Pierson College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Anne Applebaum '86, author and pundit, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Gulag: A History"
  • Jeffrey Bewkes '74, President and CEO of Time Warner
  • Richard Brodhead '68, former Dean of Yale College and current President of Duke University.
  • Howard Dean '71, former Governor of Vermont, former presidential candidate and former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
  • Chris Dudley ’87, Ivy League basketball player with the longest NBA career
  • Paul Giamatti '89, Actor
  • Calvin Hill '69, Yale Running Back and Dallas Cowboys Running Back
  • Dick Jauron '73, Yale Running Back and former head coach of the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills, currently defensive back coach for Philadelphia Eagles
  • Peter Klein '84, Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft Corp.
  • Tony Knowles, former Governor of Alaska
  • David Leffell '77, Internationally recognized dermatologist and Deputy Dean for Clinical Affairs at Yale University School of Medicine.
  • Jeffrey Loria, former Managing Partner of the Montreal Expos and current owner of the Florida Marlins
  • Eric Mogilnicki '82, Chief of Staff to Senator Ted Kennedy and author of the Pierson song
  • George Pataki, former Governor of New York
  • Jim Sciutto, Senior Foreign Correspondent for ABC News
  • Gene Siskel '67, Film Critic
  • Doug Wright, '85 Playwright, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning I am my Own Wife, as well as noted plays Quills, and Gray Gardens

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