This is a list of people associated with Syracuse University, including founders, financial benefactors, notable alumni, notable educators, and speakers. Syracuse University has over 250,000 alumni representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 170 countries and territories.

Alumni

Academia

Ishfaq Ahmad – professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington Donna Alvermann – professor at the University of Georgia Betty Lise Anderson – professor at Ohio State University John Boardman – professor of physics and astronomy at Queens College and then Brooklyn College Daniela Bortoletto – Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford Molly Corbett Broad – president of the American Council on Education Walter Broadnax – president of Clark Atlanta University George Campbell Jr. – eleventh president of Cooper Union Mary Schmidt Campbell – president of Spelman College Kent John Chabotar – president of Guilford College Arthur Bridgman Clark – first head of the Art Department at Stanford University R. Inslee Clark, Jr. – director of admissions at Yale College Michael Crow – president of Arizona State University Mark Emmert – president of University of Washington Nina Fedoroff – academic at Pennsylvania State University Paul Finkelman –president and chancellor of Gratz College Moses Finley – academic and classical scholar Robert Finn – mathematician and professor Welthy Honsinger Fisher – founder of World Education and World Literacy Canada A. Lee Fritschler (MPA 1960, PhD 1965) – president of Dickinson College George E. Fox – astrobiologist and professor emeritus at the University of Houston. Jean Fréchet – chemist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley Jonathan Gibralter – president of the State University of New York at Farmingdale Joshua N. Goldberg – professor emeritus at Syracuse University Gabriela González – professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University William Pratt Graham – professor and sixth chancellor of Syracuse University Shelley Haley – professor of classics and Africana studies at Hamilton College Kermit L. Hall – president of State University of New York at Albany and Utah State University Alice Ilchman – president of Sarah Lawrence College Hongxing Jiang – professor of electrical and computer engineering within the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University, inventor of the microLED display David Knapp – president of University of Massachusetts Joel Lebowitz – statistical physicist; George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University James F. Light – literary scholar, dean and provost of Lehman College Jingyu Lin – semiconductor physicist; professor of electrical and computer engineering with the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University Frederick D. Losey – Shakespearian scholar and elocutionist Jay Maddock – regents professor at Texas A&M University James MacKillop – professor and scholar of Celtic and Irish studies and an arts journalist Joanie Mahoney – 5th President of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Clifton E. Marsh – professor of social and public services at Tidewater Community College, chairman of the Social Science Department at Morris Brown College and the Department of Sociology at Hampton University Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou – professor of biomedical engineering and the director of Computational Intelligence Laboratories at Rutgers University Barry Mills – president of Bowdoin College Pericles A. Mitkas – computer scientist and rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki V. Parmeswaran Nair – theoretical particle physicist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Ezra T. Newman – theoretical physicist, professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, winner of the 2011 Einstein Prize Sean O'Keefe – chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU) L. Jay Oliva – president of New York University Joy Osofsky – head of the Division of Pediatric Mental Health at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine Joseph Rallo – president of Angelo State University Pierre Ramond – professor emeritus of physics at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida Mark Reckase – University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University Mark Reed – nanotechnology pioneer, Harold Hodgkinson chair at Yale University Elsa Reichmanis – faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology Karin Rodland – cancer cell biologist; professor emeritus at Oregon Health and Science University Joel Rosenbaum – professor of cell biology at Yale University Kenneth P. Ruscio – president of Washington and Lee University Rainer K. Sachs – professor emeritus of mathematics and physics at the University of California, Berkeley Donna Shalala – president of the University of Miami Pantur Silaban – professor of physics at Bandung Institute of Technology Deborah F. Stanley – president of the State University of New York at Oswego V. S. Subrahmanian – professor of computer science at Northwestern University Salvatore Torquato – chemistry professor at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials at Princeton University James Tour – professor of chemistry at Rice University José W. F. Valle – professor at the Spanish National Research Council CSIC Clarence Abiathar Waldo – professor of math and at Rose Polytechnic Institute; professor of mathematics at DePauw University; head professor of mathematics at Purdue University; and professor emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis. Mitchel B. Wallerstein – president of Baruch College and dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs David P. Weber – professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University

Activism and nonprofits

Marc S. Ellenbogen – president of the Prague Society for International Cooperation David Gurfein – CEO of United American Patriots Maude B. Perkins – national general secretary of the Young People’s Branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Lawrence Rudner – vice president for research and psychometrics at the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Architecture

Princess Rajwa Al Hussein – architect; member of the Jordanian royal family Thomas Wilson Boyde Jr. (1905–1981) – first Black architect in Rochester, New York Massimo Carmassi – architect Bruce Fowle – architect, Fox & Fowle Architects James Garrison – architect, Garrison Architects Adam Gross – architect, Ayers Saint Gross Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr. – architect Lorimer Rich – architect, designed the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, DC and the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier in Rome, NY

Art

Elfriede Abbe – sculptor Brad Anderson – cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Marmaduke Robb Armstrong – cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Jump Start Bonnie August – fashion designer Harriete Estel Berman – artist James Bishop – painter Nydia Blas – photographer Gordon Chandler – sculptorLois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, California Virginia Cuthbert – artist Frances Farrand Dodge – painter, illustrator, and teacher Birgitta Moran Farmer – artist who won the 1906 Hiram Gee Award in Painting Scott Froschauer – artist and sculptor Sharon Gold – artist and professor Clement Greenberg – art critic Henry Grethel – fashion designer Betsey Johnson – fashion designer Joseph S. Kozlowski – portrait and watercolor artist Hilton Kramer – art critic and essayist Barbara Kruger – conceptual artist and collagist Sol LeWitt – artist Mark Lombardi – neo-conceptual artist Jenni Lukac – audio-visual artist Bob Mankoff – cartoonist and cartoon editor for The New Yorker Scott McCloud – cartoonist and comics theorist Joe McNally – photographer Aribert Munzner – artist John Pfahl – photographer William Powhida – artist Jimmy Ridlon – sports painter and sculptor, also a professional football player Claire Seidl – artist Jack Tippit – cartoonist Kate Vrijmoet – artist Lori Weitzner – textile designer Stephanie Welsh – Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer turned midwife

Business and finance P.O. Ackley – gunsmith and CEO, P.O. Ackley Inc. Russ Alben – advertising executive, created the Timex tagline, "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking" Dean Alvord – developer known best for developing Belle Terre, New York, Prospect Park South, and Roslyn Estates, New York Martin Bandier – chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Ben Baldanza – airline executive and CEO of Spirit Airlines Harley Baldwin – developer in Aspen, Colorado Rostin Behnam – chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission Al-Waleed bin Talal – founder and president of Kingdom Holding Company William J. Brodsky – chairman and CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Stanley Chais – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal Dennis Crowley – co-founder of Foursquare Mary C. Daly – president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Daniel A. D'Aniello – co-founder and chairman of the Carlyle Group Nick Donofrio – senior vice president of Technology and Manufacturing for IBM David Falk – sports agent and founder of SFX Basketball Group Susan Feeney – partner at GMMB and senior editor for NPR Bernard Goldberg (1948) – co-founder of Raymour & Flanigan Peter Guber – CEO of Mandalay Entertainment and co-owner of the Golden State Warriors Deborah Henretta – group president of Procter & Gamble E. Floyd Kvamme – partner emeritus of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Chris Licht – chairman and CEO of CNN Richard Menschel – senior director of Goldman Sachs Robert Menschel – senior director of Goldman Sachs Donald Newhouse – president of Advance Publications Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. – chairman and CEO of Advance Publications; chairman of Condé Nast Publications Sean O'Keefe – chairman of Airbus Group, Inc. Lowell W. Paxson – founder of Home Shopping Network Kirthiga Reddy – managing director of Facebook India Arthur Rock – ventuame capitalist, co-founder of Intel David Rockwell – founder and CEO of the Rockwell Group Steve Rubell – Studio 54 owner Ian Schrager – hotelier and Studio 54 owner Peggy Siegal – entertainment publicist, media strategist, founder of Peggy Siegal Company Vishal Sikka – CEO and managing director of Infosys Rajesh Subramaniam – CEO and president of FedEx John Sykes – president of iHeartMedia Abhay Vakil – businessman and non-executive director of Asian Paints Ltd George Warrington – NJ Transit president and Amtrak president Martin J. Whitman – founder and co-chief investment officer Third Avenue Management Sigi Ziering – president of the Diagnostic Products Corporation John Zogby – pollster with Zogby International

Entertainment

Lynn Ahrens – musical theatre lyricist Nilo Alcala – composer; recipient of the Aaron Copland House Residency Award David Amber – television anchor for ESPN Damon Amendolara – sportscaster Michael Barkann – sportscaster for NBC Sports Philadelphia Darryl Bell – actor Len Berman – sportscaster Matthew Berry – ESPN fantasy sports analyst Craig Borten – screenwriter Paul Bouche – television producer and media personality Eric Bress – film director and screenwriter Contessa Brewer – broadcast journalist with MSNBC Samantha Brown – television personality Steve Bunin – sportscaster with ESPN Ryan Burr – sportscaster with ESPN, NBC, and the Golf Channel Mary Calvi – anchor at WCBS-TV Tim Calpin – screenwriter Craig Carton – co-host of Boomer and Carton in the Morning Warren Casey – writer, lyricist, and screenwriter Joe Castiglione – Boston Red Sox radio announcer Felix Cavaliere – singer with The Rascals Priscilla Chan – singer Ernest Chappell – radio and television announcerDeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 53.