Henry Kissinger Fellow at Aspen Institute

Greg Behrman is the youngest of Scarsdale High School's Distinguished Alumni.      At first blush, he seemed to direct his substantial energies toward a successful political or financial career.  He graduated magna cum laude with a certificate in Economics and a BA in politics from Princeton University.  Later, he matriculated at Oxford University, securing a Master's Degree in International Relations.  After graduating from Princeton, Behrman was employed by Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York City.

CEO of Black Enterprise

Earl G, Graves, Jr, ("Butch") is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, publisher of Black Enterprise magazine.  In that role he has taken an already successful business and, since his appointment as President and COO in 1998, has steered his company through a decade of growth.  By 2005 Black Enterprise had a readership of over four million.  In addition, Graves created an equity investment fund where he serves as managing partner.

Pres. of National Constitution Center & former Times Magazine Editor

It is a measure of Rick Stengel that it was almost impossible to characterize him in listing his areas of high ability noted herein.  Presently he is President and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.  His remarkable talents were evident at Princeton University, from which he graduated magna cum laude, and in his selection as a Rhodes Scholar in 1977. 

Dir. of Research at Bauer Center for Genomics at Harvard

Laura Garwin always seems to be knocking down walls.  Whether ending three quarters of a century of all-male Rhodes Scholars in 1977 or serving as Director of Research Affairs at Harvard University's Bauer Center for Genomics Research, Professor Garwin lives to end the artificial barriers that divide student from student and scientist from scientist.

Rhode Island Superior Court Judge

Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson was in the second group of STEP students to arrive at Scarsdale High School in the late 1960's. She was a strong student, and was admitted to Brown University in 1969. Again she succeeded academically, and in 1973 graduated from Brown with a B.A.  Boston University School of Law and a J.D. followed, and then employment with Thompson and Thompson where she rose to senior partner, specializing in Native American law, civil rights, personal injury, family and real estate law.

Tony nominee Actress (Broadway,TV & Film)

After attending Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Michigan, Tovah Feldshuh studied acting with Jacques LeCoq and Uta Hagen.  She made her professional debut at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Cyrano de Bergerac and a year later in 1973 on Broadway in the same play.  In 1974, she received the Theatre World Award for her role in Yentl.

Oscar winning Director of "Harlan County, USA"

Barbara Kopple is one of the nation's most productive film directors/producers.  In 1977 she produced and directed Harlan County USA, winner of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.  In 1991, Harlan County USA was named to the National Film Registry by Congress and designated an American Film Classic.  In that same year, Ms. Kopple received her second Academy Award for her non-fiction film, American Dream, on the economic decline of America's industrial heartland.  American Dream won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and Best Feature Documentary by the Director's Guild of America. 

National Public Radio commentator

A Boston University drop out, Nina Totenberg today is one of the most respected radio journalists in America.  She has been honored by the American Bar Association seven times.  In 1988 she won the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for her coverage of Supreme Court nominations.   Ten years later, the National Press Foundation honored her with its Excellence in Broadcasting Award.

Astronaut, now lecturer at MIT

Jeffrey Hoffman was bound to be an astronaut.  As a small child he was captivated by the Hayden Planetarium in New York.  At Amherst College he received a BA degree summa cum laude in Astronomy.  His original research was in high-energy astrophysics.  His doctoral work at Harvard University was on the design, construction and flight of a gamma ray telescope.

Founder of the Seeds of Peace organization 

John Wallach was a first-rate journalist.  In 1968, four years after graduating from Middlebury College, he became Foreign Editor of the Hearst Newspapers.  An expert on Arafat and the Middle East, he broke the story of the Iran-Contra scandal, and was frequently a panelist on Meet the Press, Washington Week in Review, Fox News and CNN.