List of Pace University people
The following is a list of people associated with Pace University, including current and former faculty members, alumni, students, and others:
Presidents of Pace
| President | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Homer S. Pace and Charles A. Pace
(joint-partnership as a proprietary business institute) |
1906 | 1935 |
| Homer S. Pace | 1935 | 1942 |
| Robert S. Pace | 1942 | 1960 |
| Edward J. Mortola | 1960 | 1984 |
| William G. Sharwell | 1984 | 1990 |
| Patricia O'Donnell-Ewers | 1990 | 2000 |
| David A. Caputo | 2000 | 2007 |
| Stephen J. Friedman[1] | 2007 | 2017 |
| Marvin Krislov[2] | 2017 | Present |
Notable faculty
- Charles A. Agemian - professor of Business; banker; former executive vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank; former chairman and CEO of Hackensack Trust Corp. (renamed Garden State National Bank)
- Jacob M. Appel - bioethicist and euthanasia advocate (former faculty)
- Murray Banks - head of Psychology department (former faculty)
- Peter Fingesten - founding chairman of the Art department
- Ira Joe Fisher - CBS broadcaster; Student Success Coordinator at Pace University's Center for Academic Excellence in Pleasantville
- Harold Holzer - former professor of history; senior vice president for external affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; co-chairman, U.S. 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, appointed by President Clinton in September 2000, and elected co-chairman in 2001[3]
- Matthew Humphreys - actor and head of the BFA Acting for Film, Television, Voice-overs, and Commercials program (FTVC) within the Pace School of Performing Arts (PPA)[4]
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - alumnus; professor emeritus of Environmental Law; radio host, Ring of Fire; U.S. secretary of health and human services, former New York City assistant district attorney
- William Kunstler - civil rights attorney, associate professor of Law (1951–1963)
- Ryan Scott Oliver - award-winning composer and professor for BFA Musical Theatre program
- Richard Ottinger - former member of the United States House of Representatives; Professor of Environmental Studies; co-director of Pace's Center for Environmental Legal Studies
- Rob Redding - talk host, journalist, author and artist
- David Siegel - Lubin Adjunct Professor of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship; CEO of Investopedia
- Valentine Rossilli Winsey - anthropologist and women's rights activist
Notable alumni
(*did not graduate)
Arts and letters
- Tessa Bailey - romance novelist
- David Ehrenstein - journalist; film critic
- Marv Goldberg - music historian in the field of rhythm & blues
- Jeff Rubens - statistician; co-editor of The Bridge World
- Destiny Wagner - Miss Earth 2021
Business
- Philip C. Abramo - financial fraudster, white-collar crime boss and DeCavalcante crime family Caporegime, known as "the King of Wall Street"[5]
- Frank A. Calderoni - chief executive officer of Anaplan[6]
- Telfar Clemens - fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Ariane de Rothschild - on board of directors of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild and Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild; wife of Baron Benjamin de Rothschild
- Richard Grasso* - chairman and CEO (1995–2003) of the New York Stock Exchange
- Herbert L. Henkel - chairman, Ingersoll-Rand; former president & CEO
- Kevin Huang - CEO, Pixel Interactive Media in Asia[7][8]
- Jeff Jacobson - vice president of Kodak; COO of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group; president of Kodak's Graphic Solutions & Services[9]
- Robin Bennett Kanarek - nurse, philanthropist, and author[10]
- Barry Klarberg - minority owner of the New York Yankees and talent manager
- Edward D. Miller - on board of directors, American Express; former president and CEO of AXA; former senior vice chairman, Chase Manhattan; former president, Chemical Banking Corporation
- Rosemary Vrablic - managing director and senior private banker of Deutsche Bank's US private wealth management business[11]
- Allen Weisselberg - CFO of The Trump Organization
Engineering and technology
- Rob Enderle - technical and legal analyst; founder of the Enderle Group
- Herbert L. Henkel - chairman, president and CEO, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd.
- Ivan G. Seidenberg - former president and CEO of Verizon; benefactor and trustee; namesake of Pace's Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems
Entertainment
- Ailee - Korean-American singer, based in South Korea
- Michelle Borth - actress, known for Hawaii Five-0
- Christopher Briney - actor, known for his role as Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty
- Kate Bristol - voice actress
- Paul Dano - actor[12]
- Dominique Fishback - actress and playwright
- Celia Rose Gooding* - actress; known for originating the role of Frankie Healy in Jagged Little Pill
- Yuhua Hamasaki - drag queen[13]
- Meaghan Jarensky - Miss New York USA 2005; Miss USA finalist[14]
- Jesse James Keitel - actor; known for her role as Ruthie in Queer As Folk
- Cooper Koch - actor; Primetime Emmy Award nominee for his role as Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
- Jarah Mariano - international model
- Tommy Nelson* - actor; known for his role as Neil in the biopic My Friend Dahmer and Russell in The Cat and the Moon
- Vincent Pastore* - actor; best known for his role in The Sopranos as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
- Alfred Preisser - co-founder and director, with Christopher McElroen, of The Classical Theatre of Harlem[15]
- Rachael Ray* - television celebrity chef, 30 Minute Meals[16]
- Diana Scarwid - actress; Academy Award nominee and Emmy nominee
- Larry Saperstein - actor; known for his role as Big Red in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Rafael L. Silva - actor; known for his role as Carlos Reyes in 9-1-1: Lone Star
- Glenn Taranto - actor; known for his role as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
Media and communications
- Mel Karmazin - CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio; former president and CEO, CBS; former COO, Viacom
- Mary O'Grady - editorial board, Wall Street Journal
- Ken Rudin - NPR's Political Editor[17]
Politics and public service
- Fr. John Corapi - television host, EWTN; Roman Catholic priest ordained by Pope John Paul II
- James E. Davis - New York City Council member and community activist
- Jim Dunnigan* - military wargame designer
- Charles Dyson - businessman and philanthropist; special consultant to the secretary of war; former U.S. Air Force colonel; recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and Order of the British Empire Commander's Badge; former executive vice president, Textron; founder and former chairman of the Dyson Foundation and the Dyson Kissner-Moran Corporation (now DKM Corp);[18] benefactor and trustee; namesake of Pace's Dyson Hall and Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
- Naomi Caplan Matusow - former New York state assemblywoman, New York State Assembly[19]
- Chris Meek - founder of SoldierStrong
- Kash Patel - director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Roxanne Persaud - New York state senator from the 19th district
- Philip T. Sica - former marshal of the City of New York (mayoral appointment by John V. Lindsay); Republican nominee, Queens borough president
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins - temporary president and majority leader of the New York State Senate
- Caroline Van Zile - 3rd solicitor general of Washington, D.C.
Sports
- Edward W. Stack - chairman (1977–2000) and current member, National Baseball Hall of Fame board of directors[20]
Notable alumni from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law
- Ruth Noemí Colón - 66th secretary of state of New York
- Philip Foglia (deceased) - former prosecutor and Italian American civic rights activist[21]
- Philip M. Halpern - judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; adjunct professor at Pace Law School
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - 26th U.S. secretary of health and human services[22]
- Kieran Lalor - former member of the New York State Assembly
- Malachy E. Mannion - senior status U.S. district judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- James A. Murphy III - former district attorney for Saratoga County, New York, acting judge of the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in New York, judge of the county court of Saratoga County
- George Oros - former chief of staff to Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino, former Westchester County legislator
- Kash Patel - attorney and 9th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, former chief of staff to U.S. secretary of defense[22]
- David M. Rosen - professor of anthropology
References
- ↑ "Ep. 27 Leaders Rise and Fall based on What They Lead Other People To Do feat. Steve Friedman | Accomplishment Media". accomplishmentmedia.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ↑ Chen, David W. (February 14, 2017). "Pace University Names Head of Oberlin Its Next President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission : Meet the Commission: Harold Holzer". Archived from the original on September 29, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2006.
- ↑ "Matthew Humphreys | PACE School of Performing Arts". performingarts.pace.edu. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ↑ "The Mob On Wall Street". Bloomberg. December 15, 1996.
- ↑ "Frank A Dalderoni". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ↑ Archived 2006-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "- Google Finance Search". Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Executive Biographies". Kodak.com. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Joseph Kanarek Fiance Of Robin C. Bennett (Published 1981)". New York Times. November 8, 1981. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
- ↑ "Executive Profile: Rosemary Vrablic". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Archived 2005-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Drag Queens share their secrets". NY Post. June 2, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Chelsea Cooley – Miss USA 2005". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2006.
- ↑ "American Theatre - Archives July/August 2004". Tcg.org. July 22, 2002. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Archives - New York Post Online Edition". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. December 27, 2005. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Ken Rudin". NPR. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Welcome to DKM". Dkmcorp.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Westchester County Psychiatric Society - State Assembly". www.wpsych.org. Archived from the original on June 19, 2004. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ↑ "National Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors". Archived from the original on August 22, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2006.
- ↑ "2005 NYC Voter Guide: 13th City Council District Philip F. Foglia". New York City Campaign Finance Board. 2005. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- 1 2 "Two Haub Law Alumni Appointed to Lead Federal Agencies". Pace University New York. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
External links
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