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	References
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	^[1]
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	^[2]
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	^[3]
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	^[4]
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	^[5]
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	^[6]
Deborah Tannen	1966	English literature	Academic and writer on linguistics, discourse analysis, and interpersonal communication
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	References
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	References
Peter Altabef	1980	Economics	CEO of Unisys
Andrew Benin	2013	MBA	CEO of Graza
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	^[7]
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	^[8]
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	References
Robyn Adele Anderson	2011	Political Science, Arabic	Singer, stage actress, and founding member of Postmodern Jukebox	^[9]
William Baldwin	1985	Political Science	Film actor
Nancy Becker-Kennedy			Actress, disability rights activist, writer	^[10]
Andrew Bergman	1965		Screenwriter, author, and director
Kevin Bernhardt		Economics, Drama	Sreenwriter, 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	References
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	^[11]
Vincent Schiraldi			Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services
Jay Walder			CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York

Law

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
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	References
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	References
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	^[12]

Politics

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
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
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	^[13]

Science and technology

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
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	References
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	^[14]
Kyle Manscuk	2011	Psychology	Professional soccer player	^[15]
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

References

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9. Chris Baker (23 May 2013). "Postmodern Jukebox goes viral with jazzy YouTube cover of "Thrift Shop"". Syracuse Media Group. Retrieved 7 April 2016. Robyn Adele Anderson is the group's charismatic lead singer. An upstate native, she moved to New York City two years ago, hoping to start a music career. "I wasn't sure I would ever end up singing in the real world," she said. "But now we've got millions of people watching us on YouTube." Anderson grew up in Delmar, N.Y., just outside of Albany. She studied political science at SUNY Binghamton and moved to New York City after graduating in 2011.
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11. Seepersaud, Steve. "Aaron Mair leads national Sierra Club - Binghamton News". News - Binghamton University. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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