15 Notable alumni of SUNY at Fredonia
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
SUNY at Fredonia is ranked #2,260 in the world and #586 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from SUNY at Fredonia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with SUNY at Fredonia won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ozra Amander Hadley
1826-1915 (aged 89)
husbandry worker
politician
Ozra Amander Hadley (June 30, 1826 – July 18, 1915) was an American politician who served as the acting governor of Arkansas from 1871 to 1873. He also served in the Arkansas Senate. A Republican, he was from New York and became a farmer in Minnesota. He also served in local government before moving to Arkansas and opening a general...
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2. Marcus M. Drake
1835-1907 (aged 72)
politician
Marcus Motier Drake was the mayor of the city of Buffalo, New York, serving from November to December 1882, after the resignation of Grover Cleveland.
3. Frank Manly Thorn
1836-1907 (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
journalist
Frank Manly Thorn was an American lawyer, politician, government official, essayist, journalist, humorist, and inventor. He served as the sixth Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The first non-scientist to hold that position, he guided the Coast and Geodetic Survey through a critical period of reform following the exposure of improprieties under his predecessor, and he defended...
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4. Gaelen Foley
1973-. (aged 53)
writer
novelist
Gaelen Foley is an American author best known for writing romance novels set in the Regency era. She has also been self-publishing middle grade fantasy books under the pen name E.G. Foley since 2012. Her books have been in the USA Today bestseller list regularly since 2000 and the New York Times bestseller list since 2008. Gaelen's novels have been...
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5. James Brendan Foley
1957-. (aged 69)
diplomat
James Brendan Foley is a retired American foreign service officer. He served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti from May 27, 2003 to August 14, 2005, and as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia from September 15, 2009 to August 19, 2012. As Ambassador to Haiti, Foley participated in the late-night negotiations between...
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6. Michael Marletta
1951-. (aged 75)
biochemist
researcher
Michael A. Marletta is an American biochemist. He was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Italian immigrants. He graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia in 1973 with an A.B. degree in biology and chemistry, and from the University of California, San Francisco in 1978 with a Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutical chemistry, where he studied...
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7. Tom Pokel
1967-. (aged 59)
ice hockey player
ice hockey coach
Tom Pokel is an American professional ice hockey coach and a former ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the head coach for the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
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8. Jennifer Cody
1969-. (aged 57)
actor
dancer
voice actor
Jennifer Cody is an American actress and dancer.
9. Lucille Clifton
1936-2010 (aged 74)
university teacher
writer
children's writer
author
poet
Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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10. Peter Shukoff
1979-. (aged 47)
singer
YouTuber
rapper
actor
television producer
Peter Alexis Shukoff, best known as his stage name Nice Peter or Bluesocks, is an American musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and Internet personality. A self-described "Comic/Guitar Hero", he is best known for the comedy on his YouTube channel, Nice Peter, and especially for the comedic series Epic Rap Battles of History which he co-created with Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. As of June...
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11. Mary McDonnell
1952-. (aged 74)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Mary Eileen McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko....
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12. Jean Webster
1876-1916 (aged 40)
playwright
journalist
humorist
writer
children's writer
Jean Webster was the pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster, an American author whose books include Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially, but with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books palatable and enjoyable to contemporary readers.
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13. Sean Ryan
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Sean M. Ryan is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the mayor of Buffalo. He previously served in New York State Senate representing the 61st district and 60th district from 2021 to 2025, and in the New York State Assembly from 2011 to 2020 in both the 144th district and the 149th district.
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14. Anthony Brindisi
1978-. (aged 48)
lawyer
politician
Anthony Joseph Brindisi is an American lawyer and politician from the state of New York. He serves as a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Brindisi served as the U.S. representative from New York's 22nd congressional district from 2019 to 2021. He represented New York's 119th Assembly District from...
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15. Andrea Romano
1955-. (aged 71)
casting director
director
actor
television producer
writer
Andrea Romano is an Italian politician.