58 Notable alumni of
Mount St. Mary's University
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Mount St. Mary's University is 1432nd in the world, 497th in North America, and 466th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 58 notable alumni from Mount St. Mary's 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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Francisco I. Madero
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- military personnelpoliticianwriterbusinesspersonmusician
- Biography
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Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer, politician and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed and assassinated in a coup d'état in February 1913. He came to prominence as an advocate for democracy and as an opponent of President and dictator Porfirio Díaz. After Díaz claimed to have won the fraudulent election of 1910 despite promising a return to democracy, Madero started the Mexican Revolution to oust Díaz. The Mexican revolution would continue until 1920, well after Madero and Díaz's deaths, with hundreds of thousands dead.
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Edward Douglass White Jr
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- lawyerjudgepolitician
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Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1894 to 1910 and as the ninth Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 until his death in 1921, for a total of 27 years on the bench. He was a descendant of the Lee Family of Virginia.
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Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte
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- merchant
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Jérôme Napoléon "Bo" Bonaparte was an American farmer, chairman of the Maryland Agricultural Society, and first president of the Maryland Club. He was the son of Elizabeth Patterson and Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I.
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Edward J. Flanagan
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- Catholic priest
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Edward Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States who served for decades in Nebraska. After serving as a parish priest in the Catholic Diocese of Omaha, he founded the orphanage and educational complex known as Boys Town, located west of the city in what is now Boys Town, Douglas County, Nebraska. In the 21st century, the complex also serves as a center for troubled youth.
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Stanley Rother
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- Catholic priestBible translator
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Stanley Francis Rother was an American Catholic priest from Oklahoma who was murdered in Guatemala in 1981. He had worked as a missionary priest there since 1968. He held several parish assignments as a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City from 1963 to 1968 before being assigned to Guatemala.
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William E. Lori
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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William Edward Lori is an American Catholic prelate who has served as archbishop of Baltimore in Maryland since 2012.
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John La Farge
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- painterwriterstained-glass artist
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John La Farge was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics. La Farge made stained glass windows, mainly for churches on the American east coast, beginning with a large commission for Henry Hobson Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston in 1878, and continuing for thirty years. La Farge designed stained glass as an artist, as a specialist in color, and as a technical innovator, holding a patent granted in 1880 for superimposing panes of glass. That patent would be key in his dispute with contemporary and rival Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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John McCloskey
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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John McCloskey was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first American-born archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death in 1885.
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Harry Hughes
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- lawyerpolitician
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Harry Roe Hughes was an American politician from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1955 to 1959, a member of the Maryland Senate from 1959 to 1970, and the 57th Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987.
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Jamion Christian
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Jamion Christian is an American basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team. He previously was the head coach at Siena, Mount St. Mary's, and George Washington. He was also the head coach for Pallacanestro Trieste in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) from 2023 to 2025.
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Junior Robinson
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Steve Lamont "Junior" Robinson, Jr. is an American basketball player who last played for BBC Monthey-Chablais of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL). He played college basketball for Mount St. Mary's. He was born in Mebane, North Carolina.
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Elijah Mitrou-Long
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Elijah Isa Mitrou-Long is a Canadian–Greek professional basketball player for Aris of the Greek Basketball League. He played college basketball for Mount St. Mary's, Texas, and UNLV.
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John Joseph Hughes
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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John Joseph Hughes was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as bishop (and later archbishop) of New York from 1842 until his death. In 1841, he founded St. John's College, which would later become Fordham University.
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Michael Augustine Corrigan
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Michael Augustine Corrigan was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third archbishop of New York from 1885 to 1902.
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Fred Carter
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Fredrick James Carter, nicknamed "Mad Dog" or "Doggy", is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons (1969–77) for the Baltimore Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks. He also coached the Mount St. Mary's Women's Basketball Team for three years to a 60-32 record and three years of AIAW tournament play.
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Edward J. Burns
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopsociologisttheologian
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Edward James Burns is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas since 2017. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Juneau in Alaska from 2009 to 2017.
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Heath Tarbert
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Heath Price Tarbert is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the 14th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development and as acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. As of 2025, he is the president of Circle.
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John Early
- Enrolled in Mount St. Mary's University
- Studied in 1833-1834
- Occupations
- Catholic priestacademic administrator
- Biography
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John Early SJ was an Irish-American Catholic priest and Jesuit educator who was the president of the College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University, as well as the founder and first president of Loyola College in Maryland. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States at the age of nineteen. Upon his arrival, he enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Maryland and entered the Society of Jesus, completing his education at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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Harry Joseph Flynn
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Harry Joseph Flynn was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1995 to 2008. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette from 1989 to 1994.
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Kristijan Krajina
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Kristijan Krajina is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung Aquas of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays at the center position.
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William Henry Fry
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- music criticcomposerjournalist
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William Henry Fry was an American composer, music critic, and journalist. Fry was the first known person born in the United States to write for a large symphony orchestra, and the first to compose a publicly performed opera. He was also the first music critic for a major American newspaper, and he was the first known person to insist that his fellow countrymen support American-made music.
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Michael Owen Jackels
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Michael Owen Jackels is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dubuque from 2013 to 2023. He previously served as Bishop of Wichita from 2005 to 2013.
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John Lawrence LeConte
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- naturalistentomologistmilitary physicianzoologist
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John Lawrence LeConte MD was an American entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his career, and has been described as "the father of American beetle study".
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Thomas M. Anderson
- Enrolled in Mount St. Mary's University
- Studied in 1855
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary personnel
- Biography
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Thomas McArthur Anderson was a career officer in the United States Army who served as a general in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War.
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John Baptist Purcell
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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John Baptist Purcell was an Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Cincinnati in Ohio from 1833 to his death in 1883, and he was elevated to the rank of archbishop in 1850. He formed the basis of Father Ferrand, the Ohio-based "Irish by birth, French by ancestry" character in the prologue of Willa Cather's historical novel Death Comes for the Archbishop who goes to Rome asking for a bishop for New Mexico Territory.
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Agnus Berenato
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Agnus Berenato, is a former basketball coach. She was the head women's basketball coach at Rider from 1982 to 1985, Georgia Tech from 1989 to 2003, Pittsburgh from 2003 to 2013, and Kennesaw State from 2016 to 2021. She is the all-time wins leader among women's basketball head coaches at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Joe Engel
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Joseph William Engel was an American left-handed pitcher and scout in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with the Washington Senators and went on to become a promoter and team owner in the minor leagues. He was born in Washington, D.C. as one of six children of a German immigrant who owned a bar/hotel next door to the Washington Post building in the District of Columbia. Engel was married twice and lost his only child, son Bryant, due to a traffic accident in November 1930 at age 9. Engel himself died in Chattanooga in 1969 at age 76.
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Mary Kane
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- producerpolitician
- Biography
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Mary D. Kane is an American attorney from Maryland who was the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010, as the running mate of Bob Ehrlich. In October 2011, Kane became the President and CEO of Sister Cities International. Sister Cities International is a nonprofit organization for individual sister cities, counties, and states across the United States. Kane also sits on the board of Suburban Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Mount St. Mary's University.
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Matthew F. McHugh
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Matthew Francis "Matt" McHugh is an American lawyer and former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, serving from 1975 to 1993.
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Edward Fitzgerald
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Edward Mary Fitzgerald was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas from 1867 until his death in 1907.
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Carol Keehan
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- nun
- Biography
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Carol Keehan is a religious sister of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. She served as president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States from 2005 to 2019.
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Cliff Warren
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Cliff Warren is an American college basketball coach. He previously served as the head coach for Jacksonville University.
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George Henry Miles
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- writer
- Biography
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George Henry Miles was an American writer. Miles wrote "God Save the South", under the pen name Earnest Halphin, which is considered to have been the unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
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Kathy Afzali
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- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Kathryn L. Afzali is an American politician who represented the fourth district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2011 to 2019. She was the Republican nominee for Frederick County Executive in 2018, losing to incumbent Jan Gardner.
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Frank Ryan
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- 1951-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francis Xavier Ryan is an American politician, accountant, and retired military officer who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 101st District from 2017 to 2022.
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John Loughlin
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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John Loughlin was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of Brooklyn in New York from 1853 until 1891.
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Francis L. Delmonico
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- surgeon
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Francis L. Delmonico, MD, FACS is a retired American surgeon, clinical professor and health expert in the field of transplantation. He served on numerous national and international committees regarding donation and transplant and is affiliated with various leading organizations and institutions. In addition to his work as a transplant surgeon, he served as chief medical officer of the New England Donor Services (NEDS) and Professor of Surgery, Part-Time at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is emeritus director of renal transplantation. He is the author or co-author on over 300 academic papers. He served as president of The Transplantation Society (TTS) from 2012 to 2014, an international non-profit organization based in Montreal, Canada that works with international transplantation physicians and researchers. He also served as the president of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) in 2005 which overseas the practice of organ donation and transplantation in the United States. He was appointed and still serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization in matters of organ donation and transplantation. He was appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 2016. In 2020, he became the recipient of the Medawar Prize of The Transplantation Society.
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James Clark
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- teacheracademic administratorCatholic priest
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James Clark SJ was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who led the College of the Holy Cross during the American Civil War as president from 1861 to 1867. Born in Pennsylvania, he was educated at the United States Military Academy and served as an officer in the U.S. Army for one year, before converting to Catholicism and later entering the Society of Jesus.
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Paul Stagg Coakley
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- Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Paul Stagg Coakley is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Oklahoma City since 2010 and as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops since November 11, 2025. He previously served as Bishop of Salina from 2004 to 2010.
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Robert W. Curran
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Robert W. Curran is a former member of the Baltimore City Council representing the Third Council District in Baltimore, Maryland. A member of a prominent Maryland political family, Curran is the son of J. Joseph Curran Sr., Baltimore City Councilman from 1953 through 1977, a brother of former Maryland attorney general J. Joseph Curran Jr., brother to a former city councilman, Mike Curran, and uncle of Katie O'Malley, wife of former Governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley.
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Richard Gilmour
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Richard Gilmour was a Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Cleveland in Ohio from 1872 until his death in 1891. He published a book while he was a parish priest called Bible History; containing the most important of The Old and New Testaments.
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Silas Chatard
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopphysicianwriter
- Biography
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Silas Francis Marean Chatard was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Indianapolis from 1898 to 1918.
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Thomas M. Middleton
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- politician
- Biography
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Thomas McLain "Mac" Middleton is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the Maryland State Senate from 1995 to 2019, representing Maryland's District 28 in southern Charles County.
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Harry A. Slattery
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- 1887-1949 (aged 62)
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- environmentalist
- Biography
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Harry A. Slattery, was an American lawyer and politician. He was United States Under Secretary of the Interior from 1938 to 1939 and gave his name to the Slattery Report, which proposed to develop Alaska through immigration. The proposal, which included the settlement of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria, largely in response to Nazi antisemitism, was never implemented.
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Francois P. Giraud
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- architectpolitician
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Francois P. Giraud, also known as Francis P. Giraud, was an American politician. He was mayor of the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas.
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William Albert
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- politician
- Biography
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William Julian Albert was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving from 1873 to 1875.
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William George McCloskey
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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William George McCloskey was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Louisville from 1868 to 1909.
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John Ambrose Watterson
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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John Ambrose Watterson was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1880 until his death in 1899.
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John O'Neill
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- lawyerpolitician
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John O'Neill was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1863 to 1865,
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Thomas McGovern
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Thomas McGovern was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania, from 1888 until his death in 1898.
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Edward J. Dunphy
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Edward John Dunphy of New York City was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1889 to 1895. He was a Democrat.
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José Manuel Ramos Barroso
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- politician
- Biography
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José Manuel Ramos Barroso was a Puerto Rican politician who served as a Senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1980.
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Joanne Chiedi
- Enrolled in Mount St. Mary's University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- civil servantadministrator
- Biography
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Joanne Chiedi is an American administrator and former government official working as the chief administrative officer of law firm DLA Piper since January 2020. Prior to this, Chiedi was the principal deputy inspector general and acting inspector general of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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William Walsh
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Walsh was an American politician who represented Maryland's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1875 until 1879.
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Ed Kenna
- Occupations
- baseball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Edward Benninghaus Kenna, nicknamed "the Pitching Poet", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, college football coach and newspapers editor. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1902 season. Kenna played football at Georgetown University as a fullback in 1898 and at West Virginia University as a fullback and kicker in 1901. He served as the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—in 1900 and West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1902. Kenna was later an editor of the Charleston Gazette. He died on March 22, 1912, in Grant, Florida.
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George J. Turner
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George J. Turner was the treasurer of the South Atlantic Association when he was elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1915 to 1916. During his tenure the AAU joined with the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America to set the rules that defined amateur sports.
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James McSherry
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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James McSherry was an American jurist who served as chief judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals.
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Dan Costello
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Daniel Francis "Dashing Dan" Costello was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. Costello played for the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1913 to 1916. In 154 career games, he had 85 hits, 24 RBIs and a.243 batting average. He batted left and threw right-handed. Costello was born in Jessup, Pennsylvania, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
