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When you graduate
from The City University of New York, you will be joining a large international
alumni of successful and well-accomplished people in virtually every
field of endeavour.
CUNY is probably
one of the most well-rounded universities in the world.
With students from
over 140 countries in its 19 colleges in New York, CUNY has produced
top talent in fields as diverse as its student profile.
CUNY graduates include
11 Nobel Prize winners - 10 scientists and an economist-among the highest
numbers from any public university in America and at least 3 Pulitzer
Prize winners. A U.S. Secretary of State, a Supreme Court Justice, mayors,
members of Congress, state legislators, well-known entrepreneurs, an
Oscar winner, top financiers, a NASA astronaut, actors, singers, composers,
writers, and inventors are among outstanding alumni. More top U.S.
corporate executives earned their bachelor's degrees at The City University
of New York than at any other university in the country, according to
the most recent national survey conducted by Standard & Poor's.
Between 1966-67
and 2002-03, nearly 900,000 students graduated from The City University
of New York.
Prominent CUNY alumni*
include:
- Colin Powell,
US Secretary of State
- Julius Axelrod,
Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
- Robert Hofstadter,
Nobel Prize winner in Physics
- Herbert Hauptman,
Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
- Arthur Kornberg,
Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
- Amo Penzias,
Nobel Prize winner in Physics
- Jerome Karle,
Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
- Julian Schwinger,
Nobel Prize winner in Physics
- Rosalyn Yalow,
Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
- Kenneth Arrow,
Nobel Prize winner in Economics
- Gertrude Elion,
Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
- Leon Lederman,
Nobel Prize winner in Physics
- Jonas Salk ,
inventor of the polio vaccine and one of TIME magazine's 100 Most
Important People of the Century worldwide
- Bernard M Baruch,
top financier and economic advisor to four US Presidents
- Andrew Grove,
Chairman of Intel Corporation, TIME Man of The Year 1997, author of
' Only The Paranoid Survives ' and ' High Output Management
' and several other textbooks
- Charles Wang,
Founder of Computer Associates - the third largest software company
in the world
- Ralph Lauren,
Chairman of Polo Ralph Lauren
- Ed Koch, former
New York mayor
- Pulitzer Prize
winner- lyricist Ira Gershwin
- Pulitzer Prize
winner- novelist Oscar Hijuelos
- Pulitzer Prize
winner- poet Lloyd Schwartz
- Michael Goldstein,
CEO of Toy R Us
- Harold Kahn,
Chairman and CEO of Macy's Corporation
- George Weissman,
Chairman of Philip Morris Group
- Mark Kurland
, Chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns
- Carl Spielvogel
, Chairman and CEO , Backer Spielvogel Bates Worldwide , Chairman
of United Auto Group; Vice-Chairman, Interpublic Group of Companies;
Board Director of Hasbro Inc and Barney's Inc.
- Jill Barad, Chairman
and CEO of Mattel Inc
- Stan Ross, Vice-Chairman
of Ernst and Young
- Howard Smith,
Vice-Chairman of AIG
- Ivan Siedenberg,
President , Verizon and Board Director of Honeywell and Viacom
- Bernard Schwartz,
Chairman and CEO of Loral Space and Communications
- Matthew Blank,
Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks
- Philip Heasley,
President of US Bancorp
- Robert Catell,
CEO, Keyspan
- Michael Conway,
Co-Founder of American West Airlines
- Michael Roth,
Chairman and CEO of MONY Life Insurance
- Larry Zicklin,
Chairman of Neuberger and Berman
- Sidney Harman,
Chairman and CEO of Harman Industries
- Robert Rittereiser,
Chairman and CEO of Gruntal Financial Corp
- Robert Israeloff,
Chairman of the Board of American Institute of CPAs ( 340,000 members
)
- LeRoy Bookal,
Chairman of The Institute of Internal Auditors America ( 76,000 members)
- Dominick Salvatore,
Fellow , New York Academy of Sciences and author of 39 books on economics
and advisor to UN, World Bank and IMF
- Frank Fabozzi
, prolific author of many financial books
- Jerry Seinfeld
, top entertainer
- Paul Simon, famous
singer
- Susan Isaacs,
novelist and screenwriter
- Mario Runco,
NASA astronaut , Earth and Planetary scientist
- And many, many
others
* official appointments
of above alumni are likely to change in tandem with the dynamics of
the marketplace over a period of time. The above listing represents
a snapshot.
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