From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of
Alfred University , located in
Alfred ,
New York , US.
Alumni
Academia
Art
Jerry Ackerman (MFA '52), mid-century modern industrial designer and ceramic artist
Ying Miao , MFA 2009, mixed media contemporary artist
Robert Archambeau , ceramic artist
Arthur Eugene Baggs , ceramic artist and glaze chemist
R. Guy Cowan , founder, Cowan Pottery
Andrew Deutsch , electronic and sound artist
Ken Ferguson , ceramist
Creig Flessel , comic book artist and author
Rob Forbes , ceramist, founder of Design Within Reach, and retailer PUBLIC Bikes.
Julia Galloway , potter and educator
Maija Grotell , ceramist
Vivika Heino (MFA), ceramist, the second M.F.A. graduate from the ceramics program (following Daniel Rhodes)
Ka Kwong Hui (BFA 1951, MFA 1952), potter, ceramist, and educator
[1]
Amy Karle , bioartist, provocateur and futurist.
Jae Won Lee , ceramic artist and educator
Charles Loloma , Hopi potter, business owner and director of plastic arts education
Otellie Loloma , Hopi potter, dancer and art educator
Nathan Lyons (1957),
[2] founder, Director Emeritus of
Visual Studies Workshop
Kristen Morgin , sculptor
Sandra Murchinson , multimedia artist and director of the School of Art and Design at
Eastern Michigan University
Elizabeth Overbeck , ceramic artist, of the famed
Overbeck Sisters
Kenneth Price , modern ceramic sculptor
[3]
Daniel Rhodes , ceramist and noted author on ceramic technique
Adelaïde Alsop Robineau , potter, china painter, one of the top ceramists at turn of the 19th century
Annabeth Rosen , award-winning sculptor
Siona Shimshi , painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer
Robert C. Turner , ceramist, professor emeritus of ceramic art at Alfred till 1979.
Betty Woodman , ceramic artist who studied at the School for American Craftsmen when it was located in the liberal arts program at Alfred University in 1948–49.
Arnold Zimmerman , modern sculptor[
citation needed ]
Business
Robert H. Benmosche 1966, CEO of
American International Group ; Chairman,
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
[4]
Peter Cuneo 1967, Chairman of Cuneo and Co. and
Marvel Enterprises , Inc[
citation needed ]
Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872-1949), dramatic coach, writer, lecturer, clubwoman, and executive
[5]
Rodney O. Martin, Jr. , Chairman and CEO,
Voya Financial
[6]
Steven Pressman (economist) , economist with extensive experience in poverty and middle-class issues
Entertainment
Chagmion Antoine , openly bisexual American network news journalist
Rob Bartlett , comedian
Max Davis and Griffin Sherry of the folk rock band
The Ghost of Paul Revere
Robert Forster , Oscar-nominated actor ("Jackie Brown"), attended for two years
David Finfer , film editor ("The Fugitive," "Lost In America")
Eric Harvey, former guitarist and keyboardist for the band
Spoon
Bob Keeshan , better known as
Captain Kangaroo , received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969
[7]
Robert Klein , actor and comedian
[8]
Bill Pullman , actor ("While You Were Sleeping," independence Day,"), received an honorary doctorate in 2011; board of trustees member
[9]
Alan Uger, Emmy-winning writer-producer of "Family Ties," and two-time Writers Guild Award-winner ("Family Ties," "Blazing Saddles")
Kat Wright , singer and songwriter, who has toured and recorded as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band
Engineering
Literature
Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
Ward Churchill , writer and political activist; received an honorary doctorate in 1992
[12]
Mary Bassett Clarke (1831–1908), writer
Richard Dolan , author whose works include UFOs and the National Security State
Peter Jenkins , author whose best-selling book A Walk Across America begins in Alfred
[13]
Robert Littell , author of nearly twenty spy novels including "The Company," which became a 2007 TV miniseries starring Michael Keaton, as well as "The Defection of A.J. Lewinter" and "The Once and Future Spy"
Steve Skeates , comic book creator, author and Marvel and DC alum
Politics
Kristin Beck , transgender retired
United States Navy SEAL , author, human rights advocate and Democratic candidate to Congress in the 2016 Maryland primaries
[14]
[15]
Cathy Bissoon ,
United States District Judge , United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
William Wallace Brown , United States Congressman from
Pennsylvania (1883–87)
[16]
Burrows Burdick , Wisconsin physician and legislator
David Chesnoff , Criminal Defense Attorney
[17]
George P. Darrow , United States Congressman from
Pennsylvania
[18]
Dean Fuleihan , First Deputy Mayor of New York City
Rufus Mallory , United States Congressman from
Oregon , (1867-1869), Speaker of the Oregon State House, (1872-1873)
Karla Moskowitz , Associate Justice, New York Supreme Appellate Court
Nancy Nadel , City Council member,
Oakland, California [
citation needed ]
Tony Ninos , Democrat who served the
Florida House of Representatives
Mike Pellicciotti , American politician and
Washington State Treasurer
Tom Reed , United States Congressman from
New York , (2010–2022), Mayor of
Corning, NY , (2008-2010).
[19]
Henry Moore Teller , United States Congressman from
Colorado (1876–82, 1885–1909), Secretary of the Interior (1882–85)
[20]
Mandana Coleman Thorp (1843-1916), public official
Augustus Everett Willson , Governor of Kentucky (1907-1911)
Sports
Faculty
Charles Fergus Binns , author, educator and "the father of American studio ceramics"
[21]
Andrew Deutsch , video and sound artist, noise musician and educator
Wayne Higby , ceramic artist; known for work in Raku ceramics and large bowl forms
Michael Kay (professor) , controversial educator who supported equal rights for students of color
Timothy Z. Keith , award-winning doctor of psychology
Hongwei Li , sculptor, former faculty. works have been exhibited at the
Louvre and the
Art Institute of Chicago
Walter McConnell , American ceramic artist and ceramics instructor
Daniel Rhodes , American ceramic artist, sculptor, author and educator
Robert Chapman Turner , ceramics artist; founded the ceramics program at
Black Mountain College
William Underhill , instructor and sculptor of
King Alfred in
Alfred University 's quad
References
^ Hallmark, Kara Kelley.
Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists . Artists of the American Mosaic. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 77–79.
ISBN
9780313334511 .
^
Alfred University : New York State College of Ceramics : News
^ Smith, Roberta.
"Ken Price, Sculptor Whose Artworks Helped Elevate Ceramics, Dies at 77" . The New York Times Online . New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 November 2014 .
^ Forbes.
"Robert H. Benmosche" . Archived from
the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18 .
^ "LANGWORTHY, MARY LEWIS".
The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women ... Vol. 2. Halvord Publishing Company. 1925. pp. 256–58. Retrieved 4 November 2022 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain .
^ Gardyasz, Joe (March 14, 2014).
"ING rebranding as Voya Financial" . Business Record . Des Moines, Iowa: Business Communications. Retrieved April 21, 2015 . Education: Bachelor of Business Administration, Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y. (caption on picture)
^
"Alfred University, Honorary Degrees, 1960-1969" . Archived from
the original on 2003-05-23.
^
"Robert Klein Biography" . The Conversation Company, Ltd . Archived from
the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-18 .
^
"Bill Pullman to address Alfred University graduates" . Alfred University website . Archived from
the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011 .
^ Banks, Harlan P.; Srb, Adrian M.; Uhl, Charles H.
"Lowell Fitz Randolph (Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement)" (PDF) . ecommons.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2014 .
^
"Remembering Sam Hulbert, a "quality person and visionary leader" " . WTHITV.com . Archived from
the original on 2016-02-05.
^
"Alfred University, Honorary Degrees, 1990-1999" . Archived from
the original on 2003-05-24.
^ Jenkins, Peter.
"About Peter Jenkins" . Retrieved 2009-05-11 .
^
"Transgender former Navy Seal Kristin Beck to give lecture at Alfred University | Alfred University News" .
^
"Official 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Representative in Congress" . 31 May 2016.
^ United States Congress.
"Brown, William Wallace" . Biographical Directory of US Congress 1774- Present . Retrieved February 27, 2012 .
^
"David Z. Chesnoff Lawyer Profile on" . Martindale.com. Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
^
"DARROW, George Potter" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . United States Congress. Retrieved 2009-05-11 .
^ United States Congress.
"Reed, Thomas W. II" . Biographical Directory of Us Congress 1774- Present . Retrieved February 27, 2012 .
^
"Henry M. Teller" . Archives at Herrick Memorial Library . Alfred University. Archived from
the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2012 .
^ Carney, Margaret. (1998) Charles Fergus Binns: The Father of American Studio Ceramics. Hudson Hills Press.
ISBN
1-55595-144-9