EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1891 by Theodore William Dwight and other Columbia University individuals.

Location:
Manhattan, NY

Founding Date:
1891

Official Website:
http://www.nyls.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Arcuri	Politician	11-Jun-1959		Congressman from New York, 2007-11
Mario Biaggi	Politician	26-Oct-1917	24-Jun-2015	Congressman from New York, 1969-88
Chester Carlson	Inventor	8-Feb-1906	19-Sep-1968	Invented Xerography
Gerald C. Crotty	Business	c. 1951		Weichert Enterprise LLC
Eliot Engel	Politician	18-Feb-1947		Congressman, New York 17th
Raymond B. Fosdick	Business	9-Jun-1883	19-Jul-1972	President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Benjamin A. Gilman	Politician	6-Dec-1922		Congressman from New York, 1973-2003
Maurice R. Greenberg	Business	4-May-1925		CEO of American International Group, 1967-2005
Michael Grimm	Politician	7-Feb-1970		Former Congressman, New York 13th
John Marshall Harlan	Judge	20-May-1899	29-Dec-1971	US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
Francis Burton Harrison	Politician	18-Dec-1873	21-Nov-1957	Drug prohibition
Peter Haskell	Actor	15-Oct-1934	12-Apr-2010	Kevin Grant on Bracken's World
Meir Kahane	Activist	1-Aug-1932	5-Nov-1990	Founder of Jewish Defense League
Andrew C. McCarthy	Pundit	?		National Review Online
Roger J. Miner	Judge	14-Apr-1934	18-Feb-2012	2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-97
Guy Molinari	Politician	23-Nov-1928		Congressman from New York, 1981-89
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.	Business	c. 1960		President of Oracle, 2003-10
Elmer Rice	Playwright	28-Sep-1892	8-May-1967	Street Scene
Wallace Stevens	Poet	2-Oct-1879	2-Aug-1955	Harmonium
Martin Tolchin	Journalist	20-Sep-1928		Founder, The Hill
Laura S. Unger	Government	c. 1961		SEC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Robert F. Wagner, Sr.	Politician	8-Jun-1877	4-May-1953	US Senator from New York, 1927-49

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Annette Gordon-Reed	Historian	19-Nov-1958		The Hemingses of Monticello
Francis Burton Harrison	Politician	18-Dec-1873	21-Nov-1957	Drug prohibition
William Kunstler	Attorney	7-Jul-1919	4-Sep-1995	Civil rights attorney
Andrew C. McCarthy	Pundit	?		National Review Online
Roger J. Miner	Judge	14-Apr-1934	18-Feb-2012	2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-97
Nadine Strossen	Activist	18-Aug-1950		President of the ACLU

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gerald C. Crotty	Business	c. 1951		Weichert Enterprise LLC
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.	Business	c. 1960		President of Oracle, 2003-10

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