91 Notable alumni of
Colby College
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Colby College is 924th in the world, 341st in North America, and 319th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 91 notable alumni from Colby College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Billy Bush
- Occupations
- television presenterlacrosse playerradio personality
- Biography
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William Hall Bush is an American radio and television host. He is a member of the Bush family, a nephew of President George H. W. Bush and cousin of President George W. Bush and Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Occupations
- journalisthistorianwriterpolitical scientist
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Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of "Abraham Lincoln", a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.
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Robert B. Parker
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
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Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
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Annie Proulx
- Occupations
- non-fiction writernovelistscreenwriterlibrettistjournalist
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Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx.
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Amy Walter
- Occupations
- international forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Amy Elizabeth Walter is an American political analyst who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. Since 2015, she has also served as a political analyst for the PBS NewsHour. Walter specializes in forecasting and analyzing national U.S. elections.
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Cecily von Ziegesar
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- novelistchildren's writerwriter
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Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels.
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Margaret Chase Smith
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executiveteacher
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Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either. A Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience".
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Ben Bradlee Jr
- Occupations
- biographerjournalist
- Biography
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Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Jr. is an American journalist and writer. He was a reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for 25 years, including a period when he supervised the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation into sexual abuse by priests in the Boston archdiocese, and is the author of a comprehensive biography of Ted Williams. His book, The Forgotten: How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America, about Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the 2016 United States presidential election was released on October 2, 2018.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler
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- politicianlawyermilitary officer
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Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War and had a leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882.
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Pete Rouse
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Mikami Rouse is an American political consultant who served as interim White House Chief of Staff to U.S. President Barack Obama. Rouse previously spent many years on Capitol Hill, becoming known as the "101st senator" during his tenure as Chief of Staff to Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle.
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Bob Diamond
- Occupations
- international forum participantbanker
- Biography
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Robert Edward Diamond Jr. is an American banker and former chief executive officer of Barclays plc. In 2010, he became its president and deputy group chief executive; and in January 2011, succeeded John Varley as group chief executive of Barclays.
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy
- Occupations
- editorjournalist
- Biography
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. After his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery in the United States. He was also hailed as a defender of free speech and freedom of the press.
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Christopher Mellon
- Occupations
- intelligence analyst
- Biography
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Christopher Karl Mellon, is a private equity investor, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations and later for Security and Information Operations. He formerly served as the Staff Director of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He is a member of the influential Mellon family out of the Greater Pittsburgh area. Mellon has lobbied for U.S. government investigations into UFO/UAP.
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Wylie Dufresne
- Occupations
- chef
- Biography
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Wylie Dufresne is the chef and owner of Du's Donuts and the former chef and owner of the wd~50 and Alder restaurants in Manhattan. Dufresne is a leading American proponent of molecular gastronomy, the movement to incorporate science and new techniques in the preparation and presentation of food.
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Lincoln Peirce
- Occupations
- cartoonistchildren's writer
- Biography
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Lincoln Peirce is an American cartoonist and animator, best known as the creator of the successful Big Nate comic strip and as the author/illustrator of a series of Big Nate novels for young readers. He has also written a number of animated shorts that have appeared on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Peirce is the creator of the animated series based on his aforementioned book and comic strip series. The series premiered on the Paramount+ streaming service.
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Mike Daisey
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Mike Daisey is an American monologist, author, and actor. His monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, about the labor conditions under which Apple devices are made, was used as the basis for a widely shared episode of the radio program This American Life, but the episode was later retracted for its factual inaccuracy after it was discovered that Daisey had lied about his experiences.
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Alan Taylor
- Enrolled in Colby College
- Studied in 1977
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Alan Shaw Taylor is an American historian and scholar who is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. A specialist in the early history of the United States, Taylor has written extensively about the colonial history of the United States, the American Revolution and the early American Republic. Taylor has received two Pulitzer Prizes and the Bancroft Prize, and was also a finalist for the National Book Award for non-fiction. In 2020 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
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Marston Morse
- Enrolled in Colby College
- Studied in 1910-1914
- Occupations
- university teachertopologistmathematician
- Biography
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Harold Calvin Marston Morse was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory. The Morse–Palais lemma, one of the key results in Morse theory, is named after him, as is the Thue–Morse sequence, an infinite binary sequence with many applications.
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Eric S. Rosengren
- Occupations
- economistbanker
- Biography
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Eric S. Rosengren took office on July 20, 2007, as the thirteenth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, serving the First District. As a Fed president, he was a participant and voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee. He retired on September 30, 2021.
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Matt Apuzzo
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Matt Apuzzo is an American journalist working for The New York Times.
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Edward Gurney
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edward John Gurney Jr. was an attorney and an American politician based in Florida, where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, Gurney moved to Florida after his service in World War II. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1962, Gurney was the second Republican elected to Congress from Florida in the 20th century.
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Stuart Rothenberg
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Stuart Rothenberg is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst. He is best known for his biweekly political newsletter The Rothenberg Political Report, now known as Inside Elections. He was also a regular columnist at Roll Call and an occasional op-ed contributor to other publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Orlando Sentinel.
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Lot M. Morrill
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Lot Myrick Morrill was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Maine, as a United States senator, and as U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. An advocate for hard currency rather than paper money, Morrill was popularly received as treasury secretary by the American press and Wall Street. He was known for financial and political integrity, and was said to be focused on serving the public good rather than party interests. Morrill was President Grant's fourth and last Secretary of the Treasury.
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Jack Levine
- Occupations
- designerpainterartistengraver
- Biography
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Jack Levine was an American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives. Levine is considered one of the key artists of the Boston Expressionist movement.
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George Horace Lorimer
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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George Horace Lorimer was an American journalist, editor, author and publisher who worked as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post from 1899 to 1936. During his time as editor, circulation rose from several thousand to more than one million. He published the works of some of the greatest American writers and hired the then unknown illustrator Norman Rockwell to create cover artwork. He became president of the Curtis Publishing Company in 1932 and served until 1936.
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Noah Charney
- Occupations
- novelistart historianwriter
- Biography
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Noah Charney is an American art historian and novelist. He is the author of The Art Thief, a mystery novel about a series of thefts from European museums and churches, and is the founder of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art.
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Jack Coombs
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Wesley Coombs, nicknamed "Colby Jack" after his alma mater, was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1906–14), Brooklyn Robins (1915–18), and Detroit Tigers (1920). In 1910, Coombs won 31 games during the regular season and three games in the World Series to lead the Athletics to the championship. A two-way player, he also occasionally played as an outfielder.
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Rocco Landesman
- Occupations
- theatrical producer
- Biography
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Rocco Landesman is a long-time Broadway theatre producer. He served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from August 2009 to December 2012. He is a part owner of Jujamcyn Theaters.
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Hannah Beech
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Hannah Beech is an American journalist. Since August 2017, she has been the Southeast Asia Bureau chief for The New York Times based in Bangkok. She formerly worked for Time magazine; Beech specializes in Asia, and was sometimes credited as Time's Southeast Asia bureau chief. Beech graduated in 1995 from Colby College. She did undergraduate internships at U.S. News & World Report and Asian media outlets. She was the 1994 recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for Maryland.
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Sean McCormack
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Enrolled in Colby College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sean McCormack is the Vice President of Communications at Chevron U.S.A. Inc. McCormack is responsible for corporate and brand communications, in addition to reputation management, employee and executive communications.
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Chip Smith
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in Colby College
- 1986-1991 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in American studies
- Occupations
- executive vice president
- Biography
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Chip Smith is an American businessman, corporate adviser and political strategist. He was the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at 21st Century Fox until its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2019. A long-time political adviser, Smith served as chief of staff and deputy campaign manager for Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and then in 2001 co-founded The Glover Park Group where he was the CEO until 2016. He became the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for 21st Century Fox in July 2016. He has been featured as an expert by publications, television networks, and broadcast programs including Anderson Cooper 360°, Fox News, and MSNBC.
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Leonard Swett
- Years
- 1825-1889 (aged 64)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Leonard Swett was a civil and criminal lawyer who advised and assisted Abraham Lincoln throughout the president's political career.
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Riki Ott
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Riki Ott is a marine toxicologist and activist in Cordova, Alaska. Ott was frequently introduced as an "oil spill expert" in her many media appearances during the height of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill news coverage. After graduating with a doctorate in sedimentary toxicology from the University of Washington, Ott moved to Alaska and started a fishing business. When the Exxon Valdez oil spill disrupted the local fishing-based economy, she became an environmental activist. Since the spill, she has participated in legal and public relations disputes with the Exxon company.
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Cyrus Hamlin
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Cyrus Hamlin was an attorney, politician, and a general from Bangor, Maine, who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Gregory White Smith
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Gregory White Smith was an American biographer of both Jackson Pollock and Vincent van Gogh. In addition to writing 18 books with Steven Naifeh, Smith was an accomplished musician, historic preservationist, art collector, philanthropist, attorney, and businessman who founded several companies including Best Lawyers, which spawned an entire industry of professional rankings.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Rosecrans Baldwin is an American novelist, essayist and nonfiction author. He is also a co-founder and editor of The Morning News, an online magazine. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Darien, Connecticut, Baldwin now lives in the Los Angeles, California area with his wife.
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Patrick Duddy
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Patrick Dennis Duddy is an American diplomat, formerly United States Ambassador to Venezuela.
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Isaac Smith Kalloch
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- politician
- Biography
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Isaac Smith Kalloch was a Baptist pastor from New England who served as the 18th Mayor of San Francisco serving from December 1, 1879, to December 4, 1881. He also served as the first president of Ottawa University in Kansas from 1866 to 1868.
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James Brooks
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- journalistpoliticianeditor
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James Brooks was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who represented New York City in the United States House of Representatives for seven nonconsecutive terms between 1849 and his death in 1873. Though initially a member of the Whig Party, he later joined the Democratic Party and, as a critic of the Abraham Lincoln administration, rose to become its leader in the House at the end of the American Civil War. He died in office in 1873 while under scrutiny and formal censure for attempted bribery in connection to the Credit Mobilier scandal.
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Marcellus Stearns
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of Florida from 1874 to 1877 during the Reconstruction Era. Originally from Maine, he also served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, losing an arm, and served in Florida's 1868 constitutional convention and in the Florida House of Representatives, including time as speaker.
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Tom Whidden
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- sailmakersailor
- Biography
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Thomas A. Whidden is one of the most-acclaimed sailors of all-time. He is a member of both the America's Cup Hall of Fame and the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Whidden joined North Sails, the world's largest sailmaker, in 1986, just before being part of the crew of the yacht Stars & Stripes in the victory over Australia in the 1987 America's Cup. He became CEO and co-owner of North Technology Group, formerly known as North Marine Group, parent company to North Sails, when it was established several years later.
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Robert S. Gelbard
- Occupations
- lobbyistdiplomat
- Biography
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Robert Sidney Gelbard is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bolivia (1988–1991) and Indonesia (1999–2001). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and is a 1964 graduate of Colby College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration.
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Daniel T. Jewett
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneurlawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Tarbox Jewett was a United States senator from Missouri in 1870 and 1871. Born in Pittston, Maine, he completed preparatory studies, attended Colby College, graduated from Columbia College in New York in 1830 and from the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Bangor, Maine; he was city solicitor from 1834 to 1837. From 1850 to 1853 he engaged with his brother in operating a steamboat line upon the Chagres River, Isthmus of Panama. He moved to California and engaged in gold mining for two years, after which he returned to Bangor and practiced law.
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Hannibal Emery Hamlin
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Hannibal Emery Hamlin was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. His father, Hannibal Hamlin, served as Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Andrew Rice
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Monroe Rice is an American civic leader and politician from Oklahoma. He represented Senate District 46 in the Oklahoma State Senate. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for the United States Senate in 2008, losing to incumbent U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.
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Shailer Mathews
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Shailer Mathews was an American liberal Christian theologian, involved with the Social Gospel movement.
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Harris M. Plaisted
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- editorlawyerpoliticianmilitary officerjournalist
- Biography
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Harris Merrill Plaisted was an attorney, politician, and Union Army officer from Maine. As colonel, he commanded the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as Maine Attorney General, a U.S. Congressman, and the 38th Governor of Maine.
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David Linsky
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Paul Linsky is an American lawyer and politician who currently represents the 5th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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George Otis Smith
- Occupations
- researchergeologist
- Biography
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George Otis Smith was an American geologist.
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Angier Louis Goodwin
- Enrolled in Colby College
- Studied in 1902
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Angier Louis Goodwin was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
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Llewellyn Powers
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Llewellyn Powers was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.
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Herbert Mayhew Lord
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Herbert Mayhew Lord was United States Army officer and public official. He was most notable for his service as the Army's Director of Finance during World War I and the Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) from 1922 to 1929.
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Nelson Dingley
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Nelson Dingley Jr. was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine.
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Kevin Emerson
- Years
- 1994-.. (age 30)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Kevin Emerson is an American author of young adult books and is the lead singer for the band Central Services' The Board of Education.
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Henry Clay Merriam
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Henry Clay Merriam was a United States Army general. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions as a Union officer in command of African American troops during the American Civil War. He later served in various Indian Wars throughout the western United States and commanded the 7th Infantry Regiment. After being promoted to brigadier general, he took on a training and supply role during the Philippine–American War.
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Wyman B. S. Moor
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor was an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Maine. His political career, interspersed with periods in private law practice, began with his service in the Maine House of Representatives, and continued when he became Maine Attorney General. Moor married Clara Ann Niel Cook (b. 1813 in Waterville, Maine) in 1834. She was a descendant of Thomas Dudley, one of the Governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Dawn Sweeney
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Dawn Sweeney was the President & CEO of the National Restaurant Association.
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Joe Perham
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Joe Perham was an American humorist, known for his "Down East Maine" humor. Perham's humor style was an influence on Tim Sample. Sample has described Perham as a "seriously funny guy with a professionally honed native wit, which inevitably leaves his audiences weak from laughter."
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Peter Forman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Forman is president and CEO of the South Shore (MA) Chamber of Commerce. He was formerly an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sheriff of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and as a member of the Paul Celucci and Jane M. Swift administrations.
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Holman Day
- Occupations
- novelistpoetplaywrightwriter
- Biography
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Holman Francis Day was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Maine. The Holman Day House, his home Auburn, Maine, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. His book The Rider of the King Log was adapted into the 1921 film The Rider of the King Log. His play Along Came Ruth was adapted into the 1924 film Along Came Ruth.
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Mark H. Dunnell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Mark Hill Dunnell was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1871 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891.
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Alfred Eliab Buck
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Alfred Eliab Buck was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
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Stephen Coburn
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Stephen Coburn was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.
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J. Young Scammon
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianpromoterbanker
- Biography
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Jonathan Young Scammon was an early settler in Chicago, Illinois, arriving in the city in 1835. He went on to become politically important as a lawyer, banker, and newspaper publisher. His first wife was Mary Ann Haven Dearborn, a niece of General Dearborn, with whom he had four children. His second wife was Maria Gardner Wright.
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Gregory R. Ciottone
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- physicianteacher
- Biography
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Gregory R. Ciottone is an American physician specializing in disaster medicine and counter-terrorism medicine. He is an associate professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, the first of its kind in a Harvard teaching hospital. As well, he holds the position of director for medical preparedness at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, a joint program of the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health and the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also serves as a consultant to the White House Medical Unit for the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. In 2019 he was elected president of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. (WADEM).
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Charles P. Nelson
- Enrolled in Colby College
- Studied in 1928
- Occupations
- lawyersecretarygeneral counselpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Pembroke Nelson was an American politician and a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine.
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Peter Oppenheim
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Peter Louis Oppenheim is an American lawyer and political advisor who currently serves as General Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Prior to assuming his current role, he served as Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the United States Department of Education.
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Bartlett Tripp
- Occupations
- diplomatjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Bartlett Tripp was a diplomat, Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court, first professor of the University of South Dakota College of Law and first President of the South Dakota Bar Association.
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Mary Caffrey Low
- Years
- 1850-1926 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Mary Caffrey Low Carver was an American librarian and educator. She was one of the five founding members of the Sigma Kappa sorority and a pioneering advocate for women's education, along with being an accomplished library scientist and writer.
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Louise Helen Coburn
- Occupations
- editorbotanical collectorpoetbotanistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Louise Helen Coburn was one of the five founders of Sigma Kappa sorority, a pioneer for women's education at Colby College, where she served as the first female trustee, and an accomplished scientist and writer known for writing the two volumes of "Skowhegan on the Kennebec."
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Seth L. Milliken
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Seth Llewellyn Milliken was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
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Richard C. Shannon
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Richard Cutts Shannon was a U.S. Representative from New York.
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Benjamin White Norris
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Benjamin White Norris was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, U.S.A
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Jim Hawkins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James K. Hawkins is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Hawkins serves in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Bristol District since 2018, which includes all but one precinct of Attleboro.
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Asher Hinds
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Asher Crosby Hinds was an American newspaperman and politician who served three terms as a United States representative from Maine from 1911 to 1917.
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Josiah Hayden Drummond
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Josiah Hayden Drummond was an American attorney and politician. He served as Maine Attorney General from 1860 to 1863.
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Daniel K. Webster
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel K. Webster is an American attorney and politician who represented the 6th Plymouth District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013. Webster is a graduate of Colby College in Maine and Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
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Forrest Goodwin
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Forrest Goodwin was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Skowhegan, Maine and attended the common schools, graduated from Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy. He also graduated from Colby College and Boston University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Skowhegan.
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John Flerlage
- Occupations
- military officeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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John Flerlage is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel and the former Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado's 6th congressional district. He is currently a Boeing 767 captain flying international routes for Delta Air Lines. Flerlage is a member of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Nathaniel Butler Jr
- Biography
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Nathaniel J. Butler was the 12th President of Colby College, Maine, United States from 1896 to 1901.
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Jim Condron
- Occupations
- sculptorpainter
- Biography
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Jim Condron is an American artist working in painting and sculpture. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Baltimore, MD.
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Susan Nutter
- Enrolled in Colby College
- In 1966 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in American literature
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Susan Keene Nutter was the vice provost and director of the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries where she worked for thirty years. While she was director, in 2000, NCSU Libraries received the first Association of College and Research Libraries Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. She was instrumental in the planning, development, and construction of NCSU’s Hunt Library. Called her "signature accomplishment," it was awarded the Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries in 2014. Before Susan's tenure NCSU Libraries "ranked near the bottom among North American research libraries." In 2016 they won the IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service which Nutter accepted on the libraries' behalf from Michelle Obama at the White House.
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Byron Boyd
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Byron Boyd was an American politician and businessperson from Maine. A Republican from Augusta, Boyd served as Secretary of State of Maine from 1897 to 1907.
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Warren C. Philbrook
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Warren C. Philbrook was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and Attorney General of Maine. A Republican, Philbrook served in a variety of political, legal, and judicial roles throughout the U.S. State of Maine throughout his career. Philbrook was a Freemason and a member of the Knights of Pythias, where he served as Chancellor Commander of Maine.
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Edgar Harkness Gray
- Years
- 1815-1894 (aged 79)
- Biography
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Edgar Harkness Gray was a Baptist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate.
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John E. Nelson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Edward Nelson was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in China, Kennebec County, Maine on July 12, 1874.
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Percival Bonney
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Percival Bonney was a Maine Superior Court judge.
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Leslie C. Cornish
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Leslie Colby Cornish was a chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Frederick Morgan Padelford
- Occupations
- literary scholaruniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Frederick Morgan Padelford, pronounced Pa-DEL-ford, was an American professor and author. He worked at the University of Washington in Seattle for 41 years. He chaired the English Department and served as dean of the graduate school. The Orbis Cascade Alliance has a collection of his papers.
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Edwin Francis Lyford
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edwin Francis Lyford was an American lawyer and politician who served on the Springfield, Massachusetts, city council, as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts State Senate.
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Chester Earl Merrow
- Enrolled in Colby College
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- head teacherradio journalistpoliticianprofessor
- Biography
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Chester Earl Merrow was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
