Elmira College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Ellen S. Tifft - Poet and novelist who has had over 200 poems and 26 stories published in such journals as The New Yorker, The Yale Review, and Wormwood Review. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, one poetry book and one novel, Moon, Moon, Tell Me True (1996, Xenos Books).

• Fay Kanin - Screenwriter/Play Author/Producer and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979-1983.

• Wilhelmina Cole Holladay - Co-founder of National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

• Alair Townsend - Publisher, Crain's New York Business, and chair of the American Women’s Economic Development Corporation (AWED).

• Chip Coffey - A psychic and parapsychologist who has speaking tours with Patti Starr.

• John Baker - Controversial Anthropologist and Behavioral Scientist.

• Harry Palmer - Developer of the Avatar Course, a personal development system translated into 19 languages and taught in over 60 countries. Founder of Star’s Edge, Inc.

• Alice Mary Robertson - First Congresswoman from Oklahoma who supported the rights of Native Americans and opposed certain women's groups.

• Sheila Williams - Current editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.

• Patty Abramson - Co-founder and managing partner of the Women's Growth Capital Fund, a $30 million venture-capital group in Washington, D.C., that invests in companies owned or managed by women.

• Hanna Arterian- Dean of Syracuse University College of Law.

• Lena Gilbert Ford - Lyricist of the song "Keep The Home Fires Burning"