List of Skidmore College people

Here follows a list of some notable people associated with Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. It includes graduates, attendees, faculty, and presidents of the college.

Arts and entertainment

 * Kristina Anapau, actor, True Blood (Class of 2009)
 * Glenda Arentzen, goldsmith and jeweler (Class of 1962)
 * Mary Jane Auch, writer and illustrator of children's books (Class of 1960)
 * Nathan Barr, Emmy-winning film and TV composer and musician (Class of 1995)
 * Zazie Beetz, actor, Deadpool 2 and Atlanta (Class of 2013)
 * Lake Bell, actor, Boston Legal and Childrens Hospital (attended)
 * Molly Bernard, actor, Younger (Class of 2010)
 * Jon Bernthal, actor, The Walking Dead and The Wolf of Wall Street (attended)
 * Lucinda Bliss, artist (Class of 1988)
 * Diane Burko, artist focusing on climate change (Class of 1966)
 * Eddie Cahill, actor, Miracle and CSI: NY (attended)
 * Ruth Sacks Caplin, screenwriter of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (Class of 1941)
 * Kyle Carey, singer and musician (Class of 2008)
 * Lyn Chevli, underground cartoonist (Class of 1953)
 * Sharon Church, metalsmith artist and jeweler (Class of 1970)
 * Kathleen Collins, playwright, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator, Losing Ground (Class of 1963)
 * Kelly Curtis, actor (Class of 1978)
 * Betsy Damon, ecofeminist artist (Class of 1963)
 * Evan Dando, musician with The Lemonheads (attended)
 * Grace DeGennaro, visual artist (Class of 1978)
 * Dorothy Dehner, painter and sculptor (Class of 1952)
 * Pete Donnelly, musician with The Figgs, NRBQ, Soul Asylum, and Mike Viola & the Candybutchers (Class of 2017)
 * Garrett "G. Love" Dutton, musician with G. Love & Special Sauce (attended)
 * Courtney Fink, arts organizer (Class of 1994)
 * Arline Fisch, artist and professor (Class of 1952)
 * Judith Flanders, author and historian (Class of 1980)
 * Chris Fleming, comedian and creator of the web series Gayle (Class of 2009)
 * Zach Gage, video game designer, SpellTower and Really Bad Chess (Class of 2007)
 * Anthony Geraci, blues pianist and member of both Sugar Ray & the Bluetones and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters.
 * Laura Anne Gilman, author of fantasy novels (Class of 1989)
 * Tawny Godin, former Miss America 1976 (attended)
 * Holter Graham, actor and producer (Class of 1994)
 * Mick Grøndahl, bassist with Jeff Buckley
 * Dorothy Hafner, ceramicist and glass artist (Class of 1974)
 * Margaret Halsey, author, With Malice Toward Some (Class of 1930)
 * Paula Hayes, environmental artist (class of 1987)
 * Justin Henry, actor, Kramer vs. Kramer and Sixteen Candles (Class of 1993)
 * John Hoberg, screenwriter and producer, Better Off Ted, Black-ish, Elemental (Class of 1993)
 * Elizabeth Hoffman Honness, author of children's mystery novels (Class of 1926)
 * Scott Jacoby, record producer (Class of 1993)
 * Julia Jacquette, artist (Class of 1986)
 * Sara Juli, dancer and choreographer (Class of 2000)
 * Ian Kahn, actor, Turn: Washington's Spies (Class of 1994)
 * Scott Hamilton Kennedy, documentarian (Class of 1987)
 * Rya Kihlstedt, actor, Dexter, Nashville (Class of 1991)
 * Emily Lazar, audio mastering engineer (Class of 1993)
 * Elizabeth LeCompte, co-founder and director of The Wooster Group, and a MacArthur Fellow (Class of 1966)
 * Jardine Libaire, writer (Class of 1995)
 * Sydney Magruder Washington, ballet dancer (Class of 2014)
 * Lenore Malen, artist (Class of 1966)
 * Evan Mast and Mike Stroud, musicians with Ratatat (Class of 2001)
 * Courtney Mattison, sculptor and ocean advocate (Class of 2008)
 * Molly McGrann, novelist and literary critic (Class of 1995)
 * Will Menaker, political satirist and host of Chapo Trap House
 * David Miner, television producer, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and The Tracy Morgan Show (Class of 1991)
 * Brad Morris, actor and writer (Class of 1998)
 * Jack Mulhern, actor, The Society and Mare of Easttown (Class of 2017)
 * Michael Nozik, film producer, Crossing Delancey, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Quiz Show (Class of 1976)
 * Nelle Nugent, Broadway producer, Time Stands Still (Class of 1960)
 * Julia Nunes, singer, songwriter, YouTube celebrity (Class of 2011)
 * Pat Place, no wave musician with Bush Tetras and the Contortions (attended)
 * Mary Marr "Polly" Platt, producer, production designer, screenwriter (attended)
 * Jason Reitman, filmmaker, Juno and Up in the Air (attended)
 * Ariana Richards, actor and painter, Jurassic Park (Class of 2002)
 * Jane Roberts, author and poet (attended)
 * Gloria Sachs, fashion designer (Class of 1947)
 * Sybil Shearer, modern dance pioneer and writer (Class of 1934)
 * Jason Shinder, poet and founder of the YMCA National Writer's Voice program (Class of 1978)
 * Caroline Slade, social worker and author of early "social problem" novels (attended pre-1911)
 * Micah Sloat, actor, Paranormal Activity (Class of 2004)
 * Barbara Tfank, fashion designer (Class of 1972)
 * Robert Tracy, dancer, writer, and educator (Class of 1977)
 * Leslie Ullman, poet (Class of 1969)
 * Joan Wadleigh Curran, artist (Class of 1972)
 * Matthew Wolff, graphic designer (Class of 2012)
 * David Yoo, YA author and essayist (Class of 1996)
 * Lila York, dancer and choreographer (Class of 1970)
 * Michael Zegen, actor, Rescue Me, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Class of 2001)

Athletics

 * Matt Hyson, professional wrestler whose stage name is Spike Dudley (Class of 1992)
 * Carlie Irsay-Gordon, co-owner of the Indianapolis Colts (Class of 2005)
 * Abby Peck, Olympic rower (Class of 1978)

Business and philanthropy

 * Molly Baz, chef and cookbook author, Cook This Book and More Is More (Class of 2010)
 * Barbara Bloom, senior vice president of CBS Daytime
 * Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American, ranked 14th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2010 (Class of 1978)
 * Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (attended)
 * Helen Corbitt, chef and cookbook author (Class of 1928)
 * Louise Fili, graphic designer (Class of 1973)
 * Thea Flaum, television producer best known as the creator of Sneak Previews (Class of 1960)
 * Darren Herman, entrepreneur, angel investor, founder of Silicon Alley Sports and Operating Partner at Bain Capital (Class of 2004)
 * Oskar Ibru, business magnate, Chairman of the Ibru Organization (class of 1981)
 * Emmanuel Ibru, businessman, Group Executive Director of the Ibru Organization (class of 1984)
 * Jono Pandolfi, ceramicist and dinnerware designer (Class of 1999)
 * Rob Sands, executive chair of Constellation Brands (Class of 1981)
 * Gregg Smith, investor and former investment banker, founder of Evolution Venture Capital Partners, regular contributor on Fox Business (Class of 1992)
 * Joseph Tacopina, attorney (Class of 1988)
 * Wilma Stein Tisch, board member and philanthropist (Class of 1948)

Education and science

 * I. Elaine Allen, survey statistician and biostatistician (Class of 1970)
 * Wendy Benchley, marine conservationist (Class of 1963)
 * Benjamin Bolger, sociology professor at the College of William & Mary (MA 2007)
 * Leah Buechley, developer of the LilyPad Arduino toolkit for wearable electronics (Class of 1997)
 * Sallie W. Chisholm, oceanographer (Class of 1969)
 * Céline Cousteau, environmental advocate and documentarian (Class of 1994)
 * Daniel DiSalvo, political science professor (Class of 1998)
 * Rear Admiral Karen Flaherty-Oxler, former Deputy Surgeon General of Navy Medicine (Class of 1974)
 * Terry Fulmer, geriatrics researcher and president of The John A. Hartford Foundation (Class of 1976)
 * Patricia Glibert, marine scientist (Class of 1974)
 * Ruby Puryear Hearn, biophysicist and Senior Vice President Emerita of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Class of 1960)
 * Heather Hurst, archaeologist and a MacArthur Fellow (Class of 1997)
 * Fillia Makedon, computer scientist (Class of 1968)
 * Jens David Ohlin, dean of Cornell Law School (Class of 1996)
 * Hazel Stiebeling, nutritionist and early developer of "daily allowance" guidelines (Class of 1915)
 * Amy Townsend-Small, director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati (Class of 1998)

Journalism

 * Arwa Damon, Middle East correspondent for CNN (Class of 1999)
 * Cassandra Giraldo, photojournalist and documentarian (Class of 2011)
 * Jane Gross, sportswriter, New York Times journalist, and author (Class of 1969)
 * Juleyka Lantigua, journalist (The Atlantic, NPR) and podcast producer (Class of 1996)
 * Grace Mirabella, author and former editor-in-chief of Vogue (Class of 1950)
 * Cal Perry, correspondent for CNN based in the network's Beirut bureau (Class of 2001)
 * Webster Tarpley, author, historian, conspiracy theorist (MA)

Politics and public affairs

 * Nikki Beare, political and social activist, inductee to Florida Women's Hall of Fame (Class of 1980)
 * Senator Joseph Bruno, New York State Senate Majority Leader (also received an honorary doctorate) (Class of 1952)
 * Jennie Cave, first female mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (Class of 1923)
 * Josh S. Cutler, Massachusetts politician (Class of 1994)
 * Susan M. Elliott, diplomat and president of The National Committee on American Foreign Policy (Class of 1974)
 * Sallie Fellows, New Hampshire politician (Class of 1974)
 * J. Christopher Giancarlo, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Class of 1981)
 * Fred Guttenberg, gun-control activist (Class of 1988)
 * Maxine Isaacs, political analyst (Class of 1969)
 * Joseph Ben Kaifala, Sierra Leonean human rights activist (Class of 2008)
 * Carolyn Konheim, environmental activist and cofounder of Citizens for Clean Air (Class of 1959)
 * Helene Schneider, former mayor of Santa Barbara, California (Class of 1992)
 * Kate Snyder, mayor of Portland, Maine (Class of 1992)
 * Eleanor Weinstock, Florida politician (Class of 1950)
 * Anne Wexler, political advisor and lobbyist (Class of 1951)
 * Melissa Winter, chief of staff and senior advisor to Michelle Obama (Class of 1989)

Notable faculty

 * Yacub Addy, Ghanaian drum master and composer
 * April Bernard, English professor
 * Robert Boyers, English professor and editor of literary journal Salmagundi
 * Regis Brodie, art professor
 * Greg Hrbek, English professor
 * Heather Hurst, archaeologist, anthropology professor, and MacArthur Fellow
 * Evan Mack, music professor
 * Steven Millhauser, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
 * Daniel A. Nathan, American studies professor
 * R. Parthasarathy, poet
 * Pushkala Prasad, management professor
 * Linda Simon, English professor
 * Sheldon Solomon, psychology professor
 * Kathryn H. Starbuck, executive secretary and law professor
 * Everett Stonequist, sociologist

Presidents of the College

 * Charles Henry Keyes (1912–1925)
 * Henry T. Moore (1925–1957)
 * Val H. Wilson (1957–1964)
 * Josephine Young Case (1964-1965; interim position)
 * Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr. (1965–1987)
 * David H. Porter (1987–1999)
 * Jamienne S. Studley (1999–2003)
 * Philip A. Glotzbach (2003–2020)
 * Marc C. Conner (2020–present)