Brooklyn Preparatory School - Alumni

Alumni

Brooklyn Preparatory School's alumni attended many colleges, including City College, Brooklyn College, Queens College, St. Francis College (NY), MIT, Amherst, Cornell, Columbia, Fordham University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Brown, Princeton, Boston College, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Harvard, Notre Dame, Berkeley, University of Chicago,Yale and the United States Naval Academy.

Among Brooklyn Prep's notable alumni are the following:

Robert S. Bennett, '57 - Washington DC attorney

William Peter Blatty, '45 - author of "The Exorcist"

James W Brannigan, Jr, '49 - US Attorney - Maine and San Diego

Joseph Califano, '48 - former Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare

Bill Carter - (New York Times, TV columnist and author of several books on TV

William P. Ford, '53 - international civil rights attorney

Jack Hofsiss, '67 - director of "The Elephant Man"

Joseph M. McLaughlin, '50 - Senior Appellate Judge, Second Circuit

John Sexton, '59 - President of New York University

Raymond Siller, '56 - television writer, political consultant

Joe Paterno, '44 - football coach at Penn State for 45 years

George Barton, '43 - funeral director, Brooklyn, New York

Robert J. Bartolini, ’62 – noted activist, Baltimore City Housing Director

Kenneth H. Brown, '54 - Playwright, poet, novelist. Author of The Brig, many other plays, poems, novels, stories. Resident playwright, Yale Drama School, 1966-1969.

John Musto, '72 - Composer, concert pianist. 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music finalist

The Brooklyn Prep Alumni Association keeps the memory of the school alive by hosting an annual alumni dinner in New York City and by the maintenance of an Alumni Association Fund, which supports scholarships and educational causes.