Work is widely recognizable by broad audience OR has achieved national/international distinction; winner of Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy award

• Ruby Mercer, AB ’27, opera star
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• Sammy Kaye, BSCE ’32, Big Band leader
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• Irving R. Shulman, AB ’37, author of novel version of “West Side Story” and the screenplay for “Rebel Without a Cause”


• Richard O. Linke, BSJ ’41, TV Producer and personal agent to Andy Griffith, Jim Nabors, Ken Berry, Jerry van Dyke, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Vinton, Forrest Tucker and Ronny Schell


• Lee Rich, BBA ’44 and HON ’82, film producer (“Rain Man,” “A Fish Called Wanda,” “Moonstruck,” “An Officer and a Gentleman”)


• Herman Leonard, BFA ’47, internationally renowned photographer known for “Images of Jazz” collection
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• Bill McCutcheon, BFA ’48 and HON ’90, 1988 Tony Award winner as best featured actor in a musical for “Anything Goes”; played Wally on “Sesame Street”
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• David Hostetler, MFA ’49, sculptor known for wood and bronze female forms and emeritus professor of art at Ohio University
  See more: David Hostetler (Wikipedia)


• Robert Forsythe, BFA ’50, architect who designed the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton


• Jim Dine, BFA ’57, pop artist whose work is in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art
  See more: Jim Dine (Wikipedia)


• Harvey Breverman, MFA ’60, painter and printmaker whose works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum and the British Museum


• Ken Ehrlich, BSJ ’64, producer of more than 21 Grammy Awards telecasts and the MTV Music Awards


• Mel Harris, MA ’65, PhD ’71, president and chief operating officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment


• David Sackeroff, BFA ’66, production designer (“Seinfeld,” “Home Improvement”)


• Linda Georgian, BSEd ’68, former Psychic Friends Network host and “psychic to the stars” whose clients have included Liza Minelli, Bob Hope and Regis Philbin,


• Terrence McDonnell, BSC ’70, multiple Emmy winner as writer (“Jeopardy!”) and producer (“Win Ben Stein’s Money”)


• Betty Thomas, BFA ’69, Emmy Award-winning actress (“Hill Street Blues”); movie director (“The Brady Bunch Movie,” “Dr. Dolittle,” “28 Days”)
  See more: Betty Thomas (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• David Hackel, BSC ’71, TV producer (“Dear John,” “Wings,” “Becker”)


• Ed Lachman, BFA ’71, cinematographer (“Erin Brockovich”); Oscar nominee (“Far From Heaven”)


• Paul D. Miller, BSC, AB ’71, TV director (“Saturday Night Live,” “In Living Color”)


• Laurel Lea Schaefer, BFA ’71, Miss America 1972


• Jonathan Freeman, BFA ’72, Broadway actor and the voice of Jafar in Disney’s “Aladdin”
  See more: Jonathan Freeman (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Jenny Holzer, BFA ’72, artist known for use of LED panels; first woman to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale
  See more: Jenny Holzer (Wikipedia)


• JoAnn Jansen, BSED ’70, movie choreographer (“Remember the Titans,” “Michael”)


• Joel Berman, BSC ’73, former executive vice president, Paramount Television; current president, Paramount Communications Foundation


• Kim Abeles, BFA ’74, sculptor and painter best known for “Smog Collector” series


• J. Allen Suddeth, BFA ’74, Tony Award-winning stage fight choreographer


• Bin Ramke, PHD ’75, poet


• Sander Schwartz, AB ’75, president, Time Warner Entertainment


• Tony Buba, MFA ’76, noted documentarian whose films have been screened at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum


• Charles Cooper, BFA ’76, Tony-award-winning actor for “The Life”


• Gary Platt, BMUS ’76, studio engineer for albums by Bon Jovi, Prince, Midnight Star, Spyro Gyro, New Edition and the Ohio Players


• Lee Marshall, BSC ’78, promoter for David Copperfield and other entertainers


• Vanessa Bell Calloway, BFA ’79, actress (“What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Coming to America,” daytime TV)
  See more: Vanessa Bell Calloway (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Sandra Moon, BMUS ’79, soprano featured by the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera, among others


• Kim Richey, BSRS ’80, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter
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• Scott McPherson, BGS ’81, playwright and screenwriter (“Marvin’s Room”)


• Connie Ray, MFA ’81, actress (“The Torkelsons,” “Almost Home”)


• Matthew Wickline, BSC ’83, Emmy-award winning TV writer (“Late Night With David Letterman”) and producer (“The Hughleys”)


• Andrew W. Littlejohn, BSC ’85, video editor, ABC Daytime


• William Greer, MSPE ’85, roadie for Aerosmith, Smithereens, Guns ‘n Roses; tour manager, Cinderella and Kiss


• Patty Mitchell, BFA ’87, founder and director, PassionWorks Studio, nationally lauded Athens-based art program for the mentally and physically challenged


• Kevin Jerome Everson, MFA ’90, winner of Guggenheim Fellowship and Rome Prize for his photographs and films exploring African-American culture


• Mary Murphy, BSPE ’90, ballroom dance champion and judge/choreographer on "So You Think You Can Dance"
  See more: Mary Murphy (Wikipedia)


• F. Scott Cossu, BGS ’93, top New Age jazz musician


• Kohl Sudduth, AB ’96, actor (“The Banger Sisters,” “Grosse Pointe Blank,” “Bowfinger”)
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• Piper Perabo, BFA ’98, actress (“Coyote Ugly,” “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Lost and Delirious”)
  See more: Piper Perabo (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Lisa Miree, BSJ ’97, MA 2000, Miss Black USA 2000