List of Ithaca College alumni

Ithacans are persons affiliated with Ithaca College, especially alumni. The following is a list of notable Ithacans.

Art

Nydia Blas, a visual artist whose works explore the identities of young black women
Cathleen Chaffee, art curator, art historian^[1]

Business

Chris Burch (B.S. 1976), founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital and co-founder of Tory Burch LLC^[2]
Bob Iger (B.S. 1973), chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company^[3]
Stew Leonard, Jr. (B.S. 1977), president and CEO, Stew Leonard's

Entertainment

Actors

Kathryn Allison, 2014 winner of the NYMF Next Big Broadway Sensation competition
Erinn Bartlett, actress
David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones^[4]
The Birthday Boys (2005, 2006), sketch comedy group and stars of IFC comedy show^[5]
John Ross Bowie, actor, The Big Bang Theory
Kerry Butler (B.F.A. 1992), Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, Xanadu, Catch Me If You Can and Little Shop of Horrors^[6]^[7]
Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. 2001), Broadway actor, West Side Story
Thom Christopher, Emmy Award winning actor, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and One Life to Live
Andy Daly (1993), actor and comedian^[8]
Michelle Federer (B.F.A. 1995), theater and film actress; originated the character, Nessarose, in Broadway's Wicked^[9]^[10]
Ben Feldman, Emmy Award-nominated actor known for Mad Men and Superstore^[11]
Ilene Graff, actress and singer
Sean Grandillo, actor, Spring Awakening, The Real O'Neals
Jennifer Hall, actress
Jeremy Jordan (B.F.A., 2007), Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-nominated star of Newsies and Bonnie & Clyde, also starred on Smash and in Joyful Noise^[12]
Ricki Lake (non-degreed), Emmy Award-winning actress, Serial Mom, Hairspray; television host
Gavin MacLeod, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, The Love Boat, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Daniel McDonald, Tony Award-nominated actor
Mark Moses, actor, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men
David Newsom, actor and producer
Joe Pera (2010), stand-up comedian, actor, star/creator of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You^[13]^[14]
CCH Pounder, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Bagdad Café, The Shield and Avatar^[15]
Judson Pratt (1938), television, film and stage actor known for Union Pacific, Sergeant Rutledge and Born Yesterday^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Brian Sack, humorist, author, and contributor on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program
Charlie Schlatter, actor, Diagnosis: Murder
Amanda Setton (B.A. 2007), film and TV actress, Gossip Girl, The Mindy Project, The Crazy Ones^[20]
Aaron Tveit, Tony Award-winning actor in Moulin Rouge!, Catch Me If You Can and Next to Normal, starred in USA Network's Graceland and Fox's Grease: Live^[21]
Jeff Winkless, voice-over actor

Directors and producers

Matthew Bennett (1986), scripted and non-scripted director and producer. Created modern Aftershow format with After the Catch.
Bill D'Elia, writer, director and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and others; co-creator of Judging Amy
Anna DeShawn, American media personality and podcaster
Peter Dougherty (1977), creator of Yo! MTV Raps^[22]
Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman^[23]
Brian Herzlinger (1997), director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
David Guy Levy, film producer, Would You Rather and Terri
Jesse Zook Mann (B.S. 2002), Emmy Award-winning documentary film and television producer and director
Mark Romanek, filmmaker (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) and Grammy Award-winning music video director
Mike Royce, executive producer and writer, Everybody Loves Raymond and One Day at a Time
Deborah Snyder (1991), executive producer of Suicide Squad, 300 and Watchmen
Larry Teng, television director and producer
Liz Tigelaar, television writer and executive producer, Life Unexpected and Casual
Alex Westerman, Webby Award-winning creative director

Hosts, presenters, and news anchors

David Brody (B.S.1988), Emmy Award winning journalist and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network
Alan Colmes (non-degreed), television and radio host of Hannity & Colmes and The Alan Colmes Show^[24]
Chip Hines (B.A. 1990), host of Spotlight on CatholicTV
Chris Kellogg, morning radio host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew
Bob Kur (B.S. 1970), Washington Post Radio, former NBC News national reporter
David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC World News anchor^[25]
Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), the first female network anchor
Todd Schnitt, conservative radio personality and host of The Schnitt Show
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1998), television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis^[26]
Robin Young, host of National Public Radio's Here and Now

Music

Kate Aldrich (B.M. 1996), internationally renowned mezzo-soprano
Rick Beato (B.M. 1980), YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer and educator.
Cindy Bradley (B.F.A. Jazz Studies 1998), jazz trumpet player and composer
Nick Brignola, jazz baritone saxophonist
Suzan Brittan, dance vocalist
Robert E. Brown, lead ethnomusicologist and musician
Ted Cohen (non-degreed), music industry executive^[27]
Alec Coone, multi-instrumentalist member of Balam Acab
Patricia Craig, renowned operatic soprano
Margaret Daum, opera singer
Richard De Benedictis (B.A. 1958), Broadway and television composer
Henrique de Curitiba, composer
Gavin DeGraw (non-degreed), Grammy Award-nominated and platinum-selling musician^[28]
Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician
Julius Eastman (non-degreed), composer of minimal music.
Arnald Gabriel (1950), Conductor Emeritus of the U.S. Air Force Band^[29]
Matthew Hoch, singer; leading music scholar and teacher
Scott LaFaro, influential jazz bassist with the Bill Evans Trio
New York Voices, Grammy Award-winning vocal music group of Ithaca alumni
Maureen Tucker, drummer for The Velvet Underground
Ruth Underwood, xylophonist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Bora Yoon (B.A. 2002), musician

Screenwriters and designers

Max Brallier, children's book author, Emmy Award-winning writer, and screenwriter. Author of The Last Kids on Earth and Eerie Elementary
Paul Gallo (B.F.A. 1974), Tony Award-nominated lighting designer, has designed more than 200 shows in NYC and regional theaters^[30]^[31]
Allan Loeb, film screenwriter, Things We Lost in the Fire, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Dilemma
Chris Regan (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show
Rod Serling, former faculty, taught at Ithaca College Communications School 1967-1975; Emmy Award-winning screenwriter; creator of The Twilight Zone

Sportscasters

Bruce Beck (B.S. 1978), weekend sports anchor for WNBC, NY
Brendan Burke (B.S. 2006) sportscaster for Fox Sports and television announcer for New York Islanders on MSG Network
Mike Catalana (B.S. 1985), sports director WHAM-TV Rochester, New York
Ed Cohen (B.S 2005), WEPN-FM Radio voice of the New York Knicks.
Kevin Connors (B.S. 1997), ESPN sportscaster^[32]
Thomas Donnelly, author of AEI's National Security Outlook
Lanny Frattare (B.S. 1970), play-by-play announcer for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
Eric Frede (B.S. 1988), Boston Bruins studio host, NESN
Drew Goodman (B.S. 1985) Television Announcer Colorado Rockies 2002–present, Denver Nuggets 1994-2004
Neil Hartman (B.S. 1982), sports anchor, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
Jack Michaels (B.S. 1995), announcer for the Edmonton Oilers on Sportsnet
Nick Nickson, hockey broadcaster for Los Angeles Kings
Sal Paolantonio, ESPN sportscaster; member of the college's Philadelphia Executive Committee
Eric Reid, TV announcer for Miami Heat
Karl Ravech (B.S. 1987), ESPN sportscaster

Law

Mitchell S. Goldberg (BA 1981), Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[33]

Literature and journalism

Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events
Kristen Britain, author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call
Jason Colavito, author
Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star^[34]^[35]
Andrew Marchand, sports media reporter for the New York Post
Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under
Tish Rabe (1973), children's book author and writer of over 40 Dr. Seuss books
Bill Roorbach, novelist, short story writer and memoirist
K. M. Soehnlein, novelist and essayist
Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series
Julie Spira, author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating
David A. Weiner (1990), executive editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland and writer/director of In Search of Darkness ^[36]^[37]

Politics

Christopher Bateman, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Michael A. Battle, former Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice
Ed Diana, county executive of Orange County, New York
Richard K. Eaton, Senior Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
Eileen Filler-Corn (B.A. 1986), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates^[38]
Emily Gallagher (2006), member of the New York State Assembly
Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate
Ben Walsh (B.A. 2001), mayor of Syracuse, New York

Science and medicine

Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq^[39]
C. William Schwab (B.A. chemistry 1968 ), Chief of the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Research at the University of Pennsylvania,^[40]^[41] ^[42]
Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, an inventor with over twenty patents related to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), materials, and device architecture

Sports

Glen Cook, professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers

Conor Heun, mixed martial artist
Tommy Hicks, former light heavyweight boxer
Henny Hiemenz, head college football coach, Carroll University
George Kissell, coach for St. Louis Cardinals
Tim Locastro, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
Robert Marella, former professional wrestler (known as Gorilla Monsoon), ringside commentator for the World Wrestling Federation
Emily Morley, the first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games
Meghan Musnicki, rower and member of the gold medal-winning women's 8+ for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics
Tom Nugent, college football head coach and sportscaster; College Football Hall of Famer; developer of the I Formation
Les Otten (B.S. 1971), vice chairman and partner, Boston Red Sox Organization
Eddie Sawyer, former Philadelphia Phillies manager and MLB scout
Barry Smith, former NHL associate coach
Travis Warech American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Jerry Welsh, head coach college basketball Potsdam State University, head coach college basketball Iona College^[43]
Tony Wise, former NFL assistant coach
Jeff Wittman, member of the College Football Hall of Fame.^[44]

References

External links

Official alumni website

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