List of Alfred University people
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This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Alfred University, located in Alfred, New York, US.
Academia
Main category: Alfred University alumni
- 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]
- Mary McClung, professor of theatrical costume design and puppetry at West Virginia University[1]
- 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
- Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist
- Arthur Eugene Baggs, ceramic artist and glaze chemist
- R. Guy Cowan, founder, Cowan Pottery
- Andrew Deutsch, electronic and sound artist
- Ken Ferguson, ceramist
- Creig Flessel, comic book artist and author
- Rob Forbes, ceramist, founder of Design Within Reach, and retailer of 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[2]
- Amy Karle, bioartist, provocateur and futurist
- Jae Won Lee, ceramic artist and educator
- Courtney M. Leonard, artist and filmmaker
- Charles Loloma, Hopi potter, business owner and director of plastic arts education
- Otellie Loloma, Hopi potter, dancer and art educator
- Nathan Lyons (1957),[3] founder, director emeritus of Visual Studies Workshop
- Richard and Victoria McKenzie Childs. Creators of McKenzie Childs Ltd.
- Ying Miao, MFA 2009, mixed media contemporary artist
- Kristen Morgin, sculptor
- Sandra Murchinson, multimedia artist and director of the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University
- Minnie Negoro (1919–1998), ceramic artist
- Elizabeth Overbeck, ceramic artist, of the famed Overbeck Sisters
- Kenneth Price, modern ceramic sculptor[4]
- 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 until 1979
- Lydia Wallace-Chavez, member of the Unkechaug Nation and Kainai Nation, wampum artisan
- 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[5]
- 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[6]
- Rodney O. Martin, Jr., chairman and CEO, Voya Financial[7]
- Steven Pressman, economist with extensive experience in poverty and middle-class issues
Entertainment
- Chagmion Antoine, openly bisexual network news journalist
- Rob Bartlett, comedian
- David Finfer, film editor (The Fugitive, Lost in America)
- Robert Forster, Oscar-nominated actor (Jackie Brown), attended for two years
- Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969[8]
- Robert Klein, actor and comedian[9]
- Bill Pullman, actor (While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day), received an honorary doctorate in 2011; board of trustees member[10]
- Kat Wright, singer and songwriter, has toured and recorded as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band
- Jimmy Wachter, 1986 Graduate. Guest star on 2 Broke Girls and Tosca Musk's Gabriel's Rapture. SALT Award (Syracuse Area Live Theater) Winner for Best New Musical (Writing) "Colour Me Streisand".
Engineering
- Flora A. Brewster (1852–1919), physician, surgeon, inventor
- Samuel Hulbert, biomedical engineer; pioneer in ceramic devices; president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology[11]
- Lowell Fitz Randolph, plant scientist (crop and plant genetics) and author (1894–1980)[12]
Literature
- Cora Belle Brewster (1859–1937), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
- Ward Churchill, writer and political activist; received an honorary doctorate in 1992[13]
- Mary Bassett Clarke (1831–1908), writer
- 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
- Chris Beck, retired United States Navy SEAL, author, former human rights advocate, Democratic candidate for 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 in the Florida House of Representatives
- Mike Pellicciotti, politician and Washington state treasurer
- Tom Reed, United States congressman from New York (2010–2022), mayor of Corning, New York (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, basketball head coach
- Les Goble, American football player
- James Adelbert McLane, athletic director and coach
- Frank Trigilio, American football player
- Ray Witter, American football player
- Alex Yunevich, American football player and coach
Faculty
Main category: Alfred University 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, 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, ceramic artist and ceramics instructor
- Daniel Rhodes, 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
References
- ↑ Lattea, Charlene (November 15, 2010). "WVU's Mary McClung recognized as one of nation's most inventive costume designers". West Virginia University. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ↑ Hallmark, Kara Kelley (May 30, 2007). 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 November 16, 2014.
- ↑ Forbes. "Robert H. Benmosche". Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- ↑ "LANGWORTHY, MARY LEWIS". The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women ... Vol. 2. Halvord Publishing Company. 1925. pp. 256–58. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
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Education: Bachelor of Business Administration, Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y. (caption on picture)
- ↑ "Alfred University, Honorary Degrees, 1960-1969". Archived from the original on May 23, 2003.
- ↑ "Robert Klein Biography". The Conversation Company, Ltd. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Bill Pullman to address Alfred University graduates". Alfred University website. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Remembering Sam Hulbert, a "quality person and visionary leader"". WTHITV.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
- ↑ Banks, Harlan P.; Srb, Adrian M.; Uhl, Charles H. "Lowell Fitz Randolph (Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement)" (PDF). ecommons.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Alfred University, Honorary Degrees, 1990-1999". Archived from the original on May 24, 2003.
- ↑ Jenkins, Peter. "About Peter Jenkins". Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ↑ "Transgender former Navy Seal Kristin Beck to give lecture at Alfred University | Alfred University News".
- ↑ "Official 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Representative in Congress". May 31, 2016.
- ↑ United States Congress. "Brown, William Wallace". Biographical Directory of US Congress 1774- Present. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ↑ "David Z. Chesnoff Lawyer Profile on". Martindale.com. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ↑ "DARROW, George Potter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ↑ United States Congress. "Reed, Thomas W. II". Biographical Directory of Us Congress 1774- Present. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Henry M. Teller". Archives at Herrick Memorial Library. Alfred University. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ Carney, Margaret. (1998) Charles Fergus Binns: The Father of American Studio Ceramics. Hudson Hills Press. ISBN 1-55595-144-9
