List of Notable ZBT Alumni

 

Academia

 

Lawrence S. Bacow - President, Tufts University

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg - President Emeritus, The George Washington University

Richard Berman - President, Manhattanville College

 

Business/Philanthropy

 

Walter Annenberg - Founder/Publisher, TV Guide; Former Ambassador to England

Burton Baskin - Founder, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream

Henry W. Bloch - Co-founder H & R Block

Richard Bloch - Co-founder, H & R Block

Michael Budman - Co-Founder of Roots Athletic Wear

Davre Davidson - Founder, Aramark

Harold A. Davidson - Past Owner, Aramark, Founder, Harold Davidson & Associates

Joseph Dazansky - President, Giant Foods

Adam R. Dell - Managing General Partner, Impact Venture Partners

Kenny H. Dichter - Co-Founder and CEO, Marquis Jets

Sidney Factor - Max Factor Cosmetics

William Gaines - Publisher, MAD Magazine

Bernard Gimbel - Chairman of the Board, Gimbels Department Stores

Bennett J. Glazer - Chairman and CEO, Glazer's Wholesale Distributors 

Samuel Goldwyn - Film Producer, Director; MGM Productions

Andrew Goodman - Chairman of the Board, Bergdorf-Goodman

Alan "Ace" Greenberg - Former Chairman of the Board, Bear Stearns 

Don Green - Co-Founder, Roots Athletic Wear

Armand Hammer - Founder & President, Occidental Petroleum

Jesse E. Itzler - Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Marquis Jets

Bruce J. Klatsky - Former Chairman and CEO, Phillips Van Heusen 

Jack Lehmen III - Founder, Shearson Lehman Brothers

George Macy - Founder, Macy's

Stanley Marcus - Founder, Neiman Marcus Department Stores - served as ZBT president

Stanford J. Newman - Chairman, J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

William S. Paley - Founder, Chairman of the Board CBS

Irving Rabb - Founder, Stop and Shop supermarket chain

Samuel Rosen - Chairman of the Board, 20th Century Fox

Jack Warner - President, Warner Brothers

David Yunich - President, Macy's

 

Civil Service

 

Rudy Boschwitz - Senator, Minnesota

Steve Cooley - Los Angeles County District Attorney

Kenneth Duberstein - former White House Chief of Staff 1988-89 

Martin Frost - Former Representative, Texas (CD24)

Arthur Goldberg - Former Supreme Court Justice

John Lindsay - Former Mayor of New York City

Sam Massell - Former Mayor of Atlanta

Newton Minow - Former FCC Chairman 

Richard Newberger - Senator, Oregon

Abraham Ribicoff - Representative/Senator, Connecticut

Robert Shapiro - Lawyer

 

Arts/Entertainment

 

Armand "Army" Archerd - Columnist, Variety (Magazine)

Jack Benny - TV & Radio Comedian; Actor

Leonard Bernstein - Composer; Conductor 

Benjy Bronk - Comedian and Writer: The Howard Stern Show

Don Dannemann - Sang lead vocals for the 1960's "frat rock" band The Cyrkle

Keith Gale - Senior Director, National Promotion, RCA Records Nashville

Aaron Karo - Author and Comedian

Michael Ovitz - Former Head of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Jerry Herman - Playwright: Hello Dolly!, La Cage aux Folles

Robert Klein - TV Comedian, Motion Picture Actor

Harold Ramis - Screen Writer & Actor: Animal House, Stripes, Ghostbusters

Ari Sandel - Oscar-winning short film director & writer: West Bank Story

Peter Yarrow - Singer, Peter, Paul and Mary

Andrew Volpe - Singer and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Ludo

 

Media/Literature

 

Mel Allen - Sports Broadcaster ("The Voice of the NY Yankees" and This Week in Baseball)

Jerome Bruckheimer - Producer, Jerome Bruckheimer

Jeffrey Buhai - Writer

Howard Cosell - Sports Broadcaster

Marty Glickman - Hall of Fame Announcer & Sports Writer

Barry Meister - Sports Agent

Jim Nantz - Sports Broadcaster

Dick Schaap - Sports Broadcasting

Mark E. Steinberg - Senior Vice President and Global Managing Director of Golf, IMG

Mike Wallace - Reporter, 60 Minutes

Robert Zelnick - Former World News Tonight Pentagon Correspondent and Chairman, Boston University Department of Journalism

 

Sports

 

Alan Cohn - President, New York Knicks & New York Rangers

Donnie Edwards - All-Pro NFL Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs

Sid Gillman - Professional Football Coach

Robert Kraft - Founder, Chairman & CEO of the Kraft Group; Owner, New England Patriots, New England Revolution & Gillette Stadium 

Sid Luckman - Member of College & Professional Football Hall of Fames

Robert Nederlander - Former General Manager of New York Yankees

Jerry Owens - Outfielder, Chicago White Sox 

Abe Pollin - Owner, Washington Wizards

David Werblin - Founder, New York Jets

 

Crime

 

Richard Loeb - half of infamous murder duo, Leopold and Loeb and he probably did (like zbt does) cocaine