27 Notable alumni of
Manhattanville College
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Manhattanville College is 1439th in the world, 502nd in North America, and 471st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Manhattanville College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Maria Shriver
- Occupations
- women's rights activistchildren's writernews presenterjournalistactor
- Biography
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Maria Owings Shriver is an American journalist, author, a member of the prominent Shriver and Kennedy families, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the non-profit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to actor and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, with whom she had four children, before separating in 2011 and divorcing in 2021.
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Ethel Kennedy
- Enrolled in Manhattanville College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- socialite
- Biography
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Ethel Kennedy was an American human rights advocate. She was the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and a daughter of businessman George Skakel.
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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- social activistsociologistathletics competitorphilanthropistfounder
- Biography
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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver DSG was an American philanthropist. Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States ambassador to France and the final Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972. She was a sister of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, U.S. senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith.
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James Badge Dale
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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James Badge Dale is an American actor. Frequently cast as law enforcement and military characters, he is known for his roles as Chase Edmunds in 24, Robert Leckie in The Pacific, Trooper Barrigan in The Departed, Luke Lewenden in The Grey, Eric Savin in Iron Man 3, and Tyrone S. "Rone" Woods in 13 Hours.
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Rose Kennedy
- Occupations
- socialite
- Biography
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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American community in Boston. Her father, John F. Fitzgerald, served in the Massachusetts State Senate (1892–1894), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1901, 1919), and as Mayor of Boston (1906–1908, 1910–1914). Her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., chaired the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1934–1935) and the U.S. Maritime Commission (1937–1938), and served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938–1940). Their nine children included United States president John F. Kennedy, U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, U.S. senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith. In 1951, Rose Kennedy was ennobled by Pope Pius XII, becoming the sixth American woman to be granted the rank of papal countess.
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Jean Kennedy Smith
- Enrolled in Manhattanville College
- Studied in 1949
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Jean Ann Kennedy Smith was an American diplomat, activist, humanitarian, and author who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998. A member of the Kennedy family, Kennedy was the eighth of nine children (and youngest daughter) born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. Her siblings included President of the United States John F. Kennedy, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, United States Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Rosemary Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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Joan Bennett Kennedy
- Enrolled in Manhattanville College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writermodelpianistsocialite
- Biography
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Virginia Joan Kennedy was an American socialite, author, and advocate. Kennedy was the first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. In 1992, she published a guide to classical music and later became associated with mental health awareness, drawing public attention to addiction and recovery through her own experiences. Kennedy also worked as a classical pianist, performing at various public concerts.
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Jamaal Bowman
- Enrolled in Manhattanville College
- Graduated with Doctor of Education in educational leadership
- Occupations
- American football playerhead teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Jamaal Anthony Bowman is an American politician and former educator who served from 2021 to 2025 as the United States representative for New York's 16th congressional district.
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Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
- Occupations
- socialiteactor
- Biography
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Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt was an American socialite. Vanderbilt was the mother of fashion designer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt and maternal grandmother of television journalist Anderson Cooper. She was a central figure in Vanderbilt vs. Whitney, one of the most sensational American custody trials in the 20th century.
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Brittany Underwood
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actorfilm directortelevision actorsinger
- Biography
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Brittany Underwood is an American actress, director, and singer. She is known for her roles as teenagers Langston Wilde on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live and Loren Tate on the Nick at Nite/TeenNick serial drama Hollywood Heights.
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Rosemary Murphy
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Rosemary Murphy was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She was nominated for three Tony Awards for her stage work, as well as two Emmy Awards for television work, winning once, for her performance in Eleanor and Franklin (1976).
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Sila María Calderón
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who served as the eighth democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. Calderón became the first female to be elected or serve as governor since the establishment of the office in 1508. She previously served as the mayor of San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico, from 1997 to 2001. She also held various positions in the government of Puerto Rico, including Secretary of State from 1988 to 1989.
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Matt Braunger
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Matthew Braunger is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His most recent special Finally Live In Portland was launched by Comedy Dynamics in 2019. Outside of performing stand-up, Braunger is noted for being a cast member on MADtv during its final season in 2008–2009, numerous guest star roles (NBC's Up All Night, Marvel's Agent Carter, Netflix' Disjointed), and numerous voice over roles (Amazon's The New VIPs, Netflix' BoJack Horseman).
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Mindy Grossman
- Occupations
- businesspersonbusiness executive
- Biography
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Mindy Grossman is the former CEO of WW International (formerly Weight Watchers). Her earlier career included executive roles at Ralph Lauren Corporation and Nike, and she was also CEO of HSN from 2006 - 2017. She has been listed on Financial Times's list of the Top 50 Women In World Business, and was ranked among Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women In The World, as well as in Fortune's Top People in Business.
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Karen Akers
- Occupations
- singerstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Karen Akers is an American actress and singer, who has appeared on Broadway, and in cabaret and film.
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Josie Natori
- Occupations
- fashion designer
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Josie Natori is a Filipino-American fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007 she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines. In April 2007, Natori received the "Peopling of America" Award from the Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation. She often says her business philosophy is based around an "East-West mix" of culture and design.
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Nan A. Talese
- Occupations
- writer
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Nan Talese is a retired American editor, and a veteran of the New York publishing industry. Talese was the senior vice president of Doubleday. From 1990 to 2020, Talese was the publisher and editorial director of her own imprint, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, publishing authors such as Pat Conroy, Ian McEwan, and Peter Ackroyd.
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Barbara Farrell Vucanovich
- Enrolled in Manhattanville College
- Studied in 1938-1939
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Farrell Vucanovich was an American Republican politician from Nevada. She was the first woman from Nevada elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which she served seven terms representing Nevada from 1983 to 1997.
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Carol Sauvion
- Occupations
- television producer
- Biography
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Carol Sauvion is an American crafts scholar and patron, and the executive Producer and director of the PBS documentary series Craft in America.
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Christine Choy
- Occupations
- cinematographerscreenwriterfilm director
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Christine Choy was a Chinese American filmmaker. She was known for co-directing Who Killed Vincent Chin?, a 1988 documentary film based on the killing of Vincent Chin, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. She co-founded Third World Newsreel, a film company focusing on people of color and social justice issues, as well as Asian CineVision, a development and exhibition space for Asian/Asian American filmmakers. As a documentary filmmaker, she produced and directed more than eighty films. She was a professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
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Carlon Colker
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Carlon M. Colker is an American physician and celebrity doctor, whose practice specialties include internal medicine, integrative medicine, medical nutrition and applied nutritional science, sports medicine, human performance, injury rehabilitation, and longevity medicine. Colker is a former champion bodybuilder, powerlifter, and MMA fighter and coach. Colker has appeared as a medical correspondent on Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends. Colker has appeared on such shows as The View, The Today Show, ESPN Outside the Lines, NBC's Health Segment, Court TV, Bloomberg TV, and ABC's World News Tonight, offering medical advice.
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Kitty Pilgrim
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Kathryn Pilgrim, known professionally as Kitty Pilgrim, has worked throughout her career as international journalist and author. She was a CNN anchor and correspondent for 25 years. She is active in the world of foreign policy, covering many international issues. She is currently a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is founder of her own company, Kitty Pilgrim Media, based in New York.
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Mary Hamilton
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Mary Lucille Hamilton was an African American civil rights activist. Her case before the United States Supreme Court, Hamilton v. Alabama, decided that an African American woman was entitled to the same courteous forms of address customarily reserved solely to whites in the Southern United States, and that calling a black person by his or her first name in a legal proceeding was "a form of racial discrimination".
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Sook Nyul Choi
- Occupations
- children's writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Sook Nyul Choi is a Korean American children's storybook author.
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Gren Wells
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterfilm director
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Gren Wells is a Kentucky-born filmmaker, screenwriter, and actress who works and resides in Los Angeles.
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Terese Svoboda
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Terese Svoboda is an American poet, novelist, memoirist, short story writer, librettist, translator, biographer, critic and videomaker.
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Helen Steinbinder
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Helen Elsie Steinbinder was an American law professor and the first female professor of law at the Georgetown University.
