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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Floyd Abrams
Attorney
9-Jul-1936   First Amendment lawyer
William F. Aldinger
Business
1947   CEO of Household International, 1994-2003
Samuel Alito
Judge
1-Apr-1950   US Supreme Court Justice
Ann Althouse
Blogger
12-Jan-1951   Political blogger, legal scholar
Emily Altman
Business
1955   Morgan Stanley
Kofi Appenteng
Attorney
14-Jun-1957   Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
Michael Arcuri
Politician
11-Jun-1959   Congressman from New York, 2007-11
Chester A. Arthur
Head of State
5-Oct-1829 18-Nov-1886 21st US President, 1881-85
Paul S. Atkins
Government
1958   Securities and Exchange Commission
Louis Auchincloss
Author
27-Sep-1917 26-Jan-2010 Portrait in Brownstone
Stephen M. Axinn
Attorney
1938   Antitrust attorney
J. Carter Bacot
Business
7-Feb-1933 7-Apr-2005 CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Herman Badillo
Politician
21-Aug-1929 3-Dec-2014 Congressman from New York, 1971-77
Richard A. Bartlett
Business
c. 1958   Resource Holdings Ltd.
Lawrence Bathgate
Attorney
17-May-1939   GOP activist
Richard I. Beattie
Attorney
c. 1939   Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
James M. Beck
Politician
9-Jul-1861 12-Apr-1936 US Solicitor General, 1921-25
Frederic K. Becker
Attorney
1935   Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer
Candace K. Beinecke
Attorney
26-Nov-1946   Chairman of Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Perry Belmont
Politician
28-Dec-1851 25-May-1947 Congressman from New York, 1881-88
Robert S. Bennett
Attorney
2-Aug-1939   Washington attorney
Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua
Religion
17-Jun-1923 31-Jan-2012 Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, 1987-2003
Mario Biaggi
Politician
26-Oct-1917 24-Jun-2015 Congressman from New York, 1969-88
Kenneth Bialkin
Attorney
9-Sep-1929   Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer
A. Bruce Bielaski
Government
1884 Feb-1964 FBI Director 1912-19
Brad Blakeman
Government
1-Sep-1958   Republican strategist
Samuel Blatchford
Judge
9-Mar-1820 7-Jul-1893 US Supreme Court Justice, 1882-93
James J. Blosser
Attorney
c. 1938   Partner Blosser & Sayfie
Rudy Boschwitz
Business
7-Nov-1930   US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91
Michael Boudin
Judge
29-Nov-1939   1st Circuit Court of Appeals
William J. Brodsky
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Chicago Board Options Exchange
Peter Campbell Brown
Attorney
12-Aug-1913 23-Jul-1994 Corporation Counsel of NYC, 1955-58
Winthrop G. Brown
Diplomat
12-Jul-1907 25-May-1987 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
Aaron Burr
Politician
6-Feb-1756 14-Sep-1836 Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel
William Bush
Attorney
c. 1946   Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski
José A. Cabranes
Judge
22-Dec-1940   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph Califano
Government
15-May-1931   Carter's HEW Secretary
Zachary W. Carter
Attorney
19-Mar-1950   Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Emanuel Celler
Politician
6-May-1888 15-Jan-1981 Congressman from New York, 1923-73
John Jay Chapman
Essayist
2-Mar-1862 4-Nov-1933 Essayist, founder of The Nursery
Orlow W. Chapman
Government
7-Jan-1832 19-Jan-1890 US Solicitor General, 1889-90
De Witt Clinton
Politician
2-Mar-1769 11-Feb-1828 Twice Governor of New York
J. Barclay Collins II
Business
21-Oct-1944   General Counsel for Hess Corporation
John T. Connor
Business
3-Nov-1914 6-Oct-2000 CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Edward Cox
Attorney
2-Oct-1946   Nixon's son-in-law
G. Peter D'Aloia
Business
c. 1944   CFO of Trane
John Danforth
Politician
5-Sep-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
Frank E. Dangeard
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Thomson SA
Gordon J. Davis
Attorney
7-Aug-1941   Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Drew S. Days III
Government
1941   US Solicitor General, 1993-96
Steven B. Derounian
Politician
6-Apr-1918 17-Apr-2007 Congressman from New York, 1953-65
Adrian W. DeWind
Attorney
1-Dec-1913 7-Aug-2009 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Robert E. Dineen, Jr.
Attorney
1940   Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Timothy B. Dyk
Judge
14-Feb-1937   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Eddie Eagan
Boxing
26-Apr-1897 14-Jun-1967 Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold
Martin L. Edelman
Attorney
c. 1941   Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Klaus Eppler
Attorney
8-May-1930   Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose
Peter L. Faber
Attorney
c. 1938   McDermott Will & Emery
Charles S. Fairchild
Attorney
30-Apr-1842 24-Nov-1924 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89
John F. Farrell, Jr.
Business
c. 1938   North American Mortgage Company
Amelia C. Fawcett
Business
c. 1956   COO of Morgan Stanley Intl., 2002-06
John D. Feerick
Attorney
12-Jul-1936   Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002
Kenneth Feinberg
Government
23-Oct-1945   Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster
Millard Fillmore
Head of State
7-Jan-1800 8-Mar-1874 13th President of the US, 1850-53
Hamilton Fish, Jr.
Politician
3-Jun-1926 23-Jul-1996 Congressman from New York, 1969-95
Charles J. Folger
Politician
16-Apr-1818 4-Sep-1884 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1881-84
Margaret M. Foran
Business
c. 1954   Chief Governance Officer, Prudential
Vito Fossella
Politician
9-Mar-1965   Congressman from New York, 1997-2009
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Politician
17-Jan-1916 23-May-2011 Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75
Frederick P. Furth
Attorney
12-Apr-1934   Partner, The Furth Firm
Ellen V. Futter
Educator
21-Sep-1949   President of Barnard College, 1980-93
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Business
2-Jul-1928 21-Jan-2008 US Ambassador to France, 1981-85
Victor F. Ganzi
Business
14-Feb-1947   CEO of Hearst
Martin Garbus
Attorney
8-Aug-1934   Attorney for Lenny Bruce
Jacob H. Gilbert
Politician
17-Jun-1920 27-Feb-1981 Congressman from New York, 1960-71
David Girard-diCarlo
Lobbyist
20-Jan-1943   Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria
Alan E. Goldberg
Business
1-Sep-1954   Former Morgan Stanley executive
Arthur F. Golden
Attorney
1946   Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Harvey J. Goldschmid
Government
6-May-1940 12-Feb-2015 SEC Commissioner, 2002-05
Linda A. Goldstein
Business
25-Jun-1954   Electronic Retailing Association
Charles E. Goodell
Politician
16-Mar-1926 21-Jan-1987 US Senator from New York, 1968-71
Jamie S. Gorelick
Attorney
6-May-1950   9-11 Commission member
Neil M. Gorsuch
Judge
29-Aug-1967   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jesse J. Greene, Jr.
Business
c. 1945   Chief Financial Risk Officer at IBM, 2007-10
Glenn Greenwald
Blogger
6-Mar-1967   Political blogger
Michael Grimm
Politician
7-Feb-1970   Former Congressman, New York 13th
James J. Grosfeld
Business
22-Jun-1937   CEO of Pulte Homes, 1974-90
Edward J. Gurney
Politician
12-Jan-1914 14-May-1996 US Senator from Florida, 1969-74
Alexander Hamilton
Government
11-Jan-1757 12-Jul-1804 Primary author of The Federalist Papers
Learned Hand
Judge
27-Jan-1872 18-Aug-1961 Influential American justice
Francis Burton Harrison
Politician
18-Dec-1873 21-Nov-1957 Drug prohibition
Maryellen C. Herringer
Attorney
c. 1944   Former Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Alger Hiss
Government
11-Nov-1904 15-Nov-1996 Accused spy for the Soviet Union
Philip J. Hoffman
Business
c. 1956   EVP Corporate Finance of Pearson
Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Government
21-Jan-1951   US Attorney General, 2009-15
Elizabeth Holtzman
Politician
11-Aug-1941   Congresswoman from New York, 1973-81
Frank J. Horton
Politician
12-Dec-1919 30-Aug-2004 Congressman from New York, 1963-93
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.
Government
30-Nov-1889 21-Jan-1950 US Solicitor General, 1929-30
Ward Hunt
Judge
14-Jun-1810 24-Mar-1886 US Supreme Court Justice, 1873-82
Robert H. Jackson
Judge
13-Feb-1892 9-Oct-1954 US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54
Dennis G. Jacobs
Judge
28-Feb-1944   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Gary N. Jacobs
Business
12-Jul-1945   General Counsel for MGM Mirage
Robert D. Joffe
Attorney
26-May-1943 28-Jan-2010 Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Theodore T. Jones
Judge
10-Mar-1944 6-Nov-2012 Judge, NY Court of Appeals, 2007-12
Matthew H. Kamens
Attorney
6-Dec-1951   Of Counsel, Wolf Block
Helene L. Kaplan
Attorney
19-Jun-1933   Of Counsel, Skadden Arps
Judith S. Kaye
Judge
4-Aug-1938 7-Jan-2016 Chief Judge, State of New York, 1993-2008
Kenneth B. Keating
Politician
18-May-1900 5-May-1975 US Senator from New York, 1959-65
Megyn Kelly
Journalist
18-Nov-1970   Fox News Channel anchor
James Kent
Judge
31-Jul-1763 12-Dec-1847 Commentaries on American Law
John W. King
Politician
10-Oct-1918 9-Aug-1996 Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69
W. H. Knight
Educator
c. 1954   Law Professor, University of Washington
Ed Koch
Politician
12-Dec-1924 1-Feb-2013 Mayor of New York City, 1978-89
Milton R. Konvitz
Educator
12-Mar-1908 5-Sep-2003 Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations
Kenneth P. Kopelman
Attorney
21-Jan-1952   Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Mary Anne Krupsak
Politician
26-Mar-1932   Lt. Governor of New York, 1975-78
Randy Kuhl
Politician
19-Apr-1943   Congressman from New York, 2005-09
John J. LaFalce
Politician
6-Oct-1939   Congressman from New York, 1975-2003
Edward J. Landau
Attorney
17-Jan-1930   Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Bring
Steven J. Law
Government
c. 1961   American Crossroads
Rick Lazio
Politician
13-Mar-1958   Congressman from New York, 1993-2001
David W. Leebron
Educator
1956   President, Rice University
Norman F. Lent
Politician
23-Mar-1931 11-Jun-2012 Congressman from New York, 1971-93
Daniel B. Levin
Government
4-Mar-1956   Justice Department attorney
John Lindsay
Politician
24-Nov-1921 19-Dec-2000 Mayor of New York City, 1966-73
Martin Lipton
Attorney
22-Jun-1931   Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Sanford M. Litvack
Attorney
c. 1937   General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Debra A. Livingston
Judge
15-Apr-1959   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry Brockholst Livingston
Judge
25-Nov-1757 18-Mar-1823 US Supreme Court Justice, 1807-23
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Journalist
1-May-1847 28-Sep-1903 Radical reporter
James A. Locke III
Attorney
1942   Of Counsel at Nixon Peabody
John Davis Lodge
Politician
20-Oct-1903 29-Oct-1985 Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55
James B. Loken
Judge
21-May-1940   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Stan Lundine
Politician
4-Feb-1939   Congressman from New York, 1976-87
Gerard E. Lynch
Judge
4-Sep-1951   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Loretta E. Lynch
Government
21-May-1959   U.S. Attorney General
Thomas J. Manton
Politician
3-Nov-1932 22-Jul-2006 Congressman from New York, 1985-99
Vito Marcantonio
Politician
10-Dec-1902 9-Aug-1954 American Labor Party
David H. Martin
Activist
?   Founder, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Michael E. Martin
Business
c. 1955   Brooklyn NY Holdings LLC
Andrew C. McCarthy
Pundit
?   National Review Online
George B. McClellan, Jr.
Politician
23-Nov-1865 30-Nov-1940 Mayor of New York City, 1904-09
Matthew McHugh
Politician
6-Dec-1938   Congressman from New York, 1975-93
Ari Melber
Journalist
c. 1980   The Nation
M. Blane Michael
Judge
17-Feb-1943 25-Mar-2011 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
William E. Miller
Politician
22-Mar-1914 24-Jun-1983 Congressman from New York, 1951-65
Ogden L. Mills
Government
23-Aug-1884 11-Oct-1937 US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33
Ira M. Millstein
Attorney
8-Nov-1926   Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Roger J. Miner
Judge
14-Apr-1934 18-Feb-2012 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-97
Stephan Minikes
Attorney
29-Aug-1938 24-Sep-2011 US Ambassador to the OSCE, 2001-05
Jeffrey H. Miro
Attorney
1942   Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
John Mitchell
Government
15-Sep-1913 9-Nov-1988 US Attorney General, Watergate figure
Mark E. Mlotek
Business
c. 1956   EVP at Henry Schein
Eben Moglen
Attorney
c. 1959   Shareware law
Guy Molinari
Politician
23-Nov-1928   Congressman from New York, 1981-89
Bruce A. Morrison
Politician
8-Oct-1944   Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91
Victoria A. Morrison
Attorney
c. 1951   EVP at Edison Properties
Dwight Morrow
Politician
11-Jan-1873 5-Oct-1931 US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30
Michael Mukasey
Judge
28-Jul-1941   US Attorney General, 2007-09
George B. Munroe
Business
5-Jan-1922 19-Aug-2014 CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1969-87
Samuel Nelson
Judge
10-Nov-1792 13-Dec-1873 US Supreme Court Justice, 1845-72
Mark A. Neporent
Attorney
c. 1957   COO of Cerberus Capital Management
Jack H. Nusbaum
Attorney
c. 1940   Chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Bernard W. Nussbaum
Attorney
23-Mar-1937   White House Counsel for Bill Clinton
James A. O'Gorman
Politician
5-May-1860 17-May-1943 US Senator from New York, 1911-17
Frank Pallone
Politician
30-Oct-1951   Congressman, New Jersey 6th
Anthony Pantaleoni
Attorney
29-May-1939   Fulbright & Jaworski
Gerald J. Pappert
Attorney
15-May-1963   Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 2003-05
Alton B. Parker
Judge
14-May-1852 10-May-1926 Chief Judge, NY Court of Appeals, 1898-1904
William C. Pate
Business
c. 1963   Equity Group Investments
Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Judge
8-Nov-1838 24-Oct-1909 US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909
Irving Picard
Attorney
c. 1941   Overseeing Madoff recoupment
Eugene F. Pigott, Jr.
Judge
1946   Judge, NY Court of Appeals
Otis G. Pike
Politician
31-Aug-1921 20-Jan-2014 Congressman from New York, 1961-79
Rosemary S. Pooler
Judge
21-Jun-1938   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Larry Pressler
Politician
29-Mar-1942   US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97
Robert A. Profusek
Business
c. 1950   Partner, Jones Day
Benjamin Quayle
Politician
5-Nov-1976   Congressman from Arizona, 2011-13
Maxwell M. Rabb
Attorney
28-Sep-1910 9-Jun-2002 US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89
Bradford J. Race Jr.
Attorney
c. 1945   George Pataki's Chief of Staff, 1995-2002
Reena Raggi
Judge
11-May-1951   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Clark T. Randt
Diplomat
1945   US Ambassador to China
Charles Rangel
Politician
11-Jun-1930   Congressman, New York 15th
J. Lee Rankin
Government
7-Jul-1907 28-Jun-1996 US Solicitor General, 1956-61
James W. Rawlings
Business
12-Oct-1929 1-Nov-2013 President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86
Susan P. Read
Judge
1947   Judge, NY Court of Appeals
Tom Reed
Politician
18-Nov-1971   Congressman, New York 29th
Catherine A. Rein
Business
7-Feb-1943   Senior EVP at MetLife
William Bradford Reynolds
Government
21-Jun-1942   Reagan administration
Richard O. Ristine
Politician
19-Jan-1920 20-Jun-2009 Lt. Governor of Indiana, 1961-65
Stephen K. Roddenberry
Attorney
c. 1948   Akerman Senterfitt
John J. Rooney
Politician
29-Nov-1903 26-Oct-1975 Congressman from New York, 1944-74
Michael N. Rosen
Attorney
c. 1940   Partner, Bryan Cave
Albert J. Rosenthal
Educator
5-Mar-1919 17-Mar-2010 Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84
Barry Salzberg
Business
1953   CEO of Deloitte & Touche
Tom Schatz
Activist
c. 1952   Citizens Against Government Waste
David Schizer
Educator
c. 1968   Dean of Columbia Law School
Edward C. Schmults
Attorney
6-Feb-1931   Deputy US Attorney General, 1981-84
Chuck Schumer
Politician
23-Nov-1950   US Senator from New York
Alan E. Schwartz
Attorney
21-Dec-1925   Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Arthur Schwartz
Composer
4-Nov-1900 3-Sep-1984 That's Entertainment
William Schwartz
Business
6-May-1933   Dean of Boston University Law, 1980-88
John F. Seiberling
Politician
8-Sep-1918 2-Aug-2008 Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87
Sargent Shriver
Activist
9-Nov-1915 18-Jan-2011 First Director of the Peace Corps
Stanley S. Shuman
Business
c. 1934   Allen & Company
Sheldon Silver
Politician
13-Feb-1944   Former Speaker, NY State Assembly
Martin Silverstein
Diplomat
1954   US Ambassador to Uruguay, 2001-05
Arthur M. Siskind
Business
c. 1938   Former News Corporation executive
Lawrence J. Smith
Politician
25-Apr-1941   Congressman from Florida, 1983-93
Robert S. Smith
Judge
31-Aug-1944   Judge, NY Court of Appeals
Joseph T. Sneed
Judge
21-Jul-1920 9-Feb-2008 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1973-87
Ambrose Spencer
Politician
13-Dec-1765 13-Mar-1848 Congressman and Judge from New York
John C. Spencer
Politician
8-Jan-1788 18-May-1855 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Diplomat
6-Oct-1892 28-Mar-1950 US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41
Fran M. Stoller
Attorney
20-Sep-1958   Partner, Loeb & Loeb
H. Patrick Swygert
Educator
17-Mar-1943   President of Howard University, 1995-2008
Allan R. Tessler
Business
c. 1936   Epoch Investment Partners
Thomas D. Thacher
Attorney
10-Sep-1881 12-Nov-1950 US Solicitor General, 1930-33
Smith Thompson
Judge
17-Jan-1768 18-Dec-1843 US Supreme Court Justice, 1823-43
Samuel J. Tilden
Politician
9-Feb-1814 4-Aug-1886 Lost the stolen 1876 US election
John V. Tunney
Politician
26-Jun-1934   US Senator from California, 1971-77
Boss Tweed
Politician
3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall
Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
Attorney
14-May-1922 25-May-2005 Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Barbara D. Underwood
Attorney
16-Aug-1944   Solicitor General of New York
Cyrus Vance
Government
27-Mar-1917 12-Jan-2002 US Secretary of State, 1977-80
William vanden Heuvel
Diplomat
14-Apr-1930   US Ambassador to the UN Europe, 1977-79
Christine A. Varney
Attorney
17-Dec-1955   Partner, Hogan & Hartson
Donald Verrilli, Jr.
Attorney
29-Jun-1957   US Solicitor General
Fay Vincent
Baseball
29-May-1938   Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92
Richard H. Walker
Attorney
c. 1950   General Counsel, Deutsche Bank
Peter J. Wallison
Government
6-Jun-1941   White House Counsel, 1986-87
Lawrence E. Walsh
Government
8-Jan-1912 19-Mar-2014 Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra
Ellen L. Weintraub
Government
?   US FEC Commissioner
Theodore S. Weiss
Politician
17-Sep-1927 14-Sep-1992 Congressman from New York, 1977-92
Alex Wellen
TV Personality
?   CNN Legal Analyst
Anthony Welters
Business
c. 1955   AmeriChoice
Richard C. Wesley
Judge
1-Aug-1949   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Ernest Wharton
Politician
4-Oct-1899 19-Jan-1990 Congressman from New York, 1951-65
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.
Attorney
13-Nov-1942   Former Partner, Covington & Burling
Dona D. Young
Business
8-Jan-1954   CEO of Phoenix Companies
Strauss Zelnick
Business
26-Jun-1957   CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000
Richard Zimmer
Politician
16-Aug-1944   Congressman from New Jersey, 1991-97




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