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; attended in 1870 but did not graduate Mary McClung, professor of theatrical costume design and puppetry at West Virginia University 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 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),Alfred University : New York State College of Ceramics : News founder, director emeritus of Visual Studies Workshop 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 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, 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
Business Robert H. Benmosche 1966, CEO of American International Group; chairman, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Peter Cuneo 1967, chairman of Cuneo and Co. and Marvel Enterprises, Inc Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872–1949), dramatic coach, writer, lecturer, clubwoman, and executive Rodney O. Martin, Jr., chairman and CEO, Voya Financial 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 Robert Klein, actor and comedian Lew Palter, actor Bill Pullman, actor (While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day), received an honorary doctorate in 2011; board of trustees member Kat Wright, singer and songwriter, has toured and recorded as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band
Engineering Flora A. Brewster (1852–1919), physician, surgeon, inventor Samuel Hulbert, biomedical engineer; pioneer in ceramic devices; president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Lowell Fitz Randolph, plant scientist (crop and plant genetics) and author (1894–1980)
Literature Cora Belle Brewster (1859–1937), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor Ward Churchill, writer and political activist; received an honorary doctorate in 1992 Mary Bassett Clarke (1831–1908), writer Peter Jenkins, author whose best-selling book A Walk Across America begins in Alfred 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 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) Burrows Burdick, Wisconsin physician and legislator David Chesnoff, criminal defense attorney George P. Darrow, United States congressman from Pennsylvania 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 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) Henry Moore Teller, United States congressman from Colorado (1876–82, 1885–1909), secretary of the interior (1882–85) 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
Charles Fergus Binns, author, educator and "the father of American studio ceramics"Carney, Margaret. (1998) Charles Fergus Binns: The Father of American Studio Ceramics. Hudson Hills Press. 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, 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
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