Claims to Fame: Alumni Title Bar
Photo: Some of our Alumni Quote: Stony Brook alumni range from ambassadors to Broadway costume designers, from journalists to CEOs, and from financial analyts to university presidents.


 Some Stony Brook success stories:

  • Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, '78, Acting U.S. Surgeon General
  • Barry Cozier, ’71, Justice of the New York State Supreme Court.
  • John Hennessey, Ph.D. ’77, President, Stanford University.
  • Scott Higham, ’82, Investigative Journalist for The Washington Post and winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize.
  • Christine Goerke, ’94, Performer with the Metropolitan Opera Company.
  • Carolyn Porco, ’74, Leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini mission to Saturn.
  • Richard Gelfond, ’76, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, IMAX Corporation.