This is a list of notable graduates of Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. Notable alumni Academia Joseph A. Alutto – executive vice president and provost of Ohio State University Jeanette Brown – former president of the Water Environment Federation Frederick W. Capshaw – Class of 1966 – President of Community College of Philadelphia from December 15, 1993 until his death at age 53 on June 23, 1998 Edward Countryman – Class of 1966 – distinguished professor of history at Southern Methodist University Christopher Coyne – Class of 1999 – F.A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University David Danahar – Class of 1963 – President of Southwest Minnesota State University Kevin J. Farley – distinguished professor at Manhattan College Robert Jastrow – first chairman of NASA's Lunar Exploration Committee, professor at Yale and Dartmouth, recipient of Doctor of Science (honorary) Charles H. Lochmuller – award-winning professor of chemistry at Duke University George E. McCarthy – National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology at Kenyon College Kevin V. Mulcahy- Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor Louisiana State University John J. Neuhauser – President of Saint Michael's College from 2007 till 2018 William E. O'Connell – Chessie Professor of Finance Emeritus at The College of William and Mary L. Jay Oliva – 14th President of New York University Henry Petroski – award-winning professor of civil engineering at Duke University Ángel Ramos – founder of the National Hispanic Council of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Superintendent of the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind Katharine Capshaw Smith – award-winning Professor of English at the University of Connecticut James Vreeland – associate professor of International Relations at Georgetown University Erick Weinberg – professor of theoretical physics at Columbia University Donald f. Costello – associate professor emeritus of Computer science and engineering University of Nebraska – Lincoln Arts and literature Sam Barone – historical novelist with novels centered on early Antiquity William Edmund Barrett – author of The Left Hand of God and Lilies of the Field Nakia D. Johnson, African-American novelist Paul Mariani – poet, biographer, and essayist -- Internationally Known Poet to Give Reading at Georgian Court University James Patterson – New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-winning novelist, author of Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls Al Sarrantonio – science fiction, mystery and horror author and winner of the Bram Stoker Award. Robert Shea