State University of New York at Oswego
Name Class year Notability
Rob Cesternino 2000 Contestant on Survivor : The Amazon and host of Rob Has A Podcast
Kendis Gibson 1994 Anchor
Sal Iacono 1993 Writer , TV personality
Christopher Maloney 1991 Bass guitarist for Dweezil Zappa , Hardline ; Sunset Records recording artist
Julia DeVillers 1989 Author of books for children and teens
Steve Levy 1987 ESPN sportscaster
Yvonne M. Spicer 1984 First mayor of Framingham , Massachusetts and first African-American woman to be popularly elected mayor in Massachusetts
Scott Sullivan 1983 Former WorldCom CFO
Robert O'Connor 1982 Author of Buffalo Soldiers
Linda Cohn 1981 ESPN sportscaster
Robert Natoli 1980 Guinness record holder
Mark Allen Baker 1979 Author , biographer , and historian
Robin Curtis 1978 Actress most well known as Lt. Savikk in Star Trek III and Star Trek IV
Al Roker 1976 Weatherman for NBC 's Today Show
Alice McDermott 1975 Novelist and winner of the 1998 National Book Award
John McLoughlin 1975 One of two Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who survived after being trapped in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center
Wayne Levi 1974 Professional golfer
Heraldo Muñoz 1972 Former ambassador to the United Nations for Chile ; current Chilean foreign minister
Pete Sears 1971 Member of the 1972 United States Olympic hockey team ( goalie )
James W. Wright 1971 Former New York State Senator
State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public college in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York. It has two campuses: historic lakeside campus in Oswego and Metro Center in Syracuse, New York. SUNY Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers Training School by Edward Austin Sheldon, who introduced a revolutionary teaching methodology Oswego Movement in American education. In 1942 the New York Legislature elevated it from a normal school to a degree-granting teachers' college, Oswego State Teachers College, which was a founding and charter member of the State University of New York system in 1948. In 1962 the college broadened its scope to become a liberal arts college. SUNY Oswego currently has over 80,000 living alumni. Oswego State offers more than 100 academic programs leading to bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and certificates of advanced study. It consists of four colleges and schools: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Education, and School of Communications, Media and the Arts.