20 Notable alumni of
New College of Florida
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The New College of Florida is 1797th in the world, 633rd in North America, and 597th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the New College of Florida sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Robert Bilott
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Robert Bilott is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio. Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs injured by waste dumped in rural communities in West Virginia. Bilott has spent more than twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).
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David Allen
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- advisorwriterblogger
- Biography
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David Allen is an American productivity consultant best known for the creation of a time management method called "Getting Things Done".
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X González
- Occupations
- activistorator
- Biography
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X González is an American activist and advocate for gun control. In 2018, they survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, and, in response, co-founded the gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD.
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José Díaz-Balart
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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José Díaz-Balart Caballero is a Cuban-American journalist and television anchorman. On September 7, 2021, Diaz-Balart stepped down as anchor of the weeknight editions of Noticias Telemundo. He is currently anchoring José Díaz-Balart Reports on MSNBC. He also continues to anchor NBC Nightly News Saturday, frequently substitutes for the weekday and Sunday broadcast, and will continue to anchor breaking news and special events coverage for Telemundo and host monthly specials.
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William Thurston
- Occupations
- university teachertopologistmathematician
- Biography
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William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds.
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William C. Dudley
- Occupations
- economistbanker
- Biography
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William C. Dudley is an American economist who served as the president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2009 to 2018 and as vice-chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee. He was appointed to the position on January 27, 2009, following the confirmation of his predecessor, Timothy F. Geithner, as United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Mark Weiser
- Enrolled in the New College of Florida
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teacherengineer
- Biography
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Mark D. Weiser was an American computer scientist and chief technology officer (CTO) at Xerox PARC. Weiser is widely considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing, a term he coined in 1988. Within Silicon Valley, Weiser was broadly viewed as a visionary and computer pioneer, and his ideas have influenced many of the world's leading computer scientists.
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Rick Doblin
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Richard Elliot Doblin is an American drug activist and executive who is the founder and former executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
- Enrolled in the New College of Florida
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother, Mario Díaz-Balart, who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district, succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. After leaving Congress, he started a law practice and a consulting firm, both based in Miami, Florida.
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Nancy McEldowney
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Nancy Eileen McEldowney is an American academic and diplomat who served as the national security advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris from January 20, 2021 to March 21, 2022. She was previously a career Foreign Service officer, served as United States ambassador to Bulgaria (2008–2009), and was director of the Foreign Service Institute from February 2013 until June 2017.
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Anita L. Allen
- Enrolled in the New College of Florida
- 1970-1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyeruniversity teacherinternational forum participantjuristphilosopher
- Biography
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Anita LaFrance Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was formerly Vice Provost for Faculty from 2013 to 2020.
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Robert D. Atkinson
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Robert David Atkinson is a Canadian-American economist. He is president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that promotes policies based on innovation economics. He was previously Vice President of the Progressive Policy Institute.
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Sung-Yoon Lee
- Born in
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South Korea - Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Sung-Yoon Lee is a scholar of Korean and East Asian studies, and specialist on North Korea. He is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the former Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies and assistant professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He was also an associate in research at the Korea Institute, Harvard University. and a research fellow at the National Asia Research Program.
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Jennifer Granick
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jennifer Stisa Granick is an American attorney and educator. Senator Ron Wyden has called Granick an "NBA all-star of surveillance law." She is well known for her work with intellectual property law, free speech, privacy law, and other things relating to computer security, and has represented several high-profile hackers.
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Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. She is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, in which she represented the 9th District, which includes most of Leon County, from 2008 to 2016. In addition to her legislative career, Rehwinkel Vasilinda is an attorney and has been a professor of Legal Studies and Applied Ethics at Tallahassee Community College since 1989.
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Scott Baker
- Occupations
- marine biologist
- Biography
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C. Scott Baker is an American molecular biologist and cetacean specialist. He is Associate Director of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution at the University of Auckland, and Editor of the Journal of Heredity.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez
- Occupations
- marine biologistwriter
- Biography
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Melissa Cristina Márquez is a Puerto Rican marine biologist and science communicator. She studies chondrichthyan fishes, including great white sharks.
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Sam Zamarripa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Zamarripa is an American entrepreneur, author, and former politician. He is currently the Proprietor of Doghobble Vineyard and Farm in Dahlonega, Georgia. He served as the CEO of Intent Solutions in Atlanta, Georgia from 2017 - 2021. In 2018, Zamarripa lead the acquisition of Mundo Hispanico from the Cox Media Group and now serves as its Chairman of the media enterprise.
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John Wilke
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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John Wilke was an American investigative reporter and news editor in the Washington bureau of The Wall Street Journal for two decades, beginning in 1989 and lasting until his death in 2009.
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Joel Judd
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Joel Stanton Judd is an American lawyer and former politician from Denver, Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2002, Judd represented House District 5, which encompasses downtown Denver, until 2010.
