The Pratt Institute is a private college in Brooklyn, New York. Following is a list of some of its notable alumni.
Academia Emery Bopp, artist and long-time chairman of the Division of Art at Bob Jones University Mary Godfrey, artist, first full-time African-American faculty member at Penn State University Thomas J.R. Hughes, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin Irvin Leigh Matus, independent scholar, autodidact, author, authority on Shakespeare Susan L. Talbott, curator and director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and director of Smithsonian Arts at the Smithsonian Institution
Architecture Martin L. Beck, architect Richard Foster, architect Henry Hohauser, architect Malcolm Holzman, architect Fay Kellogg, architect Johannes Knoops, architect Edward Mazria, architect George Ranalli, architect Wallace Rayfield, architect Mott B. Schmidt, architect Annabelle Selldorf, architect Peter L. Shelton, architect Edward Townsend Howes, architect and artist William Van Alen, architect Lorenzo Snow Young, architect Carlos Zapata, architect Peter Zumthor, architect
Art
Comic
Dave Berg, cartoonist known for his work in Mad Rich Burlew, graphic designer known for The Order of the Stick webcomic Bernard Chang, artist and designer best known for his work in the comic book industry Daniel Clowes, cartoonist and writer Gus Edson, cartoonist Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning Bill Griffith, cartoonist best known for his surreal daily comic strip Zippy Jack Kirby, comic book artist Marcus McLaurin, comic book writer and editor Mort Meskin, comic book artist Martin Nodell, comic creator Mike Roy, comic book and comic strip artist Samm Schwartz, Archie comics illustrator Gordon A. Sheehan, cartoonist Leonard Starr, cartoonist George Wilson, cover artist for Gold Key Comics
Fashion Jeffrey Banks, fashion designer Donna Chambers, jewelry designer Ben de Lisi, fashion designer Betsey Johnson, fashion designer Vera Maxwell, fashion designer Norman Norell, fashion designer Jeremy Scott, fashion designer Marie Zimmermann, jewelry designer and metalworker
Fine arts Marshall Arisman, painter Imna Arroyo, painter David Ascalon, sculptor Leigh Behnke, painter Aisha Tandiwe Bell, visual artist Trudy Benson, painter Willard Bond, painter Paul Calle, artist Aurore Chabot, ceramist Sam Chinkes, sculptor, painter Theresa Chromati, painter Lady Bird Cleveland, painter Margaret Miller Cooper, painter Victoria de Lesseps, artist Louis Delsarte, artist Jason Freeny, artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery Ann Gillen, sculptor Félix González-Torres, conceptual artist Jim Hodges, artist Robert Leroy Hodge, artist Candy Jernigan, multimedia artist, graphic designer, and set designer Ellsworth Kelly, painter, sculptor, and printmaker Lili Lakich, artist Greer Lankton, artist Greg Lindquist, painter Kermit Love, puppet designer Gina Lucia, art director, artist, and designer Vivian Schuyler Key, painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer, and illustrator Philomena Marano, artist Soraya Marcano, visual artist Peter Max, artist Conor Mccreedy, artist Cheryl D. Miller, graphic designer and artist, AIGA Medalist 2021 Sergio Rossetti Morosini, artist and writer Cyrilla Mozenter, artist Marilyn Nance, artist David Nyzio, sculptor John Pai, sculptor Roxy Paine, painter and sculptor Agnes Lawrence Pelton, painter Denis Peterson, painter Charles E. Pont, artist Reeva Potoff, artist and educator Albert John Pucci, artist David Ratcliff, painter Nicholas Reale, painterStaff. "Nicholas Reade, 62", Courier News, November 20, 1984. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Nicholas Reale, a distinguished watercolorist who was named New Jersey Artist of the Year in 1969, died Sunday (Nov. 18, 1984) at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.... He was a graduate of Pratt Institute in New York and taught art classes at Seton Hall University." Edna Reindel, painter Willy Bo Richardson, artist Mario Robinson, painter Stefan Sagmeister, artist Jenny Scobel, painter Barbara Segal, sculptor and stone carver Joan Semmel, painter Hadieh Shafie, visual artist Nat Mayer Shapiro, painter Susan Louise Shatter, painter Jean Shin, sculptor Joseph A. Smith, artist Therman Statom, studio glass artist Susanne Suba, artist Eliza Swann, artist Swoon, graffiti artist Mickalene Thomas, painter Salman Toor, artist Boaz Vaadia, sculptor Jacob van Schalkwyk, visual artist, drawing major Robert Vargas, artist Max Weber, painter William T. Williams, painter Terry Winters, painter Robert Yasuda, visual artist
Illustration and graphic design Ken Bald, illustrator C. C. Beall, illustrator and painter Steven Belledin, fantasy illustrator and oil painter Rajie Cook, graphic designer Frances W. Delehanty, artist and illustrator Cat Frazier, graphic designer and blogger Wendy Anderson Halperin, illustrator and author Cheryl Hanna, painter, and children's book illustrator, also known for her work in the medium of collage Jeremy Jarvis, illustrator and creative director known for Magic: The Gathering George Lois, art director and designer known for over 92 covers for Esquire magazine Earl Mayan, illustrator Jacqui Morgan, illustrator and painter Kadir Nelson, illustrator, known for his covers of The New Yorker magazine Roberto Parada, illustrator known for creating paintings for magazines Paul Rand, graphic designer Robert Sabuda, illustrator Bernard Safran, painter and illustrator known for magazine covers Sam Savitt, illustrator and writer, official artist of U.S. Equestrian Team Helen Sewell, illustrator and writer Rob Sheridan, graphic designer Louis Silverstein, graphic designer Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator of the Rider–Waite tarot deck Rupert Jasen Smith, silk screen printer and artist Frank Verlizzo, theater poster designer and Drama Desk Award winner Ernest William Watson, artist, illustrator and teacher Kent Williams, painter and graphic novel artist Lance Wyman, graphic designer
Photography Robert King, photojournalist Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer Wendy McMurdo, photographer Joseph Szabo, photographer Barbra Walz, fashion photographer
Business Donald Genaro, industrial designer and president of Henry Dreyfuss Associates Charles Pollock, industrial designer who created sleek furniture David Sarnoff, president of conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC Tony Schwartz, pioneering media theorist and advertising creator Fred Trump, real estate developer
Entertainment Alexandra Amon, actress, screenwriter, and film producer Joseph Barbera, animator and cartoonist André Baruch, radio announcer and film narrator Guy Bolton, playwright and writer of musical comedies Alfred Mosher Butts, inventor of Scrabble Temmie Chang, video game animator, illustrator, and developer Shawn Christensen, filmmaker, musician, and podcaster Jacky Connolly, filmmaker and video artist Glenn Ficarra, screenwriter and director Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright Suzanne Fiol, founder of the performance space ISSUE Project Room John Flansburgh, musician Richard Gallo, stage actor, Performance Artist, and experimental theater stage director Bob Giraldi, film director Eric Goldberg, animator, voice actor, film director, and producer Liz Hannah, screenwriter and producer Joel Haver, comedy YouTuber and animator Clint Houston, jazz musician Matt Johnson, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim Samantha Katz, co-producer of the Created Here television show Owen Kline, actor and filmmaker Martin Landau, actor, Space: 1999; acting coach Lee Sang-eun, musical artist Daniel Lopatin, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter Lukita Maxwell, actress Jeff Morrow, actor Alan Mruvka, film producer Abraham Nathanson, creator of the game Bananagrams Hawley Pratt, film director and animator James Reams, bluegrass musician Rob Redding, podcaster and host of the weekday syndicated Redding News Review on SiriusXM Robert Redford, actor and filmmaker John Requa, screenwriter Robert Riger, television director and cinematographer Phoebe Robinson, comedian Kim Schifino, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim Robert Siegel, radio journalist David Silverman, animator and director Yoshi Sodeoka, multimedia artist and musician Dante Tomaselli, film director Chris Tsirgiotis, animator Deborah Van Valkenburgh, actress, Too Close for Comfort and The Warriors Melora Walters, actress Lindsey Way, member of Mindless Self Indulgence Robert Wilson, stage director and playwright Nick Zedd, filmmaker Kat Zhang, rapper Rob Zombie, rock musician and filmmaker
Literature and journalism Gwendolyn B. Bennett, writer and journalist Mark Mathew Braunstein, writer Bryan Collier, children's book illustrator; winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award Sarah Louise Delany, author and educator Tomie dePaola, writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books Pete Hamill, journalist Norton Juster, author of children's books Arnold Lobel, author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series Laura Numeroff, author and illustrator of children's books John Peterson, writer Matthew Reinhart, writer and illustrator of children's pop-up books and picture books Michael Rosen, children's author and poet Sam Savitt, author and illustrator of over 130 books Cyndy Szekeres, children's book author and illustrator Emma Paddock Telford (1851–1920), cookbook, war, travel writer Elliot Tiber, author and professor of writing Carolyn F. Ulrich, librarian who created the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Politics Joseph Amenowode, member of Parliament for Hohoe South and Minister for the Volta Region of Ghana William D. Byron, U.S. congressman Elizabeth Crowley, New York City Council member George Lincoln Rockwell (non-degreed), founder of the American Nazi Party
Religion
William Howard Hoople, co-founder of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America; ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene Mary Elizabeth Wood, librarian and missionary
Science, technology, and engineering Joshua Davis, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 and the Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence” Lloyd Espenschied, electrical engineer who invented the coaxial cable William Garity, inventor and audio engineer Donald A. Hall, aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who designed the Spirit of St. Louis Irving Langmuir, recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry John M. Pierce, teacher and amateur astronomer
Sports Pelle Petterson, Olympic medalist for yacht racing, World Cup winner, America's Cup participant, and yacht designer Sarah Schkeeper, professional American football player
Other Stephanie Buhmann, art critic, art historian, art curator Leo Frank, lynching victim Elva A. George, dietitian and director of the Bureau of Dietitian Service of the American Red Cross during World War I Lynne Stewart, lawyer convicted of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists
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