List of Ithaca College alumni explained

Ithacans are persons affiliated with Ithaca College, especially alumni. The following is a list of notable Ithacans.

Art

• Nydia Blas, a visual artist whose works explore the identities of young black women
• Cathleen Chaffee, art curator, art historian^[1]

Business

• Chris Burch (B.S. 1976), founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital and co-founder of Tory Burch LLC^[2]
• Bob Iger (B.S. 1973), chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company^[3]
• Stew Leonard, Jr. (B.S. 1977), president and CEO, Stew Leonard's

Entertainment

Actors

• Kathryn Allison, 2014 winner of the NYMF Next Big Broadway Sensation competition
• Erinn Bartlett, actress
• David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones^[4]
• The Birthday Boys (2005, 2006), sketch comedy group and stars of IFC comedy show^[5]
• John Ross Bowie, actor, The Big Bang Theory
• Kerry Butler (B.F.A. 1992), Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, Xanadu, Catch Me If You Can and Little Shop of Horrors^{[6] [7]}
• Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. 2001), Broadway actor, West Side Story
• Thom Christopher, Emmy Award winning actor, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and One Life to Live
• Andy Daly (1993), actor and comedian^[8]
• Michelle Federer (B.F.A. 1995), theater and film actress; originated the character, Nessarose, in Broadway's Wicked^{[9] [10]}
• Ben Feldman, Emmy Award-nominated actor known for Mad Men and Superstore^[11]
• Ilene Graff, actress and singer
• Sean Grandillo, actor, Spring Awakening, The Real O'Neals
• Jennifer Hall, actress
• Jeremy Jordan (B.F.A., 2007), Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-nominated star of Newsies and Bonnie & Clyde, also starred on Smash and in Joyful Noise^[12]
• Ricki Lake (non-degreed), Emmy Award-winning actress, Serial Mom, Hairspray; television host
• Gavin MacLeod, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, The Love Boat, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Daniel McDonald, Tony Award-nominated actor
• Mark Moses, actor, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men
• David Newsom, actor and producer
• Joe Pera (2010), stand-up comedian, actor, star/creator of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You^{[13] [14]}
• CCH Pounder, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Bagdad Café, The Shield and Avatar^[15]
• Judson Pratt (1938), television, film and stage actor known for Union Pacific, Sergeant Rutledge and Born Yesterday^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}
• Brian Sack, humorist, author, and contributor on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program
• Charlie Schlatter, actor,
• Amanda Setton (B.A. 2007), film and TV actress, Gossip Girl, The Mindy Project, The Crazy Ones^[20]
• Aaron Tveit, Tony Award-winning actor in Moulin Rouge!, Catch Me If You Can and Next to Normal, starred in USA Network's Graceland and Fox's ^[21]
• Jeff Winkless, voice-over actor

Directors and producers

• Matthew Bennett (1986), scripted and non-scripted director and producer. Created modern Aftershow format with After the Catch.
• Bill D'Elia, writer, director and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and others; co-creator of Judging Amy
• Anna DeShawn, American media personality and podcaster
• Peter Dougherty (1977), creator of Yo! MTV Raps^[22]
• Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman^[23]
• Brian Herzlinger (1997), director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
• David Guy Levy, film producer, Would You Rather and Terri
• Jesse Zook Mann (B.S. 2002), Emmy Award-winning documentary film and television producer and director
• Mark Romanek, filmmaker (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) and Grammy Award-winning music video director
• Mike Royce, executive producer and writer, Everybody Loves Raymond and One Day at a Time
• Deborah Snyder (1991), executive producer of Suicide Squad, 300 and Watchmen
• Larry Teng, television director and producer
• Liz Tigelaar, television writer and executive producer, Life Unexpected and Casual
• Alex Westerman, Webby Award-winning creative director

Hosts, presenters, and news anchors

• David Brody (B.S.1988), Emmy Award winning journalist and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network
• Alan Colmes (non-degreed), television and radio host of Hannity & Colmes and The Alan Colmes Show^[24]
• Chip Hines (B.A. 1990), host of Spotlight on CatholicTV
• Chris Kellogg, morning radio host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew
• Bob Kur (B.S. 1970), Washington Post Radio, former NBC News national reporter
• David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC World News anchor^[25]
• Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), the first female network anchor
• Todd Schnitt, conservative radio personality and host of The Schnitt Show
• Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1998), television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis^[26]
• Robin Young, host of National Public Radio's Here and Now

Music

• Kate Aldrich (B.M. 1996), internationally renowned mezzo-soprano
• Rick Beato (B.M. 1980), YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer and educator.
• Cindy Bradley (B.F.A. Jazz Studies 1998), jazz trumpet player and composer
• Nick Brignola, jazz baritone saxophonist
• Suzan Brittan, dance vocalist
• Robert E. Brown, lead ethnomusicologist and musician
• Ted Cohen (non-degreed), music industry executive^[27]
• Alec Coone, multi-instrumentalist member of Balam Acab
• Patricia Craig, renowned operatic soprano
• Margaret Daum, opera singer
• Richard De Benedictis (B.A. 1958), Broadway and television composer
• Henrique de Curitiba, composer
• Gavin DeGraw (non-degreed), Grammy Award-nominated and platinum-selling musician^[28]
• Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician
• Julius Eastman (non-degreed), composer of minimal music.
• Arnald Gabriel (1950), Conductor Emeritus of the U.S. Air Force Band^[29]
• Matthew Hoch, singer; leading music scholar and teacher
• Scott LaFaro, influential jazz bassist with the Bill Evans Trio
• New York Voices, Grammy Award-winning vocal music group of Ithaca alumni
• Maureen Tucker, drummer for The Velvet Underground
• Ruth Underwood, xylophonist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• Bora Yoon (B.A. 2002), musician

Screenwriters and designers

• Max Brallier, children's book author, Emmy Award-winning writer, and screenwriter. Author of The Last Kids on Earth and Eerie Elementary
• Paul Gallo (B.F.A. 1974), Tony Award-nominated lighting designer, has designed more than 200 shows in NYC and regional theaters^{[30] [31]}
• Allan Loeb, film screenwriter, Things We Lost in the Fire, , The Dilemma
• Chris Regan (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show
• Rod Serling, former faculty, taught at Ithaca College Communications School 1967-1975; Emmy Award-winning screenwriter; creator of The Twilight Zone

Sportscasters

• Bruce Beck (B.S. 1978), weekend sports anchor for WNBC, NY
• Brendan Burke (B.S. 2006) sportscaster for Fox Sports and television announcer for New York Islanders on MSG Network
• Mike Catalana (B.S. 1985), sports director WHAM-TV Rochester, New York
• Ed Cohen (B.S 2005), WEPN-FM Radio voice of the New York Knicks.
• Kevin Connors (B.S. 1997), ESPN sportscaster^[32]
• Thomas Donnelly, author of AEI's National Security Outlook
• Lanny Frattare (B.S. 1970), play-by-play announcer for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
• Eric Frede (B.S. 1988), Boston Bruins studio host, NESN
• Drew Goodman (B.S. 1985) Television Announcer Colorado Rockies 2002–present, Denver Nuggets 1994-2004
• Neil Hartman (B.S. 1982), sports anchor, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
• Jack Michaels (B.S. 1995), announcer for the Edmonton Oilers on Sportsnet
• Nick Nickson, hockey broadcaster for Los Angeles Kings
• Sal Paolantonio, ESPN sportscaster; member of the college's Philadelphia Executive Committee
• Eric Reid, TV announcer for Miami Heat
• Karl Ravech (B.S. 1987), ESPN sportscaster

Law

• Mitchell S. Goldberg (BA 1981), Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[33]

Literature and journalism

• Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events
• Kristen Britain, author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call
• Jason Colavito, author
• Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star^{[34] [35]}
• Andrew Marchand, sports media reporter for the New York Post
• Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under
• Tish Rabe (1973), children's book author and writer of over 40 Dr. Seuss books
• Bill Roorbach, novelist, short story writer and memoirist
• K. M. Soehnlein, novelist and essayist
• Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series
• Julie Spira, author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating
• David A. Weiner (1990), executive editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland and writer/director of In Search of Darkness ^{[36] [37]}

Politics

• Christopher Bateman, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Michael A. Battle, former Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice
• Ed Diana, county executive of Orange County, New York
• Richard K. Eaton, Senior Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
• Eileen Filler-Corn (B.A. 1986), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates^[38]
• Emily Gallagher (2006), member of the New York State Assembly
• Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate
• Ben Walsh (B.A. 2001), mayor of Syracuse, New York

Science and medicine

• Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq^[39]
• C. William Schwab (B.A. chemistry 1968), Chief of the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Research at the University of Pennsylvania,^{[40] [41] [42]}
• Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, an inventor with over twenty patents related to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), materials, and device architecture

Sports

• Glen Cook, professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers
• Conor Heun, mixed martial artist
• Tommy Hicks, former light heavyweight boxer
• Henny Hiemenz, head college football coach, Carroll University
• George Kissell, coach for St. Louis Cardinals
• Tim Locastro, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
• Robert Marella, former professional wrestler (known as Gorilla Monsoon), ringside commentator for the World Wrestling Federation
• Emily Morley, the first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games
• Meghan Musnicki, rower and member of the gold medal-winning women's 8+ for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics
• Tom Nugent, college football head coach and sportscaster; College Football Hall of Famer; developer of the I Formation
• Les Otten (B.S. 1971), vice chairman and partner, Boston Red Sox Organization
• Eddie Sawyer, former Philadelphia Phillies manager and MLB scout
• Barry Smith, former NHL associate coach
• Travis Warech American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva
• Jerry Welsh, head coach college basketball Potsdam State University, head coach college basketball Iona College^[43]
• Tony Wise, former NFL assistant coach
• Jeff Wittman, member of the College Football Hall of Fame.^[44]

External links

• Official alumni website

Notes and References

1. Web site: November 3, 2013 . Cathleen Chaffee Appointed Curator of Albright-Knox Gallery . 2022-01-20 . Art & Education.
2. Web site: J Burch . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180629183029/https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/17756220-j-christopher-burch . 29 June 2018 . 26 September 2018 . Bloomberg News.
3. Web site: #110 Ithaca College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926211607/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Ithaca-College_950191.html . 2018-09-26 . 2018-09-26 . Forbes.com . en.
4. Web site: Ithaca College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316181718/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ithaca-college-2739 . 16 March 2017 . 26 September 2018.
5. Web site: Geier . Karen . 2013-10-14 . The Key to Comedy With The Birthday Boys . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141126152152/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-geier/the-key-to-comedy-with-the-birthday-boys_b_4071393.html . 2014-11-26 . 2018-09-26 . Huffington Post . en-US.
6. News: Miller . Winter . 23 September 2007 . Last Actress Standing . en . The New York Times . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205844/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/fashion/23nite.html . 2018-09-26.
7. Web site: Kerry Butler Playbill . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162450/http://www.playbill.com/person/kerry-butler-vault-0000010244 . 2018-09-03 . 2018-09-26 . Playbill . en.
8. Web site: Andrew Daly TV Guide . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205624/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-daly/bio/198014/ . 2018-09-26 . 2018-09-26 . TVGuide.com . en.
9. Book: Willis . John . Theatre World . Hodges . Ben . 2006 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 9781557836502 . en.
10. News: Fresh Face: Michelle Federer . en . Broadway.com . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118192424/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/6464/fresh-face-michelle-federer/ . 2018-11-18.
11. News: 2015-10-27 . Ben Feldman . en-US . Bellus Magazine . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205656/http://www.bellusmagazine.com/ben-feldman/ . 2018-09-26.
12. Web site: King . Susan . 2014-05-03 . For L.A. cabaret show, Jeremy Jordan is nervous about being himself . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205731/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-jeremy-jordan-20140504-story.html . 2018-09-26 . 2018-09-26 . Los Angeles Times.
13. Web site: Pirani . Steven . November 21, 2013 . Alumnus named finalist in Comedy Central contest . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141445/https://theithacan.org/accent/alumnus-named-finalist-in-comedy-central-contest/ . June 12, 2018 . May 2, 2020 . . With three victories in the Ithaca College Annual Stand-Up Competition during his undergraduate years, Joe Pera ’10 ....
14. Web site: Anderson . Joey . March 29, 2016 . Joe Pera, IC Alum, Gets Noticed With 4 A.M. Show . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200502184243/https://www.theodysseyonline.com/joe-pera-ic-alum-gets-noticed-with-4-am-show . May 2, 2020 . May 2, 2020 . Odyssey . Joe Pera, a 2010 IC alum ....
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16. https://www.newspapers.com/image/257532853/?clipping_id=138207537"College Graduate Has Part in Movie"
17. News: Film Reviews: The Trial of Sergeant Rutledge. Pyro. April 13, 1960. Variety. 6. Ford sees to it that the court martial progresses with mounting suspense, tempered with a few touches of broad comedy. These are provided chiefly by Miss [Billie] Burke as the gabby, but outwardly prim wife of the president of the court; Willis Bouchey as her annoyed and embarrassed spouse, and Judson Pratt as a member of the trial board.. .
18. Cassidy, John M. (1986). Civil War Cinema : A Pictorial History of Hollywood and the War Between the States. Missoula, MT : Pictorial Histories Publishing. p. 121. .
19. News: Shelley Winters in Laugh Hit as Princeton Summer Show Opens. Lewis, Jack. June 20, 1950. The Daily Home News. 6. Kenwith's direction is in no small way responsible for the success of the show. More notable, however, is his selection of Shelley Winters and Judson Pratt to play the key roles. And their handling of these assignements is what made 'Born Yesterday' a laugh-filled experience for last night's audience. [...] Judson Pratt handles the role of Harry Brock in a manner reminiscent of Paul Douglas, who used it as a springboard to bigger and better paying things.. .
20. http://theithacan.org/am/publish/accent/200808_Ithaca_s_own_Gossip_Girl.shtml Ophir, Edon. "Ithaca's own 'Gossip Girl,'" The Ithacan (Ithaca College), August 28, 2008.
21. Web site: Huston . Caitlin . 2021-01-05 . Aaron Tveit on his unique Tony nomination and hopes for Broadway's return . 2021-04-25 . Broadway News . en-US.
22. News: Caramanica . Jon . 2015-10-27 . Peter Dougherty, Who Brought Rap to MTV, Dies at 59 . en-US . The New York Times . live . 2017-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170720193300/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/arts/music/peter-dougherty-who-brought-rap-to-mtv-dies-at-59.html . 2017-07-20 . 0362-4331.
23. Book: Savage . Dan . It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living . Miller . Terry . 2011-03-22 . Penguin . 9781101513408 . en.
24. News: Roberts . Sam . 23 February 2017 . Alan Colmes, Sean Hannity's Liberal Partner on Fox News, Dies at 66 . en . The New York Times . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205827/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/business/media/obituary-alan-colmes-fox-news.html . 2018-09-26.
25. Web site: #110 Ithaca College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926211607/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Ithaca-College_950191.html . 2018-09-26 . 2018-09-26 . Forbes.com . en.
26. Web site: Ithaca College Quarterly . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111119222841/http://www.ithaca.edu/icq/2004v2/toc.htm . 2011-11-19 . 2011-09-17.
27. News: Duhigg . Charles . 2005-11-23 . Music Is Listening to Him . en-US . Los Angeles Times . 2018-09-26 . 0458-3035.
28. News: 2008-08-15 . Gavin DeGraw connects with fans . NewsTimes . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205824/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Gavin-DeGraw-connects-with-fans-228603.php . 2018-09-26.
29. Web site: Colonel Gabriel . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191117213816/http://www.colgabriel.com/ . 2019-11-17 . 2020-05-02.
30. Book: Fisher, James . Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010 . 2011-06-01 . Scarecrow Press . 9780810879508 . en.
31. Web site: 2002-06-02 . 2002 TONY AWARD: Lighting Design, BRIAN MACDEVITT, Into the Woods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180927005404/http://www.playbill.com/article/2002-tony-award-lighting-design-brian-macdevitt-into-the-woods-com-106194 . 2018-09-27 . 2018-09-26 . Playbill . en.
32. News: 2012-07-24 . I Follow: Kevin Connors - ESPN Front Row . en-US . ESPN Front Row . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926210007/https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/07/i-follow-kevin-connors/ . 2018-09-26.
33. Book: MR, In-house . Directory of Federal Court Guidelines . January 1996 . Wolters Kluwer Law & Business . 9781567062960 . en.
34. http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2009-Editorial-Writing The Pulitzer Prizes - The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners
35. http://www.ithaca.edu/news/release.php?id=2716 Ithaca College Grad Wins Pulitzer - News Release - Ithaca College Office of Media Relations
36. Web site: Weiss . Josh . 'In Search Of Darkness Part III' Closes Out David Weiner's Multi-Year Journey Through '80s Horror . 2023-03-01 . Forbes . en.
37. Web site: Filmmaker to Discuss Impact of Horror, Science Fiction Films . 2023-03-01 . Filmmaker to Discuss Impact of Horror, Science Fiction Films . en-us.
38. Web site: Alumna Makes History in Virginia . 2021-05-17 . Ithaca College . en.
39. News: 2006-03-19 . On Call in Hell . en . Newsweek . live . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205831/https://www.newsweek.com/call-hell-106161 . 2018-09-26.
40. Web site: C. William Schwab, M.D. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021054859/http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/Research/faculty/Schwab.html . 2017-10-21 . 2018-05-15 . Penn Medicine Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Research.
41. Web site: Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Team – Penn Medicine . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103305/https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/find-a-program-or-service/traumatology-surgical-critical-care-and-emergency-surgery/trauma-center/treatment-teams . 2018-05-16 . 2018-05-15.
42. Schwab . C. . Richmond . Therese . Dunfey . Maura . 2002-10-21 . Firearm Injury in America . live . Issue Briefs . 8 . 2 . 1–6 . 12528754 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174217/https://repository.upenn.edu/ldi_issuebriefs/32/ . 2018-05-16 . 2018-05-15.
43. Web site: Jerry Welsh Coaching Record . 30 May 2021 . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com . en.
44. Web site: 2013 . Jeff Wittman (2013) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013851/https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2354 . February 12, 2019 . February 10, 2019 . College Football Hall of Fame.