John Gerrish, composer (best known for The Falcon); professor of music at Kean University
Terry Golway, curator of the John T. Kean Center for American History at Kean University; author of several books on American and Irish history; former member of the New York Times editorial board
Frank X. McDermott, former trustee of Kean University; New Jersey delegate to the White House Conference on Education, 1955 (Dwight Eisenhower administration); member of the New Jersey General Assembly 1963–1967, 1975–1977 (assistant majority leader, 1965; minority leader, 1966); President of the New Jersey Senate and acting Governor of New Jersey, 1969; New Jersey Senator, 1967–1973 (Senate majority leader, 1968); Thomas Kean 1977 gubernatorial campaign chairman
Jim McGreevey, former Governor of New Jersey; former ethics professor at Kean University