80 Notable alumni of
Duquesne University
Duquesne University is 719th in the world, 269th in North America, and 249th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 80 notable alumni from Duquesne University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bobby Vinton
- Occupations
- singeractormusician
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Stanley Robert Vinton, better known by his stage name Bobby Vinton, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. As a teen idol, he became known as 'The Polish Prince', as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the 1951 song recorded by Tony Bennett) which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 and No. 2 in the UK in 1990.
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Michael Hayden
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- military officerpolitician
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Michael Vincent Hayden is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Hayden currently co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative. In 2017, Hayden became a national security analyst for CNN.
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Dan Rooney
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- entrepreneurdiplomat
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Daniel Milton Rooney was an American executive and diplomat best known for his association with the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL), and son of the Steelers' founder, Art Rooney. He held various roles within the organization, most notably as president, owner and chairman.
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Norm Nixon
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- basketball player
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Norman Ellard Nixon is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played with Scavolini Pesaro in Italy. Nicknamed "Stormin' Norman", he is a two-time NBA All-Star. He won two NBA championships with the Lakers in 1980 and 1982, at the beginning of their Showtime era.
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T. J. McConnell
- Enrolled in Duquesne University
- Studied in 2010-2012
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Timothy John McConnell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the Arizona Wildcats.
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Lamman Rucker
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- television actoractorfilm actor
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Lamman Rucker is an American actor. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children, before roles in "((The Temptations Miniseries))", Tyler Perry's films Why Did I Get Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too?, and Meet the Browns, and its television adaptation. In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. Rucker is married to Kelly Davis Rucker, a graduate of Hampton University. Rucker also had a recurring guest spot on the 4th and final season of the hit UPN sitcom, Half & Half.
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Jenna Morasca
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- professional wrestleractor
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Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model, professional wrestler and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Art Rooney II
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- lawyer
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Arthur Joseph Rooney II is the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Carl Betz
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- actordisc jockeytelevision actorstage actorfilm actor
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Carl Lawrence Betz was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera Love of Life; however, he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show. Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense attorney Clinton Judd in ABC's courtroom drama Judd, for the Defense, winning an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work on that series.
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Derrick Bell
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- military officerlawyer
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Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist.
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Mike James
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- basketball player
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Michael Lamont James is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard, James played college basketball for Duquesne. James spent 13 seasons in the NBA and played for 11 different teams, winning an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004. He averaged 20.3 points per game as a member of the Toronto Raptors during the 2005-2006 season.
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Chip Ganassi
- Occupations
- racing driverNASCAR team ownerracing automobile driver
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Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the North American auto racing scene for over 30 years. He is owner and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing which operates teams in the IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and Extreme E. He is the only team owner in history to have won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and most recently the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Miftah Ismail
- Born in
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Pakistan - Occupations
- economist
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Miftah Ismail is a Pakistani politician and political economist who is currently serving as Pakistan's Minister of Finance as of 2022.He also served on previous government from April 2018 to May 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Federal Adviser on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, chairman of the Pakistan Board of Investment and an economist with the International Monetary Fund.
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Daniel DiNardo
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- theologianCatholic priest
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Daniel Nicholas DiNardo is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the second and current Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, serving since 2006. He previously served as Bishop of Sioux City from 1998 to 2004. On November 12, 2013, he was elected as the Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. On November 15, 2016, he was elected as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, exercising a leading administrative role in the Catholic Church in the United States, until his term ended in November 2019.
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Sammy Nestico
- Enrolled in Duquesne University
- In 1950 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- music arrangermusicologistjazz musiciancomposeractor
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Samuel Louis Nistico, better known as Sammy Nestico, was an American composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra.
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Joshua Rosenthal
- Born in
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Canada - Occupations
- authorbusinessperson
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Joshua Rosenthal is the founder and director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, a holistic nutrition school based in New York City.
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Sihugo Green
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Sihugo "Si" Green was an American professional basketball player who was born in New York City, New York. After playing at Duquesne University, Green was the No. 1 pick of the 1956 NBA draft by the Rochester Royals, a momentous decision that would shape the future of pro basketball.
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Don Panoz
- Occupations
- pharmacistentrepreneur
- Biography
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Donald Panoz was an American entrepreneur who founded various pharmaceutical companies.
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Donn Clendenon
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- baseball playerlawyer
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Donn Alvin Clendenon was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1961 to 1972. He is most notable for his performance during the 1969 World Series when he won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award by hitting three home runs to help lead the team known as the Miracle Mets to an upset victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
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Adam Maida
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- Catholic priesttheologianuniversity teacher
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Adam Joseph Maida is an American cardinal prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Maida served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1990 to 2009, and was elevated to cardinal in 1994. Maida previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1984 to 1990.
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Lionel Conacher
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- politicianlacrosse playerCanadian football playerboxerbaseball player
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Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP, nicknamed "The Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. He was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team that won the International League championship in 1926. In hockey, he won a Memorial Cup in 1920, and the Stanley Cup twice: with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1934 and the Montreal Maroons in 1935. Additionally, he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career. He is one of three players, including Joe Miller and Carl Voss, to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.
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Joe Beimel
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Joseph Ronald Beimel is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, and Colorado Rockies. Beimel was known for his exceptional slider pitch and high change which kept hitters guessing at the plate. He is also the only MLB player to ever wear the number 97.
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Bud Shuster
- Enrolled in Duquesne University
- In 1960 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster is an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1973 to 2001. He is best known for his advocacy of transportation projects, including Interstate 99.
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David Zubik
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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David Allen Zubik is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania since 2007. Zubik previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 2003 to 2007 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2003.
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Derrick Alston
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- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Derrick Samuel Alston Sr. is an American former basketball player who is the head coach for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League.
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Walter Joseph Marm, Jr
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- military personnel
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Walter Joseph "Joe" Marm Jr. is a retired United States Army colonel and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.
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Thomas Hopko
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- priest
- Biography
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Thomas John Hopko was an Eastern Orthodox Christian priest and theologian. He was the Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary from September 1992 until July 1, 2002 and taught dogmatic theology there from 1968 until 2002. In retirement, he carried the honorary title of Dean Emeritus.
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Dick Ricketts
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- baseball playerbasketball player
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Richard James Ricketts, Jr. was an American professional basketball and baseball player. Ricketts was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1955 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks out of Duquesne University. Ricketts played professional basketball and baseball simultaneously and retired from basketball to play baseball. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and had a 10-season pitching career. He is one of 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and MLB.
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Catherine Baker Knoll
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- politicianteacher
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Catherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008, when she died in office. Prior to that, she served as the 32nd Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1989 to 1997.
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David Morehouse
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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David Morehouse is president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. During his tenure, the Penguins have won three Stanley Cups (2009, 2016, 2017), reached four Stanley Cup finals and sold out every game for 14 seasons. He previously served in politics as a member of the Clinton administration, and on the presidential campaigns of Al Gore (2000) and John Kerry (2004).
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Patricia Deegan
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- psychologistresearcherlived experience
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Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D., is a disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher living in the United States. She has been described as a "national spokesperson for the mental health consumer/survivor movement in the United States." Deegan is known as an advocate of the mental health recovery movement and is an international speaker and trainer in the field of mental health.
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Emily Peachey
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Emily Anne Peachey is an American actress. She is perhaps known for her role in the film The Fault in Our Stars.
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Edward J. Burns
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- Catholic priesttheologiansociologist
- Biography
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Edward James Burns is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas since 2017. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Juneau in Alaska from 2009 to 2017.
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William S. Stickman IV
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- lawyer
- Biography
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William Shaw Stickman IV is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Joseph Carl Breil
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- film score composersingeropera singercomposer
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Joseph Carl Breil was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. His first film was Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt. He later composed and arranged scores for several other early motion pictures, including such epics as D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), as well as scoring the preview version of The Phantom of the Opera (1925), a score that is now lost. His love theme for "Birth of a Nation", titled "The Perfect Song", was published by Chappell & Co. in an arrangement for voice and keyboard. It was later used as the theme for the radio show "Amos and Andy".
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Jamila Bey
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jamila Bey is an American journalist and public speaker. She was host of a weekly radio program The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila on Voice of Russia, and writes for The Washington Post's blog, She the People. Before working for the Washington Post and the Voice of Russia, Bey spent around a decade working as a producer and editor for National Public Radio, including for Morning Edition. She is African-American.
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Bob Cranmer
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- politician
- Biography
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Robert "Bob" Wesley Cranmer is a veteran, businessman, author, and politician, best known as a former Republican County Commissioner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from 1996 to 2000. Allegheny County is the second most populous county in Pennsylvania (1.3 million in 1996), following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh. The county forms the nucleus of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Pittsburgh DMA, and Pittsburgh Tri-state area. He is the author of the horror novel The Demon of Brownsville Road.
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Mark J. Seitz
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Mark Joseph Seitz is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of El Paso in Texas since July 9, 2013. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas from 2010 to 2013.
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Lewis C. Merletti
- Occupations
- Secret Service agent
- Biography
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Lewis Carlo Merletti was the 19th Director of the United States Secret Service. He succeeded Eljay B. Bowron, and was sworn in on June 6, 1997, by the Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin. A 25-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, Merletti has also served as Assistant Director in the Office of Training, and as the Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protection Division.
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Mark Paoletta
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Mark Paoletta is an American attorney who served as general counsel to the Office of Management and Budget from January 8, 2018, to January 20, 2021. Prior to his post, Paoletta served as chief counsel and assistant to Vice President Mike Pence from January 20, 2017, to January 5, 2018. Paoletta was a lawyer specializing in representing clients in congressional investigations.
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Randy Vulakovich
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- politician
- Biography
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Randy Vulakovich is an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 38th district from January 6, 2015 to January 1, 2019. He previously served in the 40th legislative district. He was elected in a special election on August 7, 2012. Vulakovich was reelected to a full term in 2014 in the newly-established 38th district. In May 2018, he lost re-nomination to that seat in the Republican primary to Ross commissioner Jeremy Shaffer.
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Dave Ricketts
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- baseball playerbasketball player
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David William Ricketts was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played parts of six seasons (1963, 1965, 1967–1970) with the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Ricketts was a reserve catcher on the 1967 World Series champion Cardinals and their 1968 pennant winners. He later served as a longtime bullpen coach of the Cardinals (1974–1975, 1978–1991), including their 1982 World Series champions and 1985 and 1987 pennant winners, after having been the bullpen coach for the Pirates from 1971 to 1973, including the 1971 World Series champions. Over his career, he batted.249 with 1 home run and 20 runs batted in in 130 games played.
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Thomas Patrick Melady
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- university teacherdiplomat
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Thomas Patrick Melady was an American diplomat and author. From 2002 until his death he served as the Senior Diplomat in residence at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C.
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Will Cross
- Occupations
- mountaineer
- Biography
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William H. Cross is an American mountain climber. In May 2006 he summited Mount Everest.
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Austin Murphy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Austin John Murphy was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1995.
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Judah Samet
- Occupations
- jeweler
- Biography
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Judah Samet is a businessman, speaker, and Holocaust survivor. At the age of six, he and his family were taken from Debrecen, Hungary, to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they spent eleven months. After the Second World War the family immigrated to Israel, where he subsequently served in the Israel Defense Forces and worked as a teacher. He later moved to Canada and then to the United States. In 2018, he was a witness to and survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. He is a jeweler and speaker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Rossen Milanov
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Rossen Milanov is a Bulgarian conductor. He is Music Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra & New Jersey's Symphony in C. He is also Principal Conductor of Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, in Spain and the former Music Director of Bulgaria's New Symphony Orchestra. He is the Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
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Donald A. Bailey
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Donald Allen Bailey was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983, Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate and Governor of Pennsylvania. His Congressional District (PA-21) included all of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with a sliver of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, prior to the 1981 redistricting.
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Gerald M. Feierstein
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Gerald Michael Feierstein was the United States Ambassador to Yemen under President Barack Obama from September 2010 to October 2013. Since December 2013, Feierstein has served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs in the Department of State.
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Joy Flowers Conti
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Joy Flowers Conti is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Ed Grier
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Edward Arthur Grier is the dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business. Before coming to VCU, he was an executive at The Walt Disney Company.
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Matthew H. Smith
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- politician
- Biography
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Matthew Hayden "Matt" Smith is an American politician. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 37th district from January 2013 until June 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the State Senate in the 2012 election.
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Joseph M. Gaydos
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Matthew Gaydos was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Gaydos was the first Slovak American to serve in the United States Congress.
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Gary Siplin
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- politician
- Biography
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Gary Anthony Siplin was a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 19th District from 2003. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 through 2002.
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David S. Cercone
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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David Stewart Cercone is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Henry Ellenbogen
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- judgelawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Henry Ellenbogen was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1933 to 1938.
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Foster Provost
- Occupations
- university teacherwriter
- Biography
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Foster Provost is an American computer scientist, information systems researcher, and Professor of Data Science and Information Systems and Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurship at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is also the Director for the Data Science and AI Initiative at Stern's Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation. Professor Provost has a Bachelor of Science from Duquesne University in physics and mathematics and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Samuel A. Weiss
- Occupations
- judgeAmerican football playerlawyerpolitician
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Samuel Arthur Weiss was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a Deputy Commissioner of the National Football League.
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Tom Tribone
- Biography
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Thomas Tribone is the founder and CEO of Franklin Park Infrastructure Inc. Franklin Park owns and manages energy and infrastructure businesses worldwide. The firm's main operating companies are located in North and South America, India, China and the Middle East. The firm's operating units include renewable and conventional energy, transportation, energy storage and logistics. He is also Chairman of the board of directors of a listed, closed-end investment fund in London, Infrastructure India PLC. He has served as a board member for a number of corporate, industry and academic organizations. Tribone was an early member of the AES Corporation, serving as its Executive Vice President and number-two executive before he left to start Franklin Park. Earlier he held general management positions at Atlantic Richfield Company.
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Herman Peter Eberharter
- Enrolled in Duquesne University
- In 1925 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Herman Peter Eberharter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Philip A. Miscimarra
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Philip Andrew Miscimarra is a partner in the labor and employment practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, and he is a former American government official who served as the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He first joined the NLRB as a board member appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013, and he was named chairman by President Donald J. Trump (after a period as acting chairman) in 2017. Prior to his appointment to the NLRB, he worked as a Morgan Lewis partner in Chicago. After his service on the NLRB ended, Miscimarra joined Morgan Lewis in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Miscimarra is also a senior fellow in the Wharton Center for human resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
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Kelsey T. Leonard
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Kelsey Leonard is the first Native American woman to earn a science degree from the University of Oxford, which she earned in 2012. She earned an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from St. Cross College, one of the thirty-eight colleges of the University of Oxford. Her master's thesis, “Water Quality For Native Nations: Achieving A Trust Responsibility”, discusses water quality regulation and how water resources on tribal land are not protected.
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Isiaha Mike
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Isiaha Mike is a Canadian professional basketball player for Niners Chemnitz of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the SMU Mustangs.
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Johnny Miljus
- Occupations
- association football playerbaseball player
- Biography
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John Kenneth Miljus (Serbian Cyrillic Џон Кенет Миљуш or Serbian Latin Džon Kenet Miljuš) (June 30, 1895 – February 11, 1976) nicknamed "Big Serb" and "Jovo", was a Serbian-American baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball between 1915 and 1929. Miljus was most likely the first American Serb to play in professional baseball.
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Elmer J. Holland
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elmer Joseph Holland was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Lew Moren
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Lewis Howard "Hicks" Moren was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched six seasons from 1903 to 1910: two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and four seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1908, Moren was credited by the New York Press for inventing the knuckleball; however Eddie Cicotte is today more often cited as the inventor of the pitch. Moren retired with a career record of 48 wins, 57 losses, and a 2.95 earned run average.
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Neil Slater
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Kenneth Neil Slater is an American educator, composer, and pianist. In 2008, he retired as professor emeritus. He has composed over 80 works for jazz ensemble and has written for symphony, chamber groups, a cappella choir, opera, and musical theatre.
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Frank Smizik
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Israel Smizik is an American attorney and politician who represented the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives January 2001 until January 2, 2019
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Al Mamaux
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Albert Leon Mamaux was a professional baseball player and manager.
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Jerry Clack
- Occupations
- classical scholar
- Biography
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Jerry Clack was an American scholar who was Professor of Classical Languages at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He was also a political activist, public relations executive, and was involved in activities of the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and Citizens for Global Solutions. Clack died in April 2019 at the age of 92.
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Donald Emil Ziegler
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Donald Emil Ziegler was a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Edward Jay Allen
- Occupations
- civil engineerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Edward Jay Allen was a pioneer, entrepreneur, and businessman.
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Ronald Champagne
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 81)
- Biography
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Ronald Oscar Champagne is an American higher education administrator. On August 25, 2010, he became the president of Roger Williams University on an interim basis. Previously he served as president of Saint Xavier University from 1982 to 1994 and as interim president of Shimer College from 2007 to 2008 and Merrimack College from 2008 to 2010.
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Theodore L. Moritz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Theodore Leo Moritz was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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David John Bird
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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David John Bird is dean of the historic Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the oldest church structure in continuous use in San Jose. He is a parish priest who reads and writes poetry and is particularly fond of Alfred Lord Tennyson. As a theologian, he emphasizes a liberal, compassionate, and inclusive approach and is devoted to ecumenism. Bird promotes Christian unity and is published in this field; since 2002, he has served on the national Committee of The Episcopal Church-United Methodist Church Dialogue.
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Donetta W. Ambrose
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Donetta Wypiski Ambrose is a senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Steve Sinko
- Occupations
- American football playerhead coach
- Biography
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Stephen Patrick Sinko was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard and tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins from 1934 to 1936 and the Los Angeles Bulldogs from 1937 to 1938. Sinko served as the head football coach at Boston University from 1957 to 1963, compiling a record of 23–36–3.
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Enos Kirkpatrick
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Enos Claire Kirkpatrick was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1912 through 1915 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Baltimore Terrapins. He went to college at Duquesne University.
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Alfred W. McCann
- Occupations
- radio personalityjournalist
- Biography
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Alfred Watterson McCann was an American muckraking journalist, radio commentator and natural foods campaigner. His views on food were dismissed by historians and medical experts as quackery.
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Jimmy Smith
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Lawrence Smith was a Major League Baseball infielder often referred to as "Greenfield Jimmy" or "Bluejacket".
