Brooklyn Technical High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Hall of Fame inductees listed separately at end, by year. Inductions held 1998-2000, 2003, and 2005.

  • Gary Ackerman, 1960 - United States Representative, New York (1983- )
  • Warren Adler, c. 1945 - Novelist
  • Karol J. Bobko, 1954 – NASA Astronaut
  • John Catsimatidis, 1966 - Chairman & CEO, Red Apple Group
  • Tom Chapin, 1962 - Entertainer, humanitarian
  • Lorenzo Charles 1981 - Professional basketball player
  • Kim Coles, 1980 - Actress
  • John Piña Craven, 1942 - Former chief scientist of the US Navy's Special Projects Office
  • Richard Fariña, 1955 - Writer, folksinger
  • Lou Ferrigno, 1969 - Bodybuilder, actor
  • Warren Foster, 1923 - Cartoon music composer
  • Geoff Fox, 1968 - WTNH meteorologist
  • Carl Gatto, 1955 - Alaska House of Representatives from 2003–2012
  • Gerry Goffin, c. 1957 - Brill Building lyricist
  • Francis Grasso, 1967 - Early disco DJ
  • David Groh, 1957 or 1958 - actor, television's Rhoda
  • Gary Gruber, Ph.D. - 1958 - Author, physicist, testing expert
  • Herbert L. Henkel, 1966 - former Chairman of Ingersoll-Rand Corporation
  • Tommy Holmes, 1935 - Major League Baseball player
  • Richard LaMotta, 1960 - Founder of Chipwich, ice cream sandwich company
  • Ivan Lee, 1999 - Internationally ranked saber fencer
  • Harvey Lichtenstein, 1947 - Executive director, Brooklyn Academy of Music (1967–99)
  • Turk Lown, major league baseball player
  • Jack Maple, 1970 - Criminologist, author
  • Richard Matheson, 1943 - Author, screenwriter
  • Arthur Marquardt, 1973 - Retired Project Manager Bell Labs
  • Barry Mayo, 1970 - Radio executive
  • Matthew F. McHugh, 1956 - U.S. Congressman (1975–1993)
  • Conrad McRae, 1989 - Professional basketball player
  • Ronnie Nunn, 1968 - NBA Director of Officials
  • Arno Allan Penzias, 1951 - Nobel laureate in physics
  • Frederick Pohl, attended 1933; dropped out; honorary diploma 2009 - Early science fiction fan and author
  • Vernon Reid, 1976 - Musician, Living Colour
  • Werner Roth, 1966 - Professional soccer hall-of-famer
  • Albert Ruddy, 1948 - Two-time Academy Award-winning producer
  • Steven Sasson, 1968 - National Medal of Technology and Innovation-winner for work on digital photography
  • Russ Salzberg, 1969 - WWOR-TV anchor
  • Keeth Smart, 1996 - Men's fencing silver medalist, 2008 Olympics
  • Erinn Smart, 1997 - Women's fencing silver medalist, 2008 Olympics
  • Anthony D. Weiner, 1981 - United States Representative from New York (1999–2011)
  • Robert Anton Wilson, 1950 - Countercultural icon, futurist, Playboy editor
  • Lee David Zlotoff, 1970 - Writer, creator of TV series MacGyver’’

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