100 Notable alumni of
SUNY at Albany
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SUNY at Albany is 551st in the world, 210th in North America, and 193rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from SUNY at Albany sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Awkwafina
- Occupations
- television producervoice actorrappercelebritymusician
- Biography
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Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, comedian and rapper. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, Yellow Ranger (2014), and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code (2014–2015). She expanded to films with supporting roles in the comedies Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award.
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Harvey Milk
- Occupations
- LGBTQ rights activistpoliticianhuman rights activistnaval officer
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Harvey Bernard Milk was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
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Edward Burns
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directortelevision directoractorwriter
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Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor and filmmaker. He rose to fame with The Brothers McMullen (1995), his low-budget independent film that became successful worldwide. His other film appearances include Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Holiday (2006), 27 Dresses (2008), Man on a Ledge (2012), Friends with Kids (2012), and Alex Cross (2012). Burns directed films such as She's the One (1996), Sidewalks of New York (2001), and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012). On television, he appeared as Bugsy Siegel in the TNT crime drama series Mob City and as Terry Muldoon in TNT's Public Morals.
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D. B. Woodside
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actordirectoractor
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David Bryan Woodside is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer Melvin Franklin in The Temptations, Robin Wood in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm Franks in Single Ladies, and Jeff Malone in Suits, Dr. Joseph Prestridge in Parenthood, the angel Amenadiel in Lucifer, and Wayne Palmer in the thriller series 24.
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Theo Rossi
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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John Theodore Rossi is an American actor and producer. He portrayed Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz on the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and Hernan "Shades" Alvarez in Luke Cage (2016–2018). In 2024, he portrayed Dr. Julian Rush on the HBO series The Penguin (2024). His film roles include Tino Hull in Red Sands (2009), Todd in Bad Hurt (2015), Francisco "Ghost" Alvarez in Lowriders (2017), Deuce in Vault (2019), and Youcef in Emily the Criminal (2022), the latter of which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
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Ashley Massaro
- Occupations
- professional wrestlerreality television participantradio personalitymodelPlayboy Playmate
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Ashley Marie Massaro was an American professional wrestler, reality television contestant and model. She was best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for her appearance on Survivor: China.
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John Ortiz
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
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John Augustin Ortiz is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in Fast & Furious (2009) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Clyde in Jack Goes Boating (2010), which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also an artistic director/co-founder of the LAByrinth Theater Company.
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Priya Anand
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Priya Anand is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She has also appeared in a few Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films.
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Lee Zeldin
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Michael Zeldin is an American attorney, politician, and officer in the United States Army Reserve who has been serving as the 17th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency since January 29, 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he represented New York's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. From 2011 to 2014, Zeldin served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 3rd Senate district.
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Celâl Şengör
- Occupations
- geologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör is a Turkish geologist. He is retired from the faculty at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering.
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Harold Gould
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
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Harold Vernon Goldstein, better known as Harold Gould, was an American character actor. He appeared as Martin Morgenstern on the sitcom Rhoda (1974–78) and Miles Webber on the sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–92). A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Gould acted in film and television for nearly 50 years, appearing in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, and over 100 stage plays. He was known for playing elegant, well-dressed men (as in The Sting), and he regularly played Jewish characters and grandfather-type figures on television and in film.
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Hamdi Ulukaya
- Occupations
- philanthropistbusinesspersonentrepreneurchief executive officer
- Biography
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Hamdi Ulukaya is a Turkish billionaire businessman, activist and philanthropist of Kurdish ethnicity based in the United States. He is the founder, owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of the strained yogurt brand Chobani. According to Forbes, his net worth as of October 2022 is US$2.1 billion.
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Brandon Jay McLaren
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm actortelevision actor
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Brandon Jay McLaren is a Canadian actor. He made his first screen appearance in the television series Just Cause (2002). He has been known for his main and supporting roles in shows such as Graceland, Power Rangers S.P.D., Ransom, Harper's Island, The Rookie and Slasher. He has also had roles in the feature films She's the Man, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, and Dead Before Dawn.
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Josh Ostrovsky
- Occupations
- comedianwinegrower
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Joshua Ostrovsky, known professionally as The Fat Jewish, is an American entrepreneur, social media influencer, author and plus size model.
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Tom Junod
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Tom Junod is an American journalist. He is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors.
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Tara VanDerveer
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- Studied in 1971-1972
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Tara Ann VanDerveer is a retired American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University from 1985 until her retirement in 2024. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to three NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, winning in 1990, 1992 and 2021. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to coach the U.S. women's national team to a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.
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Gregory Maguire
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writernovelist
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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003, which was later adapted into a two-part musical film, with the first half released in 2024 and the second half scheduled to be released in 2025.
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Luo Ying-shay
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Luo Ying-shay was a Taiwanese politician who served as the Minister of Justice from 30 September 2013 until 20 May 2016.
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Jamie Gold
- Occupations
- poker playertalent agent
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Jamie M. Gold is an American television producer, talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation and poker competition, primarily major tournaments.
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Katie McNeil Diamond
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Katie McNeil Diamond is an American talent manager and long-form music video and concert documentary producer.
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Jessica Valenti
- Occupations
- editing staffopinion journalistwriterjournalistblogger
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Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of six books: Full Frontal Feminism (2007), He's a Stud, She's a Slut (2008), The Purity Myth (2009), Why Have Kids? (2012), Sex Object: A Memoir (2016), and Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win (2024). She also co-edited the books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape (2008), Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World (2020). Between 2014 and 2018, Valenti was a columnist for The Guardian. She currently runs the Abortion, Every Day newsletter on Substack. The Washington Post described her as "one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation".
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David Bordwell
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 1969 graduated with bachelor's degree in English
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianfilm historianfilm theorist
- Biography
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David Jay Bordwell was an American film theorist and film historian. After receiving his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1973, he wrote more than fifteen volumes on the subject of cinema including Narration in the Fiction Film (1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (1988), Making Meaning (1989), and On the History of Film Style (1997).
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Monte Lipman
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Monte Lipman is an American record executive and film producer. He founded the record label Republic Records in 1995, for which he is chief executive officer. He has worked with artists including James Blake, Drake, Florence + the Machine, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse, Post Malone, The Weeknd, BENEE, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, and John Mellencamp. He is the brother of Avery Lipman.
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Garry McCarthy
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Garry Francis McCarthy is the Chief of Police in Willow Springs, Illinois and previous Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election.
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Susan Molinari
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1982 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Susan Molinari is an American politician, company executive, journalist, and lobbyist from New York. A member of the Republican Party, she sat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1997, representing Staten Island for three terms. Molinari, who was considered a rising star in the party, was selected to deliver the keynote address at the 1996 Republican National Convention. However, the next year, she resigned from Congress to become a television journalist for CBS News. Later, she became a vice president for public policy at Google from 2012 to 2018.
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Lyle Thompson
- Occupations
- lacrosse player
- Biography
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Lyle Thompson is a Haudenosaunee professional lacrosse player from the Hawk Clan of the Onondaga Nation. His native name is Deyhahsanoondey, which translates into He's Flying Over Us. He plays both indoor and outdoor professional lacrosse. In professional outdoor lacrosse, he plays at the attack position for the Cannons Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League. In professional indoor lacrosse, he plays at the forward position for the Georgia Swarm of the National Lacrosse League. He also competes internationally in both indoor lacrosse for Haudenosaunee men's national indoor lacrosse team, and outdoor lacrosse for the Haudenosaunee men's national outdoor lacrosse team.
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Omar M. Yaghi
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Omar M. Yaghi is the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, an affiliate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the founding director of the Berkeley Global Science Institute, and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences as well as the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
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Frances Allen
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 1954 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teachercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Frances Elizabeth Allen was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing Award. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, program optimization, and parallelization. She worked for IBM from 1957 to 2002 and subsequently was a Fellow Emerita.
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The Lizardman
- Occupations
- performance artistcircus performer
- Biography
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Erik Sprague, known professionally as the Lizardman, is an American freak show and sideshow performer. He is best known for his body modification, including his sharpened teeth, full-body tattoo of green scales, bifurcated tongue, subdermal implants and green-inked lips.
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Jamar Wilson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jamar J. Wilson is an American-Finnish former professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B. He currently works as an assistant coach for I division A team Tapiolan Honka.
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John M. McHugh
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 1977 graduated with Master of Public Affairs
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Michael McHugh is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York who served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Army, and represented the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
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Brian Lehrer
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Brian Lehrer is an American radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007 Peabody Award-winning program, The Brian Lehrer Show, features interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and social issues. Lehrer was formerly an anchor and reporter for NBC Radio Networks and has been in broadcast journalism for over 30 years.
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Ana Rosalinda García Carías
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ana Rosalinda García Carías is a Honduran lawyer who was First Lady of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, as the wife of President Juan Orlando Hernández.
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Pete Lembo
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Peter Lembo is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University at Buffalo. Previously, he was the special teams coordinator at the University of South Carolina, where, in 2022, he oversaw the highest rated special teams unit in college football. Prior to that, he was the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Memphis, a position he assumed in January 2019. Prior to Memphis, he was the associate head coach and special teams coordinator at Rice University. Before joining the coaching staff at Rice University, he was the head coach at Lehigh University from 2001 to 2005, at Elon University from 2006 to 2010, and at Ball State University from 2011 to 2015. He was also the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Maryland for two seasons. Lembo enjoyed success in each of his three stops as a head coach and accumulated a 112–65 career record over a 15-year period. His 79–36 record in ten seasons at the FCS level makes him one of the winningest coaches in the history of that classification.
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Rosa Clemente
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- politicianjournalistpeace activist
- Biography
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Rosa Alicia Clemente is an American community organizer, independent journalist, and hip-hop activist. She was the vice presidential running mate of Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
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Vanessa Gibson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vanessa L. Gibson is an American politician who has served as the Borough President of The Bronx since 2022. She served as a member of the New York City Council, representing the 16th district from 2014 to 2021. A Democrat, she was elected Bronx Borough President in November 2021 to a four-year term beginning January 2022, running on a platform focused on recovery from COVID-19 impact, food insecurity and housing instability. She is the first female and first African American Bronx Borough President.
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Alexis Bittar
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Alexis Bittar is the designer and CEO of the eponymous jewelry and lifestyle brand. He was credited for reviving the art costume jewelry movement in the 1990s.
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William Levi Dawson
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- Studied in 1905
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Levi Dawson was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949, he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee.
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J. G. Jones
- Occupations
- paintercomics artistcomics writercover artistillustrator
- Biography
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Jeffrey Glen Jones is an American comics artist who is known for his work on titles such as Wanted and Final Crisis.
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Mike Dempsey
- Years
- 20th Century
- Biography
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Michael P. Dempsey is a former acting Director of National Intelligence, serving from January 20, 2017 to March 15, 2017.
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Anne Case
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Anne Catherine Case, Lady Deaton, is an American economist who is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, emeritus, at Princeton University.
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Bonnie Jenkins
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Bonnie Denise Jenkins is an American diplomat who served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security in the Biden Administration. During the Obama administration, she was the U.S. Department of State's coordinator for threat reduction programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. She is currently the Shapiro Visiting Professor at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
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Ronn Torossian
- Occupations
- media proprietor
- Biography
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Ronn D. Torossian is an American public relations executive, founder of New York City-based 5W Public Relations (5WPR), and author. Torossian built his firm's brand through aggressive media tactics, which have, at times, enmeshed him in controversy.
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Harris Pastides
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Harris Pastides is an academic and university administrator who served as the 28th president of the University of South Carolina from 2008 until 2019. In addition to his employment at the university Pastides has been on the board of directors of Synovus, a financial services company. On October 3, 2018, Pastides announced his intention to retire from the presidency of USC, the last day of which he served on July 31, 2019. He was again appointed Interim President at South Carolina after Bob Caslen resigned on May 13, 2021, officially taking office May 21, 2021 and serving until July 1, 2022.
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David Weprin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Ira Weprin is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 24 in Queens since 2010, when he replaced his brother Mark. In the Assembly he has supported progressive causes, such as a surcharge on millionaires, and granting immediate parole to prisoners who have reached 55 years of age and served 15 years in prison, regardless of their sentence. He was previously a member of the New York City Council, representing the 23rd district. He is also a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission (1983–87).
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Abdirahman Farole
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamoud Farole is a Somali politician. He served for many years in the government, acting as a governor of the Nugal region of Somalia in the 1990s and later as the Minister of Finance of the autonomous Puntland region in the northeast. From 8 January 2009 to 8 January 2014, Farole was also the President of Puntland. Farole's multipronged efforts at creating provisions and collaboration with international polities and organizations resulted in a drastic decrease in piracy along the Marinka Gardafuul (Guardafui Channel).
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Joe Grogan
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- 1992-1994 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lobbyist
- Biography
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Joseph Grogan is the former director of the United States Domestic Policy Council and assistant to President Donald Trump. Appointed by Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Grogan converted the traditionally small office into an influential policy council.
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Ben Kallos
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Benjamin J. Kallos is an American attorney and politician who represented the 5th district of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2021, and now serves in the Executive Office of the President in the United States Digital Service. He is a Democrat. The district includes East Harlem, Midtown, Murray Hill, Roosevelt Island and the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Kallos is also a software developer who ran his office on Agile, and has office hours at green markets.
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Bouna Coundoul
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Bouna Coundoul is a Senegalese former professional footballer who coaches New Amsterdam FC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Coundoul played as a goalkeeper. Between 2007 and 2016 he played for the Senegal national team.
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Ellen Datlow
- Occupations
- editorwriterjournalistediting staff
- Biography
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Ellen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association).
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Bob Beyer
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Robert C. Beyer is an American professional basketball coach who is as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Shaomin Li
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Shaomin Li is a Chinese-American sociologist, economist, academic, author, and artist. He is a professor of Management and International Business, Eminent Scholar, and Chair of the Department of Management at Old Dominion University.
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Tehoka Nanticoke
- Biography
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Tehoka Nanticoke is an Iroquois professional lacrosse player who plays for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and the Carolina Chaos of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). Nanticoke has become popular on the internet due to his trick shots and skill. He is also an assistant coach for the Women's Lacrosse team at Niagara University.
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Loni Harwood
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Loni Harwood is a professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2013 World Series of Poker. She won two World Series of Poker Circuit events in 2012, then her second WSOP bracelet in 2015.
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Christine A. Varney
- Occupations
- lawyerlobbyist
- Biography
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Christine A. Varney is an American antitrust attorney who served as the U.S. assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division for the Obama administration and as a Federal Trade commissioner in the Clinton administration. Since August 2011, Varney has been a partner of the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where she chairs the antitrust department.
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Richard C. Wesley
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Richard Carl Wesley is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Antony Davies
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Antony Davies is an American economist, speaker, and author. He is an associate professor of economics at Duquesne University and the Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education.
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Kazim Ali
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- poetnovelist
- Biography
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Kazim Ali is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and professor. His most recent books are Inquisition (Wesleyan University Press, 2018) and All One's Blue (Harper Collins India, 2016). His honors include an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. His poetry and essays have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Barrow Street, Jubilat, The Iowa Review, West Branch and Massachusetts Review, and in The Best American Poetry 2007.
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Sallie W. Chisholm
- Occupations
- ecologistoceanographermarine biologistuniversity teacherbiologist
- Biography
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Sallie Watson "Penny" Chisholm is an American biological oceanographer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an expert in the ecology and evolution of ocean microbes. Her research focuses particularly on the most abundant marine phytoplankton, Prochlorococcus, that she discovered in the 1980s with Rob Olson and other collaborators. She has a TED talk about their discovery and importance called "The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet".
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Steward Ceus
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Steward Ceus is a Haitian footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for New York Cosmos in the National Independent Soccer Association.
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Gerardo Suero
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Angel Gerardo Suero is a Dominican basketball player. He entered the 2012 NBA draft, but was not selected. Suero is also a member of the Dominican Republic national basketball team.
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Ginny Brown-Waite
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Virginia Brown-Waite is an American politician who served as U.S. Representative for Florida's 5th congressional district from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party and a founder of Maggie's List.
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Jamaal Bailey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamaal T. Bailey is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate from the 36th district. A Democrat, he represents portions of Baychester, Co-op City, Eastchester, Edenwald, Wakefield, Pelham Gardens, and Woodlawn Heights in the Bronx as well as Mount Vernon in Westchester County.
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Inga Rhonda King
- Occupations
- writeraccountantteacher
- Biography
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Inga Rhonda King is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines accountant, teacher and publisher who has served as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since September 2013.
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Mike Arcuri
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyereducator
- Biography
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Michael Angelo Arcuri is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 24th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He lost re-election on November 2, 2010, to Republican Richard L. Hanna.
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Park Seung
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 89)
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politicianbankereconomist
- Biography
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Park Seung is a Korean economist who most recently served as a Governor of the Bank of Korea from 2002 to 2006. Before becoming a governor of the Bank of Korea, he was a professor at Chung-Ang University, a president of Korea Economic Association (1999-2000), a senior secretary to the President for Economic Affairs under the Office of the President, and a minister of Ministry of Construction (1988-1989).
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James Symonds
- Biography
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James A. Symonds is an American retired rear admiral of the United States Navy who last served as Commander, Navy Region Northwest, based in Silverdale, Washington. He was the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. He had a prominent, symbolic role in the state funeral of former United States President Ronald Reagan in 2004.
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Gareb Shamus
- Occupations
- publishergalleristfounderartist
- Biography
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Gareb Seth Shamus is an American publisher. He is the founder, former chairman and CEO of Wizard Entertainment. He is also a co-founder and CEO of ACE Comic Con.
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Min Zhou
- Occupations
- university teachersociologist
- Biography
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Min Zhou is a Chinese-born American sociologist. In 2023, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani
- Years
- 1934-.. (age 91)
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Ahmed Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is a Saudi Arabian academic and the President of the Islamic Development Bank.
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Michael R. Gottfredson
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- sociologistuniversity teachercriminologist
- Biography
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Michael Ryan Gottfredson is the former President of the University of Oregon, serving from August 1, 2012 to August 6, 2014.
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Jeremy Frommer
- Occupations
- entrepreneurfinancier
- Biography
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Jeremy Frommer is an American financier and entrepreneur based in New Jersey. His career includes over two decades on Wall Street, working as a hedge fund and portfolio manager, and on the sell-side of the financial industry, building and selling two financial services companies. He is CEO of Jerrick Ventures Inc., a company that acquires, develops and produces content across all forms of media. Frommer is depicted in Michael Lewis' book Flash Boys. In 2012, Frommer discovered the "Guccione Collection," a large collection of unpublished works and photos owned by Bob Guccione, the founder of the Penthouse empire.
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Jane Corwin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jane Lewis Corwin is an American politician and businesswoman who currently serves a Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada. She previously served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly from 2009 to 2016. She represented the 144th Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the Republican Party nominee in the special election held on May 24, 2011, to fill Western New York's 26th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives previously held by Republican Chris Lee. She faced three other candidates in the election, losing to Democrat Kathy Hochul 47 percent to 42 percent.
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Jason Siggers
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jason Siggers is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for New Mexico Junior College and University at Albany before playing professionally in Denmark, Switzerland, France, Israel and South Korea.
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Philip Boyle
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phillip Michael Boyle is an American politician who served as the Senator for the 4th District of the New York Senate from 2013 to 2022. He is a Republican. The district he served includes the villages of Babylon, Brightwaters, Lindenhurst, Ocean Beach, Saltaire in Suffolk County on Long Island.
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Christine Kehoe
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- politicianjournalisteditor
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Christine T. Kehoe is an American politician from San Diego, California. A Democrat, she served from 2004 to 2012 as a member of the California State Senate, representing the 39th district. She was previously a member of the California State Assembly (2000–2004), and of San Diego City Council (1993–2000).
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K. Leroy Irvis
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- politicianannouncerflight instructor
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Kirkland Leroy Irvis was an American educator, activist and politician in Pennsylvania. The first African American to serve as a speaker of the house in any state legislature in the United States since Reconstruction (John Roy Lynch (1847–1939) of Mississippi had been the first African American to hold that position) Irvis was a Democrat who represented Pittsburgh in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1958–1988.
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Chuck Priore
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- American football player
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Chuck Priore is an American former college football and college lacrosse coach. He was the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves for 18 years, from 2006 to 2023. He led Stony Brook to shares of four consecutive Big South Conference titles from 2009 to 2012. Priore coached Stony Brook to its first four FCS playoff appearances. After five consecutive losing seasons, culminating in a program-worst 0–10 winless 2023, Priore was fired. He was 97–101 with the Seawolves.
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Harriet Bishop
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- writersuffragisteducator
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Harriet E. Bishop was an American educator, writer, suffragist, and temperance activist. Born in Panton, Vermont, she moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1847. There, she started the first public school as well as the first Sunday school in Minnesota Territory. She was a founding member of temperance, suffrage and civic organizations, and played a central role in establishing the First Baptist Church of Saint Paul. An active promoter of her adopted state, she was the author of books such as Floral Home, or First Years of Minnesota (1857) and Dakota War Whoop, or Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota of 1862–63 (1863).
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John Porcari
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- politician
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John Davis Porcari is an American government official and businessman who served as United States deputy secretary of transportation and Port Envoy to the White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. He was nominated by the Obama administration in April 2009 and confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 2009. Porcari resigned from his position as Deputy Secretary on December 27, 2013.
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Jeffrey Gerrish
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- lawyer
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Jeffrey Gerrish is an American lawyer. He previously served as the Deputy United States Trade Representative, Gerrish was previously a partner in the International Trade Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Gerrish was a member of President Trump's 2016 trade transition team.
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William Orton
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- businesspersonpolitician
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William Orton was an American businessman who served as president of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Ray Priore
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- American football coach
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Raymond P. Priore is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania, a position he has held since 2015. He was a long-time assistant for Penn spanning 28 years across four decades.
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Karen Camper
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- teacherpolitician
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Karen D. Camper is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 87 since her special election March 31, 2008 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Gary Rowe. She was a candidate for the 2023 Memphis mayoral election.
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Pete Lopez
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- politician
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Peter D. Lopez is a politician who served in the New York State Assembly from the 102nd Assembly District (established in 2012), which includes all of Schoharie County and portions of Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Ulster counties from 2007 to 2017. He is a Republican.
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Amy Paulin
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- politician
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Amy Paulin was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2000. She represents the 88th Assembly District. Paulin chairs the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, and serves on the Committees on Rules, Education, and Health. She previously chaired the Assembly Committee on Energy and before that chaired the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology and the Task Force on People with Disabilities.
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David O. Cooke
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary officer
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David Ohlmer "Doc" Cooke was a United States Department of Defense civilian administrator who served under twelve Secretaries of Defense over a period of 45 years. Often called the "Mayor of the Pentagon", Cooke was the department's highest-ranking career civil servant as Director of Administration and Management, and as Director of Washington Headquarters Services. He was also responsible for administering the oath of office for many key department officials.
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Mark Weprin
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- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Mark Weprin represented District 23 in the New York City Council, then the most ethnically diverse district in New York City, which contains the Queens neighborhoods of Hollis Hills, Queens Village, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Bellerose, Floral Park, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park, Hollis, Hollis Park Gardens, Holliswood, Fresh Meadows, and Oakland Gardens.
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Thomas Roach
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- mayorpoliticianlawyer
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Thomas M. Roach Jr. is an American politician and attorney serving as mayor of White Plains, New York. He took office as acting mayor in February 2011 following the resignation of former Mayor Adam Bradley. Roach won a March 2011 special election held to fill the remainder of Bradley's term.
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Deborah A. Ashenhurst
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Deborah A. Ashenhurst served in the Ohio National Guard for 37 years and now holds a position in the Cabinet of Governor Mike DeWine as the director of the Department Veterans Services. In January 2019, Ashenhurst was appointed as the first female director of the Ohio Department of Veteran Services, which supplies benefits and resources for Ohio's past service members.
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William Freeman Vilas
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- lawyerpolitician
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William Freeman Vilas was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. As a prominent Bourbon Democrat, he was also a member of the cabinet of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, serving as the 33rd Postmaster General and the 17th Secretary of the Interior.
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Maureen Baginski
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Maureen A. Baginski is a former Signals Intelligence director at the National Security Agency (NSA), and executive assistant director of intelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen
- Enrolled in SUNY at Albany
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterimamphilosopher
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Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the Imam Khomeini's Educational and Research Institute.
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Michael Ranzenhofer
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- lawyerpolitician
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Michael H. Ranzenhofer is an American politician from the state of New York. From 2009 until 2020, Ranzenhofer was a Republican member of the New York State Senate from the 61st district.
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Lewis Fidler
- Years
- 1956-2019 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lewis A. "Lew" Fidler was an American politician and New York City Councilman. In January 2002, he began his first term representing the 46th district in New York City, which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Georgetown, Flatlands, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Mill Island, Gerritsen Beach, Madison and Sheepshead Bay.
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Sandeep Shukla
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- computer scientist
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Sandeep Kumar Shukla is currently Poonam and Prabhu Goel Chair Professor and previous head of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Embedded Systems, and associate editor for ACM transactions on Cyber Physical Systems. He is currently the joint director of C3i centre at IIT Kanpur along with Manindra Agrawal.
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James A. Adkins
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- sociologist
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James A. Adkins is an American retired senior military officer and former cabinet-level official who served the adjutant general of Maryland and secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Terry R. LaValley
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- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
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Terry Ronald LaValley is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York since 2010. He is the first native of the Diocese of Ogdensburg to serve as its bishop since 1921.
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Kenneth Zebrowski
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- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Paul Zebrowski is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly. In 2020, he was re-elected to represent the 96th district of New York, which includes the communities of Clarkstown, Haverstraw, and portions of the town of Ramapo. Prior to his election to the assembly, Zebrowski served in the Rockland County Legislature.
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Michael Paxton
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
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Michael Paxton is an American filmmaker and writer. He has directed, produced, and written several films, both live action and animated, as well as plays and books. His feature documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Documentary film in 1997. Paxton currently works as Multimedia Producer for the Ayn Rand Institute.
