69 Notable alumni of
Franklin and Marshall College
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Franklin and Marshall College is 1064th in the world, 389th in North America, and 364th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 69 notable alumni from Franklin and Marshall College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Roy Scheider
- Occupations
- boxeractor
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Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award.
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Richard Winters
- Occupations
- army officer
- Biography
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Richard Davis Winters was a United States Army officer who served as a paratrooper in "Easy Company" of the 506th Infantry Regiment within the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Winters was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his successful command of the assault on Brécourt Manor during the invasion of Normandy.
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Treat Williams
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actorchildren's writerdirectorsinger
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Richard Treat Williams was an American actor. His portrayal of Dr. "Andy" Brown on The WB's Everwood (2002–2006) earned him nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Over his career he earned nominations for a Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, and a Independent Spirit Award.
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Franklin J. Schaffner
- Occupations
- trade unionistdirectorfilm director
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Franklin James Schaffner was an American film, television, and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of the Apes (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Papillon (1973), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). He served as president of the Directors Guild of America between 1987 and 1989.
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Bilal Ashraf
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Bilal Ashraf is a Pakistani actor, producer and visual effects director. After studying visual effects from the Franklin Marshall College, he started his career as a visual effects director and then pursued his career in acting after making a brief appearance in the 2014 thriller O21. Ashraf has since starred in the romantic comedy Janaan (2016), the acclaimed war drama Yalghaar (2017) and the musical romance Superstar (2019).
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Jennifer Gareis
- Occupations
- television actormodelfilm actoractorbeauty pageant contestant
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Jennifer Gareis is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for her roles as Grace Turner on The Young and the Restless (1997–2000, 2002, 2004, 2014) and as Donna Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful (2006–).
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Evelyn Farkas
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- politicianintelligence analyst
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Evelyn Nicolette Farkas is an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst. She is the current executive director of the McCain Institute, a nonprofit focused on democracy, human rights, and character-driven leadership.
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James Lapine
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- In 1971 studied history
- Occupations
- writermusic directorlibrettistdirectorfilm director
- Biography
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James Elliot Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.
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Ken Mehlman
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Kenneth Brian Mehlman is an American social entrepreneur and businessman. He serves as a member, global head of public affairs, and co-head of KKR global impact at investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. He oversees the firm's responsible investment efforts, leading the firm's Environmental Social Governance programs. Prior to joining KKR, Mehlman spent a year as an attorney and partner at law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. In January 2017, Mehlman announced that he would act as chairman of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Policy Advisory Board.
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Lloyd Smucker
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- Studied in 1988-1991
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Lloyd Kenneth Smucker is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, which includes Lancaster County and most of southern York County. He is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 16th district until the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew it in 2018 due to gerrymandering. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016.
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Kenneth Duberstein
- Occupations
- lobbyist
- Biography
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Kenneth Marc Duberstein was an American lobbyist who served as U.S. president Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989.
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Tim Canova
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Timothy A. Canova is an American politician and law professor specializing in banking and finance. Canova was a candidate for Florida's 23rd congressional district, unsuccessfully challenging Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the 2016 Democratic primary, and again in the 2018 general election, where he ran as an independent candidate. He later supported President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
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Richard Plepler
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Richard Plepler is an American media executive, who is said to have ushered in the second golden age of television, and former chairman and chief executive officer of Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc, and AT&T's WarnerMedia. After 28 years, on February 28, 2019, it was announced that Plepler was leaving HBO, eight months after the AT&T Time Warner merger.
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Mary Schapiro
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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Mary Lovelace Schapiro served as the 29th Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She was appointed by President Barack Obama, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and assumed the Chairship on January 27, 2009. She is the first woman to be the permanent Chair of the SEC. In 2009, Forbes ranked her the 56th most powerful woman in the world.
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Clifford A. Pickover
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerwriterscience fiction writernovelistjournalist
- Biography
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Clifford Alan Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, science fiction, innovation, and creativity. For many years, he was employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York, where he was editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He has been granted more than 700 U.S. patents, is an elected Fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and is author of more than 50 books, translated into more than a dozen languages.
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Rebecca Meyers
- Occupations
- swimmer
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Rebecca Meyers is a Paralympic swimmer of the United States. She won three gold and one silver medals in Rio 2016. She was also a member of the 2012 Paralympic Team, and won a silver and bronze in London. Rebecca Meyers has also competed at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Taiwan, which is also her only appearance at the Deaflympics. She also clinched a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event in the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.
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Henry Appenzeller
- Occupations
- missionarytranslatorBible translatorpreacher
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Rev. Henry Gerhard Appenzeller was a Methodist missionary. He and four other missionaries, including Horace N. Allen, Horace G. Underwood, William B. Scranton, and Mary F. Scranton introduced Protestant Christianity to Korea from 1885 to 1902. He was known for his three major contributions to Korea: the Paichai College Hall, the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Seoul, and the translated New Testament.
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Patricia Harris
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in government
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patricia Harris is the chief executive officer of Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies. She was first deputy mayor for the City of New York from 2002 to December 31, 2013. She advised the Mayor of New York City, then Bloomberg, on administrative, operational, and policy matters. In 2022, she was included on Forbes Magazine's 50 over 50 list and in 2016, she was named one of the magazine's most powerful women in the world.
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Tikhon Mollard
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Metropolitan Tikhon is an Eastern Orthodox bishop and the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, holding the rank of Metropolitan of All America and Canada. Previously, he was the ruling bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. He was elected as Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in America on November 13, 2012 at the 17th All-American Council in Parma, Ohio.
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Wanda Austin
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerengineer
- Biography
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Wanda M. Austin is a former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation. She was both the first woman, and the first African-American, to hold this position. Austin also served as interim president for the University of Southern California, following the resignation of C. L. Max Nikias. She was both the first woman, and the first African-American, to hold this position.
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D. Brooks Smith
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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David Brookman "Brooks" Smith is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit to have served as both a chief district judge and chief of the Court of Appeals.
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Daniel Ragsdale
- Occupations
- politicianjuristservice worker
- Biography
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Daniel H. Ragsdale is an American lawyer and law enforcement official. From May 2012 through May 2017 he was deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was named Acting Director of ICE on January 20, 2017, but was dismissed from that position on January 30, 2017 shortly after the dismissal of Sally Yates by President Donald Trump, retaining his post as deputy director. He is currently employed by GEO Group, a private-prison company.
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Frances Wolf
- Occupations
- visual artist
- Biography
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Frances Donnelly Wolf is an American artist, oil painter and advocate for the arts. She served as the 45th First Lady of Pennsylvania during the tenure of her husband, Governor Tom Wolf, from January 2015 until January 2023.
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William H. Gray
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonlobbyist
- Biography
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William Herbert Gray III was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the House Committee on the Budget from 1985 to 1989 and House Majority Whip from 1989 to 1991. He resigned from Congress in September of that year to become president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, a position he held until 2004.
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Anthony H. Williams
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Hardy Williams is an American politician, former businessman, and Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 8th District since 1998. Prior to entering public service, he worked at PepsiCo as a mid-level executive and later owned a small vending company.
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Jeffrey M. Lacker
- Occupations
- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jeffrey M. Lacker is an American economist and was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond until April 4, 2017. He was a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business in Richmond, Virginia.
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Rebecca Gratz
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Rebecca Gratz was a Jewish American educator and philanthropist in 19th-century America. She was a member of the Gratz family, who settled in the United States before the Revolutionary War.
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Don Wert
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Donald Ralph Wert, nicknamed "Coyote", is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1971 as a third baseman, most prominently as a member of the Detroit Tigers where, he was an All-Star player and was a member of the 1968 World Series winning team.
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Claudia Katz
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- television producer
- Biography
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Claudia Katz is an American animation producer. Katz is a partner and Executive Vice President of Rough Draft Studios.
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Earl Devaney
- Years
- 1947-2022 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- Secret Service agent
- Biography
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Earl Edward Devaney was an American government official who served as inspector general for the United States Department of the Interior and chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
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Barry Finegold
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barry R. Finegold currently serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Essex and Middlesex district since 2019. He previously served from January 2011 to January 2015. He is a former state representative of the 17th Essex district in Massachusetts. In January 2014, he announced that he would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On September 9, 2014, Finegold lost in the Democratic primary to Deb Goldberg, who was elected Treasurer in November 2014.
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Edward George Smith
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Edward George Smith was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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George Frederick Baer
- Years
- 1842-1914 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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George Frederick Baer was an American lawyer who was the President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and spokesman for the owners during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.
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Jim Stengel
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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James R. Stengel is an American businessman, author, professor and public speaker. He served as the global marketing officer of Procter & Gamble from 2001 to 2008. Stengel is currently the president and CEO of The Jim Stengel Company, where he advocates for ideals-driven businesses and brands. In December 2011, he released his first book, Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies.
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Harold F. Levison
- Occupations
- astronomerplanetary scientist
- Biography
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Harold F. Levison (born 1959) is an American planetary scientist specializing in planetary dynamics. He currently works at the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, and studies planetary orbits and their evolution through Solar System history.
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Skyler White
- Occupations
- novelistscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Skyler White is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, including the novel The Incrementalists co-authored with Steven Brust. She is also the author of two novels in the genres of romance and erotica.
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Rahul Akerkar
- Biography
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Rahul Akerkar is an Indian chef, restaurateur and the founder of Indigo, a Mumbai restaurant credited with introducing the concept of European fine-dining in the city, when it opened in 1999. In the 1990s nascent Indian restaurant industry, Akerkar was among the first Indian chefs and restaurateurs, working outside the Indian five-star hotel industry, to introduce independent fine-dining restaurants in India and focus on carefully sourced ingredients and high quality service.
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John P. Saylor
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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John Phillips Saylor was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania serving from 1949 until his death from a heart attack in Houston, Texas in 1973.
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Henry Harbaugh
- Enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College
- Studied in 1840-1843
- Occupations
- writerpreacherteachercarpenterpastor
- Biography
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Henry Harbaugh was a Pennsylvania Dutch clergyman of the German Reformed Church.
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Dave Nalle
- Occupations
- designerrole-playing game designergame designer
- Biography
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David F. Nalle was an American political writer, game author and type designer. He was active in the early history of the development of the internet. Nalle was at one time Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that promotes libertarianism within the Republican Party, Senior Politics Editor at Blogcritics online magazine, and was the CEO of Scriptorium Fonts.
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John D. Hoffman
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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John Drake Hoffman was an American chemist and author who was awarded the Soldier's Medal, the United States Army's highest award for an act of valor in a non-combat situation, and the only one awarded to a member of the Manhattan District. After the war he worked for the National Bureau of Standards, becoming the director of its national measurements laboratory. He was a professor and director of the engineering materials program at the University of Maryland from 1982 to 1985, director of the Michigan Molecular Institute, and a professor of materials science and engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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William Edwin Hoy
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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William Edwin Hoy was a Protestant missionary and educator in Japan and China.
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Charles Thomas Campbell
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Thomas Campbell was a United States Army soldier, and a legislator, businessman, and town mayor. He also served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and was seriously wounded several times in the conflict.
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James A. Zimble
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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James Allen Zimble was a commissioned officer in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy. His Navy career spanned 35 years of service, beginning in 1956 at the rank of ensign and ending in 1991 at the rank of vice admiral. He served as the 30th Surgeon General of the United States Navy from 1987 to 1991. After retiring from the Navy in 1991, Zimble was appointed President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He remained in that position until 2004.
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Ronald L. Buckwalter
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Mark A. Brilakis
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Mark Andrew Brilakis is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps, who served as the Commander of United States Marine Corps Forces Command.
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Robert Courtney Davis
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Robert Courtney Davis was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1922 to 1927.
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Edwin Duing Eshleman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edwin Duing Eshleman was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1967 to 1977.
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J. Roland Kinzer
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Roland Kinzer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Daniel Ermentrout
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Ermentrout was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1881 to 1889 and for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1897 to 1899. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1873 to 1874 and the 11th district from 1875 to 1888.
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Guy K. Bard
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Guy Kurtz Bard was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Daniel M. Albert
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 88)
- Occupations
- ophthalmologistteacher
- Biography
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Daniel M. Albert is an American ophthalmologist, ocular cancer researcher, medical historian, and collector of rare books and ocular equipment. As of 2018, he is Professor of Ophthalmology at the Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University.
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William I. Troutman
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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William Irvin Troutman was a Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
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David R. Smith
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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David R. Smith was a major general in the United States Air Force who served as Commander of the United States Air Force Reserve Command, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C., and commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve, a separate operating agency located at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. As chief of Air Force Reserve, he served as the principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force Chief of Staff. As commander of AFRES, he had full responsibility for the supervision of U.S. Air Force Reserve units around the world. He was also commander of the 10th Air Force.
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Robert A. Bernstein
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert A. Bernstein is an American attorney and politician who represented the First Worcester District in the Massachusetts Senate from 1995 to 2001.
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William Stenger
- Years
- 1840-1918 (aged 78)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Shearer Stenger was an American Democratic Party politician.
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Justin B. Ries
- Occupations
- ecologistinventor
- Biography
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Justin Baker Ries is an American marine scientist, best known for his contributions to ocean acidification, carbon sequestration, and biomineralization research.
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Phillip Henry Bridenbaugh
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
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Philip Henry Bridenbaugh was an American football player and coach. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, where he earned a degree in teaching and spent four years on several of its sports teams, Bridenbaugh coached football at several places in his home state of Pennsylvania prior to being selected as the head coach of the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes in 1917. He left Geneva in 1922 with a 23–12–5 record and took a job with New Castle Junior/Senior High School as a mathematics teacher and head football, basketball, and track and field coach. He did not lose a football game in his first two years, marking the first of eleven undefeated seasons, and, over the course of 33 years, won seven league titles in the sport, leaving in 1955 with a 265–65–25 record. He continued to work as an assistant football coach at Grove City College until 1964 and was inducted into several regional halls of fame. He died in June 1990 at the age of 100.
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W. E. Metzenthin
- Occupations
- player of American footballbasketball coach
- Biography
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Waldemar Eric Metzenthin was a German American scholar and college sports coach and administrator. He served as professor of German studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He also coached the Texas Longhorns football team and men's basketball team from 1907 to 1908 and 1909 to 1911, respectively, and served as the athletic director at Texas from 1930 to 1935.
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Isaiah Fawkes Everhart
- Occupations
- surgeonnaturalist
- Biography
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Isaiah Fawkes Everhart was an American physician and naturalist who founded the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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W. U. Hensel
- Occupations
- journalistlawyerpoliticianeditor
- Biography
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William Uhler Hensel was a Pennsylvania newspaper editor, lawyer, author, and state Attorney General. He was very active in politics, and a noted political speaker, but steadfastly declined any official post beyond his term as Attorney General.
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Salvatore Pansino
- Years
- 1934-.. (age 90)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Salvatore Rocco Vincent Pansino is a professor of electrical engineering at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. In 1992, he ran against Congressman Jim Traficant as the Republican candidate in Ohio's 17th congressional district, losing the race.
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Albert Tobias Clay
- Years
- 1866-1925 (aged 59)
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianlinguistanthropologistorientalist
- Biography
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Albert Tobias Clay was an American professor, historian and Semitic linguist. He was professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature at Yale University and served as founding curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection.
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Thomas Bard McFarland
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Bard McFarland was a miner, politician and judge in the U.S. state of California. He served as a state assemblyman, Superior Court judge, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of California.
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David McCulloch
- Years
- 1832-1907 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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David McCulloch was an Illinois lawyer and judge.
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Michael J. Mumma
- Occupations
- researcherastrophysicist
- Biography
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Michael J. Mumma is an American astrobiologist at the Goddard Space Flight Center; he is best known for his investigation of the chemistry of comets.
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Fred Benjamin Gernerd
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Fred Benjamin Gernerd was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1921 to 1923.
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Ephraim Leister Acker
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Ephraim Leister Acker was an American newspaperman and educator who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1871 to 1873.
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Walter Theodore Kostanski
- Years
- 1923-2015 (aged 92)
- Occupations
- military personnelpoliticianfuneral director
- Biography
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Walter Theodore Kostanski Jr. was an American businessman and politician.
