13 Notable alumni of
SUNY College at Potsdam
SUNY College at Potsdam is 2909th in the world, 1019th in North America, and 966th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from SUNY College at Potsdam sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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T. Coraghessan Boyle
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- writer
- Biography
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Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle, is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published sixteen novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988, for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York.
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Chris Lee
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Chris Lee is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), where he won the Gagarin Cup in 2014 and 2016.
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Stephanie Blythe
- Occupations
- opera singersinger
- Biography
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Stephanie Blythe is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1990s. She is particularly associated with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, with whom she has performed annually since her debut with the company in 1995. In 2014 she starred as Gertrude Stein in the world premiere of 27, an opera composed by Ricky Ian Gordon with libretto by Royce Vavrek, and commissioned for her by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
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William Buell Richards
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- lawyerjudgepolitician
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Sir William Buell Richards was the first Chief Justice of Canada.
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Patty Ritchie
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- politician
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Patricia A. Ritchie was a Republican member of the New York State Senate who represented the 48th district from 2011-2022. Her district encompassed portions of the North Country abutting Lake Ontario.
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Daniel Decker
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United States - Occupations
- composersinger
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Daniel Decker is a Puerto Rican composer, singer and recording artist, who has produced work blending musical influences from many cultures.
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Guoping Feng
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- neuroscientistuniversity teacher
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Guoping Feng is a Chinese-American neuroscientist. He is the Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and member of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute. He is most notable for studying the synaptic mechanisms underlying psychiatric disease. In addition to developing many genetic-based imaging tools for the study of molecular mechanisms in the brain, he has generated and characterized rodent models of obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and schizophrenia. Feng has also shown that some autism-like behaviors can be corrected in adult mice by manipulating the expression of the SHANK3 gene.
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Ludvik Toplak
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- lawyerdiplomatpoliticianbusinessperson
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Ludvik Toplak is a Slovenian law professor and academic administrator, and former politician, ambassador, and member of the Parliament. He is vice-president of the Alma Mater Europaea and former rector of the University of Maribor. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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John Gerrish
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- 1910-2010 (aged 100)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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John O'Neill Gerrish was an American composer of the 20th century, best known for The Falcon, a cappella piece for SATB based on the Middle or Early Modern English Corpus Christi Carol.
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Clarence Page Townsley
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- military officer
- Biography
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Clarence Page Townsley was a career United States Army officer who became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.
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Lisa Casalino
- Occupations
- jazz musician
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Lisa A. Hertzner, known professionally as Lisa Casalino, is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
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Michael Eric Robinson
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Michael Eric Robinson is an American composer associated with both contemporary classical music and computer music. His work is influenced by jazz, Indian classical music and European musical traditions.
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Edward A. Everett
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- lawyerpolitician
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Edward A. Everett was an American politician and lawyer. As a member of the New York State Assembly from the Second District of St. Lawrence County, he chaired the Everett Commission.
