List of Rochester Institute of Technology alumni explained

Rochester Institute of Technology has over 145,000 alumni from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries.^[1] This is a list of some notable alumni.

Government

• John Cebrowski – member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives^[2]
• Brian Chontosh (2000) – United States Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross Recipient^[3]
• Robert J. Duffy (1993) – Lieutenant Governor of New York (2011–2014); mayor, (2006–2010) City of Rochester; past Chief of Police, City of Rochester^[4]
• David Egan (1962) – New York State Supreme Court Justice
• Bruce James – former Public Printer of the United States
• Fiona Ma – California State Assembly Majority Whip and a San Francisco politician
• Tom McMahon – Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania
• Rodney C. Moen – Wisconsin State Senator

Science and Engineering

• Kate Gleason – engineer and businesswoman known both for being a revolutionary in the predominantly male field of engineering and for her philanthropy
• Ralph Peo – engineer, inventor, chairman and CEO of Houdaille Industries, 1957 alumnus of the year^[5]
• Patricia Moore (1974) – industrial designer, gerontologist and author of Disguised: A True Story(1985) ;Recognized by ID Magazine as one of the "40 Most Socially Conscious Designers" in the world
• Steve Capps (1980) – noted computer programmer and designer of the original Apple Macintosh computer
• Steven Van Slyke (1988) – co-inventor of the Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays used in smartphones, digital cameras, HD and Ultra HDTVs
• Rick Kittles (1989) – noted Biologist specializing in Human genetics
• Caleb Barlow (1995: Electrical Engineering) (1999 MS Manufacturing Management and Leadership) - Chief Executive Officer - Cyberbit - an information security entrepreneur, innovator and operator with success in both product and services businesses. ^[6]
• Bob Kalka (1989) – vice president of the Security Business Unit at IBM ^[7]
• Elan Lee (1998) – founder and creator of Exploding Kittens game; former chief design officer at Xbox Entertainment Studios; alternate reality game designer
• Alex Kipman (2001) – primary inventor of Kinect and HoloLens^[8]
• John Resig (2006) – creator of jQuery^[9]

Humanities

• Kwaku Alston (1994) – celebrity portrait photographer
• Barbara Astman (1970) – artist, photographer^[10]
• Ralph Avery (1928) – artist
• Paul Benoit (1976) – Feature Pulitzer Prize, Boston Herald in 1979
• Bernie Boston (1955) – photojournalist, twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, including his 1967 Flower Power photo
• Marilyn Bridges (1979, 1981) – aerial photographer
• Robert F. Bukaty (1982) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for feature photography with the Associated Press in 1999^[11]
• Dean Chamberlain (1977) – effect photographer
• Emma Lampert Cooper (1897) – painter
• Jeff Daly – chief designer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Bruce Davidson – photographer
• Ken Geiger (1985) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for spot news with The Dallas Morning News in 1993
• Stan Grossfeld (1973) – two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist with the Boston Globe in 1984 and 1985
• James D. Havens (ca 1920) – woodblock printmaker, painter,^[12] and first American insulin recipient^[13]
• N. Katherine Hayles (1966) – critical theorist^[14]
• Tom Hussey – photographer specializing in commercial advertising and lifestyle photography
• Kenneth Josephson (1932) – photographer; founder of the Society for Photographic Education^[15]
• Jeannette Klute – Kodak research photographer who helped develop the Dye-transfer process and demonstrated color photography as an art form
• Bryan Kocis – founder of Cobra Video^[16]
• Leon Lim – artist, contestant on
• Dan Loh (1995) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for feature photography with the Associated Press in 1999
• Mary Lum (artist) – visual artist, recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship, professor at Bennington College
• Zwelethu Mthethwa (1989) – South African painter and photographer
• David Muench – landscape and nature photographer
• Elli Perkins – professional glass artist
• Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry – activist, philanthropist^[17]
• Wallace Seawell (1940) – Hollywood photographer
• Daria Semegen – composer of classical music
• Ronald Senungetuk – Inupiat artist
• William Snyder (1981) – four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist; director of photography, Dallas Morning News^[18]
• David Spindel – photographer
• Anthony Suau (1978) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for feature photography with the Denver Post in 1978
• Emily Thompson (1984) – associate professor of history, University of San Diego; 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellow
• Jerry Uelsmann (1957) – photographer, darkroom artist and Professor Emeritus of the University of Florida
• Craig Varjabedian – photographer
• Eloise Wilkin (1923) – illustrator for Little Golden Books^[19]

Social Sciences

• Thomas R Keene – economist for Bloomberg News^[20]
• C. A. Tripp – psychologist and writer

Arts & Design

• Kevin Auzenne – visual artist
• Mike Battle (2002) – digital restoration artist
• Brian Bram – comic artist for American Splendor, founder of two interactive agencies in Boston
• Kei Ito (2014) – contemporary photographer and installation artist
• Elan Lee (1998) – alternate reality game designer
• Junco Sato Pollack – contemporary artist
• Todd Chadwick Wilson – director^[21]
• Chuck Baird (1974) – deaf artist and one of the founders of the De'VIA art movement
• Sean Forbes (2008) – co-founder of D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network
• Adam Kubert (1981) – comics artist known for his work for publishers such as Marvel Comics and DC Comics
• David Spindel (born 1941), photographer
• Glynis Sweeny (1984) – illustrator and nationally recognized caricaturist
• (2019) – Indonesian animator, stand-up comedian

Journalism & Media

• Liz Bonis (1988) – reporter, WKRC-TV, Cincinnati (Clear Channel Communications), Channel 13 WHAM-TV
• Gale Gand (1981) – cookbook author, chef and host of TV Food Network's Sweet Dreams
• Katie Linendoll (2005) – tech expert on A&E's We Mean Business^[22]
• Debra Meiburg – wine journalist, Master of Wine holder
• Jack Van Antwerp (1986) – former director of photography for The Wall Street Journal^[23]
• Frederick Elmes (1986) – cinematographer, two-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
• Michael Slovis (1976) – cinematographer and television director, including Breaking Bad

Business

• Donald N. Boyce (1967) – chairman of the board, IDEX Corporation
• Daniel Carp (1973) – former chairman and CEO of the Eastman Kodak Company
• Tom Curley (1977) – president and CEO, Associated Press^[24]
• Jeffrey K. Harris (1975) – vice president and managing director for Situational Awareness Systems, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions
• Roger W. Kober (1984) – chairman and CEO, Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation^[25]
• Ralph Peo (1915) – founder of Frontier Industries and former CEO and chairman of Houdaille Industries^[26]
• Mike Rundle – co-founder, 9rules Network^[27]
• Kevin Surace (1985) – entrepreneur, CEO of Appvance, CNBC Innovator of the Decade
• Robert Fabbio (1985) – venture capitalist, founder of Tivoli Systems and WhileGlove Health

Sports

• Alex Crepinsek – National Lacrosse League player for the Minnesota Swarm^[28]
• Matt Hamill – champion wrestler at NCAA Division III and 2001 Summer Deaflympics; Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial artist^[29]
• Steve Pinizzotto – Canadian professional ice hockey player^[30]
• Jerry Ragonese – Major League Lacrosse player for the Rochester Rattlers
• Chris Tanev – National Hockey League player for the Calgary Flames^[31]
• Steve Toll – National Lacrosse League Player
• John Williams – equestrian Olympic bronze medal winner

References

Web site: RIT Board of Trustees : Active Members . Rochester Institute of Technology . 2007-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214031715/http://www.rit.edu/~secywww/trustees/trustees.php3 . 2007-12-14 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.rit.edu/overview/fastfacts.html RIT - Overview - Fast Facts
2. Web site: O'Connor . Ryan . Candidate Profile: John Cebrowski - Government . Bedford, NH Patch . August 30, 2012 . December 5, 2013.
3. Web site: Alumnus nominated for Congressional Medal of Honor . 2023-08-12 . RIT . en.
4. Web site: RIT Notable Alumni. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527233224/https://www.rit.edu/alumni/about/notable.php. 2010-05-27.
5. News: Ralph Peo, Industrial Leader Dies . Courier Express . CXXXII . 132 . William J. Connors . November 29, 1966.
6. Web site: Caleb Barlow - Chief Executive OfficerChief Executive Officer, Cyberbit .
7. Web site: Bob Kalka - Vice President, IBM Security Business Unit.
8. Web site: Alex Kipman - B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences (GCCIS) - RIT. www.rit.edu. 18 May 2019.
9. Web site: John Resig - Research.
10. http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=arndt&t=82805&d=2162 Canadian Who's Who
11. Web site: Pulitzer Prizes . 1999 — J. Scott Applewhite, Roberto Borea, Khue Bui, Robert F. Bukaty, Ruth Fremson, Greg Gibson, Ron Heflin, Charles Krupa, Wilfredo Lee, Dan Loh, Joe Marquette, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Doug Mills, Stephan Savoia and Susan Walsh, Feature Photography, for a series of pictures of the events surrounding President Clinton's impeachment. . Associated Press . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20061004101948/http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pulitzer/list.html . 2006-10-04.
12. Watrous, James: "The American Color Woodcuts: Bounty from the Block, 1890s-1990s" Elvehjem Museum of Art: University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1993,101.
13. Feudtner, Chris: "Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness" University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2003,48-53.
14. Web site: RIT - Success Stories . 2009-05-07 . 2009-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090120030804/http://rit.edu/success.php?s=91 . dead .
15. Web site: Biography of Kenneth Josephson. 4 February 2010.
16. Web site: Murder victim led guarded life . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061332/http://citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17775451&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6. 2007-09-28. Malcolm. Wade. CitizensVoice.com. 2007-01-28.
17. Peebles-Wilkins. Wilma. Black Women and American Social Welfare: The Life of Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry. Affilia. 26 July 2016. 4. 1. 33–44. 10.1177/088610998900400104. 143984557.
18. Web site: William Snyder Named Director Of Photography, Dallas Morning News . 2006-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060212010257/http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2005/03/snyder.html . 2006-02-12 . dead .
19. Web site: Jim Memmott . Nov 5, 2014 . Memmott: Celebrating Eloise Wilkin's golden career . Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
20. Web site: Speakers . Thomas R. Keene — Bloomberg News . . July 20, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716091957/http://www.nabe.com/pc08/speakers.html?s_cid=related-links:NABE . 2011-07-16.
21. Web site: Steve Rubenstein . Sep 9, 2005 . Todd Wilson — S.F. filmmaker honored at international festivals . SFGate.com .
22. Web site: Alumna Katie Linendoll 'Means Business' . Kathy Lindsley . 2008-09-19.
23. Web site: The University Magazine Class Notes. Rochester Institute of Technology.
24. Web site: Freedom Forum Profile . dead . 2009-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090917061751/http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16938.
25. Web site: Emeriti Trustees. 5 June 2017. Office of the President. 18 May 2019.
26. News: Buffalo Man to Get RIT Alumnus of the Year Honor . Rochester NY Daily Record . 48 . 93 . May 14, 1957.
27. Web site: Success Stories - For the best of the blogs, 9rules . The University Magazine . Spring 2007 . Rochester Institute of Technology . 2007-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071021200503/http://www.rit.edu/success.php?s=98 . 2007-10-21.
28. Web site: Crepinsek's RIT athletics bio. 14 March 2015.
29. Web site: UFC® : Ultimate Fighting Championship® . 2009-09-26 . 2009-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312030055/http://www.ufc.com/matthamill . dead .
30. Web site: Capitals Sign Travis Morin, Steve Pinizzotto to Entry-Level Contracts . . 2007-03-16 . 2011-01-01 .
31. Web site: Calgary Flames, defenceman Chris Tanev agree to terms on four-year, $18M contract - TSN.ca. 9 October 2020.