East Lansing High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Notable graduates or attendees of the school include:

• Spencer Abraham: Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of Energy.
• Amy (Taran) Astley: Editor-in-chief, Teen Vogue magazine.
• Charles Bachman: Received the ACM Turing Award in 1973 for "his outstanding contributions to database technology". Elected a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 1977 for his pioneering work in database systems. He is listed in the Database Hall of Fame.
• Ramiro Belgardt: Musical composer and assistant to legendary composer John Williams. Assisted Williams in the writing of Air and Simple Gifts performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and others at Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2009.
• Judi Brown(-King): World champion 400 m hurdler: 1983 Pan-American Games gold medalist, 1984 Olympic silver medalist, four-time US Outdoor Track & Field Champion (1984–87), 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
• Jeff Brubaker: WHA and NHL player for the (New England) Hartford Whalers, Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings, 1978–89.
• Timothy Busfield: Actor on Broadway, in movies (Revenge of the Nerds, Field of Dreams) and television (Thirtysomething, The West Wing). Emmy Award winner.
• Sam Green: Filmmaker whose documentary The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004.
• Daniel Gross: Author of five books and journalist who has written for Slate and The New York Times, been a Senior Editor and economics columnist at Newsweek, and now is an editor at Yahoo! Finance.
• Cristin J. Hubbard: Stage actress who currently has the role of Madame Giry in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway at the Majestic and has appeared in the ensemble (and as Elizabeth's understudy) in The Pirate Queen.
• Matt Hubbard: producer of Willie Nelson's Grammy-nominated Rainbow Connection, has worked with Jessica Simpson, Gillian Welch, Ray Price, Fastball, Billy Bob Thornton, and World Idol winner Kurt Nilsen and is a musician in jam-band supergroup 7 Walkers with Bill Kreutzmann, drummer from The Grateful Dead.
• Lela Ivey: Actress (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Edge of Night).
• Brad Jones: Football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.
• Martin Kierszenbaum, aka Cherry Cherry Boom Boom, B. Recluse, K-Bomb, Hennesy Williams, MK Chilly Dog, and Robots to Mars: Head of A&R at Interscope Records. Songwriter, producer, and A&R for Lady Gaga, Sting, and many others.
• Steve Maidlow: NFL player for the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills, 1983–87.
• Todd Martin: Tennis player who was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world at peak of his career.
• Julie Mehretu: Artist whose paintings were included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial; recipient of MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2005.
• Drew Miller: Professional ice hockey winger for the Detroit Red Wings.
• Ryan Miller: Hobey Baker winner at MSU, NHL goalie for the Buffalo Sabres, an NHL All-Star in 2007, and goalie for the U.S. hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• Taylor Nichols: Actor in movies (The Air That I Breathe) and television (The Mind of the Married Man), and others.
• Larry Page: CEO and co-founder of Google Inc. and the 13th richest person in America in 2012 according to Forbes magazine.
• Ben Poquette: NBA player for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls, 1978–87.
• Susan May Pratt: Actress who starred in several films including 10 Things I Hate about You and Center Stage.
• Jacob M. Schlesinger: Formerly Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, currently the Japan Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal. Author of Shadow Shoguns (ISBN 0804734577). President of The Harvard Crimson (1983–4).
• Eric B. Schoomaker: Lieutenant General and 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command.
• Peter J. Schoomaker: Four-Star General and 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• Nate Silver: Noted sabermetrician who invented PECOTA; creator of the political blog FiveThirtyEight, now published by The New York Times. One ofTIME Magazine's World's 100 Most Influential People in 2009.
• Larisa Spielberg: U.S. pairs figure skating bronze medalist in 2000.
• J. Robin Sumbler, 2010 Emmy Award from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his investigative report "Bad Call Coach" for WDIV-TV (Detroit); 2011 for his historic/cultural ‐ news feature "Urban Explorers" for WDIV-TV. Detroit; and 2012 Health/Science news feature and special program "Arm to Arm: Lifesaving Journey".
• Jeremy Turner: Juilliard graduate and current Associate Principal Cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City.
• Chloe Whiteford: cinema and television actress who has appeared in The Bronx is Burning, Dirty Movie, and spot roles in several television series.