List of Adelphi University people

Notable people of Adelphi University, a private university in Garden City, New York, include prominent politicians, entertainers, athletes, and others.

Alumni

• Gary Dell'Abate ("Baba Booey") (b. 1961) – producer of The Howard Stern Show
• Joe Abbenda (b. 1939) – former Mr America and Mr Universe
• Chris Armas (b. 1972) – professional soccer player, Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer and Adelphi women's soccer coach
• Michael Balboni (b. 1959) – Deputy Secretary for Public Safety for the State of New York
• Bob Beamon (b. 1946) – American track and field athlete, world record holder in long jump
• Justin Vivian Bond – actor, cabaret singer, named MacArthur Fellow 2024
• Ron Bruder – entrepreneur who runs Middle East education non-profits, named on the Time 100
• Dave Cayemitte – former soccer player, financial analyst
• Melanie Chartoff – actress and comedienne
• Linda Cimino – college basketball coach
• Chuck Connors – athlete and actor
• Nick Cummings – Ph.D. past president of the American Psychological Association and founding board chairman of Care Integra, and author
• Chuck D (Carlton Ridenhour; b. 1960) – musician, author, lecturer, founder and frontman of the hip-hop group Public Enemy
• Vyvyan Donner – fashion editor, film director, screenwriter, theatrical costume designer and caricaturist ^[1]
• Hazel Dukes – civil rights activist
• Meredith Eaton-Gilden – psychotherapist and actress
• Paul Ekman – psychologist
• Clara Fasano – sculptor
• Flavor Flav – rapper, member of rap group Public Enemy
• Ida M. Flynn (1942–2004) — American computer scientist, textbook author, and professor
• John Forslund – television play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Kraken of the NHL
• Karen Fraction – Broadway dancer and actress
• Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. – New York State Senator, 8th District
• Arie Gill-Glick – Israeli Olympic runner
• Malika Grayson – engineer, speaker, and author
• Wes Green – professional lacrosse player, Los Angeles Riptide of Major League Lacrosse, and San Jose Stealth of National Lacrosse League
• Alexander Greendale – playwright and civic leader ^[2]
• Sean Hannity – Fox News host.
• Alice Hoffman – author
• Earlene Hill Hooper – New York State Assembly Assemblywoman, 18th District
• Jonathan Larson – creator of the Broadway musical Rent
• Michael Lindsay – actor and voice artist
• Suzanne Luna – producer and director on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Gee Malik Linton – director and screenwriter
• Leona Marlin-Romeo – 5th Prime Minister of Sint Maarten
• Gregory W. Meeks – congressman from New York, 6th District
• Edward J. Megarr – United States Marine Corps major general
• Sal Mineo — actor, Academy Award-nominee
• Donna Orender (née Geils; born 1957) – women's pro basketball league all-star and former WNBA president
• Carmen Ortiz – former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
• Billy Phillips – professional soccer player and coach
• Chad Prince (b. 1979) – professional soccer player and coach
• Carolynn Reid-Wallace (b. 1942) – 13th president of Fisk University (2001–2003); assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education (1991–1993)
• Ron Robinson – chemist
• Todd Robinson — director, screenwriter
• Dinelia Rosa – psychologist and professor
• Rony Schneider – Israeli professional soccer player
• Erin Stern – IFBB fitness professional and figure competitor
• Gary Sullivan – USL professional soccer player, Long Island Rough Riders
• Helen Rand Thayer (1863–1935), social reformer
• Al Trautwig – sports announcer, member of the Adelphi Athletics Hall of Fame
• Mary L. Trump – psychologist and author, niece of Donald J. Trump
• Rebecca Tobey – sculptor
• Edolphus Towns (b. 1934) – congressman from New York, 10th District
• Nicholas Turturro — actor
• Steven Vincent – Broadway choreographer, dancer, and teacher
• Max Weinberg (b. 1951) – drummer and television personality
• Ruth Fanshaw Waldo - Advertising executive, member of the Adelphi University board of trustees and namesake of Waldo Hall ^[3]
• Isuri Wijesundara – actress
• Robert B. Willumstad – chairman and CEO, American International Group
• Mike Windischmann (b. 1965) – soccer, captain of the 1990 United States World Cup team
• Theresa Wolfson (1897–1972) – labor economist and educator, won the John Dewey Award of the League for Industrial Democracy
• Jacqueline Woodson (b. 1963) – author of children's literature, named MacArthur Fellow 2020
• John D. Wren – president, CEO, and chairman of the Omnicom Group
• Roby Young (b. 1942) – Israeli international soccer player, and captain of Hapoel Haifa

Faculty

Ruth Westheimer

• Al Davis (1929–2011), former line coach for the Adelphi College football team 1950–51
• Loren Hightower (1927–2017) – dancer, Metropolitan Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre; regular performer with the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway musicals
• Allen Krebs, sacked for expressing political views in class and went on to found the Free University of New York
• William Cranston Lawton (1853–1941), professor of Greek
• Jerry March (1929–1997), organic chemist and professor of chemistry; authored March's Advanced Organic Chemistry text
• Paul Mattick Jr. (b. 1944), professor and chair of philosophy. Author of Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism. Son of Paul Mattick Sr.
• Paul Moravec, 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner in music composition
• Frances Perkins, professor of sociology, Labor Secretary under Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Lawrence Raphael, professor of communication sciences and disorders
• Ruth Westheimer (born Karola Siegel, 1928; known as "Dr. Ruth") German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.
• Jacques P. Barber Dean and Professor of Psychology

References

1. Mara, Margaret (December 27, 1946). "Producer of Fashion Newsreels Finds Men Excellent Audience". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 13. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
2. "Alexander Greendale, Headed Jewish Council". The New York Times. August 23, 1981. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
3. "For Women's History Month, We Celebrate Adelphi's Notable Women and How We've Advanced Women's Education". breast-cancer.adelphi.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-10.