# List of Binghamton University alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from Binghamton University. The university was known as Triple Cities College of Syracuse University from 1946 to 1950 and Harpur College from 1950 to 1955.

## Academics

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Susan Ariel Aaronson | | History | Research professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University |
| David P. Barash | 1966 | Biology | Evolutionary biologist and professor of psychology at the University of Washington |
| Juda Bennett | 1988 | English and creative writing | Author, a literary theorist and professor of English at The College of New Jersey |
| Marsha Berger | 1974 | Mathematics | Professor (emeritus) of computer science and mathematics in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University |
| Virginia Blanton | 1989, 1991, 1998 | BA English and Foreign Languages, MA English, Ph.D. English | Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| Paul Bové | 1989 | | Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh |
| Simon J. Bronner | 1974 | BA | Folklorist, ethnologist, historian, sociologist, educator, and college dean |
| Roderick D. Bush | 1992 | Ph.D | Sociologist, social activist, author, and academic specializing in the Civil rights movement |
| Joseph Buttigieg | 1976 | Ph.D. English | Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame |
| William L. Chameides | 1970 | Atmospheric science | Atmospheric scientist and dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment |
| Joseph L. Chillo | | BA | President of Thomas More University and Newbury College |
| Lorrie Clemo | 1998 | MA and PhD political science, public administration, and policy analysis | President of D'Youville College |
| Rosanne D'Arrigo | 1980 | BA, MA | Professor at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University |
| Cathy Davidson | | M.A. and Ph.D. | Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and professor of English at Duke University |
| Ronald E. Day | 1987, 1990 | MA Philosophy, Ph.D. Comparative Literature | Librarian and a professor of Information and Library Science at Indiana University in Bloomington |
| Donald J. DePaolo | 1973 | Geology | Professor of geochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley |
| Georgi Derluguian | 1995 | Ph.D. Sociology | Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi |
| Grey J. Dimenna | | BA | President of Monmouth University |
| Marcia-Anne Dobres | 1988 | MA Anthropology | Archaeologist and professor at the University of Southern Maine |
| Mary L. Droser | 1980 | MS | Paleontologist and professor of paleobiology at University of California, Riverside |
| Ronald G. Ehrenberg | 1966 | Mathematics | Labor economist and Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University |
| Fred Feldman | 1965 | MA | Professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Sari Feldman | | English | Librarian, adjunct faculty member, executive director of Cuyahoga County Public Library and president of the American Library Association |
| Norman Finkelstein | 1974 | | Political scientist and professor |
| Ronald Fintushel | 1975 | PhD Mathematics | Mathematician and professor at Tulane University and Michigan State University |
| Valery E. Forbes | | Biology and Geology | Ecologist and professor specializing in environmental toxicology |
| Howard Friedman | 1993 | Applied Physics | Statistician, data scientist, health economist, and writer who teaches at Columbia University |
| Stewart D. Friedman | 1974 | | Professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Janet Frost | 1977 | | Professor emeritus in biology, microbiology, and chemistry at the Capital Community College |
| Kyra Gaunt | | MA Voice | Ethnomusicologist and professor at the University at Albany in New York State |
| Adam Gazzaley | 1990 | Biochemistry | Professor of neurology, physiology, and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco |
| William Martin Gelbart | | Non-degreed | Geneticist and a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University |
| Jonathan Gibralter | 1978 | Psychology | President of Wells College, Frostburg State University, and Farmingdale State College |
| Jonathan Gottschall | | Ph.D. English | Literary scholar, author, and distinguished fellow in the English department of Washington & Jefferson College |
| Jean-Germain Gros | 1985 | Economics and sociology | Professor in political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| Carol Harter | | B.A., M.A., and Ph.D | President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Monique Holsey-Hyman | 1986 | | Faculty at North Carolina Central University, social worker, and politician |
| Donald C. Hood | 1965 | | Professor of Psychology and Ophthalmic Science at Columbia University |
| Ho-fung Hung | | MA | Sociologist and professor in Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University |
| Yasmin Hurd | 1982 | | Professor of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Vincent Ialenti | 2008 | Philosophy, Politics, and Law | Anthropologist, professor at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and social scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy |
| Patricia Ingraham | | Ph.D | Founding dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University |
| Steven G. Kellman | 1967 | | Critic, author, and academic |
| Anne C. Klein | | English | Tibetologist who is a professor of Religious Studies at Rice University |
| Arnold J. Levine | 1961 | | Molecular biologist and president of Rockefeller University |
| Stephanie McCurry | 1988 | Ph.D | Professor of history at the Columbia University |
| Michael H. Nash | 1968 | History | Labor historian, librarian, archivist. and director of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives at New York University |
| Camille Paglia | 1968 | | Critic, author, and professor at University of the Arts |
| Robert A. Rubinstein | 1977 | Ph.D | Distinguished professor of anthropology at Syracuse University |
| David R. Segal | | BA | Sociologist who specializes in civil-military relations and military organization and founding director of the Center for Research on Military Organization |
| Beverly J. Silver | 1992 | Ph.D | Professor and chair of sociology at Johns Hopkins University |
| Deborah Tannen | 1966 | English literature | Academic and writer on linguistics, discourse analysis, and interpersonal communication |
| Peter Ungar | 1985 | Anthropology | Evolutionary Biologist and Paleoanthropologist at the University of Arkansas |
| Kenneth Waltzer | | | Historian, educator, and director of the Jewish Studies program at Michigan State University |
| David E. Wellbery | 1969 | | Professor of German Studies at the University of Chicago |
| Peter Wenz | 1967 | BA | Professor of Philosophy and Legal Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield |

## Art and architecture

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Leland Bobbé | 1970 | Sociology | Photographer |
| Orlando Busino | | Non-degreed | Cartoonist for McCalls, Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping, and Saturday Evening Post |
| Tobias Guggenheimer | | English literature | Architect |
| Art Spiegelman | | Non-degreed, Honorary Doctorate | Cartoonist and editor, creator of Maus, winner of a 1992 Pulitzer Prize |

## Business

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Peter Altabef | 1980 | Economics | CEO of Unisys |
| Joseph H. Boardman | 1983 | MA Management Science | President and CEO of Amtrak, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, and director of the United States Federal Railroad Administration |
| Arthur Dantchik | | | Co-founder and the managing director of Susquehanna International Group |
| Faisal Farooqui | 1999 | | Founder and CEO of MouthShut.com |
| Gregg Hymowitz | 1987 | BA | Chairman, chief executive officer, and founder of EnTrust Global |
| Leonard Klevan | | | Businessman and chemist |
| Geraldine MacDonald | 1968 | MS 1973 | Businesswoman and technology executive |
| Thomas Secunda | 1977 | | Co-founder and vice-chairman of Bloomberg L.P |
| Bob Swan | 1985 | MBA | CEO of Intel |
| Jay Walder | | | CEO of Hyperloop One |
| Jeff Yass | | | Co-founder of Susquehanna International Group |
| David Zaslav | 1982 | | CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery |

## Entertainment

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Robyn Adele Anderson | 2011 | Political Science, Arabic | Singer, stage actress, and founding member of Postmodern Jukebox |
| William Baldwin | 1985 | Political Science | Film actor |
| Andrew Bergman | 1965 | | Screenwriter, author, and director |
| Kevin Bernhardt | | Economics, Drama | Screenwriter, film actor, television actor, and producer |
| Alan Berliner | 1977 | Cinema | Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker |
| Steven Canals | 2005, 2008 | BA Cinema, MA Student Affairs | Screenwriter and producer |
| Kvitka Cisyk | | Non-degreed | Opera singer |
| Stephanie Courtney | 1992 | English | Actress and comedian who plays Flo (Progressive Insurance) |
| Dena DeRose | | | Jazz pianist, singer, and educator |
| Michael J. Epstein | 1998 | | Filmmaker, musician, and writer |
| Steven Fechter | | | Screenwriter and playwright |
| Jeff Gaspin | 1982 | Psychology and business administration | Television executive and former Chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment |
| Louis Giambalvo | | BFA and MFA | Television and film actor |
| Peter Guttman | | Geography | Author, photographer, television personality, and adventurer |
| Roger Lee Hall | 1972 | MA | Composer and musicologist |
| Sunny Hostin | 1990 | English and Rhetoric | Co-host of The View and senior legal correspondent for ABC News |
| Marc Huestis | | Non-degreed | Filmmaker |
| Adam Huss | | Drama | Television and film actor, producer, and writer |
| Bill T. Jones | | | Dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer |
| Bang Jun-seok | | | Film score composer and music director |
| Andy Kindler | | | Actor and comedian |
| Marc Lawrence | 1981 | | Screenwriter and director |
| Carol Leifer | | | Stand-up comedian, actress, writer, and producer |
| Rebecca Leigh Longendyke | 2018 | BS in biomedical engineering | Fashion model |
| Ingrid Michaelson | 2001 | | Singer-songwriter |
| Paul C. Morrissey | | | Comedian and television sports anchor |
| Lee Ranaldo | 1978 | | Musician, writer, artist, and guitarist of Sonic Youth |
| Paul Reiser | 1977 | | Actor and comedian |
| Dave Rubin | 1998 | | Comedian and talk show host |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | 1978 | | Tony Award-winning actor and playwright |
| Karthik Sivakumar | | | Actor |
| John Wilson | 2008 | | Documentary filmmaker |
| Arnie Zane | | | Choreographer, dancer, and co-founder of Bill T. Jones-Arnie Zane and Company |

## Government and civil service

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Joseph H. Boardman | 1983 | MA Management Science | Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, director of the United States Federal Railroad Administration, president and CEO of Amtrak |
| Barbara J. Fiala | | | Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles |
| Dan French | 2003 | History | Supervisor of the Town of Beekman, New York |
| Vincent Ialenti | 2008 | Philosophy, Politics, and Law | Social scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, anthropologist, and professor at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs |
| John Liu | 1988 | | New York City Comptroller |
| Aaron Mair | 1984 | B.A. History and Sociology | Retired State of New York an epidemiological-spatial analyst. First African-American president of the national Sierra Club. He served from 2015 to 2017. In 1995, as an environmental activist in Albany, New York, he formed the Arbor Hill Environmental Justice Corporation |
| Vincent Schiraldi | | | Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services |
| Jay Walder | | | CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York |

## Law

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Stanley Blumenfeld | | BA | United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California |
| Kathleen Cardone | 1976 | BA | United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
| Stanley R. Chesler | 1968 | BA | United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey |
| Jami Floyd | 1986 | Political Science and Journalism | Legal Analyst at Al Jazeera America and the former Legal Editor and host of All Things Considered |
| Michael J. Garcia | | English literature | Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals and Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| Samuel Issacharoff | 1975 | | Law professor, whose scholarly work focuses on constitutional law, voting rights and civil procedure |
| Elaine D. Kaplan | 1976 | | Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims |

## Literature and journalism

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Diana Abu-Jaber | | Ph.D in English and creative writing | Author and a professor at Portland State University |
| Jonis Agee | | MA, Ph.D. | Novelist and writer of short stories, essays, and screenplays |
| Samar al-'Aṭṭār | | Ph.D | Writer, novelist, and translator |
| Grace Andreacchi | | | Novelist, poet and playwright |
| Bruce Benderson | | | Author |
| Mark Mathew Braunstein | 1974 | BA | Author, nature photographer, and advocate of medical marijuana legalization |
| Ron Brownstein | 1979 | English literature | Journalist, political correspondent, and analyst |
| Kevin Carey | 1992 | Political Science | Journalist, editor, higher education writer, and policy analyst |
| Stephen Corey | 1971, 1974 | BA, MA | Poet and editor of the Georgia Review |
| Jack Dann | 1968 | Social and political science | Writer and editor, best known for his science fiction |
| Anita Diamant | 1975 | MA English | Author of fiction and non-fiction books |
| Jake Dobkin | | Non-degreed | Journalist, blogger, author, and co-founder of Gothamist |
| Marcia Douglas | | Ph.D. English | Novelist, poet, and performer |
| Nathan Englander | 1992 | | Short story writer and novelist |
| Alicia Erian | | | Novelist |
| Norman Finkelstein | | BA | Poet and literary critic |
| Jeffrey Ford | | | Fantasy novelist |
| Margaux Fragoso | 2009 | Ph.D | Author |
| Lisa Rowe Fraustino | | Ph.D | Children's author and editor |
| Shalom Freedman | 1964 | | Writer and poet |
| Robert Greenberger | | | Writer and editor |
| Carlos Hernandez | 2000 | Ph.D. English | Writer of science fiction and fantasy |
| J. Hoberman | | BA | Journalist and senior film critic at The Village Voice |
| Stephen Kalinich | | Non-degreed | Poet known for his songwriting collaborations with Brian and Dennis Wilson |
| Patricia Kennealy-Morrison | 1967 | English literature | Author, editor, and journalist |
| Michael Lederer | 1981 | | Author |
| Liz Rosenberg | | | Poet and writer |
| John Simpson | | Philosophy | Journalist and consumer rights advocate |
| Donald E. Westlake | | Non-degreed | Novelist and screenwriter |
| Jillian York | 2004 | | Journalist |

## Medicine

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Jill Afrin | 1984 | Biochemistry | Psychiatrist who specializes in working with deaf populations |
| Garnet Anderson | 1983 | MA Mathematics | Biostatistician and senior vice president at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| Caitlin Bernard | 2006 | Human Development and Biology | Obstetrician-gynecologist, reproductive and abortion rights activist, and assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Camille A. Clare | 1992 | Psychobiology | Chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center |
| Daniel Herschlag | 1982 | Biochemistry | Biochemist and Professor of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Yasmin Hurd | | | Chair of Translational Neuroscience and the Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai |
| Mona Jhaveri | | | Cancer researcher and entrepreneur focusing on biotech funding |
| Ellyn Kaschak | 1965 | Russian language and literature | Clinical psychologist, retired professor |
| Merle Keitel | 1980 | | Psychologist, author, and academic |
| Michael Shernoff | 1977 | | Psychotherapist who specialized in serving the mental health needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people |

## Military

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Alexander Vindman | 1998 | | A lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Vindman was the first witness to appear in President Trump's impeachment probe | |

## Politics

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Mia Ackerman | | Political economics | Rhode Island House of Representatives |
| Morteza Aghatehrani | | Ph.D. Middle Eastern studies | Parliament of Iran, cleric, scholar, mujtahid |
| Linda Arrigo | 1996 | Ph.D | Political activist, human rights activist, and former international affairs officer of Green Party Taiwan |
| Marianne Buttenschon | | MA Public Policy | Member of the New York State Assembly |
| Robert Carroll | | | Member of the New York State Assembly |
| Amy Dacey | 1993 | Political Science and History | CEO of the Democratic National Committee |
| Rich David | 2002 | Master of Public Administration | Mayor of Binghamton, New York |
| Ed DeLaney | | B.A. and an M.A | Member of the Indiana House of Representatives |
| Eric Dinowitz | | | Member of the New York City Council |
| Steven Fulop | 1993 | | Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Abdulla | | | Bahraini ambassador |
| Bethaida González | | Political Science and Latin American studies | Syracuse Common Council and Syracuse School Board |
| Barry Grodenchik | | History and economics | New York City Council |
| Debbie Holmes | | MA Chemistry | Politician from Idaho |
| Monique Holsey-Hyman | 1986 | Human services and sociology | Durham City Councilwoman, social worker, and professor at North Carolina Central University |
| Hori Horibata | | | Member of the Philippines House of Representatives from Camarines Sur 1st District |
| Amy J. Hyatt | | Political science and history | United States Ambassador to Palau |
| Hakeem Jeffries | 1992 | | New York State Assembly and United States House of Representatives |
| Donna Lupardo | 1983 | MA | New York State Assembly |
| John Mannion | 1990 | BA Biology | New York State Senate |
| Monica Martinez | 1999 | | New York State Senate |

## Science and technology

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Denise Cox | 1980 | Geology | Petroleum geologist who worked with the United States Geological Survey |
| Sean Egan | | Computer Science | Software engineer at Google, where he worked on Google Talk and Google Maps |
| David Grimaldi | | | Entomologist and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History |
| Mike Hudak | 1975, 1986 | BA Mathematics, Ph.D. Advanced Technology | Environmental researcher, author, and Sierra Club activist |
| Frances Hurwitz | 1966 | Chemistry | Materials research engineer at NASA Glenn Center |
| Geraldine MacDonald | | Psychology | Internet and online services pioneer who built the world's largest dial-up network for America Online |

## Sports

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Scott Diamond | | | Former MLB pitcher for the Minnesota Twins |
| Scott Donnelly | | Non-degreed | College soccer coach |
| Jason Houghtaling | | | College and professional football coach |
| Duane James | | | Professional basketball player |
| Jake Keegan | 2012 | | Professional soccer player |
| Tony Kornheiser | 1970 | English literature | Sports commentator, finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary |
| Kyle Manscuk | 2011 | Psychology | Professional soccer player |
| Emily Mackay | 2020 | Psychology | Middle- and long- distance runner |
| Robert Moewes | 2017 | Business Administration | Professional soccer player |
| Stanley Ocitti | 2003 | | Professional basketball player |
| Ryan Pierce | | | Professional soccer player |
| Calvin Poulina | | | Professional basketball player |
| Tim Sinicki | | Non-degreed | College baseball coach |
| Murphy Smith | 2009 | | Professional baseball player |
| Kaan Tayla | | | Freestyle swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
| Qu Yun | | BA Human Development, MS Sports Psychology | Butterfly stroke swimmer |