Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor who dropped out of Columbia College in 2000. His mother, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, is both a Barnard and Columbia alum, and was married to History prof Eric Foner before Jake was born.
Gyllenhaal was scheduled to graduate with the Class of 2002, and may yet return to finish his degree. He said in an interview that he would like to continue his studies in Eastern religion with Religion professor Robert Thurman.[1]
His sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is a College alumna.
