- Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. Weill, commonly known as Sandy Weill (born March 16 1933) is a banker, financier and philanthropist. He was formerly the chief executive officer and chairman of Citigroup Inc. He served in those positions until October 1 2003 and April 18, 2006 respectively. - Ken Blanchard
Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard . A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today. - Werner Vogels
Dr. Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Amazon.com in Seattle, Washington. In charge of driving technology innovation within the company Vogels has broad internal and external responsibilities. He is the only executive next to Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos to speak publicly on behalf of Amazon.com. He joined Amazon in September of 2004 as the Director of Systems Research. - Isidor Isaac Rabi
Isidor Isaac Rabi was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian-born physicist. Rabi was born in Rymanów, Galicia, Austrian Empire (now Poland), and was brought to the United States as a child the following year. He achieved a Bachelor of Chemistry degree from Cornell University in 1919, continuing his studies at Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in 1927. A fellowship enabled him to spend the next two years in Europe working with such eminent physicists as Niels Bohr, … - Justin Rattner
Justin Rattner , 59, is vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). He is also an Intel Senior Fellow and head of the Corporate Technology Group. In the latter role, he directs Intel's global research efforts in microprocessors, systems, and communications including the company's disruptive research activity. In 1989, Rattner was named Scientist of the Year by R&D Magazine for his leadership in parallel and distributed computer architecture. - Irene Rosenfeld
Irene Rosenfeld is the 53-year-old CEO of Kraft Foods Inc., having been appointed June 26, 2006. Rosenfeld had spent more than 20 years with Kraft and General Foods before joining Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, in 1994, and rejoining Kraft as president of Kraft Canada in 2000. Rosenfeld left Kraft to become CEO of Frito-Lay in 2004 before returning to Kraft in June 2006. She is currently a trustee of Cornell University, her alma mater. - Irwin M. Jacobs
Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs , Founder and Chairman of Qualcomm Inc. USA is visiting Amity Campus on thursday, 8th January 2004 to receive the Platinum Award for Technology Innovation. Dr. Jacobs has made a $ 3 Billion Telecom Empire and holds many patents which are part of Qualcomms extensive portfolio of more than 2,300 US patents. Amity Institute of Telecom Technology is the partner of Qualcomm Inc to impart CDMA training in India . - Mae Jemison
Essence Award, Essence magazine, 1988; named Gamma Sigma Gamma Woman of the Year,1990; honorary doctorate, Lincoln University 1991; Ebony Black Achievement Award, 1992; an alternative public school in Detroit was named The Mae C. Jemison Academy, 1992; Alpha Kappa Alpha, honorary member. By the time she was thirty-one, Mae Jemison had received a double major in Chemical Engineering and African-American studies and had served as a doctor in the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone. - Edmund Ezra Day
Edmund Ezra Day (December 7, 1883-March 23, 1951) was a U.S. educator. Day received his undergraduate and masters degree from Dartmouth College and his doctorate in economics from Harvard. He went on to serve as the fifth president of Cornell University from 1937 to 1949. While in office, he helped establish School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell. The administrative building at Cornell, Day Hall, is named after Edmund Ezra Day. - Henry Hill
Henry Hill (born 1918) is an American artist. Hill was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son and grandson of executives of a furniture company. He studied fine arts at Cornell University, but dropped out only a year before completing his studies. He moved to California in 1939, hoping to join the newly-founded Disney Company as an artist, but was not hired. Shortly afterward, he joined the Army as the United States entered World War II, … - Gary Okihiro
Gary Y. Okihiro is director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University. He is author of several books in U.S. and African history, most recently of THE COLUMBIA GUIDE TO ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY (2001), and COMMON GROUND: REIMAGINING AMERICAN HISTORY (2001). - Lubna Olayan
Ms. Olayan is chief executive officer of the Olayan Financing Company (OFC), the holding entity for the Olayan Group's operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. OFC operates or actively participates in more than 40 companies, often in partnership with leading multinationals. OFC is also one of the largest investors in the Saudi and regional stock markets. In September 2006, Ms. Olayan joined the International Advisory Board of Rolls-Rolls. - Hubert Reeves
Hubert Reeves is a Canadian (Québécois) astrophysicist and popularizer of science. He has been a Director of Research at the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" since 1965 and currently lives in France where he often speaks on television promoting science. Born in Montreal, Reeves obtained a BSc in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, … - Matt Urban
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Louis Urban (August 25, 1919- March 4, 1995) was a U. S. Army officer who served with distinction in World War II. He was belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor, in 1980 for repeated acts of heroism in combat in France and Belgium in 1944. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, he is the most decorated American serviceman (others at "See also" below). Urban was born Matty Louis Urbanowicz, a son of Stanley and Helen Urbanowicz, on August 25, … - William F. Friedman
William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 - November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptologist. He ran the research division of the Army's Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and its follow-on services into the 1950s. In the late 1930s, subordinates of his led by Frank Rowlett broke Japan's PURPLE cipher, thus disclosing Japanese diplomatic secrets in the World War II era. - Bristow Adams
Bristow Adams was an American journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator. He taught at Cornell University from 1914 to 1945. Adams also founded the Stanford Chaparral, the oldest humor magazine in the west, in 1899. - Lowell McAdam
Lowell C. McAdam is president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, the premier wireless provider with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network. Prior to this position, McAdam was the executive vice president and chief operating officer for Verizon Wireless. Previously, McAdam was president and CEO of PrimeCo Personal Communications, a joint venture owned by Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch. - Violet Archer
Violet Archer was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, her family changed their name to Archer. She travelled to New York in the summer of 1942 where she studied with Béla Bartók, "who introduced her to Hungarian folk tunes and to variation technique." In 1962, … - Edmund Muskie
Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie (March 28, 1914 - March 26, 1996) was an American Democratic politician from Maine. He served as Governor of Maine, a U.S. Senator, as U.S. Secretary of State, and ran as a candidate for Vice President of the United States. - Eric S. Edelman
Eric S. Edelman is the current Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2003-2005). A career Foreign Service Officer, Edelman entered the Senior Foreign Service in 1992. He is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense’s award for Distinguished Civilian Service (1993) and the State Department’s Superior Honor Award (1990 and 1996). Edelman received a B.A. in History and Government from Cornell University in 1972, … - Joseph Petrosino
Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino (August 30, 1860 - March 12, 1909) was an NYPD officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. The various crime fighting techniques that Petrosino pioneered during his law enforcement career are still practiced by various agencies in the fight against crime. - Byron Grote
Byron E. Grote (born 1948 or 1949) is currently the chief financial officer of BP. He has been with the company since 1987 following their acquisition of Standard Oil of Ohio where he had worked since 1979. He took the position of CFO in 2002. He received a Ph.D in 1981 in quantitative analysis from Cornell University. - Keith Downey
Richard Keith Downey, O.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.A.I.C., F.R.S.C., (born January 26, 1927) is a Canadian agricultural scientist and, as one of the originators of canola, became known as the "Father of Canola". Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, In 1951 he received a B.S.A. and in 1952 a M.Sc. from the University of Saskatchewan. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1961. In 1951 he started working for Agriculture Canada, … - Stephen A. Jarislowsky
Stephen A. Jarislowsky (born September 1925) is a Canadian billionaire investor and philanthropist. Born Berlin, Germany, the step-son of a steel mill owner in Germany who was ousted by the Nazis for harbouring Jews, Jarislowsky emigrated to the United States in 1941 after attending public and high school in the Netherlands and France. In Asheville, North Carolina, he attended preparatory school, and then studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University. - Marc-Adélard Tremblay
Marc-Adélard Tremblay, O.C., G.O.Q., Ph.D., m.s.r.c. (born 24 April 1922) is a Canadian anthropologist. Born in Les Éboulements, Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Quebec, he was educated at Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and Cornell University. He was a Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval and was Dean of the Graduate School from 1971 to 1979. From 1981 to 1984, he was the President of the Royal Society of Canada. - Joseph B. Foraker
Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 - May 10, 1917) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was the 37th Governor of Ohio. Foraker was born near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Foraker attended Cornell University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He was unsuccessful in running for the governorship in 1883, but won election two years later and served two two-year terms from 1886-1890. - Andy O'Meara
Andy O'Meara is a creator of artistic music visualization software, and founded SoundSpectrum in 2000. O'Meara attended Cornell University, graduating in computer science in 1999 on a Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship. He completed a five-year commitment as a naval submarine officer in 2004. His first popular music visualization software was WhiteCap, first released in March 1999. O'Meara is most noted for his second music visualizer, G-Force, … - Gaye Symington
Gaye R. Symington (born: 20 April, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts) is the Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, which is the Green Mountain State's legislature. Symington is the second woman to hold the position of Vermont Speaker of the House. First elected to the House in 1996 as a Democrat, Symington represents the Chittenden-8 district, Symington quickly earned the esteem of her legislative colleagues. - Lewis E. Platt
Lewis Platt Former CEO, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates (1999 - 2001) and F ormer CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company (1992-99) - George Friedman
Dr. Friedman is the founder and CEO of Stratfor, started in 1996 and now a leader in the field of private intelligence. He is the author of numerous articles and books on national security, warfare and intelligence. His most recent book is "America's Secret War" which was named a Barron's Best Book of 1994. Another book is scheduled to come out in 2009. Dr. Friedman has been featured in Time, the Wall Street Journal, the NY Times Magazine and many other publications. - Alfred Sarant
Alfred Epaminondas Sarant, also known as Filipp Georgievich Staros and Philip Georgievich Staros (1918-March 12, 1979), was an engineer and a member of the Communist party in New York City in 1944. He was part of the Rosenberg spy ring that reported to Soviet intelligence. Sarant worked on secret military radar at the United States Army Signal Corps laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. - Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr. (June 25, 1903 - September 13, 1960) was an American political figure from Missouri, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (from 1935 until 1940), and the United States Senate (from 1951 until 1960). Born in St. Louis, he attended the public schools and graduated from Cornell University in 1924 and from the law department of Washington University (St. Louis) in 1926. - Max Rosenn
Max Rosenn (February 4, 1910 - February 7, 2006) was a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1970 to 2006. Born to a Jewish family in Plains, Pennsylvania, Judge Rosenn graduated from Cornell University in 1929 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1932. He was nominated by President Richard Nixon to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on September 3, 1970, … - Louis Livingston Seaman
Louis Livingston Seaman, M.D., LL.B., F.R.G.S. (October 17, 1851 - 1932) was an American surgeon, born in Newburgh, New York. After earning an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1872, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 and from University Medical College, New York City in 1877. He became connected with several hospitals in New York City. Seaman made a tour around the world in 1886. - Alberto Vallarino Clement
Alberto Vallarino Clement is a Panamanian, engineer, businessman and politician. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Primer Banco del Istmo (the part of the HSBC Group), which under his tenure has grown into the largest bank in Panama and Central America. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of several Panamanian companies and has held important positions in various business guilds. A former member of the Arnulfista Party (now the Panameñista Party), … - Bruce Chown
Bruce Chown (November 10, 1893 - July 3, 1986) was a Canadian scientist who researched the blood factor known as the Rhesus factor and helped produced a Rh immune vaccine, Rh gamma globulin, which helps to prevent Erythroblastosis fetalis. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Henry Havelock and Katherine (Farrel) Chown, he received a B.A. from McGill University in 1914. During World War I, he served in the Canadian Field Artillery and received the Military Cross. - Vikas
Mr. Rijsinghani serves as Chief Technology Officer of Web.com and joined the company through the merger with Website Pros in September 2007. Mr. Rijsinghani has extensive technical and management experience and combines a deep understanding of current technologies with the ability to execute across various business models. - James M. McHugh
James M. McHugh was born in Nevada, Missouri, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. Following training at Quantico he went to China in 1923 to study the country and its language. His father-in-law, Jacob Gould Schurman, who was president of Cornell University from 1892-1920, was then American minister to China. McHugh spent over twenty years in China, where he served as intelligence officer for the 4th Marines and U.S. Asiatic Fleet, Shanghai, from 1933-1935, … - Jon Rubinstein
Jon has helped launch some of the most influential computing products of the past decade. As a member of Apple Inc.'s executive staff and head of hardware engineering, he was instrumental in conceiving the iPod, one of the most successful consumer electronics products ever. He also led the team that built the iMac. Jon began his Apple career in 1997 as senior vice president for hardware engineering. - Reza Raji
Reza Raji Founder, Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer Reza founded iControl Networks in 2003 and led its early growth and success including the recent launch of the iControl Home Security 2.0 solution. Prior to iControl, Reza was the Director of Business Development at Echelon Corporation, a leading control and automation company with over 40 million smart devices deployed globally.
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