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.

  1. Robert Bilott

    Robert Bilott
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    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).

  2. David Allen

    David Allen
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    advisorwriterblogger
    Biography

    David Allen is an American productivity consultant best known for the creation of a time management method called "Getting Things Done".

  3. X González

    X González
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Occupations
    activistorator
    Biography

    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.

  4. José Díaz-Balart

    José Díaz-Balart
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  5. William Thurston

    William Thurston
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-2012 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    university teachertopologistmathematician
    Biography

    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.

  6. William C. Dudley

    William C. Dudley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    economistbanker
    Biography

    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.

  7. Mark Weiser

    Mark Weiser
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-1999 (aged 47)
    Enrolled in the New College of Florida
    Studied in 1970
    Occupations
    computer scientistuniversity teacherengineer
    Biography

    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.

  8. Rick Doblin

    Rick Doblin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    researcher
    Biography

    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).

  9. Lincoln Diaz-Balart

    Lincoln Diaz-Balart
    Born in
    Cuba Flag Cuba
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Enrolled in the New College of Florida
    In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  10. Nancy McEldowney

    Nancy McEldowney
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    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.

  11. Anita L. Allen

    Anita L. Allen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Enrolled in the New College of Florida
    1970-1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    lawyeruniversity teacherinternational forum participantjuristphilosopher
    Biography

    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.

  12. Robert D. Atkinson

    Robert D. Atkinson
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    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.

  13. Sung-Yoon Lee

    Sung-Yoon Lee
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    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.

  14. Jennifer Granick

    Jennifer Granick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    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.

  15. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda

    Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  16. Scott Baker

    Scott Baker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    marine biologist
    Biography

    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.

  17. Melissa Cristina Márquez

    Melissa Cristina Márquez
    Occupations
    marine biologistwriter
    Biography

    Melissa Cristina Márquez is a Puerto Rican marine biologist and science communicator. She studies chondrichthyan fishes, including great white sharks.

  18. Sam Zamarripa

    Sam Zamarripa
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  19. John Wilke

    John Wilke
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-2009 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  20. Joel Judd

    Joel Judd
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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.