- Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner, born in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia, was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist, playwright, social thinker, and esotericist. He was the founder of Anthroposophy, Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophical medicine, and the new artistic form of Eurythmy. He characterized anthroposophy as follows: Steiner advocated a form of ethical individualism, to which he later brought a more explicitly spiritual component. - Victoria Snelgrove
Victoria Snelgrove (October 29, 1982 - October 21, 2004) was a Junior at Emerson College who was accidentally killed by Boston police while she and others were celebrating the Boston Red Sox' victory over the New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series. Snelgrove was a junior majoring in journalism at Emerson College, to which she had transferred from Fitchburg State College in the fall of 2003. She was 21 years old when she died. - Don Lee
Don Lee is an American novelist. He received his B.A. in English Literature from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College. He has also served as the primary editor of the literary journal Ploughshares for 17 years. His first collection of short stories, "Yellow", documents the lives of various Asian American characters living in the fictional "Rosarita Bay". - Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program "The Tonight Show". He also owns Big Dog Productions, a company that co-produces the show. He earns $30 million per year. - Jeffrey L. Seglin
Jeffrey L. Seglin is an American journalist and writer. Seglin writes "The Right Thing," a weekly column on general ethics syndicated by the "New York Times" Syndicate. In the column, he regularly offers solutions to ethical dilemmas posed by readers who write to him at rightthing@nytimes.com. Seglin is the author of "The Right Thing: Conscience, Profit and Personal Responsibility in Today’s Business". - Thomas Lux
Thomas Lux is an American poet. Thomas Lux was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, son of a milkman and a Sears & Roebuck switchboard operator, neither of whom graduated from high school. Lux was raised in Massachusetts on a dairy farm. A bookish only child, he spent his after-school hours in the town library. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston, where he was also poet in residence from 1972-1975. - Sam Presti
Sam Presti is an American basketball executive. Since June 7, 2007, he is the General Manager of the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. Presti previously served as an assistant general manager to R. C. Buford for the San Antonio Spurs. He is credited with encouraging the Spurs to draft point guard Tony Parker in 2001. Presti graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in communications, politics and law from Emerson College in Boston. - Bill Knott
Bill Knott (William Kilborn Knott) (born 1940 in Carson City, Michigan, USA) is the author of numerous books of poetry and an associate professor at the Writing, Literature & Publishing Faculty of Emerson College in Boston. His first recognition came from his landmark first collection "The Naomi Poems" in 1968, which he wrote under the pseudonym "St. Geraud". His poems have been covered in many poetry books and journals. - Donna Halper
Donna L. Halper is a Boston-based historian and radio consultant. She is author of the first booklength study devoted to the history of women in American broadcasting, "Invisible Stars." Born in Dorchester MA in 1947, she got her BA, MA and M.Ed degrees from Northeastern University, where in 1968 she became the first woman announcer at her college station (WNEU, later WRBB). Halper went on to a career that included 12 years on the air, in Cleveland, New York City, … - Gina Gershon
She's sitting in a funky little tea room in Beverly Hills, picking at her sandwich and politely fending off any question she's not sure how to handle. So she won't talk about her private life. She won't talk about Showgirls, the hilariously awful bit of trash that launched her fame. And she won't talk about the man she'll identify only as Sean, the boyfriend and housemate she clearly adores. "I've seen it too many times in Hollywood," the actress explains. - Bobbi Brown
Bobbi Brown (born April 14, 1957) is a makeup artist and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Her products are sold in over 400 stores and twenty countries worldwide. Brown graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in theatrical makeup. Afterwards, she moved to New York City to work as a professional makeup artist. In 1991, she and a chemist released a line of new lipsticks under the brand Bobbi Brown Essentials, which debuted at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. - Paul Niwa
Paul Niwa directs and produces documentaries and new media projects about Asian American identity. He is also an Assistant Professor of journalism at Emerson College in Boston. - Spencer Tunick
Spencer Tunick (born January 1 1967) is an American artist. Tunick was born in Middletown, New York, USA. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emerson College in 1988. He is best known for his installations that feature large numbers of nude people posed in artistic formations. In these images the nude form becomes abstract due to the sheer number so closely placed together. Known as installations, they are often situated in urban locations throughout the world. - James Tate
James Vincent Tate (born December 8, 1943, Kansas City, Missouri) is a literary iconoclast, best known as a Pulitzer prize-winning and National Book Award-winning poet, educator, and man of letters. Tate's writing style is as unique as it is difficult to describe. He has been known to carve, invert, and play with phrases culled from news items, history, anecdotes, or common speech; later cutting, pasting, … - Sven Birkerts
Sven Birkerts (b. September 21, 1951, Pontiac, Michigan) is an American essayist and literary critic of Latvian ancestry. He is best known for his book "The Gutenberg Elegies", which posits a decline in reading due to the overwhelming advances of the Internet and other technologies of the "electronic culture." Birkerts graduated from Cranbrook Kingswood School and then from the University of Michigan in 1973. - Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian and actor with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show. He also played Anthony Marentino on Sex and the City. His unique style is fast-paced and energetic, with much of the humor coming from his impersonations of various characters ranging from his family members, to celebrities, to stereotypes. - Max Mutchnick
Jason Nidorf Mutchnick (born 11 November 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American television producer. Mutchnick got his start writing for game shows and "The Wonder Years". He and David Kohan created "Will & Grace". He also produced and wrote for "Good Morning, Miami", and produced "Twins" and "Four Kings" with Kohan. He has received an Emmy Award, a People's Choice Award, and several Golden Globe Award nominations. - Charles Wesley Emerson
Charles Wesley Emerson (1837 - 1908) was the founder and first president of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Emerson was also the author of a number of books dealing with oratory and a minister with the Unitarian Church. - Laurie Faria Stolarz
Laurie Faria Stolarz is an American author of young adult fiction novels. Her work blends elements found in mystery and romance novels. Stolarz grew up in Salem, Massachusetts, a city widely known for the Salem witch trials of 1692, the influence of which can be seen in the magical and witchcraft/Wiccan elements of her books. She attended Merrimack College and later Emerson College, both in Massachusetts. - Matthew Pearl
Matthew Pearl is an American novelist and educator. His debut, "The Dante Club", became a best-selling novel published in more than 40 countries. Matthew Pearl graduated from University School of Nova Southeastern University (NSU). He was then educated at Harvard College and Yale Law School and has taught writing and literature at Emerson College and Harvard University. - Adam Green
Adam Green (born May 28, 1981 in Bedford, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter originally with the group The Moldy Peaches, though he is now best known for the solo career he began in 2002. Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before leaving to concentrate on his music. Often compared to Ben Folds, Leonard Cohen, Ben Kweller, and Jonathan Richman, … - Kevin Bright
Kevin S. Bright (born 1955) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include "Friends" and "Joey". Originally from New York City, Kevin started his life around show business under his father Jackie Bright. After graduating magna cum laude from Emerson College, he worked in New York with the Joseph Cates Company where he produced specials for George Burns, Johnny Cash, David Copperfield and Dolly Parton. - John Skoyles
John Skoyles (b. 1949 in New York, New York) is an American poet and writer. Skoyles has taught at Southern Methodist University, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College and Emerson College. He was executive director of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1992-94. He was educated at Fairfield University and the University of Iowa. - E. W. Kenyon
Essek William Kenyon [aka] E. W. Kenyon (1867-1948) was an evangelist pastor of the New Covenant Baptist Church and president of the Bethel Bible Institute in Spencer, Massachusetts, for twenty-five years. The school later moved to Providence, Rhode Island and became Providence Bible Institute. It later became Barrington College and merged with Gordon College, which was named after one of Kenyon's many mentors, A.J. Gordon. - Joely Fisher
Joely Fisher (born October 29, 1967) is an American actress. She was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens. Her younger sister is actress Tricia Leigh Fisher. Her older half-sister and half-brother are actress Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher, whose mother is actress Debbie Reynolds. Her parents divorced when she was age two and she was raised by her mother. - Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19 1856 - May 7 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay "A Message to Garcia". - Geoff Fox
Geoff Fox is a television meteorologist with NewsChannel 8, WTNH, the New Haven, Connecticut ABC-TV affiliate. Fox was born in Queens, New York in 1950. He attended New York City public schools. Fox later attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. After several broadcasting stints in radio (in Fall River, Massachusetts, Palm Beach, Florida, Charlotte, NC, Phoenix, AZ and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Fox landed a weather gig on a local television station in Buffalo, … - Frederick Reiken
Frederick Reiken is a young author hailing from New Jersey. He has written two highly acclaimed novels, "The Odd Sea" and "The Lost Legends of New Jersey" (July 2001). He currently lives in Western Massachusetts and spends his time teaching creative writing at Emerson College in Boston. - Roberto Bentivegna
Roberto Bentivegna was born in London of Italian parents, grew up in Milan, and attended Emerson College in Boston. His films have screened at international film festivals, including Locarno, Atlanta and Miami, at the Florence Lynch Gallery in Chelsea, New York, and are currently distributed by Film Movement and Shorts International. - Vin di Bona
Vin Di Bona (born 1944) is a television producer for many American television shows such as "America's Funniest People", "MacGyver" and "Entertainment Tonight" as well as "America's Funniest Home Videos". He received an education at Emerson College in Boston. Vin Di Bona also serves as chair for The Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors. - Joanna Going
Joanna Going (born July 22, 1963) is an American actress. - Melanie Rae Thon
Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957) is an American writer. Born in Montana, she currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the author of three novels, "Meteors in August", published in 1990; "Iona Moon", published in 1993, and "Sweet Hearts", published in 2001, and two short story collections, "Girls in the Grass", published in 1991 and "First, Body", published in 1997. - Brendon Small
Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian. He was also the co-creator, writer, star, and music writer for "Home Movies", a cartoon aired on the UPN television network, which was later broadcast on Cartoon Network. While still presently in syndication on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, the final episode produced aired on April 4<sup>"th"</sup>, 2004, after running four seasons. - John Frink
John Frink (born 1964, Whitesboro, New York) is an American producer and writer who is most noted for his work on "The Simpsons". A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, Frink holds a degree in creative writing and began his career as a writer for several short-lived sitcoms. He joined the writing staff of "The Simpsons" in 2000. - Dan Finnerty
Dan Finnerty (b. 1970, Rochester, New York) is an American stage and film actor. Finnerty grew up in the small town of Bath, New York and attended Emerson College in Boston. He was a member of the hit off-Broadway show "Stomp" in New York City. On August 8 1998 he married actress Kathy Najimy. Gloria Steinem officiated the cermony. The couple have one daughter. He created and is the lead singer of the cult hit group The Dan Band. - Anthony Tommasini
Anthony Tommasini is chief music critic for "The New York Times". He is also a book author and pianist. Tommasini was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1970, a Master of Music degree from Yale School of Music, received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University in 1982. - Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart (b. March 30, 1929 in Augusta, ME, USA) is an American actor best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC legal drama "L.A. Law". The scene where his "L.A. Law" character, Leland, the patriarchal and stiff founder of a successful law practice, was discovered in bed with competitor Rosalind Shays (Diana Muldaur), was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in an issue of EGG magazine. - Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his role as Nick Hurley, the boyfriend of Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) in the 1983 movie blockbuster "Flashdance". Recently, he had a recurring role in "The O.C." as Dr. Neil Roberts, the father of Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson). Nouri was born in Washington, D.C. to Gloria (Montgomery) and Edward Nouri, of Lebanese descent. - Gene Wood
Eugene Edward Wood (October 20, 1925 - May 21, 2004), was an American television personality and television announcer. He was best known as the announcer of over 20 game shows -- most of which were Mark Goodson-Bill Todman productions -- from the late 1960s through the 1990s. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Wood majored in speech and theater at Emerson College. His early career included stand-up comedy, television commercials, … - Michael C. Keith
Dr. Michael C. Keith (born March 17, 1945 in Albany, New York) has served since 1993 as a member of the Boston College communications faculty, and is the author of nearly two-dozen well-received books on media. He is recognized as one of the country's foremost authorities on the fast-changing radio business, and his "The Radio Station" is a widely-adopted college text. Prior to becoming a full-time academic in the late 1970s, Dr.
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