Schimmel, composer Mitchell Silver, Commissioner of the New York City Parks Department Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith, Ambassador for the United States to Cameroon and later Equatorial Guinea Stephen Solarz, US Congressional Representative from New York Eileen Southern, musicologist, researcher, author, and teacher Mark Strand, United States Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry–winning poet, essayist, and translator Glenn Thrush, Politico senior writer, author Hans L. Trefousse, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History; taught 1946–1998, historian and author Ad Reinhardt, Elizabeth Murray, Vito Acconci, William T. Williams, Archie Rand, Jennifer McCoy, Patricia Cronin, artists (1950s to present) Mervin F. Verbit, chair of the Sociology Department at Touro College Carleton Washburne, Director of Teacher Education, known for his progressive education works Mac Wellman, Obie Award–winning playwright, author, and poet Ruth Westheimer (better known as Dr. Ruth; born Karola Ruth Siegel, 1928), German-American sex therapist, author, radio, television talk show host, former Haganah sniper, and Holocaust survivor C. K. Williams, poet, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Ethyle R. Wolfe, professor from 1947 to 1989, created the Ethyle R. Wolfe Humanities Institute at the college. Theresa Wolfson, Professor of Labor Economics, won the John Dewey Award of the League for Industrial Democracy Joel Zwick (born 1942), professor in the Film Department, director of Full House, Fuller House, Family Matters, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Fat Albert References External links Official athletics website 1930 establishments in New York City Colleges of the City University of New York Educational institutions established in 1930 Flatbush, Brooklyn Midwood, Brooklyn Public universities and colleges in New York (state) Universities and colleges in Brooklyn Universities and colleges in New York City Universities and colleges on Long Island