Notable Alumni of Alfred University

Tom Reed 1971–

Former US Representative from New York

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1993

Also attended: Ohio Northern University

Rufus Mallory 1831–1914

Oregon lawyer and politician

J. Hale Sypher 1837–1905

Attorney and Louisiana congressman

Albert Cole Hopkins 1837–1911

U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Nathaniel M. Hubbard 1829–1902

Iowa lawyer and judge

George P. Darrow 1859–1943

Republican congressman from Pennsylvania

William Wallace Brown 1836–1926

US representative from Pennsylvania

Bob Benmosche 1944–2015

President and CEO of AIG

Melvil Dewey 1851–1931

Librarian who invented the Dewey Decimal system

Also attended: Amherst College

Clarence W. Spicer 1875–1939

Automotive engineer and universal joint pioneer

Also attended: Cornell University

Flora A. Brewster 1852–1919

Baltimore's first woman surgeon

Charles Butts 1863–1946

American paleontologist

Robert Littell 1935–

Spy novelist and former journalist

Child: Jonathan Littell (Yale University)

Robert Klein 1942–

Stand-up comedian, singer and actor

Also attended: Yale University

Amy Karle 1980–

Bioartist and futurist

Also attended: California College of the Arts, Cornell University

Maija Grotell 1899–1973

Finnish-American ceramic artist and educator

Ruth Ansel 1938–

Graphic designer, co-art director of Harper's Bazaar

Alfred Allen 1866–1947

Silent film actor and author

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, The New England Conservatory of Music

Siona Shimshi 1939–2018

Israeli painter, sculptor and ceramist

Sana Musasama 1957–

Ceramic and mixed-media artist

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Betty Woodman 1930–2018

Ceramic artist

Spouse: George Woodman (Harvard University, University of New Mexico-Main Campus)

Child: Francesca Woodman (Rhode Island School of Design)

Sondra Perry 1986–

Video, installation and performance artist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Kenneth Price 1935–2012

Ceramic sculptor and artist

Also attended: Santa Monica College, University of Southern California

Marvin Bell 1937–2020

Poet and first Poet Laureate of Iowa

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Iowa