The following is a list of notable people
who attended the Bronx High School of Science.
Among the collective honors claimed by alumni
of the school are:
Eight Nobel Prizes (seven in physics, one
in chemistry).
Six Pulitzer Prizes.
Two sitting members of the United States House
of Representatives.
Six winners of the National Medal of Science,
the nation's highest scientific honor bestowed
by the U.S. President and thus far awarded
to 425 scientists and engineers.
Twenty-nine members of the United States National
Academy of Sciences (NAS), an honor attained
by only about 2,000 American scientists.
Twenty-two Bronx Science graduates are members
of the United States National Academy of Engineering
(NAE).
Ten are members of the Institute of Medicine
(IOM).
One is a member of the Royal Society of Canada
(RSC).
Two are recipients of the Turing Award, the
top prize in computer science.
Two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy
Awards.
One Fellow of the American Statistical Association
and Elected Member of the International Statistical
Institute
== 
Science ==
=== 
Nobel Prize-winning scientists ===
The Bronx High School of Science counts eight
Nobel Prize recipients as graduates. Seven
of these Nobel laureates received their prize
in the field of physics. Robert J. Lefkowitz
was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Leon N. Cooper (1947), co–developer of BCS
theory; namesake of Cooper pairs
Sheldon Lee Glashow (1950), physicist who
proposed the modern electroweak theory (shared
the 1979 prize with Weinberg)
Roy J. Glauber (1941), physicist who made
contributions to the quantum theory of optical
coherence
Russell A. Hulse (1966), astrophysicist who
co–discovered the first binary pulsar, providing
significant evidence in support of the theory
of general relativity
Robert J. Lefkowitz (1959), biochemist known
for his work with G protein-coupled receptors
H. David Politzer (1966), physicist who co–discovered
asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics
Melvin Schwartz (1949), physicist who co–developed
the neutrino beam method demonstrating of
the doublet structure of the lepton through
the discovery of the muon neutrino
Steven Weinberg (1950), physicist who proposed
the modern electroweak theory (shared the
1979 prize with Glashow)
=== Other science and engineering alumni ===
David Adler (1952), physicist
Bruce Ames (1946), biologist, inventor of
the Ames Test, winner of the National Medal
of Science
Naomi Amir, pediatric neurologist, established
first pediatric neurology clinic in Israel
Jill Bargonetti, biologist; noted for her
work on the function of the oncogene p53
Hans Baruch, physiologist and inventor
Ira Black, neuroscientist and stem cell researcher,
first director of the Stem Cell Institute
of New Jersey
Gregory Chaitin (1964), mathematician, computer
scientist, and author; one of the founders
of algorithmic information theory; namesake
of Chaitin's constant
Michael H. Hart, astrophysicist, author of
three books on history
Martin Hellman (1962), electrical engineer
and cryptologist who was instrumental in the
development of public-key cryptography
Leonard Kleinrock (1951), electrical engineer
and computer scientist; oversaw the first
ARPANET connection to the first node at UCLA;
supervised sending the first message over
what would become the internet
Andrew R. Koenig (1968), computer scientist,
inventor, and author, retired from Bell Labs
Leslie Lamport (1957), computer scientist
noted for fundamental contributions to Theory
of Computing, especially his work in distributed
systems, as well as the development of LaTeX;
2013 recipient of the ACM Turing Award; namesake
of the Lamport signature and Lamport's scheme
Norman Levitt (1960), author and mathematics
professor at Rutgers University; a figure
in the fight against anti-intellectualism;
his book Higher Superstition: The Academic
Left and Its Quarrels with Science inspired
the Sokal Affair
Barry Mazur, Professor of Mathematics and
Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard
University, a title given to the most distinguished
professors at Harvard. Mazur is a recipient
of the National Medal of Science and a number
of prestigious mathematical prizes, and is
a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Marvin Minsky (1945), cognitive scientist,
computer scientist and inventor; pioneer in
artificial intelligence; co-founder of the
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory; wrote Society of Mind and The
Emotion Machine; patented the confocal microscope;
recipient of the Turing Award
Robert Moog (1952), electrical engineer; pioneer
in the development of electronic music, notably
for the invention of the Moog synthesizers,
still produced by his namesake company
Al Nagler (1953), optical engineer; founder
of Televue; designed the optics for the U.S.
Army's first night vision goggles and for
the astronaut training simulators for Gemini
program and Apollo lunar lander
Jay Pasachoff (1959), astronomy professor
at Williams College; textbook writer; expert
in astronomy education; director of the Hopkins
Observatory; Asteroid 5100 Pasachoff is named
in his honor
Stanley Plotkin (1948), medical doctor, author,
and co-creator of vaccines for several diseases
including rubella, rabies, rotavirus, and
cytomegalovirus
Stuart Alan Rice, theoretical chemist and
physical chemist
Frank Rosenblatt (1946). computer pioneer;
noted for designing Perceptron, one of the
first artificial feedforward neural networks;
namesake of the Frank Rosenblatt Award given
by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers
Jun John Sakurai (1951), particle physicist
and author, noted for his work on vector mesons;
namesake of the Sakurai Prize awarded annually
by the American Physical Society
Ben Shneiderman (1964), developer of computer
visualization and human-computer interaction
Lawrence B. Slobodkin, pioneer in the field
of modern ecology
Leonard Susskind, widely regarded as one of
the "fathers" of string theory
Joseph F. Traub, computer scientist
Neil deGrasse Tyson (1976), astrophysicist
and current Director of the Hayden Planetarium;
known for his work on educational television,
such as NOVA ScienceNOW and Cosmos: A Spacetime
Odyssey; namesake of Asteroid 13123 Tyson
George Yancopoulos (1976), medical researcher
in the field of molecular immunology; member
of the National Academy of Sciences; founder
and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron
Norton Zinder (1945), biologist in the field
of molecular biology; known for his discovery
of genetic transduction; recipient of the
NAS Award in Molecular Biology from the National
Academy of Sciences in 1966; became a member
of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969;
led a lab at Rockefeller University until
shortly before his death
Melvin Kollander (1957) Statistician and Social
Scientist, Fellow of the American Statistical
Association and Elected Member the International
Statistical Institute. Founder of the Senior
Statisticians Society of Washington, DC.
== Letters and journalism ==
=== 
Pulitzer Prize winners ===
Joseph Lelyveld (1954), journalist and author;
Executive Editor at The New York Times (1994–2001);
won the 1986 award for General Non-Fiction
(Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and
White)
William Safire (1947), author and speechwriter;
won the 1978 award for Commentary
William Sherman (1963), reporter at the New
York Daily News; won the 1974 award for Local
Investigative Special Reporting
Buddy Stein (1959), editor and publisher of
The Riverdale Press won the 1998 Pulitzer
Prize for Editorial Writing for writing on
politics and other issues affecting New York
City residents.
William Taubman (1958), professor of political
science at Amherst College; won the 2004 award
for Biography or Autobiography for Khrushchev:
The Man and His Era
Gene Weingarten (1968), reporter and columnist
for The Washington Post; won the 2008 and
2010 awards for Feature Writing
=== 
Other alumni in the field of letters and journalism
===
Judith Baumel (1973), poet; 1987 recipient
of the Walt Whitman Award
Peter S. Beagle (1955), author, singer, and
guitarist, best known for The Last Unicorn
Jennifer Belle, writer
Joseph Berger, (1962], New York TImes reporter,
author of memoir "Displaced Persons:Growing
Up American After the Holocaust"
Charles Bernstein, poet, essayist, editor,
and literary scholar.
Harold Bloom (1947), influential literary
critic, MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and Professor
of English at Yale University
Mark Boal (1991), journalist and screenwriter;
won two Oscars as screenwriter and producer
of The Hurt Locker
Samuel R. Delany (1960), science fiction author
(Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, "Time
Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones");
recipient of four Nebula Awards and two Hugo
Awards
E. L. Doctorow (1948), author (The Book of
Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, Billy Bathgate,
and The March); received the National Humanities
Medal in 1998
John T. Georgopoulos (1982), award-winning
fantasy sports journalist, writer and broadcast
radio host
Gerald Jay Goldberg, professor emeritus at
the University of California, Los Angeles;
novelist and critic
Jeff Greenfield (1960), television journalist
and political analyst for CBS News; author
(The People's Choice: A Novel)
Pablo Guzmán (as Paul Guzman) (1968), television
journalist for WCBS-2 in New York; formerly
a spokesman for the Young Lords
Clyde Haberman (1962), columnist for the New
York Times
Marilyn Hacker (1959), poet, critic, translator,
and recipient of the National Book Award
Gary Lee Horn (1974), radio journalist; has
worked at the United Stations Radio Network,
WPIX-FM, and WHCN in Hartford, Connecticut
Lars-Erik Nelson (1959), award–winning correspondent
and columnist for the New York Daily News,
Newsweek, and Newsday
Patricia Park (1999), author of the novel
Re Jane, named Editors' Choice by The New
York Times Book Review, Best Books of 2015
by American Library Association.
Otto Penzler (1959), editor, author, and collector
of espionage and thriller books; received
an Edgar Award for Encyclopedia of Mystery
& Detection
Martin Peretz (1955), former owner and current
editor-in-chief of The New Republic magazine
Kevin Phillips (1957), author and political
analyst
Richard Price (1967), author (Bloodbrothers,
Clockers, Freedomland, Lush Life); Oscar–nominated
screenwriter (The Color of Money)
Michael Powell, sports writer for New York
Times
Dava Sobel (1964), author, best known for
her popular expositions in the sciences (Longitude:
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved
the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time,
Galileo's Daughter)
Norman Spinrad (1957), science fiction author
(The Solarians, Bug Jack Barron, The Iron
Dream); screenwriter ("The Doomsday Machine"
from Star Trek)
Gary Weiss (1971), journalist and author
Dave Winer 1972, computer scientist and blogger
== Public service, activism, and government
==
Seth Andrew (1996), Educator & Founder of
Democracy Prep Public Schools
Jamaal Bailey (2000), Member of the New York
State Senate
Harold Brown (1943), scientist and former
United States Secretary of Defense (1977–81)
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1960), a
leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) and Black Panther Party;
notable figure in the Civil Rights Movement
Majora Carter (1984), urban revitalization
strategist; 2005 recipient of a MacArthur
Fellowship "Genius Grant"; 2010 Peabody Award
winner
Edmond E. Chang (1988), United States district
judge on the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Illinois
Richard Danzig (1961), lawyer who served as
secretary of the Navy (1998–2001); currently
the chair of the Center for a New American
Security
Jeffrey Dinowitz, member of the New York State
Assembly (1994–present), representing the
81st District
Harriet Drummond (1969), Alaska State Legislator
Martin Garbus (1951), First Amendment lawyer
Todd Gitlin (1959), writer and social critic;
served as president of the Students for a
Democratic Society
Harrison J. Goldin (1953), former New York
City Comptroller (1974–89); member of the
New York State Senate (1966–73)
Alan Grayson (1975) member of the U.S. House
of Representatives, representing Florida's
8th congressional district (2009–2017).
Howard Gutman, lawyer, actor, and former United
States Ambassador to Belgium
Dora Irizarry (1972), United States District
Judge, serving on the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of New York
(2004–present)
G. Oliver Koppell (1958), New York State Attorney
General (1993); member of the New York State
Assembly (1970-1993); member of the New York
City Council (2000-2012)
Kenneth Kronberg (1964), printing company
owner; LaRouche movement member
Bill Lann Lee (1967), former U.S. Assistant
Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division
of the Justice Department (1997–2001); first
Asian–American to head the Civil Rights
Division
Ronald Lauder (1961), businessman; art collector;
heir to the Estee Lauder fortune; served as
US Ambassador to Austria; current president
of the World Jewish Congress
Harold O. Levy (1970), former New York City
School Chancellor (2000–02)
John Liu (1985), former New York City Councilman
(2002–09); current New York City Comptroller;
first Asian–American member of the New York
City Council, and the first to hold citywide
office
Nita Lowey (1955), member of the U.S. House
of Representatives (1989–present), currently
representing New York's 18th congressional
district
Robert Price (1950), New York State Commissioner
of Investigation; former Deputy Mayor of New
York City.
Donald L. Ritter, former member of the U.S.
House of Representatives (1979–93), representing
Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district
Martha Shelley, lesbian activist, feminist,
writer, and poet
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Nassau
County, New York
Toby Ann Stavisky, Member of the New York
State Senate
Terence Tolbert (1982), political operative
and consultant for various New York State
politicians; was involved in Barack Obama's
presidential campaign
== 
Academia ==
Bruce Ackerman (1960), constitutional law
scholar working at the Yale Law School
Charles Cogen, president of New York City’s
United Federation of Teachers and the American
Federation of Teachers
Jeffrey S. Flier (1964), Dean of Harvard Medical
School
Murray Gerstenhaber (born 1927), mathematician
and lawyer
Gene Grossman (1973), former Chair, Department
of Economics, Princeton University
Martin Jay (1961), intellectual historian
at the University of California Berkeley
Henry Klapholz (1958), Dean, Clinical Affairs,
Tufts University School of Medicine
Deborah Frank Lockhart (1965), Fellow of the
American Mathematical Society
Daniel Lowenstein (1960), Director of the
Center for Liberal Arts and Institutions,
UCLA; first Chairman of the California Fair
Political Practices Commission
Anthony Marx (1977), current president and
CEO of the New York Public Library; former
president of Amherst College
Richard A. Muller, professor of physics at
the University of California, Berkeley
George Ritzer (1958), sociologist
Michael I. Sovern, former President of Columbia
University
Gregory J. Vincent (1979), President of Hobart
and William Smith Colleges
Jack Russell Weinstein (1987), philosopher
and radio personality; host of Public Radio's
Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday
Life; Professor of Philosophy and Director
of the Institute for Philosophy in Public
Life at University of North Dakota
Barry Wellman (1959), sociologist; founder
of the International Network for Social Network
Analysis; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada;
developer of the theory of "networked individualism";
co-author of Networked: The New Social Operating
System; winner of the Oxford Internet Institute's
Career Achievement Award
== 
Fine arts ==
Elliott Landy (1959), photographer noted for
his work with rock musicians, especially for
his work at the Woodstock Festival
Daniel Libeskind (1965), architect whose designs
include Freedom Tower, Jewish Museum Berlin,
Felix Nussbaum Haus, and the Royal Ontario
Museum
== Performing arts ==
Emanuel Azenberg, multiple Tony and Drama
Desk Award-winning producer, noted for his
long professional relationship with Neil Simon
James Bethea (1982), television producer and
executive
Mark Boal (1991), Academy Award-winning screenwriter
(The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty)
Dominic Chianese (1948), singer and actor
known for his work in film (The Godfather
Part II, Dog Day Afternoon) and television
(Junior Soprano on The Sopranos)
Jon Cryer (1983), two-time Primetime Emmy
Award-winning actor (Pretty in Pink, Hot Shots!,
Two and a Half Men)
Bobby Darin (as Walden Robert Cassotto) (1953),
Oscar-nominated actor, best known for his
work as a songwriter and recording artist
("Mack the Knife", "Beyond the Sea")
Jonah Falcon (1988), actor and talk show personality
Jon Favreau (1984), screenwriter, actor (Rudy,
Swingers), and director (Elf, Iron Man)
Michael Hirsh , head of the Cookie Jar group
(animation); founder of Nelvana animation
Don Kirshner, music producer and songwriter,
best known for his work with The Monkees and
for his television show Don Kirshner's Rock
Concert
James Kyson Lee (1993), actor, best known
for his role as Ando Masahashi on the television
series Heroes
Tom Paley (1945), banjo and fiddle player,
best known for his association with old-time
music; co–founded the New Lost City Ramblers
Dawn Porter (filmmaker) (1984), documentary
film maker and director
Paul Provenza (1975), actor and comedian
Christopher "Kid" Reid (1982), rap musician,
comedian, and actor, best known for being
one half of the group Kid 'n Play
Daphne Maxwell Reid (1966), actress (The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air, Frank's Place), producer,
and former model; first African–American
homecoming queen at Northwestern University;
first African–American to appear on the
cover of Glamour
David Ren, writer and director
Maggie Siff (1992), actress (Mad Men, Sons
of Anarchy)
Mel Simon, businessman and film producer
Karina Smirnoff, award–winning professional
ballroom Latin dancer, who was featured on
seven seasons of Dancing With the Stars
Worley Thorne, TV screenwriter and script
consultant
Eliot Wald (1962), TV and film writer (Saturday
Night Live, Camp Nowhere)
Boaz Yakin (1983), screenwriter and director
== Business, finance, and economics ==
Rose Marie Bravo (1969), Vice Chairman of
Burberry; former President of Saks Fifth Avenue
Millard Drexler (1962), CEO of J.Crew; former
CEO of Gap
Jerald G. Fishman (1962), CEO of Analog Devices
Gene Freidman (1988), New York City attorney
and taxi "king"
David Karp, founder of Tumblr
Ray King, entrepreneur
Leonard Lauder (1950), former president; current
Chairman of the Board of Estée Lauder Companies;
an heir to the Estee Lauder fortune
Phil Libin (1989), CEO of EverNote
Lisa Su (1986), current CEO and president
of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
== Sports and competition ==
Arthur Bisguier, chess grandmaster; 1954 U.S.
Chess Champion; won three U.S. Open chess
tournaments; played for the U.S. team in five
Chess Olympiads
Robert Ford (1997), radio broadcaster for
the Houston Astros, one of two full-time African-American
play-by-play broadcasters in Major League
Baseball
Michael Kay (1978), New York Yankees sportscaster;
current host of The Michael Kay Show
Jeanette Lee, professional pool player, known
by nickname "The Black Widow"
Ira Rubin (1946), contract bridge player known
as "The Beast" for his aggressive playing
style and for inventing three famous bidding
systems
Joel Sherman (1979), Scrabble champion (1997,
World Champion; 2002 US Champion)
Herb Stempel, former contestant on the television
game show Twenty One, known for his contest
against Charles Van Doren, and for his role
in exposing the subsequent quiz show scandals
Benjamin (Benji) Ungar (born 1986), fencer
Wolf Wigo (1991), former Olympic water polo
player who was captain of the US National
Water Polo Team
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