This is a list of alumni of Brooklyn College, a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Academia Chancellors, presidents, and academic administrators

Walter Adams (B.A. 1942), economist and president of Michigan State University Glenn Altschuler (B.A. 1971), dean of the Cornell University School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, noted for his work on the history of American popular culture Samuel Baskin (B.A. 1942), psychologist and educational reformer and first President of the Union Institute & University Barbara Aronstein Black (B.A. 1953), dean at Columbia Law School Carmen Fariña (M.S.Ed. 1968), New York City Schools chancellor Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999), president of Kingsborough Community College, and acting chancellor of the City University of New York Alfred Gottschalk (B.A. 1952), president of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movementMartin, Douglas (September 15, 2009)"Alfred Gottschalk, 79, Scholar of Reform Judaism, Is Dead", The New York Times Accessed: September 16, 2009. Donald Kagan (B.A. 1954), historian; dean at Yale University Barry Munitz (B.A. 1963), chancellor, California State University (1991–98) Steven Schwartz (B.A. 1967), vice chancellor of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia Lisa Staiano-Coico, aka Lisa S. Coico (B.S. 1976), president of City College of New York Robert S. Stone (B.A. 1942), pioneering pathologist; dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, University of Oregon School of Medicine, and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; director of The National Institutes of Health 1973–1975 Robert H. Tamarin (B.A. 1963), former dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Massachusetts; emeritus professor of biology, developed radioisotope, electrophoretic and DNA fingerprinting techniques for use in the study of small mammals Frank P. Tomasulo (B.A. 1967), academic administrator at Ithaca College, Georgia State University, Southern Methodist University, and Florida State University; film professor, editor-in-chief of Journal of Film & Video and Cinema Journal Robert Ubell (B.A. 1961), former vice dean of Online Learning at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, and noted science publisher (Nature), and innovator in the field of on-line education Donald P. Zingale (B.A. 1967), president of the State University of New York at Cobleskill

Anthropology

Jerome H. Barkow (B.A. 1964), Canadian anthropologist at Dalhousie University, has made important contributions to the field of evolutionary psychology Barbara Joans (B.A. 1956), anthropologist who researched biker culture Melvin Konner (B.A. 1966), Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and associate professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Emory University Jeffrey Laitman (B.A. 1973), anatomist and physical anthropologist, Distinguished Professor of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, president of the American Association for Anatomy, 2011–2013 Sidney Mintz (B.A. 1943), anthropologist, known for his studies of Latin America and the Caribbean Fredy Peccerelli (B.S. 1996), forensic anthropologist, director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation Marjorie Shostak (B.A. 1966), anthropologist; specialist in the !Kung San people of the Kalahari Desert in south-western Africa Richard J. Smith (B.A. 1969), Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished Professor of Physical Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis

Biochemistry and chemistry

Bruce J. Berne (B.S 1961), American chemist important in theoretical chemistry, statistical mechanics, computer simulation, and biophysical chemistry Paul Brumer (B.A. 1966), professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto, known for his work in theoretical chemical physics Stanley Cohen (B.A. 1943), biochemist and Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1986) Kenneth B. Eisenthal (B.A. 1954), Mark Hyman Professor of Chemistry Chair at Columbia University and pioneering physical chemist Aryeh Frimer (B.A. 1968), Professor of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University Martha Greenblatt (B.S. 1962), chemist at Rutgers University, received the 2003 American Chemical Society's Garvan-Olin Medal Arthur R. Grossman (B.S. 1973), biologist whose research ranges across plant biology, microbiology, marine biology, phytochemistry, and photosynthesis Alan Lambowitz (B.S. 1968), professor in Molecular Biosciences and Oncology at the University of Texas at Austin, pioneer of bio-molecular processes and concepts, such as intron splicing Jerry March (M.S. 1953), chemist and author of March's Advanced Organic Chemistry Arthur Nowick (B.A. 1943), materials scientist Alexander H. Popkin (B.S. 1934), scientist and prolific inventor, developed synthetic lubricant for car and truck engines and Esso Extra Gasoline, containing a detergent additive advertisers claimed "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" Stuart A. Rice (B.S. 1952), physical chemist, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, Wolf Prize in Chemistry Robert Rosen (B.A. 1955), theoretical biologist and professor of Biophysics at Dalhousie University Barnett Rosenberg (B.S. 1948), chemist, known for his discovery of the anti-cancer drug cisplatin Howard Sachs (B.S. 1949), biochemist; pioneer the study of neuroendocrinology Nicholas Sand (B.A. 1966), clandestine chemist and early proponent of psychedelics Seymour Shapiro (B.S. 1935), organic chemist, known for his pioneering work on a class of drugs used to treat symptoms of adult-onset diabetes Karen Joy Shaw (B.S. 1976), microbiologist and discoverer of novel antifungal and antibacterial compounds Harry Wiener (B.S. 1945) chemist, physician and psychologist, and pioneer in cheminformatics and chemical graph theory

Biological sciences, medicine, and epidemiology Annette Aiello (B.A. 1972), entomologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; specialist in butterflies Samuel Ajl (B.A. 1945), microbiologist and biochemist; expert in microbial toxins Seymour Benzer (B.A. 1942), physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist Baruch Brody (B.A. 1962), bioethicist and director of the Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues at the Baylor College of Medicine and professor of philosophy at Rice University Wylie Burke (B.A. 1970), bioethicist and professor emerita at the University of Washington, authority on the translation of novel genomic technologies Florence Comite (B.A. 1973), endocrinologist who has developed therapies for osteoporosis, endometriosis, fibroid disease, and infertility Eli Friedman (B.S. 1953), nephrologist, inventor of the first portable dialysis machine William Martin Gelbart (B.S. 1966), geneticist at Harvard University best known for his work with fly genetics, the discovery of decapentaplegic (dpp), and the formation of Flybase Henry N. Ginsberg (B.S. 1966), Irving Professor of Medicine at Columbia University; expert on lipids, heart disease, and stroke Leon Glass (B.S. 1963), scientist; pioneered mathematical and physical methods to study biological systems, with special interest in vision, cardiac arrhythmia, and genetic networks Aaron Goldberg (B.A. 1939), botanist; parasitologist; known for the Goldberg system, a treatise on the classification, evolution and phylogeny of the Monocotyledon and Dicotyledons Marc Goldstein (B.S. 1968), urologist and the Matthew P. Hardy Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine, and Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University Jay M. Gould (B.A. 1936), statistician and epidemiologist, founded the Radiation and Public Health Project Madelyn Gould (B.A. 1972), Irving Philips Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry at Columbia University, notable for her study of youth suicide Leonard Herzenberg (B.S. 1952), developed the fluorescence-activated cell sorter which revolutionized the study of cancer cells and is the basis for purification of adult stem cells; recipient of the Kyoto Prize in 2006 Gerald Imber (B.A. 1962), plastic surgeon, skincare-company founder, and author Howard W. Jaffe (B.A. 1942), geologist and mineralogist; a pioneer in the study of the crystal chemistry of rock-forming minerals Edith Kaplan (B.A. 1949), creator of several important neuropsychological tests, including the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination and the Boston Naming Test Selna Kaplan (B.S. 1948), pediatric endocrinologist Leslie Libow (B.A. 1954), professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine, author of one of the first geriatric-medicine textbooks in the United States Robert I. Misbin (B.S. 1967), physician and author; longtime employee and later critic of the Food and Drug Administration William E. Paul (B.A. 1956), immunologist and co-discoverer of interleukin 4 Flora G. Pollack (B.A. 1940), mycologist at the United States Department of Agriculture and the American Type Culture Collection, best known for her work enhancing fungal preservation protocols and describing coelomycetous fungal species Estelle Ramey (B.A. 1936), endocrinologist, physiologist, and feminist Buddy Ratner (B.S. 1967), professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering and director of the Research Center for Biomaterials at the University of Washington Michael Salzhauer (B.A. 1993), cosmetic and plastic surgeon, author and inventor Joseph D. Schulman (B.S. 1962), specialist in human genetics and infertility; founder the Genetics & IVF Institute Debra T. Silverman (B.A. 1970), biostatistician and epidemiologist specializing in bladder cancer epidemiology and the carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust Dennis P. Tarnow (B.A. 1968), dentist and pioneer in implant research Edward Taub (B.S. 1953), behavioral neuroscientist on faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Armin Tehrany (B.A. 1991), orthopaedic surgeon and film producer Jay Tischfield (B.A. 1967), MacMillan Professor and the Chair of the Department of Genetics at Rutgers University Wolf V. Vishniac (B.A. 1945), microbiologist; inventor of the "Wolf Trap," which tests for the possibility of life existing on other planets; namesake of the crater Michael Weitzman (B.A. 1968), pediatrician specializing in public health and policy including groundbreaking research on lead poisoned children, prenatal tobacco and childhood secondhand smoke exposure, and childhood nutrition and obesity

Computer science Martin Goetz (B.A. 1953), pioneer in the development of the commercial software industry; holds the first U.S. software patent Ellis Horowitz (B.S. 1964), computer scientist and professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) Lawrence Landweber (B.S. 1963), Internet pioneer, helped develop CSNET, founding member and president of the Internet Society Jack Minker (B.S. 1949), authority in artificial intelligence, deductive databases, logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning George Radin (B.A. 1951) computer scientist, helped develop the PL/I programming language and design the OS/360 and TSS/360 systems Gerard Salton (B.S. 1950), pioneering computer scientist in the field of information retrieval Salvatore J. Stolfo (B.S. 1974), professor of computer science at Columbia University and an expert in computer security Joan Targ (B.A. 1960), pioneer in computer education and older sister of chess champion Bobby Fischer

Economics Zvi Bodie (B.A. 1965), economist, Boston University Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management and expert in pension finance Barry Chiswick, (B.A. 1962) born in 1942, American economist who has done extensive research on labor economics, human resources and income distribution Paul Davidson (B.S. 1950), macroeconomist who has been one of the leading spokesmen of the American branch of the Post Keynesian school in economics Israel Kirzner (B.A. 1954), economist