Notable Alumni of SUNY College at Oswego

Woodbridge N. Ferris 1853–1928

Michigan governor, US senator, founder of Ferris State University

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

John Mannion 1968–

US representative from New York

Master of Science

Also attended: Binghamton University

Bill Shine 1963–

Former White House deputy chief of staff, ex-Fox News executive

Bachelor of Arts · Communication studies

Harry Bronson 1959–

New York State Assembly member from Rochester

Also attended: University at Buffalo

Patricia Walrath 1941–

Massachusetts state representative from 1985 to 2009

Also attended: Bemidji State University

Mary Sheldon Barnes 1850–1898

Educator and historian

Attended until 1869

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Father: Edward Austin Sheldon (Hamilton College)

Takamine Hideo 1853–1910

Meiji-era Japanese educator

Byron Cummings 1860–1954

Archaeologist and university president

Linda Smircich 1948–

Management professor at UMass Amherst

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Syracuse University

Jerry Seinfeld 1954–

Comedian, co-creator of Seinfeld

Also attended: CUNY Queens College

Spouse: Jessica Seinfeld (University of Vermont)

Al Roker 1954–

Weather presenter, journalist and author

Bachelor of Arts · Communication

Spouse: Deborah Roberts (University of Georgia)

Robin Curtis 1956–

Actress, Saavik in Star Trek III

Spouse: Kent Williams (State University of New York at Oswego)

Alice McDermott 1953–

Novelist and essayist

Also attended: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

Margaret Warner Morley 1858–1923

Educator, biologist and children's nature author

Also attended: CUNY Hunter College

Charles E. King 1874–1950

Hawaii educator, territorial legislator and songwriter

Ken Auletta 1942–

Author and New Yorker media critic

Also attended: Syracuse University

Spouse: Amanda Urban (Wheaton College (MA), Bennington College)

Kent Williams 1950–

Actor

Spouse: Robin Curtis (State University of New York at Oswego)

Diana Abu-Jaber 1959–

Author and Portland State University professor

Also attended: Binghamton University

Robert O'Connor 1959–

Novelist and professor

Also attended: Syracuse University

Richard Jay-Alexander 1953–

Broadway producer and director

Joe Jones 1965–

Head coach of Boston University men's basketball

Sibling: James Jones (SUNY at Albany)

John McLoughlin 1953–

Police officer who survived the World Trade Center collapse

Michael A. Hoffman II 1957–

Author and Holocaust denier

Olive Pond Amies 1844–1917

Educator, lecturer and editor from New York

Also attended: Central Connecticut State University