List of Alfred University people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Alfred University, located in Alfred, New York, US.

Academia

 * Eva Allen Alberti (1856-1938), dramatics teacher
 * Marvin Bell, poet and author, known for protesting the Afghanistan and Iraq wars through his literary work
 * Melvil Dewey, librarian, creator of the Dewey Decimal System, who attended in 1870 but did not graduate
 * Michael Jones McKean, artist and educator whose emphasis on questioning object, time and anthropological norms have garnered international acclaim

Art

 * Jerry Ackerman (MFA '52), mid-century modern industrial designer and ceramic artist
 * Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist
 * Arthur Eugene Baggs, ceramic artist and glaze chemist
 * R. Guy Cowan, founder, Cowan Pottery
 * Andrew Deutsch, electronic and sound artist
 * Ken Ferguson, ceramist
 * Creig Flessel, comic book artist and author
 * Rob Forbes, ceramist, founder of Design Within Reach, and retailer PUBLIC Bikes.
 * Julia Galloway, potter and educator
 * Maija Grotell, ceramist
 * Vivika Heino (MFA), ceramist, the second M.F.A. graduate from the ceramics program (following Daniel Rhodes)
 * Ka Kwong Hui (BFA 1951, MFA 1952), potter, ceramist, and educator
 * Amy Karle, bioartist, provocateur and futurist.
 * Jae Won Lee, ceramic artist and educator
 * Charles Loloma, Hopi potter, business owner and director of plastic arts education
 * Otellie Loloma, Hopi potter, dancer and art educator
 * Nathan Lyons (1957), founder, Director Emeritus of Visual Studies Workshop
 * Ying Miao, MFA 2009, mixed media contemporary artist
 * Kristen Morgin, sculptor
 * Sandra Murchinson, multimedia artist and director of the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University
 * Elizabeth Overbeck, ceramic artist, of the famed Overbeck Sisters
 * Kenneth Price, modern ceramic sculptor
 * Daniel Rhodes, ceramist and noted author on ceramic technique
 * Adelaïde Alsop Robineau, potter, china painter, one of the top ceramists at turn of the 19th century
 * Annabeth Rosen, award-winning sculptor
 * Siona Shimshi, painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer
 * Robert C. Turner, ceramist, professor emeritus of ceramic art at Alfred till 1979.
 * Lydia Wallace-Chavez, member of the Unkechaug Nation and Kainai Nation, wampum artisan
 * Betty Woodman, ceramic artist who studied at the School for American Craftsmen when it was located in the liberal arts program at Alfred University in 1948–49.
 * Arnold Zimmerman, modern sculptor

Business

 * Robert H. Benmosche 1966, CEO of American International Group; Chairman, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 * Peter Cuneo 1967, Chairman of Cuneo and Co. and Marvel Enterprises, Inc
 * Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872-1949), dramatic coach, writer, lecturer, clubwoman, and executive
 * Rodney O. Martin, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Voya Financial
 * Steven Pressman (economist), economist with extensive experience in poverty and middle-class issues

Entertainment

 * Chagmion Antoine, openly bisexual American network news journalist
 * Rob Bartlett, comedian
 * Max Davis and Griffin Sherry of the folk rock band The Ghost of Paul Revere
 * Robert Forster, Oscar-nominated actor ("Jackie Brown"), attended for two years
 * David Finfer, film editor ("The Fugitive," "Lost In America")
 * Eric Harvey, former guitarist and keyboardist for the band Spoon
 * Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969
 * Robert Klein, actor and comedian
 * Bill Pullman, actor ("While You Were Sleeping," independence Day,"), received an honorary doctorate in 2011; board of trustees member
 * Alan Uger, Emmy-winning writer-producer of "Family Ties," and two-time Writers Guild Award-winner ("Family Ties," "Blazing Saddles")
 * Kat Wright, singer and songwriter, who has toured and recorded as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band

Engineering

 * Flora A. Brewster (1852-1919), physician, surgeon, inventor
 * Lowell Fitz Randolph, plant scientist (crop and plant genetics) and author, (1894-1980)
 * Samuel Hulbert, biomedical engineer; pioneer in ceramic devices; president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Literature

 * Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
 * Ward Churchill, writer and political activist; received an honorary doctorate in 1992
 * Mary Bassett Clarke (1831–1908), writer
 * Richard Dolan, author whose works include UFOs and the National Security State
 * Peter Jenkins, author whose best-selling book A Walk Across America begins in Alfred
 * Robert Littell, author of nearly twenty spy novels including "The Company," which became a 2007 TV miniseries starring Michael Keaton, as well as "The Defection of A.J. Lewinter" and "The Once and Future Spy"
 * Steve Skeates, comic book creator, author and Marvel and DC alum

Politics

 * Kristin Beck, transgender retired United States Navy SEAL, author, human rights advocate and Democratic candidate to Congress in the 2016 Maryland primaries
 * Cathy Bissoon, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
 * William Wallace Brown, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania (1883–87)
 * Burrows Burdick, Wisconsin physician and legislator
 * David Chesnoff, Criminal Defense Attorney
 * George P. Darrow, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
 * Dean Fuleihan, First Deputy Mayor of New York City
 * Rufus Mallory, United States Congressman from Oregon, (1867-1869), Speaker of the Oregon State House, (1872-1873)
 * Karla Moskowitz, Associate Justice, New York Supreme Appellate Court
 * Nancy Nadel, City Council member, Oakland, California
 * Tony Ninos, Democrat who served the Florida House of Representatives
 * Mike Pellicciotti, American politician and Washington State Treasurer
 * Tom Reed, United States Congressman from New York, (2010–2022), Mayor of Corning, NY, (2008-2010).
 * Henry Moore Teller, United States Congressman from Colorado (1876–82, 1885–1909), Secretary of the Interior (1882–85)
 * Mandana Coleman Thorp (1843-1916), public official
 * Augustus Everett Willson, Governor of Kentucky (1907-1911)

Sports

 * Oluwale Bamgbose, professional Mixed Martial Artist, formerly competing in the UFC's middleweight division
 * Bob Beyer, American basketball head coach
 * Les Goble, American football player
 * Frank Trigilio, American football player
 * Ray Witter, American football player
 * Alex Yunevich, American football player and coach

Faculty

 * Charles Fergus Binns, author, educator and "the father of American studio ceramics"
 * Andrew Deutsch, video and sound artist, noise musician and educator
 * Wayne Higby, ceramic artist; known for work in Raku ceramics and large bowl forms
 * Michael Kay (professor), controversial educator who supported equal rights for students of color
 * Timothy Z. Keith, award-winning doctor of psychology
 * Hongwei Li, sculptor, former faculty. works have been exhibited at the Louvre and the Art Institute of Chicago
 * Walter McConnell, American ceramic artist and ceramics instructor
 * Daniel Rhodes, American ceramic artist, sculptor, author and educator
 * Robert Chapman Turner, ceramics artist; founded the ceramics program at Black Mountain College
 * William Underhill, instructor and sculptor of King Alfred in Alfred University's quad