List of Columbia University alumni and attendees
This is a partial list of notable persons who have or had ties to Columbia University .
Business
Robert Agostinelli – co-founder of Rhone Group and Friends of Israel Initiative His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Amedeo of Belgium (M.B.A.) – eldest grandson of King Albert II of Belgium and Archduke of Austria and Prince of Hungary [ 1]
John Jacob Astor III – 19th-century real estate baronFrank Lusk Babbott (LL.B. 1880) – jute merchant and art patronLeonard Blavatnik (M.A.) – Russian-American businessman; founder, chairman and president of Access Industries [ 2] Warren Buffett (M.S. 1951) – investor, president of Berkshire Hathaway [ 3] Ursula Burns (M.S. 1981) – CEO of Xerox Corporation (July 1, 2009–); first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company[ 4] William Campbell (B.A., M.A.) – Chairman of the Board (incumbent as of 2009), former CEO, Intuit, Inc. ; head football coach , Columbia University , 1974–79[ 5] Bennett Cerf (B.A. 1919, Litt.B. 1920) – founder of Random House [ 6] [ 7] John B. Chambers (M.A., English literature) – deputy head of the Sovereign Debt Ratings Group; chairman of the Sovereign Debt Committee at Standard and Poor's [ 8] Leon G. Cooperman (M.B.A. 1967) – billionaire Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors; former general partner, Chairman, CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management[ 9] Azita Raji (M.B.A. 1991), investment banker, philanthropist, nominated ambassador to Sweden in 2014[ 10] Akio Shigemitsu (Shin Dong-Bin) (M.B.A. 1980[ 11] Lotte Group (2011–)[ 12] Lynn Forester de Rothschild (J.D.) – CEO of E.L. Rothschild (2002–)[ 13] Jason Epstein – editorial director at Random House Stephen Friedman – Chairman of Goldman Sachs; National Economic Council director; chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board[ 14] Mario Gabelli – investorCarlos Goez (1939–1990), founder of the original Pomander Book Shop[ 15] Michael Goodkin (M.B.A.) – quantitative finance entrepreneur; instrumental in development of computer program pricing of exotic financial derivatives and structured products James P. Gorman (M.B.A. 1987) – CEO of Morgan Stanley[ 16] Noam Gottesman (B.A.) – billionaire, GLG PartnersMichael Gould (B.A. 1966) – CEO of Bloomingdale's [ 17] Joseph Peter Grace, Sr. (B.A.) – president and CEO of W. R. Grace and Company [ 18] Armand Hammer – President of Occidental Petroleum; internationalist; convicted for illegal campaign donations[ 19] Herman Hollerith (Engineer of Mines 1879, Ph.D. 1890) – founder of the Tabulating Machine Company, a predecessor to IBM Ben Horowitz (B.S. 1988) – co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz .[ 20] Walter C. Johnsen (M.B.A. 1978) – Chairman and CEO of Acme United Corporation Inez Y. Kaiser , the first African-American woman to run a public relations company with national clients[ 21] John Kluge – founder of MetromediaAlfred A. Knopf (B.A. 1912) – founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. PublishersRobert Kraft (B.A. 1963) – owner of New England Patriots Henry Kravis (M.B.A. 1969) – investment banker who invented the leveraged buyout Sallie Krawcheck (M.B.A. 1992) – former Chairman, CEO of Sanford Bernstein ; number seven on Forbes ' 2005 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women Jonathan Lavine (B.A. 1988) – Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital and Chief Investment Officer of Bain Capital CreditRandolph Lerner (1984) – CEO of MBNA Bank; owner of Cleveland Browns Dan Loeb (B.A.) – billionaire, founder of Third Point LLC Frank Lorenzo (B.A. 1961) – corporate raiderBenedict I. Lubell (B.A., J.D.) – oil industry executive[ 22] John R. MacArthur (B.A. 1917) – president and publisher of Harper's Frank J. Manheim (1934) – Partner, Lehman Brothers ; influential in the global success of Hertz Corp .; Director 20 US corporations; author.Lynn Martin (M.A.) – banker and computer programmer, 68th president of the New York Stock Exchange [ 23] James Melcher (born 1939) – Olympic fencer and hedge fund managerNorman B. Norman (B.A. 1934) – advertising executive who co-founded Norman, Craig & KummelTimothy L. O'Brien (M.B.A., 1992) – edits and oversees the Sunday Business section of The New York Times Eric Ober – former President of CBS News division, and Food Network Vikram Pandit (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1977, M.B.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1986, Trustee) – CEO of Citigroup Mark J. Penn (Law) – worldwide CEO, public relations firm Burson-Marsteller ; president of polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates Isaac Rice (1880), founder of the Electric Boat Company and other businesses, U.S. chess patronWayne Allyn Root (B.A. 1983) – founder and chairman of Winning Edge International, inducted into Las Vegas Walk of Stars in 2006David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (M.B.A.) – Chairman, CEO, J Sainsbury plc (1992–1997); Deputy Chairman (1988–1992)Miguel Salis (M.B.A. 1984) – green entrepreneurEdwin Schlossberg (B.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1971) – founder and principal designer of ESI DesignDavid O. Selznick – movie producerRobert Shaye (J.D. 1964) – CEO of New Line Cinema Lawrence L. Shenfield (B.A. 1915) – advertising executive, philatelistRichard L. Simon (1920) – co-founder of Simon & Schuster Epaminondas Stathopoulo – founder and president of The Epiphone Company [ 24]
Gus Stavros – founder of the Stavros Institute and the Pinellas Education Foundation Jon Steinberg (M.B.A.) – President and COO BuzzFeed Joseph M. Tucci (M.S.) – Chairman, President, and CEO of EMC Corporation (2006–); former Chairman and CEO of Wang Laboratories P. Roy Vagelos (M.D. 1954) – Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co. Alan Wagner (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1952) – first president of Disney Channel ; East Coast vice president of programming at CBS; radio personality; opera historian and criticS. Robson Walton (J.D. 1969) – Chairman of the Board, Wal-MartRobert K. Watson (M.B.A. 2007) – Market Transformation Expert and Founder of the LEED Green Building Rating System of U.S. Green Building Council Andrew Yang (J.D.) – Entrepreneur, founder of Venture for America , and 2020 US presidential candidate
Ömer Koç , Chairman of Koç Holding .
Religion and ministry
See also: Notable alumni of Columbia College of Columbia University (Religious figures) for separate listing of more than 10 religious figures
Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (M.A. 1962) – American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1991–12); Archbishop of Philadelphia (1988–03); Bishop of Pittsburgh (1983–88)George BonDurant – founder of Point University (1937) and Mid-Atlantic Christian University (1948)Sharon Brous (B.A., M.A.) – rabbi and essayist, founder of IKAR Reuben Clark (J.D.) – prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Carl Henry Clerk (PGDip. 1926), fourth Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast Jack Cohen (Ph.D.) – Reconstructionist rabbi , educator, philosopher and authorDavid Ellenson (Ph.D.) – rabbi and eighth president of Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of ReligionElliot N. Dorff (Ph.D. 1971) – conservative rabbiIra Eisenstein (B.A., Ph.D.) rabbi; co-founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, along with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan John Patrick Foley (M.A.) – American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (2007–2011); President of Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1984–2007)Samuel H. Goldenson (M.A., Ph.D.) – Polish-born rabbiHerbert S. Goldstein (B.A., M.A.) – prominent rabbi and Jewish leaderBenedict Groeschel (Ph.D. 1971) – Catholic priest, author, psychologist; co-founder of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Leon Harrison (B.A.) – rabbiJoseph Herman Hertz (Ph.D.) – Jewish Hungarian-born rabbi and Bible scholar; Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom (1913–1946) during World War I and World War II Arthur Hertzberg (Ph.D. 1966) Conservative rabbi ; prominent Jewish-American scholar and activistMordecai Kaplan (M.A., Ph.D.) – rabbi; co-founder of Reconstructionist Judaism , along with Rabbi Ira Eisenstein [[Charles E. H. Kauvar) (M.A. 1901) – rabbi
Irwin Kula (born 1957) – rabbi and authorYehuda Kurtzer (born 1977) – American Public Jewish IntellectualArchbishop Leontios of Cyprus – Archbishop of Cyprus (1947)Joseph Lookstein – Rabbi and President of Bar-Ilan UniversityAlexander Lyons (M.A. 1906) – RabbiJames Francis Aloysius McIntyre – American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1953–1979); Archbishop of Los Angeles (1948–1970)Thomas Merton (B.A. 1938, studied for M.A.) – 20th-century Catholic writer; student of comparative religions; Trappist monk ; poet; author of The Seven Storey Mountain In Jin Moon (B.A.) – president of Unification Church of the United States (2009–)Frederick Buckley Newell (M.A. 1916) – Bishop , Methodist Church Samuel Provoost (B.A. 1758) – first Chaplain of the United States Senate ; first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York Emanuel Rackman (B.A. 1931, LL.B. 1933, Ph.D. 1953) – Modern Orthodox rabbi; President of Bar-Ilan University Paula Reimers (M.A. 1971) – rabbiHenry Y. Satterlee (B.A. 1863) – first Episcopal Bishop of Washington (1896–1908); established Washington National Cathedral Michael Schudrich (M.A. 1982) – Chief Rabbi of PolandMendel Shapiro (J.D.) – Jerusalem lawyer and Modern Orthodox rabbi; author of a notable halakhic analysisJaime Soto (M.S.W. 1986)- American Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento Milton Steinberg (Ph.D. 1928) – rabbi and novelistDiosdado Talamayan (M.A. 1970) – Archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao (1986–) in the province of Cagayan on the island of Luzon, Philippines George W. Webber – President of New York Theological Seminary [ 25] Hazen Graff Werner – Bishop, the Methodist ChurchJan Willis (Ph.D.) – African-American Buddhist and Buddhist scholar at Wesleyan University ; called influential by Time Newsweek Ebony Magazine
See also: Notable alumni of Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation , Columbia College of Columbia University (Artists and architects; and Writers) and Columbia Law School (Arts and Letters) for separate listing of more than 90 architects, artists, and writers
Max Abramovitz (1931) – 1961 Rome Prize ; designed Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center , the United Nations complex, and the Assembly Hall Aravind Adiga (B.A. 1997) – author of The White Tiger Man Booker Prize Mitch Albom (M.A., M.B.A.) – author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, Tuesdays with Morrie The Five People You Meet in Heaven For One More Day Chester Holmes Aldrich (Ph.B. 1893) – architect and director of the American Academy in Rome from 1935 until his death in 1940Jacob M. Appel (M.A., M.Phil.) – author (Creve Coeur ) and playwright (Arborophilia The Mistress of Wholesome Sara Kathryn Arledge – artistIrene Aronson (B.A. 1960, M.A. 1962) – painter and printmakerSean Go , (M.S.R.E.D 2021) – Filipino Pop ArtistJohn Ashbery (M.A. 1951) – poet; MacArthur Fellowship , National Book Award , National Book Critics Circle Award , Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Isaac Asimov (B.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948) – science fiction author, The Foundation series , "I, Robot " ; Nebula Awards , Hugo Awards ; 1984 Humanist of the Year Paul Auster (B.A. 1969) – postmodern author, The New York Trilogy Moon Palace Carole B. Balin (M.Phil. 1994; Ph.D. 1998) – professor of Jewish history , author, Reform rabbiBéla Bartók – musician, composer, pianist, and early scholar in ethnomusicology Josh Bazell (M.D.) – novelistClare Beams (M.F.A, 2006) – novelist and short story writerJames Blish – science fiction author; Nebula Award , Hugo Award ; Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2002)Helaine Blumenfeld (Ph.D. 1963) – sculptor working in Britain and ItalyCarlos Brillembourg (M.A. 1975) – architectMary Griggs Burke – largest private collector of Japanese art outside Japan.[ 26] Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown – architectJim Carroll – writer (The Basketball Diaries [ 27] Duncan Candler (1895) – architectLesley Chang – architectJerome Charyn (B.A. 1959) – novelistCaitlin Cherry (M.F.A. 2012) – painterJonas Coersmeier – award-winning architect and designer; finalist and first runner-up in the World Trade Center Memorial Competition Teju Cole (M.Phil.) – novelist, author of Open City Robin Cook (M.D.) – physician and novelist; novels combine medical writing with thriller genre ; his books have sold nearly 100 million copiesJohn Corigliano (B.A. 1959) – musician, composerRita Cox – librarian, storytellerE. Wayne Craven (Ph.D. 1963) – art historian and educatorAgnes Denes – conceptual and environmental artist; Rome Prize , works held in over 40 public museums, including the MoMA, Met and WhitneyKiran Desai (M.F.A. 1999) – novelist, winner of 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize , 1998 Betty Trask Award E. L. Doctorow (graduate study) – author, National Humanities Medal ; thrice winner, National Book Critics Circle Award ; Ragtime Billy Bathgate Adee Dodge (M.A. 1935) – painter, Navajo code-talker , linguist Timothy Donnelly (M.F.A.) – poet, 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award ; professor at Columbia UniversityAlden B. Dow (B.A. 1931) – architect; known for his prolific architectural designPamela Druckerman (M.A.) – author and freelance journalist living in Paris, FranceLouis Dudek (Ph.D.) – Canadian poet, academic and publisherAlbert Elsen (B.A. 1949, M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1955) – art historian and educatorAdam J. Elkhadem (B.A. 2018) – artist and cartoonistClifford Percy Evans (B.A.) – architect based in Salt Lake City Walter Farley (B.A. 1941) – author, The Black Stallion Lawrence Ferlinghetti (M.A. 1947) – Beat Generation poet, founder of City Lights Bookstore Amanda Filipacchi (M.F.A) – author, Nude Men Vapor , Love Creeps Rolf G. Fjelde (M.F.A.) – playwright, educator and poet, founding President of the Ibsen Society of AmericaAmanda Foreman – 1998 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography ; author, one of The New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2011"Allen Forte (B.A.) – music theorist; Battell Professor of Music, Emeritus at Yale University Hal Foster (M.A. 1979) – art critic and historian; faculty at Princeton since 1997; Berlin Prize Katherine Jackson French (1875–1958) – ballad collector[ 28] Nicholas Gage (M.A. 1964) – author, Eleni , A Place For Us , Greek Fire Paul Gallico (1919) – author, The Snow Goose The Poseidon Adventure The Silent Miaow Federico García Lorca (1929–1930) – poet and playwrightAllen Ginsberg (B.A. 1948) – Beat Generation poet; National Book Award for Poetry for The Fall of America: Poems of These States Louise Glück – United States Poet Laureate (2003–2004), Pulitzer Prize , National Book Critics Circle Award , Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry , Bollingen Prize , William Carlos Williams Award , Nobel Laureate Philip Gourevitch (M.F.A. 1992) – recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award , editor of The Paris Review Edwin Granberry (1920) – writer of the Buz Sawyer Bette Greene (B.A.) – 1975 Newbery Honor , 1973 Golden Kite Award , New York Times Outstanding Book Award, ALA Notable Book Award Ismail Gulgee (engineering) – Pakistani artist noted for his paintings and Islamic calligraphy ; qualified engineerElizabeth Hardwick (attended) – writer; co-founder of The New York Review of Books Anthony Hecht (M.A.) – Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, United States Poet Laureate (1982–1984), 1983 Bollingen Prize , 1988 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize , 1997 Wallace Stevens Award , 1999/2000 Frost Medal Joseph Heller (M.A. 1949) – author, Catch-22 Henry Beaumont Herts (attended) – architect, known for theater designsDaniel Hoffman (B.A. 1947, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1956) – poet, essayist, United States Poet Laureate (1973–1974)John Hollander (B.A.) – poet, MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant", Bollingen Prize (1983)Henry Hornbostel (B.A. 1891) – architect; designed more than 225 buildings, bridges, and monuments in the United StatesLangston Hughes – writer and poetZora Neale Hurston (B.A. Barnard; graduate study, two years, CU) – author, folklorist , anthropologist Ray William Johnson (B.A.) – YouTuber, producer, and actorEly Jacques Kahn – commercial architect; designed numerous skyscrapers in New York City in the twentieth centuryRockwell Kent (B.A.) – painter , printmaker , illustrator , and writerMaude Kerns (M.A. 1906) – pioneering abstract artist from Portland, Oregon , prolific on the East coastJack Kerouac (College 1940–1942; dropped out) – founder of the Beat Generation movement; author, On the Road Keorapetse Kgositsile (M.F.A. 1971) – South African poet and political activist; South African National Poet Laureate in 2006Diana Kleiner (M.A. 1970, M.Phil. 1974, Ph.D. 1977), art historianBenjamin Kunkel (M.F.A.) – novelist, founder of n+1 David Kvitko , scholar who analysed the philosophy of Leo Tolstoy Mpule Kwelagobe (B.A. 2006) – Miss Universe 1999 Leroy Lamis (M.A.) – sculptor and digital artist known for his Plexiglas sculpturesUrsula K. Le Guin (M.A. 1951) – author of science fiction , fantasy novels; 1973 National Book Award for Young People's Literature ; five Hugo Awards , six Nebula awardsAlan Lomax (graduate study) – ethnomusicologist , 1986 National Medal of Arts ; 2000 Library of Congress Living Legend Award ; National Book Critics Circle Award Richard Lowitt (M.A., Ph.D.) – historian, Guggenheim Fellow.[ 29] Diego Luzuriaga (Ph.D. 1996) – Ecuadorian composer; 1993 Guggenheim Fellowship [ 30] Eugenio Espejo National Prize .Kuntowijoyo (Ph.D. 1980) – author; 1999 S.E.A. Write Award Edward MacDowell – composer, professor of musicSky Macklay (DMA 2018) – composer, oboist, professor at Valparaiso University Patricia McCormick (M.S. 1985) – author for young adults; 2012 National Book Award (Young People's Literature), finalistCarson McCullers – author, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Terrence McNally – playwright; winner of four Tony Awards , an Emmy Award , a Rockefeller Grant , the Lucille Lortel Award , the Hull-Warriner Award William March – author; highly decorated U.S. Marine; Company K The Bad Seed John Matteson (Ph.D. 1999) – Pulitzer Prize –winning biographer (2008)Kate Millett (Ph.D. 1970) – author of Sexual Politics Dorothy Miner (attended) – art historian and curatorFereydoun Motamed (M.A. 1952) – linguist, Louis de Broglie award winner from the French Academy (1963)Isamu Noguchi – sculptorGeorgia O'Keeffe (attended TC 1914–15, studied with Arthur Wesley Dow , TC 1916) – artist; Presidential Medal of Freedom , National Medal of Arts Sharon Olds (Ph.D.) – National Book Critics Circle Award ; T. S. Eliot Prize ; Lamont Poetry Prize ; Poet Laureate, State of New York (1998–2000)Ron Padgett (B.A.) – poet; 2009 Shelley Memorial Award ; member New York School John Russell Pope (B.S. Arch 1894) – Rome Prize ; designed the National Archives , the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., the West Building of the National Gallery of Art Joya Powell (B.A.Latin American Studies and Creative Writing 2001) Bessie Award winning choreographer and professorAntoine Predock (B. Arch.) – architect, Rome Prize (1985); AIA Gold Medal (2006), National Design Award (2007)Richard Price (M.F.A.) – novelist and screenwriterGregory Rabassa (Ph.D.) – literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese to English; 2006 National Medal of Arts ; inaugural U.S. National Book Award (Category Translation )David Rakoff (B.A. 1986) – Canadian-born writer based in New York City; 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor Claudia Rankine (M.F.A. 1993) – poet; winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize ; professor at Pomona College James Renwick Jr. (B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839) – Gothic Revival architect; designed St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York and the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C.Christopher Ross – sculptor, designer and collectorMark Rudman (M.F.A.) – poet; National Book Critics Circle Award in poetryKaren Russell (M.F.A. 2006) – author, a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" young writer honoreeFriedrich St. Florian (M. Arch. 1961) – Austrian-American architect; Rome Prize ; National World War II Memorial , Washington, D.C.J. D. Salinger – author, The Catcher in the Rye Anna Pendleton Schenck , architectKarenna Gore Schiff (J.D. 2000) – author, journalist, and attorneyDavid Serero (M.S.) – French architect; Rome Prize Vijay Seshadri (M.F.A. 1988) – winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for PoetryRobert Silverberg (B.A. 1956) – science fiction author; five Nebula Awards , four Hugo Awards , the prestigious Prix Apollo ; 1999 inductee into Science Fiction Hall of Fame Mona Simpson (M.F.A.) – novelist, essayistUpton Sinclair – populist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author, The Jungle Laurinda Hope Spear (M.S. 1975) – architect and landscape architect; Rome Prize; one of the founders of Arquitectonica Tracy K. Smith (M.F.A. 1997) — United States Poet Laureate (2017–2019)William Jay Smith – United States Poet Laureate (1968–1970); Rhodes Scholar Robert A. M. Stern (B.A. 1960) – postmodern architect; Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture William Lee Stoddart – architect of U.S. East Coast hotelsMary Stolz (1936–38) – writer of fiction for children and young adults; Newbery Honors (1962, 1966); 1953 Child Study Children's Book Award Hunter S. Thompson – author, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas gonzo journalism Melvin B. Tolson (M.A.) – Liberian Poet Laureate; central character (played by Denzel Washington ) in the movie The Great Debaters Wells Tower (M.F.A.) – writer of fiction and non-fiction, two Pushcart Prizes Erica Simone Turnipseed (M.A.) – writerCharles Van Doren (M.A., Ph.D. 1955) – author, English professor whose national disgrace was the subject of the Oscar-nominated film Quiz Show Mark Van Doren (Ph.D. 1920) – Pulitzer Prize –winning poetEric Van Lustbader (B.A.) – author of thriller and fantasy novels; The Ninja Robert Ludlum Eudora Welty (Business, 1930–31, hon. LHD 1982) – Pulitzer Prize–winning author, The Optimist's Daughter Frank B. Wilderson III (M.F.A.) – writer, dramatist, filmmaker, and criticBlanche Colton Williams (M.A., Ph.D.) – author, editor, department head and professor of literature, and pioneer in women's higher education; first editor of the O. Henry Prize Stories, serving in that position from 1919 to 1932Fred F. Willson (B.A. 1902) – architect, Bozeman, Montana ; designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesJames Perry Wilson (B.A. 1914) – architect and painter; designed diorama backgrounds for the American Museum of Natural History , Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History , and Boston Museum of Science , among others.Dick Wimmer (M.A. 1974) – novelistHana Wirth-Nesher (M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 1977) – literary scholar and Professor of American and English Studies at Tel Aviv University Herman Wouk (B.A. 1934) – Pulitzer Prize–winning author, War and Remembrance George Wyatt (B.A. 1971) – sculptorMako Yoshikawa (B.A. 1988) – author, One Hundred and One Ways (1999), a national bestseller translated into six languagesCharles Yu (J.D. 2001) – author, Interior Chinatown Roger Zelazny (M.A. 1962) – science fiction author; The Chronicles of Amber seriesNebula Awards , six Hugo Awards
See also: Notable alumni of Columbia College of Columbia University (Actors; Musicians, Composers, Lyricists; Playwrights, Screenwriters, and Directors) and Columbia University School of the Arts
Academy awards
Casey Affleck (B.A. 1998) – Academy Award-winning actor, Manchester by the Sea Raney Aronson-Rath (JRN'95) – Academy Award-winning producer, 20 Days in Mariupol Kathryn Bigelow (M.F.A. 1979) – two Academy Awards : director, producer, The Hurt Locker Time 100Sidney Buchman (B.A. 1923) – screenwriter, won an Academy Award for writing Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Elinor Burkett (M.A. 1988) – Academy Award-winning producer of Music by Prudence James Cagney (upon the death of his father, dropped out) – two Academy Awards: Best Actor White Heat Yankee Doodle Dandy Presidential Medal of Freedom Bill Condon (B.A. 1976) – Academy Award-winning writer, Gods and Monsters Chicago Kinsey Dreamgirls John Corigliano (B.A. 1959) – Academy Award; composer of classical music; 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Music ; 2009 Grammy Award Adam Davidson (M.F.A. 1991) – Academy Award-winning director for Best Short Subject, The Lunch Date I.A.L. Diamond (B.A. 1941) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter for The Apartment Tan Dun (Ph.D.) – Academy Award-winning Chinese contemporary classical music composer ; scores for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Hero Peter Farrelly (M.F.A. 1986) – Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter of Green Book (film) Miloš Forman (Hon, 2015) – Academy Award-winning director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) and Amadeus (film) Dede Gardner – Academy Award-winning co-producer of 12 Years A Slave William Goldman (M.A. 1956) – two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter; novelist, playwrightOscar Hammerstein II (B.A. 1916, studied at Law School 1916–17) – lyricist and librettist; winner of two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, and two Grammy Awards, including musicals such as the Pulitzer–winning Oklahoma! The King and I The Sound of Music Richard Rodgers Howard Koch (LL.B.) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Casablanca Jennifer Lee (M.F.A.) – Academy Award-winning co-screenwriter and co-director of Frozen William Ludwig (B.A. 1932) – screenwriter; co-winner, Academy Award for Interrupted Melody Screen Writers Guild (known now as Writers Guild of America )Sidney Lumet (undergraduate studies interrupted by service during World War II ) – Academy Award-winning film director (nominated five times)Herman J. Mankiewicz (B.A. 1917) – won an Academy Award for co-writing Citizen Kane Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph L. Mankiewicz (B.A. 1928) – won four Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Director ; younger brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz Graham Moore (B.A. 2003) – won an Academy Award for writing "The Imitation Game "Veronica Nickel (M.F.A. 2010) – Academy Award-winning co-producer of Moonlight
Edmond O'Brien (B.A.) – Academy Award-winning actor, The Barefoot Contessa Anna Paquin (on leave of absence, attended first year) – Academy Award-winning actress, The Piano X-Men Richard Rodgers (1923) – composer of musicals; winner of one Academy Award, 11 Tony Awards , two Pulitzer Prizes , two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards ; one of two persons to win an EGOT and a Pulitzer, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Oklahoma! The King and I The Sound of Music Oscar Hammerstein II Maureen Ryan (M.F.A. 1992) – co-produced Academy Award-winning documentary, Man on Wire [ 31]
Franklin Schaffner (studied law, education, interrupted by service during World War II ) – Academy Award -winning film directorThelma Schoonmaker (studied for M.A.) – three-time Academy Award-winning editor for Raging Bull The Aviator The Departed David O. Selznick (G.S. 1923) – three-time Academy Award-winning producer of Gone with the Wind Karl Struss (B.A. 1912) -Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Steve Tesich (M.A. 1967) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Breaking Away Allie Wrubel (graduate study in music) – composer, musician, and songwriter, Academy Award ("Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah "); Songwriters Hall of Fame
Victoria Ann Lewis (M.A.) – actress and theatre creatorSaheem Ali (M.F.A. 2007) – director, Associate Artistic Director at The Public Theater Emanuel Ax (B.A. 1970) – pianist, won Avery Fisher prize at age 30, won three Grammy Awards along with cellist Yo-Yo Ma ; awarded John Jay Award by the UniversityBabydaddy , born Scott Hoffman (B.A.) – member of the glam rock band Scissor Sisters Ramin Bahrani (B.A. 1996) – director and writer Man Push Cart Chop Suey Goodbye Solo Chris Baio – musician, member of indie band Vampire Weekend Mason Bates (B.A.) – composer of symphonic music; Chicago Symphony 's Mead composer in residence (2010–12)Rostam Batmanglij – musician, member of indie band Vampire Weekend Kelly Killoren Bensimon (B.A. 1998) – author; former model; former editor of Elle Accessories ; cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City [ 32] Albert Berger (M.F.A. 1983) – Academy Award -nominated producer of Cold Mountain Little Miss Sunshine [ 33] [ 34] Jeremy Blackman (B.A. 2009) – actor, Magnolia John Bohlinger (B.A. 1988) – musician, songwriter, writer, television band leaderSorrell Booke (B.A. 1949) – actor, best known as "Boss Hogg" on the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard Pat Boone (B.S. 1957) – singer and actorJesse Bradford (B.A. 2002) – actor[ 35] Joshua Brand (M.A. 1974) – Emmy Award -winning creator of St. Elsewhere I'll Fly Away Northern Exposure David Brown (M.A. 1937) – Academy Award-nominated film producer, Jaws The Sting Cocoon Driving Miss Daisy Cara Buono (B.A. 1993) – actress, Third Watch Wendy Carlos (M.A. 1966) – composer and synthesizer pioneerVanessa Carlton – singer, songwriterSoman Chainani – author of The School for Good and Evil Timothée Chalamet (attended first year) – Academy Award-nominated actor of Call Me By Your Name Lisa Cholodenko (M.F.A. 1998) – screenwriter and film director, Laurel Canyon The L Word Peter Cincotti – pianist, singer, songwriter, actor, modelSpencer Treat Clark (B.A. 2010) – actor, Gladiator Mystic River Unbreakable Ben Cooper – actor of film and televisionFederico A. Cordero (M.A., economics) – guitarist of classical musicPamela Council (M.F.A. 2004) – artistJoseph Cross – actor, Milk Ossie Davis (GS 1948) – Golden Globe -nominated actor and activist, Do the Right Thing Alice T. Days (M.A.) – documentary filmmakerBrian Dennehy (B.A. 1960) – actor, First Blood Tommy Boy Romeo + Juliet Ratatouille Brian De Palma (B.A. 1962) – movie director, Carrie Scarface Carlito's Way The Untouchables R. Luke DuBois (B.A. 1997, M.A. 1999, D.M.A. 2003) – musician, composer/artist, member of the Freight Elevator Quartet Todd Duncan (M.A.) – baritone opera singer and actorFred Ebb (M.A. 1957) – lyricist who collaborated with John Kander on such Broadway musicals as Cabaret Chicago Woman of the Year Kiss of the Spider Woman Funny Lady New York, New York Jason Everman (B.A. 2013) – guitarist; former member of Nirvana and Soundgarden ; Army Ranger ; Green Beret Peter Farrelly (M.F.A. 1986) – filmmaker, with his brother Bobby Farrelly , There's Something About Mary Dumb and Dumber Adriana Ferreyr – Brazilian actressWilliam Finley (B.A. 1963) – actorMatthew Fox (B.A. 1989) – Golden Globe -nominated actor, Lost Party of Five James Franco (M.F.A.) – actor, Golden Globe Award ; James Dean Spider-Man trilogyPineapple Express Milk Dan Futterman (B.A. 1989) – actor, The Birdcage Judging Amy Zach Galligan (B.A. 1986) – actor, Gremlins Gremlins 2 Bernard Garfield (M.A. 1950) – bassoonist and composerArt Garfunkel (B.A. 1965, art history; M.A. 1965, mathematics; A.B.D.) – Grammy-award-winning singer, poet, Golden Globe -nominated actor, songwriter of Simon and Garfunkel Allen Ginsberg (B.A. 1948) – Beat Generation poet, National Book Award for Poetry ; The Fall of America: Poems of These States Greg Giraldo (B.A. 1987) – comedianJoseph Gordon-Levitt (attended four years in GS ; did not graduate) – actor, 3rd Rock from the Sun (500) Days of Summer Lauren Graham (Barnard College; B.A. 1988) – actress, Gilmore Girls James Gunn (M.F.A.) – film director (Slither Dawn of the Dead Scooby-Doo The Toy Collector Jake Gyllenhaal (attended first two years) – Academy Award -nominated actor, Brokeback Mountain Donnie Darko Jarhead Maggie Gyllenhaal (B.A. 1999) – Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated actress, Crazy Heart Secretary The Dark Knight Katori Hall (B.A. 2003) – playwright, journalist and actress; The Mountaintop Ed Harris (attended first two years) – Golden Globe -winning and Academy Award-nominated actor, The Truman Show A Beautiful Mind Lorenz Hart – Broadway lyricist, collaborator with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ; wrote such songs as "Blue Moon ", "The Lady Is a Tramp ", "My Funny Valentine "Bhupen Hazarika (Ph.D. 1952) – Assamese lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-makerHikaru Utada (did not graduate) – Japanese pop singer; fashion modelLauryn Hill (attended first year) – Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, musicianBoyd Holbrook – fashion modelNicole Holofcener (M.F.A.) – film and TV director, screenwriter, Friends With Money Sex and the City Gilmore Girls Six Feet Under Katie Holmes (attended a summer session) – actressFamke Janssen (B.A. 1992) – actress, GoldenEye X-Men Jim Jarmusch (B.A. 1975) – filmmaker, Dead Man Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Broken Flowers Julia Jones (B.A.) – Native American actress, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Judy Joo (B.S)- chef, author, host, Iron Chef UK , Jinjuu Restaurants , Korean Food Made Simple (season 1 & 2)John Kander (M.A.) – lyricist who collaborated with Fred Ebb on such Broadway musicals as Cabaret Chicago Woman of the Year Kiss of the Spider Woman Funny Lady New York, New York Nicole Kassell (B.A. 1994) – director and producer of Watchmen Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series Jean Kelly (B.A. 1994) – actressAlicia Keys (attended first year) – Grammy Award-winning singer, musician, composerCinta Laura Kiehl (B.S. 2014) – Indonesian actress (After the Dark The Ninth Passenger Cinta Laura Album anti-violence against women and children by the Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection Simon Kinberg (M.F.A.) – screenwriter Mr. & Mrs. Smith X-Men: The Last Stand Ezra Koenig – musician, member of indie band Vampire Weekend Joseph Kosinski (GSAPP ) – television commercial and feature film director best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery workJoel Krosnick (B.A. 1963) – cellist ; member of the Juilliard String Quartet ; chairman of Cello Department at Juilliard School Robert Kurka (M.A. 1948) – composer, musician; the opera and instrumental suite The Good Soldier Schweik Tony Kushner (B.A. 1978) – Pulitzer Prize –winning playwright, Angels in America Claire Labine (M.F.A.) – head writer of Ryan's Hope One Life to Live General Hospital Where The Heart Is Guiding Light Yves Lavandier – screenwriter, director (Yes, But... Writing Drama Michael Lehmann (B.A. 1978) – director, Heathers Hudson Hawk Sean Lennon (attended) – singer and songwriter, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Al Lewis (Ph.D. 1941) – actor, The Munsters Yo-Yo Ma (transferred to Harvard University) – cellist Arthur MacArthur IV (B.A. 1961) – concert pianist, writer, artistJames Mangold (M.F.A. 1991) – filmmaker, Girl, Interrupted Walk the Line Amber Marchese (B.A.) – television personality on The Real Housewives of New Jersey Robert Maschio (B.A. 1988) – actor, Scrubs Kate McKinnon (B.A. 2006) – actress and comedianTerrence McNally (B.A. 1960) – dramatist, winner of four Tony Awards , an Emmy , a Pulitzer Prize, and two Guggenheim Fellowships Eric Milnes – harpsichordist, organist and conductorMax Minghella (B.A. 2009) – actor, starred in Syriana Art School Confidential Greg Mottola (M.F.A. 1991) – film director, Superbad Hari Nef – actress, model, and writerRachel Nichols – actress, modelRonald Noll (B.A., M.F.A. c.1950) – conductor, music director, and television music supervisorFrank Nugent (B.A. 1929)— screenwriter, The Searchers , The Quiet Man Jack O'Brien – jazz musicianToby Orenstein (B.F.A.) – theatre producer, director, and founder of the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts , the Young Columbians , and Toby's Dinner Theatre [ 36] Lena Park (B.A. 2010) – Korean R&B singerDiane Paulus (M.A. 1997) – 2013 Tony Award; director of theater, opera; Artistic Director, American Repertory Theater , Harvard University (2009–)Amanda Peet (B.A. 1995) – actress, The Whole Nine Yards Kimberly Peirce (M.F.A. 1996) – filmmaker, Boys Don't Cry Anthony Perkins – actor, best known as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho Tess Posner – technologist and musicianMartin Quigley, Jr. (B.A. 1939) – movie trade periodical publisher, author, politician, spyJames Rebhorn (M.F.A. 1972) – actorPaul Robeson (J.D. 1923) – Basso cantante concert singer, multi-lingual actorAmber Chardae Robinson (M.F.A. 2015) – actressEmmy Rossum – actress, Shameless [ 37] Henry Alex Rubin (B.A. 1995), Academy Award -nominated director, Murderball Cameron Russell – fashion modelGeorge Segal (B.A. 1955) – Academy Award -nominated actor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Just Shoot Me! Jeffrey Sharp (M.F.A.) – filmmaker, Boys Don't Cry You Can Count on Me Jenny Slate (B.A. 2004) – actor, former cast member of Saturday Night Live Scott Smith (M.F.A. 1990) – author and screenwriter, A Simple Plan Celine Song (M.F.A. 2014) – Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director, Past Lives Anil Srinivasan – Classical pianist and music educatorSarah Steele – actress, Spanglish Julia Stiles (B.A. 2005) – actress, Save the Last Dance Mona Lisa Smile Richard Stoltzman (studied for Ph.D. in music) – clarinetist Stephen Strimpell (B.A., J.D.) – actor, star of the cult television classic Mister Terrific Rider Strong (B.A. 2004) – actor, Boy Meets World Aaron Schwartz (M.F.A.) – actor, director and copyright lawyer in TorontoConrad Tao Max Terr – pianist, arranger, bandleader, film composer, The Gold Rush Stairway to Light [ 38] Craig Timberlake (M.A.) – stage actor, opera singer, and later Columbia faculty memberChris Tomson – musician, member of indie band Vampire Weekend Darko Tresnjak (B.A. 1998) – theatre director Claire Unabia (G.S.) – contestant in Cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model Heidi Vanderbilt – Broadway actressMario Van Peebles (B.A. 1978) – actor and director, New Jack City BAADASSSSS! Alan Wagner (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1952) – first president of the Disney Channel ; East Coast vice president of programming at CBS; radio personality; opera historian and criticBrian Weitz (B.A., M.P.A) – musician, member of band Animal Collective Robert Wisdom (B.A. 1976) – actor, The Wire Charles Wuorinen (B.A. 1961, M.A. 1963) – musician, pianist, and composerRemy Zaken (B.A. 2011) – Broadway actressBrian Yorkey – playwright, screenwriter, Next to Normal If/Then 13 Reasons Why
Journalism
See also: Notable alumni of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism , Columbia College of Columbia University (Journalism and media figures; and Publishers), and Columbia Law School (Journalists) for separate listing of more than 175 journalists, media figures, and publishers
R.W. Apple (B.S. 1961) – Senior Correspondent, Associate Editor, former Washington Bureau chief, New York Times Douglas Black – president of Doubleday and Company , 1946–1963Marcus Brauchli – managing editor, The Wall Street Journal A'Lelia Bundles (M.A. journalism) – journalistGreg Burke (M.A. journalism) – senior communications adviser with the Vatican 's Secretariat of State (2012–)Diann Burns (M.A. journalism) – television news anchor; nine-time Emmy Award winnerWhittaker Chambers – senior editor at Time , prominent contributor to National Review and other journalsHagar Chemali , Political Satirist, Writer, Producer, Television Personality, and Political CommentatorGina Chua (M.S. Journalism 1988), executive editor, Reuters [ 39] [ 40] May Cutler (M.A. journalism) – Canadian publisher and journalist, founder of Tundra Books and the first Canadian woman to publish children's books [ 41] Jamal Dajani (B.A. Political Science) – Director of Middle Eastern Programming, Link TV , Producer of Mosaic: World News from the Middle East winner of a Peabody Award Helen Dalley – Australian journalist; anchor with Sky News Australia Yuval Elizur (M.S. Journalism) – journalist; covers the Israeli economy , globalization, and economic warfare; author of 8 booksStéphanie Fillion (M.A., Journalism), French-Canadian journalist and United Nations correspondentMax Frankel (B.A.) – executive editor, New York Times Melissa Fung (M.A., journalism) – Canadian CBC News journalistNicholas Gage – investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, The New York Times (1970–80); journalist, The Boston Herald Traveler The Wall Street Journal Robert Giles – curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at HarvardHelen Gilmore – editor at Photoplay [ 42] Caroline Glick (B.A. 1991) – American-Israeli journalist; deputy managing editor of The Jerusalem Post Patrick William Graham (B.A.) Canadian journalist and screen writerAshbel Green (B.A. 1950, M.A.) – vice president and senior editor at Knopf Ken Hechtman – maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan 's Taliban government as a suspected spy in 2001Jay Irving – reporter, cartoonist; father of Clifford Irving who is best known for perpetrating hoax biography of Howard Hughes DeWitt John (M.A. Journalism) – American journalist and editorCasey Johnston (M.S. Engineering) – fitness writer and influencerJay Caspian Kang (M.F.A. 2005) – American writer and television journalistNeeraj Khemlani (M.S. Journalism 1993) – CBS News PresidentEdward Klein (B.A., M.A. Journalism) – former foreign editor of Newsweek ; former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine Leonard Koppett – sports writer, columnist, authorSteve Kroft – 60 Minutes Peabody Awards and nine Emmy Awards Robert Krulwich (J.D. 1974) – media journalist, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award , Emmy Award, George Polk Award Howard Kurtz (M.A. Journalism) – journalist and author with a special focus on the media; the nation's "most influential media reporter"Bernard Le Grelle (M.S. Journalism 1974) – journalist, author, political adviser, former United Nations expert and public affairs executiveJohn Leland (B.A., 1981) – New York Times reporter, authorJoseph Lelyveld (M.A., Journalism) – executive editor, New York Times Sharon Lerner – American investigative reporter and environmental journalistAndy Levy – ombudsman, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld Fox News Channel A. J. Liebling (M.A. Journalism) – journalist closely associated with The New Yorker Thomas Lippman – journalist, authorRobert Lipsyte (B.A. 1957) – winner of an Emmy Award in 1990, host of The Eleventh Hour on PBS, correspondent for The New York Times and ABC Nightly News Henry Demarest Lloyd (J.D.) – "the father of investigative journalism"John R. MacArthur (B.A. 1978) – President of Harper's Magazine Cynthia McFadden (J.D.) – ABC news anchor, George Foster Peabody Award John McWethy – five Emmy Awards, Overseas Press Club AwardSuzanne M. Malveaux (M.S.) – television news reporter; former White House correspondent for CNNGabriele Marcotti (M.A., Journalism) – football writer for The Times , The Sunday Herald , La Stampa , Il Corriere dello Sport , host of Five Live Sport on FridaysAndrés Martinez (J.D.) – editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times Judith Miller (B.A. 1969) – former New York Times Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting [ 43] Matthew Miller (J.D. 1986) – columnist and author, The Two Percent Solution Bill Minutaglio (B.A., M.S.) – PEN Center-award-winning author, journalist, professor. Nine books, including First Son: George W. Bush & The Bush Family Dynasty ; City on Fire ; The Most Dangerous Man in America. Timothy L. O'Brien (M.A., Journalism) – author and journalist; edits and oversees the Sunday Business section of The New York Times Rita Omokha (M.S., Journalism) – journalist and authorJohn L. O'Sullivan – editor of the Democratic Review during the 1840s; coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny "Basharat Peer (Journalist) – Kashmiri American journalist, script writer, author, and political commentator. Author, Curfewed Night Martin Perlich – radio broadcaster and writerMichael Reidel New York Post Theater Critic, AuthorTed Rall (B.A. 1991) – editorial cartoonist, Pulitzer finalist, columnist, pundit, author of Revenge of the Latchkey Kids Wayne Allyn Root – creator of Spike TV, Discovery Channel, CNBC; Executive Producer and host of Wayne Allyn Root's Winning Edge and King of Vegas Claire Shipman (B.A. 1986) – Senior National Correspondent for ABC; winner of an Emmy Award for her CNN coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ; her work contributed to CNN winning a Peabody Award for its coverage of the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 Howard Simons – former curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at HarvardAllan Sloan – seven-time winner of Gerald Loeb Award Richard Smith (M.I.A., M.S. 1970) – CEO of Newsweek Neil Strauss (B.A. 1991) – journalist; author of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists Sreenath Sreenivasan (M.S. 1993) – academic administrator, professor and technology journalistArthur Hays Sulzberger (M.S. 1993) – publisher of The New York Times (1935–1961)Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr. (B.A. 1951) – publisher and businessman; former publisher of The New York Times ; and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company Ron Suskind (M.A. 1983) – journalist, authorTiziano Terzani – reporter and correspondentDina Temple-Raston – NPR 's counterterrorism correspondentLiz Trotta – journalist, three Emmy Awards and two Overseas Press Club awardsMariana van Zeller (M.A. journalism 02) – Portuguese journalist; 2011 Livingston Award ; 2010 Peabody Award ; 2009 Webby Award Steven Waldman (B.A.) – political journalist; senior advisor to the Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (October 2009–)Richard Watts, Jr. – longtime theatre critic for the New York Post Bari Weiss (2007) – opinion writer and editorGideon Yago (B.A. 2000) – MTV News correspondent
National Book Awards
John Ashbery (M.A. 1951) – National Book Award , National Book Critics Circle Award John Berryman – National Book Award, Bollingen Prize Karen Brazell (Ph.D.) – National Book AwardRobert Caro – National Book Award, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, Francis Parkman Prize Lennard J. Davis (B.A., M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D., 1976) – National Book AwardE.L. Doctorow – National Book Award, National Humanities Medal , three National Book Critics Circle Awards Jason Epstein (B.A. 1949) – National Book Award; co-founded The New York Review of Books Paula Fox – National Book Award (1983), Hans Christian Andersen Medal Peter Gay (M.A. 1947, Ph.D. 1951) – National Book AwardAllen Ginsberg – National Book Award; one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950sStephen Jay Gould – National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle AwardLillian Hellman (attended) – National Book Award, 1976 Edward MacDowell Medal and Paul Robeson Award Herbert Kohl – National Book AwardJerzy Kosinski (B.A. 1965) – National Book AwardJane Kramer (M.A.) – National Book Award for Nonfiction, National Magazine Award Joseph Wood Krutch (M.A., Ph.D.) – National Book AwardChristopher Lasch – National Book AwardJoseph P. Lash (M.A. 1932) – National Book Award, Francis Parkman PrizeUrsula K. Le Guin – National Book Award, five Hugo Awards , six Nebula Awards Oscar Lewis (Ph.D.) – National Book AwardSalvador Luria – National Book Award in Science, Nobel Laureate Bernard Malamud – twice winner of National Book Award, O. Henry Award Ralph Manheim – National Book AwardRobert Nozick – National Book AwardWalker Percy (M.D. 1941) – National Book AwardGregory Rabassa (Ph.D.) – National Book Award, National Medal of Arts (2006)Robert V. Remini (M.A. 1947, Ph.D. 1951) – National Book Award; appointed Historian of the United States House of Representatives Edward Seidensticker (M.A.) – National Book AwardFrancis Steegmuller (B.A. 1927) – twice winner of National Book AwardGerald Stern (M.A. 1949) – National Book Award, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize T. J. Stiles (Ph.D., A.B.D.) – National Book Award (2009)[ 44] [ 45] William Troy – National Book AwardTim Weiner (M.A.) – National Book Award (2007)Eudora Welty – National Book Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom , National Medal of Arts Hans Zinsser (B.A. 1899, A.M. 1903, M.D. 1903) – National Book Award; bacteriologist and immunologist
Pulitzer Prize winners
Leroy F. Aarons – Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting (shared)Elie Abel – Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (shared)Herbert Agar – Pulitzer Prize for History Ayad Akhtar – 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama John Ashbery – Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award , National Book Critics Circle Award Dean Baquet (B.A. 1978) – Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting (1988); managing editor for news operations, The New York Times William M. Beecher (M.S.) – Pulitzer Prize–winning former Washington correspondent for the Boston Globe Wall Street Journal , New York Times John Berryman – Pulitzer Prize for poetryKatherine Boo – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Louis Bromfield – Pulitzer Prize for Early Autumn Ethan Bronner – Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism Geraldine Brooks – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Edwin Burrows – Pulitzer Prize for History in 1999 for the book Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 Robert Neil Butler – Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Robert Campbell – Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural criticRobert Caro – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography Hodding Carter – Pulitzer Prize for his editorialsMargaret Clapp – Pulitzer Prize for BiographyRobert Coles (M.D.) – Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1973); Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Humanities Medal John Corigliano – Pulitzer Prize for Music, Academy Award, Grammy AwardHolland Cotter (M.Phil) – Pulitzer Prize for Criticism (2009)[ 46] [ 47] Richard Ben Cramer – Pulitzer Prize for International ReportingLawrence A. Cremin – Pulitzer Prize for History, Bancroft Prize Justin Davidson – Pulitzer Prize for CriticismBob Drogin – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Will Durant – Pulitzer Prize for Literature , Presidential Medal of FreedomJim Dwyer – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize (for Commentary and for Spot News Reporting)Jesse Eisinger (B.A. 1992) – 2011 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting [ 48] Andrea Elliott – Pulitzer Prize (2007); reporter, New York Times Eric Foner – 2011 Pulitzer Prize for History, Lincoln Prize , and twice winner of the Bancroft PrizeSue Fox (M.S. 1998) – Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting (2004)[ 49] [ 50] [ 51]
Glenn Frankel – Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, authorMax Frankel – Pulitzer Prize for International ReportingRachel Kaadzi Ghansah – 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature WritingRobert Giles – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize (under his editorship), current curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at HarvardLouise Gluck – 12th U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award , Bollingen Prize , Nobel Prize for Literature Juan Gonzalez – Pulitzer Prize, George Polk Award Charles Gordone – Pulitzer Prize for DramaOscar Hammerstein II – twice winner of the Pulitzer PrizeAnthony Hecht – U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Bollingen Prize , Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize , Frost Medal Ellis Henican (CSL ) – Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting (shared) (1992)Marguerite Higgins – first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1951)Jim Hoagland – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize (for International Reporting and for Commentary)Richard Hofstader – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize (for History and General Nonfiction)Michael Holley – Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service (team)Tony Horwitz – Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting Richard Howard – Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, American Book Award , Pen Translation Prize Nigel Jaquiss – 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting Margo Jefferson – Pulitzer Prize for CriticismWilliam Jorden – Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (shared) and U.S. Ambassador to Panama Jodi Kantor – 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (shared)Frederick Kempe – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize (both team)Glenn Kessler – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize (for Spot News Reporting)Kathleen Kingsbury – Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing; Opinion Editor of the New York Times Tom Kitt – Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Tony Award Carolyn Kizer – Pulitzer Prize, poet, three-time winner of the Pushcart Prize , Frost Medal Edward Kleban – Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award, Drama Desk Award David Kocieniewski (M.A. Journalism 1986) – 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting [ 52]
Tony Kushner – Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards, Emmy Award, Whiting Writers' Award Joseph P. Lash (M.A. 1932) – Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1972)Joseph Lelyveld – Pulitzer Prize, journalistLeonard Levy (Ph.D.) – 1969 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryDavid Levering Lewis – twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Bancroft Prize, Francis Parkman PrizeSteve Liesman – Pulitzer Prize (team leader) for International ReportingSteve Lohr (JRN 1975) – 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Zhou Long – 2011 Pulitzer Prize for MusicCarleton Mabee (Ph.D.) – 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Biography[ 53]
Bernard Malamud – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , O. Henry Award John Matteson – Pulitzer Prize for BiographyTerrence McNally – Pulitzer Prize, four Tony Awards, Emmy Award, four Drama Desk Awards , two Obie Awards Eileen McNamara – Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting, Yankee Quill Award Louis Menand – Pulitzer Prize for History, Francis Parkman PrizeCarol Marbin Miller – 2018 finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Investigative ReportingJudith Miller – 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting [ 43] Steven Millhauser – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Paul Moravec – Pulitzer Prize for MusicTad Mosel – Pulitzer Prize for DramaAmy Ellis Nutt (M.A.) – 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing [ 54]
Mirta Ojito – Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting Sharon Olds – 2013 Pulitzer Prize for PoetryDele Olojede – Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, first African-born winner of the Pulitzer prizeTim Page – Pulitzer Prize, music critic Gregory Pardlo – 2015 Pulitzer Prize for PoetryMichael Pupin – Pulitzer Prize, physicistMatt Richtel – 2010 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting Richard Rodgers – twice winner of the Pulitzer PrizeCarlos P. Romulo – Pulitzer Prize in CorrespondhenceWendy Ruderman – 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative ReportingMorrie Ryskind – Pulitzer Prize for DramaEli Sanders (1999) – 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing [ 55] [ 56] [ 57]
Carl Emil Schorske – Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction William Schuman – Pulitzer Prize for Music , president of the Juilliard School of Music , president of Lincoln Center Louis Simpson – Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Prix de Rome Upton Sinclair – Pulitzer Prize, wrote over 90 books in many genres, his novel Oil! There Will Be Blood R. Jeffrey Smith – Pulitzer Prize for Investigative ReportingTracy K. Smith (M.F.A. 1997) – 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; 2006 James Laughlin Award ; 2005 Whiting Writers' Award Paul Starr – Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Bancroft Prize, Goldsmith Book Prize T. J. Stiles – 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography [ 45] Ron Suskind – Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing William Taubman – Pulitzer Prize for Biography, National Book Critics Circle Award Edwin Way Teale – Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAllan Temko – Pulitzer Prize, architectural criticJohn Kennedy Toole – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Anne Tyler – Pulitzer Prize (Breathing Lessons National Book Critics Circle Award (The Accidental Tourist Irwin Unger – Pulitzer Prize for HistoryCarl Clinton Van Doren – Pulitzer Prize, biographerMark Van Doren – Pulitzer PrizeBill Vlasic (JRN 1982) – 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Mike Wallace – Pulitzer Prize for HistoryCharles Warren – Pulitzer Prize for HistoryTim Weiner – Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting Eudora Welty – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , Presidential Medal of Freedom , National Medal of Arts Damon Winter (B.A.) – Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (2009)C. Vann Woodward (M.A. 1932) – Pulitzer Prize for History, Bancroft PrizeHerman Wouk – Pulitzer Prize for FictionCharles Wuorinen – Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim FellowshipsBrian Yorkey – 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama ; 2009 Tony Award for Best Score
MacArthur Fellows
The following alumni are fellows of the MacArthur Fellows Program (known as the "genius grant") from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation . As this is an interdisciplinary award, fellows are listed here as well as in their fields of accomplishment.
John Ashbery (M.A. 1951) – poet; MacArthur Fellowship Jacqueline K. Barton (Ph.D. 1979) – chemist; 1991 MacArthur FellowshipTerry Belanger (M.A., 1964; Ph.D. 1970) – historian; history of books, manuscripts, and related objects; 2005 MacArthur Fellowship; founding director of Rare Book School Edet Belzberg (M.A., 1957) – documentary filmmaker; 2005 MacArthur Fellowship; won Special Jury Prize , Sundance Film Festival (2001)Paul Berman (M.A.) – leading writer on politics and literature; MacArthur FellowshipSeweryn Bialer (Ph.D.) – political scientist ; 1983 MacArthur FellowshipKatherine Boo (B.A.) – journalist and author; 2002 MacArthur FellowshipRogers Brubaker (Ph.D. 1990) – sociologist; 1994 MacArthur FellowshipRobert Coles (M.D. 1954) – author, child psychiatrist, and professor at Harvard University ; 1981 MacArthur FellowshipWafaa El-Sadr (MPH) – infectious disease physician; 2008 MacArthur Fellowship; 2009 Rolling Stone ' s "100 People Who Are Changing America," Scientific American ' s "10: Guiding Science for Humanity" and Utne Reader ' s "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World"Irving Feldman (M.A. 1953) – poet and professor of English; 1992 MacArthur FellowshipRandall Forsberg (B.A.) – expert in defense and disarmament as used for promoting democratic institutions; 1983 MacArthur FellowshipStephen Jay Gould (Ph.D. 1967) – paleontologist, author; 1981 MacArthur Fellowship; Linnean Society of London 's Darwin–Wallace Medal (2008); Paleontological Society Medal (2002); Charles Schuchert Award (1975); Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (twice – 1983, 1990)Rosanne Haggerty (M.A. Arch.) – housing and community development leader; 2001 MacArthur FellowshipShirley Heath (Ph.D. 1970) – linguistic anthropologist ; 1984 MacArthur FellowshipJohn Hollander (B.A.) – poet, 1990 MacArthur Fellowship, Bollingen Prize (1983); Poet Laureate, State of Connecticut (2006–2011)Richard Howard (B.A. 1951) – poet, literary critic, essayist, translator; MacArthur Fellowship; PEN Translation Prize ; Poet Laureate, State of New York (1994–97)David Keightley (Ph.D.) – sinologist , historian ; 1986 MacArthur FellowshipHarlan Lane (B.S., M.S. 1958) – psychologist; 1991 MacArthur FellowshipLawrence W. Levine (M.A., Ph.D.) – historian; 1983 MacArthur FellowshipDavid Levering Lewis (M.A. 1959) – Professor of History; MacArthur FellowshipRalph Manheim – English translator of major German, French works; 1983 MacArthur Fellowship; PEN Translation Prize (1964); PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation Campbell McGrath (M.F.A. 1988) – poet; MacArthur Fellowship; Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award , Pushcart Prize , three Academy of American Poets PrizesDinaw Mengestu (M.F.A.) – novelist and writer; 2012 MacArthur FellowshipRichard A. Muller (B.A.) – physicist; 1982 MacArthur Fellowship; known for astrophysics, radioisotope dating, optics and climate changePepon Osorio (M.A. 1985) – Latino artist; 1999 MacArthur FellowshipGeorge Oster (Ph.D.) – mathematical biologist; 1984 MacArthur FellowshipRosalind P. Petchesky (Ph.D.) – political scientist; 1995 MacArthur Fellowship Terry Plank (Ph.D. 1993) – geologist, volcanologist and professor, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory ; 2012 MacArthur FellowshipAnna Curtenius Roosevelt (Ph.D.) – archaeologist; 1988 MacArthur Fellowship; Curator of Archaeology, Field Museum (1991–02)Meyer Schapiro (B.A., Ph.D.) – Lithuanian-born American art historian; MacArthur Fellowship; known for forging new art historical methodologiesStephen Schneider (B.S. 1967, Ph.D., mechanical engineering , plasma physics , 1971) – environmental biologist, climatologist; 1992 MacArthur Fellowship; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , to which Schneider made significant contributions, shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Carl Emil Schorske (B.A. 1936) – cultural historian; 1981 MacArthur FellowshipRicardo Scofidio (M.Arch. 1960) – founder, principal, Diller Scofidio + Renfro ; in 1991, one of the first architects to win MacArthur Prize "genius grant"Sally Temple (postdoctoral fellowship) – developmental neuroscientist ; innovator in field of stem cells , specifically neural stem cells; 2008 MacArthur FellowshipCamilo José Vergara (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. not yet awarded) – writer, photographer, documentarian; 2002 MacArthur Fellowship; 2010 Berlin Prize Alisa Weilerstein (B.A. 2004) – cellist; 2011 MacArthur FellowshipAnders Winroth (M.A., Ph.D.) – professor of medieval history, Yale ; 2003 MacArthur FellowshipIrene J. Winter (Ph.D.) – art historian; 1983 MacArthur FellowshipLawrence S. Wittner (B.A. 1962; Ph.D., in history, 1967) historian; MacArthur FellowshipEric Wolf (Ph.D.) – anthropologist; MacArthur FellowshipCharles Wuorinen (B.A. 1961, M.A. 1963) – composer ; 1985 MacArthur Fellowship
National Medal of Science
Jan Drewes Achenbach (post-doc research) – mechanical engineer ; National Medal of Science (2005)Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (M.D. 1904) – German-American physicist; recipient, 2007 National Medal of ScienceKenneth Arrow (M.S., Ph.D.) – economist; National Medal of Science (2004), John Bates Clark Medal (1957), von Neumann Theory Prize (1986); Arrow's impossibility theorem Francisco J. Ayala (Ph.D. 1964) – evolutionary biologist and geneticist, National Medal of Science (2001)John Backus (B.S., mathematics, 1949) – co-inventor of Fortran programming language, National Medal of Science (1975), Turing Award , Draper Prize Jacqueline K. Barton (Ph.D. 1979) – chemist; National Medal of Science (2011); NSF Waterman Award (1985), ACS Gibbs Medal (2006), Weizmann Women & Science Award Baruj Benacerraf (B.S.) – Venezuelan immunologist, National Medal of ScienceKonrad Emil Bloch (Ph.D. 1938) – biochemist; 1988 National Medal of ScienceWallace Smith Broecker (B.S. 1953, Ph.D. 1958) – Crafoord Prize in Geoscience , National Medal of ScienceShu Chien (Ph.D. 1957) – biological scientist, engineer; National Medal of Science; National Academy of Sciences , National Academy of Engineering , Institute of Medicine , American Academy of Arts and Sciences Mildred Cohn (M.S., Ph.D.) – biochemist, National Medal of ScienceDaniel C. Drucker (B.S., M.S., Ph.D. 1939) – mechanical engineer ; authority on theory of plasticity ; National Medal of Science; Timoshenko Medal ; Drucker Medal Val Logsdon Fitch (Ph.D.) – nuclear physicist, National Medal of ScienceMilton Friedman (Ph.D. 1946) – economist; John Bates Clark Medal (1951); National Medal of Science (1988); Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988)James Glimm (Ph.D.) – mathematical physicist, National Medal of Science, Priestley Medal Louis Plack Hammett (Ph.D.) – physical chemist; creator, Hammett equation , Curtin-Hammett principle ; National Medal of Science, Priestley Medal Michael Heidelberger (B.S., Ph.D. 1911) – immunologist, Lasker Award , National Medal of ScienceRoald Hoffman (B.S. 1958) – chemist, National Medal of ScienceElvin A. Kabat (Ph.D.) – biomedical scientist; National Medal of Science; one of the founding fathers of modern quantitative immunochemistry Rudolf E. Kálmán (Ph.D. 1957) – electrical engineer, mathematical systems theorist; National Medal of Science; Kyoto Prize ; IEEE Medal of Honor Joshua Lederberg (B.S.) – molecular biologist ; National Medal of Science (1989), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006)Leon M. Lederman (Ph.D.) – experimental physicist, National Medal of Science, Presidential Medal of FreedomRobert Lefkowitz (B.A. 1962, M.D. 1966) – physician, Shaw Prize , National Medal of ScienceRaymond D. Mindlin (B.A., B.S., C.E., Ph.D.) – mechanician , National Medal of Science, Presidential Medal for Merit Walter Munk (undergrad attendee) – physical oceanographer ; Crafoord Prize in Geoscience ; National Medal of Science, Kyoto Prize , Vetlesen Prize Frank Press (M.A., Ph.D.) – geophysicist, National Medal of ScienceJulian Schwinger (B.A., M.D.) – theoretical physicist , National Medal of ScienceAlfred Sturtevant (Ph.D.) – geneticist, National Medal of SciencePatrick Suppes (Ph.D. 1950) – philosopher, 1990 National Medal of Science; contributions to philosophy of science , theory of measurement , foundations of quantum mechanics John G. Trump (M.S.) – high-voltage engineer and physicist; National Medal of Science; National Academy of Engineering Harold Varmus (M.D. 1941) – Director, National Institutes of Health ; Nobel Laureate ; National Medal of Science; president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Evelyn M. Witkin (Ph.D.) – geneticist; National Medal of Science; National Academy of Sciences; Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
National Medal of Technology
See also: Notable alumni of Columbia College of Columbia University (Scientists and inventors) for additional listing of more than 28 scientists and inventors , Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science for additional listing of more than 55 scientists, engineers, computer scientists and inventors , and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for additional listing of more than 100 physicians
Saul Amarel (M.S. 1953, Ph.D. 1955) – computer scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence Roy Chapman Andrews (M.A.) – dinosaur bone hunter; Cover of Time Magazine , October 29, 1923Virginia Apgar (M.D. 1933) – effectively founded the field of neonatology ; created the Apgar score used to evaluate the health of newborn babiesEdwin Howard Armstrong (B.S. 1913) – inventor of radio circuitry such as the regenerative circuit and FM radio ; pioneer in feedback amplifiers; first Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE Medal of Honor); 1941 Franklin Medal , 1942 Edison Medal ; National Inventors Hall of FameMehdi Ashraphijuo (Ph.D. 2016) – mathematicianOswald Avery (M.D. 1904) – discoverer of DNA's role in transmitting genetic informationJohn Backus (B.S. mathematics, 1949) – inventor of Fortran programming language; won Turing Award ; Draper Prize T. Romeyn Beck (M.D.) – forensic medicine pioneerBaruj Benacerraf (B.S.) – Venezuelan immunologist, National Medal of Science H. I. Biegeleisen (B.S.) – physician and vein expert, pioneer of phlebology Ira Black (B.A. 1961) – neuroscientist and stem cell researcher who served as the first director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey[ 58] Thomas Berry Brazelton (M.D.) – pediatrician ; Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale Thomas H. Chilton (B.A. 1922) – chemical engineer ; a founder of modern chemical engineering practice; Chilton and Colburn J-factor analogy Mildred Cohn (M.S. and Ph.D.) – biochemist, National Medal of ScienceMarie Maynard Daly (Ph.D. 1947) – first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in chemistryCharles Drew (M.D. 1940) – inventor of blood plasma preservation systemHelen Flanders Dunbar (Ph.D. 1929) – important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicineNoam Elkies (B.S.) – three-time Putnam Fellow ; mathematician, co-creator of Schoof–Elkies–Atkin algorithm ; chess master Joseph Engelberger ( B.S. 1946, M.S. 1949) – engineer and entrepreneur, often credited with being the father of robotics ; 1997 Japan Prize David Eppstein (M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1989) – computer scientist, mathematicianJames C. Fletcher (B.S.) – physicist, 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA Ferdinand Freudenstein (Ph.D.) – mechanical engineer, "father of modern kinematics"; National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of ScienceTom Frieden (M.D., MPH) – Director of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009–); N. Y. City Health Commissioner (2002–09)Mercy Amua-Quarshie (obstetrician-gynecologist)Elmer L. Gaden (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) – father of biochemical engineering ; fifth recipient of 2009 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize ; National Academy of EngineeringRichard D. Gitlin (M.S., Eng. Sc. D.)-co-inventor of DSL at Bell Labs, National Academy of EngineeringJames Glimm (Ph.D.) – mathematical physicist, Priestley Medal , National Medal of ScienceAlfred Norton Goldsmith – (Ph.D.) – electrical engineer; IEEE Medal of HonorGordon Gould (work toward Ph.D., did not complete) – inventor of the laser Benjamin Graham (B.A. 1914) – father of modern security analysis and value investing, taught Warren Buffett Ione Grogan (M.S. 1928) – mathematician, academic, and educatorRobert Grubbs (Ph.D. 1968) – chemist, 2005 Nobel LaureateWilliam Stewart Halsted (M.D.) – thought by many to be the most innovative, influential and important US surgeonTsuruko Haraguchi (Ph.D. 1912) – psychologistLouis Plack Hammett (Ph.D.) – physical chemist; creator of Hammett equation ; namesake of Curtin-Hammett principle ; Priestley Medal, National Medal of ScienceBenjamin Harrow (B.S. 1911, A.M. 1912 and Ph.D.1913) – biochemist, nutritionist, science writer and academicWalter Lincoln Hawkins (postgraduate research) – chemical engineer, chemist; first African-American member, National Academy of Engineering; 1992 National Medal of Technology ; National Inventors Hall of FameGustav A. Hedlund (M.A.) – mathematician, one of the founders of symbolic and topological dynamicsMichael Heidelberger – immunologist, Lasker Award , National Medal of ScienceJean Emily Henley (M.D. 1940) – wrote the first German anesthesia textbook after World War IIHerman Hollerith (B.S. 1879, Ph.D.) – statistician who developed a mechanical tabulator ; founder of one of the companies that later merged and became IBM Robert Jastrow (B.A, M.A. Ph.D.) – astronomerArthur Jensen (Ph.D. 1956) – known for work in psychometrics and differential psychology ; educational psychologist who argued for heritability of intelligenceEdward Kasner (Ph.D. 1899) – mathematician, coined the term googol ; Kasner metric , Kasner polygon Michael Katehakis (Ph.D. 1980) – applied mathematics and operations research, Rutgers University Marshall Kay (Ph.D. 1929) – geologist; known for stratigraphy ; 1971 Penrose Medal Leon M. Lederman (Ph.D.) – experimental physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics , National Medal of Science, Presidential Medal of FreedomRobert Ledley (B.S., M.S. 1950) – professor of physiology and biophysics; pioneered use of electronic digital computers in biology and medicine; research lead to invention of whole-body CT scanner ; National Medal of Technology; National Inventors Hall of FameKai-Fu Lee (B.S. 1983) – prominent figures in Chinese internet sector; established China division, Microsoft Research ; establishing China research division for Google John W. Marchetti (B.A., B.S. 1925; E.E. 1931) – radar pioneer combining government and industrial activitiesWarren P. Mason (M.A. 1927; Ph.D. 1928) – electrical engineer and physicist, known for founding distributed-element circuits Winifred Edgerton Merrill (Ph.D. 1886) – first American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematicsRobert Mills (B.A.) – Putnam Fellow ; physicist , specializing in quantum field theory , the theory of alloys , and many-body theory ; Yang-Mills fields Jocelyn Monroe (B.S., Ph.D.) – winner of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her work on neutrino oscillationsRobert Moog (B.S.E.E.) – pioneer of electronic music , best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer Joel Moses (B.A., M.A.) – MIT Provost and Institute Professor , author of Macsyma Roby Muhamad (Ph.D.) – sociologist and research in social networking and small world networks [ 59] Eva Neer (M.D. 1963) – biochemist, G protein research discovererWilliam Nierenberg (Ph.D.) – Putnam Fellow ; physicist, worked on Manhattan Project ; director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1965–86)Jacob Noel-Storr (Ph.D. 2004 Astronomy ) – astrophysicist; influential in astronomy education, outreach, accessibility, equity, inclusion and diversity.Edward Lawry Norton (M.S. 1925) – electrical engineer, discovered the Norton equivalent circuit Rebecca Oppenheimer (B.A. 1994) – astrophysicist, discovered the first substellar object outside the solar system Delia Oppo (Ph.D. 1989) – paleoceanography scientistJohn Ostrom (Ph.D. 1961) – paleontologist , father of the dinosaur renaissance Bedabrata Pain (M.S., Ph.D., Applied physics ) – Indian inventor; CMOS image sensor , active pixel sensor , 87 invention patents; film directorWilliam Barclay Parsons (B.S. 1879) – civil engineerFrank Press (M.A., Ph.D.) – geophysicist, National Medal of ScienceMichael I. Pupin (B.S. 1883) – physicist and physical chemist ; IEEE Medal of Honor, Edison Medal for his work in mathematical physics ; Pulitzer Prize for his autobiographyHyman G. Rickover – father of U.S. nuclear submarine fleet; Enrico Fermi Award ; U.S. Navy four-star admiral Ora Mendelsohn Rosen (M.D. 1960) – cell biology researcherRuth Schmidt (M.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948) – geologistDaniel Schechter (B.A. 1983) – psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and developmental neuroscience researcherRosa Schupbach (MS) – economist at the National Bureau of Economic ResearchJulian Schwinger (B.A., M.D.) – theoretical physicist , National Medal of ScienceGeorge Clark Southworth (graduate study) – radio engineer; pioneering contributions: microwave radio physics, radio astronomy , waveguides ; IEEE Medal of HonorBenjamin Spock (M.D. 1929) – pediatrician , author of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Lao Genevra Simons (B.S. 1908, M.A. 1912, Ph.D. 1924) – mathematician and math historian, author of Fabre and Mathematics and Other Essays John Stevens (B.A. 1768) – built first steam railroad, responsible for first patent law in the U.S.John Stone Stone (1886–1888) – mathematician, physicist, inventor; influential in developing wireless communication technology, IEEE Medal of HonorAlfred Sturtevant (Ph.D.) – geneticist, National Medal of ScienceShen-su Sun (Ph.D.) – geochemistDavid Tannor (born 1958) – theoretical chemist , Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the Department of Chemical Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science Evelyn Butler Tilden (M.S., 1926, Ph.D. 1929) – microbiologist at National Institutes of Health Hing Tong (Ph.D.) – mathematician, algebraic topology ; theoretical physics ; known for providing original proof of Katetov–Tong insertion theorem Joseph F. Traub (Ph.D.) – computer scientist ; National Academy of Engineering Neil deGrasse Tyson (M.Phil. 1989, Ph.D. 1991) – astrophysicist , science communicator ; first and current Director of the Hayden Planetarium Roy Vagelos (M.D.) – mastered three professions: medicine, science, and businessAnastasia van Burkalow (Ph.D. 1944) – Professor Emerita geology, Hunter CollegeHarold Varmus (M.D. 1941) – Director of the National Institutes of Health , Nobel Laureate , National Medal of Science, president and CEO of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Allen Whipple (M.D.) – surgeon known for pancreatic surgery bearing his name (the Whipple procedure ), as well as Whipple's triad Terry Jean Wilson (Ph.D. 1983) – geologist, Antarctic researcherNellie Choy Wong (Ph.G. 1920) first Chinese woman to become a pharmacist in AmericaVictor Wouk (B.A. 1939) – scientist and engineer; pioneer in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles Rae Wynn-Grant (Ph.D.) – large carnivore ecologist and advocate for diversity in STEMLotfi A. Zadeh (Ph.D. 1949) – mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher; founder of fuzzy mathematics , fuzzy set theory, fuzzy logic ; IEEE Medal of Honor ; National Academy of EngineeringBruno H. Zimm (B.S. 1941, M.S. 1943, Ph.D. 1944) – polymer chemist and DNA researcher; in statistical mechanics, the Zimm–Bragg model
Astronauts and aviators
Michael Massimino
Carmen Twillie Ambar (J.D.) – ninth woman to lead Douglass College and 13th president of Cedar Crest College George Henry Armacost (Ph.D. 1940) – president of the University of Redlands (1945–1970)[ 60]
Frederick A.P. Barnard – president of Columbia; Chancellors of the University of Mississippi ; namesake of Barnard College Louis T. Benezet (Ph.D. 1942) – president of Allegheny College (1948–1955), Colorado College (1955–1963), Claremont Graduate University (1963–1970) and the University at Albany (1970–1975)William Bizzell (Ph.D. 1921) – 5th president of the University of Oklahoma , president of what is now Texas A&M University , president of what is now Texas Woman's University Sarah Gibson Blanding (M.A. 1926) – president of Vassar College (1946–1964)Joel Bloom (M.A., Ph.D.) – 8th president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (2012–)Lee Bollinger (J.D. 1971) – current president of Columbia; former president of University of Michigan ; former Provost of Dartmouth College ; First Amendment scholar; defendant in two key affirmative action cases in the United States Supreme Court ; Chair of the Board of Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2011)Frederick deWolfe Bolman Jr. (Ph.D.) – president of Franklin and Marshall College (1956–1962)[ 61]
Albert H. Bowker (Ph.D. Statistics) – Chancellor of City University of New York (1963–1971) and the University of California, Berkeley (1971–1980)Harvie Branscomb (Ph.D.) – 4th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (1946–1963)H. Keith H. Brodie (M.D.) – chancellor (1982–1985) and president (1985–1993) of Duke University Harold Brown (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) – physicist; former president of Caltech ; former dean, School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University George F. Budd (M.A., Ph.D.) – former president of Pittsburg State University , former president of St. Cloud University
John H. Bunzel (M.A.) – president of San Jose State University (1970–1978)[ 62] Julian Ashby Burruss (A.M. 1906) – president of James Madison University (1908–1919) and Virginia Tech (1919–1945)Nicholas Murray Butler (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) – president of Columbia University; Nobel Laureate; president of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Alfred Benjamin Butts (Ph.D. 1920) – chancellor of the University of Mississippi (1935–1946)Colin Campbell (J.D.) – 13th president of Wesleyan University Daniel Chamovitz – biologist, author of What a Plant Knows Ben Gurion University of the Negev Margaret Clapp (Ph.D. 1937) – president of Wellesley College (1949–1966)Felton Grandison Clark (M.A., Ph.D.) – president of Southern University (1938–1969)[ 63] Lotus Delta Coffman (Teachers College) – 5th president of the University of Minnesota (1920–1938)Charles W. Cole (M.A., Ph.D.) – president of Amherst College (1946–1960) and United States Ambassador to Chile (1961–1964)James S. Coles (B.S. 1936, Ph.D.) – former president of Bowdoin College Arthur G. Crane (M.A. 1918, Ph.D. 1920) – first President of Minot State University , president of the University of Wyoming (1922–1941), 20th Governor of Wyoming (January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1951)Michael Crow (faculty) – president of Arizona State University Howard A. Cutler (Ph.D. 1953 Economics) – Chancellor of University of Alaska Fairbanks 1975–1981[ 64]
Margaret Mordecai Jones Cruikshank (1911) – President of St. Mary's Junior College [ 65] Richard Cyert (Ph.D. Economics) – sixth President of Carnegie Mellon University (1972–1990)Colgate Darden (1923) – chancellor of College of William and Mary (1946–47); president of University of Virginia (1947–59); namesake of Darden Graduate School of Business Administration Henry David (Ph.D.) – president of the New School (1960–1962)[ 66]
Nicholas Dirks (faculty) – 10th chancellor-designate of University of California, Berkeley ; professor of anthropology and history; Dean of faculty of arts and sciencesHerman Lee Donovan (Ph.D.) – 4th President of the University of Kentucky (1941–1956)Blanche Hinman Dow (M.A., Ph.D.) – president of Cottey College (1949–1965) and president of the American Association of University Women (1963–1967)[ 67] John William Elrod (Ph.D.) – president of Washington and Lee University (1995–2001)[ 68]
John R. Everett (M.A. 1943, Ph.D. 1945) – President of Hollins College , first Chancellor of the Municipal College System of the City of New York , and President of the New School for Social Research Claire Fagin (M.A. Nursing) – President of the University of Pennsylvania (1993–1994)Livingston Farrand (M.D.) – 4th president of Cornell University and University of Colorado ; public health advocateSaul Fenster (M.S.) – 6th president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (1978–2002)John Henry Fischer (M.S. 1949, Ph.D. 1951) – president and dean of Teachers College, Columbia University for fifteen years; as school superintendent, made Baltimore the first large American city to desegregate its public schoolsJames C. Fletcher (B.A.) – president of University of Utah ; head of NASA Guy Stanton Ford (Ph.D. 1903) – 6th president of the University of Minnesota (1938–1941)William Trufant Foster (Ph.D. 1911) – first president of Reed College (1911–1919)Ellen V. Futter (J.D. 1974) – president of Barnard College (1980–93); president of American Museum of Natural History Francis Pendleton Gaines (Ph.D.) – president of Washington and Lee University (1930–1959)[ 69]
Harry Augustus Garfield (Law School) – president of Williams College (1908–1934)Gordon Gee (J.D., Ed.D.) – former president of Brown University ; former chancellor of Vanderbilt University ; twice president of, Ohio State University ; president of the University of Colorado at Boulder and West Virginia University Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), President of Brooklyn College , and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research Frank Goodnow (LL.B. 1882) – president of Johns Hopkins University Edward Kidder Graham (M.A.) – president of the University of North Carolina (1914–1918)Frank Porter Graham – president of the University of North Carolina (1930–1949)Frank Pierrepont Graves (Ph.D. Greek) – president of the University of Wyoming (1896–1898) and the University of Washington (1896–1898)G. Alexander Heard (M.A., Ph.D.) – Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (1963–1982)Ernest O. Holland (Ph.D. 1912) – President of Washington State University (1916–1944)Andrew D. Holt (Ph.D.) – 16th president of the University of Tennessee (1959–1970)Carl Hovde (B.A. 1950) – president of the New School (1945–1950)George Ivany (M.A. 1962) – 7th president of the University of Saskatchewan (1989–1999)Walter Proctor Jenney (E.M. 1871, Ph.D. 1877) – president of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 1893[ 70]
Alvin Saunders Johnson (Ph.D. 1902) – president of the New School (1921–1945)George W. Johnson (M.A., Ph.D. English), president of George Mason University (1979–1996)[ 71] William Hallock Johnson (Ph.D. 1902) – president of Lincoln University , 1926–1936Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (M.A.) – president of historically black Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana , 1936–1977Thomas E. Jones (M.A. 1917, Ph.D. 1926) – president of Fisk University (1926–1946) and Earlham College Thomas Kean (M.A.) – president of Drew University ; head of 9/11 Commission Kenneth H. Keller (B.A.) – 12th president of the University of Minnesota (1985–1988)Eamon Kelly (Ph.D.) – former president of Tulane University Francis Kilcoyne – President of Brooklyn College Grayson L. Kirk (faculty) – president of ColumbiaGeorge Latimer (LL.B.) – regent of University of Minnesota John LeConte (M.D. 1842) – president of the University of California Berkeley 1869–1870 and 1875–1881Joshua Lederberg (B.A. 1944; graduate study) – former president of Rockefeller University ; Nobel Prize–winning biologist; National Medal of Science ; Presidential Medal of Freedom Umphrey Lee (Ph.D. 1931) – president of Southern Methodist University (1939–1954)Ronald D. Liebowitz (Ph.D. 1985) – president of Middlebury College (2004–)Peter Likins (faculty) – electrical engineer; president of University of Arizona ; former president of Lehigh University Raymond Lisle (A.M. 1930) – attorney, officer in the US Foreign Service, and Dean of Brooklyn Law School John V. Lombardi (M.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1968) – president of University of Florida (1990–1999); chancellor of University of Massachusetts Amherst (2002–2007); president of Louisiana State University System (2007–present)Seth Low (B.A. 1870) – president of Columbia University; chairman of Tuskegee Institute (1907–1916)John Barfoot Macdonald (Ph.D. 1953) – 4th president of the University of British Columbia (1962–1967); Officer of the Order of Canada James L. McConaughy (Ph.D. 1913) – president of Wesleyan University and Knox College Alfred Thayer Mahan (attended two years) – president of U.S. Naval War College ; author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History Anthony Marx (faculty) – president of Amherst College Ronald Mason Jr. (B.A., M.A.) – former president of Jackson State University and Southern University ; current president of the University of the District of Columbia [ 72] Willfred Otto Mauck – eighth president of Hillsdale College 1933–1942[ 73]
Martin Meyerson (B.A.) – president of the University of Pennsylvania ; acting chancellor of University of California, Berkeley ; president of State University of New York at Buffalo J. Hillis Miller, Sr. (Ph.D. 1933) – fourth president of University of Florida (1947–1953)John D. Millett (A.M. 1935, Ph.D. 1938) – 16th president of Miami University (1953–1964)Robert A. Millikan (Ph.D. 1895) – early president of Caltech (1921–1945); Nobel Prize–winning physicist; first to measure the charge of the electronDavid Wiley Mullins (Ph.D. 1941) – president of the University of Arkansas (1960–1974)G. Leon Netterville (M.A.) – former president of Southern University (1968–1972)[ 74] Abraham A. Neuman (B.A. 1909, M.A. 1912) – President of Dropsie College (1940–1966)Frank Newman (M.B.A.) – president of the University of Rhode Island (1974–1983 )[ 75]
A. Ray Olpin (Ph.D. 1930) – President of the Utah University (1946–1964)Archie Palmer (M.A. 1927) – 8th President of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1938–1942)Christina Hull Paxson (M.A. 1985, Ph.D. 1987) – 19th president of Brown University (2012–); former Dean and Professor of Economics & Public Affairs at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs John H. Payne (M.A.) – President of Morehead State University (1929–35)[ 76]
Mario Laserna Pinzon (B.A.) – founded the Universidad de Los Andes Peter Pouncey (Ph.D. 1969) – classicist ; former president of Amherst College Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (B.A., Ph.D.) – Serbian physicist and physical chemist ; winner of IEEE Medal of Honor , Edison Medal for his work in mathematical physics Stuart Rabinowitz (J.D.) – 8th president of Hofstra University , former Hofstra School of Law dean.[ 77] Emanuel Rackman (B.A. 1931, LL.B. 1933, Ph.D., 1953) – Modern Orthodox rabbi; President of Bar-Ilan University Trudie Kibbe Reed (Ph.D.) – 11th president of Philander Smith College (1998–2004), 5th president of Bethune–Cookman University (2004–2012)Jehuda Reinharz (B.S.) – president of Brandeis University Ira Remsen (M.D.) – 2nd president of Johns Hopkins University (1901–1913)Nicanor Reyes, Sr. (Ph.D.) – founder and first president of Far Eastern University ; president of Rockefeller Foundation ; former provost of Yale University Brian C. Rosenberg (M.A., Ph.D.) – 16th president of Macalester College (2003–)David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (M.B.A.) – Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (elected October 16, 2011)William Schuman (B.S. 1935) – president of Juilliard School of Music ; president of Lincoln Center ; inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Music ; founded Juilliard String Quartet ; awarded National Medal of Arts Beheruz Sethna (M.Phil., Ph.D.) – president of University of West Georgia ; Professor of Business at the UniversityJudith Shapiro (Ph.D.) – former president of Barnard College ; anthropologistPhillip Shriver (Ph.D. 1954) – President of Miami University (1965–1981)Kenneth C.M. Sills – former president of Bowdoin College (1918–1952)Michael Sovern (B.A., Ph.D.) – president of Columbia University; Dean of Columbia Law School ; professor at Columbia Law SchoolCharles R. Spain (Ph.D.) – president of Morehead State University (1951–1954)[ 78]
Niara Sudarkasa (M.A., Ph.D. Anthropology) – former president of Lincoln University in PennsylvaniaDaniel Francis Sullivan (Ph.D. 1971) – 19th president of Allegheny College (1986–1996)[ 79]
Carrie Sutherlin (M.A. 1926) – president of president of Arlington Hall Junior College and Chevy Chase Junior College Henry Suzzallo (M.A. 1902, Ph.D. 1905) – president of the University of Washington (1915–1926)Lida Lee Tall (B.A.) – sixth president/principal of State Teachers College at Towson (now Towson University )Clarence Howe Thurber (Ph.D. 1922) – president of the University of Redlands (1933–1937)[ 60]
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg (B.A. 1959) – president of George Washington University and the University of Hartford David Truman (faculty) – political scientist and educator; former president of Mount Holyoke College Andrew Truxal (Ph.D. 1928) – president of Hood College and Anne Arundel Community College Alfred H. Upham (Ph.D. 1908) – President of the University of Idaho (1920–1928) and Miami University (1928–1945)[ 80] Meyer Weisgal – President of the Weizmann Institute of Science John Davis Williams (Ph.D. 1940) – president of Marshall University (1942–1946) and Chancellor of the University of Mississippi (1946–1968)George S. Wise – President of Tel Aviv University Harold Wren – dean of three law schoolsRobert Herring Wright – first President of what is now East Carolina University (1909–1934)John C. Young – president of Centre College (1830–1857); attended three years before transferringMichael K. Young (Law faculty) – president of University of Utah ; former dean of George Washington University Law School James Fulton Zimmerman (Ph.D. 1925) – president of the University of New Mexico (1927–1944)[ 81]
Academia: Theorists
See also: above at Nobel Laureates (Alumni) for separate listing of more than 43 academics and theorists, Notable alumni at Columbia College of Columbia University (Academicians), Columbia Law School (Academia: University presidents and Legal Academia), and Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Economists-Natural Scientists, Social Scientists) for separate listing of more than 163 academics and theorists
Mortimer Adler (Ph.D.) – founder of the Great Books movementClaude Ake (Ph.D. 1966) – Nigerian political scientistEncarnacion Alzona (Ph.D. 1923) – historian, National Scientist of the Philippines , first Filipino woman to receive a Ph.D.Michael Apple (M.A. 1968, Ed.D. 1970) – curriculum theoristKenneth Arrow (M.S., Ph.D.) – economist; John Bates Clark Medal , National Medal of Science E. Digby Baltzell (Ph.D.) – sociologist, credited with the popularization of the acronym WASP Jacques Barzun (B.A. 1927, Ph.D. 1932; faculty 1932–75) – historian; 2003 Presidential Medal of Freedom; 2010 National Humanities Medal Steven M. Bellovin (B.A.) – computer scientist; one of originators of USENET ; co-inventor, Encrypted key exchange password-authenticated key agreement methodsRuth Benedict (Ph.D.) – cultural anthropologist, author of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword Theos Casimir Bernard (Ph.D.) – accomplished practitioner of yoga and Tibetan Buddhism; scholar of religion; explorerBernard Berofsky (Ph.D.) – philosopherJ. David Bleich (born 1936) – rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethicsWalter Block (Ph.D.) – Austrian School free market economistKaren Boroff (Ph.D.) – Dean, Stillman School of Business , Seton Hall University Joseph Campbell (B.A., M.A.) – mythologist , writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion John Maurice Clark (Ph.D. 1910) – economistRobert C. Clark (Ph.D. 1971) – Dean and Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (1989–2003)Rose Laub Coser (Ph.D. 1957) – sociologist, known with medical sociology , role theory , and sociology of the family Margaret Cuninggim – served as Dean of Women at the University of Tennessee and at Vanderbilt University Robert Dallek (M.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1964) – historian specializing in American presidents; winner of Bancroft PrizeWm. Theodore de Bary (B.A.) – East Asian studies expertCarl Neumann Degler (M.A., Ph.D.) – historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning authorDonna Robinson Divine (Ph.D. 1971) – political scientistNorman Dorsen (B.A. 1950) – Professor of Law at NYU Law School (Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law)Irwin Edman (B.A., Ph.D. 1964) – philosopher and writerRichard Epstein (B.A. 1964) – considered one of the most influential legal thinkers of modern timesYael S. Feldman (Ph.D. 1981) – Abraham I. Katsh Professor of Hebrew Culture and Education and Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University Charles Ferster (M.A., Ph.D.) – behavioral psychologistMoses Finley (M.A., Ph.D.) – historian noted for his work on the ancient economyJoshua Fishman (Ph.D.) – distinguished linguist specializing in social linguistics, language and culture, and YiddishRichard Florida (Ph.D. 1986) – urban studies theorist; created concept, creative class and its implications for urban regeneration George T. Flom (Ph.D. 1900) – distinguished linguist specializing in Scandinavian paleography and philologyKenneth A. Frank (M.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1967) – American clinical psychologist and psychoanalystGilberto Freyre (M.A. 1922) – Brazilian sociologist, cultural anthropologist and historianMilton Friedman (Ph.D.) – free market economist; John Bates Clark Medal , National Medal of Science , Presidential Medal of FreedomRaymond Geuss (B.A. 1966, Ph.D 1971) – philosopher, political theorist. Fellow of the British Academy Allan Gotthelf (Ph.D. 1975) – philosopher, and a recognized authority on the philosophies of both Aristotle and Ayn Rand Lynne Hanley (M.A.) – literary criticEdward Harris (B.A. 1971) – inventor of the Harris matrix Sidney Hook (Ph.D. 1927) – philosopher of the Pragmatist school; Presidential Medal of FreedomJ. C. Hurewitz (M.A. 1937, Ph.D. 1950) – Middle East scholar, Columbia faculty 1950–84Jane Jacobs (two years of graduate studies) – urban theoristRaghbendra Jha (M.Phil 1976, Ph.D. 1978) – economist and an academicIra Katznelson (B.A. 1966) – political scientist and historian ; When Affirmative Action Was White (2005)Donald Keene (B.A. 1942) – Japanese studies expertSamara Klar (M.A. 2006) – political scientist and founder of Women Also Know Stuff William Labov (Ph.D. 1964) – linguist, considered the founder of sociolinguistics Ruth Landes (Ph.D. 1935) – author, City of Women (1947)Paul Lazarsfeld – major figure in 20th-century American sociology ; founder of Columbia University 's Bureau of Applied Social Research Howard Lesnick (M.A. 1953, LL.B. 1958), Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Law School Liu Yu (Ph.D.) – Chinese political scientist and writer, faculty at Tsinghua University Harvey J. Levin (M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1953) – communications economics pioneer
Seymour Martin Lipset (Ph.D. 1949) – sociologistPaul Massing – sociologist in the Redhead group of Soviet spies at the University's Institute of Social ResearchMargaret Mead (M.S. 1924, Ph.D. 1929) – anthropologist; Presidential Medal of Freedom ; Kalinga Prize Dwight C. Miner (B.A. 1926, M.A. 1927, Ph.D. 1940) – historian and Moore Collegiate Professor of History at ColumbiaRache Mesch – scholar of French literature, history, and culture at Yeshiva University Marysa Navarro (M.S. 1960, Ph.D. 1964) – historianRobert Nozick (B.A. 1959, summa cum laude Marvin Opler (Ph.D. 1938) – anthropologist and social psychiatristMichael Oren (B.A., M.A.) – historian and author; Israeli ambassador to the United StatesCharles Patterson (M.A., Ph.D.) – author and historian[ 82] Richard Popkin (B.A. 1950, Ph.D.) – academic philosopher, specialized in the history of enlightenment philosophy and early modern anti-dogmatismAlvin Poussaint (B.A. 1956) – professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School ; author of numerous books on child psychiatry Frank Press (M.A., Ph.D.) – geophysicist, work in seismic activity and wave theory, counsel to four U.S. Presidents.Murray Rothbard (B.A. 1945, Ph.D. 1956) – Austrian school free market economist, father of modern libertarianism.Steven Rubenstein (B.A. 1984, M.A. 1986, Ph.D. 1995) – anthropologistJames R. Russell (B.A.) – Ancient Near Eastern scholar; professor at Harvard University Marshall Sahlins (Ph.D. 1954) – Cultural anthropologist; author of Stone Age Economics; professor at University of Chicago Naomi Sager (B.S.E.E., 1953) – computational linguist; professor at New York University ; pioneer in the field of natural language computer processingEdward Sapir (B.A. 1904, M.A. 1905, Ph.D. 1909) – linguist and anthropologist, co-creator of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Andrew Sarris (B.A.) – film critic; a leading proponent of the auteur theory of criticism; controversialist Nathan A. Scott, Jr. (Ph.D.) – literary scholar and founder of the theology and literature doctoral program at the University of Chicago Anwar Shaikh (M.A., Ph.D. 1973) – Professor of Economics; professor at The New School for Social Research of New York Mark Steiner (1942–2020) – professor of philosophy of mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of JerusalemPatrick Suppes (Ph.D.) – philosopher, National Medal of Science Lionel Trilling (B.A. 1925, M.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1938) – literary criticImmanuel Wallerstein (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) – sociologistVictor Wallis (Ph.D. 1970) – political scientistEugene P. Watson (advanced study 1960) – namesake of the library at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches , Louisiana Helma Wennemers (Ph.D. 1996) – organic chemistPhilip L. White (M.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1954) – nationality historian and political activist in Austin , Texas Sean Wilentz (B.A. 1972) – Chair of American Studies at Princeton University ; winner of the Bancroft Prize in historyJay Winter (B.A. 1966) – World War I scholar at Yale University Thomas Woods (M.Phil., Ph.D.) – historianAaron D. Wyner (Ph.D. 1963) – information theorist noted for his contributions in coding theory [ 83] Howard Zinn (M.A., Ph.D.) – historian
Sports
Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax Olympian Shaul Ladany (center) Olympian Nicole Ross Olympian Soren Thompson
Mario Ančić (LL.M. 2013) – Croatian former professional tennis player and current NBA executiveJessica Antiles (2019), competitive swimmerRoone Arledge (B.A.) – pioneer of sports and news broadcasting with ABC; Monday Night Football , 20/20 ; winner of 37 Emmy AwardsNorman Armitage (A.B and B.S. 1927) – 17-time national champion sabre fencer , and six-time Olympian, USA Fencing Hall of Fame.Kyra Tirana Barry (B.A. 1987), Team Leader for United States Women's National wrestling teamLou Bender (B.A. 1932, LL.M. 1935) – pioneer player with Columbia Lions and in early pro basketball; later a trial attorney[ 84] Edward Scott Bozek (1950–2022) – Olympic épée fencerWilliam Campbell (B.A.) – Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Intuit, Inc. ; head football coach , Columbia University , 1974–79José Raúl Capablanca – world chess champion (1921–27)Isadora Cerullo – 2016 Olympic rugby playerGary Cohen (B.A.) – New York Mets television play-by-play announcerEddie Collins – Baseball Hall of Fame second basemanCaryn Davies (J.D. 2013) – rower, stroke seat in women's eight; gold medals, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics ; silver medal, 2004 Summer Olympics Jackie Dubrovich (B.A. 2016) -- 2024 Olympic gold medalist, fencingAnnie Duke – professional poker playerDevereux Emmet (1885) – golf course architectLeo Fishel – Major League Baseball playerLou Gehrig – baseball player for the New York Yankees ; enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame , suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's Disease")Bruce Gehrke (B.A.) – NFL player with New York GiantsVitas Gerulaitis – professional tennis playerJoel Glucksman (1970) – Olympic sabre fencerBob Gottlieb – college basketball coach, earned a master's in physical education [ 85] Bob Griffin (dropped out in 1970) – American-Israeli basketball player, and English Literature professorAlen Hadzic (born 1991) – épée fencer, suspended by Columbia under Title IX and banned by SafeSport for life for sexual misconduct .[ 86] [ 87] [ 88] [ 89] [ 90] Edward P. Hurt – Morgan's football, basketball and track coachEmily Jacobson (2008) – Olympic sabre fencer, junior world champion, USA Fencing Hall of FameBen Johnson (1914–1992), US champion sprinter at 100 yardsJane Katz – Olympic swimmerMax Kellerman (B.A. 1998) – ESPN Radio host in Los Angeles and HBO boxing analystDan Kellner – four-time All-American, NCAA foil champion; national champion; two-time Pan American gold medalist; silver medalist; Maccabiah silver medalistSandy Koufax – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcherStephen Kovacs (1972–2022) – saber fencer and fencing coach, charged with sexual assault , died in prisonShaul Ladany (Ph.D. 1968) – world-record-holding Israeli racewalker; Bergen-Belsen survivor; Munich Massacre survivor; Professor of Industrial EngineeringMaya Lawrence (M.A. 2007) – fencer; bronze medal in the women's team épée , United States Fencing Team, 2012 Summer Olympics Howard Lederer – professional poker player; brother of Annie Duke Sid Luckman (B.A.) – football quarterback , enshrinee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame James M. "Jim" McMillian (B.A.) – NBA basketball playerJames Melcher (B.A. 1961) – Olympic fencer and hedge fund managerCliff Montgomery (B.A.) – football quarterback; enshrinee in College Football Hall of Fame ; captain and MVP of Rose Bowl -winning squad; Silver Star recipient in U.S. Navy Troy Murphy (B.A. expected December 2015) – former NBA player[ 91] Nadine Netter – tennis playerDave Newmark – NBA basketball playerChris O'Loughlin (M.A. born 1967) – Olympic épée fencerRobb Paller (born 1993) – American-Israeli baseball playerFernando Perez (born 1983) – former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder, current San Francisco Giants coachMark Pope (M.D. Class of 2010) – former NBA player; left Columbia before graduation to pursue a coaching career; now head coach at Brigham Young University Nzingha Prescod (2015) – Olympic foil fencerCamden Pulkinen (born 2000) – 2016 Youth Olympics team member and 2022 Winter Olympics alternate for Team USA ; 2x world record holderPaul Robeson – football All-American, attorney, musician, activistIan Rapoport (B.A. 2002) – National Insider NFL NetworkArchie Roberts (B.A. 1942) – played with the Miami Dolphins ; subsequently became a cardiac surgeon Nicole Ross (2013) – Olympic foil fencerBob Sheppard (M.A. 1933) – sports announcer, "Voice of the Yankees "William Milligan Sloane – founder of the United States Olympic Committee Keeth Smart (MBA 2010) – Olympic saber fencer, silver medal, 2008 Summer Olympics Donald Spero (Ph.D.) – Olympic and world champion rowerDavid Stern (J.D.) – NBA Commissioner, 1984–2014Cristina Teuscher (B.A. 2000) – Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer, 1996 Jenny Thompson (M.D. 2006) – former competition swimmer; won 12 medals, including eight gold medals, in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer OlympicsSoren Thompson (MBA 2016) – Olympic épée fencer, team épée world champion, USA Fencing Hall of Fame.[ 92] LeRoy T. Walker (M.A.) – first black president of the United States Olympic Committee (1992–96)Marcellus Wiley (B.A. 1997) – football player, Pro Bowl and All-Pro defensive endJames L. Williams (B.A. 2007) – Olympic saber fencer; silver medal winner, 2008
Activists
See also : notable alumni of Columbia Law School (Activism) and Columbia College (Miscellaneous) for a separate listing of more than 50 activists
Bella Abzug (LL.M. 1947) – social rights activist and a leader of the women's rights movement Anna Baltzer – public speaker and Jewish-American pro-Palestinian activistEdythe Scott Bagley (M.F.A.) – civil rights activist, educatorAdy Barkan (B.A., 2006)- healthcare activistMark Barnes (LL.M. 1991) – advocate for public healthcare law at the state and national levels; co-founded the first AIDS law clinicEdward Bassett (LL.B. 1886) – one of the founding fathers of modern-day urban planning Lee Bollinger – advocate for affirmative action , defendant in Grutter v. Bollinger Gratz v. Bollinger Robert L. Carter (LL.M. 1941) – civil rights activist, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund general counsel, in which capacity he argued Brown v. Board of Education IIJulius L. Chambers (LL.M. 1964) – civil rights leader, attorney, and educator; third President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund [ 93] Felix Cohen (1928) – advocate for Native American rights, fundamentally shaped federal Native American law and policyRoy Cohn (LL.M. 1947) – conservative lawyer who became famous during the investigations of Senator Joseph McCarthy into alleged Communists in the U.S. governmentRobert Cover (J.D. 1968) – civil rights and international anti-violence activist, professor at Yale Law SchoolAnnie Elizabeth Delany (D.D.S. 1923) – dentist and civil rights pioneer; subject, New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say Sarah Louise Delany (B.A. 1920, M.A. 1925) – educator and civil rights pioneer; subject, New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say Daniel DeLeon (LL.M. 1878) – socialist newspaper editor, politician, trade union organizer; regarded as forefather of idea of revolutionary industrial unionism Albert DeSilver (LL.B. 1913) – a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)William Dudley Foulke (LL.B. 1871) – reformer ; principal reformers, New York State and federal civil service systems; early president of American Suffrage AssociationRuth Bader Ginsburg (LL.B.) – women's rights advocate, co-founded the Women's Rights Law Reporter ; co-authored the first law school casebook on sex discrimination ; as chief litigator of the ACLU 's women's rights project, she argued six cases before the U.S. Supreme Court Jack Greenberg (B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1948) – second President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ; argued 40 civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court , including Brown v. Board of Education (1954)[ 94] Foster Gunnison Jr. (B.A. 1949) – LGBT rights activist and independent archivistArthur Garfield Hays (LL.B. 1905) – civil liberties activist, general counsel for the ACLU , notable trials included Scopes Trial , trial of Sacco and Vanzetti , and Scottsboro case Dorothy Height (graduate study) – administrator, educator, and social activist; president of National Council of Negro Women for forty years; Presidential Medal of Freedom ; Congressional Gold Medal Huang Wenshan (M.A. 1920s) – Chinese scholar of cultural studies and activist during the May Fourth Movement [ 95] Charles Evans Hughes , one of the co-founders of the National Conference of Christians and Jews to oppose the Ku Klux Klan , anti-Catholicism , and anti-Semitism Ben Jealous (B.A.) – Rhodes Scholar ; president and chief executive officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (2008–)Wang Juntao (Ph.D. Pol. Sci., 2006) – one of alleged heads of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests [ 96] [ 97] Steve Kelly , legal advocate for litigants who could not afford an attorney and for public housing tenants; consumer advocate Rushworth Kidder (Ph.D.) – founded the Institute for Global Ethics William Kunstler (LL.B. 1948) – civil rights and human rights activist; director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (1964–1972); co-founded, Center for Constitutional Rights Corliss Lamont (Ph.D. 1932), American socialist philosopher, long-time director of ACLU (1932–1962); 1977 Humanist of the Year ; 1981 Gandhi Peace Award Eugene Lang (M.S. 1940) – philanthropist, Presidential Medal of Freedom Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (Ph.D.) – as a teenager, led one of the biggest suffrage parades in U.S. history; first Chinese woman to earn a doctorate at Columbia UniversityCharles K. Lexow , first attorney for the Legal Aid Society of New York City; brother of Clarence Lexow (class of 1872)Li Lu (1996) – one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests , first student at Columbia to simultaneously receive B.A. , M.B.A. , and J.D. degreesVilma Socorro Martínez – served for almost ten years as president and general counsel of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [ 98] Meghan McCain (B.A. 2007) – blogger and daughter of Arizona senator John McCain James Meredith (L.B. 1968) – American civil rights movement figure, first African-American student at the University of Mississippi Constance Baker Motley (LL.B. 1946) – attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (1945–64); Manhattan Borough president (1964–66)Annie Land O'Berry – activist, relief worker, and philanthropistKelly Overton , animal rights activistAntonia Pantoja (M.S. 1954) – Presidential Medal of Freedom ; educator, social worker, feminist, civil rights leader and founder of ASPIRA Marshall Perlin (LL.B. 1942) – civil liberties lawyer, defended Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Anika Rahman (J.D. 1990) – president and CEO, Ms. Foundation for Women (2/2011)[ 99] [ 100] [ 101] Paul Rapoport (J.D. 1965) – co-founder of the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center and the Gay Men's Health Crisis Michael Ratner (J.D. 1969) – human rights activist on national and international level, current president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (co-founded by William Kunstler in 1969) – National Law Journal Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (B.A. nuclear engineering , 1969) – American Sufi imam , author, and activistPaul Robeson (LL.B. 1923) – civil and human rights activist, international social justice activist, writer, Spingarn Medal Theodore Roosevelt – progressive reformer, conservationist , a leader of the Republican Party and the Progressive Party Menachem Z. Rosensaft (1979) – a leader of the Second Generation Movement of children of Jewish survivorsBrad R. Roth (LL.M. 1992) – social and human rights activist, critic of torture policies in the administration of George W. Bush Charles Ruthenberg (1909) – founder of the Communist Party of America (1919)Nawal El Saadawi (M.A. 1966) – Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatristMikheil Saakashvili (LL.M. 1994) – founder and leader of the United National Movement in Georgia (country) , leader of the bloodless "Rose Revolution "Theodore Shaw, civil rights leader, attorney, and educator; former 5th President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund [ 102] [ 103] [ 104] [ 105]
Arthur B. Spingarn (B.A. 1897) – leader in fight for civil rights for African Americans, third president of NAACP Joel Elias Spingarn (B.A. 1895) – educator, literary critic, and civil rights activist; second president of NAACP; established Spingarn Medal Abby Stein (B.A. expected 2019) – trans activist, educator, model, and speaker. First Openly trans person, and rabbi, from an Ultra Orthodox Jewish community.Leon Sullivan (M.A. 1947) – Presidential Medal of Freedom; civil rights activist; anti-apartheid activist; long-time GM board member; Baptist ministerFranklin A. Thomas – president of the Ford Foundation (1976–91)Judith Vladeck (1947) – civil rights advocate, particularly on behalf of women; helped set new legal precedents against sex discrimination and age discrimination Faye Wattleton (M.S. 1967) – president of the Center for the Advancement of Women , National Women's Hall of Fame Charles Weltner (1950) – advocate for racial equality , second individual to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
Fictional characters
Grace Adler – Will & Grace Amy, one of the two leads in Booksmart Kaitlyn Dever , is going to attend Columbia.
Alexis Castle – Castle Matt Camden and Ruthie Camden – 7th Heaven Dr. Eric Foreman – House Matthew Murdock, Esq. – Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil ; Columbia Law School
Dr. Victor Von Doom, Dr. Doom , Marvel Comics supervillain
Marshall Eriksen (alumnus of Columbia Law School) – How I Met Your Mother Dr. Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic – leader of the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four
Benjamin "Ben" Gross – Never Have I Ever
Saskia Kupferberg – The Sopranos Columbia College, Columbia University Peter Parker – Sam Raimi 's Spider-Man Meadow Soprano – The Sopranos ; alumna of Columbia College, Columbia UniversityJessie Spano – Saved by the Bell Asuka Sugo Future GPX Cyber Formula Will Truman – Will & Grace Serena van der Woodsen – Gossip Girl Blair Waldorf – Gossip Girl Jamie Wellerstein – The Last Five Years ; attended Columbia but dropped out upon finding success in writing
Jeff Winger – Community Columbia Law School is discovered to be from the country of Colombia , and he is forced to attend Greendale Community College
See also
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