86 Notable alumni of
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
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Southern Illinois University - Carbondale is 659th in the world, 244th in North America, and 225th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 86 notable alumni from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Melissa McCarthy
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterfilm producercomedianactor
- Biography
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Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actress, screenwriter, producer, and fashion designer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. McCarthy was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.
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Jenny McCarthy
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- anti-vaccine activistPlayboy Playmatefilm producerautobiographerscreenwriter
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Jennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg is an American actress, model, and television personality. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then had a television and film acting career, beginning as a co-host on the MTV game show Singled Out (1995–1997) and afterwards starring in the eponymous sitcom Jenny (1997–1998), as well as films including BASEketball (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Dirty Love (2005), John Tucker Must Die (2006), and Santa Baby (2006). In 2013, she hosted her own television talk show The Jenny McCarthy Show, and became a co-host of the ABC talk show The View, appearing on the program until 2014. Since 2019, McCarthy has been a judge on the Fox musical competition show The Masked Singer.
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Bob Odenkirk
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- screenwriterfilm actorfilm producercomedianwriter
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Robert John Odenkirk is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022). For the latter, he has received six nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer on Better Call Saul since its premiere, he has also received six nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. He is also known for the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998), which he co-created and co-starred in with fellow comic David Cross. In 2015, he and Cross reunited, along with the rest of the Mr. Show cast, for W/ Bob & David on Netflix.
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Justin Hartley
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- film actorwriterscreenwritertelevision actoractor
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Justin Scott Hartley is an American actor. He has played Fox Crane on the NBC daytime soap opera Passions (2002–2006), Oliver Queen on the WB/CW television series Smallville (2006–2011), and Adam Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2014–2016) which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination. He also had recurring roles in the third season of the television drama series Revenge (2013–2014) and in the final three seasons of the drama series Mistresses (2014–2016).
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Randy Savage
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- professional wrestleractorfilm actorvoice actorbaseball player
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Randy Mario Poffo, better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American retired professional wrestler, rapper and former professional baseball player. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
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Jim Belushi
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- television actorcomedianactorcomposervoice actor
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James Adam Belushi is an American actor. His television roles include the title role in According to Jim (2001–2009), Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), and Twin Peaks (2017).
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Hannibal Buress
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- writertelevision actorcomedianactorscreenwriter
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Hannibal Amir Buress is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He started performing comedy in 2002 while attending Southern Illinois University. He starred on Adult Swim's The Eric Andre Show from 2012 to 2020, and was featured on Comedy Central's Broad City from 2014 to 2019. He is also known for his October 16, 2014 stand-up routine, which brought the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby to public attention and outcry, for which he was lauded.
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Richard Roundtree
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- television actormodelstage actorfilm actorplayer of American football
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Richard Arnold Roundtree was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973), its 2000 sequel and its 2019 sequel, as well as the eponymous television series (1973–1974). He was also known for his features in several TV series, including Roots, Generations, and Desperate Housewives.
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Dennis Franz
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Dennis Franz Schlachta, known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He also portrayed two different characters on the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues (1983, 1985–1987) and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–1988).
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Dick Gregory
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- writersocial activistpolitical activistcomedianathletics competitor
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Richard Claxton Gregory was an American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic. His writings were best sellers. Gregory became popular among the African-American communities in the southern United States with his "no-holds-barred" sets, poking fun at the bigotry and racism in the United States. In 1961 he became a staple in the comedy clubs, appeared on television, and released comedy record albums.
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Walt Frazier
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- actorbasketball player
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Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting; he is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network. In 1996, Frazier was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In October 2021, Frazier was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
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Don S. Davis
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- film actortelevision actoractorpaintervoice actor
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Donald Sinclair Davis was an American character actor best known for playing General Hammond in the television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991). In animation, he was also known as Wild Bill in the 2003 direct-to-video animated movie G.I. Joe: Spy Troops and its 2004 sequel, G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom. He was also a theater professor, painter, and United States Army captain.
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Joe Swanberg
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- television produceractorfilm directortelevision actorscreenwriter
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Joseph Swanberg is an American independent filmmaker. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process. He is also known for his collaboration with Greta Gerwig.
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Thad Matta
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Thad Michael Matta is an American college basketball coach who is currently in his second stint as head coach of the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team, having been head coach of the Bulldogs for the 2000–01 season. From 2004 to 2017, Matta led the Ohio State Buckeyes to five Big Ten Conference regular season championships (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012), four Big Ten tournament titles (2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013), two Final Four appearances (2007 and 2012), and the 2008 NIT Championship. He is the winningest coach in Ohio State history.
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Brandon Jacobs
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Brandon Christopher Jacobs is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New York Giants. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and Southern Illinois Salukis. He was selected by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and won two Super Bowl rings with the team, both against the New England Patriots. He also played one season for the San Francisco 49ers before returning to New York for his final season.
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Bart Scott
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Bartholomew Edward Scott is an American sports analyst and former football player. Scott was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. After playing college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis, he was signed by the NFL's Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2002. Scott was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2006. After playing his first seven years with the Ravens, Scott signed with the New York Jets in 2009. He would play his final four seasons for the Jets.
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Roland Burris
- Enrolled in Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
- In 1959 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianexecutivebank examiner
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Roland Wallace Burris is an American retired Democratic politician and attorney who served as Attorney General of Illinois from 1991 to 1995. In January 2009, he was appointed a United States Senator, succeeding Barack Obama, who resigned to become president of the United States. Burris held this position until November 2010, retiring from front-line politics shortly after.
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Kim Foxx
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- politician
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Kimberly M. Foxx is an American politician, who is currently the State's Attorney (district attorney) for Cook County, Illinois. She manages the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States, consisting of approximately 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. In 2016, she won the Democratic nomination for State's Attorney against incumbent Anita Alvarez and went on to win the general election. She was re-elected in 2020. In 2023, she announced that she would not run for re-election in 2024.
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Open Mike Eagle
- Enrolled in Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- rappersongwriter
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Michael W. Eagle II, better known by his stage name Open Mike Eagle, is an American hip hop artist and comedian. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he is now based in Los Angeles, California, where he is a member of the hip hop collective Project Blowed. He has also been a member of Thirsty Fish, Swim Team, and Cavanaugh.
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Dave Stieb
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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David Andrew Stieb, nicknamed "Sir David", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitcher who spent the majority of his career with the Toronto Blue Jays. A seven-time All-Star, he won The Sporting News' Pitcher of the Year Award in 1982. His 56.9 career wins above replacement (according to Baseball-Reference) are the highest of any Blue Jays player, and he also holds the franchise records for complete games (103), strikeouts (1,658), and innings pitched (2,873).
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Gwen Berry
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- athletics competitorhammer thrower
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Gwendolyn Denise Berry is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. Her mark of 77.78 m (255 ft 2 in) on June 8, 2018, ranks her #7 on the all-time list. She also holds the world record in the weight throw with a mark of 25.60 m ( 83 ft 11+3⁄4 in) set in March 2017. She is a three-time national champion in the weight throw at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She was the gold medalist in the hammer at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival. She is also the 2019 Pan American Games Champion.
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Steve Finley
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Steven Allen Finley is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for eight teams between 1989 and 2007, most notably the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, and Arizona Diamondbacks; he is one of only two players, along with Matt Herges, to play for all five National League West teams. An outstanding all-around player with power, speed, and defensive skill, he is one of only four players since 1945 with 300 home runs and 100 triples, along with Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and George Brett. He is also one of three players, along with Mays and Ken Griffey Jr., to have 2,500 hits and win five Gold Glove Awards in center field.
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Jeremy Chinn
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jeremy Chinn is an American football safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Illinois.
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Robert Coover
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- novelistuniversity teacherscreenwriter
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Robert Lowell Coover is an American novelist, short story writer, and T.B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.
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Joan Higginbotham
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- engineerastronaut
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Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist and is the third African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson.
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Jerry Hairston Jr
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jerry Wayne Hairston Jr. is an American former professional baseball infielder and outfielder. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He played every position except pitcher and catcher during his baseball career. He is the grandson of former major leaguer Sam Hairston, the son of former major leaguer Jerry Hairston Sr., and the brother of Scott Hairston. He helped the Yankees win the 2009 World Series, beating the Philadelphia Phillies, giving him his only World Series title.
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Michael M. Crow
- Enrolled in Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
- In 1980 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- academic administratorinternational forum participantuniversity teacheropinion journalist
- Biography
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Michael M. Crow is an American educator, science and technology scholar, and university design architect. He is the 16th and current president of Arizona State University, having succeeded Lattie F. Coor on July 1, 2002. During his tenure at ASU, he is credited with creating the New American University model.
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Milcho Manchevski
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- film producerphotographerwriterscreenwriterdirector
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Milcho Manchevski is a New York–based Macedonian film director, photographer and artist.
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Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq
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- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq is a Pakistani politician who is the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Z). He served as Minister for Religious Affairs and Minorities in the government of General Pervez Musharraf from 2004 to 2007, after having served as Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis in the government of Nawaz Sharif from 1990 to 1993.
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Jordan Caroline
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Jordan Caroline is an American professional basketball player for Kobe Storks of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis and the Nevada Wolf Pack.
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Jared Yates Sexton
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- 1981-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Jared Yates Sexton is an American author and political commentator from Linton, Indiana. He was an associate professor in the Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University.
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George Vukovich
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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George Stephen Vukovich is an American former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians in all or part of six seasons from 1980–1985. Listed at 6' 0" (1.83 m), 198 lb. (90 kg), Vukovich batted left handed and threw right handed. He was born in Chicago.
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Sam Coonrod
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Samuel Timothy Coonrod is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets.
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Charles R. Johnson
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- literary scholarwriterscreenwriterman of lettersphilosopher
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Charles Richard Johnson is an American scholar and the author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays, most often with a philosophical orientation. Johnson has directly addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Dreamer and Middle Passage. Johnson was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Troy Hudson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Troy Elderon Hudson is an American former professional basketball point guard. He played 11 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after going undrafted in 1997. He averaged a career-high 14.2 points per game with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2002–03 season.
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Joseph Nechvatal
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- painterserigrapherphotographersound artistcomposer
- Biography
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Joseph Nechvatal is an American post-conceptual digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses.
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Lena Taylor
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- politician
- Biography
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Lena C. Taylor is an American lawyer, judge, and former politician serving as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County, since January 2024. She previously served 19 years as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 4th State Senate district from 2005 to 2024, and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for one term before that.
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Phillipe Cunningham
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phillipe M. Cunningham is a former city council member for Minneapolis Ward 4 and the first transgender man of color to be elected to public office in the United States. Cunningham won the council position in the 2017 Minneapolis City Council election and lost it in the 2021 election.
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Jason Frasor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jason Andrew Frasor is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2004, and had a 4.08 ERA in 63 games. He also played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and the Atlanta Braves.
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Jim Bittermann
- Occupations
- international forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Jim Bittermann is Senior European correspondent for CNN since 1996.
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Hamiet Bluiett
- Occupations
- jazz musiciancomposersaxophonist
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Hamiet Bluiett was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument. A member of the World Saxophone Quartet, he also played (and recorded with) the bass saxophone, E-flat alto clarinet, E-flat contra-alto clarinet, and wooden flute.
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Larry O. Spencer
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Larry Oneil Spencer is a retired United States Air Force general who served in many command, comptroller, and leadership roles during the course of his career. Some of his leadership roles included being the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, commander of the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill AFB, commander of the 72nd Support Group at Tinker AFB, and the commander of the 4th Comptroller Squadron at Seymour Johnson AFB. He retired 1 October 2015 after more than 44 years of service. He received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
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Jason Ringenberg
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwriterguitarist
- Biography
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Jason Ringenberg is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist and the lead singer of Jason & the Scorchers.
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Kevin Dillard
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kevin Andre Dillard is an American professional basketball player for KK Gostivar of the Macedonian First League.
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Ernie Wheelwright
- Occupations
- actorplayer of American footballtelevision actor
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Ernest Lamour 'Wheels' Wheelwright was an American football player. He attended Southern Illinois University and served in the 101st Airborne Division (a.k.a. the Screaming Eagles).
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Donald McHenry
- Occupations
- university teacherdiplomat
- Biography
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Donald Franchot McHenry is a former American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 1979 until January 20, 1981.
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Raj Amit Kumar
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- authorfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Raj Amit Kumar is a filmmaker and writer known for his socio-political drama Unfreedom which is banned in India as it dealt with religious fundamentalism and violence against homosexuals. The film was released in the U.S. in 2015, and won a UFVA Faculty Screenwriting Award in 2009, and several other International Awards. The film was later acquired by and released on NETFLIX despite its continued ban by Censor Board of India. His Second film Brown is in post-production, and he is currently shooting an Untitled Web Series.
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Bob Waldmire
- Occupations
- artistcartographer
- Biography
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Robert Waldmire was an American artist and cartographer who is well known for his artwork of U.S. Route 66, including whimsical maps of the Mother Road and its human and natural ecology. Being the son of Ed Waldmire Jr., he is often associated with the Cozy Dog Drive In restaurant in Springfield, Illinois (on U.S. Route 66), the elder Waldmire (along with his friend Don Strand) having created the Cozy Dog.
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Chris Lowery
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Christopher Michael Lowery is an American college basketball coach currently serving as an assistant men's basketball coach at Northwestern University under head coach Chris Collins. He was previously the head men's basketball coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He started in the spring of 2004 and was fired on March 2, 2012.
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Jonathan Hamm
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- boxerplayer of American football
- Biography
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Jonathan Hamm is a former standout amateur boxer, actor, football player, and current mixed martial artist. Hamm was the #1 Super-Heavyweight Amateur boxer in the United States in 2011 after winning the 2011 U.S. Nationals. Hamm was an alternate in the super-heavyweight division of the 2012 London Olympic Games for the U.S. Hamm earned Black College All-American, 1st Team All Conference, 1st Team All-Region, and The Marion E. Jackson Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. Hamm is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, and trained out of Jackson's Submissions Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His manager was Malki Kawa, founder of First Round Management out of Miami, Florida, who houses UFC stars Jon Jones, Benson Henderson, Carlos Condit, Miesha Tate, and Frank Mir.
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Whitney Westerfield
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Whitney H. Westerfield is an American attorney, politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 3 since January 8, 2013. In 2015, Westerfield was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Kentucky, losing to Democrat Andy Beshear by a margin of 0.2 percent.
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Carl Mauck
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Carl Mauck is a former American football player and coach who was a center who played 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for four teams and later served as an offensive line coach for several teams. Mauck attended Southern Illinois University.
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Jim Dwyer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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James Edward Dwyer is an American former baseball player who was an outfielder for 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven different teams between 1973 and 1990. Listed at 5' 10", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed.
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Brandon Wood
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brandon Wood is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played college basketball at Southern Illinois, Valparaiso and Michigan State.
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Aaron Cook Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Aaron Cook Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis, Gonzaga Bulldogs, and Georgia Bulldogs.
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Tom Huck
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Tom Huck, also spelled Hück,, is an American printmaker best known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. From 1999 to 2020 Hück's studio, Evil Prints, was located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. In 2020 he moved Evil Prints to Park Hills, Missouri.
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Randy Daniels
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Randy Daniels is an American businessman, politician, and journalist who served as Secretary of State of New York from 2001 to 2005.
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Bill Stein
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William Allen Stein is an American former professional baseball player and manager. His playing career spanned 17 seasons, 14 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the St. Louis Cardinals (1972–1973), the Chicago White Sox (1974–1976), the Seattle Mariners (1977–1980), and the Texas Rangers (1981–1985). Over his career in the majors Stein batted.267 with 122 doubles, 18 triples, 44 home runs, and 311 runs batted in (RBIs) in 959 games played. Stein played numerous fielding positions over his major league career, including third base, second base, first base, left field, right field, and shortstop. He also spent significant time as a pinch hitter.
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Ray Rippelmeyer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Raymond Roy Rippelmeyer was an American professional baseball player and pitching coach. During his 12-season active career, he was a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 200 lb (91 kg) right-handed pitcher who spent part of one year in Major League Baseball as a member of the 1962 Washington Senators. He coached for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1970 to 1978.
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Madre Harper
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Madre Madison Harper is an American football cornerback for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2020 following his college football career with the Southern Illinois Salukis.
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Jason Ervin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jason C. Ervin is an American politician who serves on the Chicago City Council. He became the alderman for Chicago's 28th ward, located on the west side of Chicago, in 2010.
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Rich Hacker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Richard Warren Hacker was an American Major League Baseball player, base coach and scout. Hacker played 16 games for the Montreal Expos in the 1971 season as a shortstop. He had a.121 batting average, with four hits in 33 at-bats. Hacker attended Southern Illinois University. After his playing career Hacker became a coach.
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Albert E. Mead
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Albert Edward Mead was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth governor of Washington from 1905 to 1909.
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Stuart Vyse
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterpsychologist
- Biography
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Stuart Vyse is an American psychologist, teacher, speaker and author who specializes in belief in superstitions and critical thinking. He is frequently invited as a speaker and interviewed by the media as an expert on superstitious behavior. His book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition won the American Psychological Association's William James Book Award.
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Tim Lee Hall
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tim Lee Hall was an American politician and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois for one term from 1975 to 1977.
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Elizabeth Scott
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth K. Scott is an American politician and educator who served as member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 39th district from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she ran unsuccessfully for the state house in 2010 in the "heavily Democratic" 21st district, but since moved to the 39th district and was first elected to office there in 2012.
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Jeneva Stevens
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Jeneva Stevens is an American track and field athlete specializing in the shot put and hammer throw. Her biggest successes to date are the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and 9th place at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
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David Coss
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Coss is an American politician and civil servant who served as mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 2006 to 2014. He was elected to a four-year term in March 2006 after serving on the Santa Fe City Council from 2002 to 2006, representing the third district. He was elected to a second four-year term in March 2010.
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Thomas McClelland
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Thomas McClelland is a decorated U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
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Neil Fiala
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Neil Stephen Fiala is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played in five games in the majors in September 1981, all as a pinch hitter. He pinch-hit three times for the St. Louis Cardinals without a hit, then was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on September 10 along with pitcher Joe Edelen for veteran reliever Doug Bair.
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Jonathan D. George
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brig. Gen. Jonathan D. George served in a variety of military and government positions. These include Director of Strategic Capabilities Policy, a member of the National Security Council, and as a national security adviser to the President from March 2009 until February 2011.
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Charles H. Page
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Charles Harrison Page was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
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Anthony Thompson
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Anthony Thompson is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 12th overall in the 2016 CFL Draft by the Lions. He played college football with the Southern Illinois Salukis.
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Mallica Vajrathon
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 88)
- Biography
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Mallica Vajrathon is a sociologist, political scientist and former United Nations Senior Staff member. Her grandfather was Joseph Caulfield James, a special tutor to Prince Vajiravudh of Thailand (who later became King), as well being second Chairman of the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. Her father was T. Vajrathon of The Bangkok Electric Authority of Thailand and her mother is Malee James Vajrathon. Vajrathon was married to Irish writer Erskine B. Childers.
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Mike Eden
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Edward Michael Eden is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the Atlanta Braves in 1976 and the Chicago White Sox in 1978.
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Tom Laputka
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas W. Laputka is an American former gridiron football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Edmonton Eskimos. He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1973, and with Edmonton in 1975. He played college football at Southern Illinois University. He is also a retired businessman and served as a councilman and in 2011 was elected mayor of Orange City, Florida, serving through the end of 2016.
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Marcin Schroeder
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Marcin Schroeder is a Polish-Japanese mathematician and theoretical physicist, currently a professor and head of basic education and dean of academic affairs at Akita International University, Japan, and President Elect of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI).
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Suzi Schmidt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Suzi Schmidt is a former Republican Illinois State Senator, representing the 31st district from January 2011 to January 2013. She previously served as chairman of the Board of Lake County, Illinois from 2000 to 2010.
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Louise Huffman
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Louise Tolle Huffman is an American teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience with many years focused on polar science and climate studies, and has written educational outreach books and articles on Antarctica. She is the Director of Education and Outreach for the US Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO), responsible for outreach efforts highlighting IDPO scientists and their research results.
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Rodney P. Kelly
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Rodney P. Kelly is a retired major general in the United States Air Force. He served in the Air Force from 1967 through 2001.
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Francis Xavier Resch
- Years
- 1878-1976 (aged 98)
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Francis Xavier Resch was a bishop of the Old Catholic Church of America.
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Harlan Hodges
- Years
- 1902-1994 (aged 92)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Harlan Crews Hodges was an American college basketball coach and educator. He was the head coach at Murray State (1948–54) and Idaho (1954–59), then became a high school administrator.
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Alexander Alden
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Alexander Alden is an American diplomat who was the acting Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations from December 22, 2020, until January 2021 after having served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Europe and Eurasian Affairs. Alden was transferred to that position after having worked as director for defense policy and strategy for the National Security Council.
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Mary Louise Marshall
- Years
- 1893-1986 (aged 93)
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Mary Louise Marshall was Librarian and Professor of Medical Bibliography at Tulane University School of Medicine, and the longest-running president of the Medical Library Association (1941–46).
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Michael Glisson
- Enrolled in Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in metalsmith
- Biography
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Michael Glisson is an Army National Guard brigadier general who currently serves as the Chairman of the Joint Staff of the Illinois National Guard. He was appointed by Governor of Illinois Bruce Rauner in 2016.
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Supriyo Bandyopadhyay
- Occupations
- engineeracademic
- Biography
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Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is an Indian-born American electrical engineer, academic and researcher. He is Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he directs the Quantum Device Laboratory.
