51 Notable alumni of
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is 893rd in the world, 327th in North America, and 305th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Peggy Noonan

    Peggy Noonan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Margaret Ellen Noonan, known as Peggy Noonan, is a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and contributor to NBC News and ABC News. She was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986 and has maintained a center-right leaning in her writings since leaving the Reagan administration. Five of Noonan's books have been New York Times bestsellers.

  2. Zygi Wilf

    Zygi Wilf
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
    Occupations
    entrepreneurlawyer
    Biography

    Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf is an American billionaire businessman and real estate developer. He is the chairman and co-owner of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the majority owner of MLS's Orlando City.

  3. Katlyn Chookagian

    Katlyn Chookagian
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    kickboxerBrazilian jiu-jitsu practitionermixed martial arts fighterkarateka
    Biography

    Katlyn Cerminara is an American professional mixed martial artist. She has formerly competed in the Bantamweight division and currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of November 7, 2023, she is #4 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.

  4. John Gottman

    John Gottman
    Born in
    Dominican Republic Flag Dominican Republic
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacherpsychologistpsychotherapist
    Biography

    John Mordechai Gottman is an American psychologist, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington. His work focuses on divorce prediction and marital stability through relationship analyses. The lessons derived from this work represent a partial basis for the relationship counseling movement that aims to improve relationship functioning and the avoidance of those behaviors shown by Gottman and other researchers to harm human relationships. His work has also had a major impact on the development of important concepts on social sequence analysis. He and his wife, psychologist Julie Schwartz Gottman, co-founded and lead a relationship company and therapist training entity called The Gottman Institute. They have also co-founded Affective Software Inc, a program designed to make marriage and relationship counseling methods and resources available to a larger audience.

  5. Jeff Van Drew

    Jeff Van Drew
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jefferson H. Van Drew is an American politician and dentist serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. Formerly a Democrat, he has been a member of the Republican Party since 2020.

  6. John Legere

    John Legere
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    John Legere is an American businessman, former chief executive officer (CEO) and president of T-Mobile US. He previously worked for AT&T, Dell, and Global Crossing. He resigned as CEO following the approval of the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.

  7. Alejandro Bedoya

    Alejandro Bedoya
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Alejandro Bedoya is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer, and serves as their captain.

  8. Christine O'Donnell

    Christine O'Donnell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Christine Therese O'Donnell is an American conservative activist in the Tea Party movement best known for her 2010 campaign for the United States Senate seat from Delaware vacated by Joe Biden.

  9. Lisa Blunt Rochester

    Lisa Blunt Rochester
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    In 1985 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    congressional staffpolitician
    Biography

    Lisa LaTrelle Blunt Rochester is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in Congress.

  10. D. C. Fontana

    D. C. Fontana
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1939-2019 (aged 80)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    Graduated with associate degree
    Occupations
    science fiction writerwriterstory editorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Dorothy Catherine Fontana was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.

  11. Seth Greenberg

    Seth Greenberg
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Seth Vincent Greenberg is an American college basketball broadcaster who works as an analyst for ESPN.

  12. Ben Weinman

    Ben Weinman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    musicianguitaristrecord producer
    Biography

    Benjamin A. Weinman is an American musician, most notable for being the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. He was the founder and sole constant member through the band's career (1997–2017), and is currently playing rhythm guitar with the crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies and the progressive rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra.

  13. Richard Codey

    Richard Codey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in education
    Occupations
    funeral directorpolitician
    Biography

    Richard James Codey is an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of New Jersey from 2004 to 2006. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 2024 and as the President of the Senate from 2002 to 2010. He represented the 27th Legislative District, which covered the western portions of Essex County and the southeastern portion of Morris County.

  14. Darren Young

    Darren Young
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    professional wrestleractor
    Biography

    Frederick Douglas Rosser III is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former Strong Openweight Champion. He is best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Darren Young.

  15. Reinaldo Marcus Green

    Reinaldo Marcus Green
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriteractorfilm producerfilm screenwriter
    Biography

    Reinaldo Marcus Green is an American director, producer and writer. His films include Monsters and Men (2018), Joe Bell (2020), and King Richard (2021), which was nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards.

  16. Tom Marino

    Tom Marino
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    In 1988 graduated with Juris Doctor
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Thomas Anthony Marino is an American politician and attorney, who served as a United States Representative from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2019. He represented the 10th congressional district from January 3, 2011 to January 3, 2019, and the 12th district from January 3 to January 23, 2019, when he resigned to work in the private sector. A member of the Republican Party, Marino was the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in his early career.

  17. Vito Russo

    Vito Russo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-1990 (aged 44)
    Occupations
    writerfilm historianscreenwriteractorfilm director
    Biography

    Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet (1981, revised edition 1987), described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry. In 1985, he co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a media watchdog organization that strives to end anti-LGBT rhetoric, and advocates for LGBT inclusion in popular media.

  18. Michael C. Stenger

    Michael C. Stenger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-2022 (aged 72)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    law enforcement officer
    Biography

    Michael Conrad Stenger was an American law enforcement officer who served as the 41st Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from April 16, 2018, to January 7, 2021.

  19. Gregory Olsen

    Gregory Olsen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    astronautengineertouronautentrepreneur
    Biography

    Gregory Hammond Olsen is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.

  20. Ron Blomberg

    Ron Blomberg
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Ronald Mark Blomberg, nicknamed "Boomer", is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder. He played for the New York Yankees (1969, 1971–1976) and Chicago White Sox (1978), and was the manager of the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the Israel Baseball League (2007). He was the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed.

  21. Majid Ghassemi

    Majid Ghassemi
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    bankermanagereconomist
    Biography

    Majid Ghassemi is an Iranian banker, business magnate, and investor. Ghassemi originally established his reputation as the governor of Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from 1986 to 1989.

  22. Bobby Dyer

    Bobby Dyer
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Robert M. Dyer is an American politician serving as the mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia since 2018. A Republican, he served as a member of the city council for 14 years prior to his election as mayor. Dyer has also been a physical therapist for over 40 years and a professor of government at his alma mater, Regent University. He won the November 2018 election for mayor despite being outraised by his opponent Ben Davenport nearly 5 to 1.

  23. Steve Lonegan

    Steve Lonegan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Steven Mark Lonegan is an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, from 1996 to 2007. He was also the Republican Party's nominee in the 2013 Special Senate election in New Jersey, which he lost to Cory Booker.

  24. Loretta Weinberg

    Loretta Weinberg
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-.. (age 89)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    Graduated with Master in Public Administration
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Loretta Weinberg is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from 2005-2022, where she represented the 37th Legislative District. She also served as Senate Majority Leader. Weinberg served in the General Assembly before being selected to replace retiring Senator Byron Baer.

  25. Vince Naimoli

    Vince Naimoli
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-2019 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Vincent Joseph Naimoli was an American businessman, and the first owner of the Major League Baseball team the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

  26. Marques Townes

    Marques Townes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Marques Townes is a Dominican-American basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basketball League, the top division in Greece. He played college basketball for the Loyola Ramblers, after beginning his career with Fairleigh Dickinson.

  27. Mensun Bound

    Mensun Bound
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    archaeologistanthropologist
    Biography

    Mensun Bound is a British maritime archaeologist born in Stanley, Falkland Islands. He is best known as director of exploration for two expeditions to the Weddell Sea which led to the rediscovery of the Endurance, in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship sank after being crushed by the ice on 21 November 1915. It was rediscovered by the Endurance22 expedition on 5 March 2022.

  28. Andrea Crosariol

    Andrea Crosariol
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    basketball coachbasketball player
    Biography

    Andrea Crosariol is a former Italian professional basketball player and who last played for Pistoia Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). At 211 cm (6 ft 11 in), he plays the center position. In the years 2003–2006 he played for the Fairleigh Dickinson University in the NCAA's Northeast Conference.

  29. Tomer Chencinski

    Tomer Chencinski
    Born in
    Israel Flag Israel
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Tomer Chencinski is an Israeli-Canadian soccer player who plays the position of goalkeeper. He played college soccer at Robert Morris University, where in 2004 he ranked 16th in the nation in saves per game, and at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He most recently played for Irish club Shamrock Rovers. He also played one match for the Canada men's national soccer team.

  30. Garry Kitchen

    Garry Kitchen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    programmerengineer
    Biography

    Garry Kitchen is a video game designer, programmer, and executive best known for his work at Activision during the early years of the company's history. He has developed games for the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as co-founded Absolute Entertainment with ex-Activision developers. His port of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 was a major hit for Coleco, selling over 4 million copies. His other 2600 work includes Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker for Activision and Space Jockey for U.S. Games. He also wrote Garry Kitchen's GameMaker and The Designer's Pencil for the Commodore 64.

  31. Desi Wilson

    Desi Wilson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    baseball playerbasketball player
    Biography

    Desi Bernard Wilson is an American former professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants in 1996, primarily as a first baseman. He also played one season in Japan with the Hanshin Tigers in 1998. He is currently the hitting coach of the Iowa Cubs, an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.

  32. Jedh Colby Barker

    Jedh Colby Barker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-1967 (aged 22)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    Jedh Colby Barker was a United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War in September 1967.

  33. Eric Jackson

    Eric Jackson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Eric Jackson was the 47th mayor of Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, having assumed office on July 1, 2014 for a four-year term. In January 2018 he announced he would not seek re-election.

  34. Shavonda E. Sumter

    Shavonda E. Sumter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    Graduated with Master of Business Administration
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Shavonda E. Sumter is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 35th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office in January 2012.

  35. John Kefalas

    John Kefalas
    Born in
    Greece Flag Greece
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    lobbyistpolitician
    Biography

    John Michael Kefalas is a politician in the U.S. state of Colorado. An educator and lobbyist before first running for the legislature in 2004, Kefalas defeated a Republican incumbent to win election to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006. Kefalas won election to the State Senate in 2012 and represented Senate District 14 until early 2019. In 2018, Kefalas ran for and won a seat on the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners. He resigned his Senate seat, and a vacancy committee nominated Joann Ginal to replace him.

  36. John W. Douglass

    John W. Douglass
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Biography

    John Wade Douglass is a retired Brigadier General, United States Air Force. He served as the United States Navy's Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) from 1995 to 1998. In 2012, Douglass ran for election to the United States House of Representatives for Virginia's 5th congressional district as a Democrat, losing to incumbent congressman Robert Hurt.

  37. Gilbert M. Gaul

    Gilbert M. Gaul
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Gilbert Martin Gaul is an American journalist. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for four others.

  38. Janeen Uzzell

    Janeen Uzzell
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    Janeen Uzzell is an American global technology executive and CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers.

  39. Jim Boyd

    Jim Boyd
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    actorjournalist
    Biography

    Jim Boyd was a weekend, early morning and midday news anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV. He is currently working as an actor in major motion pictures and television productions.

  40. Clifford Meth

    Clifford Meth
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    comics critic
    Biography

    Clifford Meth is an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for his dark fiction, as well as his publishing imprint Aardwolf Publishing. He has said that his work is often "self-consciously Jewish."

  41. Mark A. Meyer

    Mark A. Meyer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Mark A. Meyer is the founder and President of the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce (1990) and the Moldovan-American Chamber of Commerce (1993). In recognition of his contributions to the business relations and cultural understanding between these respective nations and the United States, he was awarded Romania's National Order of Merit in the rank of Commander in 2004, and Moldova's highest civilian decoration, the Medal of Civic Merit, in 2006. He is a practicing attorney and an adjunct professor of law at St. John's University School of Law among other positions.

  42. Nader Sayegh

    Nader Sayegh
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nader J. Sayegh is a Jordanian-American politician, attorney, and educator from the state of New York. A Democrat, Sayegh has represented the 90th district of the New York State Assembly, based in Yonkers, since 2019.

  43. Harold C. Hollenbeck

    Harold C. Hollenbeck
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Harold Capistran Hollenbeck is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 1977 to 1983.

  44. Gale D. Candaras

    Gale D. Candaras
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Gale D. Candaras was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2006 to 2014, representing the First Hampden and Hampshire District. She is an attorney and a former five-term member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she served as a Division Leader.

  45. Howard M. Guttman

    Howard M. Guttman
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    business consultant
    Biography

    Howard M. Guttman is an American management consultant and founder of Guttman Development Strategies, a consulting firm. Guttman is best known for his theories on corporate organizational hierarchies, positing that the traditional, top-down model of management is less effective than the horizontal, high-performance organization, where decisions are made by cross-functional teams with equal authority.

  46. Bob Schmetterer

    Bob Schmetterer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    business executivechief operating officer
    Biography

    Bob Schmetterer is an American business executive and author. He is past chairman and CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide and past president and COO of communications group Havas.

  47. Jennifer Graylock

    Jennifer Graylock
    Occupations
    journalistphotojournalistfashion photographerphotographer
    Biography

    Jennifer Graylock is an American fashion and entertainment photographer. Her work has been published in Vogue, Glamour, Us Weekly, People, TV Guide, and InStyle. In 2017, she won the Timothy White Award for Photography at the Hollywood Beauty Awards.

  48. Julia Ralph Scott

    Julia Ralph Scott
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Julia Ralph Scott is a Scottish female international football midfielder. She currently plays for Scottish Women's championship team Inverness Caledonian Thistle Women, having previously played in the FA WSL for Doncaster Rovers Belles. Ralph Scott made her senior Scotland debut in 2000 and made 14 appearances for the national team.

  49. Mel Schrieberg

    Mel Schrieberg
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-2017 (aged 75)
    Biography

    Melvin Schrieberg was an American businessman, best known for co-founding Election.com, where he acted as the project manager for the first major political election ever run over the internet, the Arizona Democratic Primary of 2000, won by Al Gore. He later served as acting Chief Executive Officer of SpiralFrog, one of the first ad-supported free music services during 2007-2008.

  50. Lily Albino Akol Akol

    Lily Albino Akol Akol
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Her Excellency Lily Albino Akol Akol is a South Sudanese politician who holds the constitutional post of National Deputy Minister of Information and Communication. She also serves as a Member of the South Sudan National Dialogue Steering Committee. She is the director of communication for the South Sudan Women empowerment network, and is an assistant professor at the University of Juba and serving as the director of International Cooperation, Communication and Alumni Affairs, as well as a lecturer in the College of Arts and Humanities / Department of Mass Communication.

  51. Barry Stevens

    Barry Stevens
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
    In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    entrepreneurwriterscientist
    Biography

    Barry Stevens is an American technology business developer, scientist, author, speaker and entrepreneur in technology-driven enterprises; Founder of TBD America Inc., a technology business development group (1997).