M. Jacobus Jr. - art historian and Professor at Princeton University and the University of California at Berkeley Matthew E. Kahn - economist at Johns Hopkins University, author of Climatopolis Harvey J. Levin - American economist, studied spectrum allocation Jeffrey Mass - historian, author and Japanologist (formerly Yamato Ichihashi Professor of Japanese History at Stanford University) Benjamin Dean Meritt - a classical scholar, professor and epigraphist of ancient Greece (served on faculties at Princeton University, University of Michigan and the Institute for Advanced Study) James H. Morey - medievalist (and English professor at Emory University) Edward Orton Sr. - first President of Ohio State University and geologist Alicia Ouellette - Dean of Albany Law School John H. Peck - 8th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute John Norton Pomeroy - former dean of New York University Law School Kosali Simon - health economist Arts and entertainment Otis Bigelow, class of 1943, Broadway actor and New York socialite (later, Professor at Dartmouth College) Robert Bilheimer, class of 1966 - Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, A Closer Walk Jake Blount, class of 2017 - musician, scholar and activist. Kevin Burns, class of 1977 - Emmy Award-winning television producer and filmmaker Lisa Daniels, class of 1994 - MSNBC anchor Peter Falk, class of 1949 (did not graduate) - actor, most famous for Columbo TV series Nat Faxon, class of 1997 - Academy Award-winning screenwriter (The Descendants); actor (Grosse Pointe, Joey, Beerfest) Helaman Ferguson, class of 1962, sculptor and mathematician Yance Ford - producer and director Deborah Forte, class of 1975, producer of children's television and movies (President of Scholastic Media) Josh Gardner - actor, comedian, writer; best known as the titular character in the cult TV show Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust Jonathan Gilbert - actor, Little House on the Prairie Eugene Goossen (1921–1997) - art critic and historian. David Grubin, class of 1965, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Joe Howard, class of 1970 - actor, Mathnet Frederick King Keller, class of 1972 - television and movie director and writer Harry Kondoleon, class of 1977 - playwright and novelist; awarded Fulbright, National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller, and Guggenheim fellowships Christopher Kostow, class of 1999 - executive chef, The Restaurant at Meadowood; James Beard Foundation Award winner and recipient of three Michelin stars Paul Lieberstein, class of 1989 - writer and actor famous for depicting Toby Flenderson on NBC's The Office Grayson McCouch, class of 1991 - actor, As