mathematics educator and the author of over a dozen children's books on mathematics
• George Campbell Jr. – theoretical physicist; eleventh president of Cooper Union
• Eileen Collins – NASA astronaut and first female Space Shuttle commander
• Alice Carter Cook – botanist and writer, first woman to receive a PhD in botany from an American university
• Tesfaye Dinka – industrial engineer; Prime Minister of Ethiopia from April to June 1991
• Nina Fedoroff – geneticist and molecular biologist; Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State; recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2007; member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Joan Feynman – astrophysicist, younger sister of physicist Richard Feynman
• Robert Finn – mathematician and professor
• Edith M. Flanigen – chemist and inventor; winner of the 2014 National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• George E. Fox – biologist and chemical engineer; co-discoverer of the Archaea kingdom of organisms
• Jean Fréchet – chemist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley
• Barry Gingell – internist, nutritionist, computer scientist and AIDS activist
• Joshua N. Goldberg – pioneering researcher in general relativity, professor emeritus at Syracuse University
• Gabriela González – former spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration; winner of the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery (2017); member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Hermann Gummel – semiconductor device physicist; member of the National Academy of Engineering
• John J. Hopfield – spectroscopist and discoverer of the Hopfield bands of molecular oxygen (O₂)
• Robert Jarvik – inventor of the first permanently implantable artificial heart
• Hongxing Jiang – semiconductor physicist, inventor of the microLED display
• Joel Lebowitz – statistical physicist; member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Jingyu Lin – semiconductor physicist
• Gilles Martin – French engineer, founder and executive chairman of Eurofins Scientific
• William Ralph Maxon – botanist and pteridologist
• Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou – pioneer in neuroelectric systems and biomedical engineering education
• Pericles A. Mitkas – computer scientist and Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Story Musgrave – NASA astronaut
• V. Parmeswaran Nair – theoretical particle physicist, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York
• Ezra T. Newman – theoretical physicist, winner of the 2011 Einstein Prize
• Joy Osofsky – clinical and developmental psychologist, professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry, psychoanalyst
• Yude Pan – forest ecologist
• Martin A. Pomerantz – astrophysicist, president emeritus of the Bartol Research Institute, and pioneer of Antarctic astronomy
• Pierre Ramond – string theorist; winner of the 2004 Oskar Klein Medal
• Harry Frederick Recher – ornithologist; winner of the 1994 D.L. Serventy Medal
• Mark Reed – nanotechnology pioneer, Harold Hodgkinson Chair at Yale University
• Elsa Reichmanis – optical and electronic materials; member of the National Academy of Engineering; 2001 recipient of the Perkin Medal
• Karin Rodland – cancer cell biologist; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Laboratory Fellow of the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Charles Rosen – robotics; co-founder of Ridge Vineyards
• Joel Rosenbaum – cell biologist; winner of the E. B. Wilson Medal
• Rainer K. Sachs – theoretical astrophysicist, co-discoverer of the Sachs–Wolfe effect
• Sultan bin Salman – first Arab, first Muslim and the youngest person to travel to space
• Pantur Silaban – prominent Indonesian theoretical physicist
• Michael Streicher – developer of stainless steels; winner of the W. R. Whitney Award
• Salvatore Torquato – theoretical scientist who does research at the interface of physics, chemistry, and engineering
• James Tour – organic chemist and nanotechnologist
• José W. F. Valle – Brazilian-Spanish theoretical physicist noted for work on the mass of neutrinos
• Vincenzo C. Vannicola – electrical engineer and fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Clarence Abiathar Waldo – mathematician and educator known for his role in the 1897 Indiana Pi Bill affair
• Sigi Ziering – industrial physicist, businessman, and philanthropist

Sports

• Doc Alexander – football player and coach
• Will Allen – football player
• Gary Anderson – football player, former NFL record holder
• Carmelo Anthony – basketball player
• Julie Archoska – football player
• Art Baker – football player
• John Barsha – football player
• Mathieu Beaudoin – football player
• Colin Bennie, distance runner
• Matthew Bergeron – football player, Atlanta Falcons
• Dave Bing – basketball player; former mayor of Detroit, Michigan 2009–2014
• Buddy Boeheim – basketball player
• Jim Boeheim – basketball player and coach, Syracuse University, member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame
• Nathan Bombrys – CEO, Rugby Canada
• Jim Brown – football player, lacrosse player, actor, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Keith Bulluck – football player
• Rob Burnett – football player
• Delone Carter – football player
• Michael Carter-Williams – basketball player
• Rakeem Christmas – basketball player
• Andre Cisco – football player, Jacksonville Jaguars
• DaJuan Coleman – basketball player
• Derrick Coleman – basketball player
• John Coleman – baseball player
• Jim Collins – football player
• Irv Constantine – football player
• Trevor Cooney – basketball player
• Tom Coughlin – consultant, Las Vegas Raiders; three-time Super Bowl champion head coach
• Larry Csonka – football player
• Donovin Darius – football player
• Al Davis – NFL owner
• Ernie Davis – football player, Heisman Trophy winner
• John Desko – lacrosse coach
• Riley Dixon – football player, Denver Broncos
• Sherman Douglas – basketball player
• Dennis DuVal – basketball player
• Randy Edsall – college football coach
• Joe Ehrmann – football player
• Tyler Ennis – basketball player
• David Falk – founder, SFX Basketball Group
• Jonny Flynn – basketball player
• Zaire Franklin – football player, Indianapolis Colts
• Dwight Freeney – football player
• Jim Frugone – football player
• Gary Gait – lacrosse player
• Paul Gait – lacrosse player
• Michael Gbinije – basketball player
• Jonah Goldman – MLB player
• Jerami Grant – basketball player, Portland Trail Blazers
• Tim Green – football player
• Donté Greene – basketball player
• Morlon Greenwood – football player
• Marvin Harrison – football player
• Jason Hart – basketball player
• Martin Hehir – distance runner
• Sterling Hofrichter – football player
• Qadry Ismail – football player
• Tanard Jackson – football player
• Paul Jappe – football player
• Wesley Johnson – basketball player
• Daryl Johnston – football player
• Arthur Jones – football player
• Chandler Jones – football player
• Tebucky Jones – football player
• Dwayne Joseph – football player
• Kris Joseph – basketball player
• Bill Kellogg, football player
• Mark Kerr – NCAA Wrestling Champion; retired MMA fighter; 2-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament winner
• Rob Konrad – football player
• Jim Konstanty – MLB pitcher
• Floyd Little – football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
• Tyler Lydon – basketball player
• John Mackey – former NFL tight end, has college award named after him given to the most outstanding tight end
• Olindo Mare – football player
• Doug Marrone – football coach
• Frank Matteo – football player
• Chris McCullough – basketball player
• Donovan McNabb – football player
• Gerry McNamara – basketball player
• Don McPherson – football player
• Dave Meggyesy – football player
• Ifeatu Melifonwu – football player, Detroit Lions
• Fab Melo – basketball player
• Eddie Miller – basketball player
• Art Monk – football player; NFL Hall of Fame inductee
• Tim Moresco – football player
• Joe Morris – football player
• Larry Morris – football player
• Lawrence Moten – basketball player
• Tom Myers – football player
• Jim Nance – football player
• Ryan Nassib – football player
• Doc Oberlander – former baseball player
• Henry Obst – football player
• Louis Orr – basketball player
• Billy Owens – basketball player
• Markus Paul – football player
• Greg Paulus – football player and former Duke University basketball player
• Scott Pioli – NFL executive
• Casey Powell – lacrosse player
• Mikey Powell – lacrosse player
• Ryan Powell – lacrosse player
• Myer Prinstein – Olympic medalist
• Andy Rautins – basketball player
• Malachi Richardson – basketball player
• Jim Ridlon – former professional football player; renowned sports painter and sculptor
• Jim Ringo – football player
• Alton Robinson – football player
• Victor Ross – lacrosse player
• Mike Rotunda – professional wrestler
• Abdi Salim – soccer player
• Greg Sankey – commissioner, Southeastern Conference
• Danny Schayes – basketball player
• Gerhard Schwedes – football player
• Scott Schwedes – football player
• Sam Sebo – football player
• Rony Seikaly – basketball player
• Wilmeth Sidat-Singh – football and basketball player
• Kaseem Sinceno – football player
• Walt Singer – football player
• Chris Slayton – football player
• Anthony Smith – football player
• Walt Sweeney – football player
• Kathrine Switzer – marathon runner
• Etan Thomas – basketball player
• Shamarko Thomas – football player
• David Tyree – football player
• Dion Waiters – basketball player
• John Wallace – basketball player
• Stan Walters – football player
• Hakim Warrick – basketball player
• Anthony Washington – discus thrower, three-time Olympian
• Dwayne Washington – basketball player
• Howard Washington – basketball player
• Joe Whelan – distance runner
• Garrett Williams – football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Otis Wilson – football player
• Ray Witter – football player
• Paige Wood - distance runner
• Paul Young – Jamaican soccer player/manager
• Katie Zaferes – triathlete

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