influential works in the history of the gay rights movement John L. Sampson (B.A. 1987), represents District 19 in the New York State Senate where he serves in a leadership position as chairman of the Democratic Conference. Bernie Sanders (attended 1959–1960), United States Senator for Vermont James Sanders, Jr. (B.A. 1984), represents the 10th Senatorial District in the New York State Senate Bernice Sandler (B.A. 1948), the 'Godmother of Title IX' Sam Schwartz, aka "Gridlock Sam" (B.S. 1969), transportation engineer, believed responsible for popularizing the word gridlock Murray Seeman (B.A. 1934), lawyer, real estate developer, and community leader Frank Serpico (A.A. 1959), New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer famous for testifying against police corruption Al Sharpton (1975), civil rights activist Norman Siegel (B.A. 1965), director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 1985–2000 Susan Silbey (B.A. 1962), sociologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, best known for her work on popular legal consciousness David Sive (B.A. 1943), attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law, who has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of United States environmental law Eleanor Sobel (B.A. 1967), State Representative in the Florida House of Representatives, 1998–2006 Pamela Talkin (B.S. 1968, M.A. 1971), Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first woman to hold this position William L. Taylor (B.A. 1952), attorney and civil rights advocate Seymour R. Thaler (B.A. 1940), member of the New York State Senate 1959–1971 Mark Treyger (B.A. 2005, M.A. 2009, M.S.Ed 2012), member of the New York City Council, representing District 47 Beatrice N. Vaccara (B.A. 1943), economist and economic statistician; head of the Bureau of Industrial Economics at the United States Department of Commerce Eliezer Waldman (B.A. 1959), Israeli rabbi and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Tehiya between 1984 and 1990 Benjamin Ward (B.A. 1960), first African American New York City Police Commissioner, 1983–89 John Earl Warren Jr. (Attended 1965–66), United States Army officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. Iris Weinshall (B.A. 1975), vice chancellor at the City University of New York and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation Moses M. Weinstein (B.A. 1934), lawyer and politician Warren Weinstein (B.A. 1963), contractor; director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates kidnapped by al-Qaeda in August 2011 and killed in January 2015 by a US-led drone