11 Notable alumni of SUNY College at Geneseo
Updated: June 18, 2026 EliteDegrees
SUNY College at Geneseo is 2059st in the world, 1st in North America, and 515st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from SUNY College at Geneseo 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 College at Geneseo won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Blanche Jennings Thompson
1887-1983 (aged 96)
teacher
editor
writer
Blanche Jennings Thompson was an American editor, children's author and educator who wrote 32 books; her first, Silver Pennies, was very popular and sold over 350,000 copies.
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2. Curt Smith
1951-. (aged 75)
radio personality
writer
journalist
Curt Smith is an American author, media host and columnist. In addition to work as a newspaper reporter, Smith was a political speechwriter until 1992 and a host of radio and television programs until 2002. He has written 17 books, including Voices of the Game, which covers the history of baseball broadcasting. Smith is a newspaper columnist in upstate New...
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3. Paula Miller
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Paula Jean Miller is an American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates 2005–2012, representing the 87th district in the city of Norfolk. She ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the special election to fill the seat being vacated by Ralph Northam, who was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, in the Virginia Senate, District...
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4. Tyler Brickler
1991-. (aged 35)
ice hockey player
Tyler Brickler is a Korean American professional ice hockey player who last played for the Dundee Stars in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Brickler previously played for High1 in the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL).
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5. Scott Donnelly
1980-. (aged 46)
association football player
association football coach
Scott Donnelly is an American soccer player, coach and scout.
6. Joseph Morelle
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Joseph D. Morelle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 2018. A Democrat, he was formerly a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 136th Assembly district, which includes eastern portions of the City of Rochester and the Monroe County suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton. Speaker Sheldon Silver appointed...
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7. Daniel Barwick
1968-. (aged 58)
businessperson
Daniel Workman Barwick is an American author, fundraiser, journalist, podcaster, higher education administrator, and teacher. He was the President of Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas from 2011 to 2019.
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8. Tony Caridi
1962-. (aged 64)
sports journalist
Tony Caridi is a children's book author and an American sportscaster for West Virginia University's Mountaineer Sports Network and West Virginia Radio Corporation's Metronews Radio Network.
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9. William Sadler
1950-. (aged 76)
film actor
actor
television actor
William Thomas Sadler is an American actor. He began his career in various Broadway productions including Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues (1985). Known as a character actor, his best known film roles include Die Hard 2 (1990), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and Bill & Ted Face the Music...
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10. Jenna Wolfe
1974-. (aged 52)
journalist
Jenna Wolfe is a Jamaican-born Haitian and American journalist and personal trainer. From 2007 to 2014, she was a correspondent for NBC's Today and Sunday co-anchor from 2007 to 2012 and news anchor for Weekend Today from 2012 to 2014. On September 12, 2014, Wolfe left the weekend Today show for a new role as lifestyle and fitness correspondent on...
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11. Jonathan Murray
1955-. (aged 71)
television producer
Jonathan Murray is an American television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World, Road Rules and The Challenge, and the Oxygen Network's Bad Girls Club.
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