New York University College of Arts and Science
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The New York University College of Arts and Science (CAS) is the oldest and largest academic unit of New York University
, founded in 1832. This private liberal arts college is located at Washington Square in Manhattan and the administrative offices of the college are in the Silver Center
for Arts & Science. Over the 180 years following the founding of the university, NYU developed an urban campus around Washington Square
. For the 2008-2009 academic year, there were a total of 7,672 students enrolled at the college which represented 36% of all undergraduates. Although the College does not report an individual admissions rate, the overall acceptance percentage for the university is 33% for the class entering in Fall 2011. The undergraduate programs at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, although run independently, is formally associated with the NYU College of Arts and Science.
The College of Arts and Science offers two undergraduate degrees:
(*The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree is currently only awarded for majors in Chemistry, Neural Science, or Physics in the College.)
, the Secretary of the Treasury for President Thomas Jefferson
. Interestingly, Mr. Gallatin was following in the footsteps of Mr. Jefferson, who founded the University of Virginia in 1819. The University of the City of New York was renamed New York University in 1896.
The University of the City of New York is not to be confused with the City University of New York (CUNY) which was created in 1961 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to oversee New York City's numerous public institutions of higher education.
It is interesting to note that although University College was designed to be open to all men regardless of background, the college's early classes were composed almost exclusively of the sons of wealthy Protestant New York families. From the beginning, undergraduate education at the college focused on teaching both the classics and pragmatic subjects, such as languages, sciences, engineering and agriculture. Students were allowed to enroll in individual courses or for course work leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. During its formative years, the College primarily served men seeking careers in law, education or medicine. Women were consigned to a "separate sphere of influence" and had fewer choices regarding an NYU education. During the history of the college and university, women were admitted only in incremental stages and in the final decades of this century, organizational strategies helped women gain equal footing.
Beginning in 1832, for a brief time, University College held classes in rented rooms in four-story Clinton Hall, located near New York's City Hall. In 1833, construction began on University Building, a grand, gothic structure that would house all university operations at Washington Square. Two years later, in 1835, the College and University took possession of its permanent home on Washington Square East, beginning NYU's enduring relationship with Greenwich Village. In 1906, University Building was replaced by a larger renovated structure that was named Main Building. In 2002, Main Building was renamed the Silver center for Arts & Science.
For much of the nineteenth century, the College remained a relatively small undergraduate liberal arts institution and the university offered space in University Building to many scientists without university affiliation. Samuel F. B. Morse
invented the telegraph while teaching at the College, John W. Draper had a laboratory in University Building as well as Samuel Colt
, who invented the Colt revolver in his remnants at Washington Square. Space was offered in the original University Building as "ateliers" for artists that sought refuge in the bohemian community that developed around Washington Square.
Almost immediately after the founding of University College, two new academic units were formed at the university. In 1835, the NYU School of Law was founded and in 1841, the NYU School of Medicine was founded. It was not until 1890, when the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Develoment was founded, that there was any other undergraduate education offered at the university. Also in 1890, the Women's Advisory Committee (WAC) was formed by the University Council. The primary task of the WAC was to prepare plans and recommendations for the advancement of the University's work for women. The rationale for this decision was explained by Bayrd Still, former University Professor of History and its first archivist, "It was deemed expedient to have the cooperation of representative women interested in the promotion of University work in the most advanced lines of study and investigation." Scholarships provided by WAC members also helped increase the number of women that enrolled at both the College and University.
and Associates. In 1903, undergraduate liberal arts education resumed at Washington Square with the development of the "Collegiate Division". In 1913, the "Collegiate Division" became Washington Square College, another predecessor college to CAS that existed for 60 years. From 1913 until 1973, NYU provided undergraduate liberal arts education in two colleges and in two locations - at University College in the Bronx and Washington Square College in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Until 1959, women were only allowed to attend undergraduate summer sessions at NYU and since then, women have been permitted to matriculate as Full-Time undergraduate liberal arts students.
In 1973, while the university was under extreme financial pressure, NYU President, James McNaughton Hester
, sold the University Heights campus to CUNY and the University Heights campus became Bronx Community College
). While some alumni argued that the University Heights campus should not have been sold, today many suggest that the sale was a "blessing in disguise" because the University Heights campus had become a financial burden and the management of two liberal arts colleges had become difficult. After the sale of the University Heights campus, NYU consolidated all undergraduate liberal arts education at Washington Square.
Also in 1973, University College was merged with Washington Square College to form the single liberal arts academic unit that exists today. The college was named Washington Square and University College of Arts & Science (WSUC) and in 1989, this name was modified to the College of Arts & Science. In the years following the consolidation of undergraduate liberal arts education at Washington Square, the infrastructure for the College of Arts & Science has been renovated and significantly expanded.
Academics
The Faculty of Arts & Science is the intellectual core of the College and has 650 members that are organized into 29 departments, 23 programs and centers and 14 research centers. Among the faculty, there are many Guggenheim Fellowship
, Pulitzer Prize
, Nobel Prize
, National Medal of Science
and MacArthur Fellowship winners.
The Dean of the College of Arts & Science along with the Faculty of Arts & Science bears responsibility for the undergraduate liberal arts academic program. Arts & Science is divided into divisions for Humanities, Science and Social Science. The college has many prominent departments. The Philosophy Department which is ranked #1 among 50 Philosophy Departments in the English-speaking world. The Economics
Department is considered top 5-10. The Politics
Department is ranked in the top 20 annually, and the International Relations program is ranked 10th nationwide. The Mathematics Department which is part of the Courant Institute
is also considered to be one of the best in the world, ranking #5 in citation impact, #1 in applied mathematics and having more Abel prize winners than any other university.
Students in the college usually have two advisors: one advisor in the Department of their major and one Faculty mentor. Many CAS students complete a thesis or independent study project. The Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund provides grants for the research
of CAS students. The college also offers Freshman Honors Seminars and Collegiate Seminars for incoming students and Honors Lectures for upperclassmen. These seminars are small courses taught by senior faculty in their respective areas of expertise. In addition to senior faculty, NYU's president John Sexton
, several university deans, and various leaders from government and businesses around New York City
are among those who teach Freshman Honors and Collegiate seminars.
Core Curriculum
In order be awarded the B.A. of B.S. degree, all CAS students must complete the requirements of the Morse Academic Plan commonly referred to as "MAP", the undergraduate liberal arts core curriculum. The core curriculum is designed to foster analytical thinking and includes courses in western civilization, social policy, scientific inquiry, non-Western societies and expressive culture. The curriculum also requires a foreign language proficiency and an expository writing course. Although not required, MAP courses are typically taken in the Freshman and Sophomore years and students have the option to take several MAP courses at NYU's foreign campuses.
CAS courses are traditionally either seminars or weekly and semi-weekly lectures with larger lectures being divided into recitations.
Deans of the College
University College - 1832 to 1973
Washington Square College - 1913 to 1973
College of Arts & Science - 1973 to Present
The College of Arts and Science is home to the second oldest chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in New York State. The Beta of New York at New York University was organized at a meeting held at the former University Heights Campus on December 23, 1858. In terms of seniority, it ranks nationally as the 15th oldest chapter of the Society. The Beta of New York narrowly missed being the eighth oldest chapter after a partially unsuccessful petition to start a chapter in 1836 by Robert Bridges Patton, Samuel F.B. Morse and other professors. This was primarily due to the confusion that was prevalent within the Society at that time over the method of initiating new chapters.
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New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, founded in 1832. This private liberal arts college is located at Washington Square in Manhattan and the administrative offices of the college are in the Silver Center
Silver Center
The Silver Center of Arts and Science is the home of the New York University College of Arts and Science. The Dean of the College of Arts & Science and the college administration are located in this facility which forms an imposing landmark on the eastern border of Washington Square Park.At the...
for Arts & Science. Over the 180 years following the founding of the university, NYU developed an urban campus around Washington Square
Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's 1,900 public parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity...
. For the 2008-2009 academic year, there were a total of 7,672 students enrolled at the college which represented 36% of all undergraduates. Although the College does not report an individual admissions rate, the overall acceptance percentage for the university is 33% for the class entering in Fall 2011. The undergraduate programs at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, although run independently, is formally associated with the NYU College of Arts and Science.
The College of Arts and Science offers two undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of ArtsA Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(B.A.) - Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
(B.S.)*.
(*The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree is currently only awarded for majors in Chemistry, Neural Science, or Physics in the College.)
Introduction
The history of the College of Arts and Science begins with the founding of the University of the City of New York in 1831 by a group of prominent New Yorkers. Among them was Albert GallatinAlbert Gallatin
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, congressman, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. In 1831, he founded the University of the City of New York...
, the Secretary of the Treasury for President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
. Interestingly, Mr. Gallatin was following in the footsteps of Mr. Jefferson, who founded the University of Virginia in 1819. The University of the City of New York was renamed New York University in 1896.
The University of the City of New York is not to be confused with the City University of New York (CUNY) which was created in 1961 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to oversee New York City's numerous public institutions of higher education.
19th century
The College of Arts & Science is directly descended from the founding of the university in 1831 which, unlike other American liberal arts colleges of the era, was founded as a non-denominational institution. The University of the City of New York was founded as a joint stock company and privately financed through the sale of stock. This prevented any religious group from dominating the affairs and management of the institution. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many American colleges only offered a classical education coupled with a strong theological component. University College, a predecessor undergraduate college to CAS that existed for 141 years, provided an education to all qualified men at a reasonable cost and abandoned the exclusive use of "classical" curriculum.It is interesting to note that although University College was designed to be open to all men regardless of background, the college's early classes were composed almost exclusively of the sons of wealthy Protestant New York families. From the beginning, undergraduate education at the college focused on teaching both the classics and pragmatic subjects, such as languages, sciences, engineering and agriculture. Students were allowed to enroll in individual courses or for course work leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. During its formative years, the College primarily served men seeking careers in law, education or medicine. Women were consigned to a "separate sphere of influence" and had fewer choices regarding an NYU education. During the history of the college and university, women were admitted only in incremental stages and in the final decades of this century, organizational strategies helped women gain equal footing.
Beginning in 1832, for a brief time, University College held classes in rented rooms in four-story Clinton Hall, located near New York's City Hall. In 1833, construction began on University Building, a grand, gothic structure that would house all university operations at Washington Square. Two years later, in 1835, the College and University took possession of its permanent home on Washington Square East, beginning NYU's enduring relationship with Greenwich Village. In 1906, University Building was replaced by a larger renovated structure that was named Main Building. In 2002, Main Building was renamed the Silver center for Arts & Science.
For much of the nineteenth century, the College remained a relatively small undergraduate liberal arts institution and the university offered space in University Building to many scientists without university affiliation. Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter.-Birth and education:...
invented the telegraph while teaching at the College, John W. Draper had a laboratory in University Building as well as Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company , and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver. Colt's innovative contributions to the weapons industry have been described by arms historian James E...
, who invented the Colt revolver in his remnants at Washington Square. Space was offered in the original University Building as "ateliers" for artists that sought refuge in the bohemian community that developed around Washington Square.
Almost immediately after the founding of University College, two new academic units were formed at the university. In 1835, the NYU School of Law was founded and in 1841, the NYU School of Medicine was founded. It was not until 1890, when the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Develoment was founded, that there was any other undergraduate education offered at the university. Also in 1890, the Women's Advisory Committee (WAC) was formed by the University Council. The primary task of the WAC was to prepare plans and recommendations for the advancement of the University's work for women. The rationale for this decision was explained by Bayrd Still, former University Professor of History and its first archivist, "It was deemed expedient to have the cooperation of representative women interested in the promotion of University work in the most advanced lines of study and investigation." Scholarships provided by WAC members also helped increase the number of women that enrolled at both the College and University.
20th century
In 1894, NYU Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken decided to relocate University College to a campus in the Bronx and concentrate NYU's professional schools at Washington Square. The area of the Bronx where University College relocated was named University Heights and the University Heights campus was designed by Stanford WhiteStanford White
Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...
and Associates. In 1903, undergraduate liberal arts education resumed at Washington Square with the development of the "Collegiate Division". In 1913, the "Collegiate Division" became Washington Square College, another predecessor college to CAS that existed for 60 years. From 1913 until 1973, NYU provided undergraduate liberal arts education in two colleges and in two locations - at University College in the Bronx and Washington Square College in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Until 1959, women were only allowed to attend undergraduate summer sessions at NYU and since then, women have been permitted to matriculate as Full-Time undergraduate liberal arts students.
In 1973, while the university was under extreme financial pressure, NYU President, James McNaughton Hester
James McNaughton Hester
James McNaughton Hester, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized educator, born 19 April 1924, in Chester, Pennsylvania. Hester spent his boyhood at various stations to which his father, a United States Navy Chaplain, was assigned, including Hawaii and Samoa...
, sold the University Heights campus to CUNY and the University Heights campus became Bronx Community College
Bronx Community College
The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system located in the University Heights neighborhood of The Bronx.- History :...
). While some alumni argued that the University Heights campus should not have been sold, today many suggest that the sale was a "blessing in disguise" because the University Heights campus had become a financial burden and the management of two liberal arts colleges had become difficult. After the sale of the University Heights campus, NYU consolidated all undergraduate liberal arts education at Washington Square.
Also in 1973, University College was merged with Washington Square College to form the single liberal arts academic unit that exists today. The college was named Washington Square and University College of Arts & Science (WSUC) and in 1989, this name was modified to the College of Arts & Science. In the years following the consolidation of undergraduate liberal arts education at Washington Square, the infrastructure for the College of Arts & Science has been renovated and significantly expanded.
21st century
Today, the academic program at the NYU College of Arts & Science is administered by the Faculty of Arts & Science and incorporates several Centers and Institutes as part of NYU undergraduate liberal arts education. In 2002, Main Building was renamed the "Silver Center" after Julius Silver, B.A. 1922, bequeathed $150 million to the College. The Silver Center is connected to adjacent Brown and Waverly buildings. Brown Building contains numerous scientific laboratories and Waverly Building contains additional classroom space.Academics
The Faculty of Arts & Science is the intellectual core of the College and has 650 members that are organized into 29 departments, 23 programs and centers and 14 research centers. Among the faculty, there are many Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
, Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
, Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
, National Medal of Science
National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...
and MacArthur Fellowship winners.
The Dean of the College of Arts & Science along with the Faculty of Arts & Science bears responsibility for the undergraduate liberal arts academic program. Arts & Science is divided into divisions for Humanities, Science and Social Science. The college has many prominent departments. The Philosophy Department which is ranked #1 among 50 Philosophy Departments in the English-speaking world. The Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
Department is considered top 5-10. The Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
Department is ranked in the top 20 annually, and the International Relations program is ranked 10th nationwide. The Mathematics Department which is part of the Courant Institute
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is an independent division of New York University under the Faculty of Arts & Science that serves as a center for research and advanced training in computer science and mathematics...
is also considered to be one of the best in the world, ranking #5 in citation impact, #1 in applied mathematics and having more Abel prize winners than any other university.
Students in the college usually have two advisors: one advisor in the Department of their major and one Faculty mentor. Many CAS students complete a thesis or independent study project. The Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund provides grants for the research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
of CAS students. The college also offers Freshman Honors Seminars and Collegiate Seminars for incoming students and Honors Lectures for upperclassmen. These seminars are small courses taught by senior faculty in their respective areas of expertise. In addition to senior faculty, NYU's president John Sexton
John Sexton
John Edward Sexton is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since May 17, 2002, and the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. From 1988 to 2002, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, which during his deanship became one...
, several university deans, and various leaders from government and businesses around New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
are among those who teach Freshman Honors and Collegiate seminars.
Core Curriculum
In order be awarded the B.A. of B.S. degree, all CAS students must complete the requirements of the Morse Academic Plan commonly referred to as "MAP", the undergraduate liberal arts core curriculum. The core curriculum is designed to foster analytical thinking and includes courses in western civilization, social policy, scientific inquiry, non-Western societies and expressive culture. The curriculum also requires a foreign language proficiency and an expository writing course. Although not required, MAP courses are typically taken in the Freshman and Sophomore years and students have the option to take several MAP courses at NYU's foreign campuses.
CAS courses are traditionally either seminars or weekly and semi-weekly lectures with larger lectures being divided into recitations.
Deans of the College
University College - 1832 to 1973
Washington Square College - 1913 to 1973
College of Arts & Science - 1973 to Present
- Jill N. Claster, Ph.D
- Matthew S. Santirocco, Ph.D
Phi Beta Kappa: Beta of New York at New York University
History of the Chapter:The College of Arts and Science is home to the second oldest chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in New York State. The Beta of New York at New York University was organized at a meeting held at the former University Heights Campus on December 23, 1858. In terms of seniority, it ranks nationally as the 15th oldest chapter of the Society. The Beta of New York narrowly missed being the eighth oldest chapter after a partially unsuccessful petition to start a chapter in 1836 by Robert Bridges Patton, Samuel F.B. Morse and other professors. This was primarily due to the confusion that was prevalent within the Society at that time over the method of initiating new chapters.
Prominent Alumni and Former Students of the College of Arts & Science
Academics
- Edward J. Bloustein, B.A. 1948; Former President of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Howard Crosby, B.A. 1844; Presbyterian Minister & NYU Chancellor 1870-1881
- Richard Joel, B.A. 1972; Current President of Yeshiva University, New York City
- Peter D. Lax, B.A. 1947; Mathematician, Abel Prize Winner in 2005, winner of the National Medal of ScienceNational Medal of ScienceThe National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...
Arts & Entertainment:
- Warren AdlerWarren AdlerWarren Adler is a world-renowned American novelist, short story writer and playwright based in New York, NY. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and two of his novels, The War of the Roses and Random Hearts, have been made into movies, shown continually throughout the...
, B.A. 1947; Author - Milton BabbittMilton BabbittMilton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
, B.A. 1935; Composer - Caleb CarrCaleb CarrCaleb Carr is an American novelist and military historian.-Biography:A son of Lucien Carr, a former UPI editor and a key Beat generation figure, he was born in Manhattan and lived for much of his life on the Lower East Side. He attended Kenyon College and New York University, earning a B.A. in...
, B.A. 1977; Author - Joseph HellerJoseph HellerJoseph Heller was a US satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His best known work is Catch-22, a novel about US servicemen during World War II...
, B.A. 1948; Author - Stanley KramerStanley KramerStanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer. Kramer was responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies...
, B.A. 1933; Film Director - Ira LevinIra LevinIra Levin was an American author, dramatist and songwriter.-Professional life:Levin attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa...
, B.A. 1950; Author - Ken LeungKen LeungKenneth "Ken" Leung is an American actor best known for his role as Miles Straume in the ABC television series Lost and roles in such films as Shanghai Kiss, Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Saw.-Early life:...
, B.A. 1992; Actor - Martin ScorseseMartin ScorseseMartin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
, B.A; 1964; Film Director
Business:
- Maria BartiromoMaria BartiromoMaria Bartiromo is an American television journalist, magazine columnist and author of three books. Bartiromo is a native of New York and attended New York University. She worked at CNN for five years before joining CNBC television...
, B.A. 1987; CNBCCNBCCNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
Television Journalist - Clive DavisClive DavisClive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...
, B.A. 1953; Founder of Arista RecordsArista RecordsArista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records... - Arthur B. Frommer; B.A. 1950; Tourism Industry Writer
- Joseph NacchioJoseph NacchioJoseph P. Nacchio , was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International from 1997 to 2002. He was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007. On July 27, 2007, he was sentenced to six years in federal prison...
, B.S. 1970; Former Chairman of the BoardChairman of the BoardThe Chairman of the Board is a seat of office in an organization, especially of corporations.Chairman of the Board may also refer to:*Chairman of the Board , a 1998 film*Chairmen of the Board , a 1970s American soul music group...
and Chief Executive OfficerChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Qwest Communications InternationalQwestQwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.On April... - Larry SilversteinLarry SilversteinLarry A. Silverstein is an American businessman, and real estate investor and developer in New York City.Silverstein was born in Brooklyn, and became involved in real estate, together with his father, establishing Silverstein Properties...
, B.A. 1952; Billionaire, Real Estate Investor - Robert Soros, B.A. 1986; Head of Soros Fund Management, Son of George SorosGeorge SorosGeorge Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes...
- Sy SymsSy SymsSy Syms was an American businessman, entreupreneur and philanthropist, who founded the SYMS off-price clothing chain in New York City in 1959....
, B.A. 1946; Founder of Syms Clothing - Dennis TitoDennis TitoDennis Anthony Tito is an Italian American engineer and multimillionaire, most widely known as the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space. In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station...
, B.A. 1962; Entrepreneur, Space Tourist
Legal Profession:
- Evan Chesler, B.A. 1970; Managing Partner, Cravath, Swaine & MooreCravath, Swaine & MooreCravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a prominent American law firm based in New York City, with an additional office in London. The second oldest firm in the country, Cravath was founded in 1819 and consistently ranks first among the world's most prestigious law firms according to a survey of partners,...
- Donald Flexner, B.A. 1964; Managing Partner, Boies Schiller & Flexner
- Jonathan LippmanJonathan LippmanJonathan Lippman is an American jurist and currently Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Early life and education:Lippman is a Manhattan native...
, B.A. 1965; Chief Justice, New York State Court of Appeals - Herbert WachtellHerbert WachtellHerbert Maurice Wachtell or Herb Wachtell is a prominent lawyer and the co-founder of the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. He graduated from New York University , New York University School of Law , and Harvard Law School . From 1955–1957 he was Assistant U.S...
, B.S. 1952; co-founder of the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is a prominent law firm located in New York City. Herbert Wachtell, Martin Lipton, Leonard Rosen, and George Katz founded the firm in 1965. All four were graduates of New York University School of Law...
.
Medical Profession:
- Balamurali AmbatiBalamurali AmbatiBalamurali "Doogie Howser" Ambati is an Indian-American ophthalmologist, educator, and researcher, currently working at the University of Utah. In 1995, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest doctor, at the age of seventeen....
, B.A. 1991; Youngest person to ever become a doctor - George WaldGeorge WaldGeorge Wald was an American scientist who is best known for his work with pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.- Research :...
, B.A. 1927; 1967 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine
Politics and Government:
- Jerome Anthony Ambro, B.A. 1955; US Congressman
- Irwin Delmore Davidson, B.S. 1927; US Congressman
- Steven Boghos DerounianSteven Boghos DerounianSteven Boghos Derounian was an Armenian-American congressman.-Life and career:Derounian was born in Sofia, Bulgaria to Armenian parents Boghos Derounian and Eliza Aprahamian. When he was three, his family left Bulgaria with his two other brothers to the United States and settled in Mineola, New...
, B.A. 1938; US Congressman - Henry Grunwald, B.A. 1944; U.S. Ambassador; Former Editor-in-Chief Time Magazine
- Jacob Javits, B.A. 1923; Senator
- Martha RobyMartha RobyMartha Dubina Roby is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She narrowly defeated incumbent Representative Bobby Bright on November 2 during the United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2010 and assumed office in January 2011.-Early life,...
, B.A. 1998, US Congresswoman
Science:
- Avery FisherAvery FisherAvery Robert Fisher was an audio specialist who made numerous contributions to the field of sound reproduction.-Early life:...
, B.S. 1929; Inventor of the transistorized amplifierElectronic amplifierAn electronic amplifier is a device for increasing the power of a signal.It does this by taking energy from a power supply and controlling the output to match the input signal shape but with a larger amplitude...
and the first stereoStereophonic soundThe term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective...
radioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
-phonographPhonographThe phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds...
, noted philantropist - Alfred Vail, B.A. 1836; Inventor
- Kevin Shenderov, B.A. 2006; Rhodes Scholar
Sports:
- Marv AlbertMarv AlbertMarv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...
, B.A. 1965; Sportscaster - Howard CosellHoward CosellHoward William Cosell was an American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these...
, B.A. 1938; Sportscaster - Marvin DavisMarvin DavisMarvin H. Davis was an American industrialist and philanthropist...
, B.S. 1947; Owner of Denver Broncos, billionaire, mogul - Mika'il SankofaMika'il SankofaMika'il Sankofa is a world recognized sabre fencer and coach. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-Background:...
, B.A. 1988; Fencer, Olympic Gold Medalist - Ed Smith, B.A. 1934; Model for Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
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