100 Notable alumni of
College of the Holy Cross
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The College of the Holy Cross is 529th in the world, 204th in North America, and 188th 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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Anthony Fauci
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- 1958-1962 graduated with Bachelor of Science in classics
- Occupations
- immunologistphysicianresearcher
- 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.
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Clarence Thomas
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Clarence Thomas is an American 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 American of African descent to serve on the Court, its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018 and the oldest member of the Court since Stephen Breyer's retirement in 2022.
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Timothy Leary
- Occupations
- psychologistwriteractor
- Biography
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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. He was "a hero of American consciousness", according to Allen Ginsberg, and Tom Robbins called him a "brave neuronaut".
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Ann Dowd
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
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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
- politicianwritercivil servantpodcaster
- Biography
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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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Chris Matthews
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpunditnews presentertelevision presenter
- 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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Bob Cousy
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coachactor
- Biography
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Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. Cousy 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), he 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.
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Bill Simmons
- Occupations
- sports columnistpodcaster
- 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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Tom Heinsohn
- Occupations
- sports commentatorbasketball coachbasketball playercoach
- Biography
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Thomas William Heinsohn was an American professional basketball player. 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
- lawyerauditorpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Patrick Casey Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Casey previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007.
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John Peterman
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbaseball player
- Biography
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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
- university teacherscholar of Englishwriterpoet
- Biography
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William James Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 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
- architecttelevision producervisual artistphotographervideo artist
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Vito Acconci was an influential American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His foundational 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. Acconci was initially interested in radical poetry, but by the late 1960s, he began creating Situationist-influenced performances in the street or for small audiences that explored the body and public space. Two of his most famous pieces were Following Piece (1969), in which he selected random passersby on New York City streets and followed them for as long as he was able, and Seedbed (1972), in which he claimed that he masturbated while under a temporary floor at the Sonnabend Gallery, as visitors walked above and heard him speaking.
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Peter Welch
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerinternational forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 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 U.S. senator from the state.
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Michael Harrington
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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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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Jim Moran
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1967 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- investment bankerpoliticianbureaucrat
- 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. He is a member of the Democratic Party and chaired the New Democrat Coalition from 1997 to 2001. He is of Irish descent and is the son of professional football player James Moran Sr. and the brother of former Democratic Party of Virginia Chairman Brian Moran.
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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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Mark DeSaulnier
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- employeegeneral managerbusiness executivepoliticianprobation officer
- Biography
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Mark James DeSaulnier is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 10th congressional district since 2015 (known as the 11th congressional district until 2023). 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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Joe McGinniss
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Joseph Ralph McGinniss Sr. was an American non-fiction writer and novelist.
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William O'Malley
- Occupations
- writeractorCatholic priestteachertheologian
- Biography
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The Rev. William J. O'Malley, S.J. is an American author and actor. He was born in Buffalo, New York and attended Canisius High School there. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1953.
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Robert P. Casey
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- 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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Patrick Francis Healy
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- In 1850 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- teacheracademic administratorCatholic priest
- 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 become a Jesuit, earn a PhD, and become the president of a predominantly White university.
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Frank Carroll
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- 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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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. Since 2014, he has served as President of Save the Children Action Network, where he leads an effort to mobilize Americans to end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths globally and to ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to high-quality early childhood education. He is also Senior Vice President of U.S. Programs & Advocacy of Save the Children. Shriver's career fighting for social justice in advocacy and service organizations, as well as elected office, has focused on advancing the right of every child to a safe and vibrant childhood.
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Richard J. Leon
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- 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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Bob Wright
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Robert Charles Wright is an American lawyer, businessman, right-wing 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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Edward Bennett Williams
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Edward Bennett Williams was an American lawyer who became a high-profile defense lawyer and co-founded the law firm of Williams & Connolly. Williams also owned several professional sports teams, including the Baltimore Orioles. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and received his undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross. Williams studied law at Georgetown University.
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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
- physicistprofessor
- Biography
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James J. Collins is an American bioengineer, and the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science and Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT.
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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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Joseph A. Califano, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianwritermanager
- 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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David Ignatius Walsh
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianpeace activist
- 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
- Occupations
- philosopheraircraft pilotphysicianastronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Joseph Peter Kerwin is an American physician and former NASA astronaut, who served as Science Pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25 – June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training. Joe Kerwin was the one who uttered the words during Apollo 13: “Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you.” Kerwin was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Bartlett Sher
- Occupations
- music directortheatrical 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
- Occupations
- lawyerinternational forum participant
- Biography
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John Charles Demers is an American attorney who served as the assistant attorney general of the National Security Division. An appointee of President Donald Trump, he served under both, President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. John Demers also served as acting United States Attorney General for a few hours following the resignation of the previous acting United States Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at noon on January 20, 2021, until President Joe Biden signed an executive order naming Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Human Resources and Administration Monty Wilkinson as acting United States Attorney General later that day.
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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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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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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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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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Gordon Peterson
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 85)
- Occupations
- journalistmilitary officer
- Biography
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Gordon Peterson is an American broadcast journalist and Washington, D.C.-based 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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Philip J. Crowley
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- 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. Crowley was named the 2011-2012 recipient of the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership, a joint initiative among the United States Army War College, Dickinson College and the Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson School of Law. While in residence, Crowley conducted classes at the three institutions. He is currently teaching at George Washington University and is affiliated with the university's Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication.
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James Augustine Healy
- Occupations
- Catholic 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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John A. Durkin
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- lawyerpolitician
- 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
- diplomatpoliticiancomposerwriter
- 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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Thomas G. Kelley
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Thomas Gunning Kelley is a 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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Christopher F. Droney
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- 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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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 was the Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State, appointed to the position by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, from February 2017 until the end of March 2018. 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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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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Jehyve Floyd
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jehyve Floyd is an American professional basketball player for Galatasaray Nef of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). 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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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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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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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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Bernard E. Trainor
- Occupations
- journalistmilitary officercareer soldiermilitary theorist
- 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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Bob Dee
- Occupations
- American football player
- 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). He was a three-sport letterman at the College of the Holy Cross who was one of the first players signed by the Boston Patriots of the AFL in 1960.
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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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Harry K. Thomas, Jr
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- 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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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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Togo Palazzi
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- 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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Robert Devaney
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Studied in 1965-1969
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Robert Luke Devaney is an American mathematician, the Feld Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Boston University. His research involves dynamical systems and fractals.
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Thomas A. Burke
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Aloysius Burke was an American Democratic Party politician from Ohio. 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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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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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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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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Bruce E. MacDonald
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary officer
- 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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Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- 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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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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Lawrence J. DeNardis
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- 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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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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Brian P. Burns
- Occupations
- art collectorlawyer
- Biography
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Brian Patrick Burns was an American entrepreneur, attorney and philanthropist. A leader in the Irish-American community, 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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Edward Francis Harrington
- Occupations
- military officerlawyerjudge
- 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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Joseph Clifford Fenton
- Years
- 1906-1969 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- priestCatholic theologianuniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Monsignor Joseph Clifford Fenton, a priest of the diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, was professor of fundamental dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of America and editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review (1943–1963). He is considered a significant American Catholic theologian of the 20th century, serving as a peritus for Cardinal Ottaviani at the Second Vatican Council. He was also secretary of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
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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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James B. Longley, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonpoliticianpersonal assistant
- 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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Conrad K. Cyr
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Conrad Keefe Cyr was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
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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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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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Charles E. F. Millard
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Charles E. F. Millard is the former Director of the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Currently a senior advisor for Amundi Pioneer, Millard is also a consultant/advisor for multiple companies through Cardinal Advisors LLC, and serves on the Board of Directors of Ross Corporate Services, a UK-based pension services firm. Previously Millard was Managing Director in charge of Pension Relations with Citigroup. He has also been an advisor for McKinsey, AQR Capital, and the Kiski Group.
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Tim Murnane
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- sportswriterbaseball player
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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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William J. Baroody, Jr
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- 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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Aquilino Boyd
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticiandiplomat
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Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia was a Panamanian politician, diplomat and lawyer.
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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
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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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Maurice J. Murphy, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Maurice James "Moe" Murphy Jr. was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He was (for one month) the New Hampshire Attorney General and (for eleven months) an appointed United States Senator.
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James Augustine Shannon
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- physician
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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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Martin B. McKneally
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- 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
- lawyerpolitician
- 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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Andrew G. McBride
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 63)
- 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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Denis Mary Bradley
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
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Denis Mary Bradley was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire from 1884 until his death in 1903. Bradley was a co-founder of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
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Jimmy Bannon
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Henry "Foxy Grandpa" Bannon was an American Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Beaneaters. Bannon was primarily an outfielder, though he played a few games as an infielder and pitched in three games. He stood at 5'5".
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John R. McNamara
- Enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- Catholic priestmilitary officer
- Biography
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Chaplain John Richard McNamara, USN (September 4, 1927 – April 16, 2001) was an American Navy officer who served as the 17th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy from 1985 to 1988. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.
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Michael Craig Hillmann
- Occupations
- literarypoet
- Biography
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Michael Craig Hillmann, Ph.D., is professor of Persian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and President of Persepolis Institute, Inc. He has published widely on Persian language and literature and specializes in lyric Persian verse, Persian prose fiction from the 1920s through the 1970s, and literary autobiography. Since the late 1990s, he has focused on Persian instructional materials development, resulting in, among other things, a new Persian language learning syllabus in four volumes called "Persian for America(ns)."
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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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Tom Sannicandro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dr. Tom Sannicandro is an American attorney, businessman, researcher, and higher education leader, the founder of SpecialNeedsTrustsOnline.com a non-profit website providing estate planning documents to families with children with special needs. Previously he served as director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges. In that position he developed and instituted an advocacy campaign to establish the SUCCESS Fund (Supporting Urgent Community College Equity through Student Services) resulting millions of more dollars to the community colleges. He was formerly the director of the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston from 2017 to 2019. From 2005 to 2017, he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 7th Middlesex district.
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James Bishop
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- diplomat
- Biography
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James Keough Bishop Jr. is an American Foreign Service Officer, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Niger (1979–81), Liberia (1987-90), and Somalia (1990–91).
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Frederick J. Martone
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgeUnited States federal judge
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Frederick James Martone is an American lawyer who serves as a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
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John P. Donohue
- Occupations
- military officerurologistsurgeon
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John P. Donohue, M.D. was the Chairman of the Urology Department and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University School of Medicine. He pioneered treatments for testicular cancer, including the nerve-sparing technique. His work with Dr. Lawrence Einhorn led to an increase in cure rate of testicular cancer from 5% to 90%. He studied under Wyland F. Leadbetter. He began his career as a United States Navy officer while serving as the ship's surgeon aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp.
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John M. Facciola
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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John M. Facciola served as a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, from his appointment in August, 1997 until his retirement in December, 2014. Prior to being appointed to the bench, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan from 1969–1973, and was in private practice in the District of Columbia from 1974–1982. Judge Facciola joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1982. He served in the Appellate and Civil Divisions and then as Chief of the Special Proceedings section from 1989 until his appointment as magistrate judge. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Catholic University and at Georgetown University Law Center, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the Board of Governors of the John Carroll Society. He has been the Editor in Chief of the Federal Courts Law Review, the electronic law journal of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Sedona Conference, an organization which brings together attorneys, judges, and experts to help advance the law in a collaborative, just and reasoned manner. Facciola has been a leader in issues related to electronic discovery. He has written a number of opinions and lectures frequently on the topic.
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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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Gene Desautels
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Eugene Abraham "Red" Desautels was an American professional baseball player. He played most of his Major League Baseball career as a backup catcher with four teams between 1930 and 1946. Desautels was a light-hitting player, but was known for his superior defensive ability as a catcher, and for his handling pitching staffs. After his playing career, he served as a manager in minor league baseball.
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Arthur J. Krener
- Occupations
- scientist
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Arthur James Krener is a distinguished visiting professor in the department of applied mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School. He has made contributions in the areas of control theory, nonlinear control, and stochastic processes.
