Stuyvesant High School - Notable People

Notable People

Main article: List of Stuyvesant High School people See also: Category:Stuyvesant High School alumni

Notable scientists among Stuyvesant alumni include mathematician Paul Cohen (1950), string theorist Brian Greene (1980), physicist Lisa Randall (1980), and genomic researcher Eric Lander (1974). Other prominent alumni include entertainers such as Thelonious Monk (1935), and actors Lucy Liu (1986), Tim Robbins (1976), and James Cagney (1918), comedian Paul Reiser (1973) and NBA basketball player and game fixer/bookmaker Jack Molinas (1949). In business, government and politics, United States Attorney General Eric Holder (1969) is a Stuyvesant alumnus, as are Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod (1972), former adviser to President Clinton Dick Morris (1964)., Ronn Torossian, Founder of 5WPR, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt taught English at Stuyvesant before the publication of his memoirs Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, and Teacher Man. Teacher Man's third section, titled Coming Alive in Room 205, concerns McCourt's time at Stuyvesant, and mentions a number of students and faculty.

Four Nobel laureates are also alumni of Stuyvesant:

  • Joshua Lederberg (1941) – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1958
  • Robert Fogel (1944) – Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1993
  • Roald Hoffmann (1954) – Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1981
  • Richard Axel (1963) – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2004

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