23 Notable alumni of
Marist College
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Marist College is 1568th in the world, 552nd in North America, and 519th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Marist 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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Bill O'Reilly
- Enrolled in Marist College
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- podcasterteacherradio personalitybaseball playertelevision presenter
- Biography
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William James O'Reilly Jr. is an American conservative commentator, journalist, author, and television host.
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Eric Adams
- Occupations
- police officerpolitician
- Biography
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Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer, currently serving as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. An ideologically conservative member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th Senate district in Brooklyn. In November 2013, Adams was elected Brooklyn Borough President, the first African-American to hold the position, and reelected in November 2017.
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William Hung
- Occupations
- actorsingerpoker player
- Biography
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William Hing Cheung Hung is a Hong Kong motivational speaker and former singer who gained fame in 2004 as a result of his unsuccessful audition singing Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol.
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Rik Smits
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rik Smits, nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.
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Menelik Watson
- Occupations
- player of American footballbasketball player
- Biography
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Menelik Watson is an English former professional American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.
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Yogananda Pittman
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Marist College
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Yogananda D. Pittman is an American law enforcement officer who is the University of California, Berkeley chief of police. She was formerly the assistant chief and acting chief of the United States Capitol Police, serving in those posts during and after the 2021 insurrection at the United States Capitol.
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Jeff Sutphen
- Occupations
- television producertelevision actor
- Biography
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Sutphen is an American actor, producer, dancer and game show host known primarily for his work with Nickelodeon's BrainSurge from 2009 to 2011. From 2012 to 2013, he was the host of the show Figure It Out. He also has his own YouTube channel.
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Joseph Borelli
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Charles Borelli is an American politician and the New York City Council member for the 51st district and Minority Leader of the New York City Council. He is a Republican. The district encompasses much of Staten Island's South Shore.
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Carlina Rivera
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carlina Rivera is an American politician who represents the 2nd district of the New York City Council since 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, her district includes portions of the East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill and Rose Hill in Manhattan.
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Gina Trapani
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Gina Marie Trapani is an American tech blogger, web developer, writer, and technology executive.
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Jared Jordan
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jared Ahern Jordan is a former American professional basketball player for various teams in Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He last played for CSU Sibiu of the Liga Națională in Romania during the 2019–20 season.
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James Ciccone
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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James Ciccone is an American actor. He appeared in three seasons as mob boss Carmine Patriccia in the HBO television drama The Deuce. In 2017 Ciccone appeared in the racially charged bio-pic Crown Heights, written and directed by Matt Ruskin, which premiered in competition as a Grand Jury Nomination at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017 and won the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film. In 2023 he teamed-up with Ruskin again in Boston Strangler starring Keira Knightley. In 2019, he appeared in The Kitchen, starring Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish, and the Academy Award nominated films, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. In late 2021 he can be seen opposite Michael Keaton in Worth, a drama about the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. He has also appeared in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2022), Law & Order: Organized Crime (2023), American Horror Story (2023).
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Kathy Liebert
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Kathleen H. Liebert is an American professional poker player.
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Daniel Dromm
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Daniel Dromm is an American politician who served on the New York City Council from the 25th district from 2010 to 2021. He is a Democrat. The district includes East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights in Queens.
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Steve Neuhaus
- Biography
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Stefan Michael Neuhaus is an American politician and the current County Executive [1 of Orange County, New York. He previously served as the Town Supervisor of Chester, New York, from 2007 until 2013.
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Sean P. Stellato
- Occupations
- player of American footballsports agentbasketball player
- Biography
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Sean P. Stellato is an American sports agent, motivational speaker, and author.
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Paul X. Rinn
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Paul Xavier Rinn was an officer in the United States Navy. He was the first commanding officer of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) and was in command when the ship struck a mine in the Persian Gulf on 14 April 1988. He later commanded USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and was the Iraqi Embargo Commander in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. He retired in 1997 at the rank of captain.
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Kevin Byrne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Byrne is an American politician serving as the 6th County Executive of Putnam County, NY and is a former state legislator of the New York State Assembly. He is a registered Republican.
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Maureen Magarity
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Maureen Elizabeth Magarity is an American women's basketball coach, and current head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team. From 2010 to 2020, she coached for New Hampshire.
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Patrick Mara
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patrick Mara is a former elected member of the District of Columbia Board of Education.
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Jay Bowie
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Julius "Jay" Bowie is an American professional basketball player who last played for Bali United of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for Marist College before playing professionally in the NBA Development League, Australia and England.
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Seán Sammon
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Biography
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Brother Seán Sammon, F.M.S. was the former Superior General of the Marist Brothers order, a role he held from October 3, 2001 until 2009.
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Louis Molina
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Louis A. Molina is an American police officer and Assistant Deputy Mayor for Public Safety for the City of New York. He was the 37 Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction. He was formerly the Chief of the Department of Public Safety for the City of Las Vegas and detective with the New York Police Department.
