Editing Colgate University (section)

== Alumni ==
{{Main|List of Colgate University people}}

Colgate has more than 34,000 living alumni.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colgatealumni.org/s/801/images/editor_documents/PFC%20Newsletters/Fall2009.pdf|title=Passion for the Climb|date=Fall 2009|publisher=Colgate University|access-date=2009-09-22}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, Colgate alumni have a median starting salary of $53,700 and have a median mid-career salary of $119,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-us-colleges-graduate-salary-statistics.asp|title=Top US Colleges — Graduate Salary Statistics|publisher=[[PayScale]]|access-date=2010-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724151846/http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-us-colleges-graduate-salary-statistics.asp|archive-date=2009-07-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, ''Forbes'' ranked Colgate 16th in colleges that produce the highest-earning graduates.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/larafishbane/2016/07/06/the-top-college-graduates-who-earn-the-most/#53213e3a3985|title=Top Colleges That Produce The Highest-Earning Grads|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=2016-07-07}}</ref> As of 2009, among small schools, Colgate was the tenth-largest producer of alumni who go onto the Peace Corps.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://media.www.maroon-news.com/media/storage/paper742/news/2009/02/05/News/Colgate.Gets.Peace.Corps.Nod-3614831.shtml|title=Colgate Gets Peace Corps Nod|last=Rothbard|first=Holly|date=2009-02-05|publisher=The Colgate Maroon-News|access-date=2009-07-27|archive-date=2016-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313110610/http://media.www.maroon-news.com/media/storage/paper742/news/2009/02/05/News/Colgate.Gets.Peace.Corps.Nod-3614831.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some of the most notable alumni from the [[List of Colgate University people]] include:
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! Name !! Class Year !! Notability
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| [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]] || 1930 || New York congressman and civil rights leader
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| [[Charles Evans Hughes]] || (attended 1876–1878)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Evans-Hughes|title=Charles Evans Hughes: United States Jurist and Statesman|last=Smentkowski|first=Brian|date=2019-04-07|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> || 11th [[Chief Justice of the United States]], 36th [[governor of New York]], presidential candidate, 44th [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. secretary of state]]
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| [[Adonal Foyle]] || 1998 || Former NBA player with Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic, and Memphis Grizzlies
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| [[Andy Rooney]] || 1942 || CBS-TV: ''60 Minutes'' commentator, columnist
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| [[Gloria Borger]] || 1974 || CNN journalist and columnist
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| [[Bob Woodruff]] || 1983 || ABC News foreign correspondent
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| [[Carmine Di Sibio]] || 1985 || Global chairman and CEO, [[Ernst & Young|EY]]
|-
|[[Ben Cohen (businessman)|Ben Cohen]]
|Did not graduate
|Co-founder of [[Ben & Jerry's]]
|-
|[[Chris Hedges]]
|1979
|Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
|-
|[[Jeff Fager]]
|1977
|Former chairman of [[CBS News]]
|-
|[[Steve Burke (businessman)|Steve Burke]]
|1980
|President and CEO, [[NBCUniversal]]; former COO, [[Comcast]]
|-
|[[Kevin Heffernan (actor)|Kevin Heffernan]]
|
|Actor and member of Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe
|-
|[[Monica Crowley]]
|1990
|Spokesperson and [[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs|Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs]] for the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Department of the Treasury]]; [[Fox News]] contributor
|}