the World Turns Richard Nelson, class of 1972 - playwright; current director of playwriting program at Yale University Sarah Rafferty, class of 1993 - actress, Suits, 2011–present Jay Reise, class of 1982 - composer Ryan Serhant, class of 2006 - actor, realtor, Million Dollar Listing New York David Thornton, class of 1977 - actor; husband of Cyndi Lauper Thomas Tull, class of 1992 - founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures; film producer Melinda Wagner, class of 1979 - winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition Business leaders J. Carter Bacot, class of 1955 - former chairman and CEO, Bank of New York David Blood, class of 1981 - co-founder (with Al Gore) and Managing Partner of Generation Investment Management; former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management William McLaren Bristol, class of 1882 - co-founder of Bristol-Myers Squibb Henry Elghanayan - New York real estate developer Dan Ferguson, class of 1948 - former CEO of Newell Rubbermaid Edward Gelsthorpe, class of 1942 - marketing executive called "Cranapple Ed" for his best-known product launch David P. Hess, class of 1977 - President of Pratt & Whitney Joel Johnson, class of 1965 - CEO of Hormel (1993–2005) John Jay Knox, class of 1849 - financier and Comptroller of the Treasury (1867–84) A. G. Lafley, class of 1969 - CEO of Procter & Gamble; named one of America's Best Leaders by US News John Ripley Myers, class of 1887 - co-founder of Bristol-Myers Squibb Dan Nye, class of 1988 - former CEO of LinkedIn Neal Pilson, class of 1960 - former president of CBS Sports Marc Randolph, class of 1980 - co-founder of Netflix John G. Rice, class of 1978 - Vice Chairman of General Electric, and President and CEO of GE Infrastructure Stephen Sadove, class of 1973 - CEO of Saks Incorporated, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue Ryan Serhant, class of 2006 - Founder of SERHANT. Real estate broker, television personality, & author David M. Solomon, class of 1984 - CEO of Goldman Sachs Clergy David Riddle Breed, class of 1867 - Presbyterian theologian, author of History and Use of Hymns and Hymn Tunes Edwin Otway Burnham, class of 1852 - rifle-shooting Presbyterian missionary in Sioux Indian territory Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, class of 1835, Congregationalist minister, philologist and educator Franklin Clark Fry, class of 1921 - President of the United Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church