EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1886

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Barbera	Cartoonist	24-Mar-1911	18-Dec-2006	Hanna-Barbera cartoons
Djuna Barnes	Novelist	12-Jun-1892	18-Jun-1982	Modernist poet, Nightwood
Harold Becker	Film Director	1950		City Hall and Sea of Love
Gwendolyn Bennett	Author	8-Jul-1902	30-May-1981	Harlem Renaissance writer
Barry H. Beracha	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Earthgrains Company, 1993-2001
Daniel Clowes	Cartoonist	14-Apr-1961		Eightball, Ghost World, David Boring
Jules Feiffer	Cartoonist	26-Jan-1929		Can't draw but writes like a master
Harvey Fierstein	Actor	6-Jun-1952		Torch Song Trilogy
John Flansburgh	Musician	6-May-1960		They Might Be Giants
Leo Frank	Victim	17-Apr-1884	17-Aug-1915	Innocent man, lynched by mob
Allen Funt	Film/TV Producer	16-Sep-1914	5-Sep-1999	Producer and host of Candid Camera
Bill Griffith	Cartoonist	20-Jan-1944		Personal friend of Zippy The Pinhead
Pete Hamill	Journalist	24-Jun-1935		The New York Post
Terrence Howard	Actor	11-Mar-1969		Hustle & Flow
Ellsworth Kelly	Painter	31-May-1923	27-Dec-2015	Hard-Edge Painting
Jack Kirby	Cartoonist	28-Aug-1917	6-Feb-1994	Captain America
David Levine	Cartoonist	20-Dec-1926	29-Dec-2009	Caricaturist, New York Review of Books
Robert Mapplethorpe	Photographer	4-Nov-1946	9-Mar-1989	Erotic photographer
Jeff Morrow	Actor	13-Jan-1907	26-Dec-1993	This Island Earth
Robert Redford	Actor	18-Aug-1936		The Sundance Kid
George Rockwell	Activist	9-Mar-1918	25-Aug-1967	Founded American Nazi Party
James Sanborn	Sculptor	1945		Kryptos sculpture at CIA Headquarters
David Sarnoff	Business	27-Feb-1891	12-Dec-1971	CEO of RCA, founder of NBC
John Schoenherr	Artist	5-Jul-1935	8-Apr-2010	Owl Moon
Robert Wilson	Theater Director	4-Oct-1941		Experimental theater director, designer
Lyn Z	Bassist	22-May-1976		Bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence
Rob Zombie	Singer	12-Jan-1965		Gravel-voiced White Zombie singer

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Borzou Daragahi	Journalist	c. 1966		Los Angeles Times reporter
Bathsheba Grossman	Sculptor	1966		Mathematical sculptor
Daniel R. Raichel	Scientist	1935	22-Dec-2006	Acoustics expert
Herbert I. Schiller	Author	5-Nov-1919	29-Jan-2000	Mass Communications and American Empire

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eleanor Baum	Educator	c. 1939		Dean of Engineering, Cooper Union
Richard H. Heindel	Educator	24-Aug-1912	31-Jul-1979	The American Impact on Great Britain

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