Notable CUGC Alumni
See also: List of Cornell University alumni- Robert Henry Treman - Class of 1878 - first of the Treman family to attend Cornell; Cornell University trustee for forty-six years, one of the longest terms in its history; philanthropist; gave land for Treman State Parks; second oldest member of the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame; president of Cornell University Alumni Association
- Louis Agassiz Fuertes - Class of 1897 - ornithologist and painter
- Frederick Fuller Russell - Class of 1891 - credited with perfecting and employing the first typhoid vaccination on a large scale as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps
- Neal Dow Becker - Class of 1905 - Chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees (1947–1953)
- John Wellborn Root, Jr. - Class of 1909 - architect of Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Daily News buildings, among others
- Robert Alexander Anderson - Class of 1916 - prolific Hawaiian composer with nearly 200 songs to his credit, including Lovely Hula Hands, Coconut Island, and the popular Hawaiian Christmas song, Mele Kalikimaka
- Ivan Dresser - Class of 1919 - gold medalist in the 3000 meter track & field event at the 1920 Olympic Games
- John Shively Knight - Class of 1918 (did not graduate) - newspaper magnate whose papers garnered twenty-six Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure as chairman of what is now Knight Ridder; namesake of John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines at Cornell University
- Francis Phillip Wupperman - Class of 1912 (did not graduate) - changed name to Frank Morgan; film and Broadway actor; played the Wizard in the film The Wizard of Oz
- Robert Burns Aird - Class of 1926 - president of Deep Springs College; founder of UC San Francisco Department of Neurology
- Julian Haynes Steward - Class of 1925 - anthropologist; developed scientific theory of cultural evolution
- Allan Hosie Treman - Class of 1921 - lawyer and Cornell University trustee
- Hugh Charles Troy, Jr. - Class of 1926 (did not graduate) - painter and prankster
- Austin H. Kiplinger - Class of 1939 - former chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees; head of the Kiplinger publishing dynasty for 30 years
- Stephen John Hadley - Class of 1969 - U.S. national security advisor
- Alan Lee Keyes - Class of 1972 (transferred to Harvard University) - politician, diplomat, and U.S. presidential candidate
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