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Brooklyn College

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1930 with the union of the Brooklyn campuses of Hunter College and CUNY. It is presently part of the City University of New York.

Location:
Brooklyn, NY

Founding Date:
1930

Enrollment:
15,000

Official Website:
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Barbara Boxer
Politician
11-Nov-1940   US Senator from California
Dominic Chianese
Actor
2-Sep-1934   Uncle Junior on The Sopranos
Shirley Chisholm
Politician
30-Nov-1924 1-Jan-2005 First black woman elected to US House
Bruce Chizen
Business
1956   CEO of Adobe, 2000-07
Stanley Cohen
Scientist
17-Nov-1922   Nerve and skin cell growth factors
Alan Dershowitz
Attorney
1-Sep-1938   Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow
Herb Edelman
Actor
5-Nov-1933 21-Jul-1996 Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls
Al Feldstein
Editor
24-Oct-1925   Editor of MAD, 1956-84
David Geffen
Business
21-Feb-1943   Music industry mogul
Steven H. Grapstein
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Kuo Investment Company
Jules Haimovitz
Business
c. 1949   Dick Clark Productions
Oscar Handlin
Historian
29-Sep-1915   The Uprooted
Dennis S. Hersch
Attorney
c. 1945   Former Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gertrude Himmelfarb
Historian
8-Aug-1922   Victorian Minds
Donald Kagan
Historian
1932   The Great Dialogue
Meir Kahane
Activist
1-Aug-1932 5-Nov-1990 Founder of Jewish Defense League
Burton Levin
Diplomat
28-Sep-1930   US Ambassador to Burma, 1987-90
Marjorie Magner
Business
1949   Former Citibank executive
Paule Marshall
Novelist
9-Apr-1929   Brown Girl, Brownstones
Paul Mazursky
Film Director
25-Apr-1930   Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Frank McCourt
Author
19-Aug-1930   Angela's Ashes
Jerry Moss
Business
8-May-1935   The "M" in A&M Records
Gloria Naylor
Novelist
25-Jan-1950   The Women of Brewster Place
Harvey Pitt
Government
28-Feb-1945   SEC Chairman, 2001-03
Dennis Prager
Radio Personality
2-Aug-1948   Conservative Jewish radio host
Joel H. Rassman
Business
c. 1946   CFO of Toll Brothers
Stephen Riggio
Business
1954   CEO of Barnes & Noble
Barry Salzberg
Business
?   CEO of Deloitte & Touche
Bernie Sanders
Politician
8-Sep-1941   US Senator from Vermont
Steve Schirripa
Actor
c. 1958   Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos
Frank Serpico
Activist
14-Apr-1936   The most dangerous man alive - An honest cop
Al Sharpton
Activist
3-Oct-1954   Minister, Presidential hopeful
Irwin Shaw
Playwright
27-Feb-1913 16-May-1984 Rich Man, Poor Man
Evan J. Silverstein
Business
c. 1955   Former Partner, SILCAP LLC
Jimmy Smits
Actor
9-Jul-1955   L.A. Law, Switch
Neil S. Subin
Business
c. 1964   Trendex Capital Management
Morton L. Topfer
Business
c. 1937   Vice Chairman of Dell, 1994-99
Leonard Tow
Business
c. 1928   CEO of Citizens Communications, 1990-2004
Alan H. Washkowitz
Business
c. 1940   Former Partner, Lehman Brothers
Philip Zimbardo
Psychologist
23-Mar-1933   1971 Stanford Prison Experiment

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
F. Murray Abraham
Actor
24-Oct-1939   Mozart's antagonist in Amadeus
Eric Alterman
Columnist
14-Jan-1960   The Nation columnist
Michael Cunningham
Novelist
6-Nov-1952   The Hours
Robert Curvin
Activist
23-Feb-1934   Former Black Power activist
John Hope Franklin
Historian
2-Jan-1915   From Slavery to Freedom
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Oscar Handlin
Historian
29-Sep-1915   The Uprooted
Bob Herbert
Columnist
7-Mar-1945   New York Times Op-Ed writer
John Hospers
Politician
9-Jun-1918   First Libertarian presidential candidate
Christoph M. Kimmich
Educator
16-Jan-1939   President, Brooklyn College
Abraham Maslow
Psychologist
1-Apr-1908 8-Jun-1970 Hierarchy of Needs
Ludwig von Mises
Economist
29-Sep-1881 10-Oct-1973 Libertarian Economist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Christoph M. Kimmich
Educator
16-Jan-1939   President, Brooklyn College


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