100 Notable alumni of
Colgate University

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Colgate University is 442nd in the world, 175th in North America, and 162nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Colgate University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. John Cassavetes

    John Cassavetes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1929-1989 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    film editortelevision actorfilm screenwriterdirectorfilm director
    Biography

    John Nicholas Cassavetes was a Greek-American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often producing and distributing his films with his own money. He received nominations for three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy Award.

  2. Bob Balaban

    Bob Balaban
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actorfilm producerscreenwriteractor
    Biography

    Robert Elmer Balaban is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared.

  3. Charles Addams

    Charles Addams
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1912-1988 (aged 76)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Studied in 1929-1930
    Occupations
    writercomics artistdrawerpainterscreenwriter
    Biography

    Charles Samuel Addams was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams Family, and were subsequently popularized through various adaptations.

  4. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr

    Adam Clayton Powell, Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1908-1972 (aged 64)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Studied in 1930
    Occupations
    journalistpastorpoliticianorganizational founder
    Biography

    Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as the first from any state in the Northeast. Re-elected for nearly three decades, Powell became a powerful national politician of the Democratic Party, and served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urged United States presidents to support emerging nations in Africa and Asia as they gained independence after colonialism.

  5. Monica Crowley

    Monica Crowley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterbiographerradio personality
    Biography

    Monica Elizabeth Crowley is the former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She has been a political commentator and lobbyist. She was a Fox News contributor, where she worked (with a few breaks) from 1996 to 2017. She is a former online opinion editor for The Washington Times and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

  6. Gloria Borger

    Gloria Borger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    journalistanalystcolumnistediting staff
    Biography

    Gloria Anne Borger is an American political pundit, journalist, columnist, and chief political analyst for CNN. Since joining CNN in 2007, she has appeared on a variety of their shows, including The Situation Room.

  7. Chris Hedges

    Chris Hedges
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    journalistwar correspondentwriter
    Biography

    Christopher Lynn Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister. He writes a weekly column at Scheerpost and hosts the program The Chris Hedges Report on The Real News Network.

  8. Charles Evans Hughes

    Charles Evans Hughes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1862-1948 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    diplomatlawyerpoliticianjudgejurist
    Biography

    Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was an American statesman, politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 36th governor of New York (1907–1910), an associate justice of the Supreme Court (1910–1916), and 44th U.S. secretary of state (1921–1925). As the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, he lost narrowly to Woodrow Wilson.

  9. Ben Cohen

    Ben Cohen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Bennett Cohen is an American businessman, activist and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.

  10. Kevin Heffernan

    Kevin Heffernan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film actorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.

  11. Otto Graham

    Otto Graham
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1921-2003 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    basketball playerAmerican football coachbaseball playerplayer of American football
    Biography

    Otto Everett Graham Jr. was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Graham is regarded by critics as one of the most dominant players of his era and one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, having taken the Browns to league championship games every year between 1946 and 1955, making ten championship appearances, and winning seven of them. With Graham at quarterback, the Browns posted a record of 105 wins, 17 losses, and 4 ties, including a 9–3 win–loss record in the AAFC and NFL playoffs. He holds the NFL record for career average yards gained per pass attempt, with 8.63. He also holds the record for the highest career winning percentage for an NFL starting quarterback, at 81.0%. Long-time New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a friend of Graham's, once called him "as great of a quarterback as there ever was."

  12. Andy Rooney

    Andy Rooney
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1919-2011 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterscreenwriterwar correspondent
    Biography

    Andrew Aitken Rooney was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011; he died a month later at the age of 92.

  13. Bruce Buck

    Bruce Buck
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    businesspersonlawyer
    Biography

    Bruce Mackie Buck is an American lawyer and founding managing partner of the London office of law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He was also the Chairman of Chelsea Football Club from 2004 until 2022. His practice areas are European mergers and acquisitions, project finance and capital markets.

  14. Bob Woodruff

    Bob Woodruff
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    journalistwar correspondent
    Biography

    Robert Warren Woodruff is an American television journalist. Since 1996, he has served as a reporter for ABC News. Woodruff co-anchored ABC World News Tonight in 2006 with journalist Elizabeth Vargas. He was severely injured by an IED explosion during a reporting trip to Iraq that January, and he recovered over an extended period before returning to air.

  15. Oswald Avery

    Oswald Avery
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1877-1955 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    biologistchemistphysiciangeneticistmicrobiologist
    Biography

    Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first molecular biologists and a pioneer in immunochemistry, but he is best known for the experiment (published in 1944 with his co-workers Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty) that isolated DNA as the material of which genes and chromosomes are made.

  16. Steve Lemme

    Steve Lemme
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    screenwriteractor
    Biography

    Stephen Carlos Lemme is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group.

  17. Chase Carey

    Chase Carey
    Born in
    Ireland Flag Ireland
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    film producerbusinessperson
    Biography

    Chase Carey is an Irish-born American executive. He is the former chief executive officer and executive chairman of the Formula One Group. He has previously worked for News Corp, DIRECTV, 21st Century Fox and Sky plc.

  18. Claudia Tenney

    Claudia Tenney
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    journalistpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Claudia L. Tenney is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 24th congressional district since 2023. Previously, she represented the 22nd district from 2017 to 2019 and from 2021 to 2023, and sat in the New York State Assembly from 2011 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Tenney is an outspoken supporter of former president Donald Trump.

  19. Mike Milbury

    Mike Milbury
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Michael James Milbury is an American former professional ice hockey player and current sports announcer. He played for twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), all for the Boston Bruins. He helped the Bruins reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 1977 and 1978.

  20. William P. Rogers

    William P. Rogers
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1913-2001 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    William Pierce Rogers was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, Rogers served as the 4th Deputy Attorney-General of the United States (1953–1957) and as the 63rd Attorney-General of the United States (1957–1961) in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and as the 55th Secretary of State (1969–1973) in the administration of Richard Nixon.

  21. Joe Berlinger

    Joe Berlinger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    film directordocumentary filmmakerscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Joseph Berlinger is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. Particularly focused on true crime documentaries, Berlinger's films and docu-series draw attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad in such films as Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Crude, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger and Intent To Destroy: Death, Denial and Depiction.

  22. John Durham

    John Durham
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    1968-1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    prosecutorlawyer
    Biography

    John Henry Durham is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut (D. Conn.) from 2018 to 2021. By April 2019, the Trump administration assigned him to investigate the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, and in October 2020 he was appointed special counsel for the Department of Justice on that matter.

  23. Mary Gay Scanlon

    Mary Gay Scanlon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Mary Gay Scanlon is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has represented Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. The district is based in Delaware County, a mostly suburban county west of Philadelphia, and also includes parts of South and Southwest Philadelphia and slivers of Chester and Montgomery counties. Scanlon spent the final two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. She was elected to both positions on November 6, 2018. That day, she ran in a special election in the old 7th to serve out the term of her predecessor, Pat Meehan, and in a regular election for a full two-year term in the new 5th. She was sworn in as the member for the 7th on November 13, 2018, and transferred to the 5th on January 3, 2019.

  24. Adonal Foyle

    Adonal Foyle
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Adonal David Foyle is a Vincentian-American former professional basketball center. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1997 NBA draft. Foyle played ten seasons with the Warriors until the team bought out his contract on August 13, 2007. At the time, he had been Golden State's longest-tenured player. He then played two seasons with the Orlando Magic and part of the 2008–09 season with the Memphis Grizzlies, sat out the next season due to knee surgery, and retired. As of 2018, Foyle does Warriors post-game commentary for ABC 7 in San Francisco.

  25. Carmine Di Sibio

    Carmine Di Sibio
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in chemistry
    Occupations
    business executiveinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Carmine Di Sibio is an Italian-born American business executive. He is the Global Chairman and CEO of EY, formerly known as Ernst & Young. He explored a potential break up attempt of EY, known as Project Everest, naming himself the CEO of the future public company for consulting services which was ultimately not pursued. Prior to being elected to his current post, Di Sibio was Global Managing Partner for Client Service at EY.

  26. Antonio Delgado

    Antonio Delgado
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Antonio Ramon Delgado is an American attorney and politician serving as the lieutenant governor of New York since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Delgado served as the U.S. representative from New York's 19th congressional district from 2019 to 2022. He is the first person of either African–American or Latino descent to be elected to Congress from Upstate New York, and the first Latino person to hold statewide office in New York.

  27. Brad Ashford

    Brad Ashford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-2022 (aged 73)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    lawyerbusiness executivepoliticianjudge
    Biography

    John Bradley Ashford was an American politician who served in the Nebraska Legislature and the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.

  28. Jonah Shacknai

    Jonah Shacknai
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    pharmaceutical industry
    Biography

    Jonah Shacknai is an American pharmaceutical executive. He was the founder of Illustris Pharmaceuticals and was the founder, chairman and CEO of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. He also served as chief aide to the US House of Representatives' committee for health policy.

  29. Harry Emerson Fosdick

    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1878-1969 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    theologianwriter
    Biography

    Harry Emerson Fosdick was an American pastor. Fosdick became a central figure in the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s and was one of the most prominent liberal ministers of the early 20th century. Although a Baptist, he was called to serve as pastor, in New York City, at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan's West Village, and then at the historic, inter-denominational Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.

  30. Duncan L. Niederauer

    Duncan L. Niederauer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    business executiveinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Duncan L. Niederauer CBE is an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext until 2014.

  31. Bill Winters

    Bill Winters
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    business executiveinternational forum participantchief executive officerbanker
    Biography

    William Thomas Winters, CBE is an American banker who is the chief executive (CEO) of Standard Chartered, and was formerly co-head of JPMorgan Chase's investment bank.

  32. Jon Alpert

    Jon Alpert
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    film directorjournalist
    Biography

    Jon Alpert is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films.

  33. Jeff Fager

    Jeff Fager
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    television producerexecutive producer
    Biography

    Jeffrey B. Fager is an American television producer who is the former chairman of CBS News and former executive producer of 60 Minutes.

  34. Rob Stone

    Rob Stone
    Occupations
    sports commentatorassociation football player
    Biography

    Rob Stone is an American sports commentator for Fox Sports, covering various sports including Major League Soccer (MLS), NCAA and NFL football, and the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Stone previously covered sports for ESPN. A WWE fan, Stone briefly won the WWE 24/7 Championship during a Fox promotional event, becoming the first non-WWE Superstar to win the championship.

  35. Chris Wagner

    Chris Wagner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Christopher Wagner is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Wagner was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the fifth round (122nd overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

  36. Neil Shubin

    Neil Shubin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    writerbiologistuniversity teacherpaleontologistanatomist
    Biography

    Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.

  37. Howard Fineman

    Howard Fineman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Howard David Fineman is an American journalist and television commentator. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Fineman has covered nine presidential campaigns as a reporter, writer, and analyst. For 30 years, he drove Newsweek magazine's political coverage. At the height of the publication's influence, Fineman was its chief political correspondent, senior editor and deputy Washington bureau chief. His "Living Politics" column was posted weekly on Newsweek.com. Following Newsweek,he was named global editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group.

  38. Lin Brehmer

    Lin Brehmer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-2023 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    radio personality
    Biography

    Lin Brehmer was an American disc jockey and radio personality at WXRT in Chicago. Brehmer hosted mornings on WXRT from 1991 to 2020, and middays from early 2020 until taking a leave of absence to undergo chemotherapy in 2022.

  39. Pamela Druckerman

    Pamela Druckerman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Pamela Druckerman is an American-French writer and journalist living in Paris, France. In fall 2013, she became a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times International Edition.

  40. Kate Clinton

    Kate Clinton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    journalistwriteropinion journalistactor
    Biography

    Kate Clinton is an American comedian specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view.

  41. Albert Allen Bartlett

    Albert Allen Bartlett
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1923-2013 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    Albert Allen Bartlett was an American professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As of July 2001 Professor Bartlett had lectured over 1,742 times since September, 1969 on Arithmetic, Population, and Energy. Bartlett regarded the word combination "sustainable growth" as an oxymoron, and argued that modest annual percentage population increases could lead to exponential growth. He therefore regarded human overpopulation as "The Greatest Challenge" facing humanity.

  42. Erazim Kohák

    Erazim Kohák
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1933-2020 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterpolitical scientistpedagogueopinion journalist
    Biography

    Erazim Kohák was a Czech philosopher and writer. His early education was in Prague. After communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948, his family escaped to the United States. He died in February 2020 at the age of 86.

  43. Mark van Eeghen

    Mark van Eeghen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Mark van Eeghen is an American former professional football player who was a running back for ten years in the National Football League (NFL), during which he made two Super Bowl appearances. He played eight seasons for the Oakland Raiders (1974–1981) and then two seasons with the New England Patriots (1982–1983). Van Eeghen rushed for over 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons from 1976 to 1978.

  44. Joe Pinion

    Joe Pinion
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joseph Pinion III is an American former television host, businessman, and activist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the nominee of the Republican and Conservative parties in the 2022 United States Senate election in New York, making him the first African American to receive a major party's backing for the U.S. Senate in the state of New York.

  45. Peter Ackerman

    Peter Ackerman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-2022 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    politicianfinancier
    Biography

    Peter Ackerman was an American businessman, the founder and former chairman of Americans Elect, and the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. Ackerman was the managing director of Rockport Capital, Inc and served as a member of IREX's Global Advisory Council.

  46. Kristie Canegallo

    Kristie Canegallo
    Occupations
    officialpolitical staffer
    Biography

    Kristie Canegallo is a U.S. government official serving as the acting United States deputy secretary of homeland security (DHS) since July 2023. She joined DHS in January 2022 as its chief of staff. Canegallo was a White House deputy chief of staff for policy implementation from 2014 to 2017.

  47. Andy McDonald

    Andy McDonald
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Andy McDonald is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Anaheim Ducks and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL), winning the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.

  48. Craig Woodcroft

    Craig Woodcroft
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Craig Woodcroft is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach and former forward. He is currently head coach of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

  49. Daniel N. Robinson

    Daniel N. Robinson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-2018 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    philosopher
    Biography

    Daniel Nicholas Robinson was an American psychologist who was a professor of psychology at Georgetown University and later in his life became a fellow of the faculty of philosophy at Oxford University.

  50. Craig Hatkoff

    Craig Hatkoff
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    children's writerwriter
    Biography

    Craig M. Hatkoff is an American real estate investor from New York City. Along with his now ex-wife Jane Rosenthal, and Robert De Niro, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute in 2002. The three were recipients of the inaugural September 11 National Museum and Memorial Foundation "Notes of Hope Award" for Distinction in Rebuilding in September 2008.

  51. James D. Hornfischer

    James D. Hornfischer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-2021 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    historianliterary agent
    Biography

    James D. Hornfischer was an American literary agent, author, and naval historian.

  52. Stephen G. Burns

    Stephen G. Burns
    Biography

    Stephen G. Burns is an American lawyer and former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

  53. Alan Frumin

    Alan Frumin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Alan Scott Frumin is a former parliamentarian of the United States Senate.

  54. Dick Sisler

    Dick Sisler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1920-1998 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Richard Alan Sisler was an American player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball. The son of Hall of Fame first baseman and two-time.400 hitter George Sisler, Dick Sisler's younger brother Dave was a relief pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s with four MLB teams, and his older brother George Jr. was a longtime executive in Minor League Baseball (MiLB).

  55. David G. Hartwell

    David G. Hartwell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-2016 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    journalistscience fiction writerwritereditor
    Biography

    David Geddes Hartwell was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an award-winning editor of anthologies. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as "perhaps the single most influential book editor of the past forty years in the American [science fiction] publishing world".

  56. John Tillman

    John Tillman
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    military officerlacrosse player
    Biography

    John C. Tillman is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach for the University of Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team. He previously served as the head coach at Harvard University and as an assistant coach at the Naval Academy and Ithaca College.

  57. Andrew Hill

    Andrew Hill
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-2007 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    pianistuniversity teacherjazz musicianmusic teachercomposer
    Biography

    Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.

  58. Gary Trauner

    Gary Trauner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Gary S. Trauner is an American businessman and politician from Wyoming. He was nominated by the Democratic Party in the state's United States House of Representatives elections in 2006 and 2008, as well as in its 2018 U.S. Senate election. He previously chaired the Teton County School District Number 1 Board of Trustees (2006–2008).

  59. Kyle Baun

    Kyle Baun
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Kyle Baun is a former Canadian professional ice hockey forward who was last under contract to the Vienna Capitals of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). Baun played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and is the grandson of former Toronto Maple Leafs player Bobby Baun.

  60. Bill Nojay

    Bill Nojay
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-2016 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    politicianradio personality
    Biography

    William R. Nojay was an American politician and member of the New York State Assembly. He represented the 133rd Assembly District, which includes parts of Steuben and Monroe counties and all of Livingston County.

  61. Francesca Zambello

    Francesca Zambello
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    theatrical directordirector
    Biography

    Francesca Zambello is an American opera and theatre director. She serves as the artistic director of Washington National Opera.

  62. Samuel L. Devine

    Samuel L. Devine
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1915-1997 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Samuel Leeper Devine was an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the United States House of Representatives as Representative of the 12th congressional district of Ohio from January 3, 1959, until January 3, 1981; he left office after being defeated by Democrat Bob Shamansky, who lost the seat after a single term to Republican John Kasich. During the 96th Congress, he was the Chairman of the House Republican Conference.

  63. Cory Murphy

    Cory Murphy
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Cory Murphy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a player development coach for the Seattle Kraken.

  64. David McIntyre

    David McIntyre
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    David John McIntyre is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

  65. Mark Murphy

    Mark Murphy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    player of American footballbaseball player
    Biography

    Mark Hodge Murphy is an American football executive and former player who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Murphy, a safety, went undrafted in the 1977 NFL Draft after playing college football at Colgate University. He was signed by the Washington Redskins, where he played for eight seasons from 1977 to 1984. With the Redskins, Murphy won Super Bowl XVII, played in another Super Bowl and led the NFL in interceptions in 1983, the year he was named to his only Pro Bowl and received his only First Team All-Pro honor. During his last few years in the NFL he received a Master of Business Administration from American University and then, after his career ended in 1984, a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University in 1988. After his playing career, he worked for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and then as a trial lawyer for the United States Department of Justice. In 1992, he was hired as the athletic director of his alma mater Colgate University. In 2003, he moved to Northwestern University to serve as their athletic director, a position he held until 2007.

  66. Michele J. Gelfand

    Michele J. Gelfand
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    academicuniversity teacherpsychologistbusiness administration scholar
    Biography

    Michele J. Gelfand is an American cultural psychologist. She is both a professor of organizational behavior and the John H. Scully professor of cross-cultural management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and – by courtesy – a professor of psychology at the School of Humanities and Sciences of Stanford University. She has published research on tightness–looseness theory.

  67. Jimmy McLaughlin

    Jimmy McLaughlin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Studied in 2011-2011
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    James Joseph McLaughlin III is an American former professional soccer midfielder who most recently played for USL Championship side Louisville City.

  68. Yoichi Okamoto

    Yoichi Okamoto
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1915-1985 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    photojournalistphotographerWhite House photographer
    Biography

    Yoichi Robert Okamoto was the first official U.S. presidential photographer, serving Lyndon B. Johnson.

  69. David Toscano

    David Toscano
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    David Joseph Toscano is an American politician and lawyer.

  70. Peter A. Peyser

    Peter A. Peyser
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1921-2014 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Peter A. Peyser was a United States representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat.

  71. Jesse Winchester

    Jesse Winchester
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Graham Jesse Winchester is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. After graduating from Colgate University in 2008, Winchester turned professional, signing with the Ottawa Senators. He also played professional ice hockey with Jokerit of Finland and the Florida Panthers during his career, which lasted from 2008 to 2014.

  72. William Sterling Cole

    William Sterling Cole
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1904-1987 (aged 83)
    Enrolled in Colgate University
    Studied in 1925
    Occupations
    lawyerinvestorpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    William Sterling Cole was an American politician, lawyer, and civil servant who served as the first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1957 to 1961. Before his appointment to the IAEA he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

  73. Guyford Stever

    Guyford Stever
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1916-2010 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    physicistengineereducator
    Biography

    Horton Guyford Stever was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer. He was a director of the National Science Foundation (from February 1972 to August 1976).

  74. Kyle Wilson

    Kyle Wilson
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Kyle Wilson is a Canadian former professional Ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators. Wilson played collegiate hockey for Colgate University, where he received a bachelor's degree in physics.

  75. Emil Frei

    Emil Frei
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1924-2013 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    oncologist
    Biography

    Emil "Tom" Frei III was an American physician and oncologist. He was the former director and former physician-in-chief of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

  76. Jim Courter

    Jim Courter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    James Andrew Courter is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey.

  77. Kathryn Bertine

    Kathryn Bertine
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    figure skatersport cyclistsportswriter
    Biography

    Kathryn Bertine is a Saint Kitts and Nevis racing cyclist, author, activist, film-maker and former professional figure skater and professional triathlete. She turned professional in road cycling in 2012 and raced on World Tour teams until 2017. Bertine competed in eight UCI Road World Championships, won three Caribbean Championship titles and six Saint Kitts and Nevis National Championship titles.

  78. John Miles Foley

    John Miles Foley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-2012 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    classical scholaruniversity teacherliterary criticanthropologistjournalist
    Biography

    John Miles Foley was a scholar of comparative oral tradition, particularly medieval and Old English literature, Homer and Serbian epic. He was the founder of the academic journal Oral Tradition and the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri, where he was Curators' Professor of Classical Studies and English and W. H. Byler Endowed Chair in the Humanities.

  79. Louis Frey, Jr

    Louis Frey, Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1934-2019 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Louis Frey Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979, until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola.

  80. Justus H. Rathbone

    Justus H. Rathbone
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1839-1889 (aged 50)
    Biography

    Justus Henry Rathbone was an American school teacher and the founder of the international fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias. Prior to and during the American Civil War he taught, worked in a number of places for the government, and with news agencies, and also served as a hospital steward during the war.

  81. A. Thomas McLellan

    A. Thomas McLellan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Biography

    A. Thomas McLellan is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Treatment Research Institute, a not-for-profit research and development institute in Philadelphia. He served as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009 to 2012.

  82. Stephanie LaCava

    Stephanie LaCava
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Stephanie Leigh LaCava is a writer based in New York City. LaCava began her career at American Vogue and her work has since appeared in The Believer, The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, Texte zur Kunst, and The New Inquiry.

  83. Rudolph Leibel

    Rudolph Leibel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    physiciangeneticist
    Biography

    Rudolph Leibel is the Christopher J. Murphy Professor of Diabetes Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, and Director of the Division of Molecular Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics. He is also co-director of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and executive director of the Russell and Angelica Berrie Program in Cellular Therapy, Co-director of the New York Obesity Research Center and the Columbia University Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center.

  84. Colton Point

    Colton Point
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1998-.. (age 26)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Colton Robert Point is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Point was drafted in the fifth-round, 128th overall, by the Dallas Stars in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning professional, he attended Colgate University, where he was named to the AHCA East Second-Team All-American, NCAA (ECAC) Second All-Star Team, and was a Hobey Baker Award finalist.

  85. Andrew Dolkart

    Andrew Dolkart
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Andrew Scott Dolkart is a professor of Historic Preservation at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and served as the Director of the school's Historic Preservation Program from 2008 to 2016.

  86. Elizabeth A. Wolford

    Elizabeth A. Wolford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Elizabeth Ann Wolford is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. She is the first female judge to serve in the Western District. She is the first female to be chief judge of the Western District of New York.

  87. Sarah Peake

    Sarah Peake
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sarah K. Peake is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, she has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2007. She represents the Fourth Barnstable district, a Cape Cod district that includes her hometown of Provincetown. She previously served on the Provincetown Board of Selectmen.

  88. Dalton McGuinty, Sr

    Dalton McGuinty, Sr
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1926-1990 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Dalton James Patrick McGuinty was a Canadian politician from Ontario. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of Ottawa South. He had 10 children, including Dalton McGuinty who was Premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013, and David McGuinty who has been a member of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada since 2004.

  89. Mark Morris

    Mark Morris
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Mark Morris is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was the head coach of St. Lawrence from 2016-2019, succeeding Greg Carvel who departed for UMass.

  90. Thomas R. Morgan

    Thomas R. Morgan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1930-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    General Thomas Rowland Morgan served as Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from June 1986 until he retired on July 1, 1988, after completion of more than 36 years of active service.

  91. Kathleen A. Doherty

    Kathleen A. Doherty
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    United States Ambassador to Cyprusjournalist
    Biography

    Kathleen Ann Doherty is an American diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to Cyprus.

  92. Nathaniel Schmidt

    Nathaniel Schmidt
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1862-1939 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    theologianorientalist
    Biography

    Nathaniel Schmidt of Ithaca, New York, was a Swedish-American Baptist minister, Christian Hebraist, orientalist, professor, theologian, and progressive Democrat.

  93. Frank Castleman

    Frank Castleman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1877-1946 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    basketball coachbaseball playerplayer of American footballathletics competitor
    Biography

    Frank Riley Castleman was an American football and baseball player, track athlete, and coach in multiple sports. He competed for the United States in the 200 metre hurdles at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, where he won the silver medal. Castleman was a member of the Greater New York Irish American Athletic Association, which became the Irish American Athletic Club. He competed mainly in the 200 metre hurdles. Castleman graduated from Colgate University in 1906.

  94. Austin Smith

    Austin Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Austin Smith is an American former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round (128th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

  95. Gerald Fischbach

    Gerald Fischbach
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    neuroscientist
    Biography

    Gerald D. Fischbach is an American neuroscientist. He received his M.D. from the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in 1965 before beginning his research career at the National Institutes of Health in 1966, where his research focused on the mechanisms of neuromuscular junctions. After his tenure at the National Institutes of Health, Fischbach was a professor at Harvard University Medical School from 1972 to 1981 and from 1990 to 1998 and the Washington University School of Medicine from 1981 to 1990. In 1998, he was named the director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke before becoming the Vice President and Dean of the Health and Biomedical Sciences, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Columbia University from 2001 to 2006. Gerald Fischbach currently serves as the scientific director overseeing the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative. Throughout Fischbach's career, much of his research has focused on the formation and function of the neuromuscular junction, which stemmed from his innovative use of cell culture to study synaptic mechanisms.

  96. James Colgate Cleveland

    James Colgate Cleveland
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1920-1995 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    James Colgate Cleveland was an American politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1981.

  97. Gerry Curatola

    Gerry Curatola
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    dentist
    Biography

    Gerald Peter Curatola, D.D.S., is a dentist, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at New York University, known for his contributions in cosmetic dentistry. He is a dental contributor to Fox News Channel, AOL Health, and Dr. Oz, and has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, NBC's Your Total Health, and ABC networks. Curatola is the founder of Rejuvenation Dentistry, and the co-inventor and co-developer of REVITIN Oral Therapy.

  98. Orson Spencer

    Orson Spencer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1802-1855 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Orson Spencer was a prolific writer and prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several highly visible positions within the church and left an extensive legacy of theological writings. Orson Spencer is one of the examples William Mulder cites of highly educated people becoming Mormons during the time of Joseph Smith

  99. Peter Gould

    Peter Gould
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1932-2000 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    geographer
    Biography

    Peter Gould was an Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Geography at Penn State University. Throughout his tenure at Penn State University, Gould received many awards including the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the Retzius Gold Metal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from the Universitaire de Strasbourg. Dr. Gould was a main contributor to the quantitative revolution in the field of Geography.

  100. Al Filreis

    Al Filreis
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Al Filreis is the Kelly Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House, and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. With Charles Bernstein, he founded PennSound in 2003; PennSound is a large archive of recordings of poets reading their own poetry. Filreis is also publisher of Jacket2 magazine and host of a monthly podcast series called "PoemTalk", a collaboration with the Poetry Foundation. Among his books are Stevens and the Actual World, Modernism from Right to Left, and Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960.