The following is a list of people associated with Pace University, including current and former faculty members, alumni, students, and others:
Presidents of Pace PresidentFromToHomer S. Pace and Charles A. Pace (joint-partnership as a proprietary business institute) 1906 1935Homer S. Pace 1935 1942Robert S. Pace 1942 1960Edward J. Mortola 1960 1984William G. Sharwell 1984 1990Patricia O'Donnell-Ewers 1990 2000David A. Caputo 2000 2007Stephen J. Friedman 2007 2017Marvin Krislov 2017 Present
Notable faculty Charles A. Agemian - professor of Business; banker; former executive vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank; former chairman and CEO of Hackensack Trust Corp. (renamed Garden State National Bank) Jacob M. Appel - bioethicist and euthanasia advocate (former faculty) Murray Banks - head of Psychology department (former faculty) Peter Fingesten - founding chairman of the Art department Ira Joe Fisher - CBS broadcaster; Student Success Coordinator at Pace University's Center for Academic Excellence in Pleasantville Harold Holzer - former professor of history; senior vice president for external affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; co-chairman, U.S. 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, appointed by President Clinton in September 2000, and elected co-chairman in 2001 Matthew Humphreys - actor and head of the BFA Acting for Film, Television, Voice-overs, and Commercials program (FTVC) within the Pace School of Performing Arts (PPA) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - alumnus; professor emeritus of Environmental Law; radio host, Ring of Fire; U.S. secretary of health and human services, former New York City assistant district attorney William Kunstler - civil rights attorney, associate professor of Law (1951–1963) Ryan Scott Oliver - award-winning composer and professor for BFA Musical Theatre program Richard Ottinger - former member of the United States House of Representatives; Professor of Environmental Studies; co-director of Pace's Center for Environmental Legal Studies Rob Redding - talk host, journalist, author and artist David Siegel - Lubin Adjunct Professor of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship; CEO of Investopedia Valentine Rossilli Winsey - anthropologist and women's rights activist
Notable alumni
(*did not graduate)
Arts and letters Tessa Bailey - romance novelist David Ehrenstein - journalist; film critic Marv Goldberg - music historian in the field of rhythm & blues Jeff Rubens - statistician; co-editor of The Bridge World Destiny Wagner - Miss Earth 2021
Business Philip C. Abramo - financial fraudster, white-collar crime boss and DeCavalcante crime family Caporegime, known as "the King of Wall Street" Frank A. Calderoni - chief executive officer of Anaplan Telfar Clemens - fashion designer and entrepreneur Ariane de Rothschild - on board of directors of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild and Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild; wife of Baron Benjamin de Rothschild Richard Grasso* - chairman and CEO (1995–2003) of the New York Stock Exchange Herbert L. Henkel - chairman, Ingersoll-Rand; former president & CEO Kevin Huang - CEO, Pixel Interactive Media in Asia Jeff Jacobson - vice president of Kodak; COO of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group; president of Kodak's Graphic Solutions & Services Robin Bennett Kanarek - nurse, philanthropist, and author Barry Klarberg - minority owner of the New York Yankees and talent manager Edward D. Miller - on board of directors, American Express; former president and CEO of AXA; former senior vice chairman, Chase Manhattan; former president, Chemical Banking Corporation Rosemary Vrablic - managing director and senior private banker of Deutsche Bank's US private wealth management business Allen Weisselberg - CFO of The Trump Organization
Engineering and technology Rob Enderle - technical and legal analyst; founder of the Enderle Group Herbert L. Henkel - chairman, president and CEO, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd. Ivan G. Seidenberg - former president and CEO of Verizon; benefactor and trustee; namesake of Pace's Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems
Entertainment Ailee - Korean-American singer, based in South Korea Michelle Borth - actress, known for Hawaii Five-0 Christopher Briney - actor, known for his role as Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty Kate Bristol - voice actress Paul Dano - actor Dominique Fishback - actress and playwright Celia Rose Gooding* - actress; known for originating the role of Frankie Healy in Jagged Little Pill Yuhua Hamasaki - drag queen Meaghan Jarensky - Miss New York USA 2005; Miss USA finalist Jesse James Keitel - actor; known for her role as Ruthie in Queer As Folk Cooper Koch - actor; Primetime Emmy Award nominee for his role as Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Jarah Mariano - international model Tommy Nelson* - actor; known for his role as Neil in the biopic My Friend Dahmer and Russell in The Cat and the Moon Vincent Pastore* - actor; best known for his role in The Sopranos as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero Alfred Preisser - co-founder and director, with Christopher McElroen, of The Classical Theatre of Harlem Rachael Ray* - television celebrity chef, 30 Minute Meals Diana Scarwid - actress; Academy Award nominee and Emmy nominee Larry Saperstein - actor; known for his role as Big Red in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Rafael L. Silva - actor; known for his role as Carlos Reyes in 9-1-1: Lone Star Glenn Taranto - actor; known for his role as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
Media and communications Mel Karmazin - CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio; former president and CEO, CBS; former COO, Viacom Mary O'Grady - editorial board, Wall Street Journal Ken Rudin - NPR's Political Editor
Politics and public service Fr. John Corapi - television host, EWTN; Roman Catholic priest ordained by Pope John Paul II James E. Davis - New York City Council member and community activist Jim Dunnigan* - military wargame designer Charles Dyson - businessman and philanthropist; special consultant to the secretary of war; former U.S. Air Force colonel; recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and Order of the British Empire Commander's Badge; former executive vice president, Textron; founder and former chairman of the Dyson Foundation and the Dyson Kissner-Moran Corporation (now DKM Corp); benefactor and trustee; namesake of Pace's Dyson Hall and Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Naomi Caplan Matusow - former New York state assemblywoman, New York State Assembly Chris Meek - founder of SoldierStrong Kash Patel - director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Roxanne Persaud - New York state senator from the 19th district Philip T. Sica - former marshal of the City of New York (mayoral appointment by John V. Lindsay); Republican nominee, Queens borough president Andrea Stewart-Cousins - temporary president and majority leader of the New York State Senate Caroline Van Zile - 3rd solicitor general of Washington, D.C.
Sports Edward W. Stack - chairman (1977–2000) and current member, National Baseball Hall of Fame board of directors
Notable alumni from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Ruth Noemí Colón - 66th secretary of state of New York Philip Foglia (deceased) - former prosecutor and Italian American civic rights activist Philip M. Halpern - judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; adjunct professor at Pace Law School Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - 26th U.S. secretary of health and human services Kieran Lalor - former member of the New York State Assembly Malachy E. Mannion - senior status U.S. district judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania James A. Murphy III - former district attorney for Saratoga County, New York, acting judge of the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in New York, judge of the county court of Saratoga County George Oros - former chief of staff to Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino, former Westchester County legislator Kash Patel - attorney and 9th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, former chief of staff to U.S. secretary of defense David M. Rosen - professor of anthropology
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