EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1919 as the New School for Social Research. Name changed to New School University in 1997. Name changed again in 2005 to simply The New School. The undergraduate program is called Eugene Lang College.

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1919

Enrollment:
7000

Official Website:
http://www.newschool.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arnold H. Aronson	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue, 1979-83
Richard Avedon	Photographer	13-May-1923	1-Oct-2004	Photographer of the human predicament
Leonard Baskin	Sculptor	15-Aug-1922	3-Jun-2000	Sculptor and printmaker
Harry Belafonte	Singer/Songwriter	1-Mar-1927		Calypso singer
Ruth Benedict	Anthropologist	5-Jun-1887	17-Sep-1948	Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture
Medea Benjamin	Activist	10-Sep-1952		CODEPINK, Global Exchange cofounder
Thomas Berger	Novelist	20-Jul-1924	13-Jul-2014	Little Big Man
James M. Blaut	Historian	20-Oct-1927	11-Nov-2000	The Colonizer's Model of the World
Robert Brown	Actor	17-Nov-1926		Jason Bolt on Here Come the Brides
Robert Olen Butler	Author	20-Jan-1945		A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Semyon Bychkov	Conductor	30-Nov-1952		Conductor, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
John Cage	Composer	5-Sep-1912	12-Aug-1992	Experimental composer
Patrick L. Clawson	Government	30-Mar-1951		Washington Institute For Near East Policy
Ben Cohen	Business	18-Mar-1951		Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Bradley Cooper	Actor	5-Jan-1975		Will Tippin on Alias
Adrian Cronauer	Radio Personality	8-Sep-1938		Subject of biopic Good Morning Vietnam
Paul Dano	Actor	19-Jun-1983		Little Miss Sunshine
Borzou Daragahi	Journalist	c. 1966		Los Angeles Times reporter
Ani DiFranco	Singer/Songwriter	23-Sep-1970		Bisexual folk/punk icon
Thomas P. DiNapoli	Politician	10-Feb-1954		Comptroller, State of New York
William Donohue	Activist	18-Jul-1947		Catholic League president
Lena Dunham	Actor	13-May-1986		Girls
Fred J. Eckert	Politician	6-May-1941		US Congressman, ambassador
Jesse Eisenberg	Actor	5-Oct-1983		The Social Network
Peter Falk	Actor	16-Sep-1927	23-Jun-2011	Detective Columbo
JoAnn Falletta	Conductor	27-Feb-1954		Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic
Tony Franciosa	Actor	25-Oct-1928	19-Jan-2006	A Face in the Crowd
Gigi Hadid	Model	23-Apr-1995		IMG Models, dates musicians
Robert L. Heilbroner	Economist	24-Mar-1919	4-Jan-2005	The Worldly Philosophers
Melville J. Herskovits	Anthropologist	10-Sep-1895	25-Feb-1963	The Myth of the Negro Past
Jonah Hill	Actor	20-Dec-1983		Superbad
Anne Jackson	Actor	3-Sep-1926	12-Apr-2016	Folks!
Harry V. Jaffa	Historian	7-Oct-1918	10-Jan-2015	Crisis of the House Divided
Anand Jon	Fashion Designer	28-Nov-1976		Designer to the stars
Bob Kaufman	Poet	18-Apr-1925	12-Jan-1986	Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Jamaica Kincaid	Novelist	25-May-1949		Annie John
Hilton Kramer	Critic	25-Mar-1928	27-Mar-2012	The New Criterion
Mark Lenard	Actor	15-Oct-1924	22-Nov-1996	Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek
Gerda Lerner	Historian	30-Apr-1920	2-Jan-2013	The Woman in American History
Beth Littleford	Comic	17-Jul-1968		Daily Show correspondent
Judith Malina	Actor	4-Jun-1926	10-Apr-2015	Co-Founder, The Living Theatre
Matisyahu	Rapper	30-Jul-1979		Hasidic toaster
Kevin Mattson	Historian	25-Dec-1966		Intellectuals in Action
Lonette McKee	Actor	22-Jul-1954		Maggie Davis on Third Watch
Lewis Mumford	Historian	19-Oct-1895	26-Jan-1990	Technics and Civilization
Grace Paley	Author	11-Dec-1922	22-Aug-2007	The Little Disturbances of Man
Adam Pally	Actor	18-Mar-1982		Max Blum on Happy Endings
Lisa Petrucci	Artist	2-Dec-1963		Kute and karnal
Laura Poitras	Film Director	2-Feb-1964		My Country, My Country
John Popper	Musician	29-Mar-1967		Harmonica player, Blues Traveler
Mario Puzo	Novelist	15-Oct-1920	2-Jul-1999	The Godfather
John Rechy	Author	10-Mar-1934		City of Night
Caroline Rhea	Actor	13-Apr-1964		Hilda Spellman on Sabrina
Andrew Robinson	Actor	14-Feb-1942		Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Isabella Rossellini	Actor	18-Jun-1952		Blue Velvet, Big Night
Gene Saks	Theater Director	8-Nov-1921	28-Mar-2015	The Odd Couple
Joel Schumacher	Film Director	29-Aug-1939		The Lost Boys
Peter Sebastian	Diplomat	19-Jun-1926	22-Mar-2011	US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87
Lorie A. Slutsky	Business	c. 1954		President, New York Community Trust
Kevin Smith	Film Director	2-Aug-1970		Mallrats
Elaine Stritch	Actor	2-Feb-1925	17-Jul-2014	Two's Company
Veronica Webb	Model	23-Feb-1965		Model, Revlon spokeswoman
Paul Wendkos	Film Director	20-Sep-1922	12-Nov-2009	Gidget
Will Wright	Computer Programmer	20-Jan-1960		Created SimCity, The Sims
Warren Zimmermann	Diplomat	16-Nov-1934	2-Feb-2004	US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Perry Anderson	Editor	11-Sep-1938		Editor, New Left Review
Hannah Arendt	Philosopher	14-Oct-1906	4-Dec-1975	Origins of Totalitarianism
Harry Elmer Barnes	Historian	15-Jun-1889	25-Aug-1968	American conspiracy theorist
Gregory Bateson	Anthropologist	9-May-1904	4-Jul-1980	Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Karl Brandt	Economist	9-Jan-1899	8-Jul-1975	Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61
Helen Caldicott	Activist	7-Aug-1938		Anti-nuclear crusader
R. V. Cassill	Novelist	17-May-1919	25-Mar-2002	Dr. Cobb's Game
Henry Cowell	Composer	11-Mar-1897	10-Dec-1965	New Musical Resources
Diane E. Davis	Sociologist	30-Dec-1953		Urban Leviathan
Stuart Davis	Painter	7-Dec-1892	24-Jun-1964	American cubist painter
Mallory Factor	Activist	c. 1950		Merchant banker
David Gates	Novelist	8-Jan-1947		Jernigan
Michael J. Harner	Anthropologist	27-Apr-1929		The Jivaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls
Robert L. Heilbroner	Economist	24-Mar-1919	4-Jan-2005	The Worldly Philosophers
Eric Hobsbawm	Historian	9-Jun-1917	1-Oct-2012	The Age of Revolution
Karen Horney	Psychologist	16-Sep-1885	4-Dec-1952	Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy"
David Ignatow	Poet	7-Feb-1914	17-Nov-1997	Rescue the Dead
Hans Jonas	Philosopher	10-May-1903	5-Feb-1993	Gnostic philosopher
Hans Kohn	Historian	15-Sep-1891	16-Mar-1971	The Idea of Nationalism
Milton R. Konvitz	Educator	12-Mar-1908	5-Sep-2003	Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations
William Kunstler	Attorney	7-Jul-1919	4-Sep-1995	Civil rights attorney
Corliss Lamont	Activist	28-Mar-1902	26-Apr-1995	Millionaire socialist
Abba Lerner	Economist	28-Oct-1903	27-Oct-1982	The Economics of Control
Claude Lévi-Strauss	Anthropologist	28-Nov-1908	1-Nov-2009	French anthropologist
Leonard Maltin	Critic	18-Dec-1950		Film critic
Rollo May	Psychologist	21-Apr-1909	22-Oct-1994	Love and Will
Eugene McCarthy	Politician	29-Mar-1916	10-Dec-2005	US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71
Wesley Clair Mitchell	Economist	5-Aug-1874	29-Oct-1948	Business Cycles
Franco Modigliani	Economist	18-Jun-1918	25-Sep-2003	Life-cycle theory
Leo Pfeffer	Scholar	25-Dec-1910	4-Jun-1993	Religious liberty scholar, attorney
Charles Seeger	Musicologist	14-Dec-1886	7-Feb-1979	American musicologist
Leo Strauss	Philosopher	20-Sep-1899	18-Oct-1973	Patron saint of Neoconservatism
Alvin Toffler	Author	4-Oct-1928	27-Jun-2016	Future Shock
Ernest van den Haag	Scholar	15-Sep-1914	21-Mar-2002	Punishing Criminals
Thorstein Veblen	Economist	30-Jul-1857	3-Aug-1929	The Theory of the Leisure Class
Diane Wakoski	Poet	3-Aug-1937		Coins & Coffins

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles A. Beard	Historian	27-Nov-1874	1-Sep-1948	The Rise of American Civilization
Beth L. Bronner	Business	c. 1950		Mistral Equity Partners
Adrian Cronauer	Radio Personality	8-Sep-1938		Subject of biopic Good Morning Vietnam
Robert Curvin	Activist	23-Feb-1934	29-Sep-2015	Former Black Power activist
Diane E. Davis	Sociologist	30-Dec-1953		Urban Leviathan
Robert E. Denham	Attorney	27-Aug-1945		Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Adrian W. DeWind	Attorney	1-Dec-1913	7-Aug-2009	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Walter A. Eberstadt	Business	?		Lazard Freres
Ralph Ellison	Novelist	1-Mar-1914	16-Apr-1994	Invisible Man
Jonathan F. Fanton	Administrator	1943		President, MacArthur Foundation, 1999-2009
Paul A. Gould	Business	c. 1945		Allen & Company
S. William Green	Politician	16-Oct-1929	14-Oct-2002	Congressman from New York, 1978-93
Norman Hsu	Philanthropist	Oct-1951		Notorious Democratic donor
Bob Kerrey	Politician	27-Aug-1943		Governor and Senator from Nebraska
Lewis Lapham	Editor	8-Jan-1935		Editor Emeritus, Harper's
Robert Morrison MacIver	Sociologist	17-Apr-1882	15-Jun-1970	The Web of Government
Julianne Malveaux	Columnist	c. 1953		Pundit
Robert B. Millard	Business	c. 1951		Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
Jim Neal	Politician	6-Nov-1956		Sought Elizabeth Dole's Senate seat in 2008
Nancy B. Peretsman	Business	27-Mar-1954		Managing Director, Allen & Company
James Harvey Robinson	Historian	29-Jun-1863	16-Feb-1936	The Mind in the Making
Bernard L. Schwartz	Business	12-Dec-1926		CEO of Loral Corporation, 1972-2006
Lorie A. Slutsky	Business	c. 1954		President, New York Community Trust
Fritz Stern	Historian	2-Feb-1926	18-May-2016	German historian
John L. Tishman	Business	24-Jan-1926	6-Feb-2016	Built the World Trade Center

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