19 Notable alumni of New College of Florida
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
New College of Florida is ranked #2,923 in the world and #757 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from New College of Florida sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with New College of Florida won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joel Judd
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
Joel Stanton Judd is an American lawyer and former politician from Denver, Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2002, Judd represented House District 5, which encompasses downtown Denver, until 2010.
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2. John Wilke
1954-2009 (aged 55)
journalist
writer
John Wilke was an American investigative reporter and news editor in the Washington bureau of The Wall Street Journal for two decades, beginning in 1989 and lasting until his death in 2009.
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3. Sam Zamarripa
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Samuel Zamarripa is an American entrepreneur, author, and former politician. He is currently the Proprietor of Doghobble Vineyard and Farm in Dahlonega, Georgia. He served as the CEO of Intent Solutions in Atlanta, Georgia from 2017 - 2021. In 2018, Zamarripa lead the acquisition of Mundo Hispanico from the Cox Media Group and now serves as its chairman of the...
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4. Scott Baker
1954-. (aged 72)
marine biologist
C. Scott Baker is an American molecular biologist and cetacean specialist. He is Associate Director of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution at the University of Auckland, and Editor of the Journal of Heredity.
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5. Jennifer Granick
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
Jennifer Stisa Granick is an American attorney and educator. Senator Ron Wyden has called Granick an "NBA all-star of surveillance law." She is well known for her work with intellectual property law, free speech, privacy law, and other things relating to computer security, and has represented several high-profile hackers.
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6. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer
politician
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. She is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, in which she represented the 9th District, which includes most of Leon County, from 2008 to 2016. In addition to her legislative career, Rehwinkel Vasilinda is an attorney and has been a professor of Legal Studies and Applied...
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7. Anita L. Allen
1953-. (aged 73)
jurist
lawyer
philosopher
university teacher
Anita LaFrance Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was formerly Vice Provost for Faculty from 2013 to 2020.
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8. Sung-Yoon Lee
koreanologist
university teacher
Sung-Yoon Lee, Hanja 李晟允 is a South Korean scholar, author, and commentator on Korean studies and East Asian studies, specializing in North Korea.
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9. Nancy McEldowney
1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat
Nancy Eileen McEldowney is an American academic and diplomat who served as the national security advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris from January 20, 2021, to March 21, 2022. She was previously a career Foreign Service officer, served as United States ambassador to Bulgaria (2008–2009), and was director of the Foreign Service Institute from February 2013 until June 2017.
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10. Robert D. Atkinson
1954-. (aged 72)
economist
Robert David Atkinson is a Canadian-American economist. He is president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that promotes policies based on innovation economics. He was previously Vice President of the Progressive Policy Institute.
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11. William C. Dudley
1952-. (aged 74)
banker
economist
William C. Dudley is an American economist who served as the president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2009 to 2018 and as vice-chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee. He was appointed to the position on January 27, 2009, following the confirmation of his predecessor, Timothy F. Geithner, as United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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12. Rick Doblin
1953-. (aged 73)
researcher
Richard Elliot Doblin is an American psychedelic drug advocate who is the founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
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13. Mark Weiser
1952-1999 (aged 47)
computer scientist
engineer
university teacher
Mark D. Weiser was an American computer scientist and chief technology officer (CTO) at Xerox PARC. Weiser is widely considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing, a term he coined in 1988. Within Silicon Valley, Weiser was broadly viewed as a visionary and computer pioneer, and his ideas have influenced many of the world's leading computer scientists.
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14. William Thurston
1946-2012 (aged 66)
university teacher
mathematician
topologist
William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds.
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15. David Allen
1945-. (aged 81)
adviser
blogger
writer
David Allen is an American author and productivity consultant. He created the time management method Getting Things Done.
16. Robert Bilott
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
Robert Bilott is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio. Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs injured by chemical waste dumped in rural communities in West Virginia. Bilott has spent more than twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). They were unregulated as industry had never...
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17. José Díaz-Balart
1960-. (aged 66)
journalist
television presenter
José Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American journalist and television anchorman for both Telemundo and NBC News. Diaz-Balart previously anchored weeknight editions of Noticias Telemundo on Telemundo and José Díaz-Balart Reports on MSNBC. He currently anchors Saturday editions of NBC Nightly News.
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18. Lincoln Díaz-Balart
1954-2025 (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart was a Cuban-American attorney and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother, Mario Díaz-Balart, who had previously represented Florida's 25th...
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19. Melissa Cristina Márquez
writer
marine biologist
Melissa Cristina Márquez is a Puerto Rican marine biologist and science communicator. She studies chondrichthyan fishes, including great white sharks.
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