# List of Skidmore College people

Here follows a list of some notable people associated with Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. It includes graduates, attendees, faculty, and presidents of the college.

## Distinguished alumni
### Arts and entertainment

* Kristina Anapau, actor, True Blood (Class of 2009)
* Glenda Arentzen, goldsmith and jeweler (Class of 1962)
* Mary Jane Auch, writer and illustrator of children's books (Class of 1960)
* Nathan Barr, Emmy-winning film and TV composer and musician (Class of 1995)
* Zazie Beetz, actor, Deadpool 2 and Atlanta (Class of 2013)
* Lake Bell, actor, Boston Legal and Childrens Hospital (attended)
* Molly Bernard, actor, Younger (Class of 2010)
* Jon Bernthal, actor, The Walking Dead and The Wolf of Wall Street (attended)
* Lucinda Bliss, artist (Class of 1988)
* Diane Burko, artist focusing on climate change (Class of 1966)
* Eddie Cahill, actor, Miracle and CSI: NY (attended)
* Ruth Sacks Caplin, screenwriter of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (Class of 1941)
* Kyle Carey, singer and musician (Class of 2008)
* Lyn Chevli, underground cartoonist (Class of 1953)
* Sharon Church, metalsmith artist and jeweler (Class of 1970)
* Kathleen Collins, playwright, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator, Losing Ground (Class of 1963)
* Gladys Emerson Cook, artist (Class of 1921)
* Michael Counts, stage director and designer of immersive theater events (Class of 1993)
* Kelly Curtis, actor (Class of 1978)
* Betsy Damon, ecofeminist artist (Class of 1963)
* Evan Dando, musician with The Lemonheads (attended)
* Grace DeGennaro, visual artist (Class of 1978)
* Dorothy Dehner, painter and sculptor (Class of 1952)
* Pete Donnelly, musician with The Figgs, NRBQ, Soul Asylum, and Mike Viola & the Candybutchers (Class of 2017)
* Garrett "G. Love" Dutton, musician with G. Love & Special Sauce (attended)
* Courtney Fink, arts organizer (Class of 1994)
* Arline Fisch, artist and professor (Class of 1952)
* Judith Flanders, author and historian (Class of 1980)
* Chris Fleming, comedian and creator of the web series Gayle (Class of 2009)
* Zach Gage, video game designer, SpellTower, Really Bad Chess, Card of Darkness, Puzzmo (Class of 2007)
* Anthony Geraci, blues pianist and member of both Sugar Ray & the Bluetones and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters.
* Laura Anne Gilman, author of fantasy novels (Class of 1989)
* Tawny Godin, former Miss America 1976 (attended)
* Holter Graham, actor and producer (Class of 1994)
* Mick Grøndahl, bassist with Jeff Buckley
* Dorothy Hafner, ceramicist and glass artist (Class of 1974)
* Margaret Halsey, author, With Malice Toward Some (Class of 1930)
* Paula Hayes, environmental artist (class of 1987)
* Justin Henry, actor, Kramer vs. Kramer and Sixteen Candles (Class of 1993)
* John Hoberg, screenwriter and producer, Better Off Ted, Black-ish, Elemental (Class of 1993)
* Elizabeth Hoffman Honness, author of children's mystery novels (Class of 1926)
* Scott Jacoby, record producer (Class of 1993)
* Julia Jacquette, artist (Class of 1986)
* Sara Juli, dancer and choreographer (Class of 2000)
* Ian Kahn, actor, Turn: Washington's Spies (Class of 1994)
* Scott Hamilton Kennedy, documentarian (Class of 1987)
* Rya Kihlstedt, actor, Dexter, Nashville (Class of 1991)
* Emily Lazar, audio mastering engineer (Class of 1993)
* Elizabeth LeCompte, co-founder and director of The Wooster Group, and a MacArthur Fellow (Class of 1966)
* Jardine Libaire, writer (Class of 1995)
* Sydney Magruder Washington, ballet dancer (Class of 2014)
* Lenore Malen, artist (Class of 1966)
* Evan Mast and Mike Stroud, musicians with Ratatat (Class of 2001)
* Courtney Mattison, sculptor and ocean advocate (Class of 2008)
* Molly McGrann, novelist and literary critic (Class of 1995)
* Will Menaker, political satirist and host of Chapo Trap House
* David Miner, television producer, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and The Tracy Morgan Show (Class of 1991)
* Brad Morris, actor and writer (Class of 1998)
* Jack Mulhern, actor, The Society and Mare of Easttown (Class of 2017)
* Peter Nichols, author (Class of 2007)
* Michael Nozik, film producer, Crossing Delancey, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Quiz Show (Class of 1976)
* Nelle Nugent, Broadway producer, Time Stands Still (Class of 1960)
* Julia Nunes, singer, songwriter, YouTube celebrity (Class of 2011)
* Ashley Peldon, actor, Guiding Light, Ghost World (Class of 2007)
* Courtney Peldon, actor, Home Improvement, Boston Public (Class of 2007)
* Pat Place, no wave musician with Bush Tetras and the Contortions (attended)
* Mary Marr "Polly" Platt, producer, production designer, screenwriter (attended)
* Kim Poor, artist (Class of 1977)
* Jason Reitman, filmmaker, Juno, Up in the Air, Saturday Night (attended)
* Ariana Richards, actor and painter, Jurassic Park (Class of 2002)
* Jane Roberts, author and poet (attended)
* Gloria Sachs, fashion designer (Class of 1947)
* Sybil Shearer, modern dance pioneer and writer (Class of 1934)
* Jason Shinder, poet and founder of the YMCA National Writer's Voice program (Class of 1978)
* Caroline Slade, social worker and author of early "social problem" novels (attended pre-1911)
* Micah Sloat, actor, Paranormal Activity (Class of 2004)
* Jane Teller, printmaker and sculptor (attended 1929)
* Barbara Tfank, fashion designer (Class of 1972)
* Robert Tracy, dancer, writer, and educator (Class of 1977)
* Leslie Ullman, poet (Class of 1969)
* Joan Wadleigh Curran, artist (Class of 1972)
* Matthew Wolff, graphic designer (Class of 2012)
* David Yoo, YA author and essayist (Class of 1996)
* Lila York, dancer and choreographer (Class of 1970)
* Michael Zegen, actor, Rescue Me, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Class of 2001)

### Athletics

* Matt Hyson, professional wrestler whose stage name is Spike Dudley (Class of 1992)
* Carlie Irsay-Gordon, co-owner of the Indianapolis Colts (Class of 2005)
* Abby Peck, Olympic rower (Class of 1978)

### Business and philanthropy

* Molly Baz, chef and cookbook author, Cook This Book and More Is More (Class of 2010)
* Barbara Bloom, senior vice president of CBS Daytime
* Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American, ranked 14th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2010 (Class of 1978)
* Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (attended)
* Helen Corbitt, chef and cookbook author (Class of 1928)
* Louise Fili, graphic designer (Class of 1973)
* Thea Flaum, television producer best known as the creator of Sneak Previews (Class of 1960)
* Oskar Ibru, business magnate, Chairman of the Ibru Organization (class of 1981)
* Jono Pandolfi, ceramicist and dinnerware designer (Class of 1999)
* Rob Sands, executive chair of Constellation Brands (Class of 1981)
* Joseph Tacopina, attorney (Class of 1988)
* Wilma Stein Tisch, board member and philanthropist (Class of 1948)

### Education and science

* I. Elaine Allen, survey statistician and biostatistician (Class of 1970)
* Wendy Benchley, marine conservationist (Class of 1963)
* Benjamin Bolger, sociology professor at the College of William & Mary (MA 2007)
* Leah Buechley, developer of the LilyPad Arduino toolkit for wearable electronics (Class of 1997)
* Sallie W. Chisholm, biological oceanographer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Class of 1969)
* Céline Cousteau, environmental advocate and documentarian (Class of 1994)
* Daniel DiSalvo, political science professor (Class of 1998)
* Rear Admiral Karen Flaherty-Oxler, former Deputy Surgeon General of Navy Medicine (Class of 1974)
* Terry Fulmer, geriatrics researcher and president of The John A. Hartford Foundation (Class of 1976)
* Patricia Glibert, marine scientist and president of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (Class of 1974)
* Ruby Puryear Hearn, biophysicist and Senior Vice President Emerita of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Class of 1960)
* Heather Hurst, archaeologist and a MacArthur Fellow (Class of 1997)
* Fillia Makedon, computer scientist (Class of 1968)
* Jens David Ohlin, dean of Cornell Law School (Class of 1996)
* Hazel Stiebeling, nutritionist and early developer of "daily allowance" guidelines (Class of 1915)
* Amy Townsend-Small, director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati (Class of 1998)
* Jessica Wahman, Emory University philosophy professor and author (Class of 1990)

### Journalism

* Lise Bang-Jensen, journalist (Inside Albany) and New York policy analyst (Class of 1971)
* Arwa Damon, Middle East correspondent for CNN (Class of 1999)
* Cassandra Giraldo, photojournalist and documentarian (Class of 2011)
* Jane Gross, sportswriter, New York Times journalist, and author (Class of 1969)
* Juleyka Lantigua, journalist (The Atlantic, NPR) and podcast producer (Class of 1996)
* Grace Mirabella, author and former editor-in-chief of Vogue (Class of 1950)
* Cal Perry, correspondent for CNN based in the network's Beirut bureau (Class of 2001)
* Webster Tarpley, author, historian, conspiracy theorist (MA)

### Politics and public affairs

* Nikki Beare, political and social activist, inductee to Florida Women's Hall of Fame (Class of 1980)
* Senator Joseph Bruno, New York State Senate Majority Leader (also received an honorary doctorate) (Class of 1952)
* Jennie Cave, first female mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (Class of 1923)
* Josh S. Cutler, Massachusetts politician (Class of 1994)
* Susan M. Elliott, diplomat and president of The National Committee on American Foreign Policy (Class of 1974)
* Sallie Fellows, New Hampshire politician (Class of 1974)
* J. Christopher Giancarlo, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Class of 1981)
* Fred Guttenberg, gun-control activist (Class of 1988)
* Maxine Isaacs, political analyst (Class of 1969)
* Joseph Ben Kaifala, Sierra Leonean human rights activist (Class of 2008)
* Carolyn Konheim, environmental activist and cofounder of Citizens for Clean Air (Class of 1959)
* Maritza Rivera, Seattle city councilmember (Class of 1991)
* Helene Schneider, former mayor of Santa Barbara, California (Class of 1992)
* Kate Snyder, mayor of Portland, Maine (Class of 1992)
* Eleanor Weinstock, Florida politician (Class of 1950)
* Anne Wexler, political advisor and lobbyist (Class of 1951)
* Melissa Winter, chief of staff and senior advisor to Michelle Obama (Class of 1989)

## Notable faculty

* Yacub Addy, Ghanaian drum master and composer
* April Bernard, English professor
* Robert Boyers, English professor and editor of literary journal Salmagundi
* Regis Brodie, art professor
* Greg Hrbek, English professor
* Heather Hurst, archaeologist, anthropology professor, and MacArthur Fellow
* Evan Mack, music professor
* Steven Millhauser, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
* Daniel A. Nathan, American studies professor
* R. Parthasarathy, poet
* Pushkala Prasad, management professor
* Minita Sanghvi, business professor, author, and politician
* Linda Simon, English professor
* Sheldon Solomon, psychology professor
* Kathryn H. Starbuck, executive secretary and law professor
* Everett Stonequist, sociologist

## Presidents of the College

* Charles Henry Keyes (1912–1925)
* Henry T. Moore (1925–1957)
* Val H. Wilson (1957–1964)
* Josephine Young Case (1964-1965; interim position)
* Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr. (1965–1987)
* David H. Porter (1987–1999)
* Jamienne S. Studley (1999–2003)
* Philip A. Glotzbach (2003–2020)
* Marc C. Conner (2020–present)