Jim McGreevy

Jim McGreevy CC '78 is the former governor of New Jersey, known for flaming out in a gay sex scandal.

Like Barack Obama, he came to Columbia as a transfer student. He spent slightly more then one calendar year at Columbia, as he had transferred after a year of community college, then a year at the Catholic University of America, and then took summer sessions before and after his only academic year at Columbia before graduating.

While at Columbia, McGreevy lived in Ford Hall, an on-campus residence for Catholic graduate students.