Notable alumni include librarian Melvil Dewey, who attended in 1870,
actor Robert Klein, and authors Peter Jenkins, whose book "A Walk Across America" begins in Alfred, and Robert Littell, who has written
several spy novels.In business: Robert H. Benmosche '66, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company;
Peter Cuneo '67, Chairman of Cuneo and Co., and Marvel Enterprises, Inc; Jeffery S.
Maurer '69, CEO, Lehman Brothers Trust Company; Robert R. McComsey
'66, Founding Shareholder, Neuberger Berman, LLC; Joel P. Moskowitz
'61, President & Chairman of the Board, Ceradyne, Inc.; Arthur L. Powell '43, President of Kravco, Inc.Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969.Notable faculty include Ben Howard,
Ph.D., noted poet, and Joe Scheer,
artist and printmaker.