29 Notable alumni of
Lehman College, CUNY
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Lehman College, CUNY is 1570th in the world, 554th in North America, and 521st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from Lehman College, CUNY sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ron Perlman
- Enrolled in Lehman College, CUNY
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre
- Occupations
- comedianfilm actordub actorcharacter actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Ronald Perlman is an American actor. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in Quest for Fire (1981), Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Vincent in the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, One in The City of Lost Children (1995), Johner in Alien Resurrection (1997), Koulikov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Hellboy in both Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Clay Morrow in the television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013), Nino in Drive (2011) and Benedict Drask in Don't Look Up (2021). As a frequent collaborator of film director Guillermo del Toro, he has had roles in the del Toro films Cronos (1993), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Pacific Rim (2013), Asher (2018), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022).
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Elizabeth Rodriguez
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Elizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress. She began her career appearing in films Fresh, Dead Presidents (1995), I Think I Do (1997) and Blow (2001). She played Detective Gina Calabrese in the 2006 film adaptation of Miami Vice.
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Letitia James
- Enrolled in Lehman College, CUNY
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Letitia Ann James is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the Attorney General of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 election to succeed Barbara Underwood. A member of the Democratic Party, James is the first African American and first woman to be elected New York Attorney General.
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André Aciman
- Occupations
- romanistwriterauthoruniversity teacherjournalist
- Biography
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André Aciman is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where he teaches the history of literary theory and the works of Marcel Proust. Aciman previously taught creative writing at New York University and French literature at Princeton and Bard College.
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Eliot Engel
- Enrolled in Lehman College, CUNY
- In 1973 graduated with Master of Science in guidance and counseling
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Eliot Lance Engel is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district covering portions of the north Bronx and southern Westchester County.
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Michael Bacon
- Occupations
- songwritercomposer
- Biography
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Michael Bacon is an American singer-songwriter, musician and film score composer. He is the older brother of actor Kevin Bacon. He is a faculty member in music at Lehman College.
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Christopher Reid
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwritersingeractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Christopher Reid, formerly known as Kid (shortened from his original MC name, Kid Coolout), is an American rapper, actor and comedian. During the peak of his career with the rap duo Kid 'n Play, with Christopher Martin, Reid was notable for both his seven-inch, vertical hi-top fade and freckles.
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Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and has served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has previously served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul, for 16 days in 2021 and between April and May 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as the New York lieutenant governor, although in an acting capacity. She is the first woman in the history of New York State to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature and is also the first female Senate Majority Leader in New York history.
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José Enrique Serrano
- Enrolled in Lehman College, CUNY
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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José Enrique Serrano is an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 until his retirement in 2021. Serrano, a Democrat from New York, represented a district that is one of the smallest in the country geographically, consisting of a few square miles of the heavily populated South Bronx in New York City. His district was also one of the most densely populated and one of the few majority Hispanic districts in the country. The district was numbered the 18th from 1990 to 1993 and the 16th from 1993 to 2013, and the 15th district from 2013 to 2021. He was the longest-serving Hispanic-American in the House. He did not run for re-election in 2020 due to a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and Ritchie Torres was elected to succeed him.
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Rubén Díaz, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rubén Díaz Jr. is an American politician who served as the 13th borough president of The Bronx in New York City from 2009 to 2021. He was elected in April 2009 and reelected in 2013 and 2017. He previously served in the New York State Assembly.
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Sabor Latino
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- social worker
- Biography
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Robert Torres, also known as Sabor Latino is an American hip hop artist and author. He is from Jamaica, Queens, New York. Sabor Latino creates music to inspire individuals to become productive members of society.
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Rubén Díaz, Sr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rubén Díaz is a Puerto Rican politician from New York City and an ordained Pentecostal minister. He represented the 18th district of the New York City Council from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Díaz represented the 32nd district in the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2017; his Senate district included parts of the Bronx neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Parkchester, Morrisania, Hunts Point, Melrose, Longwood, and Soundview.
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Oscar Hijuelos
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist.
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Celines Toribio
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
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Celines Toribio is a Dominican actress, model, and Spanish-speaking television personality.
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Ivan Seidenberg
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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Ivan Seidenberg is the former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc.
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Micki Grant
- Occupations
- composerplaywrightactorsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Micki Grant was an American singer (soprano), actress, writer, and composer. She performed in Having Our Say (as Sadie Delaney), Tambourines to Glory and Jericho-Jim Crow both co-written by Langston Hughes, The Gingham Dog, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, and received three Tony Award nominations for her writing.
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Joe Foy
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Joseph Anthony Foy was an American professional baseball player who played third base in Major League Baseball.
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Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeffrey Dinowitz is an American politician who represents District 81 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises Kingsbridge, Marble Hill, Norwood, Riverdale, Van Cortlandt Village, Wakefield, and Woodlawn Heights. Dinowitz has served in the New York State Assembly since 1994.
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Murray Sabrin
- Occupations
- journalistacademiceconomist
- Biography
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Murray Sabrin is a professor of finance in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College and a perennial candidate for public office in New Jersey.
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Bob Stewart
- Occupations
- jazz musicianperforming artist
- Biography
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Bob Stewart is an American jazz tuba player and music teacher.
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Pepon Osorio
- Occupations
- visual artistinstallation artistconceptual artist
- Biography
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Pepón Osorio is a Puerto Rican artist. He uses different objects as well as video in his pieces to portray political and social issues in the Latino community. He was born in 1955 in Santurce, Puerto Rico and studied at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Lehman College, and also Columbia University where he obtained his MA in sociology in 1985.
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Woodie King, Jr
- Occupations
- film directortheatrical directorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Woodie King Jr. is an American director and producer of stage and screen, as well as the founding director of the New Federal Theatre in New York City.
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Al Taylor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alfred E. Taylor is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 71st district. A Democrat, Taylor's district includes portions of Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood.
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Steve Mirsky
- Occupations
- editorjournalist
- Biography
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Steve Mirsky is a writer for Scientific American, the host of the magazine's longform science podcast, Science Talk. and the producer of the daily 60-Second Science podcast. Mirsky has also written Scientific American's monthly “Anti Gravity” column since 1995 until December 8, 2020.
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Nabie Foday Fofanah
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Nabie Foday Fofanah is a 2 x Olympian sprinter from Guinea, born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and currently living in Los Angeles, CA. He competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, in the 100 and 200 meters, he acted as a flag bearer for his country. He relocated in Los Angeles, where he created the successful Speed Doctor brand (Speeddoctor.com). He then became one of the most Elite trainers in world, training NBA player Chris Paul, NFL player Todd Gurley amongst many other professional athletes.
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David L. Spector
- Occupations
- researcherbiologist
- Biography
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David L. Spector is a cell and molecular biologist best recognized for his research on gene expression and nuclear dynamics. He is currently a Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). From 2007 to 2023, he served as Director of Research of CSHL.
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Don Leicht
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Don Leicht was a visual artist who has worked as a painter and sculptor in the Bronx, New York City for over forty years. Leicht has had one person exhibitions in New York, Sweden and (Germany) and is an early figure in the New York City downtown scene in the 1970s, and in the subsequent Street Art and Graffiti movements.
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Janet Kaplan
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Janet Kaplan is an American poet and professor. She is the author of four full-length books: The Groundnote (Alice James Books, 1997), "The Glazier’s County," winner of the 2003 Poets Out Loud Prize from Fordham University Press, Dreamlife of the Philanthropist: Prose Poems & Prose Sonnets, winner of the 2011 Ernest Sandeen Prize (University of Notre Dame Press), and "Ecotones" (Eyewear Ltd., forthcoming 2021).
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Richard Rakowski
- Years
- 1950s
- Occupations
- entrepreneurconsultant
- Biography
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Raphael, formerly Richard, Rakowski is an American entrepreneur, investor and health care and energy consultant. He has had a 30-year career in sales engineering, process control consulting, and entrepreneurial start ups in health care services and renewable energy. He is a public speaker and advocate for changes to the American health care system. He is the subject of a documentary film examining the effects of the Holocaust on his childhood.
