Pentimento (band), band E. Ray Goetz, Broadway composer and producer and briefly brother-in-law to Irving Berlin Goo Goo Dolls, band Grabbitz, singer-songwriter Green Jellÿ, band Jim Hall, jazz guitarist, composer, arranger Alan Heatherington, orchestra conductor Ray Henderson, songwriter Edna Indermaur, contralto singer It Dies Today, band Jackdaw, band Rick James Joe Public, band Joe Kraemer, composer Jordan Kyle, songwriter, producer, engineer Lemuria, band Mel Lewis, drummer, jazz musician, bandleader John Lombardo, band 10,000 Maniacs and folk duo John & Mary) David Lucas, composer Gary Mallaber, drummer, percussionist, singer Nicholas Mason, drummer Brian McKnight, singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, musician Don Menza, saxophonist, arranger, composer, session musician, jazz educator Mercury Rev, band Bobby Militello, jazz saxophonist and flautist Leon and the Forklifts, band The Modernaires, 1940s vocal harmony group Moe, band Nina Morgana, soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Gurf Morlix, vocalist, songwriter, record producer NicePeter, comedian, musician, personality Willie Nile, singer-songwriter Sam Noto, jazz trumpeter Ookla the Mok, band Tina Parol, singer-songwriter Leonard Pennario, pianist, songwriter Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist and keyboardist Kristen Pfaff of Hole (band), bassist, cellist Mary Ramsey, band 10,000 Maniacs and folk duo John & Mary) Raven, late 60s rock band The Reign of Kindo, band The Road (group), late 60s early 70s rock Band Scary Chicken, band Marc Scibilia, pop rock singer-songwriter Billy Sheehan, bassist Paul Siebel, singer-songwriter Harry B. Smith, writer, lyricist, and composer Dr. Lonnie Smith, jazz organist Snapcase, band Joanie Sommers, 1960s&70s singer pop/jazz and standards Alexis Spight, gospel musician Spyro Gyra, jazz band STEMM, band John Stevens, classic pop singer Stevie J., musician, record producer, songwriter, television personality Elizabeth Swados, writer, composer, musician, theatre director Stan Szelest, musician Talas, 1970s–80s rock band John Valby, musician, comedian Grover Washington, Jr., jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist Cory Wells, singer Three Dog Night Westside Gunn, rapper Patrick Wilson, drummer Weezer Jack Yellen, lyricist, screenwriter Business and industry Robert Borthwick Adam, co-founder of Adam, Meldrum & Whiting Joseph Dart, lawyer, businessman and entrepreneur William H. Donaldson, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs, Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and chairman, President and CEO of Aetna Joseph Ellicott, Surveyor, city planner, land office agent, lawyer and politician William G. Fargo, co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo Anson Goodyear, President of the Great Southern Lumber Company Charles W. Goodyear, co-founder of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad,