27 Notable alumni of
College of New Jersey
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The College of New Jersey is 1810th in the world, 625th in North America, and 588th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from the College of New Jersey sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Holly Black
- Occupations
- writernovelistchildren's writerjournalist
- Biography
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Holly Black is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Black has won a Nebula Award and a Newbery Honor. The Spiderwick Chronicles was adapted into a 2008 film and into a 2023 television series, for which Black received a nomination for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Teen Series.
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Richard Sterban
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
- Biography
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Richard Anthony Sterban is an American singer. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. In 1972, he joined the country and gospel quartet the Oak Ridge Boys, in which he sings bass.
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Chris Smith
- Enrolled in the College of New Jersey
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- business executivebusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Christopher Henry Smith is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district since 1981. Though it has taken various forms, his district has always been situated in central New Jersey. Currently, the district contains parts of Ocean and Monmouth counties. Smith is a member of the Republican Party, having switched from the Democratic Party in 1978. As of 2025, Smith is tied with Hal Rogers for being the longest currently serving member of the House of Representatives.
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Tom Scharpling
- Occupations
- actorradio personalityscreenwritertelevision producerextra
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Thomas John Giuliano II, known professionally as Tom Scharpling, is an American comedian, television writer, producer, music video director, voice actor, and radio host. He is best known for hosting the weekly Internet radio call-in comedy program The Best Show with Tom Scharpling (formerly The Best Show on WFMU), the voice of Greg Universe in the animated series Steven Universe and its sequel series Steven Universe Future, and for acting as a writer/executive producer for the TV show Monk.
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Tom McCarthy
- Occupations
- journalistsports commentator
- Biography
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Tom McCarthy is an American sports broadcaster. He is the television play-by-play announcer for Philadelphia Phillies television broadcasts and also calls National Football League games on radio for Westwood One. He calls select NFL, NBA and college basketball games on CBS as well. McCarthy previously served as the play-by-play voice of Saint Joseph's University men's and women's basketball teams.
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James Florio
- Occupations
- military officerlawyerpolitician
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James Joseph Florio was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1975 to 1990 and served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1970 to 1975. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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John Stryker Meyer
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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John Stryker "Tilt" Meyer is an American author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group, also known as MACV-SOG. Meyer has published three works of nonfiction related to his experiences in the Vietnam War; the first was Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam published in 2003.
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William Pennington
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Pennington was an American politician and lawyer. He was the 13th governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, during which he served as the first Republican Speaker of the House from 1860 to 1861.
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Ty Treadway
- Occupations
- television actorengineermodel
- Biography
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Tyrus Richard Treadway is an American game show host, actor, and talk show host, best known for hosting the game show Merv Griffin's Crosswords until the show’s end on May 16, 2008. Treadway also co-hosted Soap Talk with Lisa Rinna.
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Adella Wotherspoon
- Biography
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Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon was the youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster of June 15, 1904.
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Sheila Callaghan
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Sheila Callaghan is an American playwright and screenwriter who emerged from the RAT (Regional Alternative Theatre) movement of the 1990s. She has been profiled by American Theater Magazine, "The Brooklyn Rail", Theatermania, and The Village Voice. Her work has been published in American Theatre magazine.
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Tapping Reeve
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Tapping Reeve was an American lawyer, judge, and law educator. In 1784 he opened the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the United States, in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was also the brother-in-law of the third vice-president of the United States, Aaron Burr.
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Aaron Ogden
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Aaron Ogden was an American soldier, lawyer, United States Senator and the fifth governor of New Jersey. Ogden is perhaps best known today as the complainant in Gibbons v. Ogden which destroyed the monopoly power of steamboats on the Hudson River in 1824.
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Melanie Balcomb
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Melanie Balcomb is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Ohio Dominican Panthers women's basketball team. She was previously the head coach for the Vanderbilt women's basketball team from 2002–2016.
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Joel Parker
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Joel Parker was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the 20th governor of New Jersey from 1863 to 1866 and 1872 to 1875. As a Democratic governor during the American Civil War, Parker was one of the leading critics of the Abraham Lincoln administration's domestic and military policy, though he was generally a supporter of the Union war effort. In 1868 and 1876, he was nominated for President of the United States as a favorite son by New Jersey's party delegation.
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Mary-Kate Fisher
- Biography
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Mary-Kate Fisher is a former political appointee who served as Acting Chief of Protocol of the United States from June 24, 2019, to August 12, 2019. She previously served as Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits.
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Joseph A. Mussomeli
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Joseph Adamo Mussomeli is an American diplomat who has worked for the United States Department of State and is the former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Jean Stanfield
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in the College of New Jersey
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean Stanfield is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2022 to 2024. She previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2020 to 2022. Stanfield served as Sheriff of Burlington County from 2002 to 2019.
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
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- 1971-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson is an American Democratic Party politician who represents the 15th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly. Previously a member of the Trenton City Council, Reynolds-Jackson was sworn into office on February 15, 2018, to succeed Elizabeth Maher Muoio, who left office after being nominated to serve as Treasurer of New Jersey.
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Geralyn Wolf
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Geralyn Wolf is an American bishop who was the twelfth diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island in the Episcopal Church. Wolf was consecrated as bishop on February 17, 1996.
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Stephen Dadaian
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 39)
- Occupations
- composerrecord producer
- Biography
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Stephen Charles Dadaian is an Armenian electric and classical guitarist from Cresskill, New Jersey. He is also a general dentist. He attended Cresskill High School, where he graduated in 2005 and later graduated from The College of New Jersey in 2009. He graduated and earned his DDS degree from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in 2013, where he was part of The William Jarvie Research Society.
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Robyn E. Hannigan
- Enrolled in the College of New Jersey
- 1985-1988 graduated with Bachelor of Science in biology
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Robyn Ellen Hannigan is an American academic in the field of science, and an inventor and entrepreneur. She was the 19th president of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., having previously served as the provost of Clarkson University.
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Joe Howarth
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Howarth Jr. is an American Republican Party politician who represented the 8th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since he was sworn into office on January 12, 2016. Howarth lost re-election in the 2019 GOP primary. He left office on January 14, 2020.
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Deborah Wolfe
- Enrolled in the College of New Jersey
- In 1937 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Biography
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Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe was an African American educator, minister, and Education Chief of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor. Humbly self-described as a "teacher and preacher", Wolfe was a woman of many accomplishments in her field, an education reformer, and a pioneer who challenged racial and gender barriers.
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Oscar Fay Adams
- Occupations
- writerbiographer
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Oscar Fay Adams was an American editor and author.
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Emma B. Alrich
- Occupations
- teacherwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Emma B. Alrich was an American journalist, author, and educator. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Kansas after marriage. Alrich served as Filing Clerk of the Kansas Legislature, and was the only woman in her day to serve as superintendent of the city schools of Mitchell County, Kansas. She was a charter member of the National Woman's Relief Corps (WRC), as well as its national senior vice-president. She was the department president of Kansas WRC, and charter member of the Denver, Colorado WRC in 1883.
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Robert Stockton Green
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Robert Stockton Green was an American Democratic Party politician, who was the 27th governor of New Jersey from 1887 to 1890. He also sat for one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1887.
