23 Notable alumni of SUNY Cortland
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
SUNY Cortland is ranked #2,026 in the world and #501 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from SUNY Cortland 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 Cortland won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Marion Fricano
1923-1976 (aged 53)
baseball player
Marion John Fricano was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia and Kansas City Athletics. Fricano, a native of North Collins, New York, pitched in 88 games for the team from 1952–1955, starting in 43 games and attaining a 4.32 earned run average (ERA), 15 wins, 23 losses and two saves. Fricano hit Chicago White Sox hitter and...
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2. Dominic Carter
writer
Dominic Carter is an American news reporter and political commentator for Verizon Fios/RNN News which airs in NY, NJ, DE, and CT. He is also a blogger for The Huffington Post, and does radio work for WABC.
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3. Everette Joseph
atmospheric physicist
Everette Joseph is an American atmospheric scientist who has served as the director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado since 2019.
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4. Fern Kupfer
1946-. (aged 80)
writer
Fern Lee Kupfer is an American author and retired professor of creative writing at Iowa State University. She has written several novels and as well as memoirs reflecting on her life experiences, the discovery that she is a carrier of the BRCA gene, and the loss of her son to Canavan disease.
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5. Suad Joseph
1943-. (aged 83)
anthropologist
Suad Joseph received her doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1975. Dr. Joseph is Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis and in 2009 was President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. Her research addresses issues of gender; families, children, and youth; sociology of the family; and selfhood, citizenship,...
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6. Sid Jamieson
head coach
Sid Jamieson is an American former lacrosse coach. He is Cayuga and the only First Nations head coach in the history of NCAA Division I lacrosse.
7. Brian Giorgis
1955-. (aged 71)
basketball player
basketball coach
Brian Giorgis is a retired head coach of the Marist Red Foxes women's basketball program, having completed twenty-one seasons as head coach, from 2002 to 2023.
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8. Nate Leaman
1972-. (aged 54)
head coach
Nate Leaman is an American ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach for Providence. He was previously head coach at Union.
9. David L. Brainard
1856-1946 (aged 90)
explorer
David Legge Brainard was a career officer in the United States Army. He enlisted in 1876, received his officer's commission in 1886, and served until 1919. Brainard attained the rank of brigadier general and served during World War I as U.S. military attaché in Lisbon, Portugal.
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10. Matt Senk
baseball player
Matt Senk is an American college baseball coach who served as the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves. Senk held the head coaching position at Stony Brook from 1991 until his retirement in 2025. Under Senk, Stony Brook has won America East Conference baseball tournaments in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2019, appearing in the NCAA tournament each...
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11. Zane Lamprey
1976-. (aged 50)
writer
film director
film screenwriter
television director
Zane Lamprey is a comedian, actor, editor, producer, and writer for television and movies.
12. Nathan Lewis Miller
1868-1953 (aged 85)
lawyer
judge
politician
Nathan Lewis Miller was an American attorney and politician from New York. A Republican, he served as New York State Comptroller from 1901 to 1903, and a judge of the New York Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals from 1903 to 1915. From 1921 to 1922, he served as governor of New York.
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13. Theodore McKee
1947-. (aged 79)
judge
Theodore Alexander McKee is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He previously served on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
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14. Erin Ryder
1981-. (aged 45)
television producer
explorer
photographer
Erin Ryder is an American producer and director in television and digital media. She co-Founded Pax Pictures, a female led production company.
15. C. B. Bucknor
1962-. (aged 64)
baseball player
baseball umpire
Christopher Blake Bucknor is a Jamaican umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the National League (NL) from 1996 to 1999 and has worked in both major leagues since 2000.
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16. Greg Sankey
athlete
Greg Sankey is an American athletics administrator who has served as the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since 2015. He was previously employed by the SEC for 13 years in various capacities under commissioner Mike Slive. Prior to that, he was the commissioner of the Southland Conference. Sankey's high profile role has led media outlets to dub him "the...
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17. Scott Israel
politician
Scott Israel is an American law enforcement officer in Florida, and the former Broward County Sheriff.
18. Ann E. Dunwoody
1953-. (aged 73)
military personnel
Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody is a retired general of the United States Army. She was the first woman in United States military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on 14 November 2008.
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19. Jake Steinfeld
1958-. (aged 68)
actor
professional fitness coach
Jake Steinfeld is an American actor, fitness personality, and entrepreneur, known for his brand, Body by Jake.
20. George Tenet
1953-. (aged 73)
intelligence officer
politician
George John Tenet is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.
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21. Mick Foley
1965-. (aged 61)
actor
professional wrestler
writer
film actor
children's writer
Michael Francis Foley is an American comedian, author, and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, under a WWE Legends contract.
22. Aljamain Sterling
1989-. (aged 37)
mixed martial arts fighter
amateur wrestler
Aljamain Antoine Sterling is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion. Sterling is the first UFC champion to win a title by disqualification. He also competed for Cage Fury Fighting Championship, where he is a former Cage Fury Fighting Bantamweight...
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23. Kevin James
1965-. (aged 61)
comedian
television producer
producer
voice actor
film screenwriter
Kevin George Knipfing, known professionally as Kevin James, is an American comedian and actor. James began his career as a stand-up comedian on Long Island in the late 1980s before rising to prominence for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007), for which he received the nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor...
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