56 Notable alumni of
Rollins College
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Rollins College is 868th in the world, 317th in North America, and 296th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 56 notable alumni from Rollins 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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Fred Rogers
- Enrolled in Rollins College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Music
- Occupations
- authortelevision actorpuppeteertheologiantelevision producer
- Biography
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Fred McFeely Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.
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Rahul Gandhi
- Occupations
- politician
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Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019.
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Anthony Perkins
- Occupations
- actor
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Anthony Perkins was an American actor. Born in Manhattan, Perkins began his career as a teenager in summer stock programs, although he acted in films before his time on Broadway. His first film, The Actress, co-starring Spencer Tracy and Jean Simmons and directed by George Cukor, was an overall disappointment, prompting Perkins to return to theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the Elia Kazan-directed Tea and Sympathy (1953), in which he played Tom Lee, a "sissy" who is "cured" by the right woman. He was praised for the role, and after it closed, he turned to Hollywood once more, starring in Friendly Persuasion (1956) with Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire, which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best New Actor of the Year and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film led to Perkins's seven-year, semi-exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures, where he was their last matinee idol.
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Elin Nordegren
- Occupations
- model
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Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren is a Swedish former model and nanny. She was married to professional golfer Tiger Woods from 2004 until their divorce in 2010.
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Buddy Ebsen
- Occupations
- singerdancermilitary officercomposerstage actor
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Buddy Ebsen, also known as Frank "Buddy" Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer. One of his most famous roles was as Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971); afterwards he starred as the title character in the television detective drama Barnaby Jones (1973–1980).
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Eddie Huang
- Occupations
- film directorlawyerrestaurateur
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Edwyn Charles Huang is an American author, chef, restaurateur, food personality, producer, and former attorney. He was a co-owner of BaoHaus, a gua bao restaurant in the East Village of Lower Manhattan. Huang previously hosted Huang's World for Viceland. His autobiography, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, was adapted into the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, of which he narrated the first season.
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Amanda Bearse
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm directortelevision director
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Amanda Bearse is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film Fright Night, and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). Bearse later began working as television director, directing over 90 episodes of comedy series.
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Chris Kirkpatrick
- Occupations
- musiciansingervoice actor
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Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer, podcaster, and actor. He founded the pop group NSYNC, in which he sang countertenor. The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Kirkpatrick was the lead singer in various songs including "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)", "Together Again", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "I Thought She Knew", "Just Got Paid", and many songs from their Christmas album, Home for Christmas.
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Michael Nouri
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Michael Nouri is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Dr. Neil Roberts on The O.C., Phil Grey on Damages, Caleb Cortlandt on All My Children, Eli David in NCIS, and Bob Schwartz on Yellowstone. He is also known for his starring roles in the films Flashdance (1983) and The Hidden (1987), and has appeared in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including the original production of Victor/Victoria. He is a Saturn Award and Daytime Emmy Award nominee.
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Eric Bolling
- Enrolled in Rollins College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- baseball playerpresenterjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Eric Thomas Bolling is an American television personality, conservative political commentator, author, and financial commentator. He has occupied numerous roles as a commentator on financial issues for television, most notably for Fox News. He hosted Fox Business Channel's Cashin' In and Fox News Channel's The Five before leaving in May 2017. An outspoken supporter of Donald Trump, Bolling has published two books: Wake Up America (2016) and The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It (2017).
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Dana Ivey
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Dana Ivey is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).
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Jo Ann Pflug
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Jo Ann Pflug is a retired American film and television actress.
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Karen Steele
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
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Karen Steele was an American actress and model with more than 60 roles in film and television. Her most famous roles include starring as Virginia in Marty, as Mrs. Lane in Ride Lonesome, and as Eve McHuron in the Star Trek episode "Mudd's Women".
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Chris Russo
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Christopher Michael Russo, also known as "Mad Dog", is an American sports radio personality best known as the former co-host of the Mike and the Mad Dog sports radio program with Mike Francesa, which was broadcast on WFAN in New York City and simulcasted on the YES Network. Russo joined Sirius XM Radio in August 2008 and operates his own channel, Mad Dog Sports Radio. He also hosts an afternoon radio show, Mad Dog Unleashed, SiriusXM Ch. 82 Mad Dog Sports Radio. Russo also joined MLB Network on March 31, 2014 and hosted his own show, High Heat, until 2024. He also frequently appears on ESPN’s First Take. Russo was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame on November 1, 2022.
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Lew Temple
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Lew Temple is an American actor known for his roles as Locus Fender in the action film Domino; Cal, the diner manager in the comedy-drama Waitress; and Axel in the third season of The Walking Dead.
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Gigi Fernández
- Occupations
- tennis coachtennis player
- Biography
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Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a Puerto Rican-American former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 17 in 1991. Since retiring from the professional tour in 1997 at the age of 33, Fernández has been a tennis coach and entrepreneur. She now shares her knowledge of doubles with tennis enthusiasts throughout the US by conducting Master Doubles with Gigi Clinics and Doubles Boot Camps. Fernández is the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Richard V. Spencer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Vaughn Spencer is an American politician and businessman who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy from August 3, 2017, to November 24, 2019. While serving as Secretary of the Navy, he also briefly served as Acting United States Secretary of Defense (July 15 to July 23, 2019) and Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (July 24 to July 31, 2019). Spencer served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 to 1981 as a Marine Aviator. He was Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Intercontinental Exchange (IEX) from November 2001 to January 2008.
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Libby Schaaf
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Beckman Schaaf is an American politician who served as the 50th Mayor of Oakland, California from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Oakland City Council.
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Clay Bellinger
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Clayton Daniel Bellinger is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and the Anaheim Angels, winning the World Series twice as a member of the Yankees. He was also on the 2002 Angels team, which won the 2002 World Series, but did not receive a championship ring as he only appeared in 2 regular season games.
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Deanna Lund
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Deanna Lund was an American film and television actress best known for her role in the Irwin Allen television series Land of the Giants, in which she played Valerie Ames Scott.
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Christopher Fitzgerald
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald is an American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Boq in the musical Wicked, Igor in the musical Young Frankenstein, and Ogie Anhorn in the musical Waitress. He earned Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations for his performances in Waitress and Young Frankenstein and won the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance in Waitress.
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Jack Kramer
- Occupations
- sports journalisttennis player
- Biography
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John Albert Kramer was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, and a pioneer promoter who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level. Kramer also ushered in the serve-and-volley era in tennis, a playing style with which he won three Grand Slam tournaments (the U.S. Championships in 1946 and 1947, Wimbledon in 1947). He also led the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team to victory in the 1946 and 1947 Davis Cup finals.
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Leanza Cornett
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Eva Leanza Cornett was an American television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Florida 1992 and Miss America 1993 the same year.
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Mark Hertling
- Enrolled in Rollins College
- Graduated with Doctor of Business Administration
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Mark Phillip Hertling is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. From March 2011 to November 2012, he served as the Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army. Hertling served in Armor, Cavalry, planning, operations and training positions, and commanded every organization from Platoon to Field Army. He commanded the 1st Armored Division and Task Force Iron/Multinational Division-North in Iraq during the troop surge of 2007 to 2008.
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Grady Judd
- Biography
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Grady Judd is an American law enforcement officer and serves as the sheriff of Polk County, Florida since 2005.
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Jeff Boss
- Occupations
- conspiracy theoristpolitician
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Jeffrey Harlan Boss is an American conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate. He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 and 2012 elections, a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election, and the 2020 election.
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Joanne Rogers
- Years
- 1928-2021 (aged 93)
- Occupations
- pianistmusician
- Biography
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Sara Joanne Byrd was an American musician who was the wife of television host and minister Fred Rogers.
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Ryan Hanigan
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Michael Hanigan is an American baseball manager and former catcher who is the manager of the Williamsport Crosscutters in the MLB Draft League. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, and Colorado Rockies.
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Mauricio Claver-Carone
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Mauricio Claver-Carone is an American lawyer, investor, and lobbyist. He was an official in the Treasury Department and National Security Council in the Donald Trump Administration. He was nominated and elected as the first American President of the Inter-American Development Bank, a position he held from October 2020 until September 26, 2022.
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Shirley Fry
- Occupations
- badminton playertennis player
- Biography
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Shirley June Fry Irvin was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 doubles titles, and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1956.
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Rex Beach
- Occupations
- screenwriterpoet lawyerwriterplaywrightnovelist
- Biography
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Rex Ellingwood Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.
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Greg Hahn
- Occupations
- actormilitary officer
- Biography
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Greg Hahn is an American stand-up comedian. He is a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated The Bob & Tom Show, and has several television appearances including Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He also performs at numerous corporate functions and comedy clubs. He is known for his highly energetic style of humor, often speaking in loud, rapid bursts.
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Virginia d'Albert-Lake
- Occupations
- resistance fighter
- Biography
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Virginia d'Albert-Lake was an American member of the French Resistance during World War II. She worked with the Comet Escape Line. She and her husband Philippe helped 67 British and American airmen evade German capture. She was arrested on June 12, 1944, and imprisoned by the Germans in Ravensbrück concentration camp and other camps for the remainder of the war.
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George E. Merrick
- Occupations
- real estate agentpolitician
- Biography
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George Edgar Merrick was a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida in the 1920s, one of the first major planned communities in the United States.
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Meg Crofton
- Occupations
- businesspersonpresident
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Meg Gilbert Crofton is an American businesswoman, who served as president of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts in the United States and France. She was named to the position on August 7, 2006, replacing Al Weiss, who had been promoted to president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in November 2005.
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Glenda Hood
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Glenda Evans Hood is an American politician, who was Secretary of State of Florida, from 2003 to 2005, and the first woman to serve as Mayor of Orlando (1992–2003). She is a member of the Republican Party.
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Dorothy Cheney
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships, defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final.
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Laura van den Berg
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Laura van den Berg is an American fiction writer. She is the author of five works of fiction. Her first two collections of short stories were each shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, in 2010 and 2014. In 2021, she was awarded the Strauss Livings Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Mike Miller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Miller is an American Republican politician from Florida. He served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 47th District, which includes Belle Isle, Edgewood, Orlando, and Winter Park in central Orange County, from 2014 to 2018.
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Gabe Zichermann
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Gabe Zichermann is a Canadian-American author, public speaker, and businessman. He has worked as a proponent of leveraging game mechanics in business, education, and other non-entertainment platforms to increase user engagement in a process called gamification.
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Peter T. Fay
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Peter Thorp Fay was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. At the time of his death, he was one of 26 federal judges to have served for fifty years.
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Lori Wilson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lori Wilson was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Florida.
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Dennis Chin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Dennis Chin is a Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a forward, notably for Orlando City SC. He is currently the President of Global Soccer at Young Money APAA Sports, an agency led by rapper Lil' Wayne and Adie Von Gontard, whose great grandfather founded Anheuser-Busch.
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Matthew H. Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matthew Heyden "Matt" Smith is an American politician. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 37th district from January 2013 until June 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the State Senate in the 2012 election.
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Stina Lykke Petersen
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
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Stina Lykke Petersen Borg is a Danish football goalkeeper who plays for Danish club KoldingQ and formerly the Denmark national team. She has played college soccer in America with the Rollins Tars, and played for professional clubs in Germany and Sweden, as well as in her native Denmark. She won 83 senior caps for Denmark between 2011 and 2018.
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Tucker Hume
- Occupations
- association football player
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Tucker Hume is an American soccer forward. He has a twin brother Walker Hume.
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Stacy Ritter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stacy Ritter is a Democratic politician who currently serves as president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Previously, she served as a Broward County Commissioner, representing the 3rd District from 2006 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission, Ritter served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1996 to 2004, representing the 96th District.
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Shelley Vana
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rochelle "Shelley" Vana is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Palm Beach County Commissioner, representing the 3rd District from 2008 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission, Vana served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008, representing the 85th District.
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Charles S. Dean, Sr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles S. Dean Sr. is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate, representing the 5th District, which includes Baker, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, western Marion, Suwannee, and Union Counties in North Florida, from 2012 to 2016, previously representing the 3rd District from 2007 to 2012. Before winning election to the Senate, Dean served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 43rd District from 2002 to 2007.
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Marian Brooke Rogers
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Marian Brooke Rogers OBE is a British psychologist who is a Professor of Behavioural Science and Security at King's College London where she is Vice Dean in the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy (SSPP). She is a social psychologist who studies risk and threat. In 2014 she was asked to chair the Cabinet Office Behavioural Science Expert Group (BSEG). In 2019 she was appointed Chair of the Home Office Science Advisory Council (HOSAC). Professor Rogers was appointed to the Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology in 2020.
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Kait Rhoads
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in Rollins College
- In 1989 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- glass artist
- Biography
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Kait Rhoads is an American glass artist. She uses traditional Italian techniques as a base to create public art, sculpture, vessels and jewelry. The aquatic realm is the root of much of her work, the result of spending six years on a boat in the Caribbean in her youth. Since moving to the Northwest over two decades ago, her fascination extended from coral colonies to kelp forests. Aquatic life infuses her sculptures with animated forms, sparkling surfaces and faceted exoskeletons. Rhoads volunteers at the Seattle Aquarium, gaining inspiration and information on ocean ecology first hand on a weekly basis.
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William Jay Lambert III
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Biography
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William Jay Lambert III is an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Eau Claire based in the state of Wisconsin from March 2013 to December 2020. In October 2021 he became rector of St. Phillip's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Harry C. Goode, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
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Harry C. Goode Jr. was a six-term mayor of Melbourne, Florida from 1979 to 1986 and 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives for 14 years. He represented the 33rd district from 1986 to 1992, and the 31st district from 1992 to 2000. He served as a Democrat until April 27, 1998, when he switched parties and became a Republican. At the time of his death, he served on the Melbourne City Council, representing District 3.
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Del Mason
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Adelbert William Mason was a Major League Baseball player for the Washington Senators and the Cincinnati Reds. Prior to his professional debut, Mason, a pitcher, played at the college level for Rollins College. The school's baseball program started in 1895 and Mason was their first player to play at the major league level.
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Jeanne Bellamy
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jeanne Bellamy was an American journalist and businesswoman who, along with Marjory Stoneman Douglas, advocated the creation of Everglades National Park and, later, against overuse of the natural resources of the park.
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Brian Meyer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Brian Scott Meyer is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Houston Astros from 1988 to 1990.
