List of Ithaca College alumni

This is a List of Ithaca College people.

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

Government

• Christopher Bateman, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Maggie Brooks, the County Executive of Monroe County, New York.
• Ed Diana, the County Executive of Orange County, New York.
• Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate.

Business

Executives

• Henry C Baer III, Founder of BancFirst Operational Standards Division
• Thomas F.X. Beusse (B.A. 1986), President & CEO, Westwood One, Inc.
• Robert Iger (B.S. 1973), President & CEO, The Walt Disney Company
• Daniel Haack (B.A. 2010), Junior Executive, MediaCom

Media & Entertainment

Directors and Producers

• Brian Herzlinger (1997), Director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
• Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman
• David Guy Levy (B.S. 2001), Producer, Lying (film), August (2008 film)
• Allan E. Naplan, General Director of the Madison Opera.
• Mark Romanek, director of One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go, and music videos
• Mike Royce, Executive Producer and writer, Everybody Loves Raymond and Lucky Louie
• Daniel Heffner, Producer, Saw (film series)
• David Rogers (B.S. 1992), Director, Editor, The Office

Actors

• Erinn Bartlett, actress
• David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Bones
• Kerry Butler (B.F.A. 1992), Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress
• Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. 2001), Broadway actor
• Andrew Daly, actor, "Eastbound and Down", MADtv and "Semi-Pro" with Will Ferrell.
• Michelle Federer, (B.F.A. 1995), theatre and film actress; originated the character, Nessarose, in Broadway's Wicked 2003-2006
• Ben Feldman, actor
• Ilene Graff, actress and singer
• Ricki Lake (attended freshman year only), actress/television personality
• Gavin MacLeod, actor, The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Daniel McDonald, actor
• David Newsom, actor
• Brian Sack, humorist, author and contributor on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program
• Charlie Schlatter, actor, Diagnosis: Murder
• C. C. H. Pounder (B.F.A. 1975), actress, ER
• Sara Schmidt (B.F.A. 1999), theatre actress; originated the character, Francine Valli, in Broadway's Jersey Boys
• Amanda Setton (B.A. 2007), film and TV actress, Gossip Girl
• Craig Strong, actor, voice-over actor, realtor and CEO of VoiceStarz
• Aaron Tveit, (attended for two years), film and Broadway actor
• Jeremy Jordan, film and Broadway actor (Jekyll and Hyde, Newsies, West Side Story)

Hosts

• Ricki Lake, Actress, Serial Mom, host The Ricki Lake Show- (only completed her freshman year before departing).
• Robin Young, Host, National Public Radio, Here and Now
• Larry Wachs, Host, The Regular Guys Show
• Chip Hines, Host, Spotlight, CatholicTV, (B.A. 1990)

Musicians

• Robert E. Brown
• Henrique de Curitiba, composer
• Margaret Daum, opera singer
• Gavin DeGraw (did not graduate), Singer
• Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician
• Matthew Hoch, singer, Shorter University professor
• Scott LaFaro, jazz bassist

Editors and Publishers

• Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events.
• Brandon Guarneri, Content Director at STACK Magazine.
• Sean Hyson, Group Exercise Director at Men's Fitness Magazine and Muscle & Fitness Magazine.
• Andrew R. Hersam, EVP - Media at Competitor Group, Inc. (Triathlete.com; velonews.com; competitor.com)

Journalists

• Thomas Donnelly, author of AEI's National Security Outlook
• Bob Kur, former national NBC reporter, now with Washington Post Radio
• David Lee Miller, National Correspondent for FOX News Channel
• David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC news anchor for World News Saturday and co-anchor of Primetime
• Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), first female network anchor
• Jeffrey Selingo (B.A. 1995), editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Photographers

• Clay Enos

New Media

• Alex Westerman, Game producer

Writers

• James W. Bates, writer "Simpsons Comics" and Bart Simpson Comics".
• Kristen Britain, author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call.
• Allan Loeb, writer of film Things We Lost in the Fire.
• Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star
• Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under.
• Chris Regan, (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show from 1999-2006.
• Rod Serling (former faculty), Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, creator of The Twilight Zone, (Serling taught at Ithaca College Communications School from 1967 to 1975).
• Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series.

Sportscasters

• Bruce Beck (B.S. 1978), weekend sports anchor for WNBC, NY
• Mike Catalana (B.S. 1985), Sports Director WHAM-TV Rochester, New York
• Lanny Frattare (B.S. 1970), play-by-play announcer for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
• Eric Frede (B.S. 1988), Boston Bruins Studio Host, NESN
• Neil Hartman (B.S. 1982), Sports Anchor, Comcast Sportsnet, Philadelphia
• Karl Ravech (B.S. 1987), ESPN sportscaster
• Sal Paolantonio, ESPN sportscaster - Paolantonio has had two children attend Ithaca and he is on Philadelphia Executive Committee of the college's campaigns.

Sport

Management

• Edward Glazer (B.A. 1992), Executive Vice President of Tampa Bay Buccaneers & First Allied Corporation
• Les Otten (B.S. 1971), Vice-Chairman and Partner of the Boston Red Sox Organization.
• Mustafa Erogut (MBA 2006), Deputy Director-General of Turkey_national_football_team

Coaches

• Tom Nugent, college football head coach and sportscaster, College Football Hall of Famer, developer of the I Formation
• Eddie Sawyer, Former Philadelphia Phillies manager and MLB and scout.
• Barry Smith, former NHL Associate Coach
• Anthony Wise, Offensive Line Coach, NFL’s New York Jets

Athletes

• Robert Marella, Former Professional wrestler and ringside commentator for the World Wrestling Federation known as Gorilla Monsoon

Scientists and Engineers

• Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), Inventor, 23 patents in OLED materials and Device Architecture

Other

• Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq
• Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, (1998) television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis.

External links

• Official Alumni website