Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in the town of Henrietta, New York, Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree ...

has over 140,000 alumni from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries. This is a list of some notable alumni. RIT Alumni Association Logo

Government

John Cebrowski John W. Cebrowski (born October 15, 1939) is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A Republican, he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough's 7th district until 2014. Cebrowski graduate ...

– member of the

New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ...

Brian Chontosh Major Brian R. Chontosh (born 1974 in Rochester, New York) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. At the time, he was a platoon commander for Weapons C ...

(2000) –

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through ...

officer,

Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for sailors and marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is eq ...

Recipient * Robert J. Duffy (1993) – Lieutenant Governor of New York (2011–2014); mayor, (2006–2010) City of

Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...

; past Chief of Police, City of Rochester * David Egan (1962) – New York State Supreme Court Justice * Bruce James – former

Public Printer of the United States The Public Printer of the United States was the head of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). Pursuant to , this officer was nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the United States Senate. In December 2014, ...

Fiona Ma Fiona Ma (born March 4, 1966) is an American accountant and politician. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7, 2019. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2015 to 2019, t ...

– California State Assembly Majority Whip and a San Francisco politician * Tom McMahon – Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania * Rodney C. Moen – Wisconsin State Senator

Science and Engineering

Kate Gleason Catherine Anselm Gleason (November 24/25, 1865 – January 9, 1933) was an American engineer and businesswoman known for her accomplishments in the field of engineering and for her philanthropy. Starting at a young age, she managed several impor ...

– engineer and businesswoman known both for being a revolutionary in the predominantly male field of engineering and for her philanthropy * Ralph Peo – engineer, inventor, chairman and CEO of Houdaille Industries, 1957 alumnus of the year * Patricia Moore (1974) –

industrial designer Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufact ...

gerontologist Gerontology ( ) is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Greek , ''geron'', "old man" and , ''-logia'', "study of". The fiel ...

and author of ''Disguised: A True Story''(1985) ;Recognized by

ID Magazine ''I.D.'' (''The International Design Magazine'') was a magazine covering the art, business, and culture of design. It was published eight times a year by F+W Media. History ''I.D.'' was founded in 1954 as ''Industrial Design''. The name was late ...

as one of the "40 Most Socially Conscious Designers" in the world *

Steve Capps Steve Capps is an American computer programmer, who was one of the designers of the original Apple Macintosh computer. Capps started working at the Xerox Corporation while still a computer science student at the Rochester Institute of Technolog ...

(1980) – noted computer programmer and designer of the original

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ances ...

Macintosh The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and software en ...

computer * Steven Van Slyke (1988) – co-inventor of the

Organic Light Emitting Diode An organic light-emitting diode (OLED or organic LED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compound that emits ligh ...

(OLED) displays used in smartphones, digital cameras, HD and Ultra HDTVs * Rick Kittles (1989) – noted Biologist specializing in

Human genetics Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population gen ...

* Bob Kalka (1989) – vice president of the Security Business Unit at IBM * Elan Lee (1998) – founder and creator of Exploding Kittens game; former chief design officer at

Xbox Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox network, and the development arm by th ...

Entertainment Studios; alternate reality game designer * Alex Kipman (2001) – primary inventor of

Kinect Kinect is a line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of fl ...

and HoloLens *

John Resig John Resig is an American software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library. , he works as the chief software architect at Khan Academy. History Resig graduated with an undergradu ...

(2006) – creator of

jQuery jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. It is free, open-source software using the permissive MIT License. As of Aug 2022, jQuery is ...

Humanities

Kwaku Alston Kwaku Alston is an American photographer. His editorial work has been featured in ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Time'', ''Men’s Health'', ''Essence'', and ''Men’s Journal,'' among many others. He has photographed ads ...

(1994) – celebrity portrait photographer *

Barbara Astman Barbara Astman RCA is a Canadian artist who specializes in a hybrid of photography and new media, often using her own body as object and subject, merging art and technology. Early life Astman was born in Rochester, New York, the second of thre ...

(1970) – artist, photographer * Ralph Avery (1928) – artist * Paul Benoit (1976) – Feature Pulitzer Prize, ''

Boston Herald The ''Boston Herald'' is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts, and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Puli ...

'' in 1979 * Bernie Boston (1955) – photojournalist, twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, including his 1967 ''

Flower Power Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Gi ...

'' photo * Marilyn Bridges (1979, 1981) – aerial photographer * Robert F. Bukay (1982) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for feature photography with the

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. n ...

in 1999 * Dean Chamberlain (1977) – effect photographer * Emma Lampert Cooper (1897) – painter *

Jeff Daly Jeffrey L. Daly is an American designer, specialising in museum gallery and exhibition design. Jeff Daly received a master's degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Daly served as the Head of Design of the Metropolitan Museum of Ar ...

– chief designer of the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 100 ...

* Bruce Davidson – photographer * Ken Geiger (1985) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for spot news with ''The Dallas Morning News'' in 1993 * Stan Grossfeld (1973) – two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist with the ''

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'' in 1984 and 1985 * James D. Havens (ca 1920) – woodblock printmaker, painter,Watrous, James: "The American Color Woodcuts: Bounty from the Block, 1890s-1990s" Elvehjem Museum of Art: University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1993,101. and first American insulin recipientFeudtner, Chris: "Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness" University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2003,48-53. * N. Katherine Hayles (1966) –

critical theorist A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from s ...

Tom Hussey Thomas Goldsmith Hussey (November 10, 1910 – March 8, 1982) was a Major League Baseball announcer for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves. Early life Hussey was born on November 10, 1910 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas P. and ...

– photographer specializing in commercial advertising and lifestyle photography *

Kenneth Josephson Kenneth Josephson (born July 1, 1932) is an American photographer. Biography Kenneth Josephson was born on July 1, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan. He completed his elementary education in Detroit. In 1953 after being sent in Germany by the United ...

(1932) – photographer; founder of the Society for Photographic Education * Jeannette Klute –

Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...

research photographer who helped develop the

Dye-transfer process Dye transfer is a continuous-tone color photographic printing process. It was used to print Technicolor films, as well as to produce paper colour prints used in advertising, or large transparencies for display. History The use of dye imbibition ...

and demonstrated color photography as an art form *

Bryan Kocis Bryan Charles Kocis (May 28, 1962 – January 24, 2007), also known as Bryan Phillips, was a director of gay pornographic films and founder of Cobra Video, a gay porn film studio. Kocis was murdered at his Dallas Township, Pennsylvania, home o ...

– founder of Cobra Video * Leon Lim – artist, contestant on '' Work of Art: The Next Great Artist'' * Dan Loh (1995) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for feature photography with the Associated Press in 1999 * Mary Lum (artist) – visual artist, recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship, professor at

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

* Zwelethu Mthethwa (1989) – South African painter and photographer * David Muench – landscape and nature photographer * Elli Perkins – professional glass artist *

Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry (August 9, 1872 – October 23, 1943) was an American philanthropist and activist. Perry founded the Colored Big Sister Home for Girls in 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri. With her husband, John E. Perry, she worked ...

– activist, philanthropist *

Wallace Seawell Wallace Seawell (September 16, 1916 – May 29, 2007) was an American photographer best known for his portraits of Hollywood stars such as Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and George Burns. Seawell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1916 and studied phot ...

(1940) – Hollywood photographer * Daria Semegen – composer of classical music * Ronald Senungetuk – Inupiat artist * William Snyder (1981) – four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist; director of photography, ''

Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885 by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the '' Galvest ...

'' * David Spindel – photographer * Anthony Suau (1978) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for feature photography with the ''

Denver Post ''The Denver Post'' is a daily newspaper and website published in Denver, Colorado. As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 ...

'' in 1978 * Emily Thompson (1984) – associate professor of history, University of San Diego; 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellow *

Jerry Uelsmann Jerry Norman Uelsmann (June 11, 1934 – April 4, 2022) was an American photographer. As an emerging artist in the 1960s, Jerry Uelsmann received international recognition for surreal, enigmatic photographs (photomontages) made with his uniqu ...

(1957) – photographer, darkroom artist and Professor Emeritus of the University of Florida * Craig Varjabedian – photographer * Eloise Wilkin (1923) – illustrator for

Little Golden Books Little Golden Books is a series of children's books, published since 1942. '' The Poky Little Puppy'', the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States.. Many other Little Golden Books have ...

Social Sciences

* Thomas R Keene – economist for ''

Bloomberg News Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Televi ...

'' * C. A. Tripp – psychologist and writer

Arts & Design

* Mike Battle (2002) – digital restoration artist * Brian Bram – comic artist for '' American Splendor'', founder of two interactive agencies in Boston * Kei Ito (2014) – contemporary photographer and installation artist * Elan Lee (1998) –

alternate reality game An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by players' ideas or actions. The form is defined by inten ...

designer * Junco Sato Pollack – contemporary artist * Todd Chadwick Wilson – directorSFGate.com obituary
/ref> * Chuck Baird (1974) – deaf artist and one of the founders of the

De'VIA Deaf View/Image Art, abbreviated as De'VIA, is a genre of visual art that intentionally represents the Deaf experience and Deaf culture. Although De'VIA works have been created throughout history, the term was first defined and recognized as an ar ...

art movement * Sean Forbes (2008) – co-founder of D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network * Adam Kubert (1981) –

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

known for his work for publishers such as

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...

and

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...

* David Spindel (born 1941), photographer *

Glynis Sweeny Glynis Sweeny (born 1962) is an American illustrator and caricaturist who is known for lampooning political and business figures in newspapers, newsweeklies, and consumer magazines. Sweeny graduated with a degree in graphic design from Rochester I ...

(1984) –

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

and nationally recognized

caricaturist A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. List of caricaturists * Abed Abdi (born 1942) * Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003) * Alex Gard (1900–1948) * Alexander Saroukhan (1898–1977) * Alfred Grévin (1827–1892) * ...

Journalism & Media

* Liz Bonis (1988) – reporter, WKRC-TV, Cincinnati (Clear Channel Communications), Channel 13 WHAM-TV *

Gale Gand Gale Gand is a Chicago-based pastry chef, cookbook author, television personality, and winner of the 2001 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Gand was the host of the Food Network show ''Sweet Dreams''. She was the Chef-in-Re ...

(1981) – cookbook author, chef and host of TV

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...

's ''Sweet Dreams'' * Katie Linendoll (2005) – tech expert on A&E's '' We Mean Business'' * Debra Meiburg – wine journalist,

Master of Wine Master of Wine (MW) is a qualification (not an academic degree) issued by The Institute of Masters of Wine in the United Kingdom. The MW qualification is generally regarded in the wine industry as one of the highest standards of professional kno ...

holder * Jack Van Antwerp (1986) – former director of photography for

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

* Frederick Elmes (1986) – cinematographer, two-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography * Michael Slovis (1976) – cinematographer and television director, including ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White ( Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited ...

'', ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...

Business

* Donald N. Boyce (1967) – chairman of the board, IDEX Corporation * William A. Buckingham (1964) – executive vice president of

M&T Bank M&T Bank Corporation (Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company) is an American bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It operates 1680 branches in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, Massachusett ...

Daniel Carp Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...

(1973) – former chairman and

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...

of the Eastman Kodak Company *

Tom Curley Thomas Curley (born July 6, 1948) is an American businessman and journalist who served as President of the Associated Press, the world's largest news organization. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from La Salle Universi ...

(1977) – president and

* Jeffrey K. Harris (1975) – vice president and managing director for Situational Awareness Systems, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions * Roger W. Kober (1984) – chairman and CEO, Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation * Ralph Peo (1915) – founder of Frontier Industries and former CEO and Chairman of Houdaille Industries * Mike Rundle – co-founder, 9rules Network * Kevin Surace (1985) – entrepreneur, CEO of Appvance, CNBC Innovator of the Decade * Robert Fabbio (1985) – venture capitalist, founder of Tivoli Systems and WhileGlove Health

Sports

* Alex Crepinsek –

National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United States and five in Canada. The N ...

player for the Minnesota Swarm *

Matt Hamill RIT Tigers Matthew Stanley Hamill (born October 5, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist and wrestler who has competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in ...

– champion wrestler at

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...

Division III and 2001 Summer

Deaflympics The Deaflympics also known as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at which Deaf athl ...

;

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

* Steve Pinizzotto – Canadian professional ice hockey player * Jerry Ragonese –

Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff ...

player for the

Rochester Rattlers Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...

* Chris Tanev –

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

player for the

Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference, and are the third major professional ice hockey tea ...

Steve Toll Steve Toll (born June 16, 1974 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former lacrosse player and current executive in the Canadian Lacrosse League. In his 14-year National Lacrosse League career, Toll won five NLL Championships four with the Toronto R ...

– National Lacrosse League Player *

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review '' WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...

– equestrian Olympic bronze medal winner

References

Footnotes

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Alumni Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...

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