100 Notable alumni of
College of the Holy Cross
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The College of the Holy Cross is 537th in the world, 203rd in North America, and 187th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the College of the Holy Cross sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Clarence Thomas
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Supreme Court and has been its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. Since Stephen Breyer's retirement in 2022, he is also the Court's oldest member.
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Anthony Fauci
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- 1958-1962 graduated with Bachelor of Science in classics
- Occupations
- researcherphysicianimmunologist
- Biography
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Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022. Fauci was one of the world's most frequently cited scientists across all scientific journals from 1983 to 2002. In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the AIDS relief program PEPFAR.
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Timothy Leary
- Occupations
- actorwriterpsychologist
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Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from bold oracle to publicity hound. According to poet Allen Ginsberg, he was "a hero of American consciousness", and writer Tom Robbins called him a "brave neuronaut". During the 1960s and 1970s, Leary was arrested 36 times. President Richard Nixon described him as "the most dangerous man in America".
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Ann Dowd
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Ann Dowd is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including Green Card (1990), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Garden State (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Marley & Me (2008), Compliance (2012), Side Effects (2013), St. Vincent (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), Hereditary (2018), and Mass (2021). For Compliance, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. For Mass, she earned nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award.
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Jon Favreau
- Occupations
- writerspeechwritercivil servantpoliticianpodcaster
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Jonathan Edward Favreau is an American political commentator, podcaster, and the former director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama.
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Bob Cousy
- Occupations
- actorbasketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969–70 season. A 13-time NBA All-Star and 1957 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), Cousy was a core piece during the early half of the Celtics dynasty winning six NBA championships during his 13-year tenure with the Celtics. Nicknamed "The Houdini of the Hardwood", Cousy was the NBA assists leader for eight consecutive seasons, introducing a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA. He is regarded as the first great point guard of the NBA, and was the first to reach the 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 career assists milestones.
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Chris Matthews
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writertelevision presenternews presenterpunditjournalist
- Biography
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Christopher John Matthews is an American political commentator, retired talk show host, and author. Matthews hosted his weeknight hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, on America's Talking and later on MSNBC, from 1997 until March 2, 2020. He announced on his final episode that he was retiring, following an accusation that he had made inappropriate comments to a Hardball guest four years earlier. On that occasion, he stated: "The younger generation's out there ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in media, in fighting for their causes. They're improving the workplace."
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Bill Simmons
- Occupations
- podcastersports columnist
- Biography
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William John Simmons III is an American podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer. Simmons first gained attention with his website as "The Boston Sports Guy" and was recruited by ESPN in 2001, where he eventually operated the website Grantland and worked until 2015. At ESPN, he wrote for ESPN.com, hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled The B.S. Report and was an analyst for two years on NBA Countdown.
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Mark Goddard
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actor
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Mark Goddard was an American actor who starred in a number of television programs. He is probably best known for portraying Major Don West in the CBS series Lost in Space (1965–1968). He also played Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard, in The Detectives, starring Robert Taylor.
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Tom Heinsohn
- Occupations
- sports commentatorcoachbasketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Thomas William Heinsohn was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978. He spent over 30 years as the color commentator for the Celtics' local broadcasts alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Gorman. He is regarded as one of the most iconic Celtics figures in the franchise's history, known during his lifetime for his charisma and loyalty to the team and its traditions. From this, he earned the nickname "Mr. Celtic".
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Bob Casey Jr
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Studied in 1982
- Occupations
- politicianauditorlawyer
- Biography
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Robert Patrick Casey Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Peter Welch
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he was U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades, and is only the second Democrat to be elected a senator from the state.
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John Peterman
- Occupations
- baseball playerentrepreneur
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John Peterman is an American catalog and retail entrepreneur from Lexington, Kentucky, who operates the J. Peterman Company. He grew up in West Nyack, New York as the son of a banker and secretary. He is known for founding the J. Peterman Company after finding a cowboy duster on a business trip. He is also known for being fictionalized in the TV series Seinfeld. Peterman was also a Minor League Baseball player, Kentucky rancher, and author.
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Billy Collins
- Occupations
- poetwriterscholar of Englishuniversity teacher
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William James Collins is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 2016, Collins was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As of 2020, he is a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
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Vito Acconci
- Occupations
- architectlandscape architectperformance artistillustratorpoet
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Vito Acconci was an American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His performance and video art was characterized by "existential unease," exhibitionism, discomfort, transgression and provocation, as well as wit and audacity, and often involved crossing boundaries such as public–private, consensual–nonconsensual, and real world–art world. His work is considered to have influenced artists including Laurie Anderson, Karen Finley, Bruce Nauman, and Tracey Emin, among others.
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Michael Harrington
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianwriter
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Edward Michael Harrington Jr. was an American democratic socialist. As a writer, he was best known as the author of The Other America. Harrington was also a political activist, theorist, professor of political science, and radio commentator. He was a founding member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and its most influential early leader.
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Jarosław Wałęsa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,709 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. He is the son of former Polish President Lech Wałęsa.
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Louis Sockalexis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Louis Francis Sockalexis, nicknamed the Deerfoot of the Diamond, was an American baseball player. Sockalexis played professional baseball in the National League for three seasons, spending his entire career (1897–1899) as an outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders. A Penobscot, Sockalexis is often identified as the first person of Native American ancestry to play in the National League and Major League Baseball.
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Jim Moran
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1967 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- bureaucratpoliticianinvestment banker
- Biography
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James Patrick Moran Jr. is an American politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, from 1985 to 1990, and as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district (including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County, as well as a portion of Fairfax County) from 1991 to 2015.
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Mark DeSaulnier
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- employeerestaurateurworkerprobation officerpolitician
- Biography
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Mark James DeSaulnier is an American politician who has served as a U.S. representative from California since 2015. He has represented the 10th congressional district since 2023, although it was previously numbered the 11th district for his first eight years in office. The district includes most of Contra Costa County, a suburban county in the East Bay. He has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2000; before that, he was a Republican.
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William O'Malley
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writertheologianteacherCatholic priestactor
- Biography
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William J. O'Malley S.J. was an American priest, teacher, author, and actor.
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Robert P. Casey
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Robert Patrick Casey Sr. was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 42nd governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 22nd district from 1963 to 1968 and as Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1977.
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Joe McGinniss
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Joseph Ralph McGinniss Sr. was an American non-fiction writer and novelist.
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Mark Shriver
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Kennedy Shriver is an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for two consecutive terms, from 1995 to 2003.
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Ray Rayner
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Ray Rayner was an American television presenter, actor and author. He was a staple of Chicago children's television in the 1960s and 1970s on WGN-TV.
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Patrick Francis Healy
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1850 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- Catholic priestacademic administratorteacher
- Biography
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Patrick Francis Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's flagship building, Healy Hall, bears his name. Though he considered himself and was largely accepted as White, Healy was posthumously recognized as the first Black American to earn a PhD, to enter the Jesuit order, and to become the president of a predominantly White university.
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Frank Carroll
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skater
- Biography
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Francis M. "Frank" Carroll is an American figure-skating coach and former competitive skater. He has coached three skaters to win the World Figure Skating Championships: Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek. Lysacek won the men's Olympic gold medal in 2010 at Vancouver.
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Bob Wright
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Robert Charles Wright is an American lawyer, businessman, lobbyist, and author. He is a former NBC executive, having served as president and CEO from 1986 to 2001, and chairman and CEO from 2001 until he retired in 2007. He has been credited with overseeing the broadcast network's expansion into a media conglomerate and leading the company to record earnings in the 1990s. Prior to NBC, he held several posts at General Electric in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. He served as President and CEO of GE Capital, GE Financial Services 1983 to 1986 and served as GE's vice chairman until he retired from that role in 2008.
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Richard J. Leon
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Richard J. Leon is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Kevin O'Connor
- Occupations
- television personality
- Biography
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Kevin O'Connor is an American television personality. He has been the host of the PBS home renovation series This Old House since replacing Steve Thomas in 2003.
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Edward Bennett Williams
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Edward Bennett Williams was an American lawyer and businessman who co-founded the law firm of Williams & Connolly. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and received his undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross before studying law at Georgetown University. Williams was the acting owner of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 until 1974. He also served as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee from 1974 to 1977. Williams later owned the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1979 until his death.
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Mike Pazik
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Pazik is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in the majors, from 1975 until 1977, for the Minnesota Twins.
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David I. Walsh
- Occupations
- peace activistpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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David Ignatius Walsh was an American politician from Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the state's 46th governor before winning election to several terms in the United States Senate, becoming the first Irish Catholic from Massachusetts to fill either office.
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Joseph P. Kerwin
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- military officerastronautphysicianaircraft pilotphilosopher
- Biography
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Joseph Peter Kerwin is an American physician and former NASA astronaut. He served as the science pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25, 1973, to June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training and the first doctor from the United States to enter space.
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Joseph A. Califano, Jr
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- lawyermanagerwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. is an American attorney, professor, and public servant. He is known for the roles he played in shaping welfare policies in the cabinets of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter and for serving as United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Carter administration. He is also the founder and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), an evidence-based research organization, which is now the Partnership to End Addiction, where Califano holds the title of Chair Emeritus.
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Bartlett Sher
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- theatrical directormusic director
- Biography
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Bartlett B. Sher is an American theatre director. The New York Times has described him as "one of the most original and exciting directors, not only in the American theater but also in the international world of opera". Sher has been nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the 2008 Broadway revival of South Pacific.
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John Demers
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- international forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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John Charles Demers is an American lawyer who served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division (NSD) from 2018 to 2021. Following the resignation of Jeffrey A. Rosen, Demers also served as the acting United States Attorney General on January 20, 2021, until President Joe Biden named Monty Wilkinson to the position later that day.
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Tim Bishop
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy Howard Bishop is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for New York's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Michael A. Healy
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Michael Augustine Healy was an American career officer with the United States Revenue Cutter Service (predecessor of the United States Coast Guard), reaching the rank of captain. He has been recognized since the late 20th century as the first man of African-American descent to command a ship of the United States government.
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James W. Keyes
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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James W. Keyes is currently the chairman of Wild Oats Marketing LLC. Previously, Keyes served as chief executive officer of 7-Eleven, Inc., and chairman and CEO of Blockbuster, Inc.
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Bill McGovern
- Occupations
- coachAmerican football coach
- Biography
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William E. McGovern was an American college and professional football coach. A defensive coach for almost 40 years, his longest stint was with Boston College, serving 13 years from 2000 to 2012 as their linebackers coach and later as defensive coordinator. He was also a linebackers coach for eight years in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, and Chicago Bears.
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Gordon Peterson
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- military officerjournalist
- Biography
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Gordon Peterson is an American broadcast journalist and television news anchor. He was most recently the 6 p.m. co-anchor for ABC affiliate WJLA-TV and from 1988 to 2013 was also moderator and producer of Inside Washington, a political roundtable discussion about current political events in Washington. He has won multiple Emmy Awards during his broadcast career.
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James Augustine Healy
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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James Augustine Healy was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first known African American to serve as a Catholic priest or bishop. With his predominantly European ancestry, Healy passed for a white man and identified as such.
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Thomas G. Kelley
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Thomas Gunning Kelley is an American veteran and retired captain in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War. From 2003 to 2011 he served as Secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services. He served as the president of the Medal of Honor Society from 2015 to 2017.
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Philip J. Crowley
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Philip J. "P.J." Crowley is the former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, having been sworn into office on May 26, 2009. He resigned on March 13, 2011, following comments he made about the treatment of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
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John A. Durkin
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Anthony Durkin was an American politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1975 until 1980.
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J. William Middendorf
- Occupations
- writercomposerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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John William Middendorf II is a former Republican United States diplomat and Secretary of the Navy.
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Jehyve Floyd
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jehyve Floyd is an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Parlin, New Jersey, Floyd played high school basketball at Sayreville War Memorial. He played college basketball for the Holy Cross Crusaders, where he was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year in both 2018 and 2019.
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Christopher F. Droney
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Christopher Fitzgerald Droney is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
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Ellis Rubin
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Ellis S. Rubin was an American attorney who gained national fame for handling a variety of highly publicized cases in a legal career that spanned 53 years. He was famous for his innovative defenses and his propensity for handling lost causes. Rubin won the first case in Florida using the “battered woman” defense. He also worked to free a man, James Joseph Richardson, who had been wrongly imprisoned for 21 years for fatally poisoning his seven children, and created the nymphomania defense in a case involving prostitution.
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Margaret Peterlin
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Margaret Judith Ann Peterlin is an American lawyer, United States Navy veteran, and former Commerce Department and congressional aide. She served as the Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State from February 2017 until the end of March 2018. She was appointed to the position by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Since July 6, 2018, she has served as the senior vice president of global external and public affairs for AT&T.
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Matt Blake
- Occupations
- coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Blake is an American professional baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Michael Delaney
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Michael Arthur Delaney is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 28th New Hampshire Attorney General from 2009 to 2013. Delaney was appointed to the office of Attorney General by New Hampshire Governor John Lynch and decided not to seek reappointment by Governor Maggie Hassan at the end of his term, instead taking a position at the McLane Law Firm. In 2023, Delaney was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. On May 18, 2023, it was announced that his nomination would be withdrawn because of bipartisan opposition.
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Bob King
- Occupations
- trade unionist
- Biography
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Robert Thompson King is an American lawyer and labor union activist and leader. He was elected President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on June 15, 2010. His term of office ended in June 2014, and King announced his retirement, being succeeded by Dennis Williams as head of the UAW.
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Peter Newsham
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Peter Newsham was the Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD) from January 2017 to January 2021. He is currently Chief of the Prince William County Police Department in Virginia, having been appointed to that post in November, 2020.
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Alejandro Meleán
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alejandro Meleán Villarroel is an American-born Bolivian professional football player who currently plays for Jorge Wilstermann in the Bolivian Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.
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Togo Palazzi
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Togo Anthony Palazzi was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Syracuse Nationals.
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Bernard E. Trainor
- Occupations
- journalistmilitary theoristcareer soldiermilitary officer
- Biography
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Bernard E. Trainor was an American journalist and a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. He served in the Marine Corps for 39 years in both staff and command capacities. After retiring from the Marine Corps, he began working as the chief military correspondent for The New York Times. He was subsequently a military analyst for NBC. With Michael R. Gordon, he was the author of three accounts of American wars in Iraq, The Generals War (1995); Cobra II (2006); and Endgame (2012).
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William Joseph McDonough
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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William Joseph McDonough was a former vice chairman and special advisor to the chairman at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., responsible for assisting senior management in the company's business development efforts with governments and financial institutions. He retired in 2009.
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Bob Dee
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Robert Henry Dee was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).
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Frank J. Shakespeare
- Occupations
- businesspersondiplomat
- Biography
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Francis Joseph Shakespeare was an American diplomat, political consultant and media executive. He was the president of CBS before entering public service. He served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and the United States ambassador to the Holy See from 1986 to 1989. He later served as an honorary member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation.
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Harry K. Thomas, Jr
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Harry Keels Thomas Jr. is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe.
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Ron Perry
- Occupations
- baseball playerbasketball player
- Biography
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Ronald Kevin Perry is an American former basketball and baseball player. He is known particularly for his standout college career at Holy Cross.
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Joseph D. Early
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Daniel Early was an American politician. He represented the third district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993.
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Thomas A. Burke
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Aloysius Burke was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1946 to 1953 and in the United States Senate from November 10, 1953 until December 2, 1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.
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Robert Devaney
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Studied in 1965-1969
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Robert Luke Devaney is an American mathematician. He is the Feld Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Boston University, and served as the president of the Mathematical Association of America from 2013 to 2015. His research involves dynamical systems and fractals.
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Richard A. Davey
- Biography
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Richard A. Davey is an American attorney and transportation executive who is the President of the New York City Transit Authority. He was the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from September 2011 to October 2014 and previously the General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from March 2010 to September 2011. After leaving state government, Davey served as chief executive of Boston 2024, a non-profit group planning Boston's unsuccessful bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Davey also previously served as a Partner and associate director at Boston Consulting Group.
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Christopher J. Mahoney
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Christopher J. Mahoney is a United States Marine Corps general who serves as the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps. He previously served as the deputy commandant for programs and resources from 2021 to 2023.
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Jack Barry
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Joseph Barry was an American shortstop, second baseman, and manager in Major League Baseball, and later a college baseball coach. From 1908 through 1919, Barry played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1908–1915) and Boston Red Sox (1915–1919).
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Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts notable for issuing the 1974 order in Morgan v. Hennigan which mandated that Boston schools be desegregated by means of busing.
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Thomas W. Hungerford
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Thomas William Hungerford was an American mathematician who worked in algebra and mathematics education. He is the author or coauthor of several widely used and widely cited textbooks covering high-school to graduate-level mathematics. From 1963 until 1980 he taught at the University of Washington and then at Cleveland State University until 2003. From 2003–2014 he was at Saint Louis University. Hungerford had a special interest in promoting the use of technology to teach mathematics.
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Edmund McNamara
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Edmund Leo McNamara was an American law enforcement official and professional football player who served as commissioner of the Boston Police Department.
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Bruce E. MacDonald
- Occupations
- military officerlawyer
- Biography
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Bruce Edward MacDonald is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who last served as the 40th Judge Advocate General of the Navy from July 2006 to August 2009. Prior to that, MacDonald served as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy from November 2004 to July 2006.
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Cleo Albert O'Donnell
- Years
- 1883-1953 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Cleo Albert O'Donnell was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Holy Cross from 1904 to 1907. He was a football coach at Everett High School (1909–1915), Purdue University (1916–1917), Holy Cross (1919–1930) and Saint Anselm College (1935–1940). His 1914 Everett team has been ranked as the greatest high school football team of all time, finishing with a 13–0 record and outscoring opponents 600 to 0. In 11 years as the head coach at Holy Cross, his teams compiled a record of 69–27–6. O'Donnell has been inducted into the Holy Cross and Saint Anselm Halls of Fame.
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James B. Longley, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpersonal assistantpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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James Bernard Longley Jr. is an American politician from Maine. A Republican, he served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st district from 1995 to 1997.
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Michael Zabel
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Zabel is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 163rd district from 2019 to 2023.
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Lawrence J. DeNardis
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Lawrence Joseph "Larry" DeNardis was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman for the state of Connecticut. He was also president of the University of New Haven.
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Joseph Clifford Fenton
- Years
- 1906-1969 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- priesttheologianuniversity teacherCatholic theologian
- Biography
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Joseph Clifford Fenton was a Catholic priest who promoted conservative theology. He was a professor of fundamental dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of America and editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review (1943–1963). A strong opponent of liberal beliefs, he was a significant American Catholic theologian of the 20th century. He served as a peritus for Cardinal Ottaviani at the Second Vatican Council, where his position was overruled. He was also secretary of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
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Edward Francis Harrington
- Occupations
- judgelawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Edward Francis Harrington is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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Daniel Grabauskas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Anthony Grabauskas is an American transportation executive and government figure, who is the former executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) and former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
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Paul LeClerc
- Biography
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Paul LeClerc is a scholar in French literature, former President of Hunter College, and former President and CEO of the New York Public Library. LeClerc is also a trustee of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Director of the National Book Foundation, as Director of the Maison Française of Columbia University.
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Brian P. Burns
- Occupations
- lawyerart collector
- Biography
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Brian Patrick Burns was an American entrepreneur, attorney and philanthropist. Burns was a distinguished collector of Irish art. In December 2016, Maggie Haberman of The New York Times reported that then president-elect Donald Trump intended to name Burns as the next United States Ambassador to Ireland. However, in June 2017, Burns withdrew his name from consideration, due to ill health.
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Michael J. Connolly
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Connolly is a former politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1979 to 1994.
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Conrad K. Cyr
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Conrad Keefe Cyr was an American jurist who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1989 until his death. He was previously a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
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Charles E. F. Millard
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Charles E. F. Millard is an American political figure and business executive specializing in pensions and investments. He is the former Director of the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
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Cheryl Martin
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Cheryl Martin is an American chemist. She is currently with Harwich Partners, a consulting firm she founded to work with public and private sector entities to identify critical business, technology, finance, regulatory and policy drivers that would accelerate adoption of new technologies into key markets. Until November 2018 she was a member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum where she was responsible for a range of industry and innovation initiatives. Prior to joining the Forum, Martin served as Acting Director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, a United States Department of Energy initiative. In addition, she was the Deputy Director for Commercialization at the agency where she led ARPA-E's Technology-to-Market program, which helps breakthrough energy technologies succeed in the marketplace.
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Aquilino Boyd
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia was a Panamanian politician, diplomat and lawyer.
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William J. Baroody, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William J. Baroody Jr. was an American government official best known for running the White House Office of Public Liaison under President Gerald Ford and, later, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). His leadership of the think tank saw AEI enjoy new levels of political influence but was cut short by financial problems.
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Tim Murnane
- Occupations
- baseball playersportswriter
- Biography
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Timothy Hayes Murnane was an American sportswriter specializing in baseball, regarded as the leading baseball writer at The Boston Globe for about 30 years until his death. At the same time, he organized and led professional sports leagues and helped govern the baseball industry. He had been a professional baseball player, and played several seasons in the major leagues as a first baseman and center fielder.
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Maurice J. Murphy Jr
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Maurice James Murphy Jr. was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He was (for one month) the Attorney General of New Hampshire and (for eleven months) an appointed United States Senator.
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Randy Tate
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Randall Lee Tate was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Mets in their 1975 season.
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Barry M. Costello
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Barry Michael Costello is an American navy officer who served as commander of Third Fleet of the United States Navy from May 2005 to May 2007.
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Andrew G. McBride
- Years
- 1960-2022 (aged 62)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Gerald McBride Jr. was an American attorney based in Washington, D.C., and a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk, U.S. Department of Justice official, and Assistant United States Attorney.
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Michael R. McNulty
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Robert McNulty is a retired American politician from the U.S. state of New York. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2009 representing New York's Capital District and was chairman of the House Subcommittee on Social Security in the 110th Congress.
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James Augustine Shannon
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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James Augustine Shannon was an American nephrologist who served as director of National Institutes of Health (NIH) from August 1, 1955 to August 31, 1968. In 1962 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, of which he was a member. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965 and the American Philosophical Society in 1967. A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Nancy S. Lacore
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- 1986-1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Nancy S. Lacore is a rear admiral who serves as the 93rd commandant of Naval District Washington since June 10, 2022. She most recently served the director of the Maritime Partnership Program, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, with additional duties as vice commander of U.S. 6th Fleet in Naples, Italy.
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Martin B. McKneally
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Martin Boswell McKneally was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He also served as the National Commander of The American Legion from 1959 to 1960.
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William P. Connery, Jr
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Patrick Connery Jr. was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lynn on August 24, 1888, the son of William P. Connery Sr. and brother of Lawrence Joseph Connery.
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Kevin Hamilton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Bernard Hamilton Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player. In college, Hamilton was an honorable mention All-American and the 2005 Patriot League Player of the Year as a junior at Holy Cross.
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James J. Collins
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1987 graduated with bachelor's degree in physics
- Occupations
- professorphysicist
- Biography
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James Joseph Collins is an American biomedical engineer and bioengineer who serves as the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is also a director at the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health.
