# List of Alfred University people

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, who attended in 1870 but did not graduate
* 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 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
* Charles Loloma, Hopi potter, business owner and director of plastic arts education
* Otellie Loloma, Hopi potter, dancer and art educator
* Nathan Lyons (1957), 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, award-winning sculptor
* Siona Shimshi, painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer
* Robert C. Turner, ceramist, professor emeritus of ceramic art at Alfred till 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), economist with extensive experience in poverty and middle-class issues

### Entertainment

* Chagmion Antoine, openly bisexual American network news journalist
* Rob Bartlett, comedian
* Max Davis and Griffin Sherry of the folk rock band The Ghost of Paul Revere
* Robert Forster, Oscar-nominated actor ("Jackie Brown"), attended for two years
* David Finfer, film editor ("The Fugitive," "Lost In America")
* Eric Harvey, former guitarist and keyboardist for the band Spoon
* Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969
* Robert Klein, actor and comedian
* Bill Pullman, actor ("While You Were Sleeping," independence Day,"), received an honorary doctorate in 2011; board of trustees member
* Alan Uger, Emmy-winning writer-producer of "Family Ties," and two-time Writers Guild Award-winner ("Family Ties," "Blazing Saddles")
* Kat Wright, singer and songwriter, who has toured and recorded as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band

### Engineering

* Flora A. Brewster (1852-1919), physician, surgeon, inventor
* Lowell Fitz Randolph, plant scientist (crop and plant genetics) and author, (1894-1980)
* Samuel Hulbert, biomedical engineer; pioneer in ceramic devices; president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

### Literature

* Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
* Ward Churchill, writer and political activist; received an honorary doctorate in 1992
* Mary Bassett Clarke (1831–1908), writer
* Richard Dolan, author whose works include UFOs and the National Security State
* Ken Ilgunas, author of Walden on Wheels.
* 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 to 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 the Florida House of Representatives
* Mike Pellicciotti, American politician and Washington State Treasurer
* Tom Reed, United States Congressman from New York, (2010–2022), Mayor of Corning, NY, (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, American basketball head coach
* Les Goble, American football player
* 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"
* 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 (professor), controversial educator who supported equal rights for students of color
* Timothy Z. Keith, award-winning doctor of psychology
* Hongwei Li, sculptor, former faculty. works have been exhibited at the Louvre and the Art Institute of Chicago
* Walter McConnell, American ceramic artist and ceramics instructor
* Daniel Rhodes, American 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