# List of The College of New Jersey alumni

The College of New Jersey is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It was previously called Trenton State College and New Jersey State Normal School. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Business

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Jeffrey Tessler | 1975 | Political science | CEO of Clearstream and former executive vice president of the Bank of New York | |

## Clergy

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| David Rice | | | Antislavery Presbyterian minister | |
| Geralyn Wolf | 1971 | M.A. | Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island | |

## Education

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Jean Broadhurst | 1892 | | Botanist, bacteriologist, and professor at Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Craige B. Champion | 1984 | BA | Historian, classical scholar, and professor of ancient history at Syracuse University |
| Archibald Gamble | | MA | Professor of oratory and English language at,the University of Pennsylvania |
| Robyn E. Hannigan | | BS Biology | President of Ursinus College |
| Karen Jobes | 1974 | Physics | Biblical scholar, Gerald F. Hawthorne professor emerita of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at Wheaton College |
| Elizabeth Eckhardt May | | | Dean of the School of Home Economics at the University of Connecticut |
| Monica McLemore | | Nursing | Associate professor of Family Health Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco |
| David L. Richards | | | Political scientist and professor; co-founder of the CIRI Human Rights Data Project |
| Richard A. Swanson | | | Organizational theorist and professor |
| Adella Wotherspoon | | Education | Teacher and youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster |

## Entertainment

| Name | Major | Notability |
| Jay Black | | Stand-up comic and screenwriter |
| Jake Burbage | English | Actor, writer, director, and musician |
| Sheila Callaghan | | Award-winning playwright and screenwriter |
| Stephen Dadaian | | Electric and classical guitarist |
| Tony DeNicola | BS, MS | Jazz drummer |
| Jeff Feuerzeig | | Film director and screenwriter best known for The Devil and Daniel Johnston |
| William Goldstein | | Composer, recording artist, and improvisational pianist |
| Tom Kraeutler | | Home improvement broadcast journalist and author |
| Kenny and Keith Lucas | | Academy Award-nominated writers and producers, best known for Judas and the Black Messiah |
| Adam Mamawala | | Stand-up comic |
| Kiplee Bell Morris | BA | Clinician, caregiving advocate, Miss Philadelphia and host of CarePOD podcast |
| Jessielyn Palumbo | | Beauty photographer and Miss New Jersey USA |
| Jane Remover | Engineering | Musician |
| Tom Scharpling | | Producer and radio host |
| Richard Sterban | | Member of The Oak Ridge Boys |
| Ty Treadway | | One Life to Live soap star and host of Soap Talk on Soapnet cable channel |
| Michael Veg | | Actor |
| Julianna White | | Miss New Jersey USA 2011 |

## Law

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Georgette Castner | 2002 | BS | United States district judge of the United States District Court for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2022 | |
| Jacqueline C. Romero | 1993 | BA | United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |

## Politics

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Lori Alhadeff | | | Member of the Broward County School Board and founder of school-safety organization Make Our Schools Safe |
| Christopher J. Brown | | | New Jersey General Assembly |
| MacDella Cooper | | Electronic communications | Leader of the Movement for One Liberia political party |
| Mary-Kate Fisher | | International Studies | Acting Chief of Protocol of the United States |
| James Florio | 1962 | BA | Governor of New Jersey |
| Bill Flynn | | | New Jersey General Assembly and mayor of Old Bridge Township, New Jersey |
| Joe Howarth | | BS | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Enoch L. "Nucky" Johnson | | | Atlantic County Treasurer and sheriff, mobster, and political boss of Atlantic City |
| Dick LaRossa | | | New Jersey Senate 1994–2000 |
| Gerald Luongo | | B.A., M.A. | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Gloanna W. MacCarthy | | | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Joseph R. Malone | | | New Jersey General Assembly 1993–2012 |
| Gabriela Mosquera | | Political Science | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Joseph A. Mussomeli | 1975 | BA | U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, and the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines |
| Verlina Reynolds-Jackson | | | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Jorge A. Rod | | | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Donna Scheuren | 1991 | Business administration | Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Erik K. Simonsen | | | New Jersey General Assembly and mayor of Lower Township |
| Balvir Singh | | | Board of County Commissioners for Burlington County, New Jersey |
| Christopher Smith | 1975 | BA | United States House of Representatives |
| William A. Stevens | | | President of the New Jersey Senate and New Jersey Attorney General |
| Shirley Turner | | Education | New Jersey State Senate and New Jersey General Assembly |
| Daniel Van Pelt | | Criminal justice | New Jersey General Assembly |
| Connie Wagner | | | New Jersey General Assembly 2008–2013 |
| Madaline A. Williams | | | First African American woman elected to the New Jersey General Assembly |

## Sports

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Melanie Balcomb | | | Head women's basketball coach at Vanderbilt University |
| John Beake | 1961 | | General manager of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League 1985–1998 |
| Davy Bisslik | | Computer science | Olympic swimmer from Aruba |
| Terry Bradway | | | General manager of the New York Jets 2001–2006 |
| Carmen Cincotti | | Biomechanical engineering | Competitive eater and holder of multiple records in Major League Eating |
| Tristan H. Cockcroft | | | Writer for ESPN.com and co-host of the ESPN Fantasy Focus Baseball podcast |
| Greg Grant | | | Former professional basketball player |
| Eric Hamilton | | | Football coach |
| Don Harnum | | | College basketball coach and athletics administrator |
| Gene Hart | 1952 | BA | Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster and former play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Flyers |
| Hillary Klimowicz | | | Professional basketball player |
| Tom McCarthy | 1990 | | Radio play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phillies |
| Chickie Geraci Poisson | | | Feld hockey player and coach |
| Kathy Mueller Rohan | | | Professional tennis player |

## Writing and journalism

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Oscar Fay Adams | | | Editor and author |
| Holly Black | | | Author of The Spiderwick Chronicles series |
| Trudy Krisher | | | Author |
| Geraldine Clinton Little | | | Poet |
| John Stryker Meyer | non-degreed | | Nonfiction author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran |
| Hooda Shawa Qaddumi | | BA economics and political science; MEd | Author of children's and young adult books, winner of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award |