Edna Andrade (1917–2008), American geometric abstract painter and early Op Artist, 1996 recipient of the College Art Association Distinguished Teaching of Art Award for her three decades of teaching at Philadelphia College of Art [11] Alexey Brodovitch (1930–1940), photographer, designer, art director Gil Cohen, aviation artist William Daley (born 1925), American ceramist, professor from 1957 until 1990.[12] Aaron Levinson, Grammy Award-winning producer and musician Camille Paglia (born 1947), author and feminist social critic Vincent Persichetti, composer Ralph Peterson, jazz drummer LaVaughn Robinson (1927–2008), professor from 1980 to 2008, American tap dancer, recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as a "Living National Treasure" Lizbeth Stewart (1948–2013), American ceramist Samuel Yellin, master blacksmith