List of Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
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Following is a list of notable alumni of Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Art and architecture
- Charles Alston (MFA 1931), artist
- Aaron Douglas (MA 1944), painter, illustrator, and major figure in the Harlem Renaissance
- Maude Kerns (MA 1906), pioneering abstract artist and teacher[1]
- Audrea Kreye (MA), metalsmith and jewelry designer
- Ryah Ludins (BS 1921; artist and art teacher
- Agnes Martin (BA 1942), artist
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1914), artist
- Raphael Montañez Ortiz (EdD 1982), artist and founder of El Museo del Barrio
- Frank Shifreen (2001), artist; curator; teacher
- Elaine Sturtevant (MA), artist
- Marius Sznajderman, painter, printmaker, and scenic designer
- Hilda Taba (PhD 1932), architect; curriculum theorist; curriculum reformer and teacher educator
- Alma Thomas (MA 1934), expressionist painter and art educator
- Lynd Ward (1926), illustrator and artist known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving
Academia
President
- Michael Apple (EdD 1970), professor of educational policy studies
- Louis T. Benezet (PhD 1942), former president of Claremont Graduate University
- Zhang Boling (1917), founder and president of National Nankai University
- Paul G. Bulger (EdD 1951), president of Buffalo State College
- Betty Castor (1963), President of the University of South Florida, member of the Florida Senate, and Florida Education Commissioner
- Margaret Mordecai Jones Cruikshank (1911), president of St. Mary's Junior College
- Bidhu Bhusan Das (MA 1947), university president/Vice Chancellor and ranking government official from India
- Marjorie Housepian Dobkin (MA), Barnard College professor and dean
- Edward C. Elliott (MA), educational researcher and president of Purdue University
- Claire Fagin (MA), the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League university
- Abraham S. Fischler (EdD 1959), academic; second president of Nova Southeastern University
- Edward Fitzpatrick (BS 1906; M.A. 1907; PhD 1911), president of Mount Mary College
- William Trufant Foster (PhD 1911), economist; first president of Reed College
- Susan Fuhrman (PhD 1977), first female president of TC; former UPenn dean
- Mildred García (EdD 1987), president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
- Gordon Gee (EdD 1972), president of Ohio State University
- Andy Holt (PhD 1937), president of University of Tennessee
- George Ivany (MA 1962), president of the University of Saskatchewan
- Dock J. Jordan (AB, 1925; M.A. 1928), president of Edward Waters University and Kittrell College
- J. Paul Leonard (1901–1995), university president, educator[2]
- Morris Meister (PhD 1921), first president of Bronx Community College and first principal of Bronx High School of Science
- Jiang Menglin (PhD), president of Peking University; minister of education for the Republic of China
- Mary Eileen O'Brien (MA 1983), president of Dominican University New York[3]
- Regina Peruggi (EdD 1984), President of Kingsborough Community College
- Thomas Granville Pullen Jr. (EdM.; EdD 1926), president University of Baltimore; Maryland State Superintendent of Education
- William Schuman (BS 1935; MA 1937), former president of the Juilliard School of Music and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Floyd Wilcox (MA 1920), third president of Shimer College
- John Davis Williams (EdD 1940), chancellor of the University of Mississippi
Faculty
- Randy E. Bennett (MA 1977; EdM, 1978; EdD 1979), educational researcher
- Josephine Thorndike Berry (BS 1904, AM 1910), college professor and home economist
- John Seiler Brubacher (MA; PhD), educational philosopher; professor at Yale
- Edith Buchanan (EdD 1953), nursing educator, professor, and principal of the College of Nursing, (now Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing) New Delhi, India
- Arthur W. Chickering (PhD 1958), educational researcher in student development theory
- Satis N. Coleman (PhD 1931), music educator and professor at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Erick Gordon (EdM 1992), founding director of the Student Press Initiative at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Joan Dye Gussow (EdD 1975), professor emerita and former chair of the Nutrition Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Margaret H'Doubler (1916), dance instructor who created the first dance major at the University of Wisconsin
- Martin Haberman (EdD 1962), dean and distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Martha Hill (BS 1929), first director of dance at the Juilliard School
- Percy Hughes (MA; PhD), leading fia gure in the Philosophy, Education, and Psychology Department at Lehigh University
- Seymour Itzkoff (PhD 1965), professor emeritus of education and child study at Smith College
- Yoshi Kasuya (MA 1930, PhD 1933), educator at Tsuda College in Kodaira, Tokyo
- William Heard Kilpatrick (PhD 1912), philosopher of education; professor of Teachers College, Columbia University
- Herbert Kliebard (EdD 1963), historian of education and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Julius B. Maller (PhD 1929), professor and research sociologist
- John C. McAdams (MA), associate professor of political science at Marquette University
- Jane Ellen McAllister (PhD 1929), college professor and first African American woman to earn a PhD in education in the United States
- Lin Mosei (PhD 1929), Dean of Arts at the National Taiwan University and the first Taiwanese to receive a PhD degree
- Jerome T. Murphy (MA), dean emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Kuo Ping-Wen (MA 1912; PhD 1914), chancellor of the Shanghai College of Commerce
- Thomas S. Popkewitz (MA 1964), professor of curriculum theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Louise M. Powell (BS 1922), nurse and educator who led the University of Minnesota School of Nursing during its formative years.
- Robert Bruce Raup (PhD 1926), philosophy of education professor emeritus and critic of the American education system
- Betty Reardon (EdD 1985), founder and director of the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Agnes L. Rogers (PhD 1917), educational psychologist; professor of education
- Juanita Jane Saddler (MA 1935), dean of women at Fisk University
- Irma Salas Silva (PhD 1930), head of the Department of Education of the University of Chile's Faculty of Philosophy and Education
- Rawley Silver (EdD 1936), art therapist
- Lucy Diggs Slowe (MA 1915), first Blacthe k woman to serve as Dean of Women at an American University; one of the founders and first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Samuel Totten (EdD 1985), genocide scholar and professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- William E. Warner (PhD 1928), industrial arts professor at Ohio State University and founder of Epsilon Pi Tau honor society
- Joel Westheimer, professor of citizenship education at the University of Ottawa
- Marion Thompson Wright (PhD 1940), professor at Howard University and first African-American woman in the United States to earn Ph.D. in Ha istory[4]
Activism
- Thelma C. Davidson Adair (MA 1945; EdD 1959), advocate for human rights; peace; and justice
- Mary Antin (1902), immigration rights activist; author of The Promised Land
- Belle Moskowitz (attended in 1894), social activist
- Esther Peterson (MA 1930), consumer rights activist; 1981 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Anita Pollitzer (1913), suffragette and national chairman of the NWP
- Henrietta Rodman (1904), teacher; feminist activist
- Jill Sheffield (MA 1963), women's reproductive rights advocate
- Leon Sullivan (MA 1947), civil rights leader and social activist; 1991 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Ruth C. Sullivan (MA 1953), autism activist
Business
- William Vincent Campbell Jr. (EdM 1974), board director for Apple Inc.; CEO for Claris; Intuit Inc. and GO Corporation
- Richard Robinson (attended, 1963), former CEO of Scholastic Corporation
- Carmen Rita Wong (MA 2000), personal finance expert
Education
- Millie Almy (MA 1945, PhD 1948), psychologist and "Grandame of early childhood education"
- Florence E. Bamberger (PhD 1922), pedagogue; school supervisor; progressive education advocate
- Sarah Bavly (MS 1929; PhD 1947), Dutch-Israeli nutrition education pioneer in Israel
- June Dobbs Butts (EdD), educator, writer, and sex therapist[5]
- Katherine M. Cook (MA 1912), Chief, Division of Rural Education, Bureau of Education; Chief, Division of Special Problems, Office of Education, HEW
- Frank W. Cyr (PhD 1930), educator and author known for his contribution to school busing
- Sarah Louise Delany (BA 1920; EdM 1925), the first African-American permitted to teach high school science in New York
- Florence Dunlop (PhD 1935), a pioneer in education for special needs children
- Blanche General Ely (MA 1923), principal and founder of multiple schools in Broward County, Florida
- John D. Kendall (MA), promulgated the Suzuki Method in the United States
- Deborah Kenny (PhD 1994), CEO of Harlem Village Academies
- H. S. S. Lawrence (MA; Ed.D. 1950), Indian educationist
- Caroline Pratt (BA 1894), progressive educator; founder of City and Country School in the Greenwich Village
- Katharine Whiteside Taylor (PhD 1937), educator and pioneer for the cooperative preschool movement.
- Tao Xingzhi (1917), Chinese educator and author of children's literature
Entertainment
- Sara Benincasa (MA), comedian and author
- Donald Byrd (PhD 1982), jazz and fusion trumpet player; music educator
- Ennis Cosby (EdM 1995), murder victim and son of comedian Bill Cosby
- Arthur Cunningham (MA 1957), composer
- Patricia DiMango (MA), judge; star of CBS' Hot Bench
- William Patrick Foster (EdD 1955), bandmaster, composer, and author
- Agnes Moore Fryberger, educational director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Art Garfunkel (MA 1967), singer (Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductee); poet; and actor
- Samuel E. Goldfarb, composer
- Ellie Krieger (MS 1994), nutritionist; host of Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger and Ellie's Real Good Food
- Eda LeShan (BS 1944), writer; television host; counselor; educator; playwright
- Mort Lindsey (MA 1948; Ed.D. 1974), orchestrator; composer; pianist; conductor; musical director
- Margaret McFarland (PhD 1938), child psychologist, chief consultant to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Annie-B Parson (MA 1983), dancer, choreographer, founder of Big Dance Theater
- Soon-Yi Previn (EdM, 1998), wife of filmmaker Woody Allen
- David Randolph (MA 1942), conductor; music educator; radio host
- Helen Reichert (MA 1931), talk show personality; professor
- Marvin Rosen (EdM, EdD), pianist; educator; musicologist; Classical Discoveries radio host
- Angela Santomero (MA), television executive producer and creator
- Morton Schindel (MA 1947), educator and film producer
- Robert Sherman (MA 1953), radio broadcaster; author; educator
- Karl Struss (BA 1912), photographer and cinematographer; pioneer in 3D films
- Bobby Susser (MA 1987), children's songwriter; record producer; performer
- Ellen R. Thompson (MA) composer and music educator
- Marion Verhaalen, (EdD, 1971) composer and musicologist
- Ruth Westheimer (EdD, 1970), sex therapist known as "Dr. Ruth", talk show host, author, professor
Literature and journalism
- Pam Allyn (MA 1988), literacy expert
- Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1896), author of Miss Hickory winner of the 1947 Newbery Medal
- Norman Cousins (BA), editor; peace activist
- Ella Cara Deloria (BS 1915), novelist and Yankton Sioux ethnologist
- Rudolf Flesch (PhD 1955), author who inspired Dr. Seuss to write The Cat in the Hat
- Neil Postman (MA 1955; EdD 1958), author and cultural critic
- Miriam Roth (EdM), Israeli writer and scholar of children's books; educator
- Grace Steele Woodward, writer and historian
- Tao Xingzhi (1917), Chinese educator and author of children's literature
- Anzia Yezierska (1905), novelist
Medicine and psychology
- Louie Croft Boyd (1909), nurse and hospital superintendent of nurses
- Augusta Fox Bronner (BS 1906; MA 1909; PhD 1914), psychologist and co-director of the first child guidance clinic
- May Edward Chinn (BS 1921), the first black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College
- Peter T. Coleman (PhD), psychologist; executive director of the Morton Deutsch ICCCR and the AC4
- Diane DiResta (MS 1977), media trainer; speech coach; certified speech pathologist
- Patricia Lynne Duffy (MA 1981), synesthesia expert
- Albert Ellis (MA 1943; PhD 1947), cognitive behavioral therapist
- Haim Ginott, child psychologist and psychotherapist, and parent educator
- Edmund Gordon (EdD), psychologist
- Tsuruko Haraguchi (PhD 1912), psychologist
- Virginia Henderson (BS 1932; MA 1934), nurse; researcher; theorist; the "first lady of nursing"
- Lois Holzman (PhD 1977), psychologist, director, and co-founder of the East Side Institute
- David W. Johnson (EdD 1966), social psychologist
- Imogene King (EdD), pioneer of nursing theory development
- Eleanor C. Lambertsen (BS 1949; MA 1950; EdD 1957), revolutionized nursing and health care organization and delivery
- Harriet Lerner (MA), clinical psychologist
- Ruth Lubic (BS 1959; MA 1961; EdD 1979), leader of the nurse-midwifery movement in the US
- Rollo May (PhD 1949), existential psychologist
- Margaret McFarland (PhD 1938), child psychologist, chief consultant to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Hildegard Peplau (MA; PhD), nurse and nurse theorist who led the way toward the humane treatment of patients with behavior and personality disorders
- June Reinisch (MA 1970; PhD 1976), psychologist and director of the Kinsey Institute
- Carl Rogers (MA 1928; PhD 1931), psychologist
- Martha E. Rogers (MA 1945), nursing theorist; creator of the Science of Unitary Human Beings
- Celestine Smith (EdD 1952), the first Black woman to become certified as a Jungian psychoanalyst, in 1964
- Ian K. Smith (MA 1993), physician and author
- Edward Thorndike (PhD 1898), psychologist
- Robert L. Thorndike (MA 1932; PhD 1935), psychologist
- Darlene Yee-Melichar (MS 1984; EdD 1985), gerontologist
- Shirley Zussman (1937), sex therapist
Military
- Anna Mae Hays (BS 1958), the first woman in the U.S. Armed Forces to be promoted to a general officer rank
- Olivia Hooker (MA 1947), first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Coast Guard
- Hazel Johnson-Brown (MA 1963), the first female African-American general in the United States Army
Politics and government
- Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (MA 1930; PhD 1934), Prime Minister of Iraq
- Hafizullah Amin (MA), president of Afghanistan
- Nahas Gideon Angula (MA 1978; EdM 1979), Prime Minister of Namibia
- William Ayers (EdM; EdD 1987), founder of Weather Underground; professor of education
- C. Louise Boehringer (BS 1911), the first female to be elected to office in Arizona
- Peter L. Buttenwieser (PhD), Democratic donor and fundraiser
- Betty Castor (1963), Florida Senate, Florida Education Commissioner, and President of the University of South Florida
- P. C. Chang (PhD), philosopher and diplomat
- Shirley Chisholm (MA. 1952), first African American woman elected to Congress and former US presidential candidate
- Betsy Gotbaum (MA 1967), Public Advocate for New York City
- Lee Huan (MA), premier of the Republic of China
- Kevin Jennings (MA 1994), former assistant deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education
- Thomas Kean (MA 1963), former governor of New Jersey
- John King Jr. (EdM; EdD 2008), 10th United States secretary of education, 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York
- Guillermo Linares (EdD), the first Dominican elected to public office in the US
- Olga A. Mendez (MA 1960), the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a US state legislature
- Jiang Menglin (PhD), president of Peking University; minister of education for the Republic of China
- Chester Earl Merrow (1937), educator; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Yvonne B. Miller (MA 1962), the first African-American woman to be elected to the Virginia state house
- Richard P. Mills (EdD 1977), former commissioner of education for Vermont and New York
- Diane Ravitch (PhD 1975), historian of education; former U.S. Assistant secretary of education
- Tian-Ming Sheu (EdD 1993), president of the National Academy for Educational Research in Taiwan
- Hu Shih (PhD 1917), Chinese diplomat
- Merryl Tisch (EdD), chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, presiding over University of the State of New York and the New York State Education Department
- Deborah Wolfe (MS 1938; EdD 1945), education chief of the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor
Religion
- Barnett R. Brickner (MA), rabbi
- Carl Henry Clerk (1926), fourth Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast
- Minnie Vautrin (MA 1919), educator and missionary
- Moshe Weinberger, rabbi and author
Science
- George Albert Llano (MA 1939), polar explorer and lichenologist with the National Academy of Sciences
Sports
- Clarence Gaines (MA 1950), hall of fame basketball coach of Winston-Salem State University
- Maya Lawrence (MA 2010), Olympic fencer
- Sid Luckman, quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Adolph Rupp (MA), hall of fame basketball coach of the University of Kentucky
- Henry Wittenberg (MA), Olympic wrestling champion