49 Notable alumni of
Hobart William Smith Colleges
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Hobart William Smith Colleges is 1286th in the world, 463rd in North America, and 435th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from Hobart William Smith Colleges sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Brad Falchuk
- Enrolled in Hobart William Smith Colleges
- 1989-1993 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- executive producerwritershowrunnertelevision producertelevision director
- Biography
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Bradley Douglas Falchuk is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating with Ryan Murphy the television series Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens, and Pose. He was also a writer and executive producer for Nip/Tuck and is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Christopher McDonald
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorvoice actorcharacter actor
- Biography
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Christopher McDonald is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor.
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Christian Camargo
- Occupations
- film directorstage actortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Christian Camargo is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama Dexter, Michael Corrigan in the Netflix drama House of Cards, and Eleazar in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2.
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Abigail Johnson
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusiness executivebusinessperson
- Biography
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Abigail Pierrepont Johnson is an American billionaire businesswoman, and the granddaughter of late Edward C. Johnson II, the founder of Fidelity Investments. Since 2014, Johnson has been president and chief executive officer (CEO) of American investment firm Fidelity Investments (FMR), and chair of its former sister company Fidelity International (FIL). Fidelity was founded by her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II. Her father, Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III, remained chair emeritus of FMR until his death in March 2022. As of March 2013, the Johnson family owned a 49% stake in the privately-held company, with Johnson herself holding an estimated 24.5%. She is a board member of Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
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Taylor Lorenz
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist. She is a columnist for The Washington Post. She was previously a technology reporter for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Business Insider, and social media editor for the Daily Mail. She is particularly known for covering Internet culture.
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Mark Neveldine
- Occupations
- cinematographerfilm directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Mark Neveldine is an American filmmaker. He is best known for frequently collaborating with Brian Taylor as Neveldine/Taylor.
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Eric Bloom
- Occupations
- singerguitaristsongwriter
- Biography
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Eric Jay Bloom is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist, guitar and keyboard/synthesizer player for the long-running band Blue Öyster Cult, with work on more than 20 albums. Much of his lyrical content relates to his lifelong interest in science fiction.
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Pierre McGuire
- Occupations
- sportswriterscoutbaseball playerjournalistice hockey coach
- Biography
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Regis Pierre McGuire is an American-Canadian ice hockey executive who currently works for Sportsnet and last served as senior vice-president of player development for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously worked as a television analyst for NHL on NBC broadcasts in the United States and on The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada. McGuire has also been a player, coach and scout.
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Bill Whitaker
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Bill Whitaker is an American television journalist and a correspondent on the CBS News program 60 Minutes.
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Warren Littlefield
- Occupations
- television producerexecutive producer
- Biography
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Warren W. Littlefield is an American television executive.
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Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Enrolled in Hobart William Smith Colleges
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen /ˈfreɪlɪŋˌhaɪsən/ is an American former politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1995 to 2019. The district includes most of Morris County, an affluent suburban county west of New York City. A member of the Republican Party, Frelinghuysen served as chair of the House Appropriations Committee from 2017 to 2019. Frelinghuysen announced on January 29, 2018, that he would not seek re-election that year.
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Dan Rosensweig
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Dan Rosensweig is an American business executive who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of student services company Chegg. Previously, Rosensweig served as president and CEO of Guitar Hero; COO at Yahoo!; president of CNET, and president and CEO of ZDNet.
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Alan Lowenthal
- Enrolled in Hobart William Smith Colleges
- In 1962 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianpsychologistprofessor
- Biography
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Alan Stuart Lowenthal is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 47th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the California state assemblyman for the 54th district from 1998 to 2004 and California state senator from the 27th district from 2004 to 2012. In both posts, Lowenthal represented the city of Long Beach and its surrounding suburbs. On December 16, 2021, Lowenthal announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress.
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Harry Coover
- Occupations
- chemistinventor
- Biography
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Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was the inventor of Eastman 910, commonly known as Super Glue.
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Robert Peter Gale
- Occupations
- hematologistinternistuniversity teacherphysicianoncologist
- Biography
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Robert Peter Gale is an American physician and medical researcher. He is known for research in leukemia and other bone marrow disorders (such as aplastic anemia).
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Edward Stuyvesant Bragg
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianmilitary officerdiplomat
- Biography
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Edward Stuyvesant Bragg was an American politician, lawyer, soldier, and diplomat. He was an accomplished Union Army officer in the American Civil War and served four terms in the United States House of Representatives representing Wisconsin. Later, he was United States Minister to Mexico during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, and consul-general to the Republic of Cuba and British Hong Kong under President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Albert James Myer
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Albert James Myer was a surgeon and United States Army general. He is known as the father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, as its first chief signal officer just prior to the American Civil War, the inventor of wig-wag signaling (or aerial telegraphy), and also as the father of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Wanjira Mathai
- Occupations
- environmentalist
- Biography
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Wanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and activist. She is Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this role, she takes on global issues including deforestation and energy access. She was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine in 2018 for her role serving as the senior advisor at the World Resources Institute, as well as for her campaign to plant more than 30 million trees through her work at the Green Belt Movement.
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Joseph M. Kyrillos
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. is an American Republican Party politician and businessman from New Jersey. Kyrillos served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1992 to 2018, where he represented the 13th Legislative District, and in the General Assembly from 1988 to 1992.
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Charles J. Folger
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Charles James Folger was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was a State Senator in New York from 1862 to 1869 and served as the 34th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from November 14th, 1881 until his death in 1884. Folger was the Republican nominee for Governor of New York in 1882, but was defeated by the Democratic Party's nominee, future President Grover Cleveland.
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Uzma Aslam Khan
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Uzma Aslam Khan is a Pakistani American writer. Her five novels include Trespassing, The Geometry of God (2008), Thinner Than Skin (2012) and The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali (2019).
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Herbert Jay Stern
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Herbert Jay Stern is a trial lawyer, with a national practice in civil and criminal litigation, as well as mediation and arbitration. Earlier in his career, Stern served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and as the United States Judge for Berlin.
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Gregory J. Vincent
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Gregory J. Vincent is the 21st President of Talladega College located in Talladega, Alabama. He is a national expert on civil rights, social justice, and campus culture. Vincent recently served as Professor of Educational Policy and Law, Inaugural Executive Director of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative, and Program Chair of the Ph.D. Senior Diversity Officer Specialization at the University of Kentucky. He previously served as the twenty-seventh President of the Hobart College and the sixteenth of William Smith College.
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Willis Adcock
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Dr. Willis Alfred Adcock was a Canadian-American physical chemist, electrical engineer, and university professor who worked on the first atomic bomb and assisted with the invention of the silicon transistor, as well as the integrated circuit. He held several US patents.
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Henry R. Gibson
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Henry Richard Gibson was an American attorney and politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1905. He also served as a state chancery court judge, and was a delegate to Tennessee's 1870 constitutional convention. Outside politics he wrote and edited several books on federal and state law.
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Tommaso Traversa
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Tommaso Traversa is an Italian ice hockey player for Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL) side SG Cortina and the Italian national team.
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John Trivers
- Occupations
- songwritermusician
- Biography
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John Trivers is an American songwriter and musician, the recipient of gold and platinum records for his involvement with Blue Öyster Cult and Tina Turner, and the co-writer with his wife and partner Elizabeth Myers of several popular themes for commercials, television programs, and film scores.
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George Washington Woodward
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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George Washington Woodward was a justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Donald J. Mitchell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Jerome Mitchell represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983.
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William Keith Brooks
- Enrolled in Hobart William Smith Colleges
- Studied in 1866-1868
- Occupations
- naturalistzoologistmalacologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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William Keith Brooks was an American zoologist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 25, 1848. Brooks studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and others studied heredity. His best known book, The Oyster, was first published in 1891 and has been reprinted many times.
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Richard R. Kenney
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Richard Rolland Kenney was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who was a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
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George McAneny
- Occupations
- bankerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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George McAneny, was an American newspaperman, municipal reformer and advocate of preservation and city planning from New York City. He served as Manhattan Borough President from 1910 to 1913, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1914 to 1916, and New York City Comptroller in 1933. He also held several other positions throughout his career, serving as an executive officer of the New York City Civil Service Commission in 1902, secretary of the New York Civil Service Reform League (1894-1902), executive manager of The New York Times (1916-1921), and president of the Regional Plan Association (1930-1940).
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William Latimer
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
- Biography
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William W. Latimer is an infectious disease epidemiologist and academic administrator. He currently serves as the 7th President of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and previously served as the 14th President of the College of New Rochelle.
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James Rood Doolittle
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianuniversity teacherjudge
- Biography
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James Rood Doolittle Sr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War.
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Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
- Occupations
- botanisthorticulturist
- Biography
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Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick was an American botanist and horticulturist.
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Casson Trenor
- Occupations
- writerrestaurateurcookmedia personalityenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Casson Trenor is an American environmentalist, author, entrepreneur, and media personality. He is the author of a number of books on environmentalism and sustainable seafood, in particular Umijoo, a children's book, and Sustainable Sushi, a reference guide. Trenor and two co-founders created the world's first sustainable sushi restaurant in 2009, as well as the acclaimed plant-based Japanese restaurant Shizen in 2015. In recognition of his work, Trenor was awarded a Congressional Commendation as well as the title "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine.
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Darrick E. Antell
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Darrick E. Antell, MD, F.A.C.S. is an American scientist, researcher, educator and plastic and reconstructive surgeon. As of 2023, he is Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was the first in his field to use twins to document how faces can be affected by environmental factors like sun, stress, and smoking.
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George Elden Packard
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 80)
- Biography
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George Elden Packard is a retired United States army officer and bishop of the Episcopal Church who actively supports the Occupy movement.
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Truman A. Merriman
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Truman Adams Merriman was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1889.
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William D. Persell
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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William Dailey Persell is an American bishop, formerly the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (1999–2008).
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Frederick S. Lovell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Frederick Solon Lovell was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 11th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, was a delegate to both Wisconsin constitutional conventions, and was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War.
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Edward O. Graves
- Years
- 1843-1909 (aged 66)
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Edward O. Graves was a United States banker who was Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1885 to 1889.
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Frederick William Ricord
- Occupations
- historianpoliticianlibrarian
- Biography
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Frederick William Ricord was a noted United States author.
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Oliver J. Hart
- Biography
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Oliver James Hart was a priest who was elected as coadjutor bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, serving as diocesan from 1943 to 1963.
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Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr
- Occupations
- deaconpriest
- Biography
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Thomas Frederick Davies Sr. was the third Bishop of Michigan in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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Robert H. Marsh
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert H. Marsh is an American politician who represented the 14th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 until he resigned in 1992 to work for United States Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card.
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Edward R. Welles
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Edward Randolph Welles was the third Bishop of Milwaukee, from 1874 till 1888.
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Edward Floyd DeLancey
- Occupations
- writerhistorian
- Biography
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Edward Floyd DeLancey was an American lawyer, author, and historian.
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Leigh Richmond Brewer
- Enrolled in Hobart William Smith Colleges
- In 1866 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Biography
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Leigh Richmond Brewer was a bishop of Montana in The Episcopal Church.
