63 Notable alumni of
Long Island University
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Long Island University is 833rd in the world, 307th in North America, and 286th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 63 notable alumni from Long Island 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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John Leguizamo
- Occupations
- playwrightpaintertelevision actorfilm actorfilm director
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John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and film producer. He has appeared in over 100 films, produced over 20 films and documentaries, made over 30 television appearances, and has produced various television projects. He has also written and performed for the Broadway stage, receiving four Tony Award nominations for Freak in 1998, Sexaholix in 2002, and Latin History for Morons in 2018. He received a Special Tony Award in 2018.
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Dina Meyer
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- Studied in 1991
- Occupations
- film produceractortelevision actormodelfilm actor
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Dina Meyer is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993–94), before landing a leading role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.
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Ray Dalio
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- investorhedge fund managerfinancier
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Raymond Thomas Dalio is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and author who has served as co-chief investment officer of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, since 1985. He founded Bridgewater in 1975 in New York.
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Brian Kilmeade
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- punditsports commentatortelevision presenterradio personality
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Brian Kilmeade is an American television and radio presenter and political commentator for Fox News. On weekdays, he co-hosts the morning show Fox & Friends and he hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show. On weekends, he hosts One Nation with Brian Kilmeade, which premiered in 2022. He has also authored or co-authored non-fiction and fiction books.
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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- Graduated with Master of Economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is a Turkish diplomat and politician who is currently a member of the Grand National Assembly. He also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from August 2014 to August 2015, and again from 24 November 2015 to 6 June 2023.
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Joseph Gatto
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- actortelevision actor
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Joseph Anthony Gatto Jr. is an American improvisational comedian, actor, and producer from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He is a former member of the Tenderloins, a comedy troupe consisting of Sal Vulcano, James Murray, and Brian Quinn. Along with the other members of the Tenderloins, he starred in the television series Impractical Jokers, which first aired in 2011, on TruTV.
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Tuncay Özilhan
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- entrepreneurbusinessperson
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Tuncay Özilhan is a Turkish businessman and billionaire. He is the current chairman of the board of Anadolu Group, as well as the president of Anadolu Efes. He was also the president of TÜSİAD from 2001 to 2004. He is also chairman of the board of supermarket chain Kipa.
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Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 33rd Minister of Civil Aviation since June 2024. He represents the Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency and has been elected in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Lok Sabha. He first won the seat in the 2014 Indian general election and was re-elected in 2019 and 2024 as a candidate of the Telugu Desam Party. He serves as the National General Secretary of the TDP and as the party's leader in the Lok Sabha.
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Judith Heumann
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- In 1969 studied Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- civil servantdisability rights activist
- Biography
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Judith Ellen "Judy" Heumann was an American disability rights activist, known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement". She was recognized internationally as a leader in the disability community. Heumann was a lifelong civil rights advocate for people with disabilities. Her work with governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofits, and various other disability interest groups significantly contributed to the development of human rights legislation and policies benefiting children and adults with disabilities. Through her work in the World Bank and the State Department, Heumann led the mainstreaming of disability rights into international development. Her contributions extended the international reach of the independent living movement.
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Adnan Polat
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- businesspersonpolitician
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Adnan Polat is a Turkish businessman, manager and former president of Galatasaray SC.
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Karen Weaver
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United States - Occupations
- psychologistpolitician
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Karen Weaver is an American psychologist and politician who was the mayor of Flint, Michigan, from 2015 to 2019. She was the first female mayor of the city and the fifth African-American to hold the office.
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Giovanni Savarese
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- association football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Giovanni Savarese is a Venezuelan football manager and former player. He last served as the head coach for the Portland Timbers.
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Danny Simmons
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- painterphilanthropistpoet
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Daniel Simmons Jr. is a Neo-African abstract expressionist painter, a published author, poet and philanthropist. He is the older brother of hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons.
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Jorge M. Pérez
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- writer
- Biography
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Jorge M. Pérez is an Argentine-American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer. He is best known as the chairman and CEO of The Related Group, a Miami-based real estate company that has been well known for building and operating affordable and luxury multifamily apartments across the United States and internationally. He is ranked 316th on the Forbes 400 list with a net worth of US$ 2.6 billion as of October 2018, and 1,833rd on Forbes Billionaires list with US$1.7 billion as of November 2021.
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Mark Lane
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- politicianconspiracy theoristlawyerwriterjurist
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Mark Lane was an American attorney, New York state legislator, civil rights activist, and Vietnam war-crimes investigator. Sometimes referred to as a gadfly, Lane is best known as a leading researcher, author, and conspiracy theorist on the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Lane authored many books, including 10 on the JFK assassination, such as Rush to Judgment,, the 1966 number-one bestselling critique of the Warren Commission and Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK, published in 2011.
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Robert L. Caslen
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- American football player
- Biography
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Robert Louis Caslen Jr. is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 59th superintendent of West Point from 2013 until 2018 and as the 29th president of the University of South Carolina from July 2019 until May 2021. Between January and May 2019, Caslen was senior counsel to the president and interim chief financial officer at the University of Central Florida. On 19 July 2019, the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina elected him as the school's 29th president, a position he assumed on 1 August 2019. Caslen also served as HigherEchelon's Special Advisor on Executive Leadership and Character Development. He resigned as president at South Carolina on 12 May 2021.
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Terry Semel
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Terence Steven Semel is an American corporate executive who was the chairman and CEO of Yahoo! Incorporated from 2001 to 2007. Previously, he spent 24 years at Warner Bros., where he served as chairman and co-chief executive officer.
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Gloria Garayua
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Gloria Garayua is an American actress. Garayua made her major film debut in the 2005 comedy film Fun With Dick and Jane, and is now commonly cast in guest roles on long-running series such as Six Feet Under, Weeds and The Shield. After being cast in an ongoing role in Grey's Anatomy, Garayua has played recurring roles in other popular TV shows such as Cougar Town and How to Get Away with Murder.
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Stephen Yagman
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Stephen Yagman is an American federal civil rights lawyer, who also handles criminal defense and habeas corpus matters. He has a reputation for being an exceptionally zealous advocate in cases regarding allegations of police brutality. He has argued hundreds of federal civil rights cases before a jury, and has been involved in over a hundred and fifty federal appeals and certiorari petitions before the United States Supreme Court.
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Katharine Chang
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Katharine Chang is a Taiwanese diplomat.
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Bruce Blakeman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bruce Arthur Blakeman is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the 10th County Executive of Nassau County, New York. He was elected in the 2021 election, defeating Democratic incumbent Laura Curran. He previously served as a commissioner for the New York-New Jersey Port Authority as well as a Nassau County legislator and Hempstead town councilman.
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Rose Bird
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Rose Elizabeth Bird was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first woman to serve in the California State Cabinet, and the first female Chief Justice of California.
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Jason Brickman
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jason Alexander Brickman is a Filipino-American basketball player. He completed his college career for the Long Island University Blackbirds after the 2013–14 season. Brickman was considered one of the best passers in the nation according to ESPN analyst Jay Bilas. Of Brickman, Bilas said "He really understands angles very well. He gets the ball to (LIU's) best players, and he does a really nice job of managing the game. An excellent passer." Brickman led NCAA Division I in assists per game as a junior with an 8.52 average, then repeated in 2013–14 with a 10.00 per game average. He is one of only four players in Division I history to record 1,000 assists.
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Alex the Astronaut
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- association football playercomposersinger-songwritersinger
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Alexandra Lynn, known professionally as Alex the Astronaut, is an Australian folk-pop singer-songwriter.
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Martin Hermannsson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Martin Hermannsson is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He also internationally represents the Icelandic national basketball team, with which he participated in the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017. In 2019, Martin was named the Icelandic Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the fourth year in a row.
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Tim Bishop
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- In 1981 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy Howard Bishop is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for New York's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Ike Udanoh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ike Joseph Udanoh is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player who last played for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. He is a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) power forward.
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Fred Thiele
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Frederick W. Thiele Jr. is an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly from the 1st district from 2013 to 2024 and the 2nd district from 1995 to 2012. Thiele was originally elected as a member of the Republican Party, but switched to the Independence Party of New York in 2009. He joined the Democratic Party after the Independence Party lost its ballot position.
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Andrea Thompson
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- Graduated with Master of Science in counseling and organizational behavior
- Occupations
- military officerofficial
- Biography
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Andrea Lee Thompson is an American government official and former military officer. She is the former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Prior to this, she was the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. Before entering government service, she was a career intelligence officer in the United States Army.
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Bobby Broom
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- music educatorjazz musicianguitaristuniversity teacherjazz guitarist
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Robert Broom Jr. is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984. He performs and records with The Bobby Broom Trio and his organ group, The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation. While versed in the traditional jazz (bebop and post-bop) idioms, Broom draws from a variety of American music forms, such as funk, soul, R&B, and blues.
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Emily Drabinski
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in composition studies
- Occupations
- academic librarian
- Biography
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Emily Drabinski is an American academic, librarian, author, and teacher who served as president of the American Library Association from July 2023 to July 2024.
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James Jones
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Steven Jones is an American former professional baseball outfielder and pitcher. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fourth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with them in 2014.
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Nasheet Waits
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- musicianjazz musician
- Biography
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Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer.
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Elvar Friðriksson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Elvar Már Friðriksson is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Maroussi of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). He is also a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. He has twice been named to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team as a member of Njarðvík. In 2020, he won the Swedish championship with Borås Basket. In 2021, he was named the Lithuanian Basketball League MVP after leading the league in assists. He has been named the Icelandic Male Basketball Player of the Year three times in a row from 2021 to 2023.
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Terry Crowley
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Terrence Michael Crowley is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder, first baseman and pinch hitter from 1969 through 1983, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1969 to 1971 and, won the World Series in 1970. He serves as an organizational hitting instructor for the Baltimore Orioles. Crowley has been inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame.
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Vinnette Justine Carroll
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- actormusic directorfilm directortheatrical directorplaywright
- Biography
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Vinnette Justine Carroll was an American playwright, actress, and theatre director. She was the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway, with her 1972 production of the musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Until Liesl Tommy's 2016 nomination for Eclipsed, Carroll was the only African-American woman to have received a Tony Award nomination for direction.
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Wang Ping
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- writernovelistpoet
- Biography
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Wang Ping is a Chinese American professor, poet, writer, photographer, performance and multimedia artist. Her publications have been translated into multiple languages and include poetry, short stories, novels, cultural studies, and children's stories. Her multimedia exhibitions address global themes of industrialization, the environment, interdependency, and the people.
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Vin Lananna
- Occupations
- coach
- Biography
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Vin Lananna is an American track and field coach. He coached collegiate teams included the Stanford Cardinal and the Oregon Ducks. He has served as national team coach for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the 2016 Rio Olympics. He was included in the 2012 USTFCCCA Hall of Fame as a coach.
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Jennifer Nassour
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Jennifer Ann Nassour is an American attorney and political figure. She served as the chairwoman of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2009 to 2011. She is also the founder of the Pocketbook Project.
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Ruth L. Kirschstein
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- pathologist
- Biography
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Ruth Lillian Kirschstein was an American pathologist and science administrator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Kirschstein served as director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, deputy director of NIH in the 1990s, and acting director of the NIH in 1993 and 2000-2002.
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John M. Gallagher
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- lawyerpolice officer
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John Michael Gallagher is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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John B. Sylvester
- Enrolled in Long Island University
- Graduated with Master of Science in education and counseling
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John B. Sylvester is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. He is best known for his command of the "Tiger" Brigade of the 2nd Armored Division OPCON to the 2nd Marine Division in the Gulf War, and his three tours of duty in the Balkans culminating as the commander of Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR). Sylvester was awarded the Silver Star during Operation Desert Storm.
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Carl Person
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carl E. Person is an American attorney and politician. He founded the Paralegal Institute in the early 1970s and played a pivotal role in creating the paralegal field. He has also run unsuccessfully for various political offices. He was a candidate for the 2012 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party, was the Reform Party nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2013, was the Libertarian nominee for New York State Attorney General in 2010 and was the Libertarian nominee for New York State Attorney General again in 2014.
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Alan Maisel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alan N. Maisel is an American politician who served in the New York City Council for the 46th district from 2014 to 2021. He is a Democrat. He formerly represented the 59th district of the New York State Assembly from 2006 to 2013.
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Rose Franco
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Rose Julia Franco-Gronowetter was a warrant officer in the United States Marine Corps. Originally from Puerto Rico, she was the first Hispanic woman to become a chief warrant officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Ugonna Okegwo
- Occupations
- bassistjazz musician
- Biography
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Ugonna Okegwo is a German-Nigerian jazz bassist and composer based in New York City.
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Star Jasper
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Star Jasper is an American actress.
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Jim Boyd
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- journalistactor
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Jim Boyd was a weekend, early morning and midday news anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV. He is currently working as an actor in major motion pictures and television productions.
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Edgar Gluck
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 89)
- Occupations
- rabbi
- Biography
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Edgar Chaim Baruch Gluck is currently the Chief Rabbi of Galicia. Subsumed into countries now part of Central and Eastern Europe, Galicia ceased to exist as a political entity, however Chasidim still refer to themselves as Galicianas.in 1921; the title of its Chief Rabbi had already been abolished by royal decree on 1 November 1786 as part of the Josephinism Reforms. which makes Rabbi Gluck the first Chief Rabbi of Galicia since those times.
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Anthony H. Gair
- Years
- 1948-2023 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Anthony H. Gair was an American attorney and advocate. He was a partner of the law firm Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, which was founded by his parents in 1945. He looks for cases that are in the public interest. Notably, he represented the family of Amadou Diallo in a case that spurred reform of the New York City Police Department.
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Cynthia Akuetteh
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Cynthia Akuetteh is a diplomat and was the United States Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe and United States Ambassador to Gabon.
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Jocelyne Trouillot
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Marie-Jocelyne Trouillot is a Haitian writer and educator.
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Irv Torgoff
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Irving Torgoff was an American professional basketball player.
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Ariana Calderón
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Ariana Catrina Calderón Valdez is an American-born Mexican former footballer who last played as forward for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Mexico women's national team.
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David Hicks
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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David Hicks is an American professional basketball player, currently a free agent.
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Carl Meinhold
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Carl Marvin Meinhold was an American professional basketball player.
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Ana María Baiardi
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Ana María Baiardi Quesnel is a Paraguayan diplomat and politician. From 2018 to 2022, she served as the ambassador of Paraguay in Peru.
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Michael Szenberg
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Michael Szenberg is a professor emeritus and a former chairman of the Finance and Economics department at Lubin School of Business in Pace University, New York. He is the author and editor of 22 books on economics, and was the editor of The American Economist published by Omicron Delta Epsilon.
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Robin L. Higgins
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Robin Lee Higgins is a former Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
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Camillo Mac Bica
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Camillo Mac Bica is an American philosopher, poet, activist, and author.
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal was an American Democratic Party politician from New York who represented the northern portion of Queens during twelve Congressional terms, from 1962 until his death. Upon his death at age 59, he was the third-most senior Representative in the New York delegation.
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Albert H. Wilkening
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Albert H. Wilkening was the adjutant general of Wisconsin from 2002 to 2007, when he was succeeded by Donald P. Dunbar. He was responsible for both the federal and state missions of the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard and the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management. In March 2003 Wilkening was appointed by Governor Jim Doyle to head a new Homeland Security Council in Wisconsin and to be the governor's homeland security advisor. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2020, at the age of 74.
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Peter Murphy
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Peter M. Murphy is an American lawyer, and former senior legal advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Murphy was the Commandant's legal advisor twenty years prior to becoming a partner with the legal firm of Holland & Knight. At Holland & Knight Murphy specialized in Government litigation.
