Gavin MacLeod, best known for playing Captain Stubing on The Love Boat as well as being a regular cast member on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and McHale's Navy passed away in May. If you're over 45 or 50, he's probably the best-known Ithaca College graduate. This got me thinking about a blog post I wrote a decade ago listing the most famous Ithaca College alumni. I think now is a perfect time to update the list.
Please note that this is in no particular order. It's very possible that I missed several notable graduates, so please contact me if there's someone that should be here. I also only included graduates. Therefore, even though actress/TV host Ricki Lake, singer Gavin DeGraw, and Emmy-award winning actor Jharrel Jerome all attended Ithaca College, they didn't make the list.
David Muir - Anchor of ABC World News Tonight.
David Boreanaz - Actor on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones, and Seal Team.
CCH Pounder - Actress on The Shield, ER, and NCIS: New Orleans.
Bob Iger - Former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Jessica Savitch - One of the first national female anchors (and her story helped inspire Anchorman).
Mark Romanek - Film director of One Hour Photo and Never Let Me Go and Grammy and MTV Video Award winning video director. I highly recommend going down the rabbit hole of seeing how he works as a director and then watching some of the videos he directed. He's responsible for some of the most iconic videos of all time.
Karl Ravech - ESPN journalist.
Kevin Connors - ESPN journalist (and fellow member of the class of '97).
Aaron Tveit - Tony-nominated actor for Moulin Rouge who is likely going to be a Tony-winning actor for Moulin Rouge though it's still not a guarantee.
Barbara Gaines - Former executive producer of The Late Show with David Letterman.
Time to take a look at Ithaca College graduates in the Pittsburgh sports community:
Lanny Frattare - Former Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster.
Jenna Harner - Sports anchor on WPXI.
Josh Getzoff - Pittsburgh Penguins broadcaster.
John Ross Bowie - Actor best known as Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and Jimmy DiMeo on the gone-to-soon show Speechless.
Ben Feldman - Mad Men and Superstore actor.
Jeremy Jordan - Tony-nominated actor also known for his TV work on Smash and Supergirl.
Robert (Bob) Marella - National Wrestling Hall of Famer better known as Gorilla Monsoon.
Eileen Filler-Corn - Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and first woman to serve in this position.
Meghan Musnicki - Gold medal winning rower at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Tim Locastro - Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder.
The Birthday Boys - 6 of the 7 members of this sketch comedy group are IC graduates, and they had a show on IFC with some guy named Bob Odenkirk.
Zach Spiker - Drexel's men's basketball coach.
Ryan Bamford - UMass athletic director.
Liz Tigelaar - Executive Producer for Little Fires Everywhere, The Morning Show, and Nashville.
Ithaca has also produced these sports broadcasters:
Brandon Burke - Television play-by-play announcer for the New York Islanders.
Ed Cohen - Radio voice of the New York Knicks.
Drew Goodman - Television play-by-play broadcaster for the Colorado Rockies.
Nick Nickson - Los Angeles Kings' broadcaster.
Andrew (Andy) Daly - Seemingly the busiest actors in Hollywood. You might not know his name, but as soon as you see his picture, you know him (from Review, Modern Family, and even CarMax commercials).
Larry Teng - Television director and producer of Nancy Drew, Ed, and Medium.
Q Smith - Broadway actress in Mary Poppins and in the original cast of the incredible musical Come From Away.
Jan Singer - Former CEO of J. Crew and Victoria's Secret.
Bill D'Elia - Executive producer of Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, and How To Get Away with Murder.
Ed Glazer - Co-owner and co-chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Finally, Giorgio Tsoukalos. Who? This guy!
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