Notable Alumni

Hamilton’s 23,200 alumni are collectively among the most loyal, passionate, and accomplished graduates of any college in the country.

Authors & Artists

Jake Blount ’17 (Interdisciplinary) Musician, Scholar of Black American Folk Music; winner, Steve Martin Banjo Prize and the Appalachian String Band Music Festival

Sarah Maas '08 — Sarah J. Maas ’08 (Creative Writing) *New York Times* Bestselling Author, “Throne of Glass,” “A Court of Thorns and Roses,” and “Crescent City” series

Roz Chast K’75 Author, Staff Cartoonist, *The New Yorker*; recipient of the first National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography

More Authors & Artists

Terry Brooks ’66 (English Literature) Fantasy Author, “Shannara” and “Magic Kingdom of Landover” series; novel adaptations of the films *Hook* and *Star Wars: Episode I*

Peter Cameron ’82 (English Literature) Author, *Andorra*, *The Weekend*, *The City of Your Final Destination*, and *Coral Glynn*

Spencer Finch ’85 (Comparative Literature), Artist; Commissioned to create “Trying To Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning” for the 9/11 Memorial & Museum

Bill Harley ’77 (Religion) Storyteller, Musician, Author; 2007 and 2009 Grammy Awards for “Best Spoken Word for Children”

William C. Henderson ’67 (English Literature) Author, Founder/Publisher, Pushcart Press

Stuart Kestenbaum ’73 (Religion) Author, Poet Laureate of Maine; former Director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley ’93 (Art History) The Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Peter Meinke ’55 (English Literature) Author, Poet Laureate of Florida; former Director, Eckerd College Writing Workshop; recipient, Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction

John Nichols ’62 (English Literature) Author, *The Sterile Cuckoo* and *The Milagro Beanfield War*

Cameron “Kip” Paine ’94 (History) Recipient, 2000 Best Small Ensemble Grammy as a member of Chanticleer

Ezra Pound 1905* Poet, Pioneer of the Modernist Movement

Jay Reise ’72 (English Literature) Composer; Opera *Rasputin* presented in Moscow to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Preeta Samarasan ’98 (History and Music) Author, *Evening is the Whole Day* and *Tale of the Dreamer’s Son*

Kamila Shamsie ’94 (Creative Writing) Author, *Salt and Saffron*, *Kartography*, *Burnt Shadows*, *Home Fire* and *Best of Friends*

Josh Simpson ’72 World-Renowned Glass Sculptor

Mark Sullivan ’80 (English Literature) Author, *Beneath a Scarlet Sky*, *The Purification Ceremony*, the “Private” series (with James Patterson)

Melinda Wagner K’79 (Music) Composer; 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition

Elaine Weiss K’73 (American Studies) Author, *The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote*

Business & Entrepreneurs

Marc Randolph '81 — Marc Randolph ’81 (Geology) Co-Founder, Netflix

Rachel Weiss ’93 (Comparative Literature) VP, L’Oreal BOLD Ventures; former VP, Strategy & Growth and Digital Innovation & Entrepreneurship, L’Oreal

David Solomon '84, — David Solomon ’84 (Government) Chairman/CEO, Goldman Sachs

More Business & Entrepreneurs

Ellen Archer ’84 (French) President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books and Media

Johannes Burlin ’87 (Economics) Co-Founder/CEO, Tilia Holdings; former President, Silliker Laboratories North America; former President/CEO, Advanced BioScience Laboratories (working on AIDS vaccine)

Robert Bernstock ’72 (History) President/CEO, Realtime Media; former President, Mailing and Shipping Services, U.S. Postal Service; former President, Campbell Soup; former President, Scotts Miracle-Gro

David Blood ’81 (Economics and Psychology) Co-Founder/Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management; former CEO, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

William M. Bristol 1882*
Co-Founder, Bristol-Myers

Harlow Bundy 1877* Founder, Bundy Time Recording (forerunner to IBM)

Blake Darcy ’78 (Government) Founder, DLJdirect; Co-Founder, Formula Investing LLC

William Gaden ’84 (Mathematics) President, Concord Theatricals (manages the works of Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and more)

Amy Owens Goodfriend ’82 (French) Founder, Goodfriend Partners; former Partner, Goldman Sachs

Scott Hand ’64 (History) Lead Director, Boyd Technologies and Karora Resources; Executive Chairman, Kharrouba Copper; former Chairman and CEO, Inco

David Hess ’77 (Physics) former CEO, Pratt & Whitney

Alon Hillel-Tuch ’07 (Chinese and Economics) Managing Partner, Stacked Capital; Co-Founder, RocketHub

Joel Johnson ’65 (Economics and English Literature) former Chairman/President/CEO, Hormel Foods

Kevin Kennedy ’70 (Art) former General Partner/Managing Director, Goldman Sachs; former President/CEO, Metropolitan Opera

Eric Kuhn ’09 (Government) Media Executive, Entrepreneur, Broadway Producer (Tony Awards: 2019 for *Oklahoma!*; 2021 for *The Inheritance*); former Senior VP, Social Media & Talent Marketing, CBS

A.G. Lafley ’69 (French and History) former President/CEO, Procter & Gamble

Jack Levy ’75 (History and Government) Senior Advisor, Centerview Partners; former Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goldman Sachs

Michael Mathres ’96 (Art and Economics) Co-Founder/Director, REDD+Capital; Co-Founder/Director, World Climate; Founder/Director, Climate Capital Network; recipient, 2004 Millenium Prize for Social Entrepreneurship

Adam Miller ’92 (Philosophy) Executive Vice President, NBCUniversal Media

Robert Morris ’76 (Economics) Chairman/CEO, Olympus Partners

Dan Nye ’88 (Government) former President/CEO, Rocket Lawyer; former CEO, LinkedIn

Ronald Pressman ’80 (Biology) former Chief Operating Officer, TIAA-CREF; former President/CEO, GE Real Estate

John Rice ’78 (Economics) former President/CEO, General Electric Energy; former President/CEO, GE Global Growth and GE Industry & Infrastructure

Joel Johnson ’65 (Economics and English Literature) former Chairman/President/CEO, Hormel Foods

Kevin Kennedy ’70 (Art) former General Partner/Managing Director, Goldman Sachs; former President/CEO, Metropolitan Opera

Eric Kuhn ’09 (Government) Media Executive, Entrepreneur, Broadway Producer (Tony Awards: 2019 for *Oklahoma!*; 2021 for *The Inheritance*); former Senior VP, Social Media & Talent Marketing, CBS

A.G. Lafley ’69 (French and History) former President/CEO, Procter & Gamble

Jack Levy ’75 (History and Government) Senior Advisor, Centerview Partners; former Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goldman Sachs

Michael Mathres ’96 (Art and Economics) Co-Founder/Director, REDD+Capital; Co-Founder/Director, World Climate; Founder/Director, Climate Capital Network; recipient, 2004 Millenium Prize for Social Entrepreneurship

Adam Miller ’92 (Philosophy) Executive Vice President, NBCUniversal Media

Robert Morris ’76 (Economics) Chairman/CEO, Olympus Partners

Dan Nye ’88 (Government) former President/CEO, Rocket Lawyer; former CEO, LinkedIn

Ronald Pressman ’80 (Biology) former Chief Operating Officer, TIAA-CREF; former President/CEO, GE Real Estate

John Rice ’78 (Economics) former President/CEO, General Electric Energy; former President/CEO, GE Global Growth and GE Industry & Infrastructure

Philip Ruppel ’80 Chief Operating Officer, Phaidon Press; former president, McGraw-Hill Professional

Stephen Sadove ’73 (Government) former Chairman/CEO, Saks Fifth Avenue

Stuart Scott ’61* (English Literature) former Chairman/CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle

Aaron Sanandres ’96 (Asian Studies and Government) Co-Founder/CEO, UNTUCKit; Founder, Definite Articles

Jack Selby ’96 (Economics) Managing Director, Thiel Capital; Founder, Grandmaster Capital Management; former CEO, Clarium; Co-founder, PayPal

Leslie Shoemaker ’79 (Mathematics) Executive VP, Chief Sustainability and Leadership Development Officer, Tetra Tech

Susan Skerritt K’77 (Economics and Spanish) former Chairwoman/CEO/ President, Deutsche Bank Trust; former Executive VP, Bank of New York Mellon

Michael Stone ’72 (Government) Chairman/Co-Founder, The Beanstalk Group

Clyde Tuggle ’84 (German) Co-Founder, Pine Island Capital Partners; former Senior VP, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Coca-Cola

Diana van Maasdijk ’93 (World Politics) Co-Founder/CEO, Equileap (provides data on gender equity in the workplace)

John Werner ’92 (Government) Founder/CEO, AR in Action; Founder/Curator/CEO, TEDxBoston; Founding Team Member, Citizen Schools

Philip Ruppel ’80 Chief Operating Officer, Phaidon Press; former president, McGraw-Hill Professional

Stephen Sadove ’73 (Government) former Chairman/CEO, Saks Fifth Avenue

Stuart Scott ’61* (English Literature) former Chairman/CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle

Aaron Sanandres ’96 (Asian Studies and Government) Co-Founder/CEO, UNTUCKit; Founder, Definite Articles

Jack Selby ’96 (Economics) Managing Director, Thiel Capital; Founder, Grandmaster Capital Management; former CEO, Clarium; Co-founder, PayPal

Leslie Shoemaker ’79 (Mathematics) Executive VP, Chief Sustainability and Leadership Development Officer, Tetra Tech

Susan Skerritt K’77 (Economics and Spanish) former Chairwoman/CEO/ President, Deutsche Bank Trust; former Executive VP, Bank of New York Mellon

Michael Stone ’72 (Government) Chairman/Co-Founder, The Beanstalk Group

Clyde Tuggle ’84 (German) Co-Founder, Pine Island Capital Partners; former Senior VP, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Coca-Cola

Diana van Maasdijk ’93 (World Politics) Co-Founder/CEO, Equileap (provides data on gender equity in the workplace)

John Werner ’92 (Government) Founder/CEO, AR in Action; Founder/Curator/CEO, TEDxBoston; Founding Team Member, Citizen Schools

Education & Nonprofits

Steve Culbertson ’79 (English Literature and French) President/CEO, Youth Service America

Linda E. Johnson — Linda Johnson ’80 (American Studies) President/CEO, Brooklyn Public Library

Robert Moses '56 — Robert Moses ’56* (Philosophy) Leader of the Civil Rights Movement; Founder/President, The Algebra Project

More Education & Nonprofits

Maxwell Akuamoah-Boateng ’09 (Biology) Director of Operations, Community Schools, City of Philadelphia

Daniel Becker ’77 (Public Policy) Director, Safe Climate Transport Campaign; former Director, Global Warming, Sierra Club; appointed to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Personal Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Reductions (Clinton)

Richard Burns ’77 (English Literature) First Executive Director, New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; Founding Board President, GLAD

Richard W. Couper ’44* (History) President, New York Public Library; President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

David Greene ’85 (History) President, Colby College

John Hewko ’79 (Government and Russian Studies)
CEO/General Secretary, Rotary International

Peter Kazickas ’15 (World Politics) CEO, Uncommon (builds technology hubs in low-income communities in developing nations)

Michael Keller ’67 (Music) Vice Provost, Academic Council, Stanford University Libraries

David Kunselman ’66 CEO, World Development Teams; former CEO, Development of World Orphan Care, World Orphan Network

Mike Meyer ’74 (English Literature and Government) Founding Dean, Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications, Nairobi; former Chief Speechwriter for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Alicia Ouellette ’88 (Psychology) President/Dean, Albany Law School

Nancy Roob ’87 (Comparative Literature) President, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; President, Blue Meridian Partners

Thomas Schwarz ’66 (Economics) President, Drew University; former President, Purchase College (SUNY)

Michael Shapiro ’72 (Art and History) Director Emeritus, High Museum of Art

Vincent Strully ’69 (Government) Founder/CEO, The New England Center for Children

Film, Television & Theatre

Yance Ford '94 — Yance Ford ’94 (Art) Director/Producer, Strong Island; 2018 Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, making Ford the first openly transgender man and the first Black openly transgender person to win an Emmy

Spring 2007 — Paul Lieberstein ’89 (Economics) Writer, Producer, Actor, *The Office* (2006 Emmy for Best Comedy Series)

Deborah Forte ’75, Founder/President, Silvertongue Films; former President, Scholastic Media; recipient of six Emmys, one Academy Award for TV and film productions including Goosebumps, The Magic School Bus, and Clifford The Big Red Dog

More Film, Television & Theatre

Peter Falk ’49* Actor, *Columbo*

Nat Faxon ’97 (Theatre) Actor, Screenwriter, Director; 2012 Academy Award recipient for Best Adapted Screenplay for *The Descendants*

Deirdre Fenton ’04 (Government) Executive Director, Unscripted, Meadowlark Media; former Producer, ESPN; 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for *O.J. Made in America*

Tony Goldwyn ’82 Director, Producer, and Actor; film credits include *Ghost*, *Nixon*, *Divergent*, and the voice of Tarzan in the Disney animated movie; on TV: *Dexter*, *Justified*, and *Scandal*

David Grubin ’65 (English Literature) Independent Film Producer, Director, and Writer (*Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided*, *FDR*, *LBJ*); recipient of three Peabody Awards and 10 Emmys

John Hadity ’83 (Sociology) Executive VP, Entertainment Partners Financial Solutions; former Senior VP, Miramax

Leigh Keno ’79 (Art) Appraiser, *Antiques Roadshow*; President, Keno Auctions; recipient of the 2005 National Humanities Medal

Thomas Meehan ’51* (English Literature) Playwright; won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical in 1977 for *Annie*, in 2001 for *The Producers*, and in 2003 for *Hairspray*

Richard Nelson ’72 (Religion) Playwright; wrote the books for the Tony Award-winning musicals *James Joyce’s The Dead* and the Broadway version of *Chess*

Sarah Rafferty ’93 (English Literature and Theatre) Actress, *Suits*

Ryan Serhant ’06 (English Literature and Theatre) Real Estate Broker and Reality Television Actor of *Million Dollar Listing New York*

Thomas Tull ’92 (Government) Founder, Legendary Entertainment

Government, Law & Diplomacy

Mary Bonauto ’83 (Comparative Literature and History) Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategy, GLAD; argued U.S. Supreme Court case that established same-sex marriage rights.

Michael Klosson ’71 (History and Public Policy) VP, Policy and Humanitarian Response, Save the Children; former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus

Tom Vilsack '72 — Thomas J. Vilsack ’72 (History) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; former Governor of Iowa

More Government, Law & Diplomacy

Matthew Cartwright ’83 (History) former U.S. Representative (Pa.)

Michael Castle ’61 (Economics) former U.S. Representative; former Governor of Delaware

W. Robert Connor ’56 (Government and Philosophy) former President/CEO, The Teagle Foundation; former President/Director, National Humanities Center; appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (Clinton)

Drew Days III ’63* (English Literature) U.S. Solicitor General

John Emerson ’75 (Government and Philosophy) Chairman, American Council on Germany; former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany

Stephen Foley ’84 (Creative Writing) former Commander, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)

Carl Hayden ’63 (Asian Studies) former Chairman, State University of New York Board of Trustees; former Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents

Sol Linowitz ’35* (German and Philosophy) Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Chairman of the Board, Xerox; Co-Negotiator, Panama Canal Treaties; Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom

William Luers ’51 (Chemistry and Mathematics) Director, The Iran Project; Chairman/President, United Nations Association of the USA; former President, Metropolitan Museum of Art; former U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Venezuela

Percy Luney, Jr. ’70 (Geology) Founding Dean, Florida A&M University Law School; former VP, Space Florida

Matt McKenna ’72 (Philosophy and Speech) Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University; former Special Advisor to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; former President, Keep America Beautiful; former Senior VP, Finance, PepsiCo

Audrey Moore ’84 (Psychology) EEO Officer and Special Counsel (and former Chief Diversity Officer and Chief of the Special Victims Bureau), Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

Michael J. Murphy ’87 (World Politics) U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ralph Oman ’62 (History) former Register of Copyrights of the United States

Elihu Root 1864* U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State; Recipient of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize

James S. Sherman 1878* Vice President of the United States

Gerrit Smith 1818* Philanthropist and Abolitionist

Edward S. Walker, Jr. ’62 (Philosophy) former President and CEO, Middle East Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates

Journalism & Digital Media

Andrew Metz '91 — Andrew Metz ’91 (History) Managing Editor, PBS *FRONTLINE*; former Producer, CBS *60 Minutes*

Kathleen McGrory ’05 (Economics and Spanish) Reporter, ProPublica; former Deputy Investigations Editor, *Tampa Bay Times;* recipient of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting

Evan Smith ’87 (Public Policy) Senior Adviser, Emerson Collective; Co-Founder, *Texas Tribune*; former Editor and President, Texas Monthly

More Journalism & Digital Media

Samuel Hopkins Adams 1891* Writer and Muckraker (known for exposing public health injustices)

Henry Allen ’63 (English Literature) former Writer, *The Washington Post;* recipient of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism

Margaret de Streel ’88 (English Literature) Deputy Print Editor and former World News Editor, *The Wall Street Journal*

Fabio Freyre ’83 (Psychology) Advertising Director, Facebook; former Group Vice President, Corporate Sales and Marketing, Time Inc.; former Publisher, *Sports Illustrated*

Margot Gilman ’81 (Literature) Money Editor, *Consumer Reports;* former Executive Editor, *Prevention Magazine*

Morgan Selzer Handel ’03 (Government) Chief Content Officer, Headspace; Executive Producer, Netflix’s Emmy Award-Winning *Headspace Guide to Meditation*

Stacey Klein ’09 (Communication) Senior White House Producer, NBC News

Jordyn Taylor ’12 (History and Theatre) Executive Digital Editor, *Men’s Health Magazine*

Samantha Skey ’94 (Comparative Literature) CEO, SHE Media

Charlie Warzel ’10 (Government) Staff Writer, *The Atlantic* (editor of its newsletter, *Galaxy Brain*)

James P. Willse ’67 (English Literature) former Editor, *Newark Star-Ledger,* recipient of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting of breaking news

Alexander Woollcott 1909* Drama Critic, *The New York Times;* Member of the Algonquin Round Table

Medicine, Health Care & Science

More Medicine, Health Care & Science

David P. Faxon ’67 (Biology) Senior Scholar, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; former Associate Chief of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School; former President, American Heart Association

Martin S. Hirsch ’60 (Biology) Physician and Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School; former Director of AIDS Research, Massachusetts General Hospital

William H. Masters ’38* (English Literature) Co-Founder, Masters & Johnson Institute