List of University at Albany people

This is a list of notable University of Albany people. == Notable alumni == === Arts === Phoebe Adams (MFA 1978), painter and sculptor Sally Sheinman, painter, installation artist, digital artist === Business === Steven Berkowitz (1980), former senior vice president of Microsoft Online Services, and CEO of MOVE Lisa Lillien (1987), entrepreneur Edward A. Maher (1867), president of the Third Avenue Railway Norman E. Snyder (1983), co-founder of SoBe Ronn Torossian (1995), CEO of 5W Public Relations, the 13th largest PR agency in the US Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani Tony Vinciquerra (1977), former CEO of Fox Entertainment Group and current CEO and chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Jang Young-sik (PhD 1970), economist, former president of the Korea Electric Power Company === Education === Peter Afflerbach, literacy researcher and professor of education Herman Aguinis (1993), George Washington University School of Business professor and 77th president of the Academy of Management Julie Ancis, Distinguished Professor of Informatics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology Henrietta Ash Bancroft (1843–1929), graduate, Albany State Normal School (1878); professor, Albion College Delia E. Wilder Carson (1833–1917), art educator Michael R. Gottfredson, former president of the University of Oregon Lucy Stedman Lamson (1857–1926), businesswoman, educator Harris Pastides, 29th president of the University of South Carolina === Government, law, and public policy === Mike Arcuri (1981), former district attorney for Oneida County, New York; former representative for New York's 24th congressional district Catherine Bertini (1971), former executive director, United Nations World Food Programme; fellow of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Kevin Chambers (BA 1997), associate deputy attorney general in the Biden administration Rosa Clemente, 2008 Green Party vice presidential candidate Scott de la Vega, acting United States secretary of interior under Joe Biden Abdirahman Mohamud Farole (1990), former president of the Puntland region of Somalia Lewis A. Fidler (1975), politician and New York City councilman Christopher Hahn (BA 1994), Fox News contributor and syndicated radio host Lansing Hotaling (1856), district attorney of Albany County; member of the New York State Assembly Gerald Jennings, mayor of Albany, New York Benjamin Kallos, lawyer and politician Jonathan Kanter (1995), lawyer, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from 2021 to 2024, during the administration of President Joe Biden Lawrence Korb (PhD 1969), Council on Foreign Relations and Center for American Progress; assistant secretary of defense (1981–85) Seth Marnin (BA, MA), judge, New York Court of Claims (2023–present), and first openly transgender male judge in the United States John M. McHugh (MPA 1977), congressman from New York's 23rd congressional district (1993–2009); U.S. secretary of the Army (2009–2015) Harvey Milk (1951), gay rights figure; former San Francisco city supervisor; assassinated in 1978 Susan Molinari (BA 1980, MA 1982), former New York congresswoman, Staten Island Zina Lisandrou Panagidi (MSc, 1993), former mayor of Lefkoniko Joseph E. Persico (1952), best-selling author of Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial; biographer of Edward R. Murrow, Nelson Rockefeller, William Casey; former Nelson Rockefeller speechwriter John D. Porcari (1985), deputy U.S. secretary of transportation under the Obama administration; former Maryland secretary of transportation Thomas Roach, mayor of White Plains, New York Angelo L. Santabarbara (BS, 2001), New York state assemblyman from New York's 111th district (2013–present) Martin M. Solomon, lawyer, judge, and politician Louis R. Tobacco (1994), New York state assemblyman (62nd District) Christine A. Varney (1977), assistant attorney general; United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division Mark Weprin (BA 1983), former member of the New York State Assembly and New York City Council Richard C. Wesley (1971), judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Lee M. Zeldin (BA 2001), US representative from New York's 1st congressional district (2015–2023); New York state senator from New York's 3rd district (2011–2014) === Journalism === Tom Junod (1980), journalist and writer for Esquire magazine since 1997 Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Gloria Rojas, journalist Bob Ryan (1967), former lead weatherman, WRC-TV (Channel 4, NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.) Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, television journalist, WFSB, Channel 3 in Hartford, Connecticut, EssenceTelevision, WPIX-TV in New York City === Literature === Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of the books Friday Black and Chain-Gang All-Stars Emma Lee Benedict (1857–1937), editor, educator, author Marcia Brown, children's author Lawrence J. Epstein, author Stephen Adly Guirgis (1990), playwright (Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121st Street) Joyce Hinnefeld, writer of fiction and nonfiction Jeffrey Levine, poet, publisher, musician, and attorney Lyn Lifshin, poet and teacher Gregory Maguire (1976), author of the books Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Wicked (which became a Broadway musical) Paul Pines, poet, writer, memoirist; founded The Tin Palace, a jazz nightclub on the Bowery in New York City, and the Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend Radclyffe (Dr.

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List of University at Albany people

This is a list of notable University of Albany people. == Notable alumni == === Arts === Phoebe Adams (MFA 1978), painter and sculptor Sally Sheinman, painter, installation artist, digital artist === Business === Steven Berkowitz (1980), former senior vice president of Microsoft Online Services, and CEO of MOVE Lisa Lillien (1987), entrepreneur Edward A. Maher (1867), president of the Third Avenue Railway Norman E. Snyder (1983), co-founder of SoBe Ronn Torossian (1995), CEO of 5W Public Relations, the 13th largest PR agency in the US Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani Tony Vinciquerra (1977), former CEO of Fox Entertainment Group and current CEO and chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Jang Young-sik (PhD 1970), economist, former president of the Korea Electric Power Company === Education === Peter Afflerbach, literacy researcher and professor of education Herman Aguinis (1993), George Washington University School of Business professor and 77th president of the Academy of Management Julie Ancis, Distinguished Professor of Informatics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology Henrietta Ash Bancroft (1843–1929), graduate, Albany State Normal School (1878); professor, Albion College Delia E. Wilder Carson (1833–1917), art educator Michael R. Gottfredson, former president of the University of Oregon Lucy Stedman Lamson (1857–1926), businesswoman, educator Harris Pastides, 29th president of the University of South Carolina === Government, law, and public policy === Mike Arcuri (1981), former district attorney for Oneida County, New York; former representative for New York's 24th congressional district Catherine Bertini (1971), former executive director, United Nations World Food Programme; fellow of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Kevin Chambers (BA 1997), associate deputy attorney general in the Biden administration Rosa Clemente, 2008 Green Party vice presidential candidate Scott de la Vega, acting United States secretary of interior under Joe Biden Abdirahman Mohamud Farole (1990), former president of the Puntland region of Somalia Lewis A. Fidler (1975), politician and New York City councilman Christopher Hahn (BA 1994), Fox News contributor and syndicated radio host Lansing Hotaling (1856), district attorney of Albany County; member of the New York State Assembly Gerald Jennings, mayor of Albany, New York Benjamin Kallos, lawyer and politician Jonathan Kanter (1995), lawyer, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from 2021 to 2024, during the administration of President Joe Biden Lawrence Korb (PhD 1969), Council on Foreign Relations and Center for American Progress; assistant secretary of defense (1981–85) Seth Marnin (BA, MA), judge, New York Court of Claims (2023–present), and first openly transgender male judge in the United States John M. McHugh (MPA 1977), congressman from New York's 23rd congressional district (1993–2009); U.S. secretary of the Army (2009–2015) Harvey Milk (1951), gay rights figure; former San Francisco city supervisor; assassinated in 1978 Susan Molinari (BA 1980, MA 1982), former New York congresswoman, Staten Island Zina Lisandrou Panagidi (MSc, 1993), former mayor of Lefkoniko Joseph E. Persico (1952), best-selling author of Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial; biographer of Edward R. Murrow, Nelson Rockefeller, William Casey; former Nelson Rockefeller speechwriter John D. Porcari (1985), deputy U.S. secretary of transportation under the Obama administration; former Maryland secretary of transportation Thomas Roach, mayor of White Plains, New York Angelo L. Santabarbara (BS, 2001), New York state assemblyman from New York's 111th district (2013–present) Martin M. Solomon, lawyer, judge, and politician Louis R. Tobacco (1994), New York state assemblyman (62nd District) Christine A. Varney (1977), assistant attorney general; United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division Mark Weprin (BA 1983), former member of the New York State Assembly and New York City Council Richard C. Wesley (1971), judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Lee M. Zeldin (BA 2001), US representative from New York's 1st congressional district (2015–2023); New York state senator from New York's 3rd district (2011–2014) === Journalism === Tom Junod (1980), journalist and writer for Esquire magazine since 1997 Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Gloria Rojas, journalist Bob Ryan (1967), former lead weatherman, WRC-TV (Channel 4, NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.) Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, television journalist, WFSB, Channel 3 in Hartford, Connecticut, EssenceTelevision, WPIX-TV in New York City === Literature === Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of the books Friday Black and Chain-Gang All-Stars Emma Lee Benedict (1857–1937), editor, educator, author Marcia Brown, children's author Lawrence J. Epstein, author Stephen Adly Guirgis (1990), playwright (Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121st Street) Joyce Hinnefeld, writer of fiction and nonfiction Jeffrey Levine, poet, publisher, musician, and attorney Lyn Lifshin, poet and teacher Gregory Maguire (1976), author of the books Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Wicked (which became a Broadway musical) Paul Pines, poet, writer, memoirist; founded The Tin Palace, a jazz nightclub on the Bowery in New York City, and the Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend Radclyffe (Dr.

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