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Cornell University alumni

  • D. Brainerd HolmesD. Brainerd Holmes studied engineering at Cornell University, receiving a degree in electrical engineering. He first worked for Bell Labs and Western…
  • Dominique ThorneDominique Thorne was born on the 5th of November 1997 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were immigrants from Trinidad and Guyana named Nerissa and Gavin…
  • Cliff EisenCliff Eisen entered the world on the 21st of January 1952 in Toronto. This Canadian musicologist began his formal education at the University of Toronto…
  • Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on the 11th of November 1922. He descended from a long line of German Americans whose family fortune rested on the…
  • Jon KleinbergJon Michael Kleinberg was born in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Eugene worked as a mathematics professor at SUNY Buffalo.
  • Junot Díazthe 31st of December 1968 marked the birth of Junot Díaz in Santo Domingo. His family moved to Parlin, New Jersey six years later.
  • Harold BloomHarold Bloom was born on the 11th of July 1930 in New York City. He grew up at 1410 Grand Concourse in the Bronx. His parents were Paula and William Bloom.
  • Cynthia DworkCynthia Dwork received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University in 1979. She graduated Cum Laude that year and earned the Charles Ira…
  • Frank RosenblattFrank Rosenblatt was born on the 11th of July 1928 in New Rochelle, New York. He grew up as the son of Dr. Frank and Katherine Rosenblatt within a Jewish…
  • Claudia GoldinClaudia Dale Goldin was born in the Bronx, New York City on the 14th of May 1946. Her father Leon Goldin worked as a data processing manager at Burlington…
  • Roger LowensteinRoger Lowenstein entered the world in 1954 within the quiet streets of Larchmont, New York. His father Louis worked as an attorney and taught law at Columbia…
  • Edward Jay EpsteinEdward Jay Epstein entered the world on the 6th of December 1935 within the bustling streets of New York City. His early academic path led him to Cornell…