Ithaca College - Alumni

Alumni

Ithaca College has 49,570 alumni in the United States. There are alumni clubs for Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Metro New York, National Capital, N. & S. Carolina, Philadelphia, Rochester (NY), San Diego, and Southern Florida. Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with the specific clubs and also through a program called 'IC on the Road'.

Following is a brief list of noteworthy Ithaca College alumni and faculty. For a more extensive list, see main entry List of Ithaca College alumni.

• Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), first female network news anchor
• Robert Iger (B.S. 1973), president & CEO, The Walt Disney Company
• Rod Serling (former faculty), Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, creator of The Twilight Zone
• Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star
• Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman
• Chris Regan (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show from 1999-2006.
• Chris Kellogg (1994), Morning Radio Host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew.
• Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq
• Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, 20 patents related to Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
• David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC news anchor for World News Saturday and co-anchor of Primetime
• Karl Ravech (B.S. 1987), ESPN sportscaster
• David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
• Robert Marella aka Gorilla Monsoon (B.S. 1959), WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, former ringside commentator
• Bob Kur (B.S. 1970), Washington Post Radio, former NBC News National Reporter
• Andrew Daly (B.A. 1993), actor, "Eastbound & Down", "Semi-Pro"
• USMC Major General Robert L. Wolf (B.S. 1973), Command of the New York Naval Militia.
• Kate Aldrich (B.M. 1996), internationally-renowned mezzo-soprano
• David Guy Levy (B.S. 2003), film producer, August and Terri.
• Scott LaFaro, influential jazz bassist with the Bill Evans Trio (1959–61).
• Dimitri Milovich, inventor of the first Winterstick snowboard in 1970.
• Michelle Federer (B.F.A. Musical Theatre 1995), theatre and film actress; originated the character, Nessarose, in Broadway's Wicked 2003-2006
• Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. Musical Theatre 2001), film, TV, and Broadway actor
• Kristen Britain (B.S. 1987), author, Green Rider, First Rider's Call, and The High King's Tomb
• Henny Hiemenz, head college football coach Carroll University
• Aaron Tveit, (BFA Musical Theatre 2012), theater and film actor. Original star of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical Next to Normal Catch Me If You Can
• Kerry Butler, (BFA Musical Theatre 1992), Broadway actor. Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress for Little Shop of Horrors Xanadu Catch Me If You Can
• Ben Fankhauser, (BFA Musical Theatre 2011), Broadway Actor, 1st national tour of Spring Awakening and original cast of Newsies
• Jeremy Jordan, (BFA Musical Theatre 2006) Broadway Actor, originated Clyde in Bonnie and Clyde, nominated for 2012 Tony Award for best actor for Newsies
• Allan Loeb, Screenwriter for films such as "21" and "The Dilemma"
• C.C.H. Pounder, (1975) television actress.
• Renée Knapp (B.M. 1985), Musical Star ("Phantom of the Opera", "Cats", "Nine", "Gaudi", "West Side Story", "Windy City", etc.) and actress in Europe and Australia
• Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, (1998) television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis.
• Matt Willis, (2006) ESPN NASCAR analyst.
• Mustafa Erogut (M.B.A 2006), Deputy Director-General, Turkey national football team
• Steven Brill, (B.F.A. 1980), Multiple Emmy award-winning lighting designer, President of The Lighting Design Group
• Andy Dahill, (B.A. 2004), punk rock guitarist for L.E.S. Stitches and The Threads
• Lauren DeCicca (B.F.A. 2011), Photographer for the New York Times
• Josh Bray, Professional baseball player for the Atlanta Braves