List of Columbia University people 746591 225497363 2008-07-14T00:29:52Z 66.65.106.70 /* Nobel laureates */ This is a partially sorted list of notable persons who have had ties to [[Columbia University]]. ==Nobel laureates== As of October 2006, 76 Nobel laureates are associated with Columbia University. 39 Nobel laureates are the alumni of Columbia University. 17 of these alumni have also served on the faculty or staff of the university. There are 37 non-alumni Nobel laureates who have been in service to the university. Columbia University does not count Visiting Professors as one of its own. Only those professors who have spent a year or more at the University are counted. ===Alumni=== ====[[Chemistry]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1932]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Irving Langmuir]] </td> <td> (B.S., 1903; M.A., 1906) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1946]] </td> <td width="180"> [[John H. Northrop]] </td> <td> (B.S., 1912; M.A., 1913; Ph.D., 1915) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1972]] </td> <td width="180"> [[William H. Stein]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1938) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1981]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Roald Hoffmann]] </td> <td> (B.A., 1958) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1985]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Herbert A. Hauptman]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1939) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1989]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Sidney Altman]] </td> <td> (graduate student, teaching assistant, 1960 to 1962) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2001]] </td> <td width="180"> [[William S. Knowles]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1942) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2005]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Robert H. Grubbs]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1968) </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Economics|Economic science]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1971]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Simon S. Kuznets]]</td> <td> (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1972]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Kenneth J. Arrow]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1951) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1976]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Milton Friedman]] </td> <td> (Researcher, 1943 to 1945; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1937 to 1940 and 1964 to 1965) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1993]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Robert Fogel|Robert W. Fogel]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1960) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1996]] </td> <td width="180"> [[William Vickrey|William S. Vickrey]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1937; Ph.D., 1948; faculty member, 1946 to 1996) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1997]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Robert C. Merton]] </td> <td> (B.S., 1966) &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Peace]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1906]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Theodore Roosevelt]] </td> <td> (Law student, 1880 to 1882)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1931]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]&nbsp;&nbsp; </td> <td> (B.A., 1882; M.A., 1883; Ph.D., 1884, president of Columbia, 1902 to 1945) &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Physics]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1923]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Robert A. Millikan]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1895) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1944]] </td> <td width="180"> [[I.I. Rabi]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1927; faculty member, 1929 to 1988) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1965]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Julian S. Schwinger]] </td> <td> (B.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1939) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1972]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Leon N. Cooper]] </td> <td> (B.A., 1951; M.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1954) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1975]] </td> <td width="180"> [[James Rainwater]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1939 to 1986) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1978]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Arno A. Penzias]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1958; Ph.D., 1962) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1980]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Val L. Fitch]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1954; faculty member, 1953 to 1954) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1988]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Leon M. Lederman]] </td> <td> (M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951; faculty member, 1951 to 1989) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1988]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Melvin Schwartz]] </td> <td> (B.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1958; faculty member, 1958 to 1966, 1991 to 2006) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1989]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Norman F. Ramsey]] </td> <td> (B.A., 1935; Ph.D., 1940; faculty member, 1941 to 1947) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1995]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Martin L. Perl]] </td> <td> (Ph.D., 1955) &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Physiology]] or [[medicine]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1946]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Hermann J. Muller]]</td> <td> (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911; Ph.D., 1916; faculty member, 1918 to 1920) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1950]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Edward C. Kendall]]</td> <td> (B.S., 1908; M.A., 1909; Ph.D., 1910) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1956]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Dickinson W. Richards]]</td> <td> (M.A., 1922; M.D., 1923; faculty member, 1925 to 1973) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1958]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Joshua Lederberg]]</td> <td> (B.A., 1944; medical student, 1944-1946; faculty member, 1990 to 1999) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1964]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Konrad E. Bloch]]</td> <td> (Ph.D., 1938; faculty member, 1938 to 1946, 1966) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1967]] </td> <td width="180"> [[George Wald]]</td> <td> (M.A., 1928) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1973]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Konrad Lorenz]]</td> <td> (Columbia College, 1922 to 1923) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1976]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Baruch S. Blumberg]]</td> <td> (Grad student in Mathematics, 1946 to 1947; M.D., 1951; resident, 1951-1953; fellow 1953-1955) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1980]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Baruj Benacerraf]]</td> <td> (B.S., 1942; research scientist, 1948 to 1950) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1989]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Harold E. Varmus]]</td> <td> (M.D., 1966; Presbyterian Hospital staff, 1966 to 1968, University Trustee, 2002 to 2005) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1998]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Louis J. Ignarro]]</td> <td> (B.S., 1962) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2004]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Richard Axel]]</td> <td> (A.B., 1967; resident, fellow and research scientist, 1971 to 1978; faculty member, 1978 to present) </td> </tr> </table> ===Faculty, research fellows and others=== ====[[Chemistry]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1934]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Harold C. Urey]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1929 to 1945) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1960]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Willard Libby]] </td> <td> (research scientist, 1941 to 1944) &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Economics|Economic science]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1982]] </td> <td width="180"> [[George J. Stigler]] </td> <td> (research scientist, 1942 to 1945; faculty member, 1947 to 1958) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1987]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Robert Solow]] </td> <td> (fellowship year, 1949 to 1950) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1992]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Gary S. Becker]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1957 to 1970) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1999]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Robert Mundell]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1974 to present) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2000]] </td> <td width="180"> [[James J. Heckman]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1970 to 1974) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2001]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Joseph Stiglitz]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 2001 to present) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2006]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Edmund Phelps]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1971 to present) </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Literature]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1987]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Joseph Brodsky]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1978 to 1985) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1991]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Nadine Gordimer]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1971 to 1972, 1976 to 1978, 1983) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1992]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Derek Walcott]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1979, 1981 to 1983, 1984) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2006]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Orhan Pamuk]] </td> <td> (visiting scholar, 1985 to 1988; fellow, 2006 to present) </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Peace]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> </table> ====[[Physics]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1938]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Enrico Fermi]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1939 to 1945) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1949]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Hideki Yukawa]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1949 to 1954) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1955]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Polykarp Kusch]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1937 to 1972) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1955]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Willis E. Lamb]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1938 to 1952, 1960 to 1961) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1957]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Tsung Dao Lee]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1953 to present) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1963]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Maria Goeppert Mayer]]</td> <td> (faculty member, 1940 to 1946)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1964]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Charles H. Townes]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1948 to 1961) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1975]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Aage Bohr]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1949 to 1950) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1976]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Samuel C.C. Ting]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1964 to 1967) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1979]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Steven Weinberg]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1957 to 1959) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1981]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Arthur L. Schawlow]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1949 to 1951, 1960) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1984]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Carlo Rubbia]] </td> <td> (postdoc at [[Nevis Laboratories]], 1958 to 1960) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1988]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Jack Steinberger]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1950 to 1970, 1985 to 1986, 1988 to 1998) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1998]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Horst L. Stormer]] </td> <td> (faculty member, 1998 to present) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2006]] </td> <td width="180"> [[John C. Mather]] </td> <td> (postdoc in [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]], 1974 to 1976) </td> </tr> </table> ====[[Physiology]] or [[medicine]]==== <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1933]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]]</td> <td> (faculty member, 1904 to 1928) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1956]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Andre F. Cournand]]</td> <td> (faculty member, 1935 to 1988) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1969]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Salvador E. Luria]]</td> <td> (faculty member, 1940 to 1942) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1976]] </td> <td width="180"> [[D. Carleton Gajdusek]]</td> <td> (postgraduate training, 1946 to 1947) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1978]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Daniel Nathans]]</td> <td> (intern and medical resident, 1954 to 1959) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1982]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Sune Bergström]]</td> <td> (research fellowship, 1940 to 1941) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[1990]] </td> <td width="180"> [[E. Donnall Thomas]]</td> <td> (faculty member, 1955 to 1963) &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2000]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Eric Kandel]]</td> <td> (faculty member, 1972 to present) </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"> [[2004]] </td> <td width="180"> [[Linda Buck]]</td> <td> (postdoctoral fellow, 1980 to 1984; research scientist, 1984 to 1991) </td> </tr> </table> ==Fields Medalists== *[[Jesse Douglas]]&mdash; (attended [[Columbia College of Columbia University|Columbia College]] from 1920-1924) winner of the [[Fields Medal]] in 1936 *[[Stephen Smale]]&mdash;Professor of Mathematics, winner of the [[Fields Medal]] in 1966 and the [[Wolf Prize]] in [[Mathematics]] in 2006/7 ==Founding Fathers of the United States== [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] are the political leaders who signed the [[Declaration of Independence]] or the [[United States Constitution]], or otherwise participated in the [[American Revolution]] as leaders of the Patriots. *[[Alexander Hamilton]]&mdash;Founding father, co-author of [[The Federalist Papers]], the first Secretary of Treasury *[[John Jay]]&mdash;Founding Father, First Chief Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]], political theorist *[[Robert Livingston (1746-1813)|Robert Livingston]]&mdash;Founding Father, drafter of the [[Declaration of Independence]], U.S. Minister to [[France]], negotiator of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] *[[Gouverneur Morris]]&mdash;Founding father, creator of the Manhattan street grid system, a builder of the Erie canal ==Presidents of the United States== *[[Theodore Roosevelt]]&mdash;(Law) 26th [[President of the United States]], Nobel Peace Prize recipient *[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]&mdash;(Law) 32nd [[President of the United States]], consistently been ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in [[Historical rankings of United States Presidents|scholarly surveys]] *[[Dwight Eisenhower]]&mdash;Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, President of [[Columbia University]], 34th [[President of the United States]] ==Presidents and Prime Ministers (International)== *[[Giuliano Amato]]&mdash;(M.A.Law 1963) Prime Minister of [[Italy]] *[[Hafizullah Amin]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1962) President of [[Afghanistan]] *[[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]]&mdash;[[President of Estonia]] *[[Marek Belka]]&mdash;[[Prime Minister of Poland]] *[[Wellington Koo]]&mdash;President of the Republic of [[China]] *[[Mary Robinson]]&mdash;President of [[Ireland]] *[[Mikhail Saakashvili]]&mdash;(Law 1994) President of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] (2004-present) *[[Tang Shaoyi]]&mdash;Prime Minister of the Republic of [[China]] *[[Abdul Zahir (Afghan Prime Minister)|Abdul Zahir]]&mdash;(M.D.) Prime Minister of [[Afghanistan]] ==Notable alumni and attendees== ===Politics, military and law=== *[[Alexander Hamilton]]&mdash; the first [[United States Secretary of Treasury]] *[[Madeleine Albright]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1976, LLD[hons.] 1995) 64th [[United States Secretary of State]], the first female Secretary of State *[[B. R. Ambedkar]]&mdash;(M.A. 1915, Ph.D. 1928, LLD[hons.] 1952) A founding father of modern [[India]] and the architect of its constitution; honoured with the [[Bharat Ratna]], India's highest civilian award, given for the highest degree of national service *[[William Barr (American Attorney General)|William Pelham Barr]]&mdash; (B.A. 1971, M.A. 1973) 77th [[United States Attorney General]], 1991-1993 *[[Samuel Blatchford]]&mdash;U.S. Supreme Court Justice *[[Hans Blix]]&mdash;Swedish diplomat *[[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]]&mdash;([[Fulbright Scholar|Fulbright Research Scholar]], 1954-1955) Secretary-General of the [[United Nations]] *[[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]]&mdash;Secretary of Defense in the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] Administration; Former president of [[Caltech]] *[[Pat Buchanan]] (Journalism)&mdash;Conservative commentator, speechwriter, senior advisor to three U.S. presidents *[[Arthur Frank Burns]]&mdash;(B.A. 1925, M.A. 1925, Ph.D. 1934) Austrian-born U.S. economist, Chairman of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] (1953-1956), [[Chairman]] of the [[Federal Reserve System]] (1970-1978), Ambassador to [[Bonn]] (1981-1985) *[[Benjamin Cardozo]]&mdash; US Supreme Court Justice *[[Whittaker Chambers]]&mdash;[[:Category:Accused Soviet spies|Accused Soviet spy]] in the [[List of secret agents#Ware group|Ware group]], famously testified against [[Alger Hiss]] *[[Shirley Chisholm]]&mdash;(M.Ed. Teacher's College) First African American woman elected to congress. Represented [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] in congress for seven terms. First African American and first woman to make a serious bid for the presidency of the United States. *[[DeWitt Clinton]]&mdash;[[Governor of New York]] State, [[Mayor of New York]] City, main proponent of the Erie Canal *[[Morris Cohen (Soviet spy)|Morris Cohen]]&mdash;[[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]], subject of [[Hugh Whitemore]]'s drama for stage and TV ''Pack of Lies'' *[[Bainbridge Colby]]&mdash; (1891) [[U.S. Secretary of State]] *[[Colgate Darden]]&mdash;Governor of Virginia, president of the University of Virginia *[[Gray Davis]]&mdash;(Law) [[Governor of California]] *[[John Watts de Peyster]]&mdash;(M.A.)&mdash;[[Major General]] during the [[American Civil War]], Author, Historian *[[Howard Dean]]&mdash;(GS,Pre-med)&mdash;Chairman [[Democratic National Committee]],[[Governor of Vermont]] *[[Thomas E. Dewey]]&mdash;(Law 1925) [[Governor of New York]] (1943-1955) *[[William Joseph Donovan]] (Wild Bill)&mdash;Wartime head of the OSS (predecessor to the CIA) *[[William O. Douglas]]&mdash;U.S. Supreme Court justice *[[Miguel Estrada]]&mdash;B.A. 1983&mdash;controversial nominee to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit]] *[[Hamilton Fish]] &mdash;(1827) [[U.S. Secretary of State]], [[Governor of New York]] *[[De Witt C. Flanagan]] (c. 1892), represented {{ushr|New Jersey|4}} from 1902 to 1903.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000185 De Witt Clinton Flanagan], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed [[September 5]], [[2007]].</ref> *[[Gabby Gabreski|Francis "Gabby" Gabreski]]&mdash;(B.A. 1949) Fighter [[flying ace|ace]] of World War II and Korea *[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]&mdash;(Law) [[Associate Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] *[[Bela Gold]]&mdash;Economist on [[Venona list]] of suspected Soviet subversives who operated in the U.S. *[[Dore Gold]]&mdash;(B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1984) U.S.-born Israeli diplomat, Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] (1997-1999), President of the [[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]] *[[Matt Gonzalez]]&mdash;(B.A. 1987) Ralph Nader 2008 vice presidential running mate, former president San Francisco of Board of Supervisors *[[Mike Gravel]]&mdash;(B.S. 1956) Democratic Senator from Alaska, candidate for the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 U.S. Presidential election]] *Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.&mdash;(B.A. 1978) Judge of the [[U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey]] *[[Jack Greenberg (lawyer)|Jack Greenberg]]&mdash;(B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1948) litigator of Brown v. Board of Education, Professor at [[Columbia Law School]] *[[Alan Greenspan]]&mdash;Former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman, studied for a PhD in economics *[[Judd Gregg]]&mdash;Republican Senator from New Hampshire (2005) *[[Jim Hightower]]&mdash;Progressive activist *[[Johan Jørgen Holst]]&mdash;(B.A. 1960) Norwegian Foreign Minister, The Oslo Accord of 1994 between Israel and the Palestinians *[[Charles Evans Hughes]]&mdash; Chief Justice of US Supreme Court; [[U.S. Secretary of State]] *[[Richard C. Hunter]]&mdash;US Senator from Nebraska (1934-5) *[[Jacob Javits]]&mdash;Republican Senator from New York (1957-1981) *[[John Jay]]&mdash;first Chief Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] *[[Thomas Kean]]&mdash;Governor of New Jersey (1982-1990), President of [[Drew University]], Chairman of controversial [[9/11 Commission]] *[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1968, political science) US ambassador to UN under [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] *[[John H. Langbein]]&mdash;(B.A. 1964), legal scholar and professor at [[Yale Law School]] *[[Frank Lautenberg]]&mdash;(B.Sc. 1949, economics) Democratic Senator from New Jersey *[[Sander M. Levin]]&mdash;(M.A. 1954, international relations)&mdash;US Congressman from Michigan *[[Scooter Libby|Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby]]&mdash;(J.D. 1975) [[The Apprentice (book)|novelist]], indicted ex-chief of staff for Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] and signatory to controversial manifesto [[Pnac#Controversy|''Rebuilding America's Defenses'']] (2000) of the [[Project for the New American Century]] *[[John Lindsay]]&mdash;Mayor of New York City (1966-1973) *[[Seth Low]]&mdash;University president, Mayor of New York City *[[Li Lu]]&mdash;Law/Business, leader of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]] *[[James McGreevey]]&mdash;(B.A. 1978) [[Governor of New Jersey]] (2002-2004).<ref>Halbfinger, David M. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406EED81039F934A35752C1A9679C8B63 "Man in the News; Flexibility in Victory; James Edward McGreevey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[November 7]], [[2001]]. Accessed [[December 4]], [[2007]]. "He spent three semesters at Catholic University in Washington before transferring to Columbia University, where he majored in political science and graduated in 1978."</ref> *[[John McLaughlin (host)|John McLaughlin]]&mdash; political commentator, host of ''[[The McLaughlin Group]]'' on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] *[[James Meredith]]&mdash;American civil rights movement figure *[[Robert Moses]]&mdash;Controversial leader of mid-century urban "renewal" that re-shaped New York mainly through destructive highway projects *[[Constance Baker Motley]]&mdash;First African-American woman federal court judge, NYS Senator, Manhattan Borough president *[[Michael Mukasey]]&mdash;(B.A. 1963), United States Attorney General (2007-present) *[[Barack Obama]]&mdash;(B.A. 1983) Democratic Senator from Illinois (2005), first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, candidate for the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 U.S. Presidential election]] *[[Charles J. O'Byrne]]&mdash;(B.A. 1981, J.D. 1984), Secretary to the Governor of New York (2008-present) *[[George Pataki]]&mdash;(Law 1970) Governor of New York (1995-present) *[[David Paterson]]&mdash;(B.A. 1977) first [[African American]] [[Governor of New York]] *[[Victor Perlo]]&mdash;[[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] involved in [[Harold Ware]] spy ring and [[List of secret agents#Perlo group|Perlo group]] as shown in [[Venona list]] of suspected subversives *[[Mario Laserna Pinzón]]&mdash;(B.A. 1948) Colombian [[statesman]] and [[educator]]; founder, [[Los Andes University|Universidad de los Andes]] *[[Norman Podhoretz]]&mdash;editor of [[Commentary (magazine)|''Commentary'']], a founder of [[Neoconservatism]] connected with the controversial [[Project for the New American Century]] *[[Bernard Redmont]]&mdash;(M.S. 1939) [[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] *[[Stanley Forman Reed]]&mdash;US Supreme Court justice *[[William Remington]]&mdash;(M.A. 1940) convicted [[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] in the [[List of secret agents#Sound and Myrna groups|Sound and Myrna groups]]; killed in prison *[[Hyman G. Rickover]]&mdash;USN Admiral, father of the US nuclear submarine fleet *[[James Rubin|James P. Rubin]]&mdash;(B.A. 1982, M.A. 1984) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1997-2000) *[[Charles F.C. Ruff]]&mdash;(Law) Washington lawyer, represented Anita Hill (vs. Clarence Thomas) and Bill Clinton (impeachment) *[[Brent Scowcroft]]-(M.A., Ph.D.) National Security Advisor under Presidents Ford and George H. W. Bush *[[Craig Silverman]]&mdash;U.S. Army Judge Advocate, thinker *[[Thomas Sowell]]&mdash;African American economist and author *[[Ben Stein]]&mdash;(B.A. 1966) Actor, conservative commentator *[[George Stephanopoulos]]&mdash;(B.A. 1982) Senior advisor to [[Bill Clinton]], television anchor *[[Leon Sullivan]] (M.A. 1947) Civil rights activist, anti-apartheid activist, long-time GM Board Member, and Baptist Minister *[[Harlan Fiske Stone]]&mdash;Chief Justice of US Supreme Court; [[U.S. Attorney General]] *[[Telford Taylor]]&mdash;chief US prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials *[[George Tenet]]&mdash;(M.I.A.) director of [[Central Intelligence Agency]] *[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]&mdash;6th [[Vice President of the United States]], [[Governor of New York]] *[[Harry Dexter White]]&mdash;senior Treasury official for FDR, helped found World Bank/IMF, alleged in [[Venona list]] to be [[:Category:Accused Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] *[[Charles Wilkes]]&mdash;U.S. Navy Admiral, noted for his 1838&ndash;1842 [[United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842|Pacific expedition]] as well as for his role in the [[Trent Affair|''Trent'' Affair]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. *[[Prince Hussain Aga Khan]] (2004) - Elder son of Prince Karim [[Aga Khan IV]] *[[Dov Zakheim]]&mdash;Rabbi, Defense Department comptroller (2001-2004), ex-V.P. of [http://www.sysplan.com/Radar/FTS System Planning Corp.,]signatory to controversial manifesto [[Pnac#Controversy|''Rebuilding America's Defenses'']] (2000) of the [[Project for the New American Century]] ===Business=== *[[John Jacob Astor III]]&mdash;19th century real estate baron *[[Frank Lusk Babbott]]&mdash;(LLB 1880) jute merchant and art patron *[[Warren Buffet]]&mdash;(M.B.A.) Investor, president of [[Berkshire Hathaway]] *[[Bennett Cerf]]&mdash;Founder of [[Random House]] *[[Jason Epstein]]&mdash;Editorial director at [[Random House]] *[[Stephen Friedman (PFIAB)|Stephen Friedman]]&mdash;Chairman of Goldman Sachs, National Economic Council director, chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board *[[Mario Gabelli]]&mdash;investor *[[Michael Gould]]&mdash;CEO of [[Bloomingdale's]] *[[Larry Grossman]]&mdash;former CEO of [[PBS]] and [[NBC]] *[[Armand Hammer]]&mdash;President, Occidental Petroleum, noted internationalist convicted for illegal campaign donations *[[Herman Hollerith]]&mdash;(Engineer of Mines 1879, Ph.D. [[1890]])- founder of the Tabulating Machine Company, a predecessor to [[IBM]] *[[John Kluge]]&mdash;Founder of Metromedia *[[Alfred A. Knopf (person)|Alfred A. Knopf]]&mdash;(B.A. 1912) Founder of [[Alfred A. Knopf|Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.]] Publishers *[[Robert Kraft]]&mdash;Owner of New England Patriots *[[Henry Kravis]]&mdash;(MBA 1969) Investment banker who invented the [[leveraged buyout]] *[[Randolph Lerner]]&mdash;CEO of MBNA Bank, and owner of Cleveland Browns *[[Frank Lorenzo]]&mdash;(B.A. 1961) corporate raider *[[John R. MacArthur]]&mdash;(B.A. 1917) President and publisher of [[Harper's]], the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the country *[[Eric Ober]]&mdash;Former President of [[CBS News]] division, and [[Food Network]] *[[Vikram Pandit]]&mdash;(B.S.1976,M.S.1977,Ph.D1986,Trustee) CEO of [[Citigroup]] *[[Wayne Allyn Root]]&mdash; (B.A. 1983) Founder & Chairman of Winning Edge International, inducted into Las Vegas Walk of Stars in 2006 *[[Edwin Schlossberg]]&mdash;(B.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1971) Founder of ESI Design (also its Principal Designer) *[[David O. Selznick]]&mdash;Legendary movie producer *[[Robert Shaye]]&mdash;(J.D. 1964) CEO of New Line Cinema *[[Lawrence L. Shenfield]]&mdash; (B.A. 1915), Advertising executive and philatelist *[[Richard L. Simon]]&mdash;Co-Founder of [[Simon & Schuster]] *[[S. Robson Walton]]&mdash;(J.D. 1969) Chairman of the Board, Wal-Mart *[[Ursula Burns]]&mdash;(M.S. 1981) CEO of [[Xerox Corporation]] *[[Martha Stewart]] (Barnard College) ===Religion and Ministry=== *[[Frederick Buckley Newell]] ([[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A.]], 1916) &mdash; [[Bishop]] of [[The Methodist Church (USA)|The Methodist Church]] *[[Hazen Graff Werner]] &mdash; Bishop of The Methodist Church ===Arts and literature=== *[[Max Abramovitz]]&mdash;architect for the Avery Fisher Hall of [[Lincoln Center]]. *[[Mitch Albom]]&mdash;(M.A., M.B.A.) Author *[[John Ashbery]]&mdash;Poet *[[Isaac Asimov]]&mdash;(B.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948) Science fiction author, ''[[I, Robot]]'' *[[Paul Auster]]&mdash;(B.A. 1969) Postmodern author, ''[[The New York Trilogy]]'', ''[[Moon Palace]]'' (named after now-defunct Chinese restaurant near campus) *[[Béla Bartók]]&mdash;Composer, pianist, and early scholar in [[ethnomusicology]] *[[James Blish]]&mdash;Science fiction author *[[Sidney Buchman]]&mdash;Academy award winning screenwriter *[[Jerome Charyn]]&mdash;(B.A. 1959) Novelist *[[John Corigliano]]&mdash;(B.A. 1959) American composer *[[Kiran Desai]]&mdash; (M.F.A. 1999) novelist, winner of the [[Booker Prize]] for fiction *[[Alden B. Dow]]&mdash;(B.A. 1931) noted [[Architect]] *[[Peter Eisenmann]]&mdash;(M.A.) [[Architect]] *[[Walter Farley]]&mdash;(B.A. 1941) Author, ''[[The Black Stallion]]'' *[[Amanda Filipacchi]]&mdash;(M.F.A) Author, ''[[Nude Men]]'', ''Vapor'', ''Love Creeps'' *[[Richard Florida]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1986) Author, "Rise of the Creative Class" *[[Allen Forte]]&mdash;(B.A.) Music theorist, now Battell Professor of Music, Emeritus at [[Yale University]] *[[Paul Gallico]]&mdash;Author, ''[[The Snow Goose]]'', ''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]'', ''The Silent Miaow'' *[[Federico García Lorca]]&mdash;(1929-1930) poet & playwright *[[Allen Ginsberg]]&mdash;(B.A. 1949) [[Beat Generation]] poet *[[Philip Gourevitch]]&mdash;(M.F.A. 1992) recipient of the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]], editor of [[The Paris Review]] *[[Edwin Granberry]] (1920) writer of the [[Buz Sawyer]] comic strip *[[Gulgee]]&mdash; (1926-2007) [[Pakistan]]i artist famous for his paintings and [[Islamic calligraphy]], qualified engineer *[[Anthony Hecht]]&mdash;(M.A.) [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning poet *[[Joseph Heller]]&mdash;Author, ''[[Catch-22]]'' *[[Langston Hughes]]&mdash;African-American writer and poet *[[Jim Jarmusch]]&mdash;filmmaker *[[Jack Kerouac]]&mdash;(College 1940-1942; dropped out) Founder of the [[Beat Generation]] movement; author, ''[[On the Road]]'' *[[Ursula K. Le Guin]]&mdash;(M.A. 1951) Author primarily known for [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] novels *[[Edward MacDowell]]&mdash;American composer, professor of music *[[Carson McCullers]]&mdash;Author, ''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]'' *[[John Matteson]]&mdash;(PhD.) [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning biographer (2008) *[[Isamu Noguchi]]&mdash;Sculptor *[[Walker Percy]]&mdash;(M.D. 1941) Winner of the [[National Book Award]] *[[James Renwick, Jr.]]&mdash;(B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839) [[Gothic Revival]] architect who designed [[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York]] and the [[Smithsonian Institution Building]] in Washington, D.C., among other commissions. *[[J.D. Salinger]]&mdash;Author, ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' *[[Robert Silverberg]]&mdash; Science fiction author *[[Upton Sinclair]]&mdash;Populist author, ''[[The Jungle]]''; presidential candidate *[[Robert A. M. Stern]]&mdash;(B.A. 1960) [[Postmodern]] architect *[[Hunter S. Thompson]]&mdash; Author, ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' *[[Erica Simone Turnipseed]]; Writer *[[Mark Van Doren]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1920) [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning poet *[[Charles Van Doren]]&mdash;Author, English professor whose national disgrace was the subject of the Oscar-nominated film ''[[Quiz Show]]'' *[[Eric Van Lustbader]]&mdash;Author, ''[[The Ninja (book)|The Ninja]]'' *[[Kara Walker]]&mdash;Artist, Professor of Professional Practice. *[[Eudora Welty]]&mdash;(Business, 1930-31, hon. LHD 1982) Pulitzer Prize winning author, ''[[The Optimist's Daughter]]'' *[[George Wyatt]], sculptor *[[Herman Wouk]]&mdash;[[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author, ''[[War and Remembrance]]'' *[[Roger Zelazny]]&mdash;Science fiction author ===Performing arts=== *[[Casey Affleck]]&mdash;[[Golden Globe]]-nominated and [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-nominated actor *[[Sarah Atereth]]&mdash;[[Dance music]] recording artist, songwriter, and professional dancer (both modern and ballet) *[[Emanuel Ax]]&mdash;(B.A. 1970)&mdash;Pianist, won [[Avery Fisher]] prize at age 30, won three [[Grammy Awards]] along with cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]]; also awarded the John Jay Award by the University *[[Kathryn Bigelow]]&mdash;Director, ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' *[[Jeremy Blackman]]&mdash;(B.A. 2009)&mdash;Actor, starred in ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' *[[Sorrell Booke]]&mdash;(B.A. 1949)&mdash;Actor, best known as "Boss Hogg" on the TV series ''[[Dukes of Hazzard]]'' *[[Pat Boone]]&mdash;(B.S. 1957)&mdash;Singer and Actor *[[Joshua Brand]] (M.A. 1974) - [[Emmy Award]]-winning creator of ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]'', and ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' *[[Sidney Buchman]]&mdash;(B.A. 1923)&mdash;screenwriter, won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for writing for ''Here Comes Mister Jordan]]. *[[Cara Buono]]&mdash;Actress, ''[[Third Watch]]'' *[[James Cagney]]&mdash;(one semester, 1918)&mdash;Actor, ''[[White Heat]]'' and ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'' *[[Vanessa Carlton]]&mdash;Singer, songwriter *[[Peter Cincotti]]&mdash;Pianist, singer, songwriter, actor, model *[[Spencer Treat Clark]]&mdash;(B.A. 2010) Actor, ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'', ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]'', and ''[[Unbreakable (film)|Unbreakable]]'' *[[Bill Condon]]&mdash;[[Academy Award]]-winning Writer, ''[[Gods and Monsters]]'', ''[[Chicago]]'', and Director, ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' and ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'' *[[Ossie Davis]]&mdash;Actor *[[Brian Dennehy]]&mdash;(B.A. 1960)&mdash;Actor *[[Brian De Palma]]&mdash;Movie director, ''[[Carrie (film)|Carrie]]'' and ''[[The Untouchables (1987 film)|The Untouchables]]'' *[[I.A.L. Diamond]]&mdash;(B.A. 1941) Co-winner of an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for writing for ''[[The Apartment]]'' *[[R. Luke DuBois]]&mdash;(B.A. 1997, M.A. 1999, D.M.A. 2003)&mdash;Composer/artist, member of the ''[[Freight Elevator Quartet]]'' *[[Fred Ebb]]&mdash;(M.A. 1957) [[lyricist]] who collaborated with [[John Kander]] on such [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musicals as [[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]], [[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]], [[Woman of the Year]] and [[Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]] and the soundtracks of [[Funny Lady]] and [[New York, New York]] *[[Matthew Fox (actor)|Matthew Fox]]&mdash;(B.A. 1989) [[Golden Globe]]-winning Actor, ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Party of Five]]'' *[[Dan Futterman]]&mdash;(B.A. 1989) Actor, ''[[The Birdcage]]'', ''[[Judging Amy]]'' *[[Art Garfunkel]]&mdash;(B.A. 1965) Singer, songwriter of [[Simon and Garfunkel]] *[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]&mdash;(dropped out) Actor, ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' *[[Lauren Graham]] &mdash; Actress, "[[Gilmore Girls]]" (Barnard College; B.A. 1988) *[[James Gunn (film maker)|James Gunn]]&mdash;Film Director ([[Slither (film)|Slither]]), Screenwriter ([[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]], [[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]), and Novelist ([[The Toy Collector]]) *[[Jake Gyllenhaal]]&mdash;[[Academy Award]]-nominated Actor, ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', ''[[Donnie Darko]]'', ''[[The Good Girl]]'' (dropped out) *[[Maggie Gyllenhaal]]&mdash;(B.A. 1999) [[Golden Globe]]-nominated Actress, ''[[Secretary]]'' *[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]&mdash;Lyricist and librettist of such musicals as the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[The King and I]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', collaborator with [[Richard Rodgers]] *[[Ed Harris]]&mdash; [[Golden Globe]]-winning and [[Academy Award]]-nominated Actor (dropped out) *[[Lorenz Hart]]&mdash;Broadway lyricist, collaborator with both [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], wrote such songs as "[[Blue Moon]]", "[[The Lady is a Tramp]]" and "[[My Funny Valentine]]" *[[Utada Hikaru]]&mdash;[[J-pop|Japanese pop]] singer (did not graduate) *[[Lauryn Hill]]&mdash;[[Grammy Award]] winning R&B singer, one-time [[Fugees]] frontwoman (only attended first year) *[[Katie Holmes]]&mdash;Actress (only attended for a summer session) *[[Famke Janssen]]&mdash;Actress *[[John Kander]]&mdash;(M.A.) [[lyricist]] who collaborated with [[Fred Ebb]] on such [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musicals as [[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]], [[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]], [[Woman of the Year]] and [[Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]] and the soundtracks of [[Funny Lady]] and [[New York, New York]] *[[Jean Kelly]]&mdash;Actress *[[Alicia Keys]]&mdash;[[Grammy Award]] winning Singer, composer (briefly attended) *[[Joel Krosnick]]&mdash;[[Cellist]]; member of the [[Juilliard String Quartet]]; chairman of Cello Department at [[Juilliard School]] *[[Tony Kushner]]&mdash;(B.A.) [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning playwright, ''[[Angels in America]]'' *[[Sean Lennon]]&mdash; Singer and songwriter, son of [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] (dropped out) *[[Al Lewis]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1941)&mdash;Actor, ''[[The Munsters]]'', basketball scout, New York gubernatorial candidate, restaurateur *[[Yo-Yo Ma]]&mdash; Renowned [[cellist]] (transferred to Harvard University) *[[Herman J. Mankiewicz]]&mdash;(B.A. 1917) Won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for co-writing ''[[Citizen Kane]]''; older brother of [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] *[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]&mdash;(B.A. 1928) Won four [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Director]] and writing. Younger brother of [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]]. *[[Terrence McNally]]&mdash;(B.A. 1960) Dramatist, winner of four [[Tony Awards]], an [[Emmy]], a [[Pulitzer Prize]], and two [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]s *[[Max Minghella]]&mdash;(B.A. 2009)&mdash;Actor, starred in ''[[Syriana]]'' and ''[[Art School Confidential]]'' *[[Rachel Nichols (actress)|Rachel Nichols]]&mdash;Actress, model *[[Cynthia Nixon]]; Actress, ''[[Sex and the City]]'' (Barnard College, B.A. 1988) *[[Anna Paquin]]&mdash;[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning actress, ''[[The Piano]]'' and ''[[X-Men]]'' *[[Lena Park]] - Popular Korean singer *[[Amanda Peet]]&mdash;Actress, ''[[The Whole Nine Yards (film)|The Whole Nine Yards]]'' *[[Anthony Perkins]], Actor, best known for his work as [[Norman Bates]] in [[Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock's]] [[Psycho]] *[[Richard Rodgers]]&mdash;Composer of musicals including the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[The King and I]]'', and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', collaborator with [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] *[[Cameron Russell]], Fashion model *[[George Segal]]&mdash;(B.A. 1955) Actor, ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'' *[[Julia Stiles]]&mdash;(B.A. 2005) Actress, ''[[Save the Last Dance]]'', ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]'' *[[Rider Strong]]&mdash;Actor, ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' *[[Mario Van Peebles]]&mdash;(B.A. 1978) Actor and Director *[[Charles Wuorinen]]&mdash;(B.A. 1961, M.A. 1963) American musician, pianist, and composer ===Journalism=== *[[William M. Abrams]] - (M.A.) senior executive and journalist for the [[New York Times]], [[ABC News]] and [[The Wall Street Journal]] *[[R.W. Apple]]&mdash;(B.S. 1961) Senior Correspondent, Associate Editor, former Washington Bureau chief, [[New York Times]] *Marcus Brauchli, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal *[[Jamal Dajani]]&mdash;(B.A. Political Science) Director of Middle Eastern Programming, [[Link TV]], Producer of [[Mosaic: World News from the Middle East]] winner of a [[Peabody Award]] *[[Max Frankel]]&mdash;(B.A.) Executive editor, New York Times, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner *[[Ken Hechtman]]&mdash;Maverick journalist jailed by the [[Afghanistan|Afghanistan's]] [[Taliban]] government as a suspected spy in 2001 *[[Jay Irving]]&mdash;reporter, cartoonist, father of [[Clifford Irving]] who is best known for perpetrating hoax biography of [[Howard Hughes]] *[[Leonard Koppett]]&mdash;Acclaimed sports writer, columnist, author *[[Joseph Lelyveld]]&mdash;(M.A., Journalism) Executive editor, New York Times *[[Robert Lipsyte]]&mdash;(B.A. 1957) winner of an [[Emmy Award]] in 1990, host of ''The Eleventh Hour'' on PBS, correspondent for The New York Times and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Nightly News *[[Andrés Martinez (editor)|Andrés Martinez]]&mdash;(J.D.) Editorial page editor of the [[Los Angeles Times]] *[[Gabriele Marcotti]]&mdash;(M.A., Journalism) Football writer for The Times, The Sunday Herald, La Stampa, Il Corriere dello Sport, Host of Five Live Sport on Fridays and The Game Podcast *[[John L. O'Sullivan]]&mdash;Editor of the ''Democratic Review'' during the 1840s, coined the phrase ''[[Manifest Destiny]]'' *[[Wayne Allyn Root]]&mdash;Spike TV, Discovery Channel, CNBCCreator, Executive Producer, and Host of "Wayne Allyn Root's Winning Edge" and "[[King of Vegas]]" Anchorman & Host FNN- Financial News Network *[[Claire Shipman]]&mdash;(B.A. 1986) Senior National Correspondent for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], winner of an [[Emmy Award]] for her [[CNN]] coverage of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]; her work also contributed to the CNN network winning a [[Peabody Award]] for its coverage of the [[Soviet coup attempt of 1991]] *[[Richard Smith]]&mdash;(M.I.A.) CEO of ''[[Newsweek]]'' *[[Ron Suskind]]&mdash;(M.A. 1983)&mdash;Pulitzer prize winning journalist, author *[[Tiziano Terzani]]&mdash;reporter and correspondent *[[Richard Watts, Jr.]] - longtime theatre critic for the ''[[New York Post]]'' *[[Gideon Yago]]&mdash;(B.A. 2000)&mdash;[[MTV News]] Correspondent *[[Helen Dalley]] - Respected Australian journalist, currently an anchor with [[Sky News Australia]] ===Science and technology=== *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]]&mdash;(M.A.)&mdash;Dinosaur bone hunter *[[Virginia Apgar]]&mdash;(M.D. 1933) Created the [[Apgar score]] which is used to evaluate the health of newborn babies *[[Edwin Armstrong]]&mdash;(B.S. 1913) Inventor of radio circuitry such as the [[regenerative circuit]] and [[FM]] radio, pioneer in [[feedback]] amplifiers *[[Oswald Avery]]&mdash;(M.D. 1904) discoverer of DNA's role in transmitting genetic information *[[John Backus]]&mdash;(B.S. - mathematics, 1949) Inventor of [[Fortran programming language]] *[[T. Romeyn Beck]]&mdash;(M.D.) forensic medicine pioneer *[[Marie Maynard Daly]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1947), first African American woman to earn a doctorate in chemistry *[[Charles Drew]]&mdash;(M.D. 1940) Inventor of blood plasma preservation system *[[Helen Flanders Dunbar]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1929) important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine. *[[David Eppstein]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1989) Computer Scientist *[[Gordon Gould]]&mdash;(Ph.D., didn't complete), inventor of the [[laser]] *[[Stephen Jay Gould]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1967) Paleontologist and author *[[Benjamin Graham]]&mdash;(B.A. 1914) Father of Modern Security Analysis and value investing, taught [[Warren Buffett]] *[[Jean Emily Henley]]&mdash;(M.D. 1940) Wrote the first German anesthesia textbook after World War II *[[Robert Jastrow]]&mdash;(B.A, M.A. Ph.D.) Astronomer *[[Arthur Jensen]]&mdash;(Ph.D. 1956) Educational psychologist who argued for heritability of intelligence *[[Kai-Fu Lee]]&mdash;(B.S. 1983) former professor at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], former Vice President at [[Apple Computer]], former President of Cosmo Software, established [[China]] division of [[Microsoft Research]], establishing China research division for [[Google]] *[[William Malisoff]]&mdash;(Ph.D.) Scientist accused of being a [[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] in the [[Venona project]] *[[Robert Moog]]&mdash;Inventor of Moog synthesizer *[[Joel Moses]]&mdash;(B.A., M.A.) [[MIT]] Provost and author of [[Macsyma]] *[[Edward Lawry Norton]]&mdash;(M.S. 1925) Electrical Engineer, discovered the Norton circuit equivalent *[[William Barclay Parsons]]&mdash;(B.S. 1879) Civil Engineer *[[William Perl]]&mdash;physicist imprisoned for five years for his involvement in the [[List of secret agents#Rosenberg ring|Rosenberg ring]] of [[atomic spies]] *[[Michael I. Pupin]]&mdash;(B.S. 1883)&mdash;Inventor of telephone transmission coils and scientist, winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his autobiography *[[Benjamin Spock]]&mdash;(M.D. 1929)&mdash;Olympic rower, physician, author *[[John Stevens (inventor)]]&mdash;(A.B. 1768)&mdash;Built first steam railroad, responsible for first patent law in the US. ===Astronauts and aviators=== *[[Kenneth D. Bowersox]]&mdash;(M.S. 1979) *[[Kevin P. Chilton]]&mdash;(M.S. 1977) *[[Amelia Earhart]]&mdash;(attended one semester, 1920) *[[William G. Gregory]]&mdash;(M.S. 1980) *[[Michael J. Massimino]]&mdash;(B.S. 1984) *[[Story Musgrave]]&mdash;(M.D. 1964) *[[Eugene H. Trinh]]&mdash;(B.S. 1972) ===Academics and theorists=== *[[Mortimer Adler]]&mdash;Founder of the Great Books movement *[[Claude Ake]] (Ph.D. 1966)&mdash;Nigerian political scientist *[[Frederick A.P. Barnard]]&mdash;University president, namesake of [[Barnard College]] *[[Jacques Barzun]]&mdash;Historian *[[Ruth Benedict]]&mdash;social anthropologist, author of ''[[The Chrysanthemum and the Sword]]'', a World War II-era study of Japanese culture *[[Walter Block]] (Ph.D.)&mdash;[[Austrian School]] free market economist *[[Lee Bollinger]] (JD 1971)&mdash;[[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] scholar; current president of Columbia, former president of the [[University of Michigan]] and former [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of [[Dartmouth College]]; named defendant in two key [[affirmative action]] cases in the [[United States Supreme Court]] *[[H. Keith H. Brodie]] (M.D.)&mdash;former chancellor (1982-1985) and president (1985-1993) of [[Duke University]] *[[Harold Brown]]&mdash;physicist; former president of [[Caltech]]; former dean of the [[School of Advanced International Studies]] of [[Johns Hopkins University]]; former US Secretary of Defense *[[Nicholas Murray Butler]]&mdash;Columbia University President, Nobel Laureate *[[Joseph Campbell]]&mdash;Noted professor of mythology *[[Wm. Theodore de Bary]] (B.A.)&mdash;East Asian studies expert *[[James S. Coles]] former president of [[Bowdoin College]] *[[Michael Crow]]&mdash;President of [[Arizona State University]] *[[John Dewey]]&mdash;Philosopher, developed theory of pragmatism *[[Donna Robinson Divine]] political scientist *[[Irwin Edman]]&mdash;Philosopher and writer *[[Noam Elkies]]&mdash;Noted mathematician *[[Richard Epstein]]&mdash;Noted legal scholar *[[Livingston Farrand]] (M.D.)&mdash;public health advocate; President of the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] and [[Cornell University]] *[[Joshua Fishman]] (Ph.D.)—Distinguished linguist specializing in social linguistics, language and culture, and Yiddish *[[Gilberto Freyre]] (M.A. 1922)—Brazilian sociologist, cultural anthropologist and historian *[[Milton Friedman]] (Ph.D.)&mdash;Free market economist *[[Gordon Gee]] (J.D., Ed.D.)&mdash;Chancellor of [[Vanderbilt University]] and former president of [[Brown University]], [[Ohio State University]], the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] and the [[West Virginia University]] *[[Frank Goodnow]] &mdash; president of [[Johns Hopkins University]] *[[Lynne Hanley]]&mdash;literary critic *[[Edward Harris]] (B.A. 1971)&mdash;Archaeologist, inventor of the Harris Matrix *[[Jane Jacobs]]&mdash;Urban theorist *[[Edward Kasner]] (Ph.D. 1899)&mdash;Mathematician who coined the term [[googol]] *[[Marshall Kay]]&mdash;Noted geologist *[[Donald Keene]]&mdash;Japanese studies expert *[[Grayson L. Kirk]]&mdash;University President *[[Ruth Landes]]&mdash;author, ''City of Women'' (1947) *[[Paul Lazarsfeld]]&mdash;Founder of the University's Bureau for Applied Social Research *[[Joshua Lederberg]]&mdash;Nobel prize-winning biologist and former president of [[Rockefeller University]] *[http://www.harveyjlevin.com Harvey J. Levin] (M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1953)&mdash;communications economics pioneer *[[Anthony Marx]]&mdash;president of [[Amherst College]] *[[Peter Likins]]&mdash;electrical engineer; president of the [[University of Arizona]]; former president of [[Lehigh University]] *[[Seymour Martin Lipset]] *[[Paul Massing]]&mdash;Sociologist in the [[List of secret agents#Redhead group|Redhead group]] of Soviet spies at the university's Institute of Social Research *[[Margaret Mead]]&mdash;Noted anthropologist *[[Robert A. Millikan]] (Ph.D. 1895)&mdash;Nobel prize-winning physicist; first to measure the charge of the electron; early president of [[Caltech]] (1921-1945) *[[Robert Nozick]]&mdash;Philosopher *[[Marvin Opler]]&mdash;Noted anthropologist and social psychiatrist * [[Michael Oren]] *[[Peter Pouncey]]&mdash;[[classicist]] and former president of [[Amherst College]] *[[Jehuda Reinharz]]&mdash; president of [[Brandeis University]] *[[Nicanor Reyes Sr.|Nicanor Reyes, Sr.]] (Ph.D.)&mdash;Founder and 1st President of the [[Far Eastern University]] in the City of Manila, Philippines *[[Thomas Hedley Reynolds]]&mdash;Historian, President of [[Bates College]]. *[[Judith Rodin]] (Ph.D.)&mdash;Psychologist; [[Chancellor]] and former [[President]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]; and former [[Provost (education)|provost]] of [[Yale University]] *[[James R. Russell]] &mdash; Ancient Near Eastern scholar; professor at [[Harvard University]] *[[Edward Sapir]] (B.A. 1904, M.A. 1905, Ph.D. 1909)&mdash;Linguist and anthropologist *[[Lida Lee Tall]] - sixth president/principal of State Teachers College at Towson (now [[Towson University]]) *[[Stephen Joel Trachtenberg]]&mdash;President of [[George Washington University]] *[[Lionel Trilling]]&mdash;Literary critic *[[David Truman]]&mdash;Political scientist and educator; former president of [[Mount Holyoke College]] *[[Andrew Truxal]] (Ph.D. 1928) &mdash; President of [[Hood College]] and [[Anne Arundel Community College]] *[[Sean Wilentz]] (B.A. 1972)&mdash;Chair of [[American Studies]] at [[Princeton University]]; winner of the [[Bancroft Prize]] in history *[[Jay Winter]] (B.A. 1966)&mdash;[[World War I]] scholar at [[Yale University]] *[[Aaron D. Wyner]] (Ph.D. 1963), [[information theorist]] noted for his contributions in [[coding theory]].<ref>Burkhart, Ford. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E2DF1E3CF930A25753C1A961958260 "Aaron D. Wyner, 58; Helped Speed Data Around the Globe"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[October 13]], [[1997]]. Accessed [[November 9]], [[2007]].</ref> *[[Michael K. Young]]&mdash;president of the [[University of Utah]]; former dean of the [[George Washington University]] law school *[[Howard Zinn]] (MA, PhD)&mdash;historian ===Sports=== *[[Roone Arledge]]&mdash;(B.A.) Pioneer of sports and news broadcasting with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], "Monday Night Football", "20/20", etc. *[[Norman Armitage]]&mdash; 17-time national champion sabre fencer, and 6-time Olympian *[[José Raúl Capablanca]]&mdash;World Chess Champion (1921-1927) *[[Gary Cohen]]&mdash;(B.A.) New York Mets television play-by-play announcer *[[Annie Duke]]&mdash;professional [[poker]] player *[[Lou Gehrig]]&mdash;(1921–1923) [[Baseball]] player for the [[New York Yankees]], enshrined in the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]], suffered from [[motor neurone disease|Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis]] (now commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease") *[[Max Kellerman]]&mdash; (B.A.) [[ESPN Radio]] host and [[HBO]] boxing analyst *[[Dan Kellner]]&mdash; 4-time All-American, NCAA foil champion, national champion, 2-time Pan American gold medalist and 1-time silver medalist, 1-time Maccabiah silver medalist *[[Sandy Koufax]]&mdash;Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher *[[Howard Lederer]] &mdash; Professional [[poker]] player, brother of [[Annie Duke]] *[[Sid Luckman]]&mdash;(B.A.) [[American football]] [[quarterback]], enshrinee of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] *[[Cliff Montgomery]]&mdash;(B.A.) [[American football]] [[quarterback]], enshrinee of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], captain and MVP of [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] winning squad, [[Silver Star]] recipient in [[U.S. Navy]] *[[Mark Pope]]&mdash;(current medical student) Former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player *[[Paul Robeson]]&mdash;[[American football]] All-American, attorney, musician, activist *[[Bob Sheppard]], sports [[announcer]], "Voice of the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]]" *[[William Milligan Sloane]]&mdash;Founder of the U.S. Olympic Committee *[[David Stern]]&mdash;(J.D.) NBA Commissioner *[[Cristina Teuscher]]&mdash; (B.A. 2000) [[Olympic]] gold medal swimmer *[[Marcellus Wiley]]&mdash;(B.A. 1997) [[American football]] player, Pro-Bowl defensive end *[[James Leighman Williams|James L. Williams]]&mdash;(B.A.) World Class [[Fencing (sport)|Fencer]] ===Political activists=== *[[Alex Safian]] co-director of the (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America). ==Notable faculty== *[[Alfred Aho]]&mdash;Computer Science professor, the "A" in the programming language [[AWK programming language|AWK]]. *[[Hattie Alexander]]&mdash; Professor of Pediatrics, microbiologist *[[Samuel J. Danishefsky]]&mdash; Professor of Chemistry, winner of the [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry]] in 1995/96 *[[Charles Beard]]&mdash;Historian and co-author of ''The Development of Modern Europe'' *[[Peter Bearman]]&mdash;Professor of Sociology *[[Daniel Bell]]&mdash;Professor of Sociology *[[J. Bowyer Bell]]&mdash;Adjunct Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, and Research Associate at the Institute of War and Peace Studies *[[Jagdish Bhagwati]]&mdash;Economics professor, author of ''In Defense of Globalization'' *[[Franz Boas]]&mdash;Father of American Anthropology *[[Lee Bollinger]]&mdash;University President/law professor, [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] scholar, [[Affirmative Action]] advocate *[[Ronald Breslow]]&mdash;University Professor of chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and engineering. *[[Alan Brinkley]]&mdash;Professor of American history and University Provost; son of legendary newscaster [[David Brinkley]] *[[Zbigniew Brzezinski]]&mdash;National Security Advisor under the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] Administration, taught Foreign Affairs *[[Richard Bulliet]]&mdash;History professor and [[Middle East]] scholar, author of ''Kicked to Death by a Camel'' *[[John Burgess]]&mdash;Founder of modern political science *[[Partha Chatterjee]]&mdash;Anthropologist and scholar of postcolonial nationalism *[[Hamid Dabashi]]&mdash;Cultural and literary critic *[[Arthur Danto]]&mdash;Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy emeritus, renowned art critic *[[Wm. Theodore de Bary|William Theodore de Bary]]&mdash;Famous scholar and translator of [[East Asia]]n texts, particularly the classical Chinese canon *[[Donald Dewey]]&mdash;Former Economics professor *[[John Dewey]]&mdash;Former Philosophy professor *[[Nicholas Dirks]]&mdash;Historian and anthropologist of South Asia *[[Theodosius Dobzhansky]]&mdash;Researcher in population genetics *[[John R. Dunning]]&mdash;physicist and part of the [[Manhattan Project]] *[[Samuel Eilenberg]]&mdash;winner of the [[Wolf Prize]] in [[Mathematics]] in 1986 *[[Arnold Eisen]]&mdash;Chancellor-elect, [[Jewish Theological Seminary]] *[[Jon Elster]]&mdash;Robert Merton Professor of Social Science, leading theorist of [[rational choice theory]], [[Marxism]], and [[social theory]] *[[William Maurice Ewing]]&mdash;Earth scientist and pioneer *[[Enrico Fermi]]&mdash;[[Manhattan Project]] member, founder of [[Fermilab]], [[Nobel prize|Nobel laureate]] *[[Miloš Forman]]&mdash;Film director, ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'', ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'', ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' *[[Eric Foner]]&mdash;Noted historian, authority on Reconstruction *[[David Freedberg]]&mdash;Art historian *[[Erich Fromm]]&mdash;Noted psychologist *[[Fred W. Friendly]]&mdash;Pioneering CBS News producer and distinguished media scholar *[[Herbert J. Gans]]&mdash; Professor of Sociology; author of ''Popular Culture and High Culture'' *[[Frank Gehry]]&mdash;[[Pritzker Prize]]-wining architect *[[Benjamin Graham]] &mdash;Father of value investing, mentor of [[Warren Buffett]] *[[Brian Greene]]&mdash;Mathematics and Physics professor, researcher and popular author in [[Superstring Theory|String Theory]] *[[Ross Hassig]]&mdash;anthropologist and Mesoamerica scholar *[[Richard Hofstadter]]&mdash;Noted historian *[[Ralph Holloway]]&mdash;Physical Anthropologist *[[Andreas Huyssen]]&mdash;Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature *[[David Ignatow]]&mdash;Poet, Bollingen Prize-winner *[[Kenneth T. Jackson]]&mdash;Preeminent historian of [[New York City]] *[[Eric Kandel]]&mdash;Neuroscientist, 2000 [[Nobel prize|Nobel laureate]] *[[Donald Keene]]&mdash;Japanese studies expert *[[Rashid Khalidi]]&mdash;[[Middle East]] historian *[[Grayson L. Kirk]]&mdash;former president and instrumental in the founding of the [[United Nations Security Council]] *[[Kenneth Koch]]&mdash;Poet *[[Tsung Dao Lee]]&mdash;Physics professor, [[Nobel prize|Nobel laureate]] *[[Konrad Lorenz]]&mdash;Psychology professor, [[Nobel prize|Nobel laureate]] (Physiology or Medicine, 1973) *[[Walther Ludwig]]&mdash;Classical Studies professor *[[John Anthony McGuckin]]&mdash;Professor of [[Byzantium|Byzantine]] [[Christian]] Studies *[[Margaret Mead]]&mdash;Professor of Anthropology *[[Don Melnick]]&mdash;Professor of Environmental Biology and advisor to the UN on environmental issues *[[Edward Mendelson]]&mdash; Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities *[[Robert K. Merton]]&mdash; Professor of Sociology *[[Jacob Millman]]&mdash;Professor of Electrical Engineering *[[C. Wright Mills]]&mdash;Professor of Sociology *[[Eben Moglen]]&mdash;Law and the Internet Society, General Counsel of [[Free Software Foundation|FSF]] *[[Sidney Morgenbesser]]&mdash;John Dewey Professor of Philosophy *[[Robert Mundell]]&mdash;Economics professor, 1999 [[Nobel prize|Nobel laureate]] in Economics *[[Tristan Murail]]&mdash;Professor of Music Composition, French composer *[[Mira Nair]]&mdash;Director of ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'', film studies professor *[[Franz Leopold Neumann]]&mdash;Political science professor, Communist spy in [[List of secret agents#Redhead group|Redhead group]] *[[Victor Perlo]]&mdash;Economics professor, [[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spymaster]] involved in [[List of secret agents#Ware group|Harold Ware]] spy ring and [[List of secret agents#Perlo group|Perlo group]] as shown in [[Venona list]] of suspected subversives in the U.S. *[[Edmund Phelps]]&mdash;economist and [[Nobel laureate]] *[[Lorenzo da Ponte]] &mdash;professor of Italian language and literature; librettist to [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. *[[Charles Lane Poor]]&mdash;Astronomer *[[Jeffrey Sachs]]&mdash;Head of the United Nations Millennium Project to end poverty, author of [[The End of Poverty]]. *[[Edward Said]]&mdash;University Professor, professor of English and Comparative Literature, Palestinian activist, author of ''[[Orientalism]]'', widely considered founder of Postcolonial studies *[[Andrew Sarris]]&mdash;Film Studies professor and famous auteur theorist *[[Simon Schama]]&mdash;History Professor *[[James Schamus]]&mdash;Film Studies professor, co-president of Focus Features, screenwriter and producer *[[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]]&mdash;English professor *[[Joseph Stiglitz]]&mdash;Economics professor, 2001 [[Nobel prize|Nobel laureate]] in Economics *[[Gilbert Stork]]&mdash;winner of the [[Wolf Prize]] in [[Chemistry]] in 1995/6 *[[Mark Strand]]&mdash;Poet, former U.S. Poet Laureate, Bollingen and Pulitzer Prize-winner *[[Robert Thurman]]&mdash;Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, first American Tibetan Buddhist monk, father of actress [[Uma Thurman]] *[[Charles Tilly]]&mdash;Professor of Sociology *[[Lionel Trilling]]&mdash;Literary scholar *[[Charles Van Doren]]&mdash;English professor whose national disgrace was the subject of the Oscar-nominated film ''[[Quiz Show]]'' *[[Mark Van Doren]]&mdash;[[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning poet *[[Kenneth Waltz]]&mdash;Political Science professor and noted neorealism scribe *[[Duncan Watts]]&mdash;Professor of Sociology and author of "Six Degrees" and "Small Worlds" *[[Harrison White]]&mdash;Professor of Sociology *[[Enos Wicher]]&mdash;Professor and [[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] named in [[Venona list]] of suspected subversives in the U.S., stepfather of [[State Department]] [[:Category:Soviet spies|Soviet spy]] [[Flora Wovschin]] *[[Peter Woit]]&mdash;Mathematics professor, skeptic of [[string theory]] *[[Chien-Shiung Wu]]&mdash;Physics professor, first woman to head the [[American Physical Society]] and the winner of the [[Wolf Prize]] in [[Physics]] in 1978 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/nobel_laureates/by_year.html Nobel Prize Winners associated with Columbia University] *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/physics/about/main/one/columbianobels.html Nobel Prize Winners in Physics associated with Columbia University] *[http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/ Columbians Ahead of Their Time]&mdash;list of notable Columbians created by Columbia University for their 250th anniversary. *[http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/university/after/ After Columbia] "Notable Alumni & Former Students" published by the Columbia University Office of Admissions [[Category:Columbia University]] [[Category:Columbia University alumni|*]] [[Category:Columbia University faculty|*]] [[Category:Columbia Law School alumni|*]] [[Category:Lists of people by university in the United States|Columbia University]]