List of Pratt Institute alumni

The Pratt Institute is a private college in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Following is a list of some of its notable alumni.

Academia

• Emery Bopp, artist and long-time chairman of the Division of Art at Bob Jones University
• Mary Godfrey, artist and the first full-time African American faculty member at Penn State University
• Thomas J.R. Hughes, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin
• Irvin Leigh Matus, independent scholar, autodidact, and author. He is best known as an authority on Shakespeare
• Susan L. Talbott, curator and director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and director of Smithsonian Arts at the Smithsonian Institution

Architecture

• Martin L. Beck, architect
• Richard Foster, architect
• Henry Hohauser, architect
• Malcolm Holzman, architect
• Fay Kellogg, architect
• Johannes Knoops, architect ^[1]
• Edward Mazria, architect
• George Ranalli, architect
• Wallace Rayfield, architect
• Mott B. Schmidt, architect
• Annabelle Selldorf, architect
• Peter L. Shelton, architect
• William Van Alen, architect
• Lorenzo Snow Young, architect
• Carlos Zapata, architect
• Peter Zumthor, architect

Art

Comic

• Dave Berg, a cartoonist known for his work in Mad
• Rich Burlew, graphic designer known for The Order of the Stick webcomic
• Bernard Chang, artist and designer best known for his work in the comic book industry
• Daniel Clowes, cartoonist and writer
• Gus Edson, cartoonist
• Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning
• Bill Griffith, cartoonist best known for his surreal daily comic strip Zippy
• Jack Kirby, comic book artist
• Marcus McLaurin, comic book writer and editor
• Mort Meskin, comic book artist
• Martin Nodell, comic creator
• Mike Roy, comic book and comic strip artist
• Samm Schwartz Archie comics illustrator
• Gordon A. Sheehan, cartoonist
• Leonard Starr, cartoonist

Fashion

• Jeffrey Banks, fashion designer
• Donna Chambers, jewelry designer
• Ben de Lisi, fashion designer
• Betsey Johnson, fashion designer
• Vera Maxwell, fashion designer
• Norman Norell, fashion designer
• Jeremy Scott, fashion designer
• Marie Zimmermann, jewelry designer and metalworker

Fine arts

• Marshall Arisman, painter
• Imna Arroyo, painter
• David Ascalon, sculptor
• Leigh Behnke, painter
• Aisha Tandiwe Bell, visual artist
• Trudy Benson, painter
• Willard Bond, painter
• Paul Calle, artist
• Aurore Chabot, ceramist
• Theresa Chromati, painter
• Lady Bird Cleveland, painter
• Louis Delsarte, artist
• Jason Freeny, artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery.
• Ann Gillen sculptor
• Félix González-Torres, conceptual artist
• Jim Hodges, artist
• Candy Jernigan, multimedia artist, graphic designer, and set designer
• Ellsworth Kelly, painter, sculptor, and printmaker
• Lili Lakich, artist
• Greer Lankton, artist
• Greg Lindquist, painter
• Victoria de Lesseps, artist
• Kermit Love, puppet designer
• Gina Lucia, art director, artist, and designer
• Vivian Schuyler Key, painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer, and illustrator
• Peter Max, artist
• Philomena Marano, artist
• Soraya Marcano, visual artist
• Conor Mccreedy, artist
• Sergio Rossetti Morosini, artist and writer
• Cyrilla Mozenter, artist
• Marilyn Nance, artist
• David Nyzio, sculptor
• John Pai, sculptor
• Roxy Paine, painter and sculptor
• Agnes Lawrence Pelton, painter
• Denis Peterson, painter
• Charles E. Pont, artist
• Reeva Potoff, artist and educator
• Albert John Pucci, artist
• David Ratcliff, painter
• Nicholas Reale, painter ^[2]
• Edna Reindel, painter
• Willy Bo Richardson, artist
• Mario Robinson, painter
• Stefan Sagmeister, artist
• Jenny Scobel, painter
• Barbara Segal, sculptor and stone carver
• Joan Semmel, painter
• Hadieh Shafie, visual artist
• Nat Mayer Shapiro, painter
• Susan Louise Shatter, painter
• Jean Shin, sculptor
• Joseph A. Smith, artist
• Therman Statom, studio glass artist
• Susanne Suba, artist
• Swoon, graffiti artist
• Mickalene Thomas, painter
• Salman Toor, artist
• Boaz Vaadia, sculptor
• Max Weber, painter
• William T. Williams, painter
• Terry Winters, painter
• Robert Yasuda, visual artist
• Cheryl D. Miller, graphic designer and artist, AIGA Medalist 2021

Illustration and Graphic Design

• Ken Bald, illustrator
• C. C. Beall, illustrator and painter
• Steven Belledin, fantasy illustrator and oil painter
• Rajie Cook, graphic designer
• Frances W. Delehanty, artist and illustrator
• Wendy Anderson Halperin, illustrator and author
• Cheryl Hanna, painter, and children's book illustrator who is also known for her work in the medium of collage
• Jeremy Jarvis, illustrator and Creative Director known for Magic: The Gathering
• George Lois, art director and designer known for over 92 covers for Esquire magazine
• Earl Mayan, illustrator
• Jacqui Morgan, illustrator and painter
• Kadir Nelson, illustrator, known for his covers of The New Yorker magazine
• Roberto Parada, illustrator known for creating paintings for magazines
• Paul Rand, graphic designer
• Robert Sabuda, illustrator
• Bernard Safran, painter and illustrator known for magazine covers
• Sam Savitt, illustrator and writer, official artist of U.S. Equestrian Team
• Helen Sewell, illustrator and writer
• Rob Sheridan, graphic designer
• Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator of the Rider–Waite tarot deck
• Louis Silverstein, graphic designer
• Rupert Jasen Smith, silk screen printer and artist
• Frank Verlizzo, theater poster designer and Drama Desk Award-winner
• Ernest William Watson, artist, illustrator and teacher
• Kent Williams, painter and graphic novel artist
• Lance Wyman, graphic designer

Photography

• Robert King, photojournalist
• Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer
• Wendy McMurdo, photographer
• Joseph Szabo, photographer
• Barbra Walz, fashion photographer

Business

• Donald Genaro, industrial designer and president of Henry Dreyfuss Associates
• Charles Pollock, industrial designer who created sleek furniture
• David Sarnoff, president of conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC
• Tony Schwartz, pioneering media theorist and advertising creator
• Fred Trump, real estate developer

Entertainment

• Alexandra Amon, actress, screenwriter, and film producer
• Joseph Barbera, animator and cartoonist
• André Baruch, radio announcer and film narrator
• Guy Bolton, playwright and writer of musical comedies
• Alfred Mosher Butts, inventor of Scrabble
• Shawn Christensen, filmmaker, musician, and podcaster
• Jhariah Clare, musician, illustrator, and animator
• Jacky Connolly, filmmaker and video artist
• Glenn Ficarra, screenwriter and director
• Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright
• Suzanne Fiol, founder of the performance space ISSUE Project Room
• John Flansburgh, musician
• Richard Gallo, stage actor, Performance Artist, and experimental theater stage director
• Bob Giraldi, film director
• Eric Goldberg, animator, voice actor, film director, and producer
• Liz Hannah, screenwriter and producer
• Joel Haver, comedy YouTuber and animator ^[3]
• Clint Houston, jazz musician
• Matt Johnson, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim
• Samantha Katz, co-producer of the Created Here television show
• Owen Kline, actor and filmmaker
• Martin Landau, actor Space: 1999 and acting coach
• Daniel Lopatin, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter
• Lukita Maxwell, actress
• Jeff Morrow, actor
• Alan Mruvka, film producer
• Abraham Nathanson, creator of the game Bananagrams
• Hawley Pratt, film director and animator
• James Reams, bluegrass musician
• Rob Redding, podcaster and host of the weekday syndicated Redding News Review on Sirius XM
• Robert Redford, actor and filmmaker
• Robert Riger, television director and cinematographer
• John Requa, screenwriter
• Phoebe Robinson, comedian
• Lee Sang-eun, musical artist
• Kim Schifino, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim
• Robert Siegel, radio journalist
• David Silverman, animator and director
• Yoshi Sodeoka, multimedia artist and musician
• Dante Tomaselli, film director
• Chris Tsirgiotis, animator
• Deborah Van Valkenburgh, actress Too Close for Comfort and The Warriors
• Melora Walters, actress
• Lindsey Way, member of Mindless Self Indulgence
• Robert Wilson, stage director and playwright
• Nick Zedd, filmmaker
• Kat Zhang, rapper
• Rob Zombie, rock musician and filmmaker

Literature and journalism

• Gwendolyn B. Bennett, writer and journalist
• Mark Mathew Braunstein, writer
• Bryan Collier, children's book illustrator and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award
• Sarah Louise Delany, author and educator
• Tomie dePaola, writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books
• Pete Hamill, journalist
• Norton Juster, author of children's books
• Arnold Lobel, author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series
• Laura Numeroff, author and illustrator of children's books
• John Peterson, writer
• Matthew Reinhart, writer and illustrator of children's pop-up books and picture books
• Michael Rosen, children's author and poet
• Sam Savitt, author and illustrator of over 130 books
• Cyndy Szekeres, children's book author and illustrator
• Elliot Tiber, author and professor of writing
• Carolyn F. Ulrich, librarian who created the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Politics

• Joseph Amenowode, Member of Parliament for Hohoe South and Minister for the Volta Region of Ghana
• William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman
• Elizabeth Crowley, New York City Council member
• George Lincoln Rockwell (non-degreed), founder of the American Nazi Party

Religion

• William Howard Hoople, co-founder of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America and an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene
• Mary Elizabeth Wood, librarian and missionary

Science, technology, and engineering

• Joshua Davis, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 and the Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”
• Lloyd Espenschied, electrical engineer who invented the coaxial cable
• William Garity, inventor and audio engineer
• Donald A. Hall, aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who designed the Spirit of St. Louis .
• Irving Langmuir, recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ^[4]
• John M. Pierce, teacher and amateur astronomer

Sports

• Pelle Petterson, Olympic medalist for yacht racing, World Cup winner, America's Cup participant, and yacht designer
• Sarah Schkeeper, professional American football player

Other

• Stephanie Buhmann, known as an art critic, art historian, art curator.
• Leo Frank, lynching victim
• Elva A. George, dietitian and director of the Bureau of Dietitian Service of the American Red Cross during World War I
• Lynne Stewart, lawyer convicted of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists

References

1. "Interior Design Faculty". FITNYC.edu. Fashion Institute of Technology. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
2. Staff. "Nicholas Reade, 62", Courier News , November 20, 1984. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Nicholas Reale, a distinguished watercolorist who was named New Jersey Artist of the Year in 1969, died Sunday (Nov. 18, 1984) at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.... He was a graduate of Pratt Institute in New York and taught art classes at Seton Hall University."
3. "Film, BFA". Pratt Institute . Retrieved July 2, 2024.
4. Rosenfeld, Albert (2013). The Quintessence of Irving Langmuir. Elsevier. p. 62. ISBN   9781483185484.

External links

• Official website