New College of Florida - Alumni

Alumni

New College graduates are relatively few (about 4,000), although everyone who has attended the college for more than one semester, regardless of graduation status, is considered a New College alumnus. They are dated by the year they entered New College, not by graduation year. For example, a student entering New College in 1985 would be considered part of the "Class of 1985." A plurality of alumni live in Florida, but large clusters of alums gravitate to San Francisco, Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Tampa, Atlanta, and Boston as well as remaining in Sarasota.

Among the most prominent New College graduates are president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York William Dudley; Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, Law Professor Anita L. Allen, named to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues; national Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart; bestselling author of Getting Things Done David Allen (author); Emmy-award-winning TV writer/producer Carol Flint; former U.S. Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart; CEO of Barnie's Coffee & Tea Jonathan Smiga; professor of law and director for Cumberland School of Law's Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics David M. Smolin; mathematician and Fields Medalist William Thurston; internet personality Merlin Mann; cinematographer Ryan Francis White; and singer-songwriter Jaymay.